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Where well-known writers, scientists, artists and leaders of the past were born, and when they lived. 757 facts.
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was born in Palestrina in 1525 and died in 1594.
Source: Wikipedia: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q179277 (CC0)
Johannes Vermeer was born in Delft in 1632 and died in 1675.
Source: Wikipedia: Johannes Vermeer (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q41264 (CC0)
Caravaggio was born in Milan in 1571 and died in 1610.
Source: Wikipedia: Caravaggio (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q42207 (CC0)
Édouard Manet was born in former 10th arrondissement of Paris in 1832 and died in 1883.
Source: Wikipedia: Édouard Manet (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q40599 (CC0)
Strabo was born in Amasia in 62 BC and died in 23.
Source: Wikipedia: Strabo (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q45936 (CC0)
Alexis de Tocqueville was born in Paris in 1805 and died in 1859.
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges in 1841 and died in 1919.
Source: Wikipedia: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q39931 (CC0)
Sandro Botticelli was born in Florence in 1445 and died in 1510.
Source: Wikipedia: Sandro Botticelli (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q5669 (CC0)
El Greco was born in Heraklion in 1541 and died in 1614.
Source: Wikipedia: El Greco (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q301 (CC0)
Robert Boyle was born in Lismore Castle in 1627 and died in 1691.
Source: Wikipedia: Robert Boyle (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q43393 (CC0)
Georg Cantor was born in Saint Petersburg in 1845 and died in 1918.
Source: Wikipedia: Georg Cantor (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q76420 (CC0)
Pierre de Coubertin was born in 7th arrondissement of Paris in 1863 and died in 1937.
Source: Wikipedia: Pierre de Coubertin (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q82984 (CC0)
Leo XIII was born in Carpineto Romano in 1810 and died in 1903.
Source: Wikipedia: Pope Leo XIII (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q43922 (CC0)
William Herschel was born in Hanover in 1738 and died in 1822.
Source: Wikipedia: William Herschel (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q14277 (CC0)
Hildegard of Bingen was born in Bermersheim vor der Höhe in 1098 and died in 1179.
Source: Wikipedia: Hildegard of Bingen (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q70991 (CC0)
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert was born in Paris in 1717 and died in 1783.
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Pierre de Fermat was born in Beaumont-de-Lomagne in 1607 and died in 1665.
Source: Wikipedia: Pierre de Fermat (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q75655 (CC0)
Charles Babbage was born in Walworth in 1791 and died in 1871.
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Hypatia was born in Alexandria in 360 and died in 415.
Source: Wikipedia: Hypatia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q11903 (CC0)
Novalis was born in Wiederstedt in 1772 and died in 1801.
Source: Wikipedia: Novalis (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q60684 (CC0)
Giacomo Leopardi was born in Recanati in 1798 and died in 1837.
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Amerigo Vespucci was born in Florence in 1454 and died in 1512.
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Johann Gottlieb Fichte was born in Rammenau in 1762 and died in 1814.
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John Dalton was born in Cumberland in 1766 and died in 1844.
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Fridtjof Nansen was born in Vestre Aker in 1861 and died in 1930.
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Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline in 1835 and died in 1919.
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Anaxagoras was born in Klazomenai in 499 BC and died in 427 BC.
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Heinrich Hertz was born in Hamburg in 1857 and died in 1894.
Source: Wikipedia: Heinrich Hertz (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q41257 (CC0)
Anaximander was born in Miletus in 609 BC and died in 545 BC.
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Hadrian was born in Italica in 76 and died in 138.
Source: Wikipedia: Hadrian (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1427 (CC0)
Parmenides was born in Velia in 514 BC and died in 469 BC.
Source: Wikipedia: Parmenides (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q125551 (CC0)
Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown in 1832 and died in 1888.
Source: Wikipedia: Louisa May Alcott (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q185696 (CC0)
Demosthenes was born in Upper Paiania in 383 BC and died in 321 BC.
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Gregory I was born in Rome in 540 and died in 604.
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Edvard Grieg was born in Bergen in 1843 and died in 1907.
Source: Wikipedia: Edvard Grieg (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q80621 (CC0)
Antoine Henri Becquerel was born in Paris in 1852 and died in 1908.
Source: Wikipedia: Henri Becquerel (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q41269 (CC0)
Bernhard Riemann was born in Breselenz in 1826 and died in 1866.
Source: Wikipedia: Bernhard Riemann (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q42299 (CC0)
Al-Biruni was born in Kath in 973 and died in 1048.
Source: Wikipedia: Al-Biruni (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q11826 (CC0)
Eratosthenes was born in Cyrene in 275 BC and died in 193 BC.
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Mikhail Lomonosov was born in Mishaninskaya in 1711 and died in 1765.
Source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Lomonosov (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q58720 (CC0)
Karel Čapek was born in Malé Svatoňovice in 1890 and died in 1938.
Source: Wikipedia: Karel Čapek (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q155855 (CC0)
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck was born in Bazentin in 1744 and died in 1829.
Source: Wikipedia: Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q82122 (CC0)
Srinivasa Ramanujan was born in Erode in 1887 and died in 1920.
Source: Wikipedia: Srinivasa Ramanujan (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q83163 (CC0)
Sergei Yesenin was born in Konstantinovo in 1895 and died in 1925.
Source: Wikipedia: Sergei Yesenin (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q31628 (CC0)
Teresa of Ávila was born in Ávila in 1515 and died in 1582.
Source: Wikipedia: Teresa of Ávila (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q174880 (CC0)
Muhammad Iqbal was born in Sialkot in 1877 and died in 1938.
Source: Wikipedia: Muhammad Iqbal (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q484141 (CC0)
Titian was born in Pieve di Cadore in 1490 and died in 1576.
Source: Wikipedia: Titian (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q47551 (CC0)
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was born in Delft in 1632 and died in 1723.
Source: Wikipedia: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q43522 (CC0)
Edgar de Wahl was born in Olviopol in 1867 and died in 1948.
Source: Wikipedia: Edgar de Wahl (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q327195 (CC0)
Guillaume Apollinaire was born in Rome in 1880 and died in 1918.
Source: Wikipedia: Guillaume Apollinaire (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q133855 (CC0)
Alphonse de Lamartine was born in Mâcon in 1790 and died in 1869.
Source: Wikipedia: Alphonse de Lamartine (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q188697 (CC0)
Gabriele D'Annunzio was born in Pescara in 1863 and died in 1938.
Source: Wikipedia: Gabriele D'Annunzio (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q193236 (CC0)
Gioachino Rossini was born in Pesaro in 1792 and died in 1868.
Source: Wikipedia: Gioachino Rossini (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q9726 (CC0)
Donatello was born in Florence in 1386 and died in 1466.
Source: Wikipedia: Donatello (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q37562 (CC0)
Pierre Corneille was born in Rouen in 1606 and died in 1684.
Source: Wikipedia: Pierre Corneille (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q747 (CC0)
Alessandro Manzoni was born in Milan in 1785 and died in 1873.
Source: Wikipedia: Alessandro Manzoni (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1064 (CC0)
Charles Perrault was born in Paris in 1628 and died in 1703.
Source: Wikipedia: Charles Perrault (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q128460 (CC0)
Aisha was born in Mecca in 614 and died in 678.
Source: Wikipedia: Aisha (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q4730963 (CC0)
Babur was born in Andijan in 1483 and died in 1531.
Source: Wikipedia: Babur (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q797848 (CC0)
D. H. Lawrence was born in Eastwood in 1885 and died in 1930.
Source: Wikipedia: D. H. Lawrence (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q34970 (CC0)