Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Arius |
Religion |
256 AD |
336 AD |
Founder of the Christian doctrine of Arianism |
John Ball |
Activist |
? |
15-Jul-1381 |
Instigator of 1381 peasant revolt |
John Bartram |
Naturalist |
23-Mar-1699 |
22-Sep-1777 |
Colonial botanist to King George III |
Pope Benedict IX |
Religion |
? |
1056 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1033-48 |
Arthur Gary Bishop |
Criminal |
1951 |
10-Jun-1988 |
Utah serial killer of boys |
Napoleon Bonaparte |
Head of State |
15-Aug-1769 |
5-May-1821 |
Emperor of France |
Roy Bourgeois |
Activist |
1938 |
|
School of the Americas Watch |
Giordano Bruno |
Scientist |
1548 |
17-Feb-1600 |
Heretic cosmologist |
Martin Bucer |
Religion |
11-Nov-1491 |
28-Feb-1551 |
German Protestant reformer |
Fidel Castro |
Head of State |
13-Aug-1926 |
|
Dictator of Cuba for almost fifty years |
Miguel de Cervantes |
Novelist |
29-Sep-1547 |
22-Apr-1616 |
Don Quixote |
Clarence 13X |
Religion |
21-Feb-1928 |
13-Jun-1969 |
Nation of Gods and Earths |
Thomas Cranmer |
Religion |
2-Jul-1489 |
21-Mar-1556 |
First Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury |
Joe DiMaggio |
Baseball |
25-Nov-1914 |
8-Mar-1999 |
Where have you gone |
François Duvalier |
Head of State |
14-Apr-1907 |
21-Apr-1971 |
Ruthless "President for Life" of Haiti |
Queen Elizabeth I |
Royalty |
7-Sep-1533 |
24-Mar-1603 |
The Virgin Queen |
Victor Emmanuel II |
Royalty |
14-Mar-1820 |
9-Jan-1878 |
King of Italy, Sardinia |
Thomas Erastus |
Religion |
7-Sep-1524 |
31-Dec-1583 |
A Treatise of Excommunication |
Pope Formosus |
Religion |
c. 816 AD |
4-Apr-896 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 891-896 |
King Frederick I |
Royalty |
c. 1122 |
10-Jun-1190 |
King of Germany, Barbarossa |
Joseph Goebbels |
Government |
29-Oct-1897 |
1-May-1945 |
Reich Minister of Propaganda |
Henri IV |
Royalty |
13-Dec-1553 |
14-May-1610 |
King of France, 1589-1610 |
King Henry VIII |
Royalty |
28-Jun-1491 |
28-Jan-1547 |
King of England, 1509-47 |
Miguel Hidalgo |
Religion |
8-May-1753 |
30-Jul-1811 |
Father of Mexican independence |
Jan Hus |
Religion |
c. 1373 |
6-Jul-1415 |
Czech reformer and martyr |
King John Lackland |
Royalty |
24-Dec-1166 |
18-Oct-1216 |
Signed the Magna Carta, then reneged |
Johannes Kepler |
Astronomer |
27-Dec-1571 |
15-Nov-1630 |
Laws of Planetary Motion |
Abner Kneeland |
Activist |
7-Apr-1774 |
27-Aug-1844 |
Blasphemous preacher |
Ervil LeBaron |
Criminal |
22-Feb-1925 |
16-Aug-1981 |
Murderous cult leader |
Pope Leo VIII |
Religion |
? |
1-Mar-965 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 963-65 |
Martin Luther |
Religion |
10-Nov-1483 |
18-Feb-1546 |
Created Protestant movement |
Lorenzo de Medici |
Government |
1-Jan-1449 |
8-Apr-1492 |
Ruler of Florence, patron of the arts |
Nikon |
Religion |
7-May-1605 |
17-Aug-1681 |
Reformer Patriarch of Moscow |
Sinead O'Connor |
Musician |
8-Dec-1966 |
|
Pop star ripped up Pope picture |
William of Ockham |
Philosopher |
c. 1285 |
9-Apr-1348 |
Occam's Razor |
Otto IV |
Royalty |
c. 1182 |
19-May-1218 |
Holy Roman Emperor, 1209-15 |
Carlo Passaglia |
Religion |
2-May-1812 |
12-Mar-1887 |
Advocate of Italian unity |
Juan Peron |
Head of State |
8-Oct-1895 |
1-Jul-1974 |
Twice President of Argentina |
Philippe I |
Royalty |
23-May-1052 |
29-Jul-1108 |
King of France 1060-1108 |
Philippe II |
Royalty |
21-Aug-1165 |
14-Jul-1223 |
King of France, 1179-1223 |
Gilles de Rais |
Criminal |
10-Nov-1404 |
26-Oct-1440 |
Fifteenth-century child killer |
Nicholas Ridley |
Religion |
c. 1500 |
16-Oct-1555 |
Anglican Bishop and martyr |
Robert II |
Royalty |
27-Mar-972 AD |
20-Jul-1031 |
King of France, 996-1031 |
Robert the Bruce |
Royalty |
11-Jul-1274 |
7-Jun-1329 |
Secured independence for Scotland |
Deborah Sampson |
Military |
17-Dec-1760 |
29-Apr-1827 |
Woman who fought in US Revolutionary War |
Paolo Sarpi |
Activist |
14-Aug-1552 |
14-Jan-1623 |
Venetian patriot, church reformer |
Girolamo Savonarola |
Religion |
21-Sep-1452 |
23-May-1498 |
Italian monk and martyr |
Baruch de Spinoza |
Philosopher |
24-Nov-1632 |
21-Feb-1677 |
Rationalist, lensmaker |
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand |
Diplomat |
2-Feb-1754 |
17-May-1838 |
Preeminent French diplomat |
St. Thomas de Cantelupe |
Religion |
c. 1218 |
25-Aug-1282 |
13th century English saint |
Leo Tolstoy |
Author |
9-Sep-1828 |
20-Nov-1910 |
Russian novelist |