L. L. Zamenhof

L. L. Zamenhof

male, deceased (1917)
Ludvic Lazarus (Ludwik Lejzer, Ludwik Łazarz) Zamenhof was an eye doctor, philologist, and the initiator of Esperanto, the most widely spoken and s...
Claude Piron

Claude Piron

male, 78 years old
Claude Piron (born 1931), a linguist and a psychologist, was a translator for the United Nations (from Chinese, English, Russian and Spanish into...
William Auld

William Auld

male, deceased (2006)
William Auld (6 November, 1924 - 11 September, 2006) was a Scottish author and the deputy director of a grammar school. He began to study Esperanto...
Humphrey Tonkin

Humphrey Tonkin

male, 70 years old
Humphrey R. Tonkin is professor of English, president emeritus of the University of Hartford in Connecticut, and a dedicated Esperantist. Born in...
Reinhard Selten

Reinhard Selten

male, 79 years old
Reinhard Selten is a German economist. Selten was born in Breslau (Wrocław) in Lower Silesia, now in Poland. For his work in game theory, Selten w...
Gaston Waringhien

Gaston Waringhien

male, deceased (1991)
Gaston Waringhein (1901 - 1991) was a French linguist, lexicographer, and esperantist. He wrote poems as well as essays and books on linguistics....
Marjorie Boulton

Marjorie Boulton

female, 85 years old
Marjorie Boulton (born 7 May 1924) is a British author and poet writing in both English and Esperanto. She is the author of "Zamenhof: Creator of...
George Soros

George Soros

male, 79 years old (New York, New York, United States)
George Soros (born August 12, 1930, in Budapest, Hungary, as György Schwartz) is an American financial speculator, stock investor, philanthropist, a...
Louis de Beaufront

Louis de Beaufront

male
Marquis Louis de Beaufront was a major influence in the development of Ido, an international auxiliary language. Beaufront was initially an...