|
|
YearofBirth |
Name |
Profession |
Accomplishment |
|
971 |
Mahmud |
Soldier |
Invaded India
17
times |
|
|
Algeria |
1936 |
St, Laurent,
Yves |
Designer |
Couture |
|
Argentina |
1932 |
Puig,
Manuel |
Author |
Kiss of
the Spider
Woman |
|
Australia |
1897 |
Anderson,DameJudith |
Actress |
Rebecca |
|
Australia |
1897 |
Orry-Kelly,
John |
Designer |
Three
Oscars
and
Cary
Grant’s
lover |
|
Australia |
1913 |
Browne,
Coral |
Actress |
Killing of
Sister
George |
|
Australia |
1934 |
Stigwood,
Robert |
Producer |
The Bee
Gees,
Grease |
|
Australia |
1944 |
Allen,
Peter |
Composer |
“I Go
to
Rio” |
|
Australia |
1947 |
Connelli,
Judi |
Entertainer |
Into the
Woods |
|
Australia |
1950 |
Enright,
Nick |
Playwright |
Lorenzo’s
Oil |
|
Australia |
1988 |
Mitcham,
Matthew |
Athlete |
Olympic gold
medal |
|
Austria |
1514 |
Rheticus,GeorgJoachim |
Scientist |
“No Rheticus,
No
Copernicus” |
|
Austria |
1791 |
Grillparzer,
Franz |
Playwright |
Das
Goldene Vliess |
|
Austria |
1861 |
Ferdinand
I |
Politician |
Tsar of
Bulgaria |
|
Austria |
1868 |
Douglas,
Norman |
Author |
South
Wind |
|
Austria |
1889 |
Sagan,
Leontine |
Director |
Mädchen in
Uniform |
|
Austria |
1889 |
Wittgenstein,
Ludwig |
Philosopher |
Tractus
Logico-Philosophicus |
|
Austria |
1895 |
Freud,
Anna |
Psychoanalyst |
Hampstead
Child Therapy
Centre |
|
Austria |
1913 |
Lamarr,
Hedy |
Actress |
Spread Spectrum
Radio |
|
Austria |
1922 |
Gernreich,
Rudi |
Designer |
Topless bathing
suit |
|
Austria |
1942 |
Kobal,
John |
Author |
John
Kobal
PresentsTheTop
100
Movies |
|
Austria |
1944 |
Berger,
Helmut |
Actor |
The
Damned |
|
Belgium |
1903 |
Yourcenar,Marguerite |
Author |
Memoirs of
Hadrian |
|
Belgium |
1912 |
Sarton, May |
Poet |
The House
by the
Sea |
|
Canada |
1917 |
Burr,
Raymond |
Actor |
Perry Mason,
Ironsides |
|
Canada |
1925 |
Griffin,
Merv |
Entertainer |
Wheel of
Fortune
producer |
|
Canada |
1931 |
Rule,
Jane |
Author |
The Desert
Of The
Heart |
|
Canada |
1941 |
Menard,
Pierre |
Musician |
Founded
Vermeer
Quartet |
|
Canada |
1959 |
Thompson,
Scott |
Entertainer |
Kids in
the
Hall |
|
Canada |
1961 |
lang,
k, d,
|
Musician |
Grammies |
|
Canada |
1964 |
Leduc,
Mark |
Athlete |
Olympic
boxer |
|
Chile |
1972 |
Amenábar,
Alejandro |
Director |
The
Others |
|
China |
27
b,
C,
|
Ai
Ti |
Politician |
Emperor of
China |
|
China |
1780 |
Wu
Tsao |
Poet |
“The Orchid
Boat” |
|
China |
1906 |
Puyi |
Politician |
The last
emperor |
|
China |
1915 |
Welch,
Denton |
Author |
Maiden Voyage |
|
China |
1956 |
Cheung,
Leslie |
Musician |
Summer
Romance |
|
CzechRepublic |
1840 |
Vacano,
Emil
Mario |
Entertainer |
Famous
circus
performer |
|
Czechoslovakia |
1956 |
Navrátilová,
Martina |
Athlete |
Won
Wimbledon
nine
times |
|
Denmark |
1805 |
Andersen,HansChristian |
Author |
The Ugly
Duckling |
|
Denmark |
1890 |
Melchior,
Lauritz |
Musician |
Heldentenor |
|
Birthplace |
YearofBirth |
Name |
Profession |
Accomplishment |
|
Egypt |
2450
b,
C,
|
Niankhkhnum and
Khnumhotep |
MakeupArtist |
Manicurists to
the
Pharaoh |
|
Egypt |
2284
b,
C,
|
Pepi II
Neferkare |
