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• 1848 CEArthur BalfourArthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (25 July 1848 – 19 March 1930), was a British Conservative…
• 1917 CEArthur C. ClarkeSir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was an English science fiction writer, science…
• 1821 CEArthur CayleyArthur Cayley (16 August 1821 – 26 January 1895) was an English mathematician who worked mostly on algebra.…
• 1859 CEArthur Conan DoyleSir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He is best…
• 1882 CEArthur EddingtonSir Arthur Stanley Eddington (28 December 1882 – 22 November 1944) was an English astrophysicist and…
• 1851 CEArthur EvansSir Arthur John Evans (8 July 1851 – 11 July 1941) was a British archaeologist and pioneer in the study of…
• 1865 CEArthur HardenSir Arthur Harden, FRS (12 October 1865 – 17 June 1940) was a British biochemist. He shared the Nobel Prize…
• 1859 CEArthur HeffterArthur Carl Wilhelm Heffter (15 June 1859, in Leipzig – 8 February 1925, in Berlin) was a German…
• 1892 CEArthur Holly ComptonArthur Holly Compton (September 10, 1892 – March 15, 1962) was an American physicist who shared the 1927…
• 1832 CEArthur HughesArthur Hughes (27 January 1832 – 22 December 1915) was an English painter and illustrator associated with the…
• 1393 CEArthur III, Duke of BrittanyArthur III (Breton: Arzhur), more commonly known as Arthur de Richemont (24 August 1393 – 26 December 1458)…
• 1905 CEArthur KoestlerArthur Koestler (5 September 1905 – 1 March 1983) was an Austro-Hungarian-born author and journalist.…
• 1918 CEArthur KornbergArthur Kornberg (March 3, 1918 – October 26, 2007) was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in…
• 1921 CEArthur Leonard SchawlowArthur Leonard Schawlow (May 5, 1921 – April 28, 1999) was an American physicist who, along with Charles…
• 1915 CEArthur MillerArthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright and essayist in the…
• 1795 CEArthur MorinArthur Jules Morin (19 October 1795 – 7 February 1880) was a French physicist. He conducted experiments in…
• 1867 CEArthur RackhamArthur Rackham (19 September 1867 – 6 September 1939) was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as…
• 1854 CEArthur RimbaudJean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (UK:, US:; French: [ʒɑ̃ nikɔla aʁtyʁ ʁɛ̃bo]; 20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891)…
• 1887 CEArthur RubinsteinArthur Rubinstein OMRI (Polish: Artur Rubinstein; 28 January 1887 – 20 December 1982) was a Polish and…
• 1862 CEArthur SchnitzlerArthur Schnitzler (German: [ˈʃnɪtslɐ]; 15 May 1862 – 21 October 1931) was an Austrian author and dramatist.…
• 1788 CEArthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860), also known as the “Philosopher of Pessimism”, was…
• 1871 CEArthur Surridge HuntArthur Surridge Hunt FBA (1 March 1871 – 18 June 1934) was an English papyrologist.
