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2,201
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer
Female
United Kingdom
Artist
1890
1976
natural causes
2,202
Wilhelm Röntgen
German physicist
Male
Weimar Republic
Researcher
1845
1923
natural causes
2,203
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th President of the United States (1837–1908)
Male
United States of America
Politician
1837
1908
natural causes
2,204
Herbert Hoover
31st President of the United States of America (1874-1964).
Male
United States of America
Politician
1874
1964
natural causes
2,205
Warren G. Harding
American politician, 29th President of the United States (in office from 1921 to 1923)
Male
United States of America
Politician
1865
1923
natural causes
2,206
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet politician, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1894-1971)
Male
Soviet Union; Russian Empire; Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Politician
1894
1971
natural causes
2,207
Rahim Moazzen Zadeh Ardabili
prominent Shia Moazzen in Iran
Male
Iran
Muezzin
1925
2005
2,208
Annabelle Lee
American baseball pitcher
Female
United States of America
Athlete
1922
2008
2,209
Danilo Lekić
Yugoslav general
Male
Yugoslavia
Politician
1913
1986
2,210
Pyotr Krasnov
White movement Cossack (1869-1947)
Male
Nazi Germany; Russian Empire; Don Republic
Researcher
1869
1947
unnatural death
2,211
Chester A. Arthur
American politician, 21st President of the United States (in office from 1881 to 1885)
Male
United States of America
Politician
1829
1886
natural causes
2,212
Paul Cézanne.
French painter (1839-1906)
Male
France
Artist
1839
1906
natural causes
2,213
Arthur Conan Doyle
Scottish physician and author
Male
United Kingdom
Athlete
1859
1930
natural causes
2,214
Edgar Alexander Mearns
American ornithologist and field naturalist (1856-1916)
Male
United States of America
Researcher
1856
1916
2,215
Alfred Aetheling
Son of English king Æthelred II and his second wife Emma of Normandy; brother of Edward the Confessor
Male
Kingdom of England
Aristocrat
1012
1037
2,216
William Howard Taft
American politician, 27th President of the United States (in office from 1909 to 1913)
Male
United States of America
Politician
1857
1930
natural causes
2,217
Benjamin Harrison
23rd president of the United States (1833–1901)
Male
United States of America
Politician
1833
1901
natural causes
2,218
Rutherford B. Hayes
American politician, 19th President of the United States (in office from 1877 to 1881)
Male
United States of America
Politician
1822
1893
natural causes
2,219
Konrad Emil Bloch
German American biochemist
Male
United States of America; Germany
Researcher
1912
2000
2,220
Gertrude B. Elion
American biochemist and pharmacologist
Female
United States of America
Researcher
1918
1999
2,221
Velimir Khlebnikov
Russian writer
Male
Russian Empire; Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Artist
1885
1922
2,222
William Anderson Coffin
American landscape and figure painter (1855-1925)
Male
United States of America
Artist
1855
1925
2,223
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher
Male
Dutch Republic
Translator
1632
1677
natural causes
2,224
Bill Hicks
American comedian
Male
United States of America
Stand-up comedian
1961
1994
natural causes
2,225
Petar Drapšin
yugoslav Partisan commander
Male
Yugoslavia
Military personnel
1914
1945
accident
2,226
Omar Khayyám
Persian poet, philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer
Male
Great Seljuq Empire
Researcher
1048
1131
2,227
Jocky Wilson
Scottish professional darts player
Male
United Kingdom
Athlete
1950
2012
2,228
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader and Chairman of the Workers' Party of Vietnam (1890-1969)
Male
North Vietnam; French Indochina
Artist
1890
1969
2,229
Su Shi
Chinese writer (1037-1101)
Male
Northern Song Dynasty
Researcher
1037
1101
2,230
Calvin Coolidge
30th president of the United States (1872-1933)
Male