Politician |
Pharaoh |
|
Egypt |
1863 |
Cavafy,
Constantine |
Poet |
“That’s
the
Man” |
|
France |
1035 |
Marbod |
Cleric |
Bishop of
Rennes |
|
France |
1050 |
Baldric of
Dol |
Cleric |
Archbishop of
Dol |
|
France |
1050 |
Ralph,
Archbishop |
Cleric |
Archbishop
of
Tours |
|
France |
1140 |
Longchamp,
William |
Cleric |
Bishop of
Ely |
|
France |
1519 |
Bèze,
Theodore |
Cleric |
Early
Calvinist |
|
France |
1526 |
Muret,
Marc-Antoine |
Teacher |
Lectures in
Paris |
|
France |
1533 |
Montaigne,MichelEyquemde |
Author |
Essais |
|
France |
1551 |
Henri III
de
Valois |
Politician |
King of
France |
|
France |
1590 |
Viau,
Théophile
de |
Poet |
“Pyrame
et
Thisbé” |
|
France |
1592 |
Boisrobert,FrançoisLe
Métel
de |
Politician |
Founder of
the French
Academy |
|
France |
1601 |
Louis
XIII |
Politician |
King of
France |
|
France |
1622 |
Molière,
Jean
Baptiste |
Playwright |
Greatest
playwright
of
France |
|
France |
1632 |
Lully,
Jean-Baptiste |
Composer |
Alceste |
|
France |
1640 |
Philippe
I |
Soldier |
Duc
d’Orleans |
|
France |
1663 |
Eugene of
Savoy |
Soldier |
Prince and
General |
|
France |
1715 |
Vauvenargues,LucdeClapiers
Marquis
de |
Soldier |
War of
the Polish
Secession |
|
France |
1729 |
SuffrendeSaintTropez,
Pierre-André
de |
Soldier |
Admiral |
|
France |
1753 |
Cambacérès,JeanJacques-
Régis |
Politician |
Napoleonic
Code |
|
France |
1756 |
Raucourt |
Actress |
Comédie
francaise |
|
France |
1760 |
DuPonceau,Pierre-Étienne |
Soldier |
Secretary to
von
Steuben |
|
France |
1769 |
Bonaparte,
Napoleon |
Soldier |
Emperor of
France |
|
France |
1777 |
Récamier,
Julie |
Socialite |
Récamier
daybed |
|
France |
1790 |
Custine,
Marquis
de |
Author |
Empire of
the Czar |
|
France |
1793 |
Changarnier,Nicholas |
Soldier |
General |
|
France |
1798 |
Dorval,
Marie |
Actress |
Trente
Ans |
|
France |
1804 |
Sand,
George |
Author |
Elle et
Lui |
|
France |
1806 |
Lamorcière,Christophe |
Soldier |
French general |
|
France |
1822 |
Bonheur,
Rosa |
Artist |
The Horse
Fair |
|
France |
1835 |
Saint-Saëns,
Camille |
Composer |
“Danse
Macabre” |
|
France |
1844 |
Verlaine,
Paul |
Poet |
Invectives |
|
France |
1854 |
Lyautey,
Hubert |
Soldier |
Marshal of
France |
|
France |
1854 |
Rimbaud,
Arthur |
Poet |
The
Drunken
Boat |
|
France |
1869 |
Gide,
André |
Author |
Nobel Prize
for
Literature |
|
France |
1871 |
Proust,
Marcel |
Author |
In Search
of Lost
Time |
|
France |
1873 |
Colette,Sidonie-Gabrielle |
Author |
Cheri |
|
France |
1875 |
Ravel,
Maurice |
Composer |
Bolero |
|
France |
1876 |
Jacob,
Max |
Author |
La Défense
de
Tartuffe |
|
France |
1880 |
Fersen,
Adelsward |
Author |
Hymnaire
d’Adonis |
|
Birthplace |
YearofBirth |
Name |
Profession |
Accomplishment |
|
France |
1883 |
Chanel,
Coco |
Designer |
Chanel No,
5 |
|
France |
1889 |
Cocteau,
Jean |
Poet |
La Belle
et la
Bête |
|
France |
1893 |
Acosta,
Mercedes
de |
Author |
ConqueredMarleneDietrichandGretaGarbo |
|
France |
1896 |
Montherlant,Henryde |
Author |
Les
Olympiques |
|
France |
1897 |
Aragon,
Louis |
Poet |
La Semaine
Sainte |
|
France |
1899 |
Poulenc,
