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2,301 |
Sun Tzu
|
6th century BC Chinese general, military strategist, philosopher and writer
|
Male
|
Qi; Wu
|
Artist
|
-544
|
-496
| |
2,302 |
David Hume
|
Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian
|
Male
|
Kingdom of Great Britain
|
Researcher
|
1711
|
1776
| |
2,303 |
Robert Koch
|
German physician and bacteriologist
|
Male
|
German Empire; German Confederation
|
Researcher
|
1843
|
1910
|
natural causes
|
2,304 |
Mary Fergusson
|
British engineer
|
Female
|
Engineer
|
1914
|
1997
| ||
2,305 |
Fyodor Tyutchev
|
Russian poet (1803-1873)
|
Male
|
Russian Empire
|
Artist
|
1803
|
1873
| |
2,306 |
Charles Lewis Gazin
|
American vertebrate paleontologist and paleobiologist
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Paleontologist
|
1904
|
1995
| |
2,307 |
John Paul I
|
263rd Pope of the Catholic Church
|
Male
|
Italy; Kingdom of Italy
|
Artist
|
1912
|
1978
|
natural causes
|
2,308 |
Samuel Beckett
|
Irish novelist, playwright, and poet (1906-1989)
|
Male
|
Ireland
|
Athlete
|
1906
|
1989
| |
2,309 |
Francis Bacon
|
English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)
|
Male
|
Kingdom of England
|
Artist
|
1561
|
1626
|
natural causes
|
2,310 |
Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze
|
French politician and polo player (1869-1937)
|
Male
|
France
|
Athlete
|
1869
|
1937
| |
2,311 |
Pierre Curie
|
French physicist
|
Male
|
France
|
Researcher
|
1859
|
1906
|
accident
|
2,312 |
Jackson Pollock
|
American artist (1912-1956)
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Artist
|
1912
|
1956
|
accident
|
2,313 |
John Calvin
|
French Protestant reformer
|
Male
|
France; Republic of Geneva
|
Artist
|
1509
|
1564
| |
2,314 |
David Ben-Gurion
|
Israeli politician, Zionist leader, prime minister of Israel (1886-1973)
|
Male
|
Israel; Ottoman Empire; Mandatory Palestine; Congress Poland
|
Politician
|
1886
|
1973
| |
2,315 |
Luciano Pavarotti
|
Italian operatic tenor
|
Male
|
Italy; Kingdom of Italy
|
Artist
|
1935
|
2007
|
natural causes
|
2,316 |
Thomas Hobbes
|
English philosopher (1588-1679)
|
Male
|
United Kingdom; Kingdom of England
|
Researcher
|
1588
|
1679
| |
2,317 |
Manuel de Escandón
|
polo player
|
Male
|
Mexico
|
Athlete
|
1857
|
1940
| |
2,318 |
Walter McCreery
|
American polo player and Olympic silver medallist
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Athlete
|
1871
|
1922
| |
2,319 |
Francisco Solano López
|
2nd President of Paraguay (1827-1870)
|
Male
|
Paraguay
|
Politician
|
1827
|
1870
| |
2,320 |
Fulgencio Yegros
|
President of Paraguay (1780-1821)
|
Male
|
Paraguay
|
Politician
|
1780
|
1821
| |
2,321 |
Paul Gauguin
|
French Post-Impressionist artist
|
Male
|
France
|
Artist
|
1848
|
1903
|
natural causes
|
2,322 |
Uthman ibn Affan
|
Companion of Muhammad and third Rashidun Caliph (574-656)
|
Male
|
Hejaz; Rashidun Caliphates
|
Politician
|
574
|
656
|
homicide
|
2,323 |
Martin Moynihan
|
American evolutionary biologist and ornithologist (1928–1996)
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Researcher
|
1928
|
1996
|
natural causes
|
2,324 |
T. S. Eliot
|
English author
|
Male
|
United States of America; United Kingdom
|
Artist
|
1888
|
1965
|
natural causes
|
2,325 |
Johannes Nielsen
|
Danish actor and director (1870-1935)
|
Male
|
Denmark
|
Artist
|
1870
|
1935
| |
2,326 |
