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1
|
George Washington
|
1st president of the United States (1732–1799)
|
Male
|
United States of America; Kingdom of Great Britain
|
Politician
|
1732
|
1799
|
natural causes
|
2
|
Douglas Adams
|
English writer and humorist
|
Male
|
United Kingdom
|
Artist
|
1952
|
2001
|
natural causes
|
3
|
Abraham Lincoln
|
16th president of the United States (1809-1865)
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Politician
|
1809
|
1865
|
homicide
|
4
|
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
|
Austrian composer of the Classical period
|
Male
|
Archduchy of Austria; Archbishopric of Salzburg
|
Artist
|
1756
|
1791
| |
5
|
Ludwig van Beethoven
|
German classical and romantic composer
|
Male
|
Holy Roman Empire; Austrian Empire
|
Artist
|
1770
|
1827
| |
6
|
Jean-François Champollion
|
French classical scholar
|
Male
|
Kingdom of France; First French Empire
|
Egyptologist
|
1790
|
1832
|
natural causes
|
7
|
Paul Morand
|
French writer
|
Male
|
France
|
Artist
|
1888
|
1976
| |
8
|
Claude Monet
|
French impressionist painter (1840-1926)
|
Male
|
France
|
Artist
|
1840
|
1926
|
natural causes
|
9
|
Diego Velázquez
|
Spanish painter (1599-1660)
|
Male
|
Spain
|
Artist
|
1599
|
1660
| |
10
|
El Greco
|
Greek painter, sculptor and architect
|
Male
|
Spain; Republic of Venice
|
Artist
|
1541
|
1614
| |
11
|
Elvis Presley
|
American singer and actor (1935–1977)
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Artist
|
1935
|
1977
|
natural causes
|
12
|
Galileo Galilei
|
Italian mathematician, physicist, philosopher and astronomer
|
Male
|
Grand Duchy of Tuscany; Duchy of Florence
|
Astronomer
|
1564
|
1642
| |
13
|
Patricio Aylwin
|
Chilean politician and former president (1918-2016)
|
Male
|
Chile
|
Politician
|
1918
|
2016
| |
14
|
Louis IX of France
|
king of France
|
Male
|
France
|
Ruler
|
1214
|
1270
|
natural causes
|
15
|
Adolf Hitler
|
Austrian-born German politician, chancellor and Führer of Germany, leader of the Nazi Party (1889-1945)
|
Male
|
Nazi Germany; Austria-Hungary; Weimar Republic; Republic of German-Austria; First Republic of Austria
|
Statesperson
|
1889
|
1945
|
suicide
|
16
|
Blanche of Castile
|
Spanish princess and saint, queen consort of France
|
Female
|
Kingdom of Castile
|
Regent
|
1188
|
1252
| |
17
|
Piet Kraak
|
Dutch footballer (1921-1984)
|
Male
|
Kingdom of the Netherlands
|
Athlete
|
1921
|
1984
| |
18
|
Augusto Pinochet
|
General, politician of Chile (1915-2006)
|
Male
|
Chile
|
Politician
|
1915
|
2006
|
natural causes
|
19
|
Yanka Kupala
|
Belarusian writer (1882-1942)
|
Male
|
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic; Russian Empire; Belarusian People's Republic
|
Artist
|
1882
|
1942
| |
20
|
František Plánička
|
Czech association football player (1904-1996)
|
Male
|
Czech Republic; Czechoslovakia
|
Athlete
|
1904
|
1996
| |
21
|
Linda Lovelace
|
American pornographic actress, later anti-porn activist
|
Female
|
United States of America
|
Artist
|
1949
|
2002
|
accident
|
22
|
Bob Marley
|
Jamaican singer, songwriter and musician
|
Male
|
Jamaica
|
Artist
|
1945
|
1981
|
natural causes
|
23
|
Carl Sagan
|
American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science educator
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Researcher
|
1934
|
1996
|
natural causes
|
24
|
Salvador Allende
|
28th president of Chile (1908–1973)
|
Male
|
Chile
|
Politician
|
1908
|
1973
|
suicide
|
25
|
Denis Diderot
|
