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1,301
Horace Barks
Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent
Male
United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Esperantist
1895
1983
1,302
Maryse Bastié
French aviator
Female
France
Military personnel
1898
1952
accident
1,303
Louis Bastien
French Esperantist
Male
France
Military personnel
1869
1961
1,304
Louis de Beaufront
influence in the development of Ido
Male
France; French Third Republic; Second French Empire
Researcher
1855
1935
1,305
Édouard Belin
french inventor
Male
France
Artist
1876
1963
1,306
Joachim du Bellay
French poet, critic, and member of the Pléiade
Male
France
Artist
1522
1560
natural causes
1,307
Ric Berger
Swiss professor of design, decoration and art history
Male
Switzerland
Esperantist
1894
1984
1,308
Marcellin Berthelot
French chemist and politician (1827-1907)
Male
France
Researcher
1827
1907
natural causes
1,309
Léon Blum
French politician (1872-1950)
Male
France
Politician
1872
1950
natural causes
1,310
Émile Boirac
French philosopher, parapsychologist, promoter of Esperanto and writer
Male
France
Researcher
1851
1917
1,311
Harold Bolingbroke Mudie
British Esperantist
Male
United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Esperantist
1880
1916
accident
1,312
Maurice de Broglie
French physicist
Male
France
Researcher
1875
1960
1,313
James Cooke Brown
sociologist and science fiction author
Male
United States of America
Artist
1921
2000
1,314
Dalibor Brozović
Croatian linguist, Slavist, dialectologist and politician (1927-2009)
Male
Croatia
Researcher
1927
2009
1,315
Odo Bujwid
Polish biologist and esperantist
Male
Poland
Esperantist; biologist; microbiologist
1857
1942
1,316
Montagu C. Butler
British academic, librarian, lexicographer and musician
Male
United Kingdom
Esperantist; lexicographer; music pedagogue
1884
1970
1,317
Charles Roden Buxton
English philanthropist and politician (1875-1942)
Male
United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Politician
1875
1942
1,318
Bertha von Suttner
Austrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist, editor
Female
Austria
Artist
1843
1914
natural causes
1,319
Arnold Gesell
psychologist and pediatrician
Male
United States of America
Teacher
1880
1961
1,320
Henry Molaison
American memory disorder patient
Male
United States of America
Patient
1926
2008
1,321
Mikołaj Sęp Szarzyński
Polish poet
Male
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Artist
1550
1581
1,322
Drąsius Kedys
Lithuanian person accused of a double murder
Male
Lithuania
Merchant
1972
2010
1,323
Nicholas Zsirai
linguist
Male
Hungary
Researcher
1892
1955
1,324
Elemér Schulek
Hungarian chemist, pharmacist, professor
Hungary
Researcher
1893
1964
1,325
György Klapka
Hungarian soldier (1820-1892)
Male
Hungary
Researcher
1820
1892
1,326
Philip of Burgundy
Count of Auvergne and Boulogne,heir of Duchy of Burgundy
Male
France
1323
1346
accident
1,327
Géza Lakatos
general in Hungary (1890-1967)
Male
Hungary
Politician
1890
1967
1,328
Franz Mehring
German publicist, politician and historian (1846-1919)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1846
1919
1,329
Anatoly Lunacharsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1875-1933)
Male
Soviet Union; Russian Empire; Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Artist
1875
1933
1,330
Wolfram von Eschenbach
German knight and poet
Male
Holy Roman Empire
Artist
1170
1220
1,331
Sławomir Mrożek
Polish dramatist and writer (1930-2013)
Male
Poland; France
Artist
1930
2013
1,332
Johann Hugo Wyttenbach
founder of the City Library of Trier, local historian
Male
Germany
Researcher
1767
1848
1,333
Giuseppe Fiorelli
Italian classical archaeologist and numismatist (1823-1896)
Male
Kingdom of Italy; Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Researcher
1823
1896
1,334
Hwang Sun-won
Korean short story writer, novelist, and poet
Male
South Korea
Artist
1915
2000
1,335
Arthur P. Jacobs
press agent
Male
United States of America
Film producer
1922
1973
1,336
Santa Maria Faustina Kostka
nun and saint from Poland
Female
Poland
Saint; nun
1905
1938
1,337
Arnulf II, count of Flanders
Count of Flanders (965–987)
Male
Politician
961
987
1,338
Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark
middle daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia
Female
Greece
Politician
1904
1955
1,339
Philip Hurepel
Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, Boulogne, Mortain, Aumale, and Dammartin
Male
France
Artist
1201
1234
accident
1,340
Arthur Balfour
British Prime Minister, Conservative politician, and statesman (1848-1930)
Male
United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Artist
1848
1930
1,341
Edwin Mattison McMillan
American physicist
Male
United States of America
Researcher
1907
1991
1,342
Jacob Adriaensz Backer
Dutch Golden Age painter (1608-1651)
Male
Dutch Republic
Artist
1608
1651
1,343
Arent de Gelder
Dutch painter
Male
Netherlands
Artist
1645
1727
1,344
Mario Molina
Mexican chemist
Male
United States of America; Mexico
Researcher
1943
2020
1,345
Ernst Keil
German bookseller
Male
Germany
Publisher
1816
1878
1,346
Matteo Bandello
Italian writer
Male
Artist
1485
1561
1,347
Dénes Kőnig
Jewish Hungarian mathematician
Male
Hungary
Researcher
1884
1944
suicide
1,348
William Painter
English author and translator
Male
Kingdom of England
Artist
1540
1594
1,349
Pál Turán
Hungarian mathematician
Male
Hungary; Austria
Researcher
1910
1976
natural causes
1,350
Samuel P. Huntington
American political scientist
Male
United States of America
Researcher
1927
2008
1,351
