John Polidori

John Polidori

male, deceased (1821)
John William Polidori was an Italian English physician and writer, known for his associations with the Romantic movement and credited by some as...
Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso

male, 28 years old
Fernando Alonso Díaz is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and reigning, two-time, world champion. He currently lives in Oxford, England, and o...

François-Alphonse Forel

male, deceased (1912)
François-Alphonse Forel was a Swiss scientist who pioneered the study of lakes, and is thus considered the founder of limnology. Born in Morges on L...
Luigi Lucheni

Luigi Lucheni

male, deceased (1910)
Luigi Lucheni was an Italian anarchist who assassinated the Austrian Empress Elisabeth of Bavaria (commonly referred to as Sisi) in 1898. Lucheni...

Anthony Brooks

male, deceased (2007)
Anthony (Tony) Morris Brooks was a British undercover agent in World War II. He received the Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Croix de...
Ken Whyld

Ken Whyld

male, deceased (2003)
Kenneth Whyld (March 6, 1926 - July 11, 2003) was a British chess author and researcher, best known as the co-author (with David Hooper) of the...
Katharine McCormick

Katharine McCormick

female, deceased (1967)
Katharine Dexter McCormick was a U.S. biologist, suffragist, philanthropist and, after her husband's death, heir to a substantial part of the...
Jean-Daniel Colladon

Jean-Daniel Colladon

male, deceased (1893)
Jean-Daniel Colladon, was a Swiss physicist. He studied law but then worked in the labs of Ampère and Fourier. He received an Académie des Sc...

François Bocion

male, deceased (1890)
François-Louis David Bocion, (March 30, 1828, Lausanne - December 13, 1890, Lausanne), was a Swiss artist and teacher. Born in Lausanne, Bocion s...
Armand Dufaux

Armand Dufaux

male, deceased (1941)
Armand Dufaux (1883 - 1941) was a Swiss aviation pioneer who became famous for flying the length of Lake Geneva in 1910. He and his brother, Henri...