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Where well-known writers, scientists, artists and leaders of the past were born, and when they lived. 757 facts.
Otto Wallach was born in Königsberg in 1847 and died in 1931.
Source: Wikipedia: Otto Wallach (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q57127 (CC0)
Francis Galton was born in Sparkbrook in 1822 and died in 1911.
Source: Wikipedia: Francis Galton (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q191026 (CC0)
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay was born in Rothley Court in 1800 and died in 1859.
Source: Wikipedia: Thomas Babington Macaulay (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q315989 (CC0)
Propertius was born in Assisi in 46 BC and died in 15 BC.
Source: Wikipedia: Propertius (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q8827 (CC0)
Osip Mandelstam was born in Warsaw in 1891 and died in 1938.
Source: Wikipedia: Osip Mandelstam (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q189950 (CC0)
Walter Raleigh was born in Hayes Barton in 1552 and died in 1618.
Source: Wikipedia: Walter Raleigh (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q189144 (CC0)
Benito Pérez Galdós was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in 1843 and died in 1920.
Source: Wikipedia: Benito Pérez Galdós (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q189869 (CC0)
Gavrila Derzhavin was born in Suqır in 1743 and died in 1816.
Source: Wikipedia: Gavrila Derzhavin (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q270275 (CC0)
Samuel Butler was born in Langar in 1835 and died in 1902.
Source: Wikipedia: Samuel Butler (novelist) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q312829 (CC0)
Rouget de Lisle was born in Lons-le-Saunier in 1760 and died in 1836.
Source: Wikipedia: Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q207660 (CC0)
Nicholas Roerich was born in Saint Petersburg in 1874 and died in 1947.
Source: Wikipedia: Nicholas Roerich (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q208993 (CC0)
Thomas Gainsborough was born in Sudbury in 1727 and died in 1788.
Source: Wikipedia: Thomas Gainsborough (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q192720 (CC0)
Robert Fulton was born in Little Britain Township in 1765 and died in 1815.
Source: Wikipedia: Robert Fulton (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q192496 (CC0)
Hans Holbein the Younger was born in Augsburg in 1497 and died in 1543.
Source: Wikipedia: Hans Holbein the Younger (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q48319 (CC0)
Henri Rousseau was born in Laval in 1844 and died in 1910.
Source: Wikipedia: Henri Rousseau (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q156386 (CC0)
John Constable was born in East Bergholt in 1776 and died in 1837.
Source: Wikipedia: John Constable (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q159297 (CC0)
Felix Klein was born in Düsseldorf in 1849 and died in 1925.
Source: Wikipedia: Felix Klein (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q76641 (CC0)
William Gilbert was born in Colchester in 1544 and died in 1603.
Source: Wikipedia: William Gilbert (physicist) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q192706 (CC0)
Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet was born in Düren in 1805 and died in 1859.
Source: Wikipedia: Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q29193 (CC0)
Urbain Le Verrier was born in Saint-Lô in 1811 and died in 1877.
Source: Wikipedia: Urbain Le Verrier (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q104154 (CC0)
Edward Bulwer-Lytton was born in London in 1803 and died in 1873.
Source: Wikipedia: Edward Bulwer-Lytton (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q318462 (CC0)
Emperor Wu of Han was born in Chang'an in 155 BC and died in 86 BC.
Source: Wikipedia: Emperor Wu of Han (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q7225 (CC0)
Konstantinos P. Cavafy was born in Alexandria in 1863 and died in 1933.
Source: Wikipedia: Constantine P. Cavafy (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q216980 (CC0)
Ahmed III was born in Dobrich in 1673 and died in 1736.
Source: Wikipedia: Ahmed III (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q199482 (CC0)
Marsilio Ficino was born in Figline Valdarno in 1433 and died in 1499.
Source: Wikipedia: Marsilio Ficino (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q192374 (CC0)
Giovanni Antonio Canal was born in Venice in 1697 and died in 1768.
Source: Wikipedia: Canaletto (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q182664 (CC0)
Théodore Géricault was born in Rouen in 1791 and died in 1824.
Source: Wikipedia: Théodore Géricault (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q184212 (CC0)
Wilhelm Eduard Weber was born in Lutherstadt Wittenberg in 1804 and died in 1891.
Source: Wikipedia: Wilhelm Eduard Weber (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q76707 (CC0)
August Kekulé was born in Darmstadt in 1829 and died in 1896.
Source: Wikipedia: August Kekulé (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q76784 (CC0)
Paul Sabatier was born in Carcassonne in 1854 and died in 1941.
Source: Wikipedia: Paul Sabatier (chemist) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q104575 (CC0)
Caroline Herschel was born in Hanover in 1750 and died in 1848.
Source: Wikipedia: Caroline Herschel (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q76948 (CC0)
Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet was born in Ribemont in 1743 and died in 1794.
Source: Wikipedia: Marquis de Condorcet (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q201477 (CC0)
Sei Shōnagon was born in Heian-kyō in 966 and died in 1025.
Source: Wikipedia: Sei Shōnagon (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q231603 (CC0)
Richard Francis Burton was born in Torquay in 1821 and died in 1890.
Source: Wikipedia: Richard Francis Burton (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q125057 (CC0)
Natsume Sōseki was born in Kikuichō in 1867 and died in 1916.
Source: Wikipedia: Natsume Sōseki (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q180903 (CC0)
Rudaki was born in Panjrūd in 859 and died in 941.
Source: Wikipedia: Rudaki (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q312954 (CC0)
Guru Gobind Singh was born in Patna in 1666 and died in 1708.
Source: Wikipedia: Guru Gobind Singh (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q312967 (CC0)