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2,101
Bjørnar Andresen
Norwegian jazz musician
Male
Norway
Artist
1945
2004
2,102
Svein Finnerud
Visual artist and jazz pianist (1945-2000)
Male
Norway
Artist
1945
2000
2,103
Jean d'Esme
French writer
Male
France
Artist
1894
1966
2,104
Wolfgang Müller-Wiener
architectural historian
Male
Germany
Researcher
1923
1991
2,105
Carl-Heinz Greve
German general and Knight's Cross recipient
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1920
1998
2,106
Michał Jerzy Mniszech
Nobleman
Male
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Politician
1748
1806
2,107
Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier
French author of fairy tales
Female
Kingdom of France
Artist
1664
1734
2,108
Francesco Calcagno
Italian priest
Male
Religious figure
1528
1550
capital punishment
2,109
Eugenio de Salazar
Spanish writer
Male
Spain
Artist
1530
1602
2,110
Józef Bogusław Słuszka
17th century Lithuanian soldier and statesman
Male
Grand Duchy of Lithuania; Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Military personnel
1652
1701
2,111
Jimmy Van Heusen
American composer (1913-1990)
Male
United States of America
Artist
1913
1990
2,112
Vincent du Vigneaud
American biochemist
Male
United States of America
Researcher
1901
1978
2,113
Živana Antonijević
Serbian storyteller, female gusle player
Female
Artist
1770
1828
2,114
Osvaldo Sáez
Chilean footballer (1923-1959)
Male
Chile
Athlete
1923
1959
2,115
Marie Jeanne of Savoy
Duchess of Savoy
Female
France
Art collector; patron of the arts
1644
1724
2,116
Bogdan Willewalde
Russian painter (1819-1903)
Male
Russian Empire
Artist
1818
1903
2,117
Gregory DePalma
American mobster
Male
1932
2009
2,118
Leon Trotsky
Marxist revolutionary from Russia (1879-1940)
Male
Mexico; Soviet Union; Russian Empire; Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Researcher
1879
1940
homicide
2,119
Eugène Delacroix
French painter (1798-1863)
Male
France
Artist
1798
1863
natural causes
2,120
Stanisław Radziwiłł
Grand Marshal of Lithuania (1559-1599)
Male
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Politician
1559
1599
2,121
Stanisław Ernest Denhoff
Polish noble
Male
Grand Duchy of Lithuania; Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Politician
1679
1728
2,122
Piotr Veselovsky
17th century Lithuanian statesman
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
1550
1619
2,123
Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest
French zoologist
Male
France
Researcher
1784
1838
2,124
Frederick II of Prussia
king of Prussia
Male
Kingdom of Prussia
Artist
1712
1786
2,125
Sima Guang
Chinese politician, writer and historian of the Northern Song dynasty (1019-1086)
Male
Song dynasty
Researcher
1019
1086
2,126
Frederick Catherwood
British Mesoamericanist, explorer, artist, architect, and photographer (1799-1854)
Male
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Researcher
1799
1854
2,127
Jan Stanisław Sapieha
Grand Hetman of Lithuania
Male
Grand Duchy of Lithuania; Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Military personnel
1589
1635
2,128
Marcel Reich-Ranicki
Polish-born German literary critic
Male
Poland; Germany
Artist
1920
2013
natural causes
2,129
Stanisław Orzechowski
Polish writer
Male
Kingdom of Poland
Researcher
1513
1566
2,130
Niclas Gerhaert van Leyden
Dutch sculptor
Male
Netherlands
Artist
1420
1473
2,131
Johan Heinrich Georg Irminger
19th century Danish military leader
Male
Denmark
Military personnel
1798
1854
2,132
Ivan Alev
physician
Male
Russian Empire
Physician
1851
1919
2,133
Lucien Mérignac
French fencer
Male
France
Fencer
1873
1941
2,134
Alphonse Kirchhoffer
French fencer
Male
France
Fencer
1873
1913
2,135
Marcel Jacques Boulenger
French fencer and writer
Male
France
Artist
1873
1932
2,136
Bertrand Russell
British philosopher, mathematician, historian, writer, and activist (1872–1970)
Male
United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Researcher
1872
1970
natural causes
2,137
John Hardress Lloyd
