James K. Polk

James K. Polk

male, deceased (1849) (MECKLENBURG)
Often referred to as the first "dark horse" President, James K. Polk was the last of the Jacksonians to sit in the White House, and the last strong...
Adam Mickiewicz

Adam Mickiewicz

male, deceased (1855)
Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (pronounced: [miʦ'kʲeviʧ ]; Belarusian: "Адам Міцкевіч"; Lithuanian: "Adomas Bernardas Mickevičius"; December 24 1798...
Carl von Clausewitz

Carl von Clausewitz

male, deceased (1831)
Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz (June 1, 1780 – November 16, 1831) was a Prussian soldier, military historian and influential military th...
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

male, deceased (1831)
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (August 27, 1770 - November 14, 1831) was a German philosopher born in Stuttgart, in the region of Württemberg in s...
Georges Cuvier

Georges Cuvier

male, deceased (1832)
Baron Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert Cuvier was a French naturalist and zoologist. He was the elder brother of Frédéric Cuvier (1773–...
Thomas Munro

Thomas Munro

male, deceased (1827)
Sir Thomas Munro (27 May, 1761-6 July, 1827), Scottish soldier and statesman, was born at Glasgow, the son of a merchant called Alexander Munro....
John Blake Dillon

John Blake Dillon

male, deceased (1866)
John Blake Dillon (5 May 1814 - 15 September 1866) was an Irish writer and Politician who was one of the founding members of the Young Ireland...
James Clarence Mangan

James Clarence Mangan

male, deceased (1849)
James Clarence Mangan, born James Mangan (1 May 1803, Dublin - 20 June 1849) was an Irish poet.
Vasily Golovnin

Vasily Golovnin

male, deceased (1831)
Vasily Mikhailovich Golovnin (4.8(19).1776 — 6.29.(7.11).1831), Russian navigator, Vice Admiral, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sc...
Aleksey Khomyakov

Aleksey Khomyakov

male, deceased (1860)
Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov was a Russian religious poet who helped found the Slavophile movement and became one of its most distinguished...