• 1769 CEArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of WellingtonField Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (né Wesley; 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852), was a…
• 1816 CEArthur de GobineauArthur de Gobineau, Count de Gobineau (French: [ɡɔbino]; Joseph Arthur de Gobineau; 14 July 1816 – 13 October…
• 1895 CEArtturi Ilmari VirtanenArtturi Ilmari Virtanen (Finnish: [ˈɑrtːuri ˈilmɑri ˈʋirtɑnen]; 15 January 1895 – 11 November 1973) was a…
• 1833 CEArtur HazeliusArtur Immanuel Hazelius (30 November 1833 – 27 May 1901) was a Swedish teacher, scholar, folklorist and…
• 1935 CEArtur RasizadeArtur Tahir oghlu Rasizade (Azerbaijani: Artur Tahir oğlu Rasizadə; born 26 February 1935) is an Azerbaijani…
• 1867 CEArturo ToscaniniArturo Toscanini (Italian: [arˈtuːro toskaˈniːni]; March 25, 1867 – January 16, 1957) was an Italian…
• 35 CEArulenus RusticusQuintus Junius Arulenus Rusticus (c. 35 – 93 AD) was a Roman Senator and a friend and follower of Thrasea…
• 1961 CEArundhati RoySuzanna Arundhati Roy (Bengali pronunciation: [orundʱoti rae̯]; born 24 November 1961) is an Indian author…
• 1785 CEArvid August AfzeliusArvid August Afzelius (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈǎrːvɪd ˈǎʊɡɵst afˈsěːlɪɵs]; 8 October 1785, in Fjällåkra – 2…
• 1923 CEArvid CarlssonArvid Carlsson (25 January 1923 – 29 June 2018) was a Swedish neuropharmacologist who is best known for his…
• 1935 CEArvo PärtArvo Pärt (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈɑrvo ˈpært]; born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer. Since the…
• 1887 CEArvo YlppöArvo Henrik Ylppö (27 October 1887 – 28 January 1992) was a Finnish physician and professor of pediatrics who…
• 920 CEAryabhata IIĀryabhaṭa II (c. 920 – c. 1000) was an Indian mathematician and astronomer, and the author of the…
• 1998 CEAryna SabalenkaAryna Siarhiejeŭna Sabalenka (born 5 May 1998) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She is the current…
• 931 BCEAsaAsa (Hebrew: אָסָא, Modern: ʾAsaʾ, Tiberian: ʾĀsāʾ; Greek: Ασά; Latin: Asa) was, according to the Hebrew…
• 759 CEAsad ibn al-FuratAsad Ibn Al-Furat (Arabic: أسد بن الفرات; ca. 142/759 – ca. 213/828) was a Muslim jurist and theologian in…
• 1866 CEAsaf Jah VI of HyderabadAsaf Jah VI, also known as Sir Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Siddiqi (17 August 1866 – 29 August 1911), was the sixth…
• 1886 CEAsaf Jah VII of HyderabadMir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII (5 or 6 April 1886 – 24 February 1967) was the last Nizam (ruler) of…
• 1748 CEAsaf-ud-DaulaMirza Asaf-ud-Daula (23 September 1748 – 21 September 1797) was the Nawab wazir of Oudh ratified by the…
• 285 BCEAsandhimitraAsandhimitra (304 BCE – 240 BCE) was an empress and 1st chief consort of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka. She was…
• 300 CEAsangaAsaṅga (Sanskrit: असंग, Tibetan: ཐོགས་མེད།, Wylie: thogs med, traditional Chinese: 無著;; pinyin: Wúzhuó…
• 1829 CEAsaph HallAsaph Hall III (October 15, 1829 – November 22, 1907) was an American astronomer who is best known for having…
• 1812 CEAscanio SobreroAscanio Sobrero (12 October 1812 – 26 May 1888) was an Italian chemist, born in Casale Monferrato. He studied…
• 119 BCEAsclepiades of BithyniaAsclepiades (Greek: Ἀσκληπιάδης; c. 129/124 BC – 40 BC), sometimes called Asclepiades of Bithynia or…
• 401 CEAsclepius of TrallesAsclepius of Tralles (Greek: Ἀσκληπιός; died c. 560–570) was a Neoplatonic philosopher and mathematician who…
• 8 BCEAsconius PedianusQuintus Asconius Pedianus (9 BC – AD 76) was a Roman rhetorician from Patavium. There is no evidence that…
