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3,301 |
Marlyn Meltzer
|
programmer for the ENIAC computer
|
Female
|
United States of America
|
Researcher
|
1922
|
2008
| |
3,302 |
Julia O'Connor
|
American labor leader and head of the National Telephone Operators' Department of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
|
Female
|
United States of America
|
Organizer; trade unionist
|
1890
|
1972
| |
3,303 |
Daphne Oram
|
British composer, electronic musician and inventor
|
Female
|
United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
Artist
|
1925
|
2003
| |
3,304 |
Mary Engle Pennington
|
American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer
|
Female
|
United States of America
|
Researcher
|
1872
|
1952
| |
3,305 |
Marina Popovich
|
Soviet pilot, writer and ufologist
|
Female
|
Russia; Soviet Union
|
Artist
|
1931
|
2017
| |
3,306 |
Dorothée Pullinger
|
British pioneering automobile engineer and businesswoman
|
Female
|
United Kingdom
|
Engineer
|
1894
|
1986
| |
3,307 |
Judith Resnik
|
American engineer and NASA astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
|
Female
|
United States of America
|
Engineer
|
1949
|
1986
|
accident
|
3,308 |
Sally Ride
|
American physicist and astronaut
|
Female
|
United States of America
|
Researcher
|
1951
|
2012
|
natural causes
|
3,309 |
Margaret Dreier Robins
|
United States labor leader
|
Female
|
United States of America
|
Trade unionist; social reformer
|
1868
|
1945
| |
3,310 |
Madge Syers
|
British figure skater
|
Female
|
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
Athlete
|
1881
|
1917
|
natural causes
|
3,311 |
William Penn Adair
|
Cherokee leader and Confederate colonel
|
Male
|
Politician
|
1830
|
1880
| ||
3,312 |
Albert Schweitzer
|
French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher
|
Male
|
France; Germany
|
Researcher
|
1875
|
1965
| |
3,313 |
Melvin Calvin
|
American biochemist
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Researcher
|
1911
|
1997
| |
3,314 |
Louis Plack Hammett
|
American chemist
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Researcher
|
1894
|
1987
| |
3,315 |
Robert Robinson
|
English chemist
|
Male
|
United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
Researcher
|
1886
|
1975
| |
3,316 |
Ian Heilbron
|
British chemist
|
Male
|
United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
Researcher
|
1886
|
1959
| |
3,317 |
James Bryant Conant
|
American chemist (1893–1978)
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Researcher
|
1893
|
1978
| |
3,318 |
Ira Remsen
|
American chemist
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Researcher
|
1846
|
1927
| |
3,319 |
Giuseppe Tomassetti
|
Italian historian
|
Male
|
Kingdom of Italy
|
Researcher
|
1848
|
1911
| |
3,320 |
Rudolf Nebel
|
German rocket scientist (1894-1978)
|
Male
|
Germany
|
Military personnel
|
1894
|
1978
| |
3,321 |
Wolfgang Reinhold
|
German military personnel
|
Male
|
Germany; German Democratic Republic
|
Military personnel
|
1923
|
2012
| |
3,322 |
Shigeru Inoda
|
Japanese ophthalmologist, amateur astronomer
|
Male
|
Japan
|
Astronomer; ophthalmologist
|
1955
|
2008
| |
3,323 |
Teodor Waga
|
Polish historian
|
Male
|
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
|
Researcher
|
1739
|
1801
| |
3,324 |
Ellsworth Paine Killip
|
American botanist (1890-1968)
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Researcher
|
1890
|
1968
| |
3,325 |
Louis-Gaston de Sonis
|
French army officer
|
Male
|
France
|
Military personnel
|
1825
|
1887
| |
3,326 |
Robert Nivelle
|
French General
|
Male
|
France
|
Military personnel
|
1856
|
1924
| |
3,327 |
Simon Bernard
|
French army general and Minister of War, who also served in the US Corps of Engineers (1779-1839)
|
Male
|
France
|
Politician
|
1779
|
1839
| |
3,328 |
Pierre Clostermann
|
World War II French flying pilot (1921-2006)
|
Male
|
France; Brazil
|
Artist
|
1921
|
2006
| |
3,329 |
Marina Raskova
|
Founder of three Soviet Russian all-female air regiments
|
Female
|
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic; Soviet Union; Russian Empire
|
Military personnel
|
1912
|
1943
| |
3,330 |
Georges Feydeau
|
French writer
|
Male
|
France
|
Artist
|
1862
|
1921
|
natural causes
|
3,331 |
Pierre de Marivaux
|
