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Emmy Noether
Born: March 23, 1882
Sciencea German mathematician who made many important contributions to abstract algebra. She discovered Noether's First and Second Theorem, which are fundamental in mathematical physics.more…Juan Gris
Born: March 23, 1887
Art.Westa Spanish painter born in Madrid who lived and worked in France for most of his active period. Closely connected to the artistic genre Cubism, his works are among the movement's most distinctivemore…Frank Whittle
Born: June 1, 1907
Sciencean English engineer, inventor and Royal Air Force (RAF) air officer. He is credited with inventing the turbojet enginemore…Stefan Żeromski
Born: October 14, 1864
Lit.Westa Polish novelist and dramatist belonging to the Young Poland movement at the turn of the 20th century. He was called the "conscience of Polish literature".more…Charles Adolphe Wurtz
Born: November 26, 1817
Sciencean Alsatian French chemist. He is best remembered for his decades-long advocacy for the atomic theory and for ideas about the structures of chemical compoundsmore…Louis de Broglie

Born: August 15, 1892
Sciencea French physicist and aristocrat who made groundbreaking contributions to quantum theorymore…
The data is sourced from Charles Murray's Human Accomplishment database available by the Open Science Framework and from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.