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• 459 BCEHippocratesHippocrates of Kos (Ancient Greek: Ἱπποκράτης ὁ Κῷος, romanized: Hippokrátēs ho Kôios; c. 460 – c. 370 BC)…
• 469 BCEHippocrates of ChiosHippocrates of Chios (Ancient Greek: Ἱπποκράτης ὁ Χῖος; c. 470 – c. 421 BC) was an ancient Greek…
• 497 BCEHippodamus of MiletusHippodamus of Miletus (Greek: Ἱππόδαμος ὁ Μιλήσιος, Hippodamos ho Milesios; c.480–408 BC) was an ancient…
• 1819 CEHippolyte FizeauArmand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau (French: [ipɔlit fizo]; 23 September 1819 – 18 September 1896) was a French…
• 1839 CEHippolyte SebertHippolyte Sebert (30 January 1839 – 23 January 1930) was a French army general, scientist, and after World…
• 1828 CEHippolyte TaineHippolyte Adolphe Taine (21 April 1828 – 5 March 1893) was a French historian, critic and philosopher. He was…
• 170 CEHippolytusHippolytus of Rome ( hi-POLL-it-əs, Ancient Greek: Ἱππόλυτος; Romanized: Hippólytos, c. 165 – c. 235 AD) was…
• 1450 CEHippolytus de MarsiliisHippolytus de Marsiliis (1451–1529) was a lawyer and doctor utriusque iuris (Lat. 'doctor of either law' —…
• 500 BCEHipponHippo (Ancient Greek: Ἵππων, Hippon; fl. 5th century BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. He is…
• 600 BCEHipponaxHipponax (Ancient Greek: Ἱππῶναξ; gen. Ἱππώνακτος; fl. late 6th century BCE), of Ephesus and later…
• 1875 CEHiram Bingham IIIHiram Bingham III (November 19, 1875 – June 6, 1956) was an American academic, explorer and politician. In…
• 1840 CEHiram Stevens MaximSir Hiram Stevens Maxim (5 February 1840 – 24 November 1916) was an American-born British inventor best known…
• 1776 CEHirata AtsutaneHirata Atsutane (平田 篤胤; 6 October 1776 – 2 November 1843) was a Japanese scholar, conventionally ranked as…
• 1901 CEHirohitoEmperor Shōwa (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), personal name Hirohito, was Emperor of Japan from 25 December…
• 1973 CEHiromu ArakawaHiromu Arakawa (荒川 弘, Arakawa Hiromu; born May 8, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known as the…
• 1922 CEHiroo OnodaHiroo Onoda (Japanese: 小野田 寛郎, Hepburn: Onoda Hiroo; IPA: [o̞no̞da̠ çiɾo̞ː]) 19 March 1922 – 16 January 2014)…
• 1960 CEHiroshi AmanoHiroshi Amano (天野 浩, Amano Hiroshi; born September 11, 1960) is a Japanese materials scientist specializing…
• 1963 CEHiroshi IshiguroHiroshi Ishiguro (石黒浩, Ishiguro Hiroshi; born 23 October 1963) is a Japanese roboticist and engineer. He is…
• 691 CEHisham ibn Abd al-MalikHisham ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (Arabic: هِشَام ابْن عَبْد الْمَلِك ٱبْن مَرْوَان, romanized: Hishām ibn…
• 750 CEHisham ibn HakamAbā Muḥammad Hishām ibn al-Ḥakam al-Kūfī al-Kindī (Arabic: أبَا مُحَمَّدٍ هِشَام بنُ الحَكَمِ الكوفِي…
• 680 CEHisham ibn UrwahHishām ibn ʿUrwah (Arabic: هشام بن عروة, c. 680–763) was a prominent narrator of hadith. He was born in…
• 737 CEHisham ibn al-KalbiAbu al-Mundhir Hisham ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sa'ib ibn Bishr al-Kalbi (أبو المنذر هشام بن محمد بن السائب بن بشر…
• 1942 CEHissène HabréHissène Habré (Arabic: حسين حبري Ḥusaīn Ḥabrī, Chadian Arabic: pronounced [hiˈsɛn ˈhabre]; French…
• 550 BCEHistiaeusHistiaeus (Ancient Greek: Ἱστιαῖος, died 493 BC), the son of Lysagoras, was a Greek ruler of Miletus in the…
