Amartya Sen

Amartya Sen

male, 76 years old
Visva-Bharati University alumni, Economist for Peace and Security, Order of the Companions of Honour, Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour, Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge, Trinity College, Cambridge…famine
Amartya Kumar Sen CH (Hon) ("Ômorto Kumar Shen") (born 3 November 1933), is an Indian economist, philosopher, and a winner of the Bank of Sweden P...
Norman Borlaug

Norman Borlaug

male, 95 years old
Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Congressional Gold Medal recipient, Congressional Gold Medal, Mexican Academy of Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences…famine
Norman Ernest Borlaug (born March 25 1914) is an American agricultural scientist, humanitarian, Nobel laureate, and has been called the father of...

Agabus

male
eastern orthodox, paul of tarsus, Christian martyr of the Roman era, Caesarea Maritima, Act of the Apostles, Eastern Christianity…famine
Agabus was an early follower of Christianity mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as a prophet. He is traditionally remembered as one of the...

P. Sainath

male
Indian, affairs, poverty, photojournalist, globalization, telugu…famine
Palagummi Sainath (1954-) is an award winning Indian development journalist and photojournalist focusing on social problems, rural affairs, poverty...
William Smith O'Brien

William Smith O'Brien

male, deceased (1864)
smith, Limerick County, eleventh century, hanged, drawn, and quartered, Trinity College, Cambridge, member of parliament…famine
William Smith O'Brien was an Irish Nationalist and Member of Parliament (MP) and leader of the Young Ireland movement. He claimed to be able to...
Gilbert Walker

Gilbert Walker

male, deceased (1958)
English, FRS, temperature, El Nino, Rainfall, Trinity College, Cambridge…famine
Sir Gilbert Thomas Walker FRS (14 June 1868 - 4 November 1958) was a British physicist and statistician of the 20th Century. He is best known for...
Yuan Longping

Yuan Longping

male, 79 years old
hybrid rice, Chinese Academy of Engineering, State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, World Food Prize, erhu, motorcycling…famine
Yuan Longping is a Chinese agricultural scientist and educator, known for developing the first hybrid rice varieties in the 1970s. His "hybrid...
George Somers

George Somers

male, deceased (1610)
Royal Navy officer, Virginia colonial, Warspite, bermuda, spanish, member of parliament…famine
Admiral Sir George Somers (1554-1610) was a British naval hero. Born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, the son of John Somers, his first fame came as part of...
Michael Cusack

Michael Cusack

male, deceased (1906)
Lough Cutra, St Colman's College, famine, irish famine, Kilkenny College, Enniscorthy
Michael Cusack (1847 - 1906) was an Irish teacher and founder of the Gaelic Athletic Association. He was born in the parish of Carron on the...

William Digby

male
humanitarian, British, british raj, madras, industrial revolution, famine
William Digby was a British author and humanitarian. Digby was based in British-ruled India (see British Raj) where he was witness to several...