Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann

male, deceased (1856)
Robert Schumann (June 8, 1810 - July 29, 1856) was a German composer and pianist. He was one of the most famous Romantic composers of the...
Heinrich Heine

Heinrich Heine

male, deceased (1856)
Christian Johann Heinrich Heine was a journalist, an essayist, and one of the most significant German romantic poets. He is remembered chiefly for...
Novalis

Novalis

male, deceased (1801)
Novalis was the pseudonym of Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg (May 2, 1772 - March 25, 1801), an author and philosopher of early...
August Wilhelm Schlegel

August Wilhelm Schlegel

male, deceased (1845)
August Wilhelm (later: von) Schlegel (September 8, 1767 - May 12, 1845) was a German poet, translator, critic, and a foremost leader of German...
John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill

male, deceased (1873)
John Stuart Mill, (20 May 1806 - 8 May 1873) British philosopher, political economist and Member of Parliament, was an influential liberal thinker...
Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder

Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder

male, deceased (1798)
Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder was a German attorney and writer. With Ludwig Tieck, he was a co-founder of German Romanticism. Wackenroder was born...

Sophie von Kühn

female, deceased (1797)
Christiane Wilhelmine Sophie von Kühn was the love interest and eventual fiancée of the German Romantic poet and philosopher Friedrich von Ha...
Johan Christian Dahl

Johan Christian Dahl

male, deceased (1857)
Johan Christian Claussen Dahl, also known as I.C. Dahl, was a Norwegian landscape painter, born in Bergen. He formed his style without much...
Karl Philipp Moritz

Karl Philipp Moritz

male, deceased (1793)
Karl Philipp Moritz (September 15 1756 - June 26 1793) was a German author, editor and essayist of the "Sturm und Drang", late enlightenment, and...
Julien Gracq

Julien Gracq

male, 99 years old
Julien Gracq is the pen name of Louis Poirier, a French writer. He wrote novels, critiques, a play and some poetry. His work, influenced by...