Jean de Madre
|
polo player
|
Male
|
France
|
Athlete
|
1862
|
1934
| |
2,327 |
Frederick Agnew Gill
|
Manx polo player
|
Male
|
United Kingdom
|
Athlete
|
1873
|
1938
| |
2,328 |
Frederick Freake
|
British polo player
|
Male
|
United Kingdom
|
Athlete
|
1876
|
1950
| |
2,329 |
Gregor Mendel
|
Silesian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822-1884)
|
Male
|
Austria-Hungary; Austrian Empire
|
Researcher
|
1822
|
1884
|
natural causes
|
2,330 |
Lewis Carroll
|
English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer
|
Male
|
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
Researcher
|
1832
|
1898
|
natural causes
|
2,331 |
Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford
|
English aviator and ornithologist, nurse and hospital manager
|
Female
|
United Kingdom
|
Military personnel
|
1865
|
1937
| |
2,332 |
Thomas Thynne, 2nd Viscount Weymouth
|
English Viscount (1710-1751)
|
Male
|
Kingdom of Great Britain
|
Politician
|
1710
|
1751
| |
2,333 |
Arthur Schopenhauer
|
German philosopher
|
Male
|
German Confederation
|
Artist
|
1788
|
1860
|
natural causes
|
2,334 |
John Thynne
|
English Member of Parliament, died 1580
|
Male
|
Kingdom of England
|
Politician
|
1513
|
1580
| |
2,335 |
Helen Keller
|
U.S. author and political activist for women's suffrage, labor rights, socialism, and antimilitarism; the 1st deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor's degree
|
Female
|
United States of America
|
Researcher
|
1880
|
1968
| |
2,336 |
Leroy Shield
|
American film score and radio composer, pianist, session musician
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Artist
|
1893
|
1962
| |
2,337 |
Paco Campos
|
Spanish footballer and manager (1916-1995)
|
Male
|
Spain
|
Athlete
|
1916
|
1995
| |
2,338 |
Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth
|
English politician and Viscount (1640-1714)
|
Male
|
Kingdom of Great Britain; Kingdom of England
|
Politician
|
1640
|
1714
| |
2,339 |
Hastings Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford
|
British ornithologist (1888-1953)
|
Male
|
United Kingdom
|
Ornithologist
|
1888
|
1953
| |
2,340 |
Justus Jonas
|
German Lutheran reformer
|
Male
|
Holy Roman Empire
|
Researcher
|
1493
|
1555
| |
2,341 |
Wolf Albach-Retty
|
Austrian actor
|
Male
|
Austria
|
Artist
|
1906
|
1967
|
natural causes
|
2,342 |
Ēriks Pētersons
|
Latvian footballer and hockey player
|
Male
|
Latvia
|
Athlete
|
1909
|
1987
| |
2,343 |
Alberts Šeibelis
|
Latvian footballer (1906-1972)
|
Male
|
Latvia
|
Athlete
|
1906
|
1972
| |
2,344 |
Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath
|
British noble (1734-1796)
|
Male
|
Kingdom of Great Britain
|
Politician
|
1734
|
1796
| |
2,345 |
Alexandre Dumas
|
French writer and dramatist
|
Male
|
France
|
Playwright; author; novelist
|
1802
|
1870
|
natural causes
|
2,346 |
Odo Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill
|
British diplomat (1829-1884)
|
Male
|
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
Politician
|
1829
|
1884
| |
2,347 |
Alexander Konstantinovich Benckendorff
|
Russian diplomat
|
Male
|
Russian Empire
|
Politician
|
1849
|
1916
|
natural causes
|
2,348 |
Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar
|
Scottish distiller and politician (1864-1930)
|
Male
|
United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
Politician
|
1864
|
1930
| |
2,349 |