• 1914 CEAsger JornAsger Oluf Jorn (3 March 1914 – 1 May 1973) was a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and author. He…
• 1933 CEAsha BhosleAsha Bhosle (née Mangeshkar; 8 September 1933 – 12 April 2026) was an Indian playback singer and actress who…
• 1979 CEAsha de VosAsha de Vos (Sinhala: ආශා ඩි වොස්; born 1979) is a Sri Lankan marine biologist, ocean educator and pioneer of…
• 1996 CEAshleigh BartyAshleigh Jacinta Barty (born 24 April 1996) is an Australian former professional tennis player and cricketer.…
• 1863 CEAshraf os-SaltanehAshraf os-Saltaneh (Persian: اشرف السلطنه; 1863–1914) was an Iranian princess and photographer of the Qajar…
• 1917 CEAsima ChatterjeeAsima Chatterjee (23 September 1917 – 22 November 2006) was an Indian organic chemist noted for her work in…
• 1944 CEAskar AkayevAskar Akayevich Akayev (Kyrgyz: Аскар Акай уулу Акаев, IPA: [ɑsˈqɑr ɑˌχɑj‿uːˈɫʊ ɑˈχajɪf]; born 10 November…
• 1443 CEAskia Muhammad IAskia Muhammad Ture I (1443–1538), born Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Turi or Muhammad Ture, was the first ruler…
• 595 CEAsmā' bint Abu BakrAsmāʾ bint Abī Bakr (Arabic: أسماء بنت أبي بكر; c. 594/595 – 692/693 CE) was a follower and Sahabiyya of…
• 400 CEAsparFlavius Ardabur Aspar (Greek: Ἄσπαρ, fl. 400 – 471) was an Eastern Roman patrician and magister militum…
• 469 BCEAspasiaAspasia (c. 470 – after 428 BC) was a metic woman who lived in Classical Athens. Born in Miletus, she moved…
• 400 BCEAspasia the PhysicianAspasia was an ancient Greek medical writer known only from book 16 of Aetius of Amida's Tetrabiblion. She is…
• 1936 CEAssia DjebarFatima-Zohra Imalayen (Arabic: فاطمة الزهراء إيمالاين‎; 30 June 1936 – 6 February 2015), known by her pen…
• 1983 CEAssimi GoïtaAssimi Goïta (born 9 November 1983) is a Malian military officer who has ruled Mali since 2021. He has served…
• 350 CEAsteriusAsterius (fl. 419–422) was a Roman general who obtained the title of comes Hispaniarum in which capacity he…
• 270 CEAsterius the SophistAsterius of Cappadocia (Ἀστέριος; died c. 341) was an Arian Christian theologian from Cappadocia. Few of his…
• 1250 CEAstesanus of AstiAstesanus of Asti (died c. 1330) was an important Franciscan canon lawyer and theologian, from Asti in…
• 100 CEAstiusAstius (died AD 98 AD; Albanian: Asti, Greek: Άστιος) is a 2nd-century Christian martyr venerated by the…
• 1921 CEAstor PiazzollaAstor Pantaleón Piazzolla (Latin American Spanish: [asˈtoɾ pjaˈsola], Italian: [pjatˈtsɔlla]; March 11, 1921…
• 1875 CEAstrid CleveAstrid Maria Cleve von Euler (22 January 1875 – 8 April 1968) was a Swedish botanist, geologist, chemist and…
• 1907 CEAstrid LindgrenAstrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (Swedish: [ˈǎsːtrɪd ˈlɪ̂nːˌɡreːn]; née Ericsson; 14 November 1907 – 28 January…
• 932 CEAt-Ta'iAbu Bakr ʿAbd al-Karīm ibn al-Faḍl (Arabic: أبو بكر عبد الكريم بن الفضل; 932 – 3 August 1003), better known…
• 1924 CEAtal Bihari VajpayeeAtal Bihari Vajpayee (25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian statesman and a poet who served as the…
• 100 BCEAthanadorosAthenodorus (Ancient Greek: Ἀθηνόδωρος) of Rhodes was a sculptor of ancient Greece who lived around the 1st…
• 1602 CEAthanasius KircherAthanasius Kircher (2 May 1601/1602 – 27 November 1680) was a German Jesuit scholar and polymath who…
• 296 CEAthanasius of AlexandriaAthanasius I of Alexandria (c. 296–298 – 2 May 373), also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the…
• 170 CEAthenaeusAthenaeus of Naucratis (Ancient Greek: Ἀθήναιος ὁ Nαυκρατίτης or Nαυκράτιος, Athēnaios Naukratitēs or…
