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701
Augustine of Hippo
early Christian theologian, philosopher and Church Father
Male
ancient Rome
Researcher
354
430
702
Nelson Mandela
1st President of South Africa, anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
Male
South Africa
Politician
1918
2013
703
Martin Luther King Jr.
American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
Male
United States of America
Artist
1929
1968
homicide
704
Ramesses VIII
Egyptian pharaoh
Male
Ancient Egypt
Sovereign
-1200
-1129
705
Jules Hardouin Mansart
French Baroque architect
Male
France
Artist
1646
1708
706
Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin
French nobleman
Male
France
Military personnel
1664
1736
707
Guy Georget
king of France from 1461 to 1483
Male
France
Politician
1423
1483
natural causes
708
Paul Bocuse
French chef
Male
France
Businessperson
1926
2018
natural causes
709
Kurt Von Hess
Canadian professional wrestler
Male
Canada
Professional wrestler
1942
1999
710
Claes Gerritszoon Compaen
Privateer and pirate
Male
Netherlands
Privateer; merchant
1587
1660
711
Ivan Dirkie de Veenboer
Corsair
Male
Dutch Republic
Privateer; pirate
1599
1620
712
Dean Ho
American professional wrestler
Male
United States of America
Professional wrestler; amateur wrestler
1940
2021
713
Elmer Gethin Rees
Welsh Mathematician
Male
United Kingdom
Researcher
1941
2019
714
Albert Arnold Gillespie
American cinema special effects artist
Male
United States of America
Artist
1899
1978
715
Fred Sersen
Czechoslovak/American painter and cinema special effects artist
Male
United States of America
Artist
1890
1962
716
Hans Schmidt
German General of the Infantry
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1877
1948
717
Louis X of France
King of France and of Navarre
Male
France
Ruler
1289
1316
718
Alexander the Great
king of Macedon
Male
Macedonia
Politician
-356
-323
natural causes
719
Cyrus the Great
King and founder of the Achaemenid Empire
Male
Achaemenid Empire
Military personnel
-600
-530
720
Philip V of France
King of France and Navarre (1316-1322)
Male
France
Ruler
1293
1322
natural causes
721
Hugo Chávez
president of Venezuela (1999-2013)
Male
Venezuela
Politician
1954
2013
natural causes
722
Otto von Bismarck
German statesman and Chancellor (1815-1898)
Male
Kingdom of Prussia; Prussia; German Empire
Politician
1815
1898
natural causes
723
Kurt Cobain
American singer, musician, and composer
Male
United States of America
Artist
1967
1994
suicide
724
Cima da Conegliano
Italian Renaissance painter (1459-1517)
Male
Republic of Venice
Artist
1459
1517
725
Antonio da Correggio
Italian painter of the Parma school of the Italian Renaissance (1489-1534)
Male
Artist
1489
1534
726
Timur
Turkic khan and founder of the Timurid Empire (1336-1405)
Male
Shahrisabz
Warrior
1336
1405
727
Umar ibn Al-Khattāb
companion of Muhammad (Second Caliph of Islam)
Male
Rashidun Caliphates
Statesperson
585
644
homicide
728
Temür Khan
emperor of the Yuan Dynasty
Male
Yuan dynasty
Khan
1265
1307
729
Suleiman the Magnificent
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Male
Ottoman Empire
Artist
1494
1566
natural causes
730
Peter the Great
Tsar and 1st Emperor, founder of the Russian Empire
Male
Russian Empire; Tsardom of Russia
Statesperson; ruler
1672
1725
731
Il Sodoma
Italian Renaissance painter (1477-1549)
Male
Artist
1477
1549
732
Lorenzo di Credi
Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor (c.1459-1537)
Male
Republic of Florence; Duchy of Florence
Artist
1459
1537
733
Bernardino Luini
16th century Italian painter (1475-1532)
Male
Italy
Artist
1475
1532
734
Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan
emperor of the Yuan Dynasty (1285-1320)
Male
Yuan dynasty
Politician
1285
1320
735
Gegeen Khan
emperor of the Yuan Dynasty
Male
Yuan dynasty
Sovereign
1302
1323
homicide
736
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Dutch computer scientist
Male
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Researcher
1930
2002
natural causes
737
Yesün Temür Khan
emperor of the Yuan Dynasty
Male
