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Piet MONDRIAN
Dutch painter and art theoretician
1872 - 1944 -
Eino LEINO
Finnish poet and journalist who is considered one of the pioneers of Finnish poetry and a national poet of Finland
1878 - 1926 -
Paul Klee
Swiss-born German artist
1879 - 1940 -
Walter BENJAMIN
German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic and essayist
1892 - 1940 -
Anthony FOKKER
Dutch aviation pioneer, aviation entrepreneur, aircraft designer, and aircraft manufacturer
1890 - 1939 -
Louis CHEVROLET
Swiss-American race car driver, mechanic and entrepreneur who co-founded the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in 1911
1878 - 1941 -
Calamity Jane
American frontierswoman, sharpshooter, and storyteller
1852 - 1903 -
Francis Jammes
French poet
1868 - 1938 -
Stan Laurel
English comic actor, writer, and film director
1890 - 1965 -
Léon GAUMONT
French inventor, engineer, and industrialist who was a pioneer of the motion picture industry
1864 - 1946 -
Luis Buñuel
Spanish filmmaker
1900 - 1983 -
Federico GARCÍA LORCA
Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director
1898 - 1936 -
Fred ASTAIRE
American actor, dancer, singer, choreographer, and television presenter
1899 - 1987 -
Nellie BLY
American journalist, industrialist, inventor, and charity worker who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days
1864 - 1922 -
Wallis SIMPSON
American socialite and wife of the Duke of Windsor, the former British king Edward VIII
1896 - 1986 -
Robert SCHUMANN
German composer, pianist, and influential music critic
1810 - 1856 -
Jack LONDON
American novelist, journalist, and social activist
1876 - 1916 -
Nikola TESLA
Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist
1856 - 1943 -
Robert BADEN-POWELL
British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Scout Movement, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of the world-wide Girl Guide / Girl Scout Movement
1857 - 1941 -
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch post-impressionist painter
1853 - 1890