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Birth

Virgil 138

Ancient Roman poet -70–-19 BC

Akbar 13

3rd Mughal Emperor 1542–1605

Alexander Fraser Tytler photo

Alexander Fraser Tytler 3

Scottish advocate, judge, writer and historian 1747–1813

James Holman photo

James Holman 1

Royal Navy officer 1787–1857

Helen Hunt Jackson photo

Helen Hunt Jackson 10

Novelist, poet, writer, activist 1830–1885

Isaac Parker photo

Isaac Parker 3

American politician 1838–1896

Honoré Mercier photo

Honoré Mercier 3

Canadian politician 1840–1894

Friedrich Nietzsche photo

Friedrich Nietzsche 655

German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and cl… 1844–1900

Harry F. Ward photo

Harry F. Ward 2

American methodist minister 1873–1966

P.G. Wodehouse photo

P.G. Wodehouse 302

English author 1881–1975

William Temple photo

William Temple 5

Archbishop of Canterbury 1881–1944

S. S. Van Dine photo

S. S. Van Dine 12

American journalist 1888–1939

C. P. Snow photo

C. P. Snow 7

British writer 1905–1980

John Kenneth Galbraith photo

John Kenneth Galbraith 207

American economist and diplomat 1908–2006

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. photo

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. 5

American historian, social critic, and public intellectual 1917–2007

Mario Puzo photo

Mario Puzo 53

American Novelist 1920–1999

Italo Calvino photo

Italo Calvino 44

Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels 1923–1985

Lee Iacocca photo

Lee Iacocca 10

American businessman 1924–2019

Douglas Reeman photo

Douglas Reeman 40

British author 1924–2017

Koo Kwang-ming photo

Koo Kwang-ming 1

Taiwanese businessman and independence activist 1926

Michel Foucault photo

Michel Foucault 128

French philosopher 1926–1984

Milorad Pavić photo

Milorad Pavić 2

Serbian writer 1929–2009

FM-2030 2

author, teacher, transhumanist philosopher, futurist and co… 1930–2000

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam photo

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 43

11th President of India, scientist and science administrator 1931–2015

Leonard Peikoff photo

Leonard Peikoff 5

Canadian-American philosopher 1933

Matthias Ssekamaanya photo

Matthias Ssekamaanya 1

Ugandan Roman Catholic bishop 1936

Andrejs Dunkels photo

Andrejs Dunkels 1

1939–1998

Telesphore Toppo photo

Telesphore Toppo 1

Catholic cardinal 1939–2023

Xi Murong photo

Xi Murong 1

Taiwanese poet and painter 1943

Stanley Fischer photo

Stanley Fischer 2

American economist 1943

John F. Street photo

John F. Street 2

American politician 1943

Orlando Antonini photo

Orlando Antonini 1

Italian priest 1944

David Trimble photo

David Trimble 2

Northern Irish politician 1944–2022

David Lee photo

David Lee 2

politician and diplomat from Taiwan 1949

Joni Eareckson Tada photo

Joni Eareckson Tada 10

American artist 1949

Peter Bernus photo

Peter Bernus 5

Hungarian-Australian computer scientist 1949

Cathy Ladman photo

Cathy Ladman 1

American actor and comedian 1955

Alfie Kohn photo

Alfie Kohn 13

American author and lecturer 1957

Yumi Hotta photo

Yumi Hotta 4

Japanese manga artist 1957

Stephen Clarke photo

Stephen Clarke 6

British author 1958

Michael Lewis photo

Michael Lewis 40

American writer 1960

Aron Ra 190

Aron Ra is an atheist activist and the host of the Ra-Men P… 1962

Liz Kessler photo

Liz Kessler 2

British children's writer 1966

Kenneth Griffin photo

Kenneth Griffin 11

American hedge fund manager 1968

Kshama Sawant photo

Kshama Sawant 3

American politician and economist 1973

Raphaël Glucksmann photo

Raphaël Glucksmann 1

French film director and journalist 1979

David Heinemeier Hansson photo

David Heinemeier Hansson 1

programmer, racing driver, creator of Ruby of Rails, 2012-2… 1979

Swati Maliwal photo

Swati Maliwal 4

women activist who fights for women rights 1984

Khanyi Mbau photo

Khanyi Mbau 1

South African television & radio personality, actress and a… 1985

Jenna Talackova photo

Jenna Talackova 2

Canadian model 1988

Mesut Özil photo

Mesut Özil 2

German footballer 1988

Vincent Martella photo

Vincent Martella 1

American actor 1992

Death

Hasan al-Basri photo

Hasan al-Basri 4

Iranian Sufi Saint 642–728

Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi photo

Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi 3

Persian polymath, physician, alchemist and chemist, philoso… 865–925

Andreas Vesalius photo

Andreas Vesalius 8

early anatomist 1514–1564

Tadeusz Kościuszko photo

Tadeusz Kościuszko 3

Polish and American military leader 1746–1817

Letitia Elizabeth Landon photo

Letitia Elizabeth Landon 785

English poet and novelist 1802–1838

Ludwig von Rochau photo

Ludwig von Rochau 1

German politician 1810–1873

W. W. Thayer photo

W. W. Thayer 1

American judge 1827–1899

Sai Baba of Shirdi photo

Sai Baba of Shirdi 28

Hindu and muslim saint 1836–1918

Henry R. Towne photo

Henry R. Towne 10

American engineer 1844–1924

Raymond Poincaré photo

Raymond Poincaré 26

10th President of the French Republic 1860–1934

Gus Cannon photo

Gus Cannon 1

American blues musician 1883–1979

Cole Porter photo

Cole Porter 33

American composer and songwriter 1891–1964

Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji photo

Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji 3

English composer, music critic, pianist and writer 1892–1988

Hermann Göring photo

Hermann Göring 40

German politician and military leader 1893–1946

Scott O'Dell photo

Scott O'Dell 2

American children's writer 1898–1989

William Soutar photo

William Soutar 4

British poet 1898–1943

Stepan Bandera photo

Stepan Bandera 6

Ukrainian anti-communist 1909–1959

Virginia Lee Burton photo

Virginia Lee Burton 1

American children's writer and illustrator 1909–1968

Anne Ridler photo

Anne Ridler 1

English poet, editor 1912–2001

Norodom Sihanouk photo

Norodom Sihanouk 24

Cambodian King 1922–2012

James Lee Barrett photo

James Lee Barrett 2

Tony Award winner, screenwriter and United States Marine 1929–1989

Sarah Kofman photo

Sarah Kofman 6

philosopher from France 1934–1994

Thomas Sankara photo

Thomas Sankara 12

President of Upper Volta 1949–1987

Paul Allen photo

Paul Allen 11

American inventor, investor and philanthropist 1953–2018