Marie de France

Marie de France

female, 909 years old
Marie de France ("Mary of France") was a poet evidently born in France and living in England during the late 12th century. Virtually nothing is...

John Leland

male, deceased (1766)
John Leland (1691 - 1766) was an English Presbyterian minister and author of theological works. Born in Wigan, Lancashire, he was educated in...
Robert Newton

Robert Newton

male, deceased (1956)
Robert Newton was an English actor. He was born in Shaftesbury, in Dorset, England, and died in Los Angeles, California, USA, from a heart attack....
William Grant

William Grant

male, deceased (1832)
Sir William Grant was an British lawyer, Member of Parliament from 1790–1812 and Master of the Rolls from 1801–1817. He was born at Elchies, Mora...
Thomas Russell

Thomas Russell

male, deceased (1958)
Thomas Russell (August 14, 1895 - March 9, 1958) was an American painter, also the grandfather of Kurt Russell, and father of actor Bing Russell.

Richard Upjohn

male, deceased (1878)
Richard Upjohn (1802 - 1878) was a United States architect. Born in Shaftesbury, England, he emigrated to the United States in 1829. He was...
Thomas Southerne

Thomas Southerne

male, deceased (1746)
Thomas Southerne (1660 - May 22, 1746), Irish dramatist, was born at Oxmantown, near Dublin, in 1660, and entered Trinity College, Dublin in 1676....
William Benson

William Benson

male, deceased (1754)
William Benson was a talented amateur architect and an ambitious and self-serving Whig place-holder in the government of George I. In 1718, Benson...

Francis Sykes

male, deceased (1804)
Sir Francis Sykes (1732-1804) was an English landowner, Member of Parliament and sometime Governor of Kasimbazar in India, being styled an English...

John Somers 1st Baron Somers

male, deceased (1716)
John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, PC, FRS (4 March 1651-26 April 1716) was Lord High Chancellor of England under King William III. He was born at...