Yuan dynasty
Ruler
1293
1328
738
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese physician, politician and revolutionary (1866-1925)
Male
Qing dynasty; Republic of China (1912–1949)
Politician
1866
1925
natural causes
739
Akbar
3rd Mughal Emperor (1542-1611)
Male
Mughal Empire
Politician
1542
1605
natural causes
740
Simón Bolívar
Venezuelan military and political leader, protagonist of the Spanish-American emancipation against the Spanish Empire (1783-1830)
Male
Spain; Venezuela; Ecuador; Bolivia; Gran Colombia
Politician
1783
1830
natural causes
741
Andrew Johnson
American politician, 17th President of the United States (in office from 1865 to 1869)
Male
United States of America
Politician
1808
1875
natural causes
742
Pierre Trudeau
15th Prime Minister of Canada (1919-2000)
Male
Canada
Politician
1919
2000
natural causes
743
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghanaian pan-africanist and the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana (1909-1972)
Male
Ghana; Gold Coast
Artist
1909
1972
natural causes
744
Gordon Jennings
special effects artist
Male
United States of America
Cinematographer
1896
1953
745
Douglas Shearer
Canadian sound designer and recording director
Male
Canada; United States of America
Artist
1899
1971
746
Khutughtu Khan
emperor of the Yuan Dynasty
Male
Yuan dynasty
Sovereign
1300
1329
747
L. B. Abbott
special effects expert, cinematographer and cameraman
Male
United States of America
Artist
1908
1985
748
Juan Trippe
American commercial aviation pioneer and founder of Pan American World Airways
Male
United States of America
Entrepreneur
1899
1981
natural causes
749
Walt Disney
American film producer and businessman (1901-1966)
Male
United States of America
Artist
1901
1966
natural causes
750
Thomas Alva Edison
American inventor and businessman
Male
United States of America
Researcher
1847
1931
natural causes
751
Michael Faraday
English scientist (1791-1867)
Male
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Researcher
1791
1867
752
Enrico Fermi
Italian physicist
Male
United States of America; Italy; Kingdom of Italy
Researcher
1901
1954
natural causes
753
Colin Maclaurin
Scottish mathematician
Male
Kingdom of Great Britain; Kingdom of Scotland
Researcher
1698
1746
754
Fibonacci
Italian mathematician (c. 1175)
Male
Republic of Pisa
Researcher
1170
1240
755
Henry Ford
American industrialist and business magnate
Male
United States of America
Artist
1863
1947
natural causes
756
Joseph Fourier
French mathematician and physicist (1768 – 1830)
Male
French First Republic; Kingdom of France; First French Empire; First French Empire; Bourbon Restoration; Bourbon Restoration
Researcher
1768
1830
757
Georg Falck
German architect
Germany
Architect
1878
1947
758
Augustin-Louis Cauchy
French mathematician (1789–1857)
Male
France
Researcher
1789
1857
759
Satyajit Ray
Indian author, poet, composer, lyricist, filmmaker (1921-1992)
Male
India; British Raj
Artist
1921
1992
760
Arnošt Muka
German and Sorbian writer, linguist and man of science
Male
Germany
Artist
1854
1932
761
Johannes Gutenberg
German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer and publisher
Male
Holy Roman Empire
Engineer
1400
1468
762
James Prescott Joule
English physicist and brewer
Male
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Researcher
1818
1889
763
Johannes Kepler
German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer
Male
Holy Roman Empire
Researcher
1571
1630
764
Max Planck
German theoretical physicist
Male
Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic; German Empire; Bizone
Researcher
1858
1947
natural causes
765
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American inventor
Male
United States of America; Austria-Hungary; Austrian Empire
Researcher
1856
1943
natural causes
766
James Watt
British engineer (1736–1819)
Male
Kingdom of Great Britain
Researcher
1736
1819
767
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher
Male
Germany; Holy Roman Empire
Researcher
1646
1716
natural causes
768
Karl Marx
German philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist (1818-1883)