United States of America
Politician
1872
1933
natural causes
2,231
Ernest Tursunov
Poet and translator
Male
Kyrgyzstan
Artist
1935
2014
2,232
Charles Bronson
American film and television actor (1921-2003)
Male
United States of America
Artist
1921
2003
natural causes
2,233
Muhammad Ali
American boxer, philanthropist and activist
Male
United States of America
Athlete
1942
2016
natural causes
2,234
Mate Boban
Bosnian Croat politician (1940-1997)
Male
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Politician
1940
1997
natural causes
2,235
Charles II of Spain
King of Spain
Male
Spain
Ruler
1666
1700
2,236
Bram Stoker
Irish novelist and short story writer
Male
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Artist
1847
1912
2,237
Bill Tarmey
English actor
Male
United Kingdom
Artist
1941
2012
2,238
Amber Rayne
American pornographic actress
Female
United States of America
Artist
1984
2016
2,239
Angela Devi
American adult model
Female
United States of America
Artist
1975
2006
suicide
2,240
Václav Havel
playwright, essayist, poet, former dissident and 1st President of the Czech Republic (1936-2011)
Male
Czech Republic; Czechoslovakia
Artist
1936
2011
natural causes
2,241
Charles III of Spain
King of Spain and the Spanish Indies from 1759 to 1788
Male
Spain
Ruler
1716
1788
2,242
Robert le Danois
Roman Catholic archbishop
Male
France
Religious figure
1000
1037
2,243
Roger Boisjoly
American aerospace engineer
Male
United States of America
Engineer
1938
2012
natural causes
2,244
Thalis
ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician
Male
Researcher
-624
-547
2,245
Jane Austen
English novelist
Female
Kingdom of Great Britain
Artist
1775
1817
natural causes
2,246
Giordano Bruno
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, cosmological theorist, and poet
Male
Kingdom of Naples
Researcher
1548
1600
capital punishment
2,247
Giovanni di Giovanni
victim of the campaign against sodomy waged in 14th-century Florence
Male
Republic of Florence
1350
1365
capital punishment
2,248
Catherine II of Russia
Empress of Russia (1762-1796)
Female
Russian Empire
Politician
1729
1796
natural causes
2,249
Hannibal
Carthaginian general during the Second Punic War with the Roman Republic
Male
Carthage
Politician
-247
-183
suicide
2,250
Joseph R. Bumagin
Russian soldier of the 20th century
Male
Belarus
Military personnel
1907
1945
2,251
Denzil Ibbetson
Administrator in British India
Male
Artist
1847
1908
2,252
Guglielmo Marconi
Italian inventor and radio pioneer (1874-1937)
Male
Kingdom of Italy
Researcher
1874
1937
natural causes
2,253
Francis Drake
English sea captain, pirate, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician of the Elizabethan era
Male
Kingdom of England
Politician
1540
1596
natural causes
2,254
Vladimir Nabokov
Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor
Male
United States of America; Russian Empire
Athlete
1899
1977
2,255
Tycho Brahe
Danish astronomer and alchemist, 1546–1601
Male
Denmark
Researcher
1546
1601
natural causes
2,256
Henrik Ibsen
Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet
Male
Norway
Artist
1828
1906
natural causes
2,257
Attila
King of the Hunnic Empire
Male
Tribal chief
406
453
2,258
Svein Knutsson
Son of Cnut the Great, ruled as King of Norway
Male
Denmark
Politician
1016
1035
2,259
Ignacy Potocki
writer (1750-1809)
Male
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Artist
1750
1809
2,260
David IV of Georgia
King of Georgia (1073-1125)
Male
Georgia
Artist
1073
1125
2,261
Herman Heijermans
Dutch playwright
Male
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Artist
1864
1924
natural causes
2,262
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
5th Umayyad caliph (646-705)
Male
Arabian Peninsula
Politician
646
705
2,263
Henry Lee Lucas
American serial killer
Male
United States of America
Serial killer; criminal
1936
2001
natural causes
2,264
Emīlija Benjamiņa
Latvian publisher
Female
Latvia
Journalist
1881
1941
2,265
Władysław Gurowski
Polish noble
