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  • Léon GAUMONT

    Léon GAUMONT

    French inventor, engineer, and industrialist who was a pioneer of the motion picture industry

    French1864 - 1946
  • Luis Buñuel

    Luis Buñuel

    Spanish filmmaker

    Spanish1900 - 1983
  • Federico GARCÍA LORCA

    Federico GARCÍA LORCA

    Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director

    Spanish1898 - 1936
  • Fred ASTAIRE

    Fred ASTAIRE

    American actor, dancer, singer, choreographer, and television presenter

    American1899 - 1987
  • Nellie BLY

    Nellie BLY

    American journalist, industrialist, inventor, and charity worker who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days

    American1864 - 1922
  • Wallis SIMPSON

    Wallis SIMPSON

    American socialite and wife of the Duke of Windsor, the former British king Edward VIII

    American1896 - 1986
  • Robert SCHUMANN

    Robert SCHUMANN

    German composer, pianist, and influential music critic

    German1810 - 1856
  • Jack LONDON

    Jack LONDON

    American novelist, journalist, and social activist

    American1876 - 1916
  • Nikola TESLA

    Nikola TESLA

    Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist

    American1856 - 1943
  • Robert BADEN-POWELL

    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

    English1857 - 1941
  • Vincent VAN GOGH

    Vincent VAN GOGH

    Dutch post-impressionist painter

    Dutch1853 - 1890
  • Francisco FRANCO

    Francisco FRANCO

    Spanish general who ruled over Spain from 1939 to 1975 as a dictator

    Spanish1892 - 1975
  • Johann STRAUSS

    Johann STRAUSS

    Austrian composer of light music

    Austrian1825 - 1899
  • Fiodor (Fyodor) Dostoïevski (Dostoevsky)

    Fiodor (Fyodor) Dostoïevski (Dostoevsky)

    Russian novelist, philosopher, short story writer, essayist, and journalist

    Russian1821 - 1881
  • Mahatma GANDHI

    Mahatma GANDHI

    Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist

    Indian1869 - 1948
  • Alfred HITCHCOCK

    Alfred HITCHCOCK

    English film director and producer

    English1899 - 1980
  • Howard CARTER

    Howard CARTER

    British archaeologist and Egyptologist who became world-famous after discovering the intact tomb of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh, Tutankhamun

    English1874 - 1939
  • J. R. R. TOLKIEN

    J. R. R. TOLKIEN

    English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion

    English1892 - 1973
  • Théodore CHASSERIAU

    Théodore CHASSERIAU

    French Romantic painter

    French1819 - 1856
  • Giacomo PUCCINI

    Giacomo PUCCINI

    Italian opera composer

    Italian1858 - 1924
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