French Enlightenment philosopher and encyclopædist
|
Male
|
France; Kingdom of France
|
Researcher
|
1713
|
1784
| |
26
|
Georges Brassens
|
French singer-songwriter and poet
|
Male
|
France
|
Artist
|
1921
|
1981
|
natural causes
|
27
|
Philipp Ludwig von Seidel
|
German mathematician
|
Male
|
German Empire; German Confederation
|
Researcher
|
1821
|
1896
| |
28
|
Eduardo Frei Montalva
|
President of Chile (1911-1982)
|
Male
|
Chile
|
Politician
|
1911
|
1982
|
homicide
|
29
|
Arthur Rimbaud
|
19th century French poet who influenced modern literature and arts, and prefigured surrealism
|
Male
|
France; French Third Republic; Second French Empire
|
Artist
|
1854
|
1891
|
natural causes
|
30
|
Ulrich Frédéric Woldemar, Comte de Lowendal
|
German-born French soldier and statesmen (1700-1755)
|
Male
|
Denmark; Russian Empire; Kingdom of France; Electorate of Saxony
|
Politician
|
1700
|
1755
| |
31
|
Charles Baudelaire
|
French poet, essayist and art critic (1821-1867)
|
Male
|
France
|
Artist
|
1821
|
1867
|
natural causes
|
32
|
Stendhal
|
19th century French writer
|
Male
|
France
|
Artist
|
1783
|
1842
|
natural causes
|
33
|
Émile Zola
|
French writer
|
Male
|
France
|
Artist
|
1840
|
1902
|
accident
|
34
|
Vladimir Vysotsky
|
Soviet singer, songwriter, poet and actor
|
Male
|
Soviet Union
|
Artist
|
1938
|
1980
|
natural causes
|
35
|
Napoleon
|
French general and emperor (1769-1821)
|
Male
|
France
|
Politician
|
1769
|
1821
|
natural causes
|
36
|
Louis Pasteur
|
French chemist and microbiologist
|
Male
|
France
|
Researcher
|
1822
|
1895
|
natural causes
|
37
|
Victor Hugo
|
French poet, novelist, and dramatist (1802-1885)
|
Male
|
France
|
Artist
|
1802
|
1885
| |
38
|
Giuseppe Garibaldi
|
Italian general, patriot and republican (1807-1882)
|
Male
|
French Third Republic; First French Empire; Riograndense Republic; Kingdom of Sardinia; Kingdom of Italy
|
Artist
|
1807
|
1882
|
natural causes
|
39
|
Claude Bourgelat
|
French veterinary surgeon
|
Male
|
Kingdom of France
|
Artist
|
1712
|
1779
| |
40
|
Pierre Poivre
|
French horticulturalist (1719-1786)
|
Male
|
Kingdom of France
|
Researcher
|
1719
|
1786
| |
41
|
Jorge Alessandri
|
Chilean politician and President (1896-1986)
|
Male
|
Chile
|
Politician
|
1896
|
1986
| |
42
|
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
|
Chilean army officer and political figure (1877-1960)
|
Male
|
Chile
|
Politician
|
1877
|
1960
| |
43
|
Luís de Camões
|
Portuguese poet
|
Male
|
Artist
|
1524
|
1580
| ||
44
|
Nicolaus Copernicus
|
Renaissance-era mathematician, astronomer, and clergyman who formulated the heliocentric model of the Universe
|
Male
|
Kingdom of Poland
|
Researcher
|
1473
|
1543
|
natural causes
|
45
|
Jean Moulin
|
French resistance fighter and civil servant
|
Male
|
France
|
Official; french resistance fighter
|
1899
|
1943
|
homicide
|
46
|
Cleopatra
|
last active pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt
|
Female
|
Ancient Egypt
|
Sovereign
|
-69
|
-30
|
suicide
|
47
|
Friedrich Theodor Vischer
|
German philosopher, writer and politician (1807-1887)
|
Male
|
Germany
|
Researcher
|
1807
|
1887
| |
48
|
André-Marie Ampère
|
French physicist and mathematician
|
Male
|
France
|
Researcher
|
1775
|
1836
| |
49
|
Alessandro Volta
|
Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power
|
Male
|
Duchy of Milan; Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia; Cisalpine Republic; Kingdom of Italy
|
Researcher
|
1745
|
1827
| |
50
|
Molière
|
French playwright and actor
|
Male