• 1953 CEAthene DonaldDame Athene Margaret Donald (née Griffith; born 15 May 1953) is a British physicist. She was Professor…
• 100 BCEAthenodoros CananitesAthenodorus Cananites (Greek: Ἀθηνόδωρος Κανανίτης, Athenodoros Kananites; c. 74 BC – 7 AD) was a Stoic…
• 1917 CEAtle SelbergAtle Selberg (14 June 1917 – 6 August 2007) was a Norwegian mathematician known for his work in analytic…
• 549 BCEAtossaAtossa (Old Persian: Utauθa, or Old Iranian: Hutauθa; 550–475 BC) was an Achaemenid empress. She was the…
• 1050 CEAtsiz ibn UvaqAtsiz ibn Uwaq al-Khwarizmi, also known as al-Aqsis, Atsiz ibn Uvaq, Atsiz ibn Oq and Atsiz ibn Abaq (died…
• 400 BCEAttalusAttalus (Greek: Ἄτταλος; c. 390 BC – 336 BC), a Macedonian from Lower Macedonia, was an important courtier…
• 200 BCEAttalus of RhodesAttalus of Rhodes (Greek: Ἄτταλος ὁ Ῥόδιος) was an ancient Greek grammarian, astronomer, and mathematician…
• 1145 CEAttar of NishapurFaridoddin Abu Hamed Mohammad Attar Nishapuri (Persian: فریدالدین ابوحامد محمد عطار نیشابوری; c. 1145 – c.…
• 1759 CEAubin-Louis Millin de GrandmaisonAubin-Louis Millin de Grandmaison (19 July 1759 (Paris) – 14 August 1818 Paris) was an antiquary and…
• 1872 CEAubrey BeardsleyAubrey Vincent Beardsley ( BEERDZ-lee; 21 August 1872 – 16 March 1898) was an English illustrator and author.…
• 1925 CEAudie MurphyAudie Leon Murphy (June 20, 1925 – May 28, 1971) was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was…
• 1934 CEAudre LordeAudre Lorde ( AW-dree LORD; born Audrey Geraldine Lorde; February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was an…
• 1963 CEAudrey NiffeneggerAudrey Niffenegger (born June 13, 1963) is an American writer, artist, and academic. Her debut novel, The…
• 1826 CEAugust AhlqvistKarl August Engelbrekt Ahlqvist, who wrote as A. Oksanen (7 August 1826 – 20 November 1889), was a Finnish…
• 1761 CEAugust BatschAugust Johann Georg Karl Batsch (28 October 1761 – 29 September 1802) was a German naturalist. He was a…
• 1790 CEAugust Ferdinand MöbiusAugust Ferdinand Möbius (UK:, US:; German: [ˈmøːbi̯ʊs]; 17 November 1790 – 26 September 1868) was a German…
• 1814 CEAugust GrisebachAugust Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach (pronounced [ˈaʊɡʊst ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈʁuːdɔlf ˈɡʁiːzəbax]; 17 April 1814 – 9 May…
• 1829 CEAugust KekuléFriedrich August Kekulé, later Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz ( KAY-kə-lay, German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç…
• 1882 CEAugust KopffAugust Kopff (February 5, 1882 – April 25, 1960) was a German astronomer and discoverer of several comets and…
• 1874 CEAugust KroghSchack August Steenberg Krogh (15 November 1874 – 13 September 1949) was a Danish professor at the department…
• 1840 CEAugust LeskienAugust Leskien (German: [ˈaʊɡʊst lɛsˈkiːn]; 8 July 1840 – 20 September 1916) was a German linguist who…
• 1887 CEAugust MackeAugust Robert Ludwig Macke (3 January 1887 – 26 September 1914) was a German Expressionist painter. He was…
• 1821 CEAugust SchleicherAugust Schleicher (German: [ˈaʊɡʊst ˈʃlaɪçɐ]; 19 February 1821 – 6 December 1868) was a German linguist.…
• 1849 CEAugust StrindbergJohan August Strindberg (Swedish: [ˈǒːɡɵst ˈstrɪ̂nːdbærj]; 22 January 1849 – 14 May 1912) was a Swedish…
• 1834 CEAugust WeismannAugust Friedrich Leopold Weismann (German: [ˈvaɪsman]; 17 January 1834 – 5 November 1914) was a German…
• 1767 CEAugust Wilhelm SchlegelAugust Wilhelm von Schlegel (Schlegel until 1812; SHLAY-gəl; German: [aʊˈɡʊst ˈʃleːɡl̩]; 8 September 1767 –…
