Osman I

Osman I

male, deceased (1326)
Mongol invasions, Byzantine Empire, Ottoman dynasty, ottoman empire, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Anatolia…OttomanTurk, Sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Principality, seljuk turk
Osman I was the leader of the Ottoman Turks, and the founder of the dynasty that established and ruled the Ottoman Empire. The Empire, named for...
Marco D'Aviano

Marco D'Aviano

male, deceased (1699)
Capuchin, martyrdom, crete, lent, Advent, Republic of Venice…OttomanTurk
Marco d'Aviano (1631-1699) was a Capuchin friar. Born Carlo Domenico in Aviano, Republic of Venice (now Italy), he was attracted to a life of...
Dionysius The Philosopher The Philosopher

Dionysius The Philosopher The Philosopher

male, deceased (1611)
Ottoman execution, OttomanTurk, greek, revolutionary, from Epirus, monk
Dionysius the Philosopher was a Greek monk who led two farmer revolts against the Ottoman Turks.

Sakıp Sabancı

male, deceased (2004)
Hilton Hotels Corporation, TYCOON, statue, cotton, philanthropist, Forbes…ottoman, OttomanTurk
Sakıp Sabancı was a prominent Turkish business tycoon and philanthropist. Born as the second son of a cotton trader, he worked in all the ranks of...

Vukašin Mrnjavčević

male, deceased (1371)
serb, serbian, monarch, macedonia, tsar, Serbian royalty…OttomanTurk
Vukashin was a Serbian medieval ruler in modern-day central and northwestern Macedonia, who ruled from 1365 to 1371. He is mentioned in 1350 as...
Qasim Amin

Qasim Amin

male, deceased (1910)
Egyptian women's rights activist, Upper Egyptian, Islamic scholarship, Purdah, Upper Egypt, women's rights…ottoman, OttomanTurk
Qasim Amin (1863-1908) was an Egyptian jurist and one of the founders of the Egyptian National Movement and Cairo University. Born to an Upper...
Isidore Of Kiev

Isidore Of Kiev

male, deceased (1463)
Russian Rite Catholic, Eastern Catholic bishop, Orthodox converts to Catholicism, Russian, Greek Renaissance humanist, ukrainian language…OttomanTurk
Isidore ; Ukrainian:Ісидор; died April 27 1463), a Greek by birth was Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia. After his death he became known among...
Kudsi Erguner

Kudsi Erguner

male
musician, ney flute, George Aperghis, Michel Portal, Mevlevi, OttomanTurk…ottoman
Kudsi Erguner, born in the 1950s in Istanbul, Turkey, is considered a master of traditional Mevlevi Sufi and is one of the best-known players of...
Pietro Loredan

Pietro Loredan

male, deceased (1439)
genoa, doge, gallipoli, 15th century, mantua, Doge of Venice…OttomanTurk
Pietro Loredan (died 1439, Venice) was a Venetian nobleman and admiral. Loredan was responsible for making Venice the dominant power in...
Semen Paliy

Semen Paliy

male, deceased (1710)
Crimean Tatar, polkovnyk, cossack, ukrainian, Crimean Khanate, Cossack rebel…ottoman empire, OttomanTurk
Semen Paliy was a Ukrainian Cossack polkovnyk (colonel). Born in Chernihiv region, Paliy settled in Zaporizhia at a very young age and gained fame...