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador
Male
Spain
Politician
1475
1519
capital punishment
1,352
Frederick Keeping
British racing cyclist
Male
United Kingdom
Athlete
1867
1950
1,353
Qianlong Emperor
emperor of the Qing Dynasty
Male
Qing dynasty
Monarch; calligrapher
1711
1799
1,354
Szeto Wah
Hong Kong politician and teacher (1931-2011)
Male
People's Republic of China; British Hong Kong
Politician
1931
2011
natural causes
1,355
Henry Fonda
American actor
Male
United States of America
Artist
1905
1982
1,356
Antonio Rinaldi
Italian architect
Male
Papal States; Kingdom of Naples
Architect
1709
1794
1,357
Vincenzo Brenna
Italian architect and painter (1747-1820)
Male
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Artist
1747
1820
1,358
Arthur Percival
British army officer in the First and Second World Wars
Male
United Kingdom; Malaysia; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Military personnel
1887
1966
1,359
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
British duchess (1660-1744)
Female
Kingdom of Great Britain; Kingdom of England
Politician
1660
1744
1,360
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright
Male
Ireland; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Playwright
1856
1950
accident
1,361
Chester Bennington
American singer-songwriter
Male
United States of America
Artist
1976
2017
suicide
1,362
Philip I
Duke of Burgundy from 1350 until his death
Male
Monarch
1346
1361
natural causes
1,363
Lajos Veress
Hungarian general
Male
Military personnel
1889
1976
1,364
Pyotr Vyazemsky
leading personality of the Golden Age of Russian poetry
Male
Russian Empire
Researcher
1792
1878
1,365
George Mikes
Hungarian-born British author
Male
United Kingdom
Artist
1912
1987
1,366
Fritz Lang
Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor (1890-1976)
Male
United States of America; Austria; Germany
Artist
1890
1976
1,367
Maya Angelou
African-American poet and author (1928-2014)
Female
United States of America
Researcher
1928
2014
1,368
Jānis Akuraters
Latvian writer (1876-1937)
Male
Latvia
Artist
1876
1937
1,369
Hans Sachs
German meistersinger ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright and shoemaker
Male
Holy Roman Empire
Artist
1494
1576
1,370
Cai Yuanpei
Chinese educator, Esperantist and the president of Peking University (1868-1940)
Male
People's Republic of China; Taiwan; Qing dynasty; Republic of China (1912–1949)
Researcher
1868
1940
1,371
Li Shijun
Chinese Esperanto writer and translator
Male
People's Republic of China; Republic of China (1912–1949)
Artist
1923
2012
1,372
Théophile Cart
French Esperantist professor and linguist
Male
France
Researcher
1855
1931
1,373
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
Male
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Politician
1853
1902
natural causes
1,374
Maurice Cook
professional association footballer (1931-2006)
Male
United Kingdom
Athlete
1931
2006
1,375
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple Inc.
Male
United States of America
Researcher
1955
2011
natural causes
1,376
Muammar Gaddafi
Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist (1942-2011)
Male
Libya
Artist
1942
2011
homicide
1,377
Louis Bernacchi
Australian physicist and astronomer (1876-1942)
Male
United Kingdom
Researcher
1876
1942
1,378
Eugène Joseph Delporte
Belgian astronomer
Male
Belgium
Astronomer
1882
1955
1,379
Adolphe Quetelet
Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist
Male
Belgium
Researcher
1796
1874
1,380
Louis de Rougemont
explorer with false claims
Male
Switzerland
Artist
1847
1921
1,381
John Couch Adams
British mathematician and astronomer
Male
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Researcher
1819
1892
1,382
George Biddell Airy
English mathematician and astronomer
Male
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Researcher
1801
1892
1,383
Antonina Makarova
Soviet executioner and war criminal
Female
Soviet Union; Lokot Autonomy; Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Executioner
1920
1979
unnatural death
1,384
Wilhelm Liebknecht
German socialist politician (1826-1900)
Male
Grand Duchy of Hesse; German Empire
Politician
1826
1900
1,385
Franzl Lang
German yodeler from Bavaria
Male
Germany
Artist
1930
2015
1,386
Li Zongren
Chinese military commander, former vice-president and acting president of the RoC (1890-1969)
Male
People's Republic of China; Republic of China (1912–1949)
Politician
1890
1969
1,387
Sergey Kapitsa
Soviet and Russian physicist, TV host
Male
Russia; Soviet Union
Researcher
1928
2012
1,388
Hans Jaenisch
German painter (1907-1989)
Male
Germany
Artist
1907
1989
1,389
Momme Andresen
German chemist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1857
1951
1,390
Hein Hoop
German writer and artist
Germany
Artist
1927
1986
1,391
Hans Bradtke
German lyricist , artist and cartoonist
Male
Germany
Author
1920
1997
1,392
Moritz Momme Nissen
North Frisian clerk and teacher, poet and linguist
Denmark; Germany
Artist
1822
1902
1,393
Johann Friedrich Minssen
author
Male
1823
1901
1,394
Margaretha Grosser
German author and translator
Female
Germany
Artist
1934
2019
1,395
Ernst Löfstedt
North Frisian linguist
Sweden
Researcher
1893
1978
1,396
Anton Heimreich
German, Evangelical Lutheran pastor
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1620
1685
1,397
Christian Peter Hansen
teacher and writer
Male
Germany
Artist
1803
1879
1,398
Hermann Janssen
German writer
Artist
1888
1971
1,399
Theo Griep
German writer
Male
Artist
1916
2007
1,400
Henriette Hirschfeld-Tiburtius
German dentist and activist
Female
Germany
Dentist
1834
1911