Anniversaries 7 May
Birth
Classical Greek philosopher
-427–-347 BC
French moralist and essayist
1754–1824
English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era
1812–1889
German composer and pianist
1833–1897
American politician
1836–1926
French psychologist
1841–1931
British politician
1847–1929
Bengali polymath
1861–1941
English Christian writer
1869–1901
Indian Indologist and Sanskrit scholar
1880–1972
American poet and Librarian of Congress
1892–1982
Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman
1892–1980
American scientist and inventor
1909–1991
South African actor and director
1910–1991
Japanese film director
1911–1993
American actress
1923–1985
German-born British-American author
1927–2013
American science fiction and fantasy writer
1931–2019
English novelist
1940–1992
Canadian-Ukrainian historian
1941–2016
British children's writer
1946
American children's writer
1953
English composer and pop musician
1956
American mainstream and pornographic actress, producer, fil…
1968
American politician and member of the United States House o…
1982
Death
Italian classical composer and conductor
1750–1825
Swedish painter
1774–1840
English barrister, politician, and Lord Chancellor of Great…
1778–1868
Scottish mechanical engineer and inventor
1808–1890
Chief Justice of the United States
1808–1873
English industrialist, philanthropist, and politician
1851–1925
Scottish social anthropologist
1854–1941
American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el …
1856–1915
American activist
1861–1915
Austrian architect and product designer
1870–1956
American writer and artist
1909–1994
British anarchist
1920–1996
American animator
1920–2013
Canadian physicist and inventor
1924–2011
American physicist
1924–1998
Canadian humanitarian
1928–2019
British author and illustrator
1931–2015
American make-up artist and photographer
1962–2002