Francis |
Composer |
Les
Biches |
|
France |
1900 |
Crevel,
René |
Author |
Dadaist |
|
France |
1903 |
Colbert,
Claudette |
Actress |
Palm
Beach
Story |
|
France |
1903 |
Nin,
Anaïs |
Author |
Novel of
the
Future |
|
France |
1905 |
Vigo,
Jean |
Director |
Zero de
Conduite |
|
France |
1907 |
Peyrefitte,
Roger |
Author |
Les Amitiés
Particulières |
|
France |
1910 |
Genet,
Jean |
Author |
The
Blacks |
|
France |
1913 |
Marais,
Jean |
Actor |
La Belle
et la
Bête
La Belle
et la
Bête |
|
France |
1915 |
Barthes,
Roland |
Philosopher |
The Death
of the
Author |
|
France |
1926 |
Foucault,
Michel |
Philosopher |
History of
Sexuality |
|
France |
1928 |
Chazot,
Jacques |
Choreographer |
Star dancer
at Opera
Comique |
|
France |
1931 |
Capucine |
Actress |
The Pink
Panther |
|
France |
1952 |
Schneider,
Maria |
Actress |
Last
Tango
in
Paris |
|
France |
1979 |
Mauresmo,
Amélie |
Athlete |
World
number
one
female
tennis
player |
|
Germany |
1685 |
Handel,GeorgeFrideric |
Composer |
Messiah |
|
Germany |
1717 |
Winckelmann,JohannJ,
|
Archaeologist |
History of
the Art
of
Antiquity |
|
Germany |
1769 |
Humboldt,Alexandervon |
Scientist |
Kosmos |
|
Germany |
1777 |
Kleist,
Heinrich
von |
Playwright |
Prinz
Friedrich
von
Homburg |
|
Germany |
1796 |
Platen,
August
von |
Poet |
Sonnets on
Venice |
|
Germany |
1803 |
Liebig,CountJustusvon |
Scientist |
Organic
Chemistry |
|
Germany |
1823 |
Charles
I |
Politician |
King Karl
of
Württemberg |
|
Germany |
1825 |
Ulrichs,
Karl |
Author |
Early gay
rights
activist |
|
Germany |
1837 |
Marées,
Hans
von |
Artist |
Frescos
in
Naples |
|
Germany |
1845 |
Ludwig
II |
Politician |
King of
Bavaria |
|
Germany |
1847 |
Eulenburg,PrincePhilipp |
Politician |
Adviser
to
Kaiser
Wilhelm
II |
|
Germany |
1854 |
Krupp,
Friedrich
A,
|
Business |
Munitions
factories |
|
Germany |
1856 |
Gloeden,BaronWilhelmvon |
Photographer |
Taormina
photos |
|
Germany |
1857 |
Allers,ChristianWilhelm |
Artist |
Club
Eintracht |
|
Germany |
1867 |
Hamilton,
Edith |
Author |
Mythology |
|
Germany |
1867 |
Ives,
George |
Author |
Order of
Chaeronea |
|
Germany |
1867 |
Rathenau, Walther |
Business |
Foreign
Minister |
|
Germany |
1868 |
George,
Stefan |
Poet |
Blatter fur
die
Kunst |
|
Germany |
1868 |
Hirschfeld,
Magnus |
Author |
Sexual History
of the
World |
|
Germany |
1874 |
Leyendecker,
J, C,
|
Artist |
Arrow
Collar
Man |
|
Germany |
1875 |
Mann,
Thomas |
Author |
Death in
Venice |
|
Germany |
1887 |
Röhm,
Ernst |
Soldier |
Leader of
Stormtroopers |
|
Germany |
1888 |
Murnau,
F, W,
|
Director |
Nosferatu |
|
Germany |
1888 |
Winsloe,
Christa |
Author |
The Child
Manuela |
|
Germany |
1893 |
Cornell,
Katharine |
Actress |
The Green
Hat |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YearofBirth |
Name |
Profession |
Accomplishment |
|
1901 |
Dietrich,
Marlene |
Actress |
Blue
Angel |
|
|
Germany |
1935 |
Fichte,
Hubert |
Author |
The History
of
Sensibility |
|
Germany |
1946 |
Fassbinder,RainerWerner |
Director |
Querelle |
|
Germany |
1953 |
Wowereit,
Klaus |
Politician |
Mayor of
Berlin |
|
Germany |
1955 |
