John Dryden

John Dryden

male, deceased (1700)
John Dryden (August 19 {August 9 O.S.1631 – May 12 {May 1 O.S.}, 1700) was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator and pl...
Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson

male, deceased (1637)
Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 - 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he...
John Locke

John Locke

male, deceased (1704)
John Locke was an English philosopher. Locke is considered the first of the British Empiricists, but is equally important to social contract...
Robert Hooke

Robert Hooke

male, deceased (1703)
Robert Hooke, FRS (July 18, 1635 – March 3, 1703) was an English polymath who played an important role in the scientific revolution, through both ex...
Christopher Wren

Christopher Wren

male, deceased (1723)
Sir Christopher Wren was a 17th century English designer, astronomer, geometer, and the greatest English architect of his time. Wren designed 53...
Jeremy Bentham

Jeremy Bentham

male, deceased (1832)
Jeremy Bentham - June 6, 1832) was an English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. He was a political radical and a leading theorist...
Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon

male, deceased (1794)
Edward Gibbon (April 27, 1737 - January 16, 1794) was an English historian and Member of Parliament. His most important work, "The History of the...
John Gielgud

John Gielgud

male, deceased (2000)
Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (14 April, 1904 - 21 May 2000), known as Sir John Gielgud, was an Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Academy Award-winning...
Peter Brook

Peter Brook

male, 84 years old
Peter Brook is a British theatre and film director and innovator, and considered one of the most influential and revered directors and theatre...
Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

male, deceased (2004) (Westminster, Mississippi, United States)
Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov, CBE (April 16, 1921 – March 28, 2004), born Peter Alexander Baron von Ustinov, was an Academy Award-winning Br...