Hans Vredeman de Vries

Hans Vredeman de Vries

male, deceased (1607)
Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527 - c. 1607) was a Dutch Renaissance architect and engineer. Born in Leeuwarden and grown up in Friesland, in 1546 he...
Eli Cohen

Eli Cohen

male, deceased (1965)
Eli Cohen was a celebrated Israeli spy, and is recognized as one of the most successful spies of modern times. Born in Egypt, Cohen contributed to...
Andreas Cellarius

Andreas Cellarius

male, deceased (1665)
Andreas Cellarius (c. 1596 Neuhausen, - 1665, Hoorn) was a Dutch-German cartographer, best known for his "Harmonia Macrocosmica" of 1660, a major...
Girolamo Maggi

Girolamo Maggi

male, deceased (1572)
Girolamo Maggi (abt. 1523-March 27, 1572), or Hieronymus Magius was an Italian scholar, jurist, poet, military engineer, urban planner,...
John Rosworm

John Rosworm

male
John Rosworm or Rosworme ("fl." 1630 - 1660) was a Dutch or German soldier and military engineer who served the Parliamentarian cause during the...
Christopher H. Sterling

Christopher H. Sterling

male, 66 years old
Christopher H. Sterling (born April 16, 1943 in Washington, D.C.) is a professor of media and public affairs at the George Washington University...
Elena Filatova

Elena Filatova

female, 35 years old
Elena (Lena) Filatova is a Ukrainian motorcyclist who gained Internet fame in 2004 under the nickname KiddOfSpeed after her website was mentioned...
Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut

Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut

male, deceased (1710)
Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut (c. 1639 - 25 February 1710) was a French soldier and explorer who is the first European known to have visited the...

Tieba Traoré

male, deceased (1893)
Tieba Traoré was a king of the Kénédougou Empire who reigned from 1876 until his death in 1893. Son of the previous king, Mansa Douala, Traoré move...
Pyotr Saltykov

Pyotr Saltykov

male, deceased (1772)
Count Pyotr Semyonovich Saltykov (1697 - 1772) was a Russian statesman and a military figure, adjutant general (1762), son of Semyon Saltykov. In...