Emperor Meiji

Emperor Meiji

male, deceased (1912)
(November 3, 1852 — July 30, 1912) was the 122nd emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from February 3, 18...
Akechi Mitsuhide

Akechi Mitsuhide

male, deceased (1582)
nicknamed Jūbei, was a samurai who lived during the Sengoku period of Feudal Japan. Mitsuhide was a general under daimyo Oda Nobunaga, although he l...
Chulalongkorn

Chulalongkorn

male, deceased (1910)
King Chulalongkorn the Great or Rama V (royal name: Phra Chula Chomklao Chaoyuhua was the fifth king of the Chakri dynasty of Thailand. He is...
Laura Joh Rowland

Laura Joh Rowland

female
Laura Joh Rowland is the author of a series of mystery novels set in the late days of feudal Japan, mostly in Edo during the late 1600s. They...
Louis Hartz

Louis Hartz

male, deceased (1986)
Louis Hartz (8 April 1919 - 20 January 1986) was an American political scientist and influential liberal proponent of the idea of American...
Marthanda Varma

Marthanda Varma

male, deceased (1758)
Marthanda Varma (Anizham Tirunal), Malayalam മാര്‍ത്താണ്ഡ വര്‍മ്മ, (1706 - 1758) was the son of the junior Rani of Attingal whose entire family w...
Paul Vinogradoff

Paul Vinogradoff

male, deceased (1925)
Sir Paul Vinogradoff (transliterated: "Pavel Gavrilovich Vinogradov"; November 18 (30), 1854, Kostroma, Russia–December 19, 1925, Paris, France) wa...
Rennyo

Rennyo

male, deceased (1499)
"'"' (1415-1499) was the 8th abbot of the Jodo Shinshu sect of Buddhism and is often referred to as the restorer of the sect (or, the second...
Henry Knighton

Henry Knighton

male, deceased (1396)
Henry Knighton or Knyghton (died England circa 1396) was an Augustinian canon at the abbey of St. Mary of the Meadows, Leicester, England. He was a...
Emma Of Normandy

Emma Of Normandy

male, deceased (1052)
Emma (c. 985-March 6, 1052 in Winchester, Hampshire), was daughter of Richard the Fearless, Duke of Normandy, by his second wife Gunnora. She was...