Chick Webb

Chick Webb

male, deceased (1939)
William Henry Webb, usually known as Chick Webb (February 10, 1905 –June 16, 1939) was a jazz and swing music drummer as well as a band leader.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

male, deceased (1799)
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg was an 18th-century German scientist, satirist and Anglophile. As a scientist, he was the first to hold a professorship...
Charles Proteus Steinmetz

Charles Proteus Steinmetz

male, deceased (1923)
Charles Proteus Steinmetz (April 9, 1865-October 26, 1923) was an American Mathematician and Electrical Engineer. He fostered the development of...

Juan Ruiz de Alarcón

male, deceased (1639)
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza, one of the greatest Spanish dramatists of the Golden Age, was born in New Spain.
Raymond A. Palmer

Raymond A. Palmer

male, deceased (1977)
Raymond Arthur Palmer (1910-1977) was the influential editor of "Amazing Stories" from 1938 through 1949, when he left publisher Ziff-Davis to form...
Lady Mary Grey

Lady Mary Grey

female, deceased (1578)
Lady Mary Grey (1545-April 20, 1578), sometimes spelled Marie, was the third and last daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Lady Frances...
Cristoforo Solari

Cristoforo Solari

male, deceased (1527)
Cristoforo Solari also known as il Gobbo (c. 1460 - 1527) was an Italian sculptor and architect. He was the brother of the painter Andrea Solari....

Edmund Crouchback 1st Earl of Lancaster

male, deceased (1296)
Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster (January 16, 1245 - June 5, 1296) was the second surviving son of Eleanor of Provence and King Henry III...
Pippin The Hunchback

Pippin The Hunchback

male, deceased (831)
Pippin the Hunchback (born before 770 - 813) was the first son of Charles the Great (Charlemagne) of his first wife (or concubine) Himiltrude....

Benjamin Lay

male, deceased (1760)
Benjamin Lay (1681-1760) was a philanthropist and abolitionist. Lay was born in Colchester, England. In 1710 he moved to Barbados as a merchant,...