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3,901
Carl Lindhagen
Swedish lawyer, socialist politician and pacifist (1860-1946)
Male
Sweden
Politician
1860
1946
3,902
František Lorenz
Czech-born philosopher and Esperantist (1872-1957)
Male
Brazil; Czech Republic
Artist
1872
1957
3,903
André Martinet
French linguist
Male
France
Researcher
1908
1999
3,904
John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor
English classical scholar
Male
United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Esperantist; classical scholar
1825
1910
3,905
Félicien Menu de Ménil
French composer and Esperanto enthusiast
Male
France
Researcher
1860
1930
3,906
Kenji Miyazawa
Japanese poet and author of children's literature
Male
Japan
Artist
1896
1933
natural causes
3,907
Felix Moscheles
English painter, peace activist and advocate of Esperanto (1833-1917)
Male
United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Artist
1833
1917
3,908
Anna Magnani
Italian actress
Female
Italy; Kingdom of Italy
Artist
1908
1973
natural causes
3,909
George Cukor
American film director and producer
Male
United States of America
Artist
1899
1983
3,910
Katharine Hepburn
American actress (1907-2003)
Female
United States of America
Artist
1907
2003
natural causes
3,911
Sophia Brahe
Danish horticulturalist
Female
Denmark
Researcher
1556
1643
3,912
Rocío Dúrcal
Spanish singer and actress
Female
Spain
Artist
1944
2006
natural causes
3,913
Blake Edwards
American film director, screenwriter and producer (1922-2010)
Male
United States of America
Artist
1922
2010
natural causes
3,914
Helen Iglauer Glueck
American physician
Female
United States of America
Physician
1907
1995
3,915
Eudoxia Woodward
American artist and researcher (1919-2008)
Female
United States of America
Artist
1919
2008
natural causes
3,916
Jussi Björling
Swedish tenor
Male
Sweden
Artist
1911
1960
natural causes
3,917
Georges Bizet
French composer
Male
France
Artist
1838
1875
natural causes
3,918
Hugh Davies
Welsh botanist, 1739-1821
Male
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Researcher
1739
1821
3,919
Hugh Seymour Davies
English musician, 1943-2005
Male
United Kingdom
Artist
1943
2005
3,920
Hugh Sykes Davies
English poet, 1909-1984
Male
United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Artist
1909
1984
3,921
Ludwig von Sarnthein
Austrian botanist (1861-1914)
Male
Austria-Hungary
Researcher
1861
1914
3,922
Chanco
famous Native American person
Male
1600
1623
3,923
Ida Rolf
American biochemist, creator of Rolfing
Female
United States of America
Researcher
1896
1979
3,924
Lise Meitner
Austrian-Swedish physicist
Female
Sweden; Austria
Researcher
1878
1968
3,925
Bruno the Great
Archbishop of Cologne
Male
Germany
Religious figure
925
965
3,926
John Lloyd Stephens
American explorer, writer, and diplomat
Male
United States of America
Researcher
1805
1852
3,927
Pim Lier
Dutch lawyer and jurist (1918-2015)
Male
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Politician
1918
2015
3,928
Louis François Dauprat
French composer
Male
France
Artist
1781
1868
3,929
Fernando De Lucia
Italian opera singer
Male
Kingdom of Italy
Artist
1860
1925
3,930
Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena
German noble
Male
Feudatory
1638
1678
3,931
Arciom Viaryha-Dareŭski
беларускі паэт
Russian Empire
Artist
1816
1884
3,932
Aleksander Chodźko
Polish poet and orientalist
Male
France; Russian Empire
Researcher
1804
1891
3,933
Josef Gusikov
Belarusian musician
Male
Poland; Russian Empire
Artist
1806
1837
3,934
Aleksander Groza
Polish poet and writer
Male
Russian Empire
Artist
1807
1875
3,935
Jerzy Maj
Polish pharmacologist
Male
Poland
Pharmacologist
1922
2003
3,936
Archie Taiaroa
New Zealand Māori leader (1937-2010)
Male
New Zealand
Politician
1937
2010
natural causes
3,937
Henry Krtschil
composer
Male
Germany
Artist
1932
2020
3,938
François-Alexandre Verdier
French painter (1651-1730)
Male
France
Artist
1651
1730
3,939
Igor Kačić
Croatian war victim
Male
Croatia
1975
1991
3,940
Karl Heinz Ruppel
German theater and literary critic
Male
Germany
Artist
1900
1980
3,941
Eberhard Rossdeutscher
German sculptor
Male
Germany; German Democratic Republic; German Reich
Artist
1921
1980
3,942
Philipp Lenard
German physicist (1862-1947)
Male
Germany; Kingdom of Hungary
Researcher
1862
1947
3,943
Johann Christoph Feinlin
German copperplate engraver
Male
Germany
1620
1667
3,944
Otto Hahn
German chemist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1879
1968
3,945
James Franck
German physicist
Male
United States of America; German Empire
Researcher
1882
1964
3,946
Max von Laue
German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi
Male
Germany
Researcher
1879
1960
accident
3,947
Wilhelm Wien
German physicist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1864
1928
3,948
Gustav Ludwig Hertz
German physicist
Male
Soviet Union; German Democratic Republic
Researcher
1887
1975
3,949
Otto Stern
German physicist
Male
United States of America; Germany
Researcher
1888
1969
3,950
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
German-Polish physicist and engineer
Male
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Researcher
1686
1736
3,951
Nelly Sachs
Jewish German poet and playwright
Female
Sweden; Germany
Artist
1891
1970
3,952
Fritz Haber
German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize
Male
Weimar Republic; German Empire
Researcher
1868
1934
natural causes
3,953
Ferdinand Braun
German inventor and physicist (1909 Nobel Prize)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1850
1918
3,954