• 1847 CEHiệp HòaHiệp Hòa (Hanoi: [hiəp̚˧˨ʔ hwaː˨˩], chữ Hán: 協和, lit. "harmonization", 1 November 1847 – 29 November 1883)…
• 1860 CEHjalmar BrantingKarl Hjalmar Branting (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjǎlmar ˈbrânːtɪŋ]; 23 November 1860 – 24 February 1925) was a…
• 1877 CEHjalmar SchachtHorace Greeley Hjalmar Schacht (German: [ˈjalmaʁ ˈʃaxt]; 22 January 1877 – 3 June 1970) was a German…
• 1867 CEHolger PedersenHolger Pedersen (Danish: [ˈhʌlˀkɐ ˈpʰe̝(ː)ðɐsn̩]; 7 April 1867 – 25 October 1953) was a Danish linguist who…
• 1878 CEHolger ThieleHolger Thiele (September 25, 1878 – June 5, 1946) was a Danish American astronomer and discoverer of minor…
• 900 BCEHomerHomer (Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος [hómɛːros], Hómēros; possibly born c. 8th century BC) was an ancient Greek poet…
• 1470 CEHongzhi EmperorThe Hongzhi Emperor (30 July 1470 – 8 June 1505), personal name Zhu Youcheng, was the tenth emperor of the…
• 1440 CEHoniusHonius, born Colen Henrik Hoen (c. 1440, in The Hague – 1524, in The Hague) was a Dutch jurist and humanist…
• 600 CEHonoratus of AmiensSaint Honoratus of Amiens (Honoré, sometimes Honorius) (died 16 January ca. 600) was the seventh bishop of…
• 384 CEHonoriusHonorius (9 September 384 – 15 August 423) was Roman emperor from 393 to 423. He was the younger son of…
• 585 CEHonorius IPope Honorius I (born in Campania; died 12 October 638) was the bishop of Rome from his consecration on 27…
• 1100 CEHonorius IIPope Honorius II (9 February 1060 – 13 February 1130), born Lamberto Scannabecchi, was head of the Catholic…
• 1808 CEHonoré DaumierHonoré-Victorin Daumier (French: [ɔnɔʁe domje]; 26 February 1808 – 10 or 11 February 1879) was a French…
• 1608 CEHonoré FabriHonoré Fabri (Latin: Honoratus Fabrius; 5 April 1607 or 8 April 1608 – 8 March 1688) was a French Jesuit…
• 1749 CEHonoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de MirabeauHonoré Gabriel Riqueti, Count of Mirabeau (French: [miʁabo]; 9 March 1749 – 2 April 1791), known simply as…
• 1799 CEHonoré de BalzacHonoré de Balzac ( BAL-zak, also US: BAWL-; French: [ɔnɔʁe d(ə) balzak]; born Honoré Balzac; 20 May 1799 – 18…
• 64 BCEHoraceQuintus Horatius Flaccus (Classical Latin: [ˈkʷiːntʊs (h)ɔˈraːtiʊs ˈfɫakːʊs]; 8 December 65 BC – 27 November…
• 1740 CEHorace Bénédict de SaussureHorace Bénédict de Saussure (French: [ɔʁas benedikt də sosyʁ]; 17 February 1740 – 22 January 1799) was a…
• 1717 CEHorace WalpoleHoratio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better known as Horace Walpole, was a…
• 1815 CEHorace WellsHorace Wells (January 21, 1815 – January 24, 1848) was an American dentist who pioneered the use of…
• 500 CEHorapollonHorapollo (from Horus Apollo; Ancient Greek: Ὡραπόλλων; fl. c. 5th century AD) is the supposed author of a…
• 1850 CEHoratio Kitchener, 1st Earl KitchenerField Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916) was a British Army…
• 1350 BCEHoremhebHoremheb, also spelled Horemhab, Haremheb or Haremhab (Ancient Egyptian: ḥr-m-ḥb, meaning "Horus is in…
• 450 CEHormisdasPope Hormisdas (c. 450 – 6 August 523) was the bishop of Rome from 20 July 514 to his death on 6 August 523.…
• 280 CEHormizdHormizd (Middle Persian; in Ancient Greek: Ὁρμίσδας Hormisdas, Ormisdas; Persian: هرمز) was a Sasanian…
