David M. Brewer

David M. Brewer

male, deceased (2003)
David M. Brewer, 44, was the ninth person executed by the state of Ohio since it reinstated the death penalty in 1981. Brewer died by lethal...
Dahlia Ravikovitch

Dahlia Ravikovitch

female, deceased (2005)
Dahlia Ravikovitch (17 November 1936 - 21 August 2005) was an Israeli poet and peace activist best known for the freedom of expression in her...
Jan Jesenius

Jan Jesenius

male, deceased (1621)
Jan Jesenius was a physician, politician and philosopher of Slovak origin. He is renowned rather for his tragic fate than for his work in the field...
Corissa Yasen

Corissa Yasen

female, deceased (2001)
Corissa Lee Yasen (December 5, 1973 - May 12, 2001) was an American collegiate and professional athlete. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and...
Amir Abdur Rehman Cheema

Amir Abdur Rehman Cheema

male, deceased (2006)
Amir Abdur Rehman Cheema was a 28-year-old Pakistani textile engineering student who entered the offices of the German daily Die Welt on March 20...
Walter James Bolton

Walter James Bolton

male, deceased (1957)
Walter James Bolton (13 August 1888 - 18 February 1957) was a New Zealand farmer who was found guilty of poisoning his wife. He is known as the...
Thomas Pettigrew

Thomas Pettigrew

male, deceased (1865)
Thomas Joseph Pettigrew, sometimes known as "Mummy" Pettigrew, was a surgeon and antiquarian who became an expert on Ancient Egyptian mummies. He...

Johann Jakob Wepfer

male, deceased (1695)
Johann Jakob Wepfer (December 23 1620 - January 26 1695) was a Swiss pathologist and pharmacologist who was a native of Schaffhausen. He studied...

Theodor Kerckring

male, deceased (1693)
Theodor Kerckring (1640-1693) was a Dutch anatomist. Before studying medicine at Leiden University, he was a pupil at the Latin School of...

Tane Ikai

female
Tane Ikai (January 18, 1879 - July 12, 1995) was Japan's oldest female on record and oldest undisputed person since the beginning of the koseki...