|
Kingdom of France
|
Artist
|
1622
|
1673
|
natural causes
|
51
|
William Shakespeare
|
English playwright and poet
|
Male
|
Kingdom of England
|
Playwright
|
1564
|
1616
| |
52
|
Genghis Khan
|
founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire
|
Male
|
Mongol Empire
|
Military personnel
|
1162
|
1227
| |
53
|
Jean Racine
|
French dramatist
|
Male
|
Kingdom of France
|
Researcher
|
1639
|
1699
|
natural causes
|
54
|
Pierre Corneille
|
French tragedian
|
Male
|
Kingdom of France
|
Artist
|
1606
|
1684
| |
55
|
Paul Verlaine
|
French poet
|
Male
|
France
|
Artist
|
1844
|
1896
|
natural causes
|
56
|
Leonardo da Vinci
|
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452-1519)
|
Male
|
Republic of Florence
|
Researcher
|
1452
|
1519
|
natural causes
|
57
|
Dario Fo
|
Italian actor, playwright, comedian, singer-songwriter, theater director, painter, and political activist (1926-2016)
|
Male
|
Italy
|
Artist
|
1926
|
2016
| |
58
|
Stéphane Mallarmé
|
French Symbolist poet
|
Male
|
France
|
Artist
|
1842
|
1898
| |
59
|
Gabriel Gonzáles Videla
|
Chilean politician (1898-1980)
|
Male
|
Chile
|
Politician
|
1898
|
1980
| |
60
|
Juan Antonio Rios
|
Chilean politician and President (1888-1946)
|
Male
|
Chile
|
Politician
|
1888
|
1946
|
natural causes
|
61
|
Mikhail Bulgakov
|
Russian author
|
Male
|
Soviet Union; Russian Empire
|
Artist
|
1891
|
1940
|
natural causes
|
62
|
Andrei Rublev
|
medieval Russian artist
|
Male
|
Grand Duchy of Moscow
|
Artist
|
1360
|
1428
|
natural causes
|
63
|
Pedro Aguirre Cerda
|
Chilean politician and President (1879-1941)
|
Male
|
Chile
|
Politician
|
1879
|
1941
|
natural causes
|
64
|
Arturo Alessandri
|
Chilean politician and President
|
Male
|
Chile
|
Politician
|
1868
|
1950
|
natural causes
|
65
|
François Villon
|
French poet and criminal
|
Male
|
Kingdom of France
|
Artist
|
1431
|
1463
| |
66
|
Andrei Tarkovsky
|
Soviet and Russian filmmaker, writer, film editor, film theorist, and theatre and opera director
|
Male
|
Soviet Union
|
Artist
|
1932
|
1986
|
natural causes
|
67
|
Joseph Stalin
|
Soviet politician, general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and premier of the Soviet Union (1878-1953)
|
Male
|
Soviet Union; Russian Empire; Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
|
Politician
|
1879
|
1953
|
natural causes
|
68
|
Juan Luis Sanfuentes
|
Chilean politician and President (1858-1930)
|
Male
|
Chile
|
Politician
|
1858
|
1930
| |
69
|
Plato
|
ancient Greek philosopher
|
Male
|
Classical Athens
|
Artist
|
-427
|
-347
| |
70
|
Joseph Brodsky
|
Russian-American poet
|
Male
|
United States of America; Soviet Union
|
Artist
|
1940
|
1996
|
natural causes
|
71
|
Aristotle
|
ancient Greek philosopher
|
Male
|
Philosopher
|
-384
|
-322
|
natural causes
|
|
72
|
Charlie Chaplin
|
British comic actor and filmmaker (1889-1977)
|
Male
|
United Kingdom
|
Artist
|
1889
|
1977
|
natural causes
|
73
|
Józef Piłsudski
|
Polish politician, First Marshall and Prime Minister (1867-1935)
|
Male
|
Poland; Russian Empire; Second Polish Republic
|
Politician
|
1867
|
1935
|
natural causes
|
74
|
J. R. R. Tolkien
|
British philologist and author of classic high fantasy works
|
Male
|
United Kingdom
|
Researcher
|
1892
|
1973
| |
75
|
Franz Kafka
|
Bohemian novelist and short story writer
|
Male
|
Austria-Hungary; Czechoslovakia
|
Artist
|
1883
|
1924
|
natural causes
|
76
|
Jorge Luis Borges
|
Argentine short story writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899-1986)
|
