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1,001
Joan Abril i Guanyabens
architect
Spain
Architect
1852
1939
1,002
Manuel Cusachs i Xivillé
Catalan sculptor
Male
Spain
Artist
1933
2019
1,003
Lev Urusov
Russian diplomat and athlete, member of International Olympic Committee
Male
Russian Empire
Athlete
1877
1933
1,004
Julio Baghy
Hungarian actor, author, novelist, poet, publisher and Esperantist
Male
Hungary
Artist
1891
1967
1,005
Rashad Khalifa
Egyptian-American biochemist
Male
United States of America
Researcher
1935
1990
homicide
1,006
William Auld
Scottish poet, author, translator
Male
United Kingdom
Artist
1924
2006
1,007
Claude Piron
Swiss translator and Esperantist
Male
Switzerland
Researcher
1931
2008
1,008
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist
Male
Italy; Kingdom of Italy
Artist
1932
2016
natural causes
1,009
Reinhard Selten
German economist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1930
2016
1,010
Ferdinand II of Aragon
King of Aragon, Sicily, Naples, and Valencia
Male
Crown of Aragón
Ruler
1452
1516
1,011
Tron Øgrim
Norwegian journalist, author and politician (1947-2007)
Male
Norway
Artist
1947
2007
natural causes
1,012
Detlev Blanke
German interlinguistics lecturer
Male
Germany
Researcher
1941
2016
1,013
Franko Luin
Swedish type designer
Male
Sweden; Slovenia; Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Translator
1941
2005
1,014
Hisashi Inoue
Japanese playwright
Male
Japan
Artist
1934
2010
natural causes
1,015
Victor Sadler
British-born Dutch Esperantist
Male
United Kingdom
Esperantist
1937
2020
1,016
Helmar Frank
German mathematician and pedagogist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1933
2013
1,017
Michel Duc-Goninaz
French linguist
Male
France
Researcher
1933
2016
1,018
Amata Kabua
former President of the Marshall Islands (1928-1996)
Male
Marshall Islands
Politician
1928
1996
natural causes
1,019
Ferdinand Peeters
Belgian scientist
Male
Belgium
Gynaecologist
1918
1998
1,020
Étienne Lenoir
Belgian engineer (1822-1900)
Male
Belgium; Luxembourg; France
Engineer
1822
1900
1,021
Magomet Isayev
Russian Esperantist, translator and linguist
Male
Russia; Soviet Union
Researcher
1928
2011
1,022
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
82nd Prime Minister of France (1915-2000)
Male
France
Politician
1915
2000
natural causes
1,023
Michel Rocard
French politician (1930-2016)
Male
France
Politician
1930
2016
natural causes
1,024
Guy Fischer
member of the Senate of France (1944-2014)
Male
France
Politician
1944
2014
1,025
Alain Poher
French politician (1909-1996)
Male
France
Politician
1909
1996
1,026
Baldur Ragnarsson
Icelandic poet
Male
Iceland
Artist
1930
2018
1,027
Georges Lagrange
French Esperanto writer
Male
France
Artist
1928
2004
1,028
Raymond Barre
85th Prime Minister of France (1924-2007)
Male
France
Politician
1924
2007
natural causes
1,029
Michel Jobert
French politician (1921-2002)
Male
France
Artist
1921
2002
1,030
Leopold II of Belgium
Second King of the Belgians
Male
Belgium
Monarch
1835
1909
1,031
Leopold I of Belgium
German prince who became the first King of the Belgians (1790-1865)
Male
Belgium; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Politician
1790
1865
1,032
Leopold III of Belgium
King of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951
Male
Belgium
Researcher
1901
1983
1,033
Baudouin I of Belgium
Fifth King of the Belgians
Male
Belgium
Sovereign
1930
1993
natural causes
1,034
Georges Lemaître
Belgian scientist and priest
Male
Belgium
Researcher
1894
1966
1,035
Karel Lodewijk Ledeganck
Flemish writer (1805-1847)
Male
Belgium
Artist
1805
1847
1,036
