William A. Brady

male, deceased (1950)
William Aloysius Brady (June 19, 1863 - January 6, 1950) was an American theatre actor, producer, and sports promoter. Brady was born to a...

Hermann L. Gremliza

male
Hermann Ludwig Gremliza is a German journalist. In the sixties he studied at Tübingen. He learned the profession working at Der Spiegel and after 1...

Pietro Alcionio

male, deceased (1527)
Pietro Alcionio, or Petrus Alcyonitus (ca. 1487-1527), the Venetian humanist, was a classical scholar under the patronage of Pope Clement VII, a...
Jakob Thomasius

Jakob Thomasius

male, deceased (1684)
Jakob Thomasius was a German academic philosopher and jurist. He was influential in the contemporary realignment of philosophy as a discipline....
Estienne de la Roche

Estienne de la Roche

male, deceased (1530)
Estienne de La Roche was a French mathematician. Sometimes known as Estienne de Villefranche, La Roche was born in Lyon, but his family also owned...

Giambattista Benedetti

male, deceased (1590)
Giambattista (Gianbattista) Benedetti (august 14 1530 - January 20 1590) was an Italian mathematician from Venice who wrote "La gnomonica". He was...
Mary Welsh Hemingway

Mary Welsh Hemingway

female, deceased (1986)
Mary Welsh Hemingway (April 5, 1908 - November 26, 1986) was an American journalist and the wife of Ernest Hemingway. Born in Minnesota, Welsh was...

Shankar Lamichhane

male
Shankar Lamichhane is a Nepalese essayist and a winner of Madan Puraskaar, the highest national honor in literary achievement. Abstract Chintan:...

Sir Edmund Backhouse 2nd Baronet

male, deceased (1944)
Sir Edmund Trelawny Backhouse, 2nd Baronet (20 October 1873 - 8 January 1944) was a British oriental scholar, linguist and "black sheep" of the...

Mikhail Raslovlev

male
Mikhail Raslovlev was a Russian monarchist emigre who met Philip Graves and gave him a copy of Maurice Joly's book, "Dialogue aux Enfers entre...