Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai

male, deceased (1948)
; (19 June 1909 – 13 June 1948) was a Japanese author who is considered one of the foremost fiction writers of 20th-century Japan. He is noted fo...
Gherasim Luca

Gherasim Luca

male, deceased (1994)
Gherasim Luca (July 23, 1913 – February 9, 1994) was a Surrealist theorist and Romanian poet, frequently cited in the works of Gilles Deleuze and Fé...
Troy Broadbridge

Troy Broadbridge

male, deceased (2004)
Troy Broadbridge (5 October 1980-26 December 2004) was an Australian rules football player with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian...
Orville E. Babcock

Orville E. Babcock

male, deceased (1884)
Orville Elias Babcock (December 25, 1835 - June 2, 1884) was an American Civil War general in the Union Army. Born in Franklin, Vermont, Babcock...
Yanka Dyagileva

Yanka Dyagileva

female, deceased (1991)
Yanka Dyagileva (full name Yana Stanislavovna Dyagileva,) (born September 4, 1966 in Novosibirsk - died May 9(?), 1991) was a Russian poet and...
John Laplante

John Laplante

male, deceased (2007)
John Maurice LaPlante, Jr. (January 31, 1953 - April 14, 2007), was a political columnist, news bureau director, and college professor in Baton...
Ludwig II of Bavaria II of Bavaria

Ludwig II of Bavaria II of Bavaria

male, deceased (1886)
Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm (August 25, 1845 - June 13, 1886) was king of Bavaria from 1864 until shortly before his...

Charles Clement Johnston

male, deceased (1832)
Charles Clement Johnston (April 30, 1795-June 17, 1832) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia. Born in Prince Edward County, Virginia and...

Yusuf İsmail

male, deceased (1898)
1894, a giant (6’2", 250 pounds) Turk named Yusuf İsmail takes up professional wrestling in France. According to the published accounts, Yusuf los...

Merton Hodge

male, deceased (1958)
Merton Emerton Hodge was a playwright, actor and medical practitioner. Born in Taruheru, Poverty Bay, New Zealand, he studied at Kings College in...