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Christian August Lorentzen Christian August Lorentzen 1749 - 1828 Painter and professor
Albrecht Durer Albrecht Durer 1471 - 1528 Painter and printmaker of the German Renaissance
Michael Gambon Michael Gambon 1940 - 2023 Stage and screen actor
Moosa AbdulRahman Hassan Moosa AbdulRahman Hassan 1902 - 1987 Businessman
Kaneto Shindo Kaneto Shindo 1912 - 2012 Film director, screenwriter, film producer, writer
Puangroi Apaiwong Puangroi Apaiwong 1914 - 2000 Composer
Mircea Ionescu-Quintus Mircea Ionescu-Quintus 1917 - 2017 Politician
Mohbad Mohbad 1996 - 2023 Afrobeats artist
Andreas Riis Carstensen Andreas Riis Carstensen 1844 - 1906 Maritime painter
Brendan Grace Brendan Grace 1951 - 2019 Comedian and singer
Abelardo Barbosa Abelardo Barbosa 1917 - 1988 TV presenter and comedian
Raquel Seruca Raquel Seruca 1962 - 2022 Oncobiologist
Stella Bowen Stella Bowen 1893 - 1947 Impressionist painter and war artist
Michel de Certeau Michel de Certeau 1925 - 1986 Historian, cultural theorist, psychoanalyst
Herbert Cole Nugget Coombs Herbert Cole Nugget Coombs 1906 - 1997 First Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia
Horatio Nelson Horatio Nelson 1758 - 1805 Naval commander
Eusebio da Silva Ferreira Eusebio da Silva Ferreira 1942 - 2014 Footballer
Nicolae Manolescu Nicolae Manolescu 1939 - 2024 Literary critic
Konstanty Antoni Gorski Konstanty Antoni Gorski 1859 - 1924 Composer, violinist, organist, music teacher
Choe Deok-sin Choe Deok-sin 1914 - 1989 Foreign minister of South Korea
Akkamappettai Paramasivan Nagarajan Akkamappettai Paramasivan Nagarajan 1928 - 1977 Film director, producer, actor and writer
Ganapathi Venkataramana Iyer Ganapathi Venkataramana Iyer 1917 - 2003 Film director and actor
Eduardo Lourenco de Faria Eduardo Lourenco de Faria 1923 - 2020 Essayist, professor, critic, philosopher, writer
Olivia de Havilland Olivia de Havilland 1916 - 2020 Actress of Hollywood’s Golden Age
Khasekhemwy Khasekhemwy -2770 - -2656 Pharaoh of Egypt
Cherd Songsri Cherd Songsri 1931 - 2006 Film Director, Screenwriter
Heinrich Boll Heinrich Boll 1917 - 1985 Writer and Nobel laureate
Hoang Cam Hoang Cam 1922 - 2010 Poet
Sergey Nagovitsyn Sergey Nagovitsyn 1968 - 1999 Russian chanson singer-songwriter
Vasily Vereshchagin Vasily Vereshchagin 1842 - 1904 War artist
Chaophraya Phrasadet Surentharathibodi Chaophraya Phrasadet Surentharathibodi 1867 - 1917 Minister of Public Instruction
Rani Lakshmi Bai Rani Lakshmi Bai 1828 - 1858 Queen of Jhansi and leader
Ion Luca Caragiale Ion Luca Caragiale 1852 - 1912 Playwright
Ramchandra Gopal Torne Ramchandra Gopal Torne 1890 - 1960 Director and producer of the first feature film
Chen Yuan Chen Yuan 1880 - 1971 Religious history, Yuan Dynasty history
Edward Oliver Wheeler Edward Oliver Wheeler 1890 - 1962 Surveyor General of India
Le Quy Don Le Quy Don 1726 - 1784 encyclopedist
Santiago Ramon y Cajal Santiago Ramon y Cajal 1852 - 1934 Neuroscience, neuroanatomy, histology
Khayr al-Din al-Asadi Khayr al-Din al-Asadi 1900 - 1971 Historian
Derek Mahon Derek Mahon 1941 - 2020 Poet
Louay Kayali Louay Kayali 1934 - 1978 Modern artist
Umberto Eco Umberto Eco 1932 - 2016 Author
Mohammed Bin Hamad Al Sharqi Mohammed Bin Hamad Al Sharqi 1908 - 1974 Former Ruler of Fujairah
Abdul Wahid Durrani Abdul Wahid Durrani 1917 - 2008 Senior Civil Judge
Ahmad Zulkifli Lubis Ahmad Zulkifli Lubis 1971 - 2022 Actor, voice actor, comedian, occupation
Djedefre Djedefre -2575 - -2465 King of the 4th Dynasty
Muhammad Hussain Najafi Muhammad Hussain Najafi 1932 - 2023 Founder and leader of Tehreek-e-Labbaik
Harry Belafonte Harry Belafonte 1927 - 2023 musician Actor Singer American social activist
Claude La Colombiere Claude La Colombiere 1641 - 1682 Priest and confessor of Margaret Mary Alacoque