• 1818 CEAugust Wilhelm von HofmannAugust Wilhelm von Hofmann (8 April 1818 – 5 May 1892) was a German chemist who made considerable…
• 1849 CEAugust von MackensenAnton Ludwig Friedrich August Mackensen (ennobled as von Mackensen in 1899; 6 December 1849 – 8 November…
• 1866 CEAugust von WassermannAugust Paul von Wassermann (21 February 1866 – 16 March 1925) was a German bacteriologist and hygienist. Born…
• 1852 CEAugusta, Lady GregoryIsabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (née Persse; 15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932) was an Anglo-Irish dramatist…
• 1811 CEAuguste BravaisAuguste Bravais (French pronunciation: [oɡyst bʁavɛ]; 23 August 1811, Annonay, Ardèche – 30 March 1863, Le…
• 1864 CEAuguste CharloisAuguste Honoré Charlois (French pronunciation: [oɡyst ɔnɔʁe ʃaʁlwa]; November 26, 1864 – March 26, 1910) was…
• 1798 CEAuguste ComteIsidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte (French: [oɡyst(ə) kɔ̃t]; 19 January 1798 – 5 September 1857) was…
• 1821 CEAuguste MarietteFrançois Auguste Ferdinand Mariette (French pronunciation: [ɔɡyst(ə) maʁjɛt]; 11 February 1821 – 18 January…
• 1874 CEAuguste PerretAuguste Perret (French pronunciation: [ɔɡyst(ə) pɛʁɛ]; 12 February 1874 – 25 February 1954) was a French…
• 1884 CEAuguste PiccardAuguste Antoine Piccard (28 January 1884 – 24 March 1962) was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer known…
• 1840 CEAuguste RodinFrançois Auguste René Rodin (French: [fʁɑ̃swa oɡyst(ə) ʁəne ʁɔdɛ̃]; 12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917) was…
• 1774 CEAuguste de MarmontAuguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont, duc de Raguse (English: mar-MOHN, French: [oɡyst fʁedeʁik lwi vjɛs…
• 1741 CEAugustin BarruelAugustin Barruel (October 2, 1741 – October 5, 1820) was a French journalist, intellectual, and Jesuit…
• 1804 CEAugustin TheinerAugustin Theiner, Cong.Orat., (11 April 1804, in Breslau – 8 August 1874, in Civitavecchia) was a German…
• 1788 CEAugustin-Jean FresnelAugustin-Jean Fresnel (10 May 1788 – 14 July 1827) was a French civil engineer and physicist whose research…
• 1789 CEAugustin-Louis CauchyBaron Augustin-Louis Cauchy (21 August 1789 – 23 May 1857) was a French mathematician, engineer, and…
• 1778 CEAugustin-Pyramus de CandolleAugustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (UK:, US:, French: [kɑ̃dɔl]; 4 February 1778 – 9 September 1841) was…
• 550 CEAugustine of CanterburyAugustine of Canterbury (early 6th century – c. 26 May 604, or 605) was a Christian monk who became the first…
• 354 CEAugustine of HippoAugustine of Hippo ( aw-GUST-in, US also AW-gə-steen; Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354…
• 1931 CEAugusto BoalAugusto Boal (Brazilian Portuguese: [awˈgustu boˈaw]; 16 March 1931 – 2 May 2009) was a Brazilian theatre…
• 1915 CEAugusto PinochetAugusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a Chilean army officer and…
• 1806 CEAugustus De MorganAugustus De Morgan (27 June 1806 – 18 March 1871) was a British mathematician and logician. He is best known…
• 1696 CEAugustus III of PolandAugustus III of Poland (German: August III.; Polish: August III Sas – "the Saxon"; Lithuanian: Augustas III…
• 1827 CEAugustus Pitt RiversLieutenant-General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers (born Augustus Henry Lane-Fox; 14 April 1827 – 4 May…
• 1812 CEAugustus PuginAugustus Welby Northmore Pugin ( PEW-jin; 1 March 1812 – 14 September 1852) was an English architect…
• 50 CEAulus Caecina AlienusAulus Caecina Alienus (c. 40 AD – c. 79 AD) was a Roman general active during the Year of the Four Emperors.
