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Birth

Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle photo

Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle 13

French writer, satirist and philosopher of enlightenment 1657–1757

William Williams Pantycelyn photo

William Williams Pantycelyn 1

Welsh hymnwriter 1717–1791

Gustav Friedrich Waagen photo

Gustav Friedrich Waagen 1

German art historian 1794–1868

Lydia Maria Child photo

Lydia Maria Child 34

American abolitionist, author and women's rights activist 1802–1880

Alexander H. Stephens photo

Alexander H. Stephens 29

Vice President of the Confederate States (in office from 18… 1812–1883

Alexander Maclaren photo

Alexander Maclaren 75

British minister 1826–1910

Washington Gladden photo

Washington Gladden 14

American pastor 1836–1918

Josiah Willard Gibbs photo

Josiah Willard Gibbs 11

physicist 1839–1903

Thomas Edison photo

Thomas Edison 57

American inventor and businessman 1847–1931

Eliza Calvert Hall photo

Eliza Calvert Hall 3

American author, women's rights advocate and suffragist 1856–1935

Elizabeth Bisland Whetmore photo

Elizabeth Bisland Whetmore 7

American writer and journalist 1861–1929

James P. Cannon photo

James P. Cannon 7

American politician 1890–1974

Leó Szilárd photo

Leó Szilárd 17

Physicist and biologist 1898–1964

Hans-Georg Gadamer photo

Hans-Georg Gadamer 16

German philosopher 1900–2002

Lucile Randon photo

Lucile Randon 1

French supercentenarian; world's second oldest living person 1904–2023

Joseph L. Mankiewicz photo

Joseph L. Mankiewicz 3

American film director, screenwriter, and producer 1909–1993

Richard Hamming photo

Richard Hamming 90

American mathematician and information theorist 1915–1998

Sidney Sheldon photo

Sidney Sheldon 35

American writer 1917–2007

Eva Gabor photo

Eva Gabor 2

Hungarian actress and businesswoman 1919–1995

Daniel James Jr. photo

Daniel James Jr. 3

United States general 1920–1978

Lloyd Bentsen photo

Lloyd Bentsen 3

American politician 1921–2006

Antony Flew photo

Antony Flew 8

British analytic and evidentialist philosopher 1923–2010

Dennis Skinner photo

Dennis Skinner 25

British politician 1932

Gene Vincent photo

Gene Vincent 4

American musician 1935–1971

Burt Reynolds photo

Burt Reynolds 6

American actor, director and producer. 1936–2018

Jane Yolen photo

Jane Yolen 28

American speculative fiction and children's writer 1939

Yoo Byung-eun photo

Yoo Byung-eun 1

South Korean religious leader and businessman 1941–2014

Jeffrey Gitomer photo

Jeffrey Gitomer 2

American writer 1946

Roy Moore photo

Roy Moore 6

American former judge 1947

Jeb Bush 9

American politician, former Governor of Florida 1953

Anneli Jäätteenmäki photo

Anneli Jäätteenmäki 6

Finnish politician 1955

Robert Lanza photo

Robert Lanza 3

American medical doctor 1956

Pico Iyer photo

Pico Iyer 5

British writer 1957

David Coburn (politician) photo

David Coburn (politician) 2

British politician 1959

Sheryl Crow photo

Sheryl Crow 2

American musician and actress 1962

Sarah Palin photo

Sarah Palin 74

American politician 1964

Andrew Gelman photo

Andrew Gelman 2

American mathematician 1965

Mo Willems photo

Mo Willems 7

American children's illustrator and writer 1968

Adele Parks photo

Adele Parks 1

British writer 1969

Jennifer Aniston photo

Jennifer Aniston 12

television and film actress from the United States 1969

Steve McManaman photo

Steve McManaman 22

English footballer 1972

Alex Jones photo

Alex Jones 59

American radio host, author, conspiracy theorist and filmma… 1974

Mike Shinoda photo

Mike Shinoda 7

American musician 1977

Brandy Norwood photo

Brandy Norwood 1

American singer and actress 1979

Kelly Rowland photo

Kelly Rowland 1

singer, songwriter, actress 1981

Mona Chalabi photo

Mona Chalabi 3

British data journalist 1987

Death

René Descartes photo

René Descartes 47

French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist 1596–1650

William Shenstone photo

William Shenstone 20

English gardener 1714–1763

William Playfair photo

William Playfair 4

British mathematician, engineer and political economist 1758–1824

Thomas Cole photo

Thomas Cole 1

American artist 1801–1848

Gideon Welles photo

Gideon Welles 1

United States Secretary of the Navy 1802–1878

Léon Foucault photo

Léon Foucault 5

French physicist 1819–1868

Paul Carus photo

Paul Carus 8

American philosopher 1852–1919

Axel Munthe photo

Axel Munthe 15

Swedish physician 1857–1949

John Buchan photo

John Buchan 145

British politician 1875–1940

Victor Klemperer photo

Victor Klemperer 10

Philologist, author of LTI – Lingua Tertii Imperii 1881–1960

A. J. Muste photo

A. J. Muste 12

Christian pacifist and civil rights activist 1885–1967

R. C. Majumdar photo

R. C. Majumdar 6

Indian historian 1888–1980

Sergei Eisenstein photo

Sergei Eisenstein 1

Soviet filmmaker 1898–1948

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed photo

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 11

the fifth President of India and a politician 1905–1977

Eva Hart 1

Titanic survivor 1905–1996

Harold Koontz photo

Harold Koontz 17

1909–1984

Deendayal Upadhyaya photo

Deendayal Upadhyaya 8

RSS thinker and co-founder of the political party Bharatiya… 1916–1968

Leon Festinger photo

Leon Festinger 1

American psychologist 1919–1989

Frank Herbert photo

Frank Herbert 158

American writer 1920–1986

Paul Karl Feyerabend photo

Paul Karl Feyerabend 81

Austrian-born philosopher of science 1924–1994

Tom Lantos photo

Tom Lantos 1

American politician 1928–2008

Sylvia Plath photo

Sylvia Plath 342

American poet, novelist and short story writer 1932–1963

Sylvia Plath photo

Sylvia Plath 1

American poet, novelist and short story writer 1932–1963

Peter Benchley photo

Peter Benchley 4

American author and screenwriter 1940–2006

Whitney Houston photo

Whitney Houston 7

American singer, actress, model, and record producer 1963–2012

Alexander McQueen photo

Alexander McQueen 1

British fashion designer and couturier 1969–2010