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Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau
Born: July 20, 1700
Sciencea French physician, naval engineer and botanist. The standard author abbreviation Duhamel is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.more…David Keilin
Born: March 21, 1887
Sciencea Jewish scientist focusing mainly on entomology.more…Georg Trakl
Born: February 3, 1887
Lit.Westan Austrian poet and the brother of the pianist Grete Trakl. He is considered one of the most important Austrian Expressionists.more…Attila József
Born: April 11, 1905
Lit.Westa Hungarian poet. Generally not recognized during his lifetime, József was hailed during the communist era of the 1950s as Hungary's great "proletarian poet"more…Pierre Méchain
Born: August 16, 1744
Sciencea French astronomer and surveyor who, with Charles Messier, was a major contributor to the early study of deep-sky objects and comets.more…Paul Hindemith
Born: November 16, 1895
Music.Westa German composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe.more…
The data is sourced from Charles Murray's Human Accomplishment database available by the Open Science Framework and from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.