• 1 CEAulus Cornelius Palma FrontonianusAulus Cornelius Palma Frontonianus (died AD 118) was a soldier and Roman statesman who was twice consul…
• 150 BCEAulus GabiniusAulus Gabinius (before 101 BC – 48 or 47 BC) was a politician and general of the Roman Republic. He had an…
• 130 CEAulus GelliusAulus Gellius (c. 125 – after 180 AD) was a Roman author and grammarian, who was probably born and certainly…
• 89 BCEAulus HirtiusAulus Hirtius (Latin: [ˈau̯lʊs ˈhɪrtɪ.ʊs]; c. 90 – 43 BC) was consul of the Roman Republic in 43 BC and a…
• 1915 CEAung SanAung San (Burmese: အောင်ဆန်း, MLCTS: aung hcan:, pronounced [àʊɰ̃ sʰáɰ̃]; 13 February 1915 – 19 July 1947)…
• 1618 CEAurangzebAlamgir I (Muhi al-Din Muhammad; 3 November 1618 – 3 March 1707), commonly known by the title Aurangzeb, was…
• 1862 CEAurel SteinSir Marc Aurel Stein (Hungarian: Stein Márk Aurél; 26 November 1862 – 26 October 1943) was a Hungarian-born…
• 214 CEAurelianAurelian (Latin: Lucius Domitius Aurelianus; 9 September c. 214 – c. November 275) was a Roman emperor from…
• 1912 CEAurelio SabattaniAurelio Sabattani JUD (18 October 1912 – 19 April 2003) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.…
• 320 CEAurelius VictorSextus Aurelius Victor (c. 320 – c. 390) was a historian and politician of the Roman Empire. Victor was the…
• 220 CEAureolusAureolus was a Roman military commander during the reign of Emperor Gallienus before he attempted to usurp…
• 1872 CEAurobindo GhoshSri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghosh; 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian philosopher, yogi and…
• 1973 CEAurélie FilippettiAurélie Filippetti (French pronunciation: [ɔʁeli filipɛti]; born 17 June 1973) is a French politician and…
• 310 CEAusoniusDecimus Magnus Ausonius (c. 310 – c. 395) was a Roman poet and teacher of rhetoric from Burdigala, Aquitaine…
• 1817 CEAusten Henry LayardSir Austen Henry Layard (5 March 1817 – 5 July 1894) was a British Assyriologist, traveller, cuneiformist…
• 359 BCEAutolycus of PitaneAutolycus of Pitane (Greek: Αὐτόλυκος ὁ Πιταναῖος; c. 360 – c. 290 BC) was a Greek astronomer, mathematician…
• 301 CEAuxentius of MilanAuxentius of Milan or of Cappadocia (fl. 343 – 374) was an Arian theologian and bishop of Milan. Because of…
• 1095 CEAvempaceAbū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥya ibn aṣ-Ṣā’igh at-Tūjībī ibn Bājja (Arabic: أبو بكر محمد بن يحيى بن الصائغ التجيبي…
• 1126 CEAverroesIbn Rushd (14 April 1126 – 11 December 1198), Latinized as Averroes, was an Andalusian polymath and jurist…
• 1874 CEAvhustyn VoloshynThe Rt Rev. Avgustyn Ivanovych Monsignor Voloshyn (Ukrainian: Авґустин Волошин, Августин Волошин, Czech…
• 400 CEAvianusAvianus (or possibly Avienus; c. AD 400) was a pagan writer of fables in Latin. The 42 fables which bear his…
• 1989 CEAviciiTim Bergling (8 September 1989 – 20 April 2018), known professionally as Avicii, was a Swedish DJ, remixer…
• 130 CEAvidius CassiusGaius Avidius Cassius (c. 130 – July 175 AD) was a Roman general and usurper. He was born in Cyrrhus, and was…
• 305 CEAvieniusPostumius Rufius Festus Avienius (or Avienus) was a Latin writer of the 4th century AD. He was a native of…
• 395 CEAvitusEparchius Avitus (died 456/7) was Roman emperor of the Western Empire from July 455 to October 456. He was a…
