Michelangelo – Giant of the High Renaissance
Michelangelo
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
(March 6, 1475 Caprese, near Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy – Feb 18, 1564 Rome, Papal States, Italy) (aged 88)
Nationality: Italy
Category: Art...
Fyodor Dostoyevsky – The greatest psychologist in world literature
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky
(November 11, 1821, Moscow, Russia – February 9, 1881, Saint Petersburg, Russia) (aged 59)
Nationality: Russia
Category: Art Creators
Occupation: Writers
Unique distinction: One...
Pierre de Fermat – One of the greatest mathematicians of all times
Pierre de Fermat
(17 August 1601 (or 1608), Beaumont-de-Lomagne, France -12 January 1665, Castres, France)
Nationality: France
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Lawyers, Mathematics
Unique distinction: One of the greatest mathematicians...
Michael Schumacher – The best Formula 1 (F1) driver
Michael Schumacher
(3 January 1969, Hürth-Hermülheim, West Germany)
Nationality: Germany
Category: Athletes
Occupation: Racecar driver
Unique distinction: The best Formula 1 (F1) driver of his era
Height: 5' 8½" (1.74...
Franz Brentano – Predecessor of phenomenology and founder of act psychology
Franz Brentano
Franz Clemens Honoratus Hermann Brentano
(16 January 1838, Marienberg am Rhein, Hesse-Nassau Germany - March 17, 1917, Zurich, Switzerland) (aged 79)
Nationality: Germany
Category: Scientists
Occupation:...
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi – Creator of the Creativity Concept as the State of Flow
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Mihaly Robert Csikszentmihalyi
(Pronounced: "cheek-sent-me-high-ee").
(September 29, 1934, Fiume, Kingdom of Italy (now Rijeka, Croatia) - October 20, 2021, Claremont, California, U.S.) (Aged 87)
Nationality: American,...
Alex Osborn – Father of Brainstorming and Method of Creative Problem Solving
Alex Osborn
Alex Faickney Osborn
(May 24, 1888, Bronx, New York City, USA – May 5, 1966, Buffalo, New York, USA) (Aged 77)
Nationality: American, United States
Category:...
Moses – Prophet, founder and Lawgiver of Israel
Moses
Moshe (Hebrew name means "The one who draws out" or “child”),
Moshe Rabbeinu ("Moses our Teacher"), Mūsa (Arabic)
( c. 1392 BC, Goshen, Egypt -...
Irnerius – Italian Lawyer and cofounder of the University of Bologna
Irnerius
Guarnerius or Warnerius
(c. 1050 – after 1125)
Nationality: Italy
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Lawyers
Unique distinction: Founder of the School of Glossators, 1088 (later University of Bologna), the...
Christopher Columbus – Discoverer of America
Christopher Columbus
Cristoforo Colombo (in Italian),
Cristobal Colon (in Spanish)
(25 August - 31 October 1451, Genoa, Italy - 20 May 1506, Valladolid, Spain) (aged 54)
Nationality:...
Nikolai Kurbatov – Russian film director, trailer editor and poet
Nikolai Kurbatov
Nikolai Ivanovich Kurbatov
(May 16, 1990, Perm, the USSR)
Citizenship: Russia
Category: Art workers
Occupation: Film directors, trailer editors, poets, publicists
Unique distinction: The founder of trailer poetics and dialogue...
Benazir Bhutto – The First Woman to Head an Islamic State
Benazir Bhutto
(21 June 1953, Karachi, Dominion of Pakistan- 27 December 2007 Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan) (aged 54)
Nationality: Pakistan
Category: Leaders
Occupation: Politicians
Unique distinction: The first woman...