Name | Lifespan | Field | Other Names | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nicolas Flamel | c. 1330-1418 | alchemy | ||
Aldus Manutius | c. 1449-1515 | printer | (Aldo, Pio) | |
Mona Lisa | 1479-1542 | painting subject | (Mona) | |
Martin Guerre | 1524-15xx | victim of imposture | ||
Pocahontas | c. 1595-1617 | |||
Antonio Stradivari | 1644-1737 | luthier | ||
Rob Roy | 1671-1734 | outlaw | (Robert) | |
Alexander Selkirk | 1676-1721 | castaway | ||
Eugène François Vidocq | 1775-1857 | criminology | ||
Florence Nightingale | 1820-1910 | nursing | ||
Clara Barton | 1821-1912 | nursing | (Clarissa) | |
Helena Blavatsky | 1831-1891 | mysticism | ||
Wild Bill Hickok | 1837-1876 | gunfighter | (James, Butler) | |
Auguste Escoffier | 1846-1935 | cooking | ||
Hans Gross | 1847-1915 | criminology | (Gustav, Adolf) | |
Lizzie Borden | 1860-1927 | murder suspect | ||
Joseph "the Elephant Man" Merrick | 1862-1890 | deformities | ||
Dagny Juel-Przybyszewska | 1867-1901 | murder victim | ||
Elvira Madigan | 1867-1889 | murder victim | ||
Grigori Rasputin | 1869-1916 | mysticism | (Grigoriy) | |
Maria Montessori | 1870-1952 | education | (Tecla, Artemisia) | |
Jeanne Calment | 1875-1997 | longevity | ||
Aleister Crowley | 1875-1947 | mysticism | (Edward, Alexander) | |
Peter Petersen | 1884-1952 | education | ||
Helen Parkhurst | 1886-1973 | education | ||
J. Edgar Hoover | 1895-1972 | law enforcement | (John) | |
Wallis Simpson | 1896-1986 | socialite | (Bessie) | |
Célestin Freinet | 1896-1966 | education | (Baptistin) | |
June Miller | 1902-1979 | spouse | ||
Huguette Clark | 1906-2011 | heiress | (Marcelle) | |
Baba Vanga | 1911-1996 | mysticism | (Vangeliya) | |
Julia Child | 1912-2004 | cooking | ||
Doris Duke | 1912-1993 | heiress | ||
Robert Wadlow | 1918-1940 | height | ||
Rajneesh | 1931-1990 | mysticism | (Chandra, Mohan) | |
Sixto Brillantes | 1939-2020 | law | ||
Joël Robuchon | 1945-2018 | cooking | ||
Ferran Adrià | 1962- | cooking | ||
Monica Lewinsky | 1973- | intern | ||
Paris Hilton | 1981- | socialite | ||
Sultan Kösen | 1982- | height | ||
Elián González | 1993- | custody battle |