William W. Hagen

male
William W. Hagen is a prominent historian and Professor of History at the University of California, Davis. He obtained his B.A. from Harvard...
Roxelana

Roxelana

female, deceased (1558)
Roxelana, Roxolana, Roxelane, Rossa, Ruziac, known also by her Turkish name of Hürrem (or Khourrem or Karima), meaning "the cheerful one", (c. 1...

Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko

male, deceased (1911)
"His Eminence" Prince Jan Maurycy Paweł Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko (13 September 1842 in Gwoździec, Galicia - 8 September 1911 in Kraków, Pol...

Volodymyr Sichynskyi

male, deceased (1962)
Volodymyr Sichynskyi was a Ukrainian émigré, architect, graphic artist, and art historian. Volodymyr Sichynskyi was born to the family of Ievtym Si...

Iosyf Shumliansky

deceased (1708)
Iosyf Shumliansky (1643 - 1708) was a Ukrainian bishop in Lviv, best known for restoring unity with the Holy See in 1700.
Bertha Kalich

Bertha Kalich

female, deceased (1939)
Bertha Kalich was a Jewish actress, born in Lemberg, Galicia (now Lviv, Ukraine), primarily known for her roles in Yiddish theater in New York...
Mkhitar Gosh

Mkhitar Gosh

male, deceased (1213)
Mkhitar Gosh (1130 - 1213) was an Armenian scholar and priest. He wrote a code of laws including civil and Canon law that was used in both Greater...
David Josef Bach

David Josef Bach

male
David Josef Bach (Lemberg (now Lviv), Ukraine, August 13, 1874 – London, UK, January 30, 1947) was an important and influential figure in the cu...

Ignaz Aurelius Fessler

male, deceased (1839)
Ignaz Aurelius Fessler, Hungarian ecclesiastic, politician, historian and freemason, was born in the village of Zurány in the county of Moson. In 1...

Karol Kurpiński

male, deceased (1857)
Karol Kazimierz Kurpiński - (September 18, 1857, Warsaw) was a Polish composer, conductor and pedagogue. Karol began his studies under his father, M...