- male, deceased (1744)
- Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 - 30 May 1744) is generally regarded as the greatest English poet of the early eighteenth century, best known for his...
- female, 81 years old (SAINT LOUIS, Missouri)
- Maya Angelou is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature and as a remarkable Renaissance woman. A poet, educator, historian,...
- male, deceased (1922)
- Alexander Graham Bell (3 March 1847 - 2 August 1922) was a scientist, inventor, and innovator. Born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, he emigrated...
- male, deceased (1895)
- Friedrich Engels was a German social scientist and philosopher, who developed communist theory alongside his better-known collaborator, Karl Marx,...
- male, deceased (1947)
- Leopold Maximiliaan Felix Timmermans (5 July 1886 - 24 January 1947) is the most translated author of Flanders. Timmermans was born in the Belgian...
- male, deceased (1776)
- John Harrison was an English clockmaker who revolutionised and extended the possibility of safe long distance sea travel in the Age of Sail by...
- female, deceased (1940)
- Emma Goldman aka 'Red Emma', was a Lithuanian-born anarchist known for her writings and speeches. She was lionized as an iconic "rebel woman"...
- male, 55 years old
- James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian director, producer and screenwriter. He is noted for his action/science fiction films,...
- male, deceased (1982)
- John Cheever (May 27, 1912-June 18, 1982) was an American novelist and short story writer, sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs." His...
- male, deceased (1983)
- Eric Hoffer was an American social writer. He produced ten books and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983 by President of...
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