William Harvey

William Harvey

male, deceased (1657)
William Harvey was an English medical doctor, who is credited with being the first to correctly describe, in exact detail, the properties of blood...
James Rennell

James Rennell

male, deceased (1830)
Major James Rennell F.R.S. (December 3, 1742 - March 29, 1830) was an English geographer, historian and a pioneer of oceanography.
Carsten Juste

Carsten Juste

male, 62 years old
Carsten Juste is a Danish journalist. Juste started out his career in 1979 as a trainee with the Danish large-circulation newspaper...
Andrea Cesalpino

Andrea Cesalpino

male, deceased (1603)
Andrea Cesalpino (Latinized as Andreas Caesalpinus was an Italian physician, philosopher and botanist. In his works he classified plants according...
John Gates

John Gates

male, 96 years old
John Gates, born Solomon Regenstriet in New York City in 1913, was a prominent American Communist from 1939 to 1958. While a student at City...
Alexandra Shulman

Alexandra Shulman

female, 52 years old
Alexandra Shulman (born 1957 or 1958) is the editor of the British edition of "Vogue". She was a regular columnist for the "Daily Telegraph"...
Cynthia Leive

Cynthia Leive

female
Cynthia (Cindi) Leive is the Editor in Chief of "Glamour" magazine. Under Leive, "Glamour" has received a record number of editorial awards....

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...
Nikolai Zhukovsky

Nikolai Zhukovsky

male, deceased (1921)
Nikolai Yegorovich Zhukovsky (March 17, 1921) was a Russian scientist, founding father of modern aero- and hydrodynamics. Whereas contemporary...