Emil Cioran Emil Cioran 1911 - 1995 Philosopher
Angkarn Kalayanapong Angkarn Kalayanapong 1926 - 2012 Poet, Artist
Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah 1915 - 2000 Diplomat and politician, first Muslim woman
Jack Charles Jack Charles 1943 - 2022 Actor, musician, activist, Aboriginal elder
Aleksander Doba Aleksander Doba 1946 - 2021 Ocean kayaker
Magda Goebbels Magda Goebbels 1901 - 1945 Wife of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels
Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe 1904 - 1996 First president of Nigeria
Leo von Klenze Leo von Klenze 1784 - 1864 Neoclassical architect and painter
Van Cao Van Cao 1923 - 1995 Composer
Pedro Paulet Pedro Paulet 1874 - 1945 Engineer, Diplomat
Dionisio Azevedo Dionisio Azevedo 1922 - 1994 TV and theater pioneer
Zorko Prelovec Zorko Prelovec 1887 - 1939 Composer
Paul Dear Paul Dear 1966 - 2022 Australian rules footballer
Abdul Aziz al Hakim Abdul Aziz al Hakim 1953 - 2009 Leader of Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq
Tan Aik Mong Tan Aik Mong 1950 - 2020 Badminton player
Iosif Berman Iosif Berman 1892 - 1941 Photojournalist
Dimitrie Cuclin Dimitrie Cuclin 1885 - 1978 Composer
Choi Jin-sil Choi Jin-sil 1968 - 2008 Actress
Ivan Zulueta Ivan Zulueta 1943 - 2009 Film director, designer, screenwriter, actor
Lyudmila Gurchenko Lyudmila Gurchenko 1935 - 2011 Pop singer and actress
Robert Baden-Powell Robert Baden-Powell 1857 - 1941 Founder of Scouting
Christopher Frank Carandini Lee Christopher Frank Carandini Lee 1922 - 2015 Actor and singer
Muhammad Najib ar Rubai Muhammad Najib ar Rubai 1904 - 1965 President of Iraq
Tutankhamun Tutankhamun -1341 - -1323 Pharaoh of ancient Egypt
Dion Boucicault Dion Boucicault 1820 - 1890 Melodrama writer and performer
Peter Trueman Peter Trueman 1934 - 2021 Broadcast journalist, reporter
Faik Konitza Faik Konitza 1875 - 1942 Writer, journalist, politician
Josephine Baker Josephine Baker 1906 - 1975 Music-hall entertainer and French Resistance agent
Ronald Belford Scott Ronald Belford Scott 1946 - 1980 Singer and songwriter of AC,DC
Irina Gribulina Irina Gribulina 1953 - 2008 Folk singer-songwriter
Hijab Imtiaz Ali Hijab Imtiaz Ali 1908 - 1999 Writer, editor, pilot
Otto Bache Otto Bache 1839 - 1927 Painter
Yuan Mei Yuan Mei 1716 - 1798 Poet and painter of the Qing Dynasty
Ramesses III Ramesses III -1217 - -1155 Pharaoh of the 20th dynasty
Klara Rumyanova Klara Rumyanova 1929 - 2004 Voice actress and singer
Minamoto no Yoshitsune Minamoto no Yoshitsune 1159 - 1189 Military commander of the Minamoto clan
Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha 1815 - 1871 Grand Vizier , Foreign Minister Ottoman Empire
Chaudhry Fazal Ellahi Chaudhry Fazal Ellahi 1904 - 1982 Fifth President of Pakistan
Park Chung-hee Park Chung-hee 1917 - 1979 President of South Korea
Fran Gerbic Fran Gerbic 1840 - 1917 composer, operatic tenor
Joe Shuster Joe Shuster 1914 - 1992 Comic book artist and writer
Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix 1682 - 1761 Jesuit priest, traveller, and historian France
Sarah Millicent Hermione Touchet-Jesson Sarah Millicent Hermione Touchet-Jesson 1914 - 1982 Actress and dancer
Haqqi al-Azm Haqqi al-Azm 1864 - 1955 Prime Minister of Syria
Yasuko Namba Yasuko Namba 1949 - 1996 Businesswoman and climber
Johnny Walker Johnny Walker 1924 - 2003 Actor, comedian, bus conductor
Violeta Manushi Violeta Manushi 1926 - 2007 Actress and poet for The Voice
Frederick Ross Johnson Frederick Ross Johnson 1931 - 2016 CEO of RJR Nabisco
Liu Xiaobo Liu Xiaobo 1955 - 2017 Literary critic,human rights activist, philosopher
Wladyslaw Bartoszewski Wladyslaw Bartoszewski 1922 - 2015 Historian, journalist, politician
Maruja Mallo Maruja Mallo 1902 - 1995 Painter
