Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

male, deceased (1941) (India)
(7 May 1861 - 7 August 1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo Samaj philosopher, visual artist, playwright,...
Pauline Kael

Pauline Kael

female, deceased (2001)
Pauline Kael (June 19, 1919 - September 3, 2001) was a Jewish-American film critic who wrote for "The New Yorker" magazine from 1968 to 1991. She...
Nicanor Parra

Nicanor Parra

male, 95 years old
Nicanor Parra is a mathematician and poet often considered to be the most influential poet Chile has produced since Pablo Neruda. He describes...
Sheikh Imam

Sheikh Imam

male
Imam Mohammad Ahmad Eissa or Sheikh Imam (July 2 1918 - June 71995) was a famous Egyptian composer and singer. For most of his life, he formed a...
Jan Twardowski

Jan Twardowski

male, deceased (2006)
Jan Jakub Twardowski was a famous Polish poet, but, as he said of himself, he was a priest (of the Catholic Church) first of all. He was a chief...
Franciszek Bohomolec

Franciszek Bohomolec

male, deceased (1784)
Franciszek Bohomolec, which ridicules ignorance and superstition and is usually considered his best work, and "Czary" (1775; “Sorcery”), which also...
Chris Dingman

Chris Dingman

male, 33 years old
Chris Dingman (born July 6, 1976 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Dingman played junior hockey for the Brandon...
Charles Alfred Bell

Charles Alfred Bell

male, deceased (1945)
Sir Charles Alfred Bell (1870-1945) born in Calcutta was a British-Indian tibetologist. After joining the Indian Civil Service, he was appointed...

Fritz Rosen

male
Fritz Rosen was a German Orientalist, son of Georg Rosen, consul at the German embassy in Beirut in the late 19th century, at the time capital of...
Ziad Fazah

Ziad Fazah

male, 55 years old
Ziad Youssef Fazah (born June 10, 1954 in Monrovia, Liberia) is reputed to be the world's most accomplished hyperpolyglot. It is said that he...