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Writer
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Sociologist
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Philosopher
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Independence Activist, Reformer
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan17 October 1817, Indian
Founder of Aligarh Muslim University
John J. Pershing13 September 1860, American
US Army Officer During WW I
John Ruskin08 February 1819, British
Art Critic and Painter
William Morris24 March 1834, British
Textile Designer, Poet
Napoleon Hill26 October 1883, American
Writer of personal-success literature
Gertrude Bell14 July 1868, British
Writer, Diplomat
Mary McLeod Bethune10 July 1875, American
Educator
Alfred Douglas22 October 1870, British
Poet
Marcelo H. del Pilar30 August 1850, Filipino
Writer
Stamford Raffles06 July 1781, Jamaican, British
Former Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Will Durant05 November 1885, American
Writer, Historian, Philosopher
John Reed22 October 1887, American
Journalist, Poet
Aldo Leopold11 January 1887, American
Alexander Berkman21 November 1870, French, Russian
Editor
Isabella Beeton12 March 1836, British
Author
Anna Julia Cooper10 August 1858, American
Author, Educator
David Unaipon28 September 1872, Australian
Preacher
Henry Ossian Flipper21 March 1856, American
Military Leader
Alexander Herzen06 April 1812, Russian
Father of Russian socialism
Rose Macaulay01 August 1881, British
Writer
Robert Stroud08 January 1890, American
Writer
Vyvyan Holland03 November 1886, British
Writer
Lewis Wallace10 April 1827, American
Lawyer
James Glaisher07 April 1809, British
Meteorologists
Eliphas Levi08 February 1810, French
Philosopher, Non-fiction writer, Occultist
Paul Langevin23 January 1872, French
Physicist, Professor, Chemist, Philosopher of
Ezra Taft Benson04 August 1899, American
Religious Leader
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Fiction Writer
Tanizaki Jun'ichirō24 July 1886, Japanese
Writer
Hudson Taylor21 May 1832, British
Physician, Translator, Theologian, Non-fiction
Ōkawa Shūmei06 December 1886, Japanese
Writer
Gordon Allport11 November 1897, American
Psychologist, Academic, University teacher,
Luther Burbank07 March 1849, American
Horticulturist, Geneticist, Botanist, Gardener,
Harold Laski30 June 1893, British
Economist
Karl Haushofer27 August 1869, German
Geopolitician, Political scientist, Educationist,
Adolf Anderssen06 July 1818, German, Ukrainian
Chess player, Non-fiction writer
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Physical chemist
Howard Staunton01 April 1810, British
Chess Master
Jean-Baptiste Say05 January 1767, French
Economist
Anton Mussert11 May 1894
Civil engineer, Engineer, Non-fiction writer
Ernest Thompson Seton14 August 1860, Canadian, British, American
Author
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Writer
David Garnett09 March 1892, British
Writer
Edgar Guest20 August 1881, American
Poet
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Horticulturist, Painter, Gardener, Non-fiction
Janet Flanner13 March 1892, American
Writer
Kurt von Tippelskirch09 October 1891, German
Military personnel, Military historian,
Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut31 March 1823, American
Writer
Charles Davenport01 June 1866, American
Biologist
Rudolf Otto25 September 1869, German
Theologian, Politician, Philosopher, Non-fiction
Edward Whymper27 April 1840, British
Mountaineer
Osbert Sitwell06 December 1892
Writer
Elsa Maxwell24 May 1883, American
Writer
Friedrich Hund04 February 1896, German
Physicist, University teacher, Non-fiction writer
Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz12 August 1843, German
Military officer
Konstantin von Tischendorf18 January 1815, German
Scholar
Sándor Ferenczi07 July 1873, Hungarian
Psychanalyst, Psychiatrist, Non-fiction writer,
Robert E. Sherwood04 April 1896, American
Playwright
Drew Pearson13 December 1897, American
American journalist
John Humphrey Noyes03 September 1811, American
Preacher
Michael Davitt25 March 1846, Northern Irish
Political leader
Hildebrand Gurlitt15 September 1895, German
Historian
A.S. Neill17 October 1883, Scottish
Educator
Louis Bachelier11 March 1870, French
Mathematician, Economist, Non-fiction writer
Mary Lamb03 December 1764, British
Author
Felix Hoffmann21 January 1868, German
Chemist, Inventor, Pharmacist, Non-fiction writer
Alexander von Kluck20 May 1846, German
General
Adolf von Harnack07 May 1851, Estonian
Theologian
John Gresham Machen28 July 1881, American
Theologian
S.S. Van Dine15 October 1888, American
Art Critic
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Politician
Hans Henrik Jæger02 September 1854, Norwegian
Writer
Alfred Kerr25 December 1867, German
Theatre critic
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Explorer
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Philosopher
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Mary MacLane01 May 1881, Canadian, American
Writer
Edouard Drumont03 May 1844, French
Journalist
John Keble25 April 1792, British
Poet
John Bowring17 October 1792, British
Economist
Lionel Johnson15 March 1867, British
Poet
Heinrich Zimmer06 December 1890, German
Linguist
Willi Schmid12 April 1893, German
Music Critic
Henry Mayhew25 November 1812, British
Journalist
Edward Bok09 October 1863, Dutch, American
Editor
John Middleton Murry06 August 1889, British
Writer
Maria Monk27 June 1816, Canadian
Nun
Donald Ogden Stewart30 November 1894, American
Author
Gilbert Murray02 January 1866, Australian
Scholar
Thomas Bewick10 August 1753, British
Engraver