Kasinadhuni Viswanath Kasinadhuni Viswanath 1930 - 2023 director, screenwriter, actor, and audiographer
Susi Hyldgaard Susi Hyldgaard 1963 - 2023 Jazz singer and composer
Hauk Aabel Hauk Aabel 1869 - 1961 Comedian and actor in Norwegian
Nguyen Trai Nguyen Trai 1380 - 1442 Scholar and Strategist
Huang Yingjie Huang Yingjie 1912 - 2015 Discus thrower
Bholekar Srihari Bholekar Srihari 1941 - 2018 Painter, sculptor and printmaker
Dimitrios Loundras Dimitrios Loundras 1885 - 1970 Gymnast and naval officer
Iolanda Balas Iolanda Balas 1936 - 2016 Athlete
Frederic Franklin Frederic Franklin 1914 - 2013 Ballet dancer and choreographer
Roddam Narasimha Roddam Narasimha 1933 - 2020 Aerospace scientist and fluid dynamicist
Bahija Khalil Ismail Bahija Khalil Ismail 1934 - 2019 Assyriologist and director of the Iraq Museum
Harold Wilson Harold Wilson 1916 - 1995 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Pyotr Stolypin Pyotr Stolypin 1862 - 1911 Prime minister and interior minister of Russia
Francisco de Zurbaran Francisco de Zurbaran 1598 - 1664 Landscape painter with figures
Conchita Supervia Conchita Supervia 1895 - 1936 Opera singer and recitalist
Etienne Gaboury Etienne Gaboury 1930 - 2022 Architect and urbanist
Didymus the Blind Didymus the Blind 313 - 398 Head of the Catechetical School of Alexandria
Tefta Tashko-Koco Tefta Tashko-Koco 1910 - 1947 Singer and soprano
Do Muoi Do Muoi 1917 - 2018 Politician
Gabriel Figueroa Gabriel Figueroa 1907 - 1997 Cinematographer of the Golden Age
James Wright James Wright 1927 - 2022 Medical doctor and media personality
Eleanor of Aquitaine Eleanor of Aquitaine 1122 - 1204 Queen consort of France and England
Alec Guinness Alec Guinness 1914 - 2000 Actor of stage and screen
Julius Exner Julius Exner 1825 - 1910 Genre painter
Abdulmejid II Abdulmejid II 1868 - 1944 Last Ottoman caliph and painter
So Sethaputra So Sethaputra 1904 - 1970 Writer, Lexicographer, Political Prisoner
Caravaggio Caravaggio 1571 - 1610 Painter
Necati Cumali Necati Cumali 1921 - 2001 Writer and poet
Phan Boi Chau Phan Boi Chau 1867 - 1940 Revolutionary Leader
Leon Petrazycki Leon Petrazycki 1867 - 1931 Legal scholar
Sadr al Din al Sadr Sadr al Din al Sadr 1882 - 1953 Islamic scholar and astronomer
Miguel Leon-Portilla Miguel Leon-Portilla 1926 - 2019 Expert on Nahuatl culture and literature
Ariel Camacho Ariel Camacho 1992 - 2015 Regional Mexican music
Jose Mojica Marins Jose Mojica Marins 1936 - 2020 Horror filmmaker and actor
Adolf Galland Adolf Galland 1912 - 1996 Fighter pilot and commander
Al-Julanda bin Masud Al-Julanda bin Masud 700 - 751 First Ibadi Imam of Oman
Paul Hester Paul Hester 1959 - 2005 Drummer and percussionist for Split Enz
James Layton Ralston James Layton Ralston 1881 - 1948 Politician and Soldier
Ahmad Zaki Pasha Ahmad Zaki Pasha 1867 - 1934 Philologist, scholar, translator, civil servant
Tommy Makem Tommy Makem 1932 - 2007 Folk singer, songwriter, storyteller
V K Wellington Koo Wei chun V K Wellington Koo Wei chun 1888 - 1985 Diplomat and statesman of the Republic of China
Terauchi Masatake Terauchi Masatake 1852 - 1919 Prime Minister of Japan
Ivo Urbancic Ivo Urbancic 1930 - 2016 Philosopher
Max Schmeling Max Schmeling 1905 - 2005 Heavyweight champion of the world
Camilo Sesto Camilo Sesto 1946 - 2019 Singer, songwriter,music producer of romantic pop
Erich Fromm Erich Fromm 1900 - 1980 Psychoanalyst and social philosopher
Jill Bennett Jill Bennett 1931 - 1990 Actress
Gim Hongdo Gim Hongdo 1745 - 1806 Painter of the Joseon dynasty
Mauricio Peixoto Mauricio Peixoto 1921 - 2019 structural stability of dynamical systems
Werner Theodor Otto Forssmann Werner Theodor Otto Forssmann 1904 - 1979 Pioneer of cardiac catheterization
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  • 1. Ahmad Mallah, Haji