• 450 CEAvitus of VienneAlcimus Ecdicius Avitus (c. 450 – February 5, 517/518 or 519) was a Latin poet and bishop of Vienne in Gaul.…
• 1937 CEAvram HershkoAvram Hershko (Hebrew: אברהם הרשקו, romanized: Avraham Hershko, Hungarian: Herskó Ferenc Ábrahám; born…
• 1984 CEAvril LavigneAvril Ramona Lavigne (born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She is credited with…
• 1620 CEAvvakumAvvakum Petrov (Russian: Аввакум Петров; 20 November 1620/1621 – 14 April 1682; also spelled Awakum) was a…
• 1850 CEAweidaKing Aweida of Nauru (Nauruan: Aweijeda Jim Naoero) (c. 1850 – 1920) or formally King Aweida was the King and…
• 1722 CEAxel Fredrik CronstedtBaron Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (/kroonstet/ 23 December 1722 – 19 August 1765) was a Swedish mineralogist and…
• 1857 CEAxel MuntheAxel Martin Fredrik Munthe (31 October 1857 – 11 February 1949) was a Swedish-born physician and…
• 1583 CEAxel OxenstiernaAxel Gustafsson Oxenstierna (Swedish: [ˈǎksɛl ˈʊ̂ksɛnˌɧæːɳa]; 1583–1654) was a Swedish statesman and Count of…
• 400 BCEAxiothea of PhliusAxiothea of Phlius (Greek: Ἀξιοθέα Φλειασία fl. c. 350 BCE) was a member of the Platonic Academy in the 4th…
• 1962 CEAxl RoseW. Axl Rose ( AK-səl; born William Bruce Rose Jr., February 6, 1962) is an American singer best known as the…
• 1400 BCEAyAy was the penultimate pharaoh of ancient Egypt's 18th Dynasty. He held the throne of Egypt for a brief…
• 1969 CEAyaan Hirsi AliAyaan Hirsi Ali, Lady Ferguson (Somali: Ayaan Xirsi Cali; born Ayaan Hirsi Magan, 13 November 1969) is a…
• 1905 CEAyn RandAlice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; February 2 [O.S. January 20], 1905 – March 6, 1982), better…
• 1907 CEAyub KhanField Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan NPk HJ HPk MBE (14 May 1907 – 19 April 1974) was a Pakistani politician and…
• 1176 CEAz-ZahirAbū Nasr Muhammad ibn al-Nāsir (Arabic: أبو نصر محمد بن الناصر; 1175 – 11 July 1226), better known with his…
• 1959 CEAzali AssoumaniAzali Assoumani (Arabic: غزالي عثماني; born 1 January 1959) is a Comorian politician and military officer who…
• 1653 CEAzam ShahMirza Abu al-Fayaz Qutb al-Din Muhammad Aazam (Persian: ابوالفیاض قطب الدین محمد اعظم; 28 June 1653 – 20 June…
• 1722 CEAzar BigdeliHajji Lotf-Ali Beg Azar Bigdeli, better known as Azar Bigdeli (Persian: آذر بیگدلی; "Azar" was his pen name…
• 1915 CEAziz NesinAziz Nesin (pronounced [ˈaziz ˈne.sin]; born Mehmet Nusret,¶ 20 December 1915 – 6 July 1995) was a Turkish…
• 1946 CEAziz SancarAziz Sancar (Turkish: [aˈziz ˈsandʒaɾ]; born 8 September 1946) is a Turkish-American molecular biologist…
• 390 CEAëtiusFlavius Aetius (also spelled Aëtius; Latin: [aːˈɛtiʊs]; c. 390 – 21 September 454) was a Roman general and…
• 502 CEAëtius of AmidaAëtius of Amida (Ancient Greek: Ἀέτιος Ἀμιδηνός; Latin: Aëtius Amidenus; fl. mid-5th century to mid-6th…

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• 1925 CEB. B. KingRiley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B. B. King, was an American blues…
• 1904 CEB. F. SkinnerBurrhus Frederic Skinner (March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990) was an American psychologist, behaviorist…
