Caspar David Friedrich
1774–1840
German Romantic landscape painter
Caspar David Friedrich was a German landscape painter known for his contributions to the Romantic movement.
Antonio Salieri
1750–1825
Italian composer and teacher
Antonio Salieri was an Italian composer and music educator who served as a prominent chapelmaster.
Willard Boyle
1924–2011
Canadian physicist and inventor
Willard Boyle was a physicist who co-invented the charge-coupled device, an imaging technology that revolutionized digital photography.
James George Frazer
1854–1941
Scottish social anthropologist
James George Frazer was a Scottish social anthropologist known for his extensive research into comparative mythology and religion.
Allan McLeod Cormack
1924–1998
American physicist
Physicist Allan McLeod Cormack developed the mathematical foundations for computed tomography scanning.
Paul Doumer
1857–1932
French statesman
Paul Doumer was a French statesman who served as the President of France.
Elbert Green Hubbard
1856–1915
American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher
Elbert Green Hubbard was an American writer who founded the Roycroft artisan community and published the periodicals The Philistine and The Fra.
Stanisław Jerzy Lec
1909–1966
Polish writer
Stanisław Jerzy Lec was a Polish writer best known for his collections of aphorisms.
Warner Baxter
1889–1951
American actor
Warner Baxter was an American actor who appeared in numerous film and stage productions.
Masakatsu Miyamoto
1938–2002
Japanese association football player and manager
Masakatsu Miyamoto was a Japanese association football player and manager.
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne
1737–1805
British Prime Minister
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne was a British politician who served as Prime Minister.
Charles De Coster
1827–1879
Belgian novelist
Charles De Coster was a Belgian novelist known for his literary works.
Joseph Greenberg
1915–2001
American linguist
Joseph Greenberg was an American linguist known for his work on language classification.
Josef Hoffmann
1870–1956
Austrian architect and product designer
Josef Hoffmann was an Austrian architect and designer who co-founded the Wiener Werkstätte.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
1909–2000
American actor and United States naval officer
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was an American actor and United States naval officer.
Ray Harryhausen
1920–2013
American animator
Ray Harryhausen was an animator who created visual effects for motion pictures using stop-motion model animation.
Charles Cooley
1864–1929
American sociologist
Charles Cooley was an American sociologist who developed the concept of the looking-glass self.
Felix Weingartner
1863–1942
Austrian conductor, composer and pianist
Felix Weingartner was an Austrian conductor who also worked as a composer and pianist.
Seve Ballesteros
1957–2011
Spanish professional golfer
Seve Ballesteros was a Spanish professional golfer who achieved international success in the sport.
Yuri Averbakh
1922–2022
Russian chess grandmaster and author
Yuri Averbakh was a Russian chess grandmaster who authored numerous books on chess theory and endgame studies.
Ali Fethi Okyar
1880–1943
2nd Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey
Ali Fethi Okyar was a politician who served as the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey.
Clement Greenberg
1909–1994
American essayist and visual art critic
Clement Greenberg was an American art critic who exerted significant influence on the development of modern art through his essays and theoretical writings.
Jean Vanier
1928–2019
Canadian humanitarian, Catholic philosopher, and theologian
Jean Vanier was a Canadian humanitarian who founded the L'Arche communities for people with developmental disabilities.
Arnold van Gennep
1873–1957
French ethnographer and folklorist
Arnold van Gennep was a French ethnographer who developed the concept of rites of passage.
Source: Wikidata, released into the public domain under CC0. Snapshot: 2026-07. Names, dates and roles come from Wikidata; summaries are condensed from it. Nothing here is generated to fill a gap.
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