    Died: 1969 A.D
    Slogan: Quran is the word of God, the light of guidance,the source of wisdom, and the fountain of knowledge.

    Ahmad Mallah, Haji was a Sindhi poet and translator of the Quran. He was born in a village called Kundi in Badin District, Sindh, in 1877. His father was Nangio Mallah, a farmer and a religious scholar. Ahmad Mallah received his early education from his father and then from various teachers in Sindh. He learned Arabic, Persian, Urdu and English languages. He also studied Islamic sciences and literature. He was a moderate Islamic scholar and a follower of the Chishti Sufi order. He wrote poetry in Sindhi and Urdu languages, and also translated some Persian and Arabic works into Sindhi. His most famous and remarkable work is his poetic translation of the Quran in Sindhi language, which he completed in 1958. He named it Noor-ul-Quran (The Light of the Quran). It is considered to be the first and the best poetic translation of the Quran in Sindhi language. It is also a masterpiece of Sindhi poetry and literature. He also wrote a commentary on his translation, explaining the meanings and interpretations of the Quranic verses. He died in 1969 and was buried in Badin.

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  • 2. Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

    Died: 2004 A.D
    Slogan:

    Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan(born 1918, Abu Dhabi — died November 2, 2004) Known as the Father of the Nation for his role in forming the United Arab Emirates, the late H. H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was the first President of the UAE. He served this position since the formation of the UAE on 2 December 1971 until he passed away in 2004. He also served as the Ruler of the emirate of Abu Dhabi from 1966 to 2004. Born in the city of Al Ain, Sheikh Zayed was the youngest of the four sons of H. H. Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi from 1922 to 1926. Sheikh Zayed was a good listener and an unbiased dispute mediator. He was also renowned for his patience, vision and wisdom; qualities that earned him the title of ‘the wise man of the Arabs’. He ensured that all UAE citizens are instrumental to the nation's collective success. His vision led the UAE to be the GCC’s second biggest economy after KSA, the third largest in the Middle East and according to many prestigious international reports, the most important financial and economic centre in the region.