Emmerich,
Roland |
Director |
Independence
Day |
|
Greece |
-638 |
Solon |
Politician |
Democracy |
|
Greece |
-620 |
Sappho |
Poet |
“Ode to
Aphrodite” |
|
Greece |
-470 |
Socrates |
Philosopher |
Socratic
Method |
|
Greece |
-427 |
Plato |
Philosopher |
The
Republic |
|
Greece |
1896 |
Mitropoulos,
Dimitri |
Conductor |
New
York
Philharmonic |
|
India |
1780 |
Singh,MaharajaRanjit |
Politician |
Lion of
Punjab |
|
India |
1923 |
Anderson,
Lindsay |
Director |
Oscar:
Thursday’s
Children |
|
India |
1936 |
Merchant,
Ismail |
Producer |
Oscar: Howard’s
End |
|
India |
1966 |
Gohil,Manvendrasinh |
Politician |
Coming
out |
|
Iran |
1886 |
Nicolson,
Harold |
Politician |
Member of
Parliament |
|
Iran |
1963 |
Abdoh,
Reza |
Director |
Quotations From
a Ruined
City |
|
Ireland |
1769 |
Castlereagh,
Viscount |
Politician |
Leader of
the House
of
Commons |
|
Ireland |
1822 |
Nicholson,
John |
Soldier |
Hero of
Delhi |
|
Ireland |
1828 |
Cleburne,
Patrick
R,
|
Soldier |
Confederate
Major
General |
|
Ireland |
1850 |
Kitchener,
Lord |
Soldier |
British Commander
in
Chief |
|
Ireland |
1854 |
Wilde,
Oscar |
Author |
The Importance
of Being
Earnest |
|
Ireland |
1864 |
Casement,
Roger |
Politician |
Rebel
leader |
|
Ireland |
1879 |
Pearse,
Patrick |
Politician |
Easter
Rising |
|
Ireland |
1892 |
O’Duffy,
Eoin |
Soldier |
IRA Chief
of
Staff |
|
Ireland |
1909 |
Bacon,
Francis |
Artist |
Pope
Innocent
X |
|
Ireland |
1919 |
Murdoch,
Iris |
Author |
Under the
Net |
|
Ireland |
1958 |
Shaw,
Fiona |
Actress |
Aunt
Petunia |
|
Ireland |
1963 |
Norton,
Graham |
Comedian |
So Graham
Norton |
|
Ireland |
1976 |
Gateley, Stephen |
Musician |
Boyzone |
|
Italy |
1012 |
Benedict
IX |
Cleric |
Pope |
|
Italy |
1033 |
Anselm,
Saint |
Cleric |
Archbishop of
Canterbury |
|
Italy |
1386 |
Donatello |
Artist |
David |
|
Italy |
1414 |
Sixtus IV |
Cleric |
Pope |
|
Italy |
1417 |
Paul
II |
Cleric |
Pope |
|
Italy |
1433 |
Ficino,
Marsilio |
Philosopher |
Theologia
Platonica |
|
Italy |
1443 |
Julius
II |
Cleric |
Pope |
|
Italy |
1445 |
Botticelli,
Sandro |
Artist |
Sistine
Chapel
(portions) |
|
Italy |
1452 |
Leonardo
da
Vinci |
Artist |
Mona
Lisa |
|
Italy |
1454 |
Poliziano |
Poet |
Favola
d’Orfeo
(first
play
in
Italian) |
|
Italy |
1475 |
Leo
X |
Cleric |
Pope |
|
Italy |
1475 |
Michelangelo |
Artist |
Sistine
Chapel |
|
Italy |
1487 |
Julius
III |
Cleric |
Pope |
|
Italy |
1497 |
Berni,
Francesco |
Poet |
Bernesque
poetry |
|
Italy |
1500 |
Cellini,
Benvenuto |
Artist |
Autobiography |
|
Italy |
1503 |
Varchi, Benedetto |
Author |
Storia di
Firenze |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YearofBirth |
Name |
Profession |
Accomplishment |
|
1571 |
Caravaggio,Michelangelo |
Artist |
Card Players |
|
|
Italy |
1671 |
Gastone,
Gian |
Politician |
Last of
the Medicis |
|
Italy |
1698 |
Metastasio |
Poet |
“Olimipiade” |
|
Italy |
1712 |
Algarotti,
Francesco |
Philosopher |
Essays on
the Fine
Arts |
|
Italy |
1893 |
Gadda, Carlo
Emilio |
Author |
Il Castello
di
Udine |
|
Italy |
1895 |
Valentino,
Rudolph |
Actor |
The
Sheik |
|
Italy |
1906 |
