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Carl Djerassi was a Viennese-born Bulgarian-American pharmaceutical chemist, novelist, playwright and co-founder of Djerassi Resident Artists Program with Diane Wood Middlebrook. H…
Carl Djerassi, Austrian-American chemist, author, and playwright (died 2015)
Gerda Johanna Marie van der Kade-Koudijs, née Koudijs, was a Dutch athlete who competed at the 1948 Olympics. She won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay with Xenia Stad-de Jong, N…
Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Dutch runner, hurdler, and long jumper (died 2015)
Gloria Catherine Oden was an American poet, editor and retired professor of English. She was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1979 for Resurrections, a collection of poems that …
Gloria Oden, American poet and academic (died 2011)
Laurence Ginnell was an Irish nationalist politician, lawyer and Member of Parliament (MP) of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as member of t…
Laurence Ginnell, Irish lawyer and politician (born 1852)
Savina Petrilli was an Italian Catholic professed religious who founded the Sisters of the Poor of Saint Catherine of Siena upon receiving the encouragement of Pope Pius IX.
Savina Petrilli, Italian religious leader (born 1851)
Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was the eighth premier of Quebec, serving two separate terms.
Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Premier of Quebec (born 1840)
Ralph McKittrick was an American golfer and tennis player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (born 1877)
Sir Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar was an early Indian National Congress politician and Hindu reformer. He was true " serve western colonial empire".
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Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet was a French statesman who served four times as Prime Minister during the Third Republic. He also served an important term as Minister of War …
Charles de Freycinet, French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (born 1828)
Rolf Skår was a Norwegian engineer and entrepreneur. He was a co-founder of the computer manufacturing company Norsk Data in 1967, and took over as chief executive officer (CEO) of…
Rolf Skår, Norwegian engineer (born 1941)
Princess Helena, later Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, was the third daughter and fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (born 1846)
Pierre Loti was a French naval officer and novelist, known for his exotic novels and short stories.
Pierre Loti, French soldier and author (born 1850)
Isabelle Bogelot was a French philanthropist and feminist.
Isabelle Bogelot, French philanthropist (born 1838)
Edith Irene Södergran was a Swedish-speaking Finnish poet. One of the first modernists within Swedish-language literature, her influences came from French Symbolism, German express…
Edith Södergran, Swedish-Finnish poet (born 1892)
Francisco "Pancho" Villa was a Mexican revolutionary, guerrilla leader, and politician. He was a key figure in the Mexican Revolution, which forced out President and dictator Porfi…
Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (born 1878)
Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of the most popular pre…
Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th president of the United States (born 1865)
Kate Douglas Wiggin was an American educator, author and composer. She wrote children's stories, most notably the classic children's novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, and composed …
Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (born 1856)
Howard Samuel "Howdy" Wilcox was an American racing driver active in the formative years of auto racing. He won the 1919 Indianapolis 500.
Howdy Wilcox, American racing driver (born 1889)
Ugo Sivocci was an Italian racing driver.
Ugo Sivocci, Italian race car driver (born 1885)
Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca was a Brazilian field marshal and politician who served as the eighth president of Brazil between 1910 and 1914. He was a nephew of marshal Deodoro da F…
Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca, Brazilian president (born 1855)
Michael Joseph Whitty was an Irish militant and Republican activist who was the youngest of the 22 Irish republicans who died while on hunger strike in the 20th century. Whitty was…
Joseph Whitty, Irish Republican died on hunger strike during the 1923 Irish Hunger Strikes (born 1904)
Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto was an Italian polymath, whose areas of interest included sociology, civil engineering, economics, political science, and philosophy. He made severa…
Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (born 1845)
Sukumar Ray was a Bengali writer and poet from British India. He is remembered mainly for his writings for children. He was the son of children's story writer Upendrakishore Ray Ch…
Sukumar Ray, Indian poet and playwright (born 1887)
Jules Louis Gabriel Violle was a French physicist and inventor.
Jules Violle, French physicist and academic (born 1841)