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  • 3. Abraham Lincoln

    Died: 1865 A.D
    Slogan:

    Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, who led the nation through the Civil War and abolished slavery. He was born in a log cabin in Kentucky in 1809, and grew up in poverty on the frontier. He taught himself to read and write, and became a lawyer and a politician. He joined the new Republican Party, which opposed the expansion of slavery, and became famous for his debates with Stephen A. Douglas in 1858. He ran for president in 1860, and won with a majority of electoral votes, but not popular votes. His election triggered the secession of several Southern states, who formed the Confederate States of America. Lincoln refused to recognize their independence, and declared war to preserve the Union. Lincoln faced many challenges and difficulties during the war, both on the battlefield and on the home front. He had to deal with divided public opinion, political rivals, incompetent generals, and personal tragedies. He also had to balance his own moral convictions with the practical realities of war. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, which declared that all enslaved people in the rebel states were free. He also supported the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery in the entire country. He delivered some of the most memorable speeches in American history, such as the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural Address, which expressed his vision of democracy, equality, and reconciliation. Lincoln was widely admired for his leadership, courage, honesty, and compassion. He was also hated by many who opposed his policies and views. On April 14, 1865, just five days after the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House, he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer, at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next morning, becoming the first American president to be killed in office. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest presidents in American history, and his legacy continues to inspire millions of people around the world.

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  • 4. Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah

    Died: 2001 A.D
    Slogan: The people are the source of my strength

    Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah was the eldest son of Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj and Tengku Ampuan Jemaah. He received his early education at the Pengkalan Batu Malay School in Klang and the Malay College Kuala Kangsar. He then studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London for two years. He served with the Civil Service Department as a Trainee Officer with the Selangor Survey Department and later as an Inspector of Schools. He also attended a short-term course at the Malay Military Troop in Port Dickson and was commissioned with the Queen Commission in the rank of captain. He was later promoted to the rank of major. He was appointed as the Tengku Laksamana of Selangor in 1946 and as the Raja Muda (Crown Prince) of Selangor in 1950. He became the Sultan of Selangor on 3 September 1960 after the death of his father. He was known for his modernization efforts in Selangor, such as improving the infrastructure, education, health, and agriculture sectors. He also signed the cession of Kuala Lumpur from Selangor to the Federal Government to form a Federal Territory on 1 February 1974. He was elected as the 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia on 26 April 1999 and served until his death on 21 November 2001. He died of a heart attack at the Gleneagles Kuala Lumpur and was buried at the Royal Mausoleum in Klang. He was succeeded by his son, Sharafuddin, as the Sultan of Selangor and by Sirajuddin, the Sultan of Perlis, as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. He was known for his humility, generosity, and compassion. He was also an avid sportsman and patron of various sports associations. He was awarded numerous honours and titles, both locally and internationally, for his contributions and services.

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  • 5. Edvard Grieg

    Died: 1907 A.D
    Slogan: I love the country that has given me everything

    Edvard Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist who lived from 1843 to 1907. He is widely regarded as one of the leading Romantic era composers and a pioneer of the Norwegian nationalist school of music. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, his incidental music for Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt, and his Lyric Pieces for piano. He also used Norwegian folk music elements in his compositions, which helped to promote the music and culture of Norway. He studied at the Leipzig Conservatory, where he was influenced by Mendelssohn and Schumann, but later developed his own distinctive style. He was friends with other Scandinavian composers, such as Rikard Nordraak and Niels Gade. He married his cousin Nina Hagerup, who was a singer and an interpreter of his songs. He suffered from poor health throughout his life and died in his hometown of Bergen. He is buried there in a mountain cave overlooking the city. He is the most celebrated person from the city of Bergen, with numerous statues, buildings, and institutions named after him. His music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide and has inspired many other composers.

