Vincent van Gogh – One of the Greatest Painters in History
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh
(30 March 1853, Groot-Zundert, Netherlands - July 29, 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise near Paris, France) (aged 37)
Nationality: Netherlands
Category: Art Creators
Occupation: Painters
Specification: Post-impressionism, Expressionism
Unique...
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...
Johann Sebastian Bach – The Great German Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
(March 21, 1685, Eisenach, Thuringia, Ernestine Saxon Duchies (now Germany) – July 28, 1750, Leipzig, Germany) (Age 65)
Nationality: Germany
Category: Art Creators
Occupation:...
Goethe – The great German Poet and the key figure of European Culture
Goethe
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
(28 August 1749, Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) – 22 March 1832 Weimar, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Germany) (aged...
Elton John – Famous Pop superstar and Composer
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John born Reginald Kenneth Dwight
( March 25, 1947, Pinner, Middlesex, England)
Nationality: United Kingdom
Category: Celebrities
Occupation: Singers, pianists, composers
Unique distinction: The...
Titian – One of the greatest High Renaissance Painters
Titian
Tiziano Vecellio or Vecelli
(c. 1488/1490, Pieve di Cadore, Venice, Italy – 27 August 1576, Venice, Italy) (aged 84-86)
Nationality: Italy
Category: Art Workers
Occupation: Architects, Sculptors,...
Mikhail Lomonosov – Founder of Russian science
Mikhail Lomonosov
Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov
(19 November 1711, Denisovka, Arkhangelsk Governorate , Russia - 15 April 1765, St. Petersburg, Russia) (aged 53)
Nationality: Russia
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Chemists,...
Gustav Fechner – Founder of psychophysics
Gustav Fechner
Gustav Theodor Fechner
(April 19, 1801, Groß Särchen, near Muskau, Lower Lusatia, (now Żarki Wielkie in commune Trzebiel, Poland) - November 28, 1887, Leipzig,...
Leonardo da Vinci – The most universal Genius of all time
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
(April 15, 1452, town of Vinci, near Florence - May 2, 1519, Chateau Clos-Luce near Amboise,...
Edouard Manet – One of the founders of Impressionism
Edouard Manet
(23 January 1832, Paris, France 30 April 1883, 1883 Paris, France) (aged 51)
Nationality: France
Category: Art workers
Occupation: Painters
Specification: Realism, Impressionism
Unique distinction: Leading artist...
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...
Enheduanna – First female poet and author in history
Enheduanna
Enheduana, En-hedu-ana
(ca. 2285-2250 B.C.E. City of Ur, Sumeria)
Nationality: Iraq
Category: Art workers
Occupation: Poets, Writers, Priestess
Unique distinction: The first writer and poet in history, the...