Henry VIII of England
|
King of England from 1509 until 1547
|
Male
|
Kingdom of England
|
Artist
|
1491
|
1547
| |
2,350 |
William Faulkner
|
American writer
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Artist
|
1897
|
1962
|
natural causes
|
2,351 |
Ernie Pyle
|
American war correspondent and writer
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Artist
|
1900
|
1945
| |
2,352 |
Walter Jens
|
German philologist, literature historian, critic, university professor and writer
|
Male
|
Germany
|
Researcher
|
1923
|
2013
| |
2,353 |
Tony Sbarbaro
|
American jazz drummer
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Artist
|
1897
|
1969
| |
2,354 |
Walter Eucken
|
German economist
|
Male
|
Germany
|
Businessperson
|
1891
|
1950
| |
2,355 |
Epifanio Fernández
|
Spanish footballer (1919-1977)
|
Spain
|
Athlete
|
1919
|
1977
| ||
2,356 |
Ninel Kulagina
|
Russian woman claiming to have psychic powers
|
Female
|
Soviet Union
|
Researcher
|
1926
|
1990
| |
2,357 |
Richard Corliss
|
American editor for Time Magazine
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Journalist
|
1944
|
2015
|
natural causes
|
2,358 |
Eduardo Herrera Bueno
|
Spanish footballer (1914-1991)
|
Male
|
Spain
|
Athlete
|
1914
|
1991
| |
2,359 |
Bertolt Brecht
|
German poet, playwright, theatre director
|
Male
|
Austria; German Democratic Republic; Weimar Republic; German Empire
|
Artist
|
1898
|
1956
|
natural causes
|
2,360 |
Mikhail Larionov
|
Russian artist (1881-1964)
|
Male
|
France; Russian Empire
|
Artist
|
1881
|
1964
| |
2,361 |
Mathilde Fibiger
|
Danish feminist, novelist, and telegraphist
|
Female
|
Denmark
|
Artist
|
1830
|
1872
| |
2,362 |
José María Ortiz de Mendíbil
|
Spanish football referee
|
Male
|
Spain
|
Athlete
|
1926
|
2015
| |
2,363 |
Kim Yong-chun
|
North Korean military leader (1936-2018)
|
Male
|
North Korea; Empire of Japan
|
Politician
|
1936
|
2018
|
natural causes
|
2,364 |
Franz von Rinecker
|
German pharmacologist
|
Male
|
Germany
|
Researcher
|
1811
|
1883
| |
2,365 |
Lou Andreas-Salomé
|
German-Russian Psychoanalyst and author
|
Female
|
Germany
|
Artist
|
1861
|
1937
| |
2,366 |
Joseph Werbrouck
|
Belgian track cycling racer
|
Male
|
Belgium
|
Athlete
|
1882
|
1974
| |
2,367 |
Theodor von Heldreich
|
German botanist (1822–1902)
|
Male
|
Germany
|
Researcher
|
1822
|
1902
| |
2,368 |
Joe Benjamin
|
American musician
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Artist
|
1919
|
1974
| |
2,369 |
Clarence Kingsbury
|
English racing cyclist
|
Male
|
United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
Athlete
|
1882
|
1949
| |
2,370 |
Ernest Payne
|
English racing cyclist (1884-1961)
|
Male
|
United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
Athlete
|
1884
|
1961
| |
2,371 |
Ramon Humbert
|
sprinter and athlete from Luxembourg
|
Male
|
Luxembourg
|
Athlete
|
1939
|
2003
| |
2,372 |
Hugo Rasmussen
|
Danish musician
|
Male
|
Denmark
|
Artist
|
1941
|
2015
| |
2,373 |
André Cluysenaar
|
Belgian painter (1872-1939)
|
Male
|
Belgium
|
Artist
|
1872
|
1939
| |
2,374 |
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
|
British military commander and field marshal; Governor General of Canada (1891-1969)
|
Male
|
United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
Politician
|
1891
|
1969
| |
2,375 |
Matthew Kavukatt
|
Catholic archbishop
|
Male
|
India; British Raj
|
Religious figure