• 540 CEHormizd IVHormizd IV (also spelled Hormozd IV or Ohrmazd IV; Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭬𐭦𐭣) was the King of Kings of…
• 600 CEHormuzanHormuzan (Middle Persian: Hormazdān, New Persian: هرمزان) was a Persian aristocrat who served as the governor…
• 1826 CEHormuzd RassamHormuzd Rassam (Syriac: ܗܪܡܙܕ ܪܣܐܡ; Arabic: هرمز رسام; 1826 – 16 September 1910) was an Assyriologist and…
• 1949 CEHorst Ludwig StörmerHorst Ludwig Störmer (German pronunciation: [ˈhɔʁst ˈluːtvɪç ˈʃtœʁmɐ]; born April 6, 1949) is a German…
• 256 CEHosius of CordubaHosius of Corduba (c. 256–359), also known as Hosius the Confessor, Osius or Ossius, was a bishop of Corduba…
• 1928 CEHosni MubarakMuhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak (Arabic: محمد حسني السيد مبارك‎; 4 May 1928 – 25 February 2020) was an…
• 1534 CEHosokawa FujitakaHosokawa Fujitaka (細川 藤孝; June 3, 1534 – October 6, 1610), also known as Hosokawa Yūsai (細川 幽斎; Japanese…
• 1894 CEHossein BehzadHossein Behzad (1894 – 13 October 1968; Persian: حسین بهزاد) was a prominent Iranian painter. His early work…
• 1875 CEHossein BorujerdiAyatollah Seyyed Hossein Ali Tabatabaei Borujerdi (Luri/Persian: آیت الله العظمی سید حسین طباطبایی بروجردی…
• 230 CEHostilianHostilian (Latin: Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus; died c. July 251) was briefly Roman emperor in…
• 1230 CEHovhannes ErznkatsiHovhannes Erznkatsi (Armenian: Յովհաննէս Երզնկացի — John of Erznka or Erzinjan, about 1230s, Ekeghyats, Upper…
• 1045 CEHovhannes ImastaserHovhannes Imastaser (c. 1045–50 – 1129), also known as Hovhannes Sarkavag, was a medieval Armenian…
• 1898 CEHoward FloreyHoward Walter Florey, Baron Florey of Adelaide and Marston (24 September 1898 – 21 February 1968) was an…
• 1900 CEHoward H. AikenHoward Hathaway Aiken (March 8, 1900 – March 14, 1973) was an American physicist and a pioneer in computing.…
• 1905 CEHoward HughesHoward Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American aviator, aerospace engineer…
• 1853 CEHoward PyleHoward Pyle (March 5, 1853 – November 9, 1911) was an American illustrator, painter, and author, primarily of…
• 1934 CEHoward TeminHoward Martin Temin (December 10, 1934 – February 9, 1994) was an American geneticist and virologist. He…
• 1907 CEHoward W. HunterHoward William Hunter (November 14, 1907 – March 3, 1995) was an American lawyer and the 14th president of…
• 1876 CEHrachia AdjarianHrachia Acharian (Armenian: Հրաչեայ Աճառեան, reformed spelling: Հրաչյա Աճառյան; pronounced [həɾɑt͡ʃʰˈjɑ…
• 1848 CEHristo BotevHristo Botev (Bulgarian: Христо Ботев, pronounced [ˈxristo ˈbɔtɛf]), born Hristo Botyov Petkov (Христо Ботьов…
• 1722 CEHryhorii SkovorodaHryhorii Skovoroda, also Gregory Skovoroda or Grigory Skovoroda (Latin: Gregorius Scovoroda; Ukrainian…
• 1986 CEHsieh Su-WeiHsieh Su-wei (Chinese: 謝淑薇; pinyin: Xiè Shúwéi; pronounced [ɕjê ʂǔ wěɪ]; born 4 January 1986) is a Taiwanese…
• 1736 CEHsinbyushinHsinbyushin (Burmese: ဆင်ဖြူရှင်, IPA: [sʰɪ̀ɰ̃ pʰjú ʃɪ̀ɰ̃], lit. 'Lord of the white elephant'; 12 September…
• 1855 CEHsu Shih-changXu Shichang (Chinese: 徐世昌; pinyin: Xú Shìchāng; Wade–Giles: Hsü2Shih4-ch'ang1; courtesy name Juren (Chinese…
• 1879 CEHu Han-minHu Hanmin (traditional Chinese: 胡漢民; simplified Chinese: 胡汉民; pinyin: Hú Hànmín; Jyutping: Wu4 Hon3 Man4; 9…
• 1942 CEHu JintaoHu Jintao (born 21 December 1942) is a retired Chinese politician who served as the general secretary of the…