Adolf von Baeyer
German chemist
Male
German Empire
Researcher
1835
1917
3,955
Erich Fromm
German sociologist and psychoanalyst
Male
Germany
Teacher
1900
1980
3,956
Adrian VI
pope
Male
Holy Roman Empire; Papal States
Religious figure
1459
1523
3,957
Paul Ehrlich
German medical scientist
Male
Kingdom of Prussia; German Empire
Researcher
1854
1915
natural causes
3,958
Johannes Stark
German physicist
Male
Germany; West Germany
Researcher
1874
1957
3,959
Emanuel Lasker
former World Chess champion
Male
Weimar Republic; German Empire
Athlete
1868
1941
3,960
Gottlieb Daimler
German businessman
Male
Germany; Kingdom of Württemberg
Engineer
1834
1900
3,961
Maria Goeppert Mayer
German-born American theoretical physicist
Female
United States of America; Germany
Researcher
1906
1972
3,962
Karl Weierstraß
German mathematician
Male
German Empire; German Confederation
Researcher
1815
1897
natural causes
3,963
Heinrich Schliemann
German businessman and pioneer of field archaeology
Male
United States of America; Russian Empire; German Empire
Researcher
1822
1890
3,964
Josef Mengele
Nazi officer and physician (1911-1979)
Male
Germany; Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic; German Empire
Artist
1911
1979
accident
3,965
Oswald Spengler
German historian and philosopher
Male
Germany
Researcher
1880
1936
3,966
Peter Grünberg
German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate
Male
Germany
Researcher
1939
2018
3,967
Alfred Jodl
German general and convicted war criminal (1890-1946)
Male
Weimar Republic; Kingdom of Bavaria; German Reich
Politician
1890
1946
capital punishment
3,968
Sigismund
Monarch from the House Luxemburg, 1387 to 1437 King of Hungary, 1410 to 1437 King of Germany, 1419 to 1437 King of Bohemia and 1433 to 1437 Holy Roman Emperor
Male
Hungary; Germany
Monarch
1368
1437
3,969
Walther Hermann Nernst
German physical chemist and physicist
Male
Poland; Germany
Researcher
1864
1941
3,970
Anne of Cleves
fourth wife of Henry VIII
Female
Germany
1515
1557
natural causes
3,971
Otto Wallach
German chemist
Male
German Empire
Researcher
1847
1931
3,972
Albrecht Kossel
German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics
Male
Germany
Researcher
1853
1927
3,973
Wilhelm Canaris
German admiral, head of military intelligence service
Male
Germany
Resistance fighter; submariner; intelligence officer; naval officer
1887
1945
capital punishment
3,974
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
Chief of the German General Staff
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1848
1916
3,975
Hans-Ulrich Rudel
German World War II Stuka pilot
Male
Germany
Artist
1916
1982
3,976
Otto Fritz Meyerhof
German biochemist
Male
United States of America; Germany
Researcher
1884
1951
natural causes
3,977
Kurt von Schleicher
German chancellor (1882-1934)
Male
Germany
Politician
1882
1934
homicide
3,978
Albert Kesselring
German Luftwaffe Generalfeldmarschall during World War II
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1885
1960
3,979
Erich von Manstein
German general
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1887
1973
natural causes
3,980
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
German nobleman, jurist, and senior Nazi government official (1887-1977)
Male
Germany
Politician
1887
1977
3,981
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist
German general during World War II
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1881
1954
3,982
Max Reger
German composer, pianist and conductor
Male
German Empire
Artist
1873
1916
natural causes
3,983
Walther von Brauchitsch
German field marshal
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1881
1948
natural causes
3,984
Günther von Kluge
German general
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1882
1944
suicide
3,985
Walther von Reichenau
German general
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1884
1942
natural causes
3,986
Karl Schwarzschild
German physicist, astronomer and Mathematician
Male
Germany; German Empire
Researcher
1873
1916
3,987
Carol I of Romania
King of Romania
Male
Military personnel
1839
1914
3,988
Fritz Todt
German engineer and senior Nazi figure (1891-1942)
Male
Germany
Politician
1891
1942
accident
3,989
Hermann Hoth
German military commander
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1885
1971
3,990
Ernst Busch
German field marshal
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1885
1945
3,991
Erich von Falkenhayn
Chief of Germany's General Staff during the first two years of the First World War (1861-1922)
Male
Germany
Politician
1861
1922
3,992
Erich Raeder
German naval officer and Großadmiral during World War II
Male
Germany
Researcher
1876
1960
3,993
Adolf Anderssen
German chess player
Male
Kingdom of Prussia; German Empire
Athlete
1818
1879
natural causes
3,994
Erwin von Witzleben
Field Marshal of Nazi Germany
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1881
1944
capital punishment
3,995
Hanna Reitsch
German aviator
Female
Austria; Germany
Military personnel
1912
1979
natural causes
3,996
Hermann Müller
German chancellor (1876-1931)
Male
Germany
Politician
1876
1931
3,997
Gustav Bauer
German chancellor (1870-1944)
Male
Germany
Politician
1870
1944
3,998
Friedrich Paulus
German general
Male
Nazi Germany; German Democratic Republic; Weimar Republic; German Empire
Military personnel
1890
1957
natural causes
3,999
Louis IV
Holy Roman Emperor
Male
Germany
Politician
1282
1347
natural causes
4,000
Otto Lilienthal
German aviation pioneer
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1848
1896
accident