Johannes Brahms
1833–1897
German composer
Johannes Brahms was a German composer who created numerous works for piano, chamber ensembles, and symphony orchestras.
Graham Greene
1904–1991
British writer, playwright and literary critic
Graham Greene was a British writer known for his novels, plays, and literary criticism.
Juliusz Słowacki
1809–1849
Polish Romantic poet
Juliusz Słowacki was a Polish poet recognized for his contributions to Romantic literature.
James Clark Ross
1800–1862
British explorer and naval officer
James Clark Ross was a polar explorer who led expeditions to the Antarctic and located the position of the North Magnetic Pole.
Jesse James
1847–1882
American outlaw, confederate guerrilla, and train robber
Jesse James was an American outlaw who participated in train robberies and served as a confederate guerrilla.
Kurt Weill
1900–1950
German composer
Kurt Weill was a German composer known for his contributions to musical theater and film scores.
Sarah Vaughan
1924–1990
American jazz and classical singer
Sarah Vaughan was an American singer recognized for her contributions to both jazz and classical music.
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
1927–2013
German-born British-American author
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was a novelist and screenwriter who wrote numerous works of fiction and adapted literature for film.
Cesare Maldini
1932–2016
Italian footballer and manager
Cesare Maldini was an Italian association football player and manager who represented his country at both the club and international levels.
Ernst Chladni
1756–1827
German physicist, mathematician and musician (1756 – 1827)
Physicist Ernst Chladni is recognized for his pioneering research in acoustics and the study of vibrating plates.
Nadežda Petrović
1873–1915
Serbian artist
Nadežda Petrović was a Serbian painter who contributed significantly to the development of modern art in her country.
Pál Teleki
1879–1941
Prime Minister of Hungary
Pál Teleki was a Hungarian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Hungary.
Conrad Veidt
1893–1943
German actor
Conrad Veidt was a German actor who appeared in numerous stage and film productions throughout his career.
Mary Cartwright
1900–1998
British mathematician
Mathematician Mary Cartwright contributed to the development of chaos theory through her research on nonlinear differential equations.
Terence McKenna
1946–2000
American ethnobotanist and mystic
Terence McKenna was an ethnobotanist who researched the use of psychedelic plants and their relationship to human consciousness and culture.
Joseph Bertrand
1822–1900
French mathematician
Joseph Bertrand was a French mathematician who formulated the postulate concerning the distribution of prime numbers.
Eugène Terre'Blanche
1941–2010
Afrikaner nationalist
Eugène Terre'Blanche was an Afrikaner nationalist politician.
Wolf Vostell
1932–1998
German painter and sculptor
Wolf Vostell was a German painter and sculptor who worked across various media including performance art, video, and installation.
Richard Abegg
1869–1910
German chemist
Richard Abegg was a German chemist who formulated the rule stating the difference between the maximum and minimum valence of an element is eight.
Warren Oates
1928–1982
American actor
Warren Oates was an American actor known for his work in film and television.
Margarita Xhepa
1932–2025
Albanian actress
Margarita Xhepa was an Albanian actress who performed in both film and stage productions.
Sophia Perovskaya
1853–1881
Russian revolutionary and assassin of Alexander II
Sophia Perovskaya was a revolutionary who participated in the assassination of Alexander II.
Norodom Suramarit
1896–1960
Cambodian king
Norodom Suramarit was a Cambodian king who also engaged in musical composition.
Leo Kanner
1894–1981
Jewish-American physician and psychiatrist
Leo Kanner was a psychiatrist who provided the first clinical description of autism.
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