• 200 CEHua TuoHua Tuo (c. 140–208), courtesy name Yuanhua, was a Chinese physician who lived during the late Eastern Han…
• 801 CEHuang ChaoHuang Chao (835 – July 13, 884) was a wealthy Chinese salt trader and soldier who is primarily known for…
• 200 CEHuang QuanHuang Quan (died May or June 240), courtesy name Gongheng, was a Chinese military general and politician of…
• 1045 CEHuang TingjianHuang Tingjian (simplified Chinese: 黄庭坚; traditional Chinese: 黃庭堅; Wade–Giles: Huang T'ing-chien; 1045…
• 148 CEHuang ZhongHuang Zhong (pinyin: Huáng Zhōng) (died 220), courtesy name Hansheng, was a Chinese military general serving…
• 800 CEHuangbo XiyunHuangbo Xiyun (simplified Chinese: 黄檗希运; traditional Chinese: 黄檗希運; Wade–Giles: Huang-po Hsi-yün; lit. 'Xiyun…
• 101 CEHuangfu SongHuangfu Song (died c. April 195), courtesy name Yizhen, was a military general who lived during the Eastern…
• 1733 CEHubert RobertHubert Robert (French pronunciation: [ybɛʁ ʁɔbɛʁ]; 22 May 1733 – 15 April 1808) was a French painter in the…
• 1866 CEHubert Van InnisGerard Theodor Hubert Van Innis (24 February 1866 – 25 November 1961) was a Belgian competitor in the sport…
• 1366 CEHubert van EyckHubert van Eyck (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦybərt fɑn ˈɛik]; c. 1385/90 – 18 September 1426) was an Early…
• 840 CEHucbaldHucbald (c. 840 or 850 – 20 June 930; also Hucbaldus or Hubaldus) was a Benedictine monk active as a music…
• 1879 CEHuda Sha'rawiHuda Sha'arawi or Hoda Sha'rawi (Arabic: هدى شعراوي, ALA-LC: Hudá Sha‘rāwī; 23 June 1879 – 12 December 1947)…
• 1949 CEHugh David PolitzerHugh David Politzer (born August 31, 1949) is an American theoretical physicist. He shared the 2004 Nobel…
• 1926 CEHugh HefnerHugh Marston Hefner (April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017) was an American magazine publisher and businessman.…
• 1959 CEHugh LaurieJames Hugh Calum Laurie (born 11 June 1959) is an English actor, comedian, and musician. Laurie first gained…
• 1892 CEHugh MacDiarmidChristopher Murray Grieve (11 August 1892 – 9 September 1978), best known by his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid (…
• 1495 CEHugh PriceHugh Price (c. 1495 – 1574) was a Welsh lawyer and Anglican clergyman who was instrumental in the founding of…
• 1096 CEHugh of Saint VictorHugh of Saint Victor (c. 1096 – 11 February 1141) was a German canon regular and a leading theologian and…
• 1954 CEHugo ChávezHugo Rafael Chávez Frías (28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician, revolutionary, and…
• 1884 CEHugo GernsbackHugo Gernsback (born Hugo Gernsbacher, Luxembourgish: [ˈɡɛʁnsbɑχɐ], August 16, 1884 – August 19, 1967) was a…
• 1583 CEHugo GrotiusHugo Grotius ( GROH-shee-əss; 10 April 1583 – 28 August 1645), also known as Hugo de Groot (Dutch: [ˈɦyɣoː də…
• 1859 CEHugo JunkersHugo Junkers (3 February 1859 – 3 February 1935) was a German aircraft engineer and aircraft designer who…
• 1750 CEHugo KołłątajHugo Stumberg Kołłątaj, also spelled Kołłątay (1 April 1750 – 28 February 1812), was a prominent Polish…
• 1842 CEHugo SchuchardtHugo Ernst Mario Schuchardt (German: [ˈhuːɡo ˈʃʊxaʁt]; 4 February 1842, Gotha (Thuringia) – 21 April 1927…
• 1873 CEHugo SimbergHugo Gerhard Simberg (24 June 1873 – 12 July 1917) was a Finnish symbolist painter and graphic artist.