French novelist and dramatist
|
Male
|
France
|
Artist
|
1688
|
1763
| |
3,332 |
Sergei Prokofiev
|
Ukrainian & Russian Soviet pianist and composer
|
Male
|
Soviet Union; Russian Empire
|
Artist
|
1891
|
1953
| |
3,333 |
Konstantin Stanislavski
|
Russian and Soviet actor and theatre director
|
Male
|
Soviet Union; Russian Empire
|
Artist
|
1863
|
1938
|
natural causes
|
3,334 |
Friedrich von Schubert
|
Russian general
|
Male
|
Russian Empire
|
Geographer; cartographer; hydrographer
|
1789
|
1865
| |
3,335 |
Michael Chekhov
|
Russian actor and director (1891-1955)
|
Male
|
United States of America; Soviet Union; Russian Empire; Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
|
Artist
|
1891
|
1955
|
natural causes
|
3,336 |
Jean de La Fontaine
|
French poet, fabulist and writer (1621-1695)
|
Male
|
France
|
Artist
|
1621
|
1695
| |
3,337 |
Konrad Spindler
|
German archaeologist and prehistorian
|
Germany
|
Researcher
|
1939
|
2005
| ||
3,338 |
Dizzy Gillespie
|
American jazz trumpeter
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Artist
|
1917
|
1993
|
natural causes
|
3,339 |
Franz Xaver Uhl
|
German politician (1955-2011)
|
Male
|
Germany
|
Politician
|
1955
|
2011
| |
3,340 |
Yury Vlasov
|
Soviet weightlifter
|
Male
|
Russia; Soviet Union
|
Artist
|
1935
|
2021
| |
3,341 |
James Rhyne Killian
|
the 10th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Researcher
|
1904
|
1988
| |
3,342 |
Julius Adams Stratton
|
American electrical engineer and university administrator
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Researcher
|
1901
|
1994
| |
3,343 |
Roger Nimier
|
French novelist
|
Male
|
France
|
Artist
|
1925
|
1962
|
accident
|
3,344 |
Artūras Rimkevičius
|
Lithuanian footballer (1983-2019)
|
Male
|
Lithuania
|
Athlete
|
1983
|
2019
| |
3,345 |
Alexandre Fiodorovitch Kistiakovski
|
российский юрист
|
Male
|
1833
|
1885
| |||
3,346 |
Vasili III of Russia
|
Grand Prince of Moscow from 1505 to 1533
|
Male
|
Grand Duchy of Moscow
|
Statesperson
|
1479
|
1533
| |
3,347 |
Johann Alexander Döderlein
|
German historian
|
Male
|
Germany
|
Researcher
|
1675
|
1745
| |
3,348 |
Emperor Wu of Liu Song
|
founding emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty (363-422)
|
Male
|
China; Liu Song dynasty
|
Politician
|
363
|
422
| |
3,349 |
Emperor Shao of Liu Song
|
emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty
|
Male
|
China
|
Politician
|
406
|
424
|
homicide
|
3,350 |
Emperor Wen of Liu Song
|
emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty (407-453)
|
Male
|
Liu Song dynasty
|
Politician
|
407
|
453
| |
3,351 |
Georg Bachmann
|
German politician (1885-1971)
|
Male
|
Germany
|
Politician
|
1885
|
1971
| |
3,352 |
Christian Weber
|
German SS General (1883-1945)
|
Male
|
Germany
|
Politician
|
1883
|
1945
|
accident
|
3,353 |
Eduard Mezger
|
Bavarian architect, painter and professor (1807-1894)
|
Male
|
Germany
|
Artist
|
1807
|
1894
| |
3,354 |
Wilhelm Stählin
|
German Lutheran theologian
|
Male
|
Germany
|
Religious figure
|
1883
|
1975
| |
3,355 |
Otto Willi Gail
|
German science journalist and author
|
Male
|
Germany
|
Researcher
|
1896
|
1956
| |
3,356 |
Adam Neuser
|
German theologian
|
Male
|
Germany
|
Religious figure
|
1530
|
1576
| |
3,357 |
Ludwig Fels
|
German writer
|
Male
|
Germany
|
Artist
|
1946
|
2021
| |
3,358 |
Thomas von Absberg
|
Frankish knight
|
Male
|
Germany
|
1477
|
1531
| ||
3,359 |
Ferdinand Heuckenkamp
|
German romanist
|
Male
|
Germany
|
1862
|
1938
| ||
3,360 |
Cass Elliot
|
American recording artist; singer, record producer (1941-1974)
|
Female
|
United States of America
|
Artist
|
1941
|
1974
|
natural causes
|
3,361 |
Johnny Nash
|
American pop singer-songwriter
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Artist
|
1940
|
2020
| |
3,362 |
Victor Horta
|
Belgian architect, designer, publicist, teacher and creator of Art Nouveau
|
Male
|
Belgium
|
Architect
|
1861
|
1947
| |
3,363 |
Michel de Ghelderode
|
Belgian dramatist
|
Male
|
Belgium
|
Artist
|
1898
|
1962
| |
3,364 |
Maurice Maeterlinck
|
Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist
|
Male
|
Belgium
|
Artist
|
1862
|
1949
| |
3,365 |
Pierre de Ronsard
|
French poet
|
Male
|
France
|
Artist
|
1524
|
1585
| |
3,366 |
Jacques Crickillon
|
Belgian writer
|
Male
|
Belgium
