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Where well-known writers, scientists, artists and leaders of the past were born, and when they lived. 757 facts.
John Logie Baird was born in Helensburgh in 1888 and died in 1946.
Source: Wikipedia: John Logie Baird (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q133544 (CC0)
Hermann Minkowski was born in Aleksotas in 1864 and died in 1909.
Source: Wikipedia: Hermann Minkowski (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q57246 (CC0)
Charles Messier was born in Badonviller in 1730 and died in 1817.
Source: Wikipedia: Charles Messier (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q14524 (CC0)
Khalid ibn al-Walid was born in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 586 and died in 642.
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Aphra Behn was born in Canterbury in 1640 and died in 1689.
Source: Wikipedia: Aphra Behn (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q231886 (CC0)
Claude Adrien Helvétius was born in rue Sainte-Anne in 1715 and died in 1771.
Source: Wikipedia: Claude Adrien Helvétius (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q190302 (CC0)
Aleksandr Kuprin was born in Narovchat in 1870 and died in 1938.
Source: Wikipedia: Aleksandr I. Kuprin (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q271457 (CC0)
Tommaso Campanella was born in Stilo in 1568 and died in 1639.
Source: Wikipedia: Tommaso Campanella (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q191850 (CC0)
Alfred de Vigny was born in Loches in 1797 and died in 1863.
Source: Wikipedia: Alfred de Vigny (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q309702 (CC0)
Michael Glinka was born in Novospasskoye in 1804 and died in 1857.
Source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Glinka (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q181885 (CC0)
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer was born in Seville in 1836 and died in 1870.
Source: Wikipedia: Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q203715 (CC0)
Antonin Artaud was born in Marseille in 1896 and died in 1948.
Source: Wikipedia: Antonin Artaud (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q187166 (CC0)
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot was born in Rue du Bac in 1796 and died in 1875.
Source: Wikipedia: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q148475 (CC0)
Donato Bramante was born in Fermignano in 1444 and died in 1514.
Source: Wikipedia: Donato Bramante (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q7793 (CC0)
Richard Dedekind was born in Brunswick in 1831 and died in 1916.
Source: Wikipedia: Richard Dedekind (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q76556 (CC0)
Giuseppe Piazzi was born in Ponte in Valtellina in 1746 and died in 1826.
Source: Wikipedia: Giuseppe Piazzi (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q14280 (CC0)
Imhotep was born in Memphis in 2800 BC and died in 2700 BC.
Source: Wikipedia: Imhotep (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q131171 (CC0)
Aristarchus of Samos was born in Samos in 309 BC and died in 229 BC.
Source: Wikipedia: Aristarchus of Samos (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q140188 (CC0)
Wu Zetian was born in Guangyuan in 624 and died in 705.
Source: Wikipedia: Wu Zetian (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q9738 (CC0)
Ugo Foscolo was born in Zakynthos in 1778 and died in 1827.
Source: Wikipedia: Ugo Foscolo (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q166234 (CC0)
Abdülaziz was born in Beylerbeyi Palace in 1830 and died in 1876.
Source: Wikipedia: Abdulaziz (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q151500 (CC0)
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was born in Nepantla de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz in 1651 and died in 1695.
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Edward Elgar was born in Lower Broadheath in 1857 and died in 1934.
Source: Wikipedia: Edward Elgar (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q179631 (CC0)
Artemisia Gentileschi was born in Rome in 1593 and died in 1653.
Source: Wikipedia: Artemisia Gentileschi (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q212657 (CC0)
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was born in Aschaffenburg in 1880 and died in 1938.
Source: Wikipedia: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q229272 (CC0)
Franz Marc was born in Kreuzstraße in 1880 and died in 1916.
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Josiah Willard Gibbs was born in New Haven in 1839 and died in 1903.
Source: Wikipedia: Josiah Willard Gibbs (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q153243 (CC0)
Marcus Terentius Varro was born in Rieti in 115 BC and died in 26 BC.
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L. Frank Baum was born in Chittenango in 1856 and died in 1919.
Source: Wikipedia: L. Frank Baum (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q207544 (CC0)
Chrétien de Troyes was born in Troyes in 1135 and died in 1181.
Source: Wikipedia: Chrétien de Troyes (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q4302 (CC0)
Osman II was born in Istanbul in 1604 and died in 1622.