• 1887 CEHugo SteinhausHugo Dyonizy Steinhaus (English: HYOO-goh STYNE-howss, Polish: [ˈxuɡɔ ˈʂtajnxaws]; 14 January 1887 – 25…
• 1903 CEHugo TheorellAxel Hugo Theodor Theorell (6 July 1903 – 15 August 1982) was a Swedish scientist and Nobel Prize laureate in…
• 1863 CEHugo WincklerHugo Winckler (4 July 1863 – 19 April 1913) was a German orientalist, archaeologist, and historian who…
• 1440 CEHugo van der GoesHugo van der Goes (c. 1430/1440 – 1482) was a Flemish painter who was one of the most significant and…
• 1874 CEHugo von HofmannsthalHugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal (German: [ˈhuːɡo fɔn ˈhoːfmanstaːl]; 1 February 1874 – 15 July…
• 638 CEHuinengDajian Huineng or Hui-neng (traditional Chinese: 大鑒惠能; pinyin: Dàjiàn Huìnéng; Cantonese Jyutping: daai6…
• 334 CEHuiyuanLushan Huiyuan (simplified Chinese: 庐山慧远; traditional Chinese: 廬山慧遠; pinyin: Lúshān Huìyuǎn; Wade–Giles…
• 1484 CEHuldrych ZwingliHuldrych Zwingli (born Ulrich Zwingli; 1 January 1484 – 11 October 1531) was a Swiss Christian theologian…
• 1508 CEHumayunNasir al-Din Muhammad (Persian: نصیرالدین محمد, 6 March 1508 – 27 January 1556), commonly known by his regnal…
• 1000 CEHumbert of Silva CandidaHumbert of Silva Candida, O.S.B., also known as Humbert of Moyenmoutier (c. 1000 to 1015 – 5 May 1061) was a…
• 1900 CEHumberto Castelo BrancoHumberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (20 September 1897 – 18 July 1967) was a Brazilian military officer and…
• 1928 CEHumberto MaturanaHumberto Maturana Romesín (September 14, 1928 – May 6, 2021) was a Chilean biologist and philosopher. Some…
• 1899 CEHumphrey BogartHumphrey DeForest Bogart ( BOH-gart; December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957), nicknamed Bogie, was an American…
• 1778 CEHumphry DavySir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet (17 December 1778 – 29 May 1829) was a British chemist and inventor who…
• 1952 CEHun SenHun Sen (born 5 August 1952) is a Cambodian politician and former military officer who currently serves as…
• 808 CEHunayn ibn IshaqHunayn ibn Ishaq al-Ibadi (808–873; also Hunain or Hunein; Arabic: أبو زيد حنين بن إسحاق العبادي; ʾAbū Zayd…
• 1937 CEHunter S. ThompsonHunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author, regarded…
• 139 BCEHuo QubingHuo Qubing (140 – c. October 117 BC), formerly romanized as Ho Ch'ü-ping, was a Chinese military general and…
• 1452 CEHusayn Beg ShamluHossein Beg Laleh Shamlu (Persian: حسین بیگ شاملو; 1452 – 23 August 1514) was a Qizilbash officer of Turkoman…
• 626 CEHusayn ibn AliHusayn ibn Ali (Arabic: حسين ابن علي, romanized: Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī; 11 January 626 – 10 October 680 CE) was the…
• 1935 CEHussein I of JordanHussein bin Talal (Arabic: الحسين بن طلال; 14 November 1935 – 7 February 1999) was King of Jordan from 1952…
• 1853 CEHussein Kamel of EgyptHussein Kamel (Arabic: حسين كامل; 21 November 1853 – 9 October 1917) was the Sultan of Egypt from 19 December…
• 1853 CEHussein bin AliHussein bin Ali al-Hashimi (Arabic: ٱلْحُسَيْن بِن عَلِي ٱلْهَاشِمِي, romanized: al-Ḥusayn bin 'Alī…
• 1922 CEHussein-Ali MontazeriHussein-Ali Montazeri Najafabadi (24 September 1922 – 19 December 2009) was an Iranian cleric, politician…
• 450 CEHypatiusFlavius Hypatius (Greek: Ὑπάτιος; died 532) was a Byzantine noble of imperial descent who held the position…
• 389 BCEHypereidesHypereides or Hyperides (Ancient Greek: Ὑπερείδης, Hypereidēs; c. 390 – 322 BC; English pronunciation with…
