Remembered
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Lala Lajpat Rai
1865 – 1928
Politician, Independence activist, Writer
Lala Lajpat Rai was an Indian independence activist, politician and writer known as Punjab Kesari. He was part of the Lal-Bal-Pal nationalist trio and led prote…
Wilhelm Wien
1864 – 1928
Physicist, University teacher, Theoretical physicist
Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien (German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈviːn] ; 13 January 1864 – 30 August 1928) was a German physicist who used theories about heat and…
Haldane MacFall
1860 – 1928
Military officer, Art critic, Historian, Novelist, Art historian, Writer
Haldane MacFall (24 July 1860 – 25 July 1928) was a British Army officer who became an authoritative art critic, the author of several works of art history, an…
Roald Amundsen
1872 – 1928
Explorer, Writer, Sailor, Researcher, Polar explorer, Aircraft pilot
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (UK: , US: ; Norwegian: [ˈrùːɑɫ ˈɑ̂mʉnsən] ; 16 July 1872 – c. 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He wa…
Emmeline Pankhurst
1858 – 1928
Suffragette, Politician, Women's rights activist, Human rights defender, Writer, Feminist
Emmeline Pankhurst (; née Goulden; 15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was a British political activist who organised the British suffragette movement and helped women…
Max Scheler
1874 – 1928
Philosopher, Anthropologist, University teacher, Sociologist, Axiologist
Max Ferdinand Scheler (German: [ˈʃeːlɐ]; 22 August 1874 – 19 May 1928) was a German philosopher known for his work in phenomenology, ethics, and philosophical a…
H. H. Asquith
1852 – 1928
Politician, Diplomat, Barrister, Head of government, Lawyer
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928), was a British statesman, Liberal politician and barrister who was…
Hendrik Lorentz
1853 – 1928
Theoretical physicist, Physicist, Mathematician, Botanist, University teacher, Curator
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (18 July 1853 – 4 February 1928) was a Dutch theoretical physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pieter Zeeman for thei…
Thomas Hardy
1840 – 1928
Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter, Poet
Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist, poet and architect. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influence…
Rajendra Lahiri
1901 – 1927
Writer, Editing staff, Revolutionary
Rajendra Nath Lahiri (23 June 1901 — 17 December 1927), known simply as Rajendra Lahiri, was an Indian revolutionary, who was a mastermind behind the Kakori con…
Svante Arrhenius
1859 – 1927
Astronomer, Chemist, Physicist, University teacher
Svante August Arrhenius (19 February 1859 – 2 October 1927) was a Swedish scientist. Originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, Arrhenius was o…
Willem Einthoven
1860 – 1927
Inventor, Physician, Physiologist, University teacher
Willem Einthoven (21 May 1860 – 29 September 1927) was a Dutch medical doctor and physiologist. He invented the first practical electrocardiograph (ECG or EKG)…
Isadora Duncan
1877 – 1927
Dancer, Choreographer, Autobiographer, Screenwriter, Writer
Angela Isadora Duncan (May 26, 1877, or May 27, 1878 – September 14, 1927) was an American-born dancer and choreographer, who was a pioneer of modern contempora…
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
1892 – 1927
Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter, Journalist, Literary critic, Poet
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (芥川 龍之介, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke; Japanese pronunciation: [ɾʲɯː.no.sɯ̥.ke], 1 March 1892 – 24 July 1927), art name Chōkōdō Shujin (澄江堂主人), was a…
Jerome K. Jerome
1859 – 1927
Writer, Journalist, Humorist, Playwright, Autobiographer, Novelist
Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). Other works…
Askar Ali Pandit
1846 – 1927
Poet
আস্কর আলী পণ্ডিত (১৮৪৬–মার্চ ১১, ১৯২৭) একজন বাঙালি লোককবি, প্রাচীন পুঁথি রচয়িতা, গীতিকার এবং লোকশিল্পী। তার উল্লেখযোগ্য পুঁথির মধ্যে রয়েছে জ্ঞান চৌতিসা ও পঞ্চ…
Rainer Maria Rilke
1875 – 1926
Writer, Poet, Playwright, Translator, Novelist
René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was an Austrian poet. Acclaimed as an idiosyncrati…
Emperor Taishō
1879 – 1926
Politician, Military personnel, Monarch, Aristocrat
Emperor Taishō (31 August 1879 – 25 December 1926), personal name (imina) Yoshihito, was Emperor of Japan from 29 July 1912 until his death in 1926. His reign w…
Masuda Khatun
1885 – 1926
Novelist, Poet
Masuda Khatun (Bengali: মাসুদা খাতুন; 1885–1926) was a pioneering Bengali feminist and secularist. Her pen name was Mrs M Rahman. Source: Wikipedia — https://e…
Claude Monet
1840 – 1926
Painter, Graphic artist
Oscar-Claude Monet (UK: , US: ; French: [klod mɔnɛ]; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of Impressionism who is seen as a key…