Paul Van Grembergen
Flemish former minister (1937-2016)
Male
Belgium
Politician
1937
2016
1,037
Arturo Toscanini
Italian conductor (1867-1957)
Male
Italy; Kingdom of Italy
Artist
1867
1957
natural causes
1,038
Lidia Zamenhof
Polish writer, translator, Esperantist and Holocaust victim
Female
Poland
Researcher
1904
1942
1,039
João Guimarães Rosa
Brazilian novelist
Male
Brazil
Artist
1908
1967
1,040
Franz Jonas
seventh President of Austria (1899-1974)
Male
Austria
Politician
1899
1974
natural causes
1,041
Sándor Szathmári
Hungarian writer, mechanical engineer and Esperantist
Male
Hungary
Artist
1897
1974
1,042
Raymond Schwartz
French banker and Esperanto author
Male
France
Artist
1894
1973
1,043
Tivadar Soros
Hungarian lawyer, author and editor
Male
Hungary
Artist
1894
1968
1,044
Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist (1857-1913)
Male
Switzerland
Researcher
1857
1913
1,045
Albert Sechehaye
Swiss linguist (1870-1946)
Male
Switzerland
Researcher
1870
1946
1,046
Charles Bally
Swiss linguist (1865-1947)
Male
Switzerland
Researcher
1865
1947
1,047
René de Saussure
Swiss mathematician and Esperantist (1868-1943)
Male
Switzerland
Researcher
1868
1943
1,048
Heinrich Schmid
Swiss linguist (1921-1999)
Male
Switzerland
Researcher
1921
1999
1,049
Eduard Schwyzer
Swiss classical philologist (1874-1943)
Male
Switzerland
Researcher
1874
1943
1,050
Adolf Tobler
Swiss linguist (1835-1910)
Male
Switzerland; Germany
Researcher
1835
1910
1,051
Rudolf Thurneysen
Swiss linguist and Celticist (1857-1940)
Male
Switzerland
Researcher
1857
1940
1,052
Henryk Julian Gay
Polish architect
Male
Poland; Russian Empire; Second Polish Republic
Architect
1875
1936
1,053
Iosif Langbard
Soviet Belarus architect
Male
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic; Soviet Union; Russian Empire
Architect
1882
1951
1,054
Michael Osipovich Barshch
Soviet architect and educator
Male
Soviet Union
Architect
1904
1976
1,055
Willem Duys
Dutch radio and television presenter, commentator, tennis player and music producer
Male
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Athlete
1928
2011
natural causes
1,056
Laurent Fignon
French professional road bicycle racer
Male
France
Athlete
1960
2010
natural causes
1,057
Léon Walras
French mathematical economist
Male
France
Researcher
1834
1910
1,058
Jean-Baptiste Say
French economist and businessman
Male
France
Artist
1767
1832
1,059
Frédéric Bastiat
French classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly (1801-1850)
Male
France
Politician
1801
1850
natural causes
1,060
Alfred Sauvy
demographer, anthropologist and historian of the French economy
Male
France
Researcher
1898
1990
1,061
Thomas Robert Malthus
British political economist
Male
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Researcher
1766
1834
1,062
Alfred Marshall
British economist
Male
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Businessperson
1842
1924
1,063
Rolf Biese
Finnish table tennis player and tennis player
Male
Finland
Athlete
1918
2000
1,064
Curt Lincoln
Finnish race driver and tennis player
Male
Finland
Athlete
1918
2005
1,065
Sakari Salo
Finnish tennis player
Male
Finland
Athlete
1919
2011
1,066
Pekka Säilä
Finnish tennis player
Male
Finland
Athlete
1941
2009
1,067
Ernst Schybergson
Finnish sportsperson (1891-1966)
Male
Finland
Athlete
1891
1966
1,068
François Quesnay
French economist
Male
Slovakia
Businessperson
1694
1774
1,069
Luchino Visconti
Italian theatre, opera and cinema director
Male
Italy; Kingdom of Italy
Artist
1906
1976
natural causes
1,070
Richard Strauss
German composer and orchestra director
Male
Germany
Artist
1866
1949
1,071
