George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw

male, deceased (1950)
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856-2 November 1950) was an Irish dramatist, literary critic, and socialist. During his career Shaw wrote more than...
Stanley Matthews

Stanley Matthews

male, deceased (2000)
Sir Stanley Matthews, CBE (February 1 1915 - February 23 2000) was a football player. Often regarded as one of the greats of the English game, he...
Bernard Mizeki

Bernard Mizeki

male, deceased (1896)
Bernard Mizeki was an African Christian missionary and martyr. He was born Mamiyeri Mitseka Gwambe in Inhambane, Portuguese East Africa...
Vida Goldstein

Vida Goldstein

female, deceased (1869)
Of the Australian women connected with the emancipation and suffrage movements of the day Vida Goldstein was the only one to gain a truly...

Lars Levi Læstadius

male, deceased (1861)
Lars Levi Læstadius was a Swedish Lutheran pastor of partly Sami ancestry. From the mid 1840's and onward he became the leader of the Laestadian m...
Richard Heales

Richard Heales

male, deceased (1864)
Richard Heales (1821 - 19 June 1864), Australian colonial politician, was the 4th Premier of Victoria. Heales was born in London, the son of an...

David H. Blair

male, deceased (1945)
David Hunt Blair (born January 13, 1868, High Point, North Carolina; died September 13, 1945) served as Commissioner of Internal Revenue from...
Paavo Ruotsalainen

Paavo Ruotsalainen

male, deceased (1852)
Paavo Ruotsalainen was a Finnish farmer and lay preacher. Born in Tölvänniemi (parish Iisalmi) as the oldest son of plain farmers, he received hi...
Leopold Pokagon

Leopold Pokagon

male, deceased (1827)
Leopold Pokagon was a Potawatomi "Wkema" (chief). Taking over for Tobinabee, who died due to a fall from a horse when drunk in 1827, Pokagon became...