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Birth

Thomas Tryon photo
Thomas Tryon 3
British hat maker 1634–1703
Moses Mendelssohn photo
Moses Mendelssohn 3
German Jewish philosopher and theologian 1729–1786
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette photo
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette 7
French general and politician 1757–1834
John Dalton photo
John Dalton 6
English chemist, meteorologist and physicist 1766–1844
Frances Wright photo
Frances Wright 36
American activist 1795–1852
Bruno Bauer photo
Bruno Bauer 1
German philosopher and historian 1809–1882
Jane Addams photo
Jane Addams 28
pioneer settlement social worker 1860–1935
William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett photo
William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett 1
British judge 1883–1962
Walter Dornberger photo
Walter Dornberger 2
German general 1895–1980
Julien Green photo
Julien Green 1
American author 1900–1998
W. Ross Ashby photo
W. Ross Ashby 26
British psychiatrist 1903–1972
Banesh Hoffmann photo
Banesh Hoffmann 2
American mathematician and physicist 1906–1986
Nicolas Schöffer photo
Nicolas Schöffer 2
French sculptor and plastician 1912–1992
Peter Hellings photo
Peter Hellings 1
Royal Marines general 1916–1990
Moshe Goshen-Gottstein photo
Moshe Goshen-Gottstein 5
Israeli linguist 1925–1991
Alan Lindsay Mackay photo
Alan Lindsay Mackay 1
British crystallographer 1926
Maurice Cowling photo
Maurice Cowling 8
historian 1926–2005
Robert M. Pirsig photo
Robert M. Pirsig 164
American writer and philosopher 1928–2017
Vera Mae Green photo
Vera Mae Green 3
American anthropologist and academic 1928–1982
George Klir photo
George Klir 16
American computer scientist 1932–2016
General Baker photo
General Baker 1
1941–2014
Roger Waters photo
Roger Waters 52
English songwriter, bassist, and lyricist of Pink Floyd 1943
Donna Haraway photo
Donna Haraway 3
scholar in the field of science and technology studies 1944
Marc Bekoff photo
Marc Bekoff 6
American biologist 1945
Tommy Lee Wallace photo
Tommy Lee Wallace 2
American film director 1949
Robyn Davidson photo
Robyn Davidson 6
Australian writer 1950
Carly Fiorina photo
Carly Fiorina 14
American corporate executive and politician 1954
Buddy Carter photo
Buddy Carter 3
State Senator 1957
Jeff Foxworthy photo
Jeff Foxworthy 31
American stand-up comedian 1958
Robin L. Webb photo
Robin L. Webb 1
American politician 1960
Chris Christie photo
Chris Christie 2
55th Governor of New Jersey, former U.S. Attorney for the D… 1962
Geert Wilders photo
Geert Wilders 83
Dutch politician 1963
Alice Sebold photo
Alice Sebold 60
American writer 1963
Macy Gray photo
Macy Gray 6
American singer-songwriter and actress 1967
Christopher Brookmyre photo
Christopher Brookmyre 1
Scottish novelist 1968
Ego Boyo photo
Ego Boyo 4
Nigerian actress and movie producer 1968
Tony DiTerlizzi photo
Tony DiTerlizzi 2
American artist, writer and producer 1969
Dolores O'Riordan photo
Dolores O'Riordan 8
Irish singer 1971–2018
Idris Elba photo
Idris Elba 2
English actor, DJ and recording artist 1972
China Miéville photo
China Miéville 102
English writer 1972
Abby Martin photo
Abby Martin 8
American journalist 1984

Death

William Tyndale photo
William Tyndale 38
Bible translator and agitator from England 1494–1536
Jean-Baptiste Colbert photo
Jean-Baptiste Colbert 3
French politician 1619–1683
Friedrich Albert Fallou photo
Friedrich Albert Fallou 1
German jurist and lawyer 1794–1877
Lord Charles Beresford photo
Lord Charles Beresford 1
Royal Navy admiral 1846–1919
Gilbert Parker photo
Gilbert Parker 3
Canadian novelist and British politician 1862–1932
Paul-Jean Toulet photo
Paul-Jean Toulet 4
French poet 1867–1920
Margaret Sanger photo
Margaret Sanger 61
American birth control activist, educator and nurse 1879–1966
John Edensor Littlewood photo
John Edensor Littlewood 6
English Mathematician 1885–1977
Olaf Stapledon photo
Olaf Stapledon 113
British novelist and philosopher 1886–1950
Edwin Arthur Burtt photo
Edwin Arthur Burtt 5
American philosopher 1892–1989
Hendrik Verwoerd photo
Hendrik Verwoerd 22
Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 until his assassin… 1901–1966
Akira Kurosawa photo
Akira Kurosawa 16
Japanese film maker 1910–1998
Bob Pierce photo
Bob Pierce 1
American evangelical charity founder 1914–1978
Madeleine L'Engle photo
Madeleine L'Engle 223
American writer 1918–2007
Lotfi A. Zadeh photo
Lotfi A. Zadeh 18
Electrical engineer and computer scientist 1921–2017
Joan Vollmer photo
Joan Vollmer 6
Common-law wife of William S. Burroughs 1923–1951
Robert Mugabe photo
Robert Mugabe 29
former President of Zimbabwe 1924–2019
Richard M. DeVos photo
Richard M. DeVos 4
American businessman 1926–2018
Luciano Pavarotti photo
Luciano Pavarotti 12
Italian operatic tenor 1935–2007
Burt Reynolds photo
Burt Reynolds 6
American actor, director and producer. 1936–2018
Kate Millett photo
Kate Millett 1
American writer and activist 1937–2017