Gabriel Sionita

male, deceased (1648)
Gabriel Sionita (born 1577, at Edden in the Lebanon; died 1648, at Paris) was learned Maronite, famous for his share in the publication of the 1645...

Robert Stiller

male, 81 years old
Czech writers translated by Stiller include Fráňa Šrámek; Yiddish writers, Itzig Manger; Indian writers, Rabindranath Tagore, Kālidāsa and Bilhan...
Hans Conon von der Gabelentz

Hans Conon von der Gabelentz

male, deceased (1874)
Hans Conon von der Gabelentz (1807 - 1874) was a German minister and linguist, an authority of the Manchu language. He was prime minister of the...
Michael Ventris

Michael Ventris

male, deceased (1956)
Michael George Francis Ventris (July 12, 1922 - September 6, 1956) was an English architect and classical scholar who, along with John Chadwick,...
Carlos do Amaral Freire

Carlos do Amaral Freire

male
Carlos do Amaral Freire is a Brazilian scholar, linguist and translator. He claims to have mastered no more than 30 languages in the sense that he...
Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo

male, 43 years old
Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo, more commonly known as Dikembe Mutombo (born June 25 1966), is a basketball player in the...
Maria Gaetana Agnesi

Maria Gaetana Agnesi

female, deceased (1799)
Maria Gaetana Agnesi (May 16, 1718 - January 9, 1799) was an Italian linguist, mathematician, and philosopher. Agnesi is credited with writing the...
Moe Berg

Moe Berg

male, deceased (1972)
Morris "Moe" Berg (March 2, 1902, New York, New York - May 29, 1972, Belleville, New Jersey) was an American professional baseball player who later...
Michael Everson

Michael Everson

male
Michael Everson (born January 9, 1963) is a linguist, script encoder, typesetter, and font designer. His central area of expertise is with writing...

István Dabi

male, 66 years old
István Dabi, Sr. is a Hungarian translator. He became famous at the age of 18, by which time he had acquired 18 languages in which he corresponded w...