Irish soldier and polo player
Male
United Kingdom
Athlete
1874
1952
2,138
Pablo de Escandón
polo player
Male
Mexico
Athlete
1856
1926
2,139
Du Fu
Chinese poet
Male
Tang Empire
Artist
712
770
2,140
Nedo Nadi
Italian fencer
Male
Kingdom of Italy
Military personnel
1894
1940
2,141
Ugo Pirro
Italian screenwriter
Male
Italy; Kingdom of Italy
Artist
1920
2008
2,142
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer
Male
New Zealand
Politician
1919
2008
natural causes
2,143
Theodore Roosevelt
32th president of the United States (1858–1919)
Male
United States of America
Politician
1858
1919
natural causes
2,144
Jules Verne
French novelist, poet and playwright
Male
France
Artist
1828
1905
natural causes
2,145
Robert Delaunay
French painter (1885-1941)
Male
France
Artist
1885
1941
natural causes
2,146
August Macke
German painter of the expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter (1887-1914)
Male
German Empire
Artist
1887
1914
2,147
Marlon Brando
American actor, film director, and activist (1924-2004)
Male
United States of America
Artist
1924
2004
natural causes
2,148
Georges Seurat
French painter (1859-1891)
Male
France
Artist
1859
1891
natural causes
2,149
Allan Bé
American micropaleontologist
Male
Paleontologist
1921
1983
2,150
Yitzhak Rabin
Israeli politician, statesman and general (1922-1995)
Male
Israel
Politician
1922
1995
homicide
2,151
José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia
Paraguayan lawyer, politician and dictator (1766-1840)
Male
Paraguay; Spanish Empire
Politician
1766
1840
2,152
Basil Antevski
partisano
Male
1904
1942
2,153
Hosni Mubarak
Egyptian president and politician (1928-2020)
Male
Egypt; Kingdom of Egypt; United Arab Republic; Republic of Egypt
Politician
1928
2020
2,154
Vernon Orlando Bailey
American mammalogist, zoologist and specimen collector (1864–1942)
Male
United States of America
Researcher
1864
1942
2,155
Pablo Neruda
Chilean poet, diplomat, politician (1904-1973)
Male
Chile
Artist
1904
1973
natural causes
2,156
Henry Fielding
English novelist and dramatist
Male
Kingdom of Great Britain
Artist
1707
1754
natural causes
2,157
Yasser Arafat
former Palestinian President, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient (1929-2004)
Male
Egypt; Palestine; Palestinian National Authority
Politician
1929
2004
2,158
Alexander Graham Bell
scientist and inventor known for his work on the telephone
Male
United States of America; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Researcher
1847
1922
natural causes
2,159
Woodrow Wilson
American politician, 28th President of the United States (in office from 1913 to 1921)
Male
United States of America
Politician
1856
1924
natural causes
2,160
Mark W. Clark
American general
Male
United States of America
Military personnel
1896
1984
2,161
Whitney Houston
American singer, actress, model, and record producer (1963-2012)
Female
United States of America
Artist
1963
2012
accident
2,162
Adelheid Popp
Austrian feminist and socialist who worked as a journalist and politician, editor (1869-1939)
Female
Austria; Austria-Hungary
Politician
1869
1939
natural causes
2,163
Abdullah ibn Abdul-Muttalib
father of Islamic prophet Muhammad
Male
Merchant
545
570
2,164
Philip II of Spain
King of Spain who became King of England by marriage to the savage Queen Mary I
Male
Spain
Ruler
1527
1598
2,165
Zayd ibn Harithah
Sahabah
Male
Military personnel
581
629
2,166
Philip II of France
King of France, and the first to be called by that title
Male
France
Sovereign
1165
1223
2,167
Edmond Boissier
Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician (1810-1885)
Male
Switzerland; Republic of Geneva
Researcher
1810
1885
2,168
Boris Yeltsin
Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931-2007)
Male
Russia; Soviet Union
Politician
1931
2007
natural causes
2,169
Philip III of Spain
King of Castilla and León and King of Aragon and Portugal
Male
Spain
Ruler
1578
1621
2,170
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian writer
Male
