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George Biddell Airy

Former Astronomer Royal who established the Prime Meridian at Greenwich

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Sir George Biddell Airy (27 July 1801 – 2 January 1892) was an English mathematician and astronomer, as well as the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics from 1826 to 1828 and the seventh Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881.

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Age at death: 90
Years since death: 134

Born: July 27, 1801 · Alnwick, United Kingdom
Died: January 2, 1892
Nationality: British
Known for: Science, Literature

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1835–1907

Giosuè Carducci

Giosuè Alessandro Giuseppe Carducci (27 July 1835 – 16 February 1907) was an Italian poet, writer, literary critic and teacher. He was noticeably influential, and was regarded as the official national poet of modern Italy.

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1824–1895

Alexandre Dumas fils

Alexandre Dumas fils (French:; 27 July 1824 – 27 November 1895) was a French author and playwright, best known for the romantic novel La Dame aux Camélias (The Lady of the Camellias, usually titled Camille in English-language versions), published in 1848, which was adapted into Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 opera La traviata…

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AD 604–AD 632

Fatima

Fatima bint Muhammad (Arabic: فَاطِمَة بِنْت مُحَمَّد, romanized: Fāṭima bint Muḥammad; 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fatima al-Zahra' (Arabic: فَاطِمَة ٱلزَّهْرَاء, romanized: Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija.

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1667–1748

Johann Bernoulli

Johann Bernoulli (also known as Jean in French or John in English; 6 August 1667 – 1 January 1748) was a Swiss mathematician and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family. He is known for his contributions to infinitesimal calculus and for educating the young Leonhard Euler.

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1612–1640

Murad IV

Murad IV (Ottoman Turkish: مراد رابع, Murād-ı Rābiʿ; Turkish: IV. Murad, 27 July 1612 – 8 February 1640) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1623 to 1640, known both for restoring the authority of the state and for the brutality of his methods. Murad IV was born in Constantinople, the son of Sultan Ahmed I (r.

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1897–1963

Ngô Đình Diệm

Ngô Đình Diệm ( dyem, YEE-əm or zeem; Vietnamese:; 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese politician.

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1930–2012

Neil Armstrong

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44th President of the United States and the first African American to hold the office.

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1769–1821

Napoleon

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1749–1832

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language.

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