|
1904
|
1969
| |
2,376 |
John Steinbeck
|
American writer
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Artist
|
1902
|
1968
| |
2,377 |
Richard Feynman
|
American theoretical physicist (1918-1988)
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Researcher
|
1918
|
1988
|
natural causes
|
2,378 |
Johann Ignaz Walter
|
German singer and composer
|
Male
|
Austrian Empire
|
Artist
|
1755
|
1822
| |
2,379 |
Wilfried Dietrich
|
West German wrestler
|
Male
|
Germany; West Germany
|
Amateur wrestler
|
1933
|
1992
|
natural causes
|
2,380 |
Xu Liangying
|
Chinese physicist
|
Male
|
People's Republic of China
|
Researcher
|
1920
|
2013
| |
2,381 |
Jean Françaix
|
French composer and pianist
|
Male
|
France
|
Artist
|
1912
|
1997
| |
2,382 |
Tomita Yoshirō
|
Japanese geographer
|
Japan
|
Geographer
|
1895
|
1982
| ||
2,383 |
Radovan Zogović
|
Montenegrin poet (1907-1986)
|
Male
|
Montenegro
|
Artist
|
1907
|
1986
| |
2,384 |
Newton Cannon
|
American politician (1781-1841)
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Politician
|
1781
|
1841
| |
2,385 |
Allene Ray
|
American actress (1901-1979)
|
Female
|
United States of America
|
Artist
|
1901
|
1979
|
natural causes
|
2,386 |
John Carroll
|
first Roman Catholic bishop and archbishop in the United States
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Religious figure
|
1735
|
1815
| |
2,387 |
Gamal Abdel Nasser
|
second president of Egypt (1918-1970)
|
Male
|
Egypt
|
Politician
|
1918
|
1970
|
natural causes
|
2,388 |
Claus Luthe
|
German automobile designer
|
Male
|
Germany
|
Engineer
|
1932
|
2008
| |
2,389 |
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
|
king of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt (308-246 B.C.)
|
Male
|
Ancient Egypt
|
Sovereign
|
-308
|
-246
| |
2,390 |
Ptolemy IV Philopator
|
Egyptian pharaoh
|
Male
|
Sovereign
|
-244
|
-205
| ||
2,391 |
Christiaan Huygens
|
Dutch mathematician and natural philosopher
|
Male
|
Dutch Republic
|
Researcher
|
1629
|
1695
| |
2,392 |
Ptolemy III Euergetes
|
Egyptian pharaoh
|
Male
|
Ancient Egypt
|
Sovereign
|
-284
|
-222
| |
2,393 |
Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier
|
French chemist
|
Male
|
French First Republic; Kingdom of France
|
Researcher
|
1743
|
1794
|
capital punishment
|
2,394 |
Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib
|
Cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, first of the Shia Imams, and fourth Sunni Caliph (601-661)
|
Male
|
Rashidun Caliphates
|
Judge
|
601
|
661
|
homicide
|
2,395 |
Harry C. Oberholser
|
American ornithologist
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Researcher
|
1870
|
1963
| |
2,396 |
Nicolas Appert
|
French inventor of airtight food preservation
|
Male
|
France
|
Businessperson
|
1749
|
1841
| |
2,397 |
Carl Peter Thunberg
|
Swedish naturalist (1743-1828)
|
Male
|
Sweden
|
Researcher
|
1743
|
1828
| |
2,398 |
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
|
Swiss traveller and writer
|
Male
|
Switzerland
|
Researcher
|
1784
|
1817
|
natural causes
|
2,399 |
Daniel Solander
|
Swedish botanist (1733-1782)
|
Male
|
Sweden
|
Researcher
|
1733
|
1782
| |
2,400 |
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
|
French painter and sculptor (1841-1919)
|
Male
|
France
|
Artist
|
1841
|
1919
|
natural causes
|
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