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Eduard Buchner
1860 – 1917
Biochemist, Chemist, University teacher, Mineralogist, Agronomist
Eduard Buchner (German: [ˈeːduaʁt ˈbuːxnɐ] ; 20 May 1860 – 13 August 1917) was a German chemist and expert on fermentation (sometimes called a zymologist), a…
Govinda Chandra Ray
1838 – 1917
Writer, Clerk
গোবিন্দচন্দ্র রায় ( ২৩ অক্টোবর ১৮৩৮ - ১০ জুলাই ১৯১৭) ছিলেন ঊনবিংশ শতকের বাংলা কবিদের একজন। পেশায় চিকিৎসক হয়েও, কবি হিসাবে বিশেষ প্রসিদ্ধি লাভ করেন। Source:…
Dadabhai Naoroji
1825 – 1917
Politician, Educator, Writer
Dadabhai Naoroji was an Indian political leader, educator and writer known as the Grand Old Man of India. He was a founding member of the Indian National Congre…
L. L. Zamenhof
1859 – 1917
Linguist, Ophthalmologist, Inventor, Poet, Translator, Esperantist
L. L. Zamenhof (15 December 1859 – 14 April 1917) was the creator of Esperanto, the most widely used constructed international auxiliary language. Zamenhof pub…
Emil von Behring
1854 – 1917
Immunologist, Physician, Non-fiction writer, University teacher, Physiologist, Bacteriologist
Emil von Behring (German: [ˈeːmiːl fɔn ˈbeːʁɪŋ] ; Emil Adolf von Behring: born Emil Adolf Behring; 15 March 1854 – 31 March 1917), was a German physiologist. In…
Octave Mirbeau
1848 – 1917
Playwright, Journalist, Dramaturge, Novelist, Essayist, Art critic
Octave Henri Marie Mirbeau (French: [ɔktav miʁbo]; 16 February 1848 – 16 February 1917) was a French novelist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, journalis…
Sarat Chandra Das
1849 – 1917
Explorer, Photographer, Writer, School teacher, Linguist, Spy
Sarat Chandra Das (Bengali: শরৎচন্দ্র দাশ) (18 July 1849 – 5 January 1917) was an Indian scholar of Tibetan language and culture most noted for his two journeys…
Grigori Rasputin
1869 – 1916
Mystic, Occultist, Politician, Peasant, Monk, Consultant
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (21 January [O.S. 9 January] 1869 – 30 December [O.S. 17 December] 1916) was a Russian mystic and faith healer. He is best known for…
Natsume Sōseki
1867 – 1916
Writer, Poet, Novelist, University teacher, Narrator, Satirical novelist
Natsume Sōseki (; Japanese: 夏目 漱石; born Natsume Kinnosuke (夏目 金之助); 9 February 1867 – 9 December 1916) was a Japanese novelist, poet, and scholar. He is conside…
Jack London
1876 – 1916
Writer, Journalist, Novelist, War correspondent, Essayist, Autobiographer
John Griffith London (né Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pionee…
Franz Joseph I
1830 – 1916
Politician, Monarch
Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (German: Franz Joseph Karl [fʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈkaʁl]; Hungarian: Ferenc József Károly [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈjoːʒɛf ˈkaːroj]; 18 August 183…
Henryk Sienkiewicz
1846 – 1916
Novelist, Screenwriter, Journalist, Writer, Short story writer
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (US: shen-KYAY-vitch, -KYEV-itch; Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk ˈadam alɛkˈsandɛr ˈpjus ɕɛnˈkʲɛvit͡ʂ]; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 191…
José Echegaray
1832 – 1916
Playwright, Civil engineer, Politician, Writer, Engineer, Mathematician
José Echegaray y Eizaguirre (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse etʃeɣaˈɾaj]; 19 April 1832 – 14 September 1916) was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician, politici…
William Ramsay
1852 – 1916
Chemist, Professor, Historian, Archaeologist
Sir William Ramsay (; 2 October 1852 – 23 July 1916) was a Scottish chemist who discovered the noble gases and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904 "in…
Élie Metchnikoff
1845 – 1916
Biologist, Immunologist, Zoologist, Chemist, Inventor, Physician
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov (15 May [O.S. 3 May] 1845 – 15 July 1916), gallicised and known in Western sources as Élie Metchnikoff, was a zoologist from the Russian E…
Ivan Franko
1856 – 1916
Writer, Journalist, Poet, Cultural historian, Playwright, Translator
Ivan Yakovych Franko PhD (Ukrainian: Іван Якович Франко, pronounced [iˈwɑn ˈjɑkowɪtʃ frɐnˈkɔ]; 27 August 1856 – 28 May 1916) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, socia…
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
1830 – 1916
Writer, Playwright, Prose writer, Novelist, Short story writer
Baroness Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach née Countess Dubsky (Czech: Marie von Ebner-Eschenbachová, German: Marie Freifrau von Ebner-Eschenbach; 13 September 1830 –…
Franz Marc
1880 – 1916
Painter, Illustrator, Printmaker, Graphic artist, Visual artist
Franz Moritz Wilhelm Marc (8 February 1880 – 4 March 1916) was a German painter and printmaker, one of the key figures of German Expressionism. He was a foundin…
Henry James
1843 – 1916
Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter, Playwright, Poet lawyer, Literary critic
Henry James ((1843-04-15)15 April 1843 – (1916-02-28)28 February 1916) was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between liter…
Ernst Mach
1838 – 1916
Physicist, Philosopher, Pedagogue, Professor, Photographer, Politician
Ernst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach ( MAHK; Austrian German: [ˈɛrnst ˈmax] ; 18 February 1838 – 19 February 1916) was an Austrian physicist and philosopher who co…