Male
Kingdom of Prussia
Researcher
1818
1883
natural causes
769
Joseph Victor von Scheffel
German poet and novelist
Male
Germany
Artist
1826
1886
770
James Clerk Maxwell
Scottish physicist and mathematician
Male
United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Researcher
1831
1879
natural causes
771
Tabaré Vázquez
President of Uruguay (2005-2010, 2015-2020)
Male
Uruguay
Researcher
1940
2020
772
Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian chemist
Male
Russian Empire
Researcher
1834
1907
natural causes
773
Ernest Rutherford
New Zealand-born British chemist and physicist (1871-1937)
Male
United Kingdom; New Zealand; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Researcher
1871
1937
774
Erwin Schrödinger
Austrian physicist
Male
Ireland; Austria; Germany; Nazi Germany; Austria-Hungary
Researcher
1887
1961
natural causes
775
Josip Broz Tito
Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman (1892-1980)
Male
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; Kingdom of Yugoslavia; Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
Politician
1892
1980
776
René Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist
Male
France
Researcher
1596
1650
natural causes
777
Paul
Early Christian apostle and missionary (c. AD 5 - c. AD 64/67)
Male
ancient Rome
Artist
5
67
778
C. S. Lewis
British writer
Male
United Kingdom
Researcher
1898
1963
natural causes
779
Sigmund Freud
Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis
Male
Nazi Germany; Austria-Hungary; Federal State of Austria; Republic of German-Austria; First Republic of Austria
Neurologist; psychoanalyst
1856
1939
euthanasia
780
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
German philosopher
Male
Germany
Researcher
1770
1831
natural causes
781
Immanuel Kant
German philosopher
Male
Kingdom of Prussia; Kingdom of Prussia; Russian Empire
Researcher
1724
1804
782
John Maynard Keynes
British economist (1883-1946)
Male
United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Researcher
1883
1946
natural causes
783
Jacopo Tintoretto
Italian painter of the Renaissance school
Male
Republic of Venice
Artist
1518
1594
784
Guy de Maupassant
French writer
Male
France
Artist
1850
1893
natural causes
785
Palma Vecchio
Italian painter (1480-1528)
Male
Republic of Venice
Artist
1480
1528
786
Parmigianino
Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker (1503–1540)
Male
Italy
Artist
1503
1540
787
John Locke
English philosopher and physician (1632-1704)
Male
Kingdom of England
Artist
1632
1704
natural causes
788
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Male
Germany; Kingdom of Prussia
Researcher
1844
1900
natural causes
789
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic
Male
France
Artist
1905
1980
natural causes
790
Sima Qian
Chinese historian and writer
Male
Western Han Dynasty
Researcher
-145
-86
791
Adam Smith
Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723-1790)
Male
Kingdom of Great Britain
Artist
1723
1790
792
Max Weber
German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist (1864-1920)
Male
Kingdom of Prussia; Weimar Republic
Researcher
1864
1920
natural causes
793
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austrian-British philosopher
Male
Austria; United Kingdom
Researcher
1889
1951
natural causes
794
Zhu Xi
Song Dynasty Neo-Confucian scholar
Male
Song dynasty
Researcher
1130
1200
795
Silvius Magnago
Italian politician (1914-2010)
Male
Italy; Austria-Hungary; Kingdom of Italy; German Reich
Politician
1914
2010
796
Mahavira
24th Tirthankara of Jainism, last in current cycle of Jain cosmology
Male
Teacher
-599
-527
797
Arnold Palmer
American golfer
Male
United States of America
Athlete
1929
2016
798
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church
Male
Researcher
1225
1274
799
Queen Victoria
British monarch who reigned 1837–1901
Female
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Artist
1819
1901
natural causes
800
Paolo Veronese
Italian painter of the Renaissance (1528-1588)
Male
Republic of Venice
Artist
1528
1588