Source: Wikipedia: Osman II (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q172056 (CC0)
Antonio Salieri was born in Legnago in 1750 and died in 1825.
Source: Wikipedia: Antonio Salieri (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q51088 (CC0)
Georg Philipp Telemann was born in Magdeburg in 1681 and died in 1767.
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Egon Schiele was born in Tulln an der Donau in 1890 and died in 1918.
Source: Wikipedia: Egon Schiele (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q44032 (CC0)
Johann Bernoulli was born in Basel in 1667 and died in 1748.
Source: Wikipedia: Johann Bernoulli (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q227897 (CC0)
Augustin-Jean Fresnel was born in Broglie in 1788 and died in 1827.
Source: Wikipedia: Augustin-Jean Fresnel (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q187241 (CC0)
François Arago was born in Estagel in 1786 and died in 1853.
Source: Wikipedia: François Arago (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q154353 (CC0)
Carl Bosch was born in Cologne in 1874 and died in 1940.
Source: Wikipedia: Carl Bosch (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q76606 (CC0)
Alfred Werner was born in Mulhouse in 1866 and died in 1919.
Source: Wikipedia: Alfred Werner (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q123014 (CC0)
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi was born in Tus in 1201 and died in 1274.
Source: Wikipedia: Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q302835 (CC0)
Gerardus Mercator was born in Rupelmonde in 1512 and died in 1594.
Source: Wikipedia: Gerardus Mercator (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q6353 (CC0)
Jules Renard was born in Châlons-du-Maine in 1864 and died in 1910.
Source: Wikipedia: Jules Renard (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q314987 (CC0)
Tibullus was born in Gabii in 50 BC and died in 15 BC.
Source: Wikipedia: Tibullus (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q109598 (CC0)
Ahmed I was born in Manisa in 1590 and died in 1617.
Source: Wikipedia: Ahmed I (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q114749 (CC0)
Friedrich Schlegel was born in Hanover in 1772 and died in 1829.
Source: Wikipedia: Friedrich Schlegel (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q157271 (CC0)
Karl Kraus was born in Jičín in 1874 and died in 1936.
Source: Wikipedia: Karl Kraus (writer) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q44328 (CC0)
Ahmed Shahe Durrani was born in Herat in 1722 and died in 1772.
Source: Wikipedia: Ahmad Shah Durrani (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q46798 (CC0)
Jean Paul was born in Wunsiedel in 1763 and died in 1825.
Source: Wikipedia: Jean Paul (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q77079 (CC0)
Matthew Arnold was born in Laleham in 1822 and died in 1888.
Source: Wikipedia: Matthew Arnold (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q271032 (CC0)
Murad IV was born in Constantinople in 1612 and died in 1640.
Source: Wikipedia: Murad IV (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q174762 (CC0)
Ramon Llull was born in Palma in 1232 and died in 1316.
Source: Wikipedia: Ramon Llull (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q193660 (CC0)
Hugo von Hofmannsthal was born in Vienna in 1874 and died in 1929.
Source: Wikipedia: Hugo von Hofmannsthal (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q51513 (CC0)
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor was born in Vienna in 1640 and died in 1705.
Source: Wikipedia: Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q150494 (CC0)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was born in Weimar in 1714 and died in 1788.
Source: Wikipedia: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q76428 (CC0)
Giovanni Bellini was born in Venice in 1430 and died in 1516.
Source: Wikipedia: Giovanni Bellini (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q17169 (CC0)
Maria Sibylla Merian was born in Frankfurt in 1647 and died in 1717.
Source: Wikipedia: Maria Sibylla Merian (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q62530 (CC0)
Domenico Ghirlandaio was born in Florence in 1448 and died in 1494.
Source: Wikipedia: Domenico Ghirlandaio (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q191423 (CC0)
Ivan Aivazovsky was born in Feodosiia in 1817 and died in 1900.
Source: Wikipedia: Ivan Aivazovsky (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q181568 (CC0)
Phidias was born in Athens in 499 BC and died in 429 BC.
Source: Wikipedia: Phidias (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q177302 (CC0)
Friedrich Bessel was born in Minden in 1784 and died in 1846.
Source: Wikipedia: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q75845 (CC0)