Russia; Soviet Union; Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Researcher
1918
2008
natural causes
2,171
Hirohito
Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989
Male
Japan
Researcher
1901
1989
natural causes
2,172
Francesco Morosini
Doge of Venice (1619-1694)
Male
Republic of Venice
Politician
1619
1694
2,173
Mehmed the Conqueror
7th Ottoman sultan
Male
Ottoman Empire
Artist
1432
1481
2,174
Bela Lugosi
Hungarian actor (1882-1956)
Male
United States of America; Austria-Hungary
Artist
1882
1956
natural causes
2,175
Alexander Wetmore
American ornithologist and avian paleontologist (1886-1978)
Male
United States of America
Researcher
1886
1978
2,176
Marko Končar
Yugoslav soldier (1919-1942)
Male
Military personnel
1919
1942
2,177
James A. Garfield
20th president of the United States (1831-1881)
Male
United States of America
Politician
1831
1881
homicide
2,178
Gustave Courbet
French painter (1819-1877)
Male
France
Artist
1819
1877
epilepsy
2,179
Giovanni Gabrieli
Italian composer
Male
Republic of Venice
Artist
1557
1612
2,180
William M. Mann
American entomologist and fifth director of the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
Male
United States of America
Researcher
1886
1960
2,181
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
German writer, philosopher, publicist and art critic
Male
Germany
Artist
1729
1781
2,182
Lucile Quarry Mann
American zoologist, writer and editor
Female
United States of America
Researcher
1897
1986
2,183
Gustav Klimt
Austrian symbolist painter (1862-1918)
Male
Austrian Empire
Artist
1862
1918
natural causes
2,184
Louisa Margaret Dunkley
Australian telegraphist and labor organizer
Female
Australia
Telegraphist; trade unionist
1866
1927
2,185
Albert Camus
Algerian-French author and journalist (1913-1960)
Male
France
Artist
1913
1960
accident
2,186
William Shippen
American physician and Pennsylvanian civic and educational leader (1712-1801)
Male
United States of America
Politician
1712
1801
2,187
Rudyard Kipling
English short-story writer, poet, and novelist
Male
United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Artist
1865
1936
2,188
Franz Rohr von Denta
Austro-Hungarian Field Marshal and commander
Male
Austria
Military personnel
1854
1927
2,189
Natalie Clifford Barney
writer and salonist
Female
United States of America
Artist
1876
1972
2,190
Friedrich Engels
German philosopher, historian, communist, political scientist and journalist (1820-1895)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1820
1895
natural causes
2,191
Ulysses S. Grant
Union general, politician and 18th President of the United States (1822–1885)
Male
United States of America
Politician
1822
1885
natural causes
2,192
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian
Female
United States of America; United States of America; United Kingdom
Artist
1932
2011
natural causes
2,193
Jeffrey Mass
historian, Japanologist
Male
United States of America
Researcher
1940
2001
2,194
Elsie Eaves
American engineer and journalist
Female
United States of America
Engineer
1898
1983
2,195
Eric Hobsbawm
British academic historian and Marxist historiographer
Male
United Kingdom
Researcher
1917
2012
natural causes
2,196
Benjamin Franklin
American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, diplomat, Founding Father (1706-1790)
Male
United States of America
Athlete
1706
1790
2,197
D. H. Lawrence
English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter (1885-1930)
Male
United Kingdom
Artist
1885
1930
natural causes
2,198
Isaac Asimov
American writer and professor
Male
United States of America; Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic; Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Researcher
1920
1992
natural causes
2,199
João Goulart
24th President of Brazil (1918-1976)
Male
Brazil
Politician
1918
1976
2,200
William McKinley
American politician, 25th President of the United States (in office from 1897 to 1901)
Male
United States of America
Politician
1843
1901
homicide