Guy Fawkes
English member of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605
Male
Kingdom of England
Politician
1570
1606
capital punishment
1,072
Alberto Bayo
Cuban military leader of the defeated left-wing Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War (1892-1967)
Male
Spain; Cuba
Artist
1892
1967
1,073
German Goldenshteyn
Moldovian musician
Male
United States of America
Clarinetist
1934
2006
natural causes
1,074
Spencer Fullerton Baird
American naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologist, museum curator, and the 2nd Secretary of the Smithsonian
Male
United States of America
Researcher
1823
1887
1,075
Erwin Rommel
German field marshal of World War II
Male
Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic; German Empire
Military personnel
1891
1944
suicide
1,076
Juana Manuela Gorriti
Argentine writer
Female
Argentina
Artist
1816
1892
1,077
Hank Mizell
American rockabilly singer
Male
United States of America
Artist
1923
1992
1,078
Enid Mumford
British social scientist, computer scientist & academic
Female
United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Researcher
1924
2006
1,079
Evi Nemeth
American engineer
Female
United States of America
Researcher
1940
2013
1,080
Klara Dan von Neumann
Hungarian computer scientist
Female
Hungary
Athlete
1911
1963
suicide
1,081
Aaron Sopher
20th-century American artist (1905-1972)
Male
United States of America
Artist
1905
1972
1,082
Jean E. Sammet
American computer scientist
Female
United States of America
Researcher
1928
2017
1,083
Kaisa Sere
Finnish computer scientist
Female
Finland
Researcher
1954
2012
1,084
Karen Spärck Jones
British computer scientist
Female
United Kingdom
Researcher
1935
2007
natural causes
1,085
William Herschel
German-born British astronomer, technical expert, and composer
Male
Germany; Kingdom of Great Britain; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Artist
1738
1822
1,086
John Frederick William Herschel
English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and photographer
Male
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Researcher
1792
1871
1,087
Giovanni Domenico Cassini
Italian/French mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer
Male
France
Researcher
1625
1712
1,088
Giuseppe Piazzi
Italian Catholic priest of the Theatine order, mathematician, and astronomer
Male
Researcher
1746
1826
1,089
Giovanni Schiaparelli
Italian astronomer and science historian (1835-1910)
Male
Kingdom of Italy
Politician
1835
1910
1,090
Margherita Hack
Italian astrophysicist and popular science writer
Female
Italy; Kingdom of Italy
Researcher
1922
2013
1,091
Taejong of Joseon
3rd King of Joseon Dynasty in Korea
Male
Joseon
Official; ruler
1367
1422
1,092
Nicolas Leblanc
French chemist
Male
France
Researcher
1742
1806
suicide
1,093
Cozy Powell
English rock drummer
Male
United Kingdom
Drummer
1947
1998
accident
1,094
Roh Moo-hyun
9th President of the Republic of Korea (1946-2009)
Male
South Korea
Politician
1946
2009
suicide
1,095
Park Chung-hee
Korean Army general and the leader of South Korea from 1961 to 1979
Male
South Korea
Politician
1917
1979
homicide
1,096
Anton Stamitz
German composer
Male
Austrian Empire
Artist
1750
1809
1,097
Ignacy Daszyński
Polish politician (1866-1936)
Male
Russian Empire; Second Polish Republic
Artist
1866
1936
1,098
Maria Cristina of Savoy
Queen of the Two Sicilies and Blessed
Female
Politician
1812
1836
1,099
Charles Messier
French astronomer
Male
France
Astronomer
1730
1817
1,100
Terry Callier
American jazz, soul and folk guitarist and singer-songwriter
Male
United States of America
Artist
1945
2012
natural causes