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Soham Swami

1858 – 1918

Philosopher, Writer

Here is an improved and fact-checked memorial biography for Soham Swami, incorporating only well-supported information from reliable sources: Soham Swami, born…

Guillaume Apollinaire

1880 – 1918

Poet, Writer, Playwright, Art critic, Diarist, Censor

Guillaume Apollinaire ( ə-POL-in-AIR, French: [ɡijom apɔlinɛːʁ]; born Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Aleksander Apolinary Kostrowicki; 26 August 1880 – 9 November 1…

Egon Schiele

1890 – 1918

Painter, Printmaker, Draftsperson, Visual artist, Lithographer, Photographer

Egon Leo Adolf Ludwig Schiele (German: [ˈeːɡɔn ˈʃiːlə] ; 12 June 1890 – 31 October 1918) was an Austrian Expressionist painter. His work is noted for its intens…

Georg Simmel

1858 – 1918

Philosopher, Sociologist, University teacher

Georg Simmel (; German: [ˈzɪml̩]; 1 March 1858 – 26 September 1918) was a German sociologist, philosopher, and critic. A founding figure of sociology, his neo-K…

Nicholas II

1868 – 1918

Monarch, Aristocrat, Philatelist

Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918) was Emperor of Russia from 1 November 1894 until his abdication in 1917. He…

Mehmed V

1844 – 1918

Ruler, Writer

Mehmed V Reşâd (Ottoman Turkish: محمد خامس, romanized: Meḥmed-i ḫâmis; Turkish: V. Mehmed or Mehmed Reşad; 2 November 1844 – 3 July 1918) was the penultimate su…

Georgi Plekhanov

1856 – 1918

Philosopher, Politician, Journalist, Writer, Historian, Sociologist

Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov (Russian: Георгий Валентинович Плеханов [ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj vəlʲɪnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ plʲɪˈxanəf] ; 11 December [O.S. 29 November] 1856 – 30 May…

Gavrilo Princip

1894 – 1918

Revolutionary

Gavrilo Princip (Serbian Cyrillic: Гаврило Принцип, pronounced [ɡǎʋrilo prǐnt͡sip]; 25 July 1894 – 28 April 1918) was a Bosnian Serb student who assassinated Ar…

K. Ferdinand Braun

1850 – 1918

Physicist, Inventor, University teacher

Karl Ferdinand Braun (German: [ˈfɛʁdinant ˈbʁaʊ̯n] ; 6 June 1850 – 20 April 1918) was a German applied physicist who shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with…

Claude Debussy

1862 – 1918

Composer, Pianist, Music critic

Achille Claude Debussy (French: [aʃil klod dəbysi]; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer, born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. He is sometimes seen a…

Abdul Hamid II

1842 – 1918

Sovereign

Abdülhamid II or Abdul Hamid II (Ottoman Turkish: عبد الحميد ثانی, romanized: Abd ul-Hamid-i s̱ānī; Turkish: II. Abdülhamid; 21 September 1842 – 10 February 191…

Gustav Klimt

1862 – 1918

Painter, Designer, Graphic artist, Draftsperson, Architectural drafter, Exlibrist

Gustav Klimt (14 July 1862 – 6 February 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and a founding member of the Vienna Secession movement. His work helped define t…

Georg Cantor

1845 – 1918

Mathematician, Philosopher, University teacher

Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philipp Cantor ( KAN-tor; German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfɛʁdinant ˈluːtvɪç ˈfɪlɪp ˈkantoːɐ̯]; 3 March [O.S. 19 February] 1845 – 6 January 1918) was a…

Gobindachandra Das

1855 – 1918

Writer, Poet

Gobindachandra Das (Bengali: গোবিন্দচন্দ্র দাস) (1855–1918), was a Bengali poet and writer. Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobindachandra_Da…

Auguste Rodin

1840 – 1917

Sculptor, Graphic artist, Draftsperson, Photographer, Painter, Printmaker

François Auguste René Rodin (; French: [fʁɑ̃swa oɡyst(ə) ʁəne ʁɔdɛ̃]; 12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917) was a French sculptor generally considered the founde…

Émile Durkheim

1858 – 1917

Anthropologist, Philosopher, Sociologist, Professor, Historian of religion, Pedagogue

David Émile Durkheim (; French: [emil dyʁkɛm] or [dyʁkajm]; 15 April 1858 – 15 November 1917) was a French sociologist. He formally established the academic di…

Liliʻuokalani

1838 – 1917

Writer, Composer, Monarch, Autobiographer

Liliʻuokalani (Hawaiian pronunciation: [liˌliʔuokəˈlɐni]; Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Kamakaʻeha; September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917) was the only queen regn…

Mata Hari

1876 – 1917

Courtesan, Spy, Exotic dancer, Dancer

Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod (née Zelle, Dutch: [mɑrɣaːˈreːtaː ɣeːrˈtrœydaː ˈzɛlə]; 7 August 1876 – 15 October 1917), better known by the stage name Mata Hari…

Edgar Degas

1834 – 1917

Painter, Sculptor, Poet, Printmaker, Photographer, Draftsperson

Edgar Degas (UK: , US: ; born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, French: [ilɛːʁ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ ɛdɡaʁ də ɡa]; 19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917) was a French Impressionist art…

Adolf von Baeyer

1835 – 1917

Chemist, University teacher

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer (German: [ˈaːdɔlf fɔn ˈbaɪɐ] ; 31 October 1835, Berlin – 20 August 1917, Starnberg) was a German chemist who synthesiz…