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Birth

Nicolas Steno photo
Nicolas Steno 4
Pioneer in anatomy and geology, bishop 1638–1686
Alexander Hamilton photo
Alexander Hamilton 106
Founding Father of the United States 1757–1804
Andrew Cherry photo
Andrew Cherry 2
irish writer 1762–1812
Charles Jefferys photo
Charles Jefferys 8
British music publisher 1807–1865
John A. Macdonald photo
John A. Macdonald 7
1st Prime Minister of Canada 1815–1891
Bayard Taylor photo
Bayard Taylor 13
United States poet, novelist and travel writer 1825–1878
William James photo
William James 246
American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist 1842–1910
George William Foote photo
George William Foote 4
British secularist and journal editor 1850–1915
Harry Gordon Selfridge photo
Harry Gordon Selfridge 23
America born English businessman 1858–1947
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston photo
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston 21
British politician 1859–1925
Edward B. Titchener photo
Edward B. Titchener 2
American psychologist 1867–1927
Dwight Morrow photo
Dwight Morrow 3
American politician 1873–1931
Aldo Leopold photo
Aldo Leopold 130
American writer and scientist 1887–1948
Alan Paton photo
Alan Paton 14
South African writer and activist 1903–1988
Albert Hofmann photo
Albert Hofmann 42
Swiss chemist 1906–2008
Abraham Joshua Heschel photo
Abraham Joshua Heschel 130
Polish-American Conservative Judaism Rabbi 1907–1972
Pierre Mendès-France photo
Pierre Mendès-France 1
French politician 1907–1982
Jimmy Quillen photo
Jimmy Quillen 2
American politician 1916–2003
James D. Thompson photo
James D. Thompson 11
American sociologist 1920–1973
Valentine Telegdi photo
Valentine Telegdi 3
American physicist 1922–2006
Carroll Shelby photo
Carroll Shelby 1
American automotive designer, racing driver, and entreprene… 1923–2012
Ernst Nolte photo
Ernst Nolte 8
German historian and philosopher 1923–2016
C. A. R. Hoare photo
C. A. R. Hoare 16
British computer scientist 1934
Jean Chrétien photo
Jean Chrétien 34
20th Prime Minister of Canada 1934
Eva Hesse photo
Eva Hesse 2
German-born American sculptor 1936–1970
Arthur Scargill photo
Arthur Scargill 14
British trade unionist 1938
Richard A. Posner photo
Richard A. Posner 11
United States federal judge 1939
Jill Churchill photo
Jill Churchill 1
American writer of historical, mystery, and romantic novels… 1943
Jim Hightower photo
Jim Hightower 8
Texas author and liberal political activist 1943
John Piper photo
John Piper 40
American writer 1946
Larry Harvey photo
Larry Harvey 6
Founder of Burning Man 1948–2018
M.J. Akbar photo
M.J. Akbar 4
journalist, author 1951
Lee Ritenour photo
Lee Ritenour 1
American jazz guitarist, session musician, and composer 1952
Diana Gabaldon photo
Diana Gabaldon 158
American author 1952
Kailash Satyarthi photo
Kailash Satyarthi 18
Indian children's rights activist 1954
Max Lucado photo
Max Lucado 78
American clergyman and writer 1955
Sakshi Maharaj photo
Sakshi Maharaj 4
Indian politician 1956
Luciano Suriani photo
Luciano Suriani 2
Vatican archbishop and diplomat 1957
Bryan Robson photo
Bryan Robson 1
English footballer and manager 1957
Jasper Fforde photo
Jasper Fforde 75
British novelist 1961
Brian Moore photo
Brian Moore 1
British rugby player, referee, commentator 1962
Stacy McGaugh photo
Stacy McGaugh 10
American astronomer 1964
Marc Acito photo
Marc Acito 1
American novelist, humorist, screenwriter 1966
Marcus Buckingham photo
Marcus Buckingham 13
British writer 1966
Rahul Dravid photo
Rahul Dravid 12
Indian cricketer 1973
Alethea Kontis photo
Alethea Kontis 13
American writer 1976
Maureen Shea photo
Maureen Shea 2
American boxer 1981
Matt Mullenweg photo
Matt Mullenweg 10
American entrepreneur 1984
Rachel Riley photo
Rachel Riley 5
television presenter 1986

Death

Wu Jingzi photo
Wu Jingzi 1
Chinese scholar-writer 1701–1754
William Williams Pantycelyn photo
William Williams Pantycelyn 1
Welsh hymnwriter 1717–1791
Prithvi Narayan Shah photo
Prithvi Narayan Shah 1
far-sighted king/unifier of Nepal 1722–1775
Timothy Dwight IV photo
Timothy Dwight IV 3
American historian 1752–1817
Francis Scott Key photo
Francis Scott Key 8
American lawyer and poet 1779–1843
James Martineau photo
James Martineau 13
English religious philosopher 1805–1900
Benjamin Butler (politician) photo
Benjamin Butler (politician) 3
Union Army general, lawyer, politician 1818–1893
Thomas Hardy photo
Thomas Hardy 171
English novelist and poet 1840–1928
Emilio De Bono photo
Emilio De Bono 5
Italian General 1866–1944
Emanuel Lasker photo
Emanuel Lasker 8
German World Chess Champion and grandmaster, contract bridg… 1868–1941
Arthur Guiterman photo
Arthur Guiterman 6
United States writer 1871–1943
Rodolfo Graziani photo
Rodolfo Graziani 5
Italian general 1882–1955
LeGrand Richards photo
LeGrand Richards 1
American Mormon leader 1886–1983
Isidor Isaac Rabi photo
Isidor Isaac Rabi 3
American physicist 1898–1988
Galeazzo Ciano photo
Galeazzo Ciano 1
Italian politician 1903–1944
Lal Bahadur Shastri photo
Lal Bahadur Shastri 24
The second Prime Minister of the Republic of India and a le… 1904–1966
Carl David Anderson photo
Carl David Anderson 2
American scientist 1905–1991
Miep Gies photo
Miep Gies 4
Dutch citizen who hid Anne Frank 1909–2010
Barbara Pym photo
Barbara Pym 7
British writer 1913–1980
Edmund Hillary photo
Edmund Hillary 25
New Zealand mountaineer 1919–2008
Rafiq Nishonov photo
Rafiq Nishonov 2
Soviet politician 1926–2023
Nguyen Khanh photo
Nguyen Khanh 20
South Vietnamese soldier 1927–2013
Ariel Sharon photo
Ariel Sharon 15
prime minister of Israel and Israeli general 1928–2014
Michael Atiyah photo
Michael Atiyah 5
British mathematician 1929–2019
Robert Anton Wilson photo
Robert Anton Wilson 110
American author and polymath 1932–2007
Spalding Gray photo
Spalding Gray 1
actor, dramatist, playwright, screenwriter 1941–2004
Elizabeth Aston photo
Elizabeth Aston 1
English writer 1948–2016
Aaron Swartz photo
Aaron Swartz 16
computer programmer and internet-political activist 1986–2013