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August von Platen-Hallermünde
Born: October 24, 1796
Lit.Westa German poet and dramatist. In German he mostly is called Graf (Count) Platen.more…Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
Born: April 18, 1838
Sciencea French chemist known for his discoveries of the chemical elements gallium, samarium and dysprosium.more…André Chénier
Born: October 30, 1762
Lit.Westa French poet of Greek and Franco-Levantine origin, associated with the events of the French Revolution of which he was a victim.more…Ludwig Prandtl
Born: February 4, 1875
Sciencea German physicist and aerospace scientist. He was a pioneer in the development of systematic analyses which he used for underlying the science of aerodynamicsmore…John Everett Millais
Born: June 8, 1829
Art.Westan English painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhoodmore…Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Born: March 8, 1714
Music.Westa German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and second surviving son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bachmore…
The data is sourced from Charles Murray's Human Accomplishment database available by the Open Science Framework and from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.