• 189 BCEHypsiclesHypsicles (Ancient Greek: Ὑψικλῆς, romanized: Hypsiklēs; c. 190 – c. 120 BCE) was an ancient Greek…
• 1871 CEHàm NghiEmperor Hàm Nghi (Vietnamese: [hâːm ŋi], chữ Hán: 咸宜 lit. "entirely right", 3 August 1871 – 14 January 1944)…
• 930 CEHákon SigurðssonHaakon Sigurdsson (Old Norse: Hákon Sigurðarson [ˈhɑːˌkon ˈsiɣˌurðɑz̠ˌson], Norwegian: Håkon Sigurdsson; c.…
• 1909 CEHélder CâmaraHélder Pessoa Câmara (7 February 1909 – 27 August 1999) was a Brazilian Catholic prelate who served as…
• 1101 CEHéloïse d’ArgenteuilHéloïse (French: [elɔ.iz]; c. 1101 – 16 May 1164), variously Héloïse d'Argenteuil or Héloïse du Paraclet, was…
• 1937 CEHélène CixousHélène Cixous ( sihk-SOO; French: [siksu]; born 5 June 1937) is a French writer, playwright and literary…
• 1505 CEHürrem SultanHürrem Sultan (Turkish pronunciation: [hyɾˈɾæm suɫˈtan]; Ottoman Turkish: خرّم سلطان; c. 1505 – 15 April…
• 1374 CEHồ Nguyên TrừngHồ Nguyên Trừng (chữ Hán: 胡元澄, pinyin: Hu Yuancheng; also known as Lê Trừng, Chinese: 黎澄; pinyin: Lí Chéng…

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• 1893 CEI. A. RichardsIvor Armstrong Richards CH (26 February 1893 – 7 September 1979), known as I. A. Richards, was an English…
• 1886 CEI. AthenagorasEcumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I (Greek: Αθηναγόρας Αʹ), born Aristocles Matthaiou Spyrou (Greek…
• 1940 CEI. BartholomeosEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I (born Dimitrios Archontonis, 29 February 1940) is the current Ecumenical…
• 1917 CEI. M. PeiIeoh Ming Pei ( YOH ming PAY; Chinese: 貝聿銘; pinyin: Bèi Yùmíng; April 26, 1917 – May 16, 2019) was a…
• 1260 CEIacobus de IspaniaJacobus of Liège (died after 1330) was a music theorist active in the Southern Netherlands in the late middle…
• 99 BCEIaiaIaia of Cyzicus (Greek: Ιαία της Κυζίκου), sometimes (incorrectly) called Lala or Lalla, or rendered as Laia…
• 1954 CEIain BanksIain Menzies Banks (16 February 1954 – 9 June 2013) was a Scottish author, writing mainstream fiction as Iain…
• 500 CEIakob TsurtaveliJacob of Tsurtavi (Georgian: იაკობ ცურტაველი, romanized: iak'ob tsurt'aveli) also known as Jacob the Priest…
• 245 CEIamblichusIamblichus ( eye-AM-blik-əs; Ancient Greek: Ἰάμβλιχος, romanized: Iámblichos; Aramaic: 𐡉𐡌𐡋𐡊𐡅, romanized…
• 1908 CEIan FlemingIan Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was a British writer best known for his postwar James…
• 1948 CEIan HodderIan Richard Hodder (born 23 November 1948, in Bristol)is a British archaeologist and academic, noted as a…
• 1973 CEIan MurdockIan Ashley Murdock (April 28, 1973 – December 28, 2015) was an American software engineer, known for being…
• 1944 CEIan WilmutSir Ian Wilmut (7 July 1944 – 10 September 2023) was an English embryologist and the chair of the Scottish…
• 1922 CEIannis XenakisGiannis Klearchou Xenakis (also spelled for professional purposes as Yannis or Iannis Xenakis; Greek: Γιάννης…
• 798 CEIbn 'Abd al-HakamAbu'l Qāsim ʿAbd ar-Raḥman bin ʿAbdullah bin ʿAbd al-Ḥakam (Arabic: أبو القاسم عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله بن عبد…
• 650 CEIbn Abi IshaqʿAbd-Allāh ibn Abī Isḥāq al-Ḥaḍramī (Arabic, عَبْدُ اللّهِ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ), (died AD 735…
• 819 CEIbn Abi Tahir TayfurAbū al-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Abī Ṭāhir Ṭayfūr (b. 204 AH/819 CE, d. 280 AH/August 893 CE) was a Persian linguist and…
• 1194 CEIbn Abi UsaibiaIbn Abī Uṣaybiʿa Muʾaffaq al-Dīn Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad Ibn Al-Qāsim Ibn Khalīfa al-Khazrajī (Arabic: ابن أبي…