Visconti,CountLuchino |
Director |
Palme
D’Or:
The
Leopard |
|
Italy |
1911 |
Menotti, Gian
Carlo |
Composer |
The Island
God |
|
Italy |
1922 |
Cardin,
Pierre |
Designer |
Neckties |
|
Italy |
1922 |
Pasolini,
Pier
Paolo |
Director |
Decameron |
|
Italy |
1923 |
Zeffirelli,
Franco |
Director |
Romeo and
Juliet |
|
Italy |
1946 |
Versace, Gianni |
Designer |
Clothing
line |
|
Japan |
774 |
Kūkai |
Cleric |
Shingon and
shudo |
|
Japan |
1363 |
Zeami
Motokiyo |
Playwright |
Noh
theatre |
|
Japan |
1521 |
Takeda
Shingen |
Politician |
Daimyo |
|
Japan |
1527 |
Kōsaka
Masanobu |
Soldier |
Battle of
Kawanakajima |
|
Japan |
1534 |
Oda
Nobunaga |
Soldier |
Conquered most
of
Japan |
|
Japan |
1543 |
Tokugawa
Ieyasu |
Politician |
Shogun |
|
Japan |
1604 |
Tokugawa
Iemitsu |
Politician |
Shogun |
|
Japan |
1642 |
Ihara
Saikaku |
Author |
Koshoku
ichidai
otoko |
|
Japan |
1925 |
Mishima
Yukio |
Author |
Sun and
Steel |
|
Latvia |
1898 |
Eisenstein,
Sergei |
Director |
Potemkin |
|
Lithuania |
1928 |
Harvey,
Laurence |
Actor |
I Am
a Camera |
|
Macedonia |
382
b,
C,
|
Philip
II |
Soldier |
Defeated Athens
and
Thebes |
|
Macedonia |
356
b,
C,
|
Alexander the
Great |
Soldier |
Created an
empire |
|
Macedonia |
811 |
Basil
I |
Politician |
Emperor |
|
Malaysia |
1961 |
Beale, Simon
Russell |
Actor |
Hamlet |
|
Mexico |
1651 |
Cruz, Juana
Inez de
la |
Poet |
Reply to
Sister
Philotea |
|
Mexico |
1899 |
Novarro,
Ramon |
Actor |
Ben-Hur |
|
Mexico |
1904 |
Novo,
Salvador |
Poet |
The War
of the
Fatties |
|
Mexico |
1907 |
Kahlo,
Frida |
Artist |
Self-portraits |
|
Mexico |
1950 |
Gabriel,
Juan |
Musician |
Sold more
than 40
million
albums |
|
Myanmar |
1870 |
Saki |
Author |
Reginald |
|
Netherlands |
1466 |
Erasmus,
Desiderius |
Cleric |
Greek
New
Testament |
|
Netherlands |
1863 |
Couperus,
Louis |
Author |
De Berg
van
Licht |
|
Netherlands |
1881 |
Haan, Jacob
Israël
de |
Poet |
“An
endless
desire
for
friendship” |
|
Netherlands |
1894 |
Arondeus,
Willem |
Soldier |
Nazi
resister |
|
Netherlands |
1948 |
Fortuyn,
Pim |
Politician |
Party
leader |
|
Netherlands |
1980 |
Kenkhuis,
Johan |
Athlete |
Olympic
bronze
medal |
|
NewCaledonia |
1941 |
Higgins,
Colin |
Director |
Harold and
Maude
(Writer) |
|
NewZealand |
1884 |
Walpole,
Hugh |
Author |
Lauritz
Melchior |
|
NewZealand |
1888 |
Mansfield,
Katherine |
Poet |
The Garden
Party |
|
Norway |
1950 |
Foss,
Per-Kristian |
Politician |
Prime Minister
of
Norway |
|
Palestine |
1940 |
Stevens,
David |
Screenwriter |
Breaker
Morant |
|
Persia |
747 |
Nuwas,
Abu |
Poet |
Khamriyyat |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YearofBirth |
Name |
Profession |
Accomplishment |
|
1320 |
Hafez |
Poet |
Ghazals |
|
|
Peru |
1942 |
Monk,
Meredith |
Musician |
Turtle
Dreams |
|
Poland |
1810 |
Chopin,
Frederic |
Composer |
“Minute Waltz” |
|
Poland |
1879 |
Landowska,
Wanda |
Musician |
Harpsichord |
|
Poland |
1894 |
Negri,
Pola |
Actress |
Madame
Bovary |
|
Prussia |
1712 |
Frederick
the
Great |
Soldier |
King |
|
Prussia |
1726 |
Henry of
Prussia |
Soldier |
King of
the US
(almost) |