Male
|
Argentina
|
Researcher
|
1899
|
1986
|
natural causes
|
77
|
Socrates
|
ancient Greek philosopher
|
Male
|
Classical Athens
|
Philosopher
|
-470
|
-399
|
capital punishment
|
78
|
J. Bernlef
|
Dutch writer and translator
|
Male
|
Kingdom of the Netherlands
|
Artist
|
1937
|
2012
| |
79
|
Roald Amundsen
|
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole
|
Male
|
Norway
|
Researcher
|
1872
|
1928
|
accident
|
80
|
Harry Mulisch
|
Dutch writer
|
Male
|
Kingdom of the Netherlands
|
Artist
|
1927
|
2010
|
natural causes
|
81
|
Konstantin Melnikov
|
Russian architect and painter (1890-1974)
|
Male
|
Soviet Union; Russian Empire
|
Artist
|
1890
|
1974
| |
82
|
Isaac Newton
|
British physicist and mathematician
|
Male
|
Kingdom of Great Britain; Kingdom of England
|
Researcher
|
1642
|
1727
| |
83
|
Albert Einstein
|
German-born theoretical physicist; developer of the theory of relativity (1879–1955)
|
Male
|
United States of America; Switzerland; Austria-Hungary; Weimar Republic; German Empire
|
Researcher
|
1879
|
1955
|
natural causes
|
84
|
Pedro I of Brazil
|
first Emperor of Brazil (1798-1834)
|
Male
|
Kingdom of Portugal; Empire of Brazil
|
Artist
|
1798
|
1834
|
natural causes
|
85
|
John Bardeen
|
American physicist and engineer
|
Male
|
United States of America
|
Researcher
|
1908
|
1991
|
natural causes
|
86
|
Miles Franklin
|
Australian writer and feminist
|
Female
|
Austria; Australia
|
Artist
|
1879
|
1954
| |
87
|
John Paul II
|
264th pope of the Catholic Church
|
Male
|
Poland
|
Researcher
|
1920
|
2005
|
natural causes
|
88
|
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
|
Russian author
|
Male
|
Russian Empire
|
Artist
|
1821
|
1881
| |
89
|
Andrei Sakharov
|
Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist
|
Male
|
Soviet Union; Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
|
Researcher
|
1921
|
1989
|
natural causes
|
90
|
Mahatma Gandhi
|
pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during the British Raj (1869-1948)
|
Male
|
British Raj; Dominion of India
|
Artist
|
1869
|
1948
|
homicide
|
91
|
France Prešeren
|
Slovene national poet, a Carniolan Romantic poet of Slovene descent
|
Male
|
Austrian Empire; Illyrian Provinces
|
Artist
|
1800
|
1849
|
natural causes
|
92
|
Charles Darwin
|
British naturalist, author of "On the origin of species, by means of natural selection" (1809-1882)
|
Male
|
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
Researcher
|
1809
|
1882
| |
93
|
Carl Linnaeus
|
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707-1778)
|
Male
|
Sweden
|
Researcher
|
1707
|
1778
| |
94
|
Ivan Regen
|
Slovenian biologist
|
Male
|
Austria-Hungary
|
Researcher
|
1868
|
1947
| |
95
|
Italo Balbo
|
Italian Marshal of the Air Force and minister (1896-1940)
|
Male
|
Kingdom of Italy
|
Politician
|
1896
|
1940
|
accident
|
96
|
Alessandro Manzoni
|
Italian poet and novelist (1785-1873)
|
Male
|
Kingdom of Sardinia; Kingdom of Italy
|
Artist
|
1785
|
1873
|
natural causes
|
97
|
Dante Alighieri
|
Italian poet (1265–1321)
|
Male
|
Republic of Florence
|
Artist
|
1265
|
1321
| |
98
|
Jean-Philippe Rameau
|
French Baroque composer and music theorist
|
Male
|
Kingdom of France
|
Artist
|
1683
|
1764
| |
99
|
Indira Gandhi
|
Indian Prime Minister and politician (1917-1984)
|
Female
|
India; British Raj
|
Politician
|
1917
|
1984
|
homicide
|
100
|
Hector Berlioz
|
French Romantic composer
|
Male
|
France
|
Artist
|
1803
|
1869
|
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