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Hendrik Karel Offerhaus was a Dutch medical doctor and rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Dutch boat Minerva Amsterdam, which finished third in the …
Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch rower (born 1875)
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV was a United States Army general, the commander of Allied forces in the Philippines, and prisoner of war during World War II.
Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1883)
Nikolaos Plastiras was a Greek general and politician, who served three times as Prime Minister of Greece. A distinguished soldier known for his personal bravery, he became famous …
Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician, 135th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1883)
Robert Alphonso Taft Sr. was an American politician and lawyer who represented Ohio in the United States Senate from 1939 until his death in 1953. A member of the Republican Party,…
Robert A. Taft, American soldier and politician (born 1889)
Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari was an Italian racing driver who first raced motorcycles and then concentrated on sports cars and Grand Prix racing, where he achieved significant success. O…
Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (born 1892)
Ludwig Prandtl was a German fluid dynamicist, physicist and aerospace scientist. He was a pioneer in the development of rigorous systematic mathematical analyses which he used for …
Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (born 1875)
Richard Walther Darré was one of the leading Nazi "blood and soil" ideologists and served as Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture. As the National leader for agricultural policy,…
Richard Walther Darré, Argentine-German agronomist and politician, convicted war criminal (born 1895)
James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, styled Marquess of Hamilton between 1885 and 1913, was a British peer and Unionist politician. He was the first Governor of Nort…
James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, English politician, Governor of Northern Ireland (born 1869)
Hugo Schmeisser was a German firearm developer.
Hugo Schmeisser, German engineer (born 1884)
Lewis Shepard Stone was an American film actor, best known for his 29 years as a contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and for his portrayal of Judge James Hardy in the studio's p…
Lewis Stone, American actor (born 1879)
David Curtiss Munson was an American athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
David Munson, American runner (born 1884)
Hans Feige was a German career military officer who served in the Imperial German Army, the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht. He participated in both world wars and rose to the rank of…
Hans Feige, German general (Wehrmacht) (born 1880)
Mary Brewster Hazelton was an American portrait painter. She attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where she was later an instructor. Among her other achievements…
Mary Brewster Hazelton, American painter (born 1868)
Baron Charles Victor Raymond André Evance de Tornaco was a racing driver from Belgium. He participated in 4 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 22 June 1952. He…
Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver (born 1927)
Sadık Necmettin Sadak was a Turkish politician, former minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey and former chairman of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray.
Necmettin Sadak, Turkish publisher and politician, 10th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1890)
Xu Beihong, also known as Ju Péon, was a Chinese painter.
Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and educator (born 1895)
Edwin Powell Hubble was an American astronomer. He played a crucial role in establishing the fields of extragalactic astronomy and observational cosmology. Hubble proved that many …
Edwin Hubble, American astronomer and scholar (born 1889)
Ernst Rudolf Johannes Reuter was a German politician who was the mayor of West Berlin from 1948 to 1953, during the Cold War. He played a significant role in unifying the divided s…
Ernst Reuter, German politician (born 1889)
John Marin was an early American modernist visual artist. He is known for his abstract landscape paintings and watercolors.
John Marin, American painter (born 1870)
John Marin was an early American modernist visual artist. He is known for his abstract landscape paintings and watercolors.
John Marin, American painter (born 1870)
Émilie Busquant (1901–1953) was a French feminist, anarcho-syndicalist and anti-colonial activist who was married to the Algerian nationalist leader Messali Hadj. She is notable fo…
Émilie Busquant, French anarcho-syndicalist, sewed the first Flag of Algeria (born 1901)
Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax was an English composer, poet, and author. His prolific output includes songs, choral music, chamber pieces, and solo piano works, but he is best known…
Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (born 1883)
William Nigel Ernle Bruce was an English actor on stage and screen. He portrayed Dr. Watson in a series of films and in the radio series The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, star…
Nigel Bruce, British actor (born 1895)
Kathleen Mary Ferrier was an English contralto singer who achieved an international reputation as a stage, concert and recording artist, with a repertoire extending from folksong a…
Kathleen Ferrier, English soprano (born 1912)