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  • 6. Plato

    Died: -347 A.D
    Slogan: The measure of a man is what he does with power.

    Plato was a philosopher in ancient Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered one of the most important figures in Western philosophy. Plato was a student of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle. He wrote numerous philosophical dialogues, including The Republic, which presents his vision of an ideal society. Plato's philosophy covers a wide range of topics, including ethics, politics, metaphysics, and epistemology. His ideas continue to be studied and debated to this day.Little is known about Plato's early life and education. He belonged to an aristocratic and influential family. Based on ancient sources, modern scholars believe he was born in Athens or Aegina, between 428[10] and 423 BC. The exact time and place of birth are unknown. He was known to have worn earrings and finger rings during his youth to stand out and make himself look distinguished.The extent of Plato's affinity for jewelry while young was even characterized as "decadent" by Sextus Empiricus. Plato gives little biographical information, but refers at various points to some of his relatives with a great degree of precision, including his brothers, Adeimantus, and Glaucon, in the Plato's Republic. These and other references make it possible to reconstruct Plato's family tree.[15] Plato may have travelled in Italy, Sicily, Egypt, and Cyrene,[16] but at 40, Plato founded a school of philosophy in Athens, the Academy, on a plot of land in the Grove of Hecademus or Academus,[17] named after Academus, an Attic hero in Greek mythology. The Academy operated until it was destroyed by Sulla in 84 BC. Many philosophers studied at the Academy, the most prominent being Aristotle. According to Diogenes Laertius, throughout his later life, Plato became entangled with the politics of the city of Syracuse, where he attempted to replace the tyrant Dionysius,[20] with Dionysius's brother-in-law, Dion of Syracuse, whom Plato had recruited as one of his followers, but the tyrant himself turned against Plato. Plato almost faced death, but was sold into slavery. Anniceris, a Cyrenaic philosopher, bought Plato's freedom for twenty minas, and sent him home. After Dionysius's death, according to Plato's Seventh Letter, Dion requested Plato return to Syracuse to tutor Dionysius II, who seemed to accept Plato's teachings, but eventually became suspicious of their motives, expelling Dion and holding Plato against his will. Eventually Plato left Syracuse and Dion would return to overthrow Dionysius and rule Syracuse, before being usurped by Callippus, a fellow disciple of Plato. A variety of sources have given accounts of Plato's death. One story, based on a mutilated manuscript,[22] suggests Plato died in his bed, whilst a young Thracian girl played the flute to him. Another tradition suggests Plato died at a wedding feast. The account is based on Diogenes Laertius's reference to an account by Hermippus, a third-century Alexandrian. According to Tertullian, Plato simply died in his sleep.

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  • 7. Albert Einstein

    Died: 1955 A.D
    Slogan: The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.

    Albert Einstein was one of the most influential and renowned physicists of the 20th century. He was born in Ulm, Germany, on March 14, 1879, to a Jewish family. He showed an early interest in mathematics and physics, but had difficulty with the rigid schooling system. He moved to Switzerland in 1895 and enrolled in the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, where he met his first wife, Mileva Marić, a fellow physics student. He graduated in 1900 with a diploma in physics, but had trouble finding an academic position. He worked as a patent clerk in Bern from 1902 to 1909, while pursuing his own research in his spare time. In 1905, he published four groundbreaking papers on the photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, special relativity, and mass-energy equivalence, which earned him the reputation of a scientific genius. He received his PhD from the University of Zurich in 1905, and became a lecturer at the University of Bern in 1908. He moved to Prague in 1911 as a full professor, and then returned to Zurich in 1912 as a professor of theoretical physics. In 1914, he accepted a prestigious position at the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin, where he worked until 1933. He also became a German citizen in 1914, but renounced it in 1933 when Adolf Hitler came to power. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect, and his contributions to theoretical physics. He developed the general theory of relativity, a more comprehensive theory of gravity, between 1907 and 1915, which was confirmed by the observation of the bending of light by the Sun during a solar eclipse in 1919. He also made significant contributions to quantum mechanics, cosmology, statistical mechanics, and the unified field theory. He was a pacifist and a humanitarian, who advocated for social justice, civil rights, and nuclear disarmament. He was a supporter of the Zionist movement, and was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, which he politely declined. He moved to the United States in 1933, where he joined the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He became an American citizen in 1940, and remained at Princeton until his death. He was involved in the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb, but later regretted his role and warned of the dangers of nuclear weapons. He died of an abdominal aortic aneurysm on April 18, 1955, at the age of 76, in Princeton Hospital. He left behind a legacy of scientific discoveries and insights that have shaped our understanding of the universe and inspired generations of scientists and thinkers.

