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Birth

Montesquieu photo
Montesquieu 34
French social commentator and political thinker 1689–1755
Daniel Webster photo
Daniel Webster 62
Leading American senator and statesman. January 18, 1782 – … 1782–1852
Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye photo
Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye 8
British songwriter, composer, poet and author 1807–1867
Henry Austin Dobson photo
Henry Austin Dobson 2
English poet and essayist 1840–1921
Alfred Percy Sinnett photo
Alfred Percy Sinnett 5
English writer and Theosophist 1840–1921
Mahadev Govind Ranade photo
Mahadev Govind Ranade 15
Indian scholar, social reformer and author 1842–1901
Frank Johnson Goodnow photo
Frank Johnson Goodnow 4
American historian 1859–1939
Rubén Darío photo
Rubén Darío 6
Nicaraguan poet and writer 1867–1916
William Trufant Foster photo
William Trufant Foster 13
American economist 1879–1950
Paul Ehrenfest photo
Paul Ehrenfest 2
Dutch physicist 1880–1933
A.A. Milne photo
A.A. Milne 169
British author 1882–1956
Arthur Ransome photo
Arthur Ransome 11
English author and journalist 1884–1967
Walter James, 4th Baron Northbourne photo
Walter James, 4th Baron Northbourne 5
British rower, agriculturalist and translater 1896–1982
Cary Grant photo
Cary Grant 22
British-American film and stage actor 1904–1986
Jacob Bronowski photo
Jacob Bronowski 79
Polish-born British mathematician 1908–1974
Kenneth E. Boulding photo
Kenneth E. Boulding 163
British-American economist 1910–1993
Danny Kaye photo
Danny Kaye 4
American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian 1913–1987
Yoichiro Nambu photo
Yoichiro Nambu 2
American physicist 1921–2015
Gilles Deleuze photo
Gilles Deleuze 35
French philosopher 1925–1995
Betty Berzon photo
Betty Berzon 1
American psychotherapist 1928–2006
Robert Anton Wilson photo
Robert Anton Wilson 110
American author and polymath 1932–2007
L. David Mech photo
L. David Mech 10
American Biologist , Ecologist 1937
Anthony Giddens photo
Anthony Giddens 13
British sociologist 1938
Curt Flood photo
Curt Flood 4
baseball player 1938–1997
Paul Keating photo
Paul Keating 33
Australian politician, 24th Prime Minister of Australia 1944
Paul Donoghue photo
Paul Donoghue 3
Roman Catholic bishop 1949
Philippe Starck photo
Philippe Starck 20
French architect and industrial designer 1949
Gilles Villeneuve photo
Gilles Villeneuve 9
Canadian racecar driver 1950–1982
Elijah Cummings photo
Elijah Cummings 2
U.S. Representative from Maryland 1951–2019
Michael J. Behe photo
Michael J. Behe 10
American biochemist, author, and intelligent design advocate 1952
Jesús Sanz Montes photo
Jesús Sanz Montes 1
Spanish archbishop 1955
Kevin Costner photo
Kevin Costner 1
American actor, singer, musician, producer, director, and b… 1955
Maxime Bernier photo
Maxime Bernier 12
Canadian politician 1963
Janice McGeachin photo
Janice McGeachin 1
American congresswoman in Idaho 1963
Dave Attell photo
Dave Attell 28
comedian 1965
Dave Bautista photo
Dave Bautista 7
American actor and professional wrestler 1969
Carolyn Parkhurst photo
Carolyn Parkhurst 1
American writer 1971
Jonathan Davis photo
Jonathan Davis 12
Heavy metal singer, frontman for Korn 1971
Joe Kehoskie photo
Joe Kehoskie 7
American baseball agent 1973
Joanna Newsom photo
Joanna Newsom 61
American musician 1982

Death

Jan van Riebeeck photo
Jan van Riebeeck 4
Dutch colonial governor 1619–1677
Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon photo
Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon 7
Irish poet 1637–1685
Samuel Garth photo
Samuel Garth 6
British writer 1661–1719
Hakuin Ekaku photo
Hakuin Ekaku 4
Japanese Zen Buddhist master 1686–1769
Charles Dupin photo
Charles Dupin 7
French mathematician 1784–1873
John Tyler photo
John Tyler 8
American politician, 10th President of the United States (i… 1790–1862
Edward Bulwer-Lytton photo
Edward Bulwer-Lytton 31
English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician 1803–1873
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo photo
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo 10
Californian military commander, politician, and rancher 1807–1890
Henry George Liddell photo
Henry George Liddell 4
Headmaster, lexicographer, classical scholar, and dean 1811–1898
Christian Nestell Bovee photo
Christian Nestell Bovee 21
American writer 1820–1904
Edmund Clarence Stedman photo
Edmund Clarence Stedman 13
American poet, critic, and essayist 1833–1908
George Wade Robinson photo
George Wade Robinson 1
Irish poet 1838–1877
Rudyard Kipling photo
Rudyard Kipling 200
English short-story writer, poet, and novelist 1865–1936
J. M. E. McTaggart photo
J. M. E. McTaggart 3
British philosopher 1866–1925
Amy Carmichael photo
Amy Carmichael 2
Missionary in India 1867–1951
David O. McKay photo
David O. McKay 10
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1873–1970
Kathleen Norris photo
Kathleen Norris 11
American writer 1880–1966
Carl Zuckmayer photo
Carl Zuckmayer 4
German writer and playwright 1896–1977
K. L. Saigal photo
K. L. Saigal 7
Indian actor 1904–1947
Eleanor Hibbert photo
Eleanor Hibbert 4
English novelist 1906–1993
Hugh Gaitskell photo
Hugh Gaitskell 11
British politician 1906–1963
Bill Finger photo
Bill Finger 6
American comic strip and comic book writer 1914–1974
Eugenio Cruz Vargas photo
Eugenio Cruz Vargas 2
Chilean poet and painter 1923–2014
Stansfield Turner photo
Stansfield Turner 3
former United States Navy admiral and former Director of Ce… 1923–2018
N. T. Rama Rao photo
N. T. Rama Rao 4
Indian actor and Andhra Pradesh former chief minister 1923–1996
Thomas Anthony Dooley III photo
Thomas Anthony Dooley III 2
American physician 1927–1961
Robert B. Parker photo
Robert B. Parker 2
American crime writer 1932–2010
Peter Mayle photo
Peter Mayle 2
British writer 1939–2018
Julius Lester photo
Julius Lester 3
American author 1939–2018
Bruce Chatwin photo
Bruce Chatwin 6
English novelist 1940–1989
Paul Tsongas photo
Paul Tsongas 3
American politician 1941–1997
Jim Horning photo
Jim Horning 2
computer scientist 1942–2013
André Leon Talley photo
André Leon Talley 2
American journalist 1948–2022