Adam Smith

Adam Smith

male, deceased (1790)
Adam Smith FRSE (baptised June 5 1723 O.S. / June 16 N.S. - July 17, 1790) was a Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneering political economist....
Anna Pavlova

Anna Pavlova

female, deceased (1931)
Anna Pavlovna Pavlova (31 January 1881 (Old Style)/12 February 1881 (New Style) – 23 January 1931) was a famous ballet dancer of the early 20th ce...
James Hutton

James Hutton

male, deceased (1797)
James Hutton (3 June 1726 O.S. (14 June 1726 N.S.), Edinburgh, Scotland - 26 March 1797) was a Scottish geologist, noted for formulating...
Mikhail Vrubel

Mikhail Vrubel

male, deceased (1910)
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel ;March 17, 1856 - April 14, 1910, all n.s.) is usually regarded as the greatest Russian painter of the Symbolist...
Viktor Vasnetsov

Viktor Vasnetsov

male, deceased (1926)
Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (May 15 (N.S.), 1848-June 23, 1926) was a Russian artist who specialized in mythological and historical subjects. He...
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen

Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen

male, deceased (1852)
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (September 20, 1778-January 13, 1852) served as a naval officer of the Russian Empire and commanded the second...
Hadji Murad

Hadji Murad

deceased (1852)
Hadji Murad (late 1790s - April 23 (N.S. May 5), 1852) was an important Caucasian leader during the resistance of the Caucasian peoples in...
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

male, deceased (1935)
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (September 19, 1935) was an Imperial Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of astronautic theory who...
Isaac Levitan

Isaac Levitan

male, deceased (1900)
Isaac Ilyich Levitan (Russian language: Исаак Ильич Левитан, August 30, 1860 - July 22 August 4 new style, 1900) was a classical Russian landscape...
Patrick Ferguson

Patrick Ferguson

male, deceased (1780)
Patrick Ferguson (1744-1780), was a British Army officer, rifle-designer, and early advocate of light infantry. Patrick Ferguson was born in...