• 776 CEIbn Abī ShaibaIbn Abī Shaybah or Imām Abū Bakr Ibn Abī Shaybah or Abū Bakr ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad Ibn Abī Shaybah Ibrāhīm…
• 901 CEIbn Al-ThahabiAbu Mohammed Abdellah Ibn Mohammed Al-Azdi (Arabic: ابو محمد عبدالله بن محمد الأزدي) (ca. ? - 1033 CE), known…
• 1040 CEIbn AqilIbn Aqil (1040–1119) was an Islamic scholar and theologian from Baghdad, Iraq. He was trained in the tenets…
• 1165 CEIbn ArabiIbn 'Arabī (July 1165 – November 1240) was a Sunni Muslim Arab scholar, Sufi mystic, poet, and Muslim…
• 1001 CEIbn ButlanAbū 'l-Ḥasan al-Muḫtār Yuwānnīs ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbdūn ibn Saʿdūn ibn Buṭlān (Arabic: أبو الحسن المختار…
• 837 CEIbn DuraidAbū Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Duraid al-Azdī al-Baṣrī ad-Dawsī Al-Zahrani (أبو بكر محمد بن الحسن بن دريد…
• 1437 CEIbn Ghazi al-MaknasiAbu Abdallah Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Muhammad Ibn Ghazi al-'Utmani al-Miknasi (Arabic: ابن غازي المكناسي)…
• 1372 CEIbn Hajar al-AsqalaniIbn Hajar al Asqalani ( full name: Abu al Fadl Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad al Kinani). (Arabic: ابن حجر…
• 994 CEIbn HazmIbn Ḥazm (Arabic: ابن حزم; November 994 – 15 August 1064) was an Andalusi Muslim polymath, historian…
• 883 CEIbn HibbanMuḥammad ibn Hibbān al-Bustī (Arabic: محمد ابن حبان البستی) (c. 270–354/884–965) was a Muslim Arab scholar…
• 1309 CEIbn Hisham Al-AnsariAbu Mahammad Abdullah Gamal al-Din bin Yusuf bin Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Hisham al-Ansari al-Masry commonly…
• 941 CEIbn JinniAbū l-Fatḥ ʿUthmān ibn Jinnī, widely known as Ibn Jinni (Arabic: ابن جني, lit. 'Son of Gennaios'; 932–1002)…
• 699 CEIbn JurayjʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Jurayj al-Rūmī al-Umawī al-Qurashī al-Makkī (Arabic: عبد الملك بن عبد…
• 820 CEIbn KhordadbehAbu'l-Qasim Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah ibn Khordadbeh (Persian: ابوالقاسم عبیدالله ابن خردادبه; 820/825–913)…
• 838 CEIbn KhuzaymahAbu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Khuzaymah al-Nishapuri (Arabic:محمد بن إسحق بن خزيمة النيسابوري) (Persian…
• 824 CEIbn MajahAbū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Yazīd Ibn Mājah al-Rabʿī al-Qazwīnī (Arabic: ابو عبد الله محمد بن يزيد بن ماجه…
• 922 CEIbn MandaAbū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad bin Isḥāq Ibn Manda (d. 395/1004–5) was an eminent Isfahani Sunni Hadith scholar of…
• 777 CEIbn MasawayhYuhanna ibn Masawaih (circa 777–857), (Arabic: يوحنا بن ماسويه), also written Ibn Masawaih, Masawaiyh, and in…
• 932 CEIbn MiskawayhIbn Miskuyah (Persian: مُسْکُـوْيَه Muskūyah, 932–1030), (Arabic: مِسْكَوَيْه، أبو علي محمد بن أحمد بن يعقوب…
• 886 CEIbn MuqlaIbn Muqla (Arabic: ابن مقلة) was a polymath, calligrapher, vizier, and poet prominent in Baghdad during the…
• 1168 CEIbn Muti al-ZawawiIbn Mu‘ṭī al-Zawāwī (ابن معطي الزواوي)—Abū 'l-Ḥusayn Yaḥyā ibn ‘Abd al-Nur Zayn al-Dīn al-Zawāwī, or Abū…
• 989 CEIbn Muʿādh al-JayyānīAbū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Muʿādh al-Jayyānī (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد بن معاذ الجياني; 989, Cordova…
• 1292 CEIbn Qayyim al-JawziyyaShams al-Dīn ʾAbū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʾAbī Bakr ibn ʾAyyūb al-Zurʿī al-Dimashqī al-Ḥanbalī (29 Jan.…
• 828 CEIbn QutaybahAbū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muslim ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī al-Marwazī (Arabic: ابن قتيبة, romanized: Ibn…
