Marie Curie (born November 7, 1867, Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire – died July 4, 1934, Passy, Haute-Savoie, Third French Republic), née Maria Skłodowska,...
Franz Kafka (born July 3, 1883, Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary – died June 3, 1924, Kierling, Austria) was a German-language novelist and short story writer...
William Shakespeare (baptized April 26, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England – died April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England), also known as the “Bard of Avon,” was...
Charles John Huffam Dickens (born February 7, 1812, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England – died June 9, 1870, Higham, Kent, England) was an English writer, journalist,...
Benjamin Franklin (born January 17, 1706, Boston, Massachusetts Bay, English America – died April 17, 1790, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) was a polymath, statesman,...