Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon

male, deceased (1626)
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban was an English philosopher, statesman, and essayist, but is best known as a philosophical advocate and...
Joseph Henry

Joseph Henry

male, deceased (1878)
Joseph Henry (December 17 1797 - May 13 1878) was a Scottish-American scientist who served as the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution....

Johnnie Johnson

male, deceased (2005)
Johnnie Johnson (July 8, 1924 - April 13, 2005) was a piano player and blues musician whose work with Chuck Berry led to his induction into the...
Ellen Moir

Ellen Moir

female
Ellen Moir is the founder and executive director of The New Teacher Center, based at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). Established...

Sheila Kitzinger

female, 80 years old
Sheila Helena Elizabeth Kitzinger MBE (born March 29, 1929 in Taunton, Somerset) is a British natural childbirth activist and author on childbirth...
Chris Blackwell

Chris Blackwell

male, 72 years old
Chris Blackwell (born June 22, 1937) is the founder of Island Records. Born in London to an Irish father and a Costa Rican-born Sephardic Jewish...
Bobby Winkles

Bobby Winkles

male, 79 years old
Bobby Brooks Winkles (born March 11, 1930 in Tuckerman, Arkansas, The United States of America) is a legendary former baseball coach at Arizona...
John Ernst Worrell Keely

John Ernst Worrell Keely

male, deceased (1898)
John Ernst Worrell Keely (September 3 1827-November 18 1898) was a US inventor from Philadelphia who invented the Keely Motor. Keely invented,...
Ali Ibn Ridwan

Ali Ibn Ridwan

male, deceased (1061)
Abu'l Hasan Ali ibn Ridwan Al-Misri was an Egyptian physician, astrologer and astronomer, born in Jiza. He was a commentator on Greek medicine, and...
Raphael M. Robinson

Raphael M. Robinson

male, deceased (1995)
Raphael Mitchel Robinson (November 2 1911, National City California - January 27 1995. Berkeley California) was an American mathematician. Born in...