• 1876 CEIbn SaudAbdulaziz bin Abdu Rahman Al Saud (Arabic: عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ بْنِ فَيْصَلٍ آلِ…
• 670 CEIbn Shihab al-ZuhriAbū Bakr Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Ubayd Allah ibn Abd Allah ibn Shihab al-Zuhri (Arabic: أَبُو بَكْرٍ…
• 653 CEIbn SirinMuhammad Ibn Sirin (Arabic: محمد بن سيرين, romanized: Muḥammad Ibn Sirīn) (born in Basra) was a Muslim tabi'…
• 1263 CEIbn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyya (Arabic: ٱبْن تَيْمِيَّة; 22 January 1263 – 26 September 1328) was a Sunni Muslim scholar…
• 1110 CEIbn TufaylIbn Ṭufayl (c. 1105 – 1185) was an Arab Andalusian Muslim polymath: a writer, physician, philosopher…
• 1078 CEIbn TumartAbū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad Ibn Tūmart (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد ابن تومرت; ca. 1080– August 1130) was a Muslim…
• 950 CEIbn YunusAbu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn Abi al-Said 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad ibn Yunus ibn Abd al-'Ala al-Sadafi al-Misri…
• 1073 CEIbn ZuhrAbū Marwān ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Zuhr (Arabic: أبو مروان عبد الملك بن زهر), traditionally known by his Latinized…
• 1160 CEIbn al-AthirAbū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ash-Shaybānī, better known as ʿAlī ʿIzz ad-Dīn Ibn al-Athīr…
• 1197 CEIbn al-BaitarDiyāʾ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Mālaqī, commonly known as Ibn al-Bayṭār (Arabic: ابن…
• 1257 CEIbn al-Banna' al-MarrakushiIbn al‐Bannāʾ al‐Marrākushī (Arabic: ابن البناء المراكشي), full name: Abu'l-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn…
• 1000 CEIbn al-BawwabIbn al-Bawwāb (Arabic: إِبْن ٱلْبَوَّاب), also known as Ali ibn-Hilal, Abu'l-Hasan, and Ibn al-Sitri, was an…
• 965 CEIbn al-HaythamIbn al-Haytham, Latinized as Alhazen (c. 965 – c. 1040), was a mathematician, astronomer, and physicist of…
• 1350 CEIbn al-JazariAbu al-Khayr Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Yusuf al-Jazari (Arabic: أبو الخير…
• 878 CEIbn al-JazzarAbū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Abī Khālid ibn al-Jazzār al-Qayrawani (895–979) (Arabic: أبو جعفر أحمد بن…
• 1313 CEIbn al-KhatibLisan ad-Din Ibn al-Khatib (Arabic: لسان الدين ابن الخطيب; 16 November 1313 – 1374) was an Arab Andalusi…
• 850 CEIbn al-MundhirAbu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Mundhir al-Naysaburi (Arabic: أبو بكر محمد بن إبراهيم بن المنذر بن…
• 724 CEIbn al-Muqaffa'Abū Muhammad ʿAbd Allāh Rūzbih ibn Dādūya (Arabic: ابو محمد عبدالله روزبه ابن دادويه), born Rōzbih pūr-i…
• 1170 CEIbn al-MustawfīMubarak Ibn Ahmad Sharaf al-Din Ibn al-Mustawfi al-Lakhmi al-Irbili (Arabic: مبارك بن أحمد شرف الدين اللخمي…
• 1210 CEIbn al-NafisʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Abī Ḥazm al-Qarashī (Arabic: علاء الدين أبو الحسن عليّ بن أبي حزم القرشي)…
• 1163 CEIbn al-QabisiAbu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Abi al-Wafa ibn Ahmad al-Adawi al-Mawsili, known briefly as Ibn al-Qabaisi…
• 815 CEIbn al-RawandiAbu al-Hasan Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Ishaq al-Rawandi (Arabic: أبو الحسن أحمد بن يحيى بن إسحاق الراوندي)…
• 950 CEIbn al-SaffarAbu al‐Qasim Ahmad ibn Abd Allah ibn Umar al‐Ghafiqī ibn as-Saffar al‐Andalusi (born in Cordoba, died in the…
• 1304 CEIbn al-ShatirʿAbu al-Ḥasan Alāʾ al‐Dīn bin Alī bin Ibrāhīm bin Muhammad bin al-Matam al-Ansari, known as Ibn al-Shatir or…