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  • 8. William Shakespeare

    Died: 1616 A.D
    Slogan: The rest is silence.

    William Shakespeare was a renowned English poet, playwright, and actor born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birthday is most commonly celebrated on 23 April (see When was Shakespeare born ), which is also believed to be the date he died in 1616. Shakespeare was a prolific writer during the Elizabethan and Jacobean ages of British theatre (sometimes called the English Renaissance or the Early Modern Period). Shakespeare’s plays are perhaps his most enduring legacy, but they are not all he wrote. Shakespeare’s poems also remain popular to this day. Shakespeare's family were granted a coat of arms in 1596: it is thought that it was the influence of William Shakespeare that brought that about. It is likely that both William Shakespeare’s parents – John and Mary – were illiterate. John used a pair of glover’s compasses as his signature and Mary used a running horse. Shakespeare produced most of his known works between 1589 and 1613. His early plays were primarily comedies and histories and are regarded as some of the best works produced in these genres. He then wrote mainly tragedies until 1608, among them Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth, all considered to be among the finest works in the English language. In the last phase of his life, he wrote tragicomedies (also known as romances) and collaborated with other playwrights. Many of Shakespeare's plays were published in editions of varying quality and accuracy during his lifetime. However, in 1623, John Heminges and Henry Condell, two fellow actors and friends of Shakespeare's, published a more definitive text known as the First Folio, a posthumous collected edition of Shakespeare's dramatic works that includes 36 of his plays. Its Preface was a prescient poem by Ben Jonson, a former rival of Shakespeare, that hailed Shakespeare with the now famous epithet: not of an age, but for all time.

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  • 9. Vo Nguyen Giap

    Died: 2013 A.D
    Slogan: The people's army, the people's war.

    Võ Nguyên Giáp was a Vietnamese general and revolutionary leader who played a crucial role in the Viet Minh's victory over the French at Dien Bien Phu, which marked the end of French colonialism in Southeast Asia. He was also instrumental in the North Vietnamese victory over South Vietnam and the United States. Giáp was known for his strategic military tactics and his ability to inspire his troops. Despite facing personal tragedies, including the loss of his wife and sister-in-law to the French Sûreté, he remained committed to the cause of Vietnamese independence.

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  • 10. Nicolaus Copernicus

    Died: 1543 A.D
    Slogan: Mathematics is written for mathematicians.

    Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance polymath who revolutionized astronomy by proposing that the Sun, not the Earth, was the center of the solar system. He also made contributions to mathematics, economics, medicine, and canon law. He studied at various universities in Poland and Italy, where he learned classical languages, mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy. He became a canon of the Warmian Cathedral chapter and a doctor of canon law. He also served as a diplomat, governor, and administrator for the church and the Polish king. He spent most of his life in Royal Prussia, a semi-autonomous region of the Kingdom of Poland. He wrote his magnum opus, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres), in which he presented his heliocentric theory, over several decades. He delayed publishing it until 1543, the year of his death, fearing the criticism and controversy it would provoke. His book was banned by the Catholic Church and condemned by Protestant theologians, but it also inspired many later astronomers and scientists, such as Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, and Newton, who built on his ideas and developed the modern scientific worldview. Copernicus is widely regarded as one of the greatest astronomers and one of the fathers of modern science.

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