Carolus Linnaeus

Carolus Linnaeus

male, deceased (1778)
Carl Linnaeus, Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, ph...
August Strindberg

August Strindberg

male, deceased (1912)
Johan August Strindberg (January 22, 1849 - May 14, 1912) was a Swedish writer, playwright, and painter. Along with Henrik Ibsen he is arguably the...
Anders Celsius

Anders Celsius

male, deceased (1744)
Anders Celsius (November 27, 1701 - April 25, 1744) was a Swedish astronomer. Celsius was born in Uppsala in Sweden. He was professor of astronomy...
Daniel Solander

Daniel Solander

male, deceased (1782)
Daniel Carlsson Solander or Daniel Charles Solander was a Swedish botanist. Solander was born in Piteå, Norrland, Sweden and was the son of a L...

Fredric Hasselquist

male, deceased (1752)
Fredric Hasselquist was a Swedish traveller and naturalist. Hasselquist was born at Törnevalla in Östergötland. On account of the frequently exp...
Pehr Kalm

Pehr Kalm

male, deceased (1779)
Pehr Kalm (March 6 1716 - November 16 1779) (in Finland also known as Pietari Kalm and in some English-language translations as Peter Kalm) was a...
Emanuel Swedenborg

Emanuel Swedenborg

male, deceased (1772)
Emanuel Swedenborg (born Emanuel Swedberg; January 29, 1688 - March 29, 1772) was a Swedish scientist, philosopher, Christian mystic, and...

Dag Hammarskjöld

male, deceased (1961)
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld (July 29, 1905 - September 18, 1961) was a Swedish diplomat and the second Secretary-General of the United N...
Hans Blix

Hans Blix

male, 81 years old (Uppsala, Sweden)
Dr Hans Blix , the former Foreign Minister of Sweden, was most recently the head of the UN's weapons inspection team in Iraq. Before that, from...
Hans Corell

Hans Corell

male, 70 years old
Hans Corell (born July 7, 1939) is a Swedish diplomat. Between March 1994 and March 2004 he was Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and the...