|
Artist
|
1940
|
2021
| |
3,367 |
Rosario Bentivegna
|
Italian partisan, writer, and medical doctor
|
Italy; Kingdom of Italy
|
Artist
|
1922
|
2012
| ||
3,368 |
François-René de Chateaubriand
|
French writer, politician, diplomat and historian (1768-1848)
|
Male
|
France
|
Researcher
|
1768
|
1848
| |
3,369 |
Rob Levin
|
founder of the IRC network freenode
|
United States of America
|
Researcher
|
1955
|
2006
|
accident
|
|
3,370 |
Randy Pausch
|
American professor of computer science, human-computer interaction and design
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Researcher
|
1960
|
2008
|
natural causes
|
3,371 |
Solomon Burke
|
American singer
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Artist
|
1940
|
2010
|
accident
|
3,372 |
Emily Warren Roebling
|
US civil engineer, helped complete the Brooklyn Bridge
|
Female
|
United States of America
|
Engineer
|
1843
|
1903
| |
3,373 |
Odo, Earl of Kent
|
Bishop of Conteville
|
Male
|
Kingdom of England; Duchy of Normandy
|
Religious figure
|
1036
|
1097
| |
3,374 |
Tatsuo Sato
|
Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (1937-2013)
|
Male
|
Japan
|
Politician
|
1937
|
2013
| |
3,375 |
Adhemar of Le Puy
|
French bishop
|
Male
|
France
|
Religious figure
|
1055
|
1098
| |
3,376 |
Koichi Kato
|
Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (1939-2016)
|
Male
|
Japan
|
Politician
|
1939
|
2016
|
natural causes
|
3,377 |
Steven Runciman
|
British historian
|
Male
|
United Kingdom
|
Researcher
|
1903
|
2000
| |
3,378 |
Hans Holbein the Elder
|
German painter (1465-1524)
|
Male
|
Germany
|
Artist
|
1465
|
1524
| |
3,379 |
Leah Rosenfeld
|
American telegraph operator & labor union official
|
Female
|
1909
|
2006
| |||
3,380 |
Alberto Sordi
|
Italian actor, film director, voice actor, screenwriter and singer
|
Male
|
Italy; Kingdom of Italy
|
Artist
|
1920
|
2003
|
natural causes
|
3,381 |
Giulio Andreotti
|
Italian politician (1919-2013)
|
Male
|
Italy; Kingdom of Italy
|
Artist
|
1919
|
2013
| |
3,382 |
John Stuart Mill
|
British philosopher and political economist (1806-1873)
|
Male
|
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
Artist
|
1806
|
1873
| |
3,383 |
Miyu Matsuki
|
Japanese voice actress
|
Female
|
Japan
|
Artist
|
1977
|
2015
|
natural causes
|
3,384 |
John Tebbel
|
American journalist and media historian
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Journalist
|
1912
|
2004
| |
3,385 |
Yi Sun-sin
|
Korean naval commander
|
Male
|
Joseon
|
Naval officer
|
1545
|
1598
| |
3,386 |
Louis Couperin
|
French Baroque composer
|
Male
|
France
|
Athlete
|
1626
|
1661
| |
3,387 |
François Couperin
|
French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist
|
Male
|
France
|
Athlete
|
1668
|
1733
| |
3,388 |
César Franck
|
Belgian-French composer, organist and music teacher
|
Male
|
France; United Kingdom of the Netherlands
|
Artist
|
1822
|
1890
|
natural causes
|
3,389 |
Ted Stevens
|
United States Senator from Alaska (1923-2010)
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Politician
|
1923
|
2010
|
accident
|
3,390 |
Hermann Brunner
|
German businessman
|
Germany
|
Businessperson
|
1906
|
1980
| ||
3,391 |
Zacharie Astruc
|
French sculptor, painter, poet, and art critic (1833-1907)
|
Male
|
France
|
Artist
|
1833
|
1907
| |
3,392 |
Heinrich Maria Davringhausen
|
German painter (1894-1970)
|
Male
|
Germany
|
Artist
|
1894
|
1970
| |
3,393 |
Louis Leroy
|
French engraver, painter, and playwright (1812-1885)
|
Male
|
France
|
Artist
|
1812
|
1885
| |
3,394 |
Finn Christian Jagge
|
Norwegian Alpine skier
|
Male
|
Norway
|
Alpine skier
|
1966
|
2020
| |
3,395 |
Jean Renoir
|
French film director and screenwriter
|
Male
|
France
|
Artist
|
1894
|
1979
| |
3,396 |
Éric Rohmer
|
French film director (1920-2010)
|
Male
|
France
|
Artist
|
1920
|
2010
| |
3,397 |
Paul Mauriat
|
French orchestra leader
|
Male
|
France
|
Artist
|
1925
|
2006
| |
3,398 |
Johann Leopold Ludwig von Brese-Winiary
|
Prussian general
|
Male
|
Germany
|
Engineer
|
1787
|
1878
| |
3,399 |
Hans Alexis von Biehler
|
Prussian general
|
Male
|
Prussia; German Empire
|
Engineer
|
1818
|
1886
| |
3,400 |
Karl von Grolman
|
Prussian general
|
Male
|
Germany
|
Military personnel
|
1777
|
1843
|
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