Male
Grand Duchy of Lithuania; Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
1715
1790
2,266
Eazy-E
American rapper
Male
United States of America
Record producer; chief executive officer; rapper; drug trafficker
1964
1995
complication
2,267
Mikhail Pavlov
Belarusian politician (1952-2010)
Male
Belarus
Politician
1952
2010
natural causes
2,268
Walter Gross
German physician and nazi politician (1904-1945)
Male
Germany; Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic
Politician
1904
1945
suicide
2,269
Rasul Gamzatov
probably the most famous poet writing in the Avar language (1923-2003)
Male
Russia; Soviet Union
Artist
1923
2003
2,270
Sándor Márai
Hungarian writer
Male
Hungary
Artist
1900
1989
suicide
2,271
Ante Pavelić
Croatian fascist general and military dictator (1889-1959)
Male
Argentina; Austria-Hungary; Independent State of Croatia; Kingdom of Yugoslavia; Francoist Spain; Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Politician
1889
1959
natural causes
2,272
George Peppard
American actor
Male
United States of America
Artist
1928
1994
natural causes
2,273
Gustave Gillman
British railway engineer and photographer
Male
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Artist
1856
1922
2,274
Toshirō Mifune
Japanese actor
Male
Japan
Artist
1920
1997
2,275
Thomas Mann
German novelist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate
Male
United States of America; Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic; German Empire; First Czechoslovak Republic
Artist
1875
1955
2,276
José Saramago
Portuguese writer and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature
Male
Portugal
Artist
1922
2010
natural causes
2,277
John VIII Palaiologos
Byzantine emperor
Male
Byzantine Empire
Monarch
1392
1448
2,278
Andronikos III Palaiologos
Byzantine emperor/1328-1341
Male
Byzantine Empire
Monarch
1297
1341
2,279
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist
Male
United Kingdom
Physician
1881
1955
natural causes
2,280
Alexios III Angelos
Byzantine Emperor
Male
Byzantine Empire
Sovereign
1153
1211
2,281
Andronikos II Palaiologos
Byzantine emperor
Male
Byzantine Empire
Politician
1259
1332
2,282
Alexios IV Angelos
Byzantine emperor
Male
Byzantine Empire
Sovereign
1182
1204
2,283
John V Palaiologos
Byzantine emperor
Male
Byzantine Empire
Ruler
1332
1391
natural causes
2,284
John III Doukas Vatatzes
Emperor of Nicaea
Male
Byzantine Empire
Sovereign
1192
1254
2,285
John VII Palaiologos
Byzantine emperor
Male
Byzantine Empire
Regent
1370
1408
2,286
Alexios V Doukas
Byzantine emperor
Male
Byzantine Empire
Sovereign
1140
1204
2,287
Andronikos IV Palaiologos
Byzantine emperor
Male
Byzantine Empire
Ruler
1348
1385
2,288
Theodore II Laskaris
13th-century emperor of Nicaea
Male
Byzantine Empire
Artist
1221
1258
2,289
John VI Kantakouzenos
Byzantine emperor
Male
Byzantine Empire
Researcher
1292
1383
2,290
Theodore I Laskaris
13th-century emperor of Nicaea
Male
Byzantine Empire
Ruler
1174
1221
2,291
John IV Laskaris
13th-century emperor of Nicaea
Male
Byzantine Empire
Ruler
1250
1305
2,292
Konstantinos Laskaris
13th-century Byzantine emperor
Male
Byzantine Empire
Monarch
1170
1205
2,293
Manuel II Palaiologos
Byzantine emperor (1350-1425)
Male
Byzantine Empire
Artist
1350
1425
2,294
Michael IX Palaiologos
Byzantine co-emperor
Male
Byzantine Empire
Ruler
1277
1320
2,295
Florence Nightingale
English social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing
Female
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Artist
1820
1910
2,296
Frederick William III of Prussia
King of Prussia (1770-1840)
Male
Germany
Artist
1770
1840
2,297
Isaac II Angelos
Byzantine emperor (1155-1204)
Male
Byzantine Empire
Politician
1155
1204
2,298
Alice Everett
British astronomer and engineer
Female
Astronomer
1865
1949
2,299
Bernt Anker
Norwegian merchant and ship-owner
Male
Norway
Merchant; nan
1746
1805
2,300
Konstantinos XI Palaiologos
last reigning Byzantine emperor
Male
Byzantine Empire
Sovereign
1404
1453