• 1936 CEB. J. HabibieBacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (Indonesian: [bahaˌrudin ˌjusuf haˈbibi]; 25 June 1936 – 11 September 2019) was an…
• 1948 CEB. Jayant BaligaBantval Jayant Baliga (born (1948-04-28)28 April 1948) is an Indian electrical engineer best known for his…
• 1891 CEB. R. AmbedkarBhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and…
• 1500 CEBaba Shah EsfahaniBaba Shah Isfahani (Persian: بابا شاه اصفهانی, Bābā Šāh Isfahāni), also known as Baba Shah Araghi (بابا شاه…
• 947 CEBaba TahirBaba Tahir or Baba Taher Oryan Hamadani (Persian: باباطاهر عریان همدانی) was an 11th-century dervish poet…
• 1911 CEBaba VangaVangeliya Pandeva Gushterova (née Surcheva; Bulgarian: Вангелия Пандева Гущерова, née Сурчева, [vɐnˈɡɛlijɐ…
• 551 CEBabai the GreatBabai the Great (ܒܵܒܲܝ ܪܲܒܵܐ bābay rabbā, c. 551 – 628) was an early church father of the Church of the East.…
• 1911 CEBabe Didrikson ZahariasMildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (née Didrikson; June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American…
• 1483 CEBaburBabur (Persian: ببر, Persian: [bɑː.βuɾ]; 14 February 1483 – 26 December 1530; born Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad) was…
• 1486 CEBaburi AndijaniBaburi Andijani or Andizani (Baburi Al-Barin, Persian: بابری اندیجان) (c. 1486 – April 1526) was a lover of…
• 300 BCEBacchius of TanagraBacchius of Tanagra (or Baccheius, Greek: Βακχεῖος ὁ Ταναγραῖος; 3rd century BC), was one of the earliest…
• 515 BCEBacchylidesBacchylides (Ancient Greek: Βακχυλίδης Bakkhulides; c. 518 – c. 451 BC) was a Greek lyric poet. Later Greeks…
• 1493 CEBaccio BandinelliBaccio Bandinelli (also called Bartolomeo Brandini; 12 November 1493 – shortly before 7 February 1560) was an…
• 1462 CEBaccio d'AgnoloBaccio d'Agnolo (19 May 1462 – 6 March 1543), born Bartolomeo Baglioni, was an Italian woodcarver, sculptor…
• 1994 CEBad BunnyBenito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (Latin American Spanish: [beˈnito anˈtonjo maɾˈtines oˈkasjo]; born March 10…
• 1501 CEBadi-al Zaman Mirza SafaviBadi-al Zaman Mirza Safavi (Persian: بدیع‌الزمان میرزا صفوی; died 26 March 1577) was a Safavid prince. He was…
• 1703 CEBadshah BegumBadshah Begum (c. 1703 – 14 December 1789) was the first wife and chief consort of the Mughal emperor…
• 1620 CEBagrat V of ImeretiBagrat V (Georgian: ბაგრატ V; 1620–1681), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king (mepe) of Imereti, whose…
• 1784 CEBagyidawBagyidaw (Burmese: ဘကြီးတော်, pronounced [ba̰dʑídɔ̀]; also known as Sagaing Min, [zəɡáiɰ̃ mɪ́ɰ̃]; 23 July…
• 1145 CEBaha ad-Din ShoiebBahāʾ al-Dīn Abū al-Maḥāsin Yūsuf ibn Rāfiʿ ibn Tamīm (Arabic: بهاء الدين ابن شداد; the honorific title…
• 1318 CEBaha' al-Din NaqshbandBaha' al-Din Muhammad Naqshband (Persian: بهاءالدین محمد نقشبند; 1318–1389) was the eponymous founder of what…
• 1643 CEBahadur Shah IBahadur Shah I (Muhammad Mu'azzam; 14 October 1643 – 27 February 1712) or Shah Alam I, was the eighth Mughal…
• 1775 CEBahadur Shah ZafarBahadur Shah II (Abu Zafar Siraj-ud-din Muhammad; 24 October 1775 – 7 November 1862), also known by his…
• 1505 CEBahadur Shah of GujaratQutb-ud-Din Bahadur Shah (born Bahadur Khan; died 13 February 1537) was a sultan of the Muzaffarid dynasty…