Name
|
Date of birth
|
Date of death
|
Age
|
Country of birth
|
Country of death
|
Occupation
|
I
|
Aeschylus
|
525 BC
|
456 BC
|
68–69
|
Greece
|
Italy
|
Writer
|
Y
|
Akbar
|
October 24, 1542
|
October 12, 1605
|
62
|
Pakistan
|
India
|
Politician
|
Y
|
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī
|
780
|
850
|
69–70
|
Uzbekistan
|
Iraq
|
Scientist
|
Y
|
Muhammad Ali
|
January 17, 1942
|
—
|
82
|
United States
|
—
|
Sportsperson
|
Y
|
Dante Alighieri
|
May 14, 1265
|
September 13, 1321
|
56
|
Italy
|
Italy
|
Writer
|
|
Attila
|
406
|
453
|
46–47
|
Hungary
|
Hungary
|
Politician
|
|
W. H. Auden
|
February 21, 1907
|
September 29, 1973
|
66
|
United Kingdom
|
Austria
|
Writer
|
|
Jane Austen
|
December 16, 1775
|
July 18, 1817
|
41
|
United Kingdom
|
United Kingdom
|
Writer
|
|
Mikhail Baryshnikov
|
January 28, 1948
|
—
|
76
|
Russia
|
—
|
Artist
|
Y
|
The Beatles
|
February 25, 1943
|
December 8, 1980
|
37
|
United Kingdom
|
United States
|
Artist
|
|
Otto von Bismarck
|
April 1, 1815
|
July 30, 1898
|
83
|
Germany
|
Germany
|
Politician
|
|
Jorge Luis Borges
|
August 24, 1899
|
June 14, 1986
|
86
|
Argentina
|
Switzerland
|
Writer
|
|
Edmund Burke
|
January 12, 1729
|
July 9, 1797
|
68
|
Ireland
|
United Kingdom
|
Philosopher
|
|
Lord Byron
|
January 22, 1788
|
April 19, 1824
|
36
|
United Kingdom
|
Greece
|
Writer
|
|
Catherine the Great
|
April 21, 1729
|
November 17, 1796
|
67
|
Poland
|
Russia
|
Politician
|
|
Miguel de Cervantes
|
September 29, 1547
|
April 23, 1616
|
68
|
Spain
|
Spain
|
Writer
|
|
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
|
February 24, 1500
|
September 21, 1558
|
58
|
Belgium
|
Spain
|
Politician
|
|
Charlie Chaplin
|
April 16, 1889
|
December 25, 1977
|
88
|
United Kingdom
|
Switzerland
|
Artist
|
|
Winston Churchill
|
November 30, 1874
|
January 24, 1965
|
90
|
United Kingdom
|
United Kingdom
|
Politician
|
|
Cleopatra VII
|
January 69 BC
|
August 12, 30 BC
|
38–39
|
Egypt
|
Egypt
|
Politician
|
|
Columba
|
December 7, 521
|
June 9, 597
|
75
|
Ireland
|
United Kingdom
|
Theologian
|
|
Charles Dickens
|
February 7, 1812
|
June 9, 1870
|
58
|
United Kingdom
|
United Kingdom
|
Writer
|
|
Walt Disney
|
December 5, 1901
|
December 15, 1966
|
65
|
United States
|
United States
|
Artist
|
|
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
|
November 11, 1821
|
February 9, 1881
|
59
|
Russia
|
Russia
|
Writer
|
|
Frederick Douglass
|
February 1818
|
February 20, 1895
|
76–77
|
United States
|
United States
|
Politician
|
|
T. S. Eliot
|
September 26, 1888
|
January 4, 1965
|
76
|
United States
|
United Kingdom
|
Writer
|
|
Pierre de Fermat
|
August 17, 1601
|
January 12, 1665
|
63
|
France
|
France
|
Scientist
|
|
Francis of Assisi
|
September 26, 1181
|
October 3, 1226
|
45
|
Italy
|
Italy
|
Theologian
|
|
Frederick the Great
|
January 24, 1712
|
August 17, 1786
|
74
|
Germany
|
Germany
|
Politician
|
|
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
|
December 26, 1194
|
December 13, 1250
|
55
|
Italy
|
Italy
|
Politician
|
|
Carl Friedrich Gauss
|
April 30, 1777
|
February 23, 1855
|
77
|
Germany
|
Germany
|
Scientist
|
|
Edward Gibbon
|
April 27, 1737
|
January 16, 1794
|
56
|
United Kingdom
|
United Kingdom
|
Politician
|
|
Giotto
|
1267
|
January 8, 1337
|
69–70
|
Italy
|
Italy
|
Artist
|
|
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
|
August 28, 1749
|
March 22, 1832
|
82
|
Germany
|
Germany
|
Writer
|
|
Vincent van Gogh
|
March 30, 1853
|
July 29, 1890
|
37
|
Netherlands
|
France
|
Artist
|
|
Brothers Grimm
|
February 24, 1786
|
December 16, 1859
|
73
|
Germany
|
Germany
|
Writer
|
|
Che Guevara
|
May 14, 1928
|
October 9, 1967
|
39
|
Argentina
|
Bolivia
|
Politician
|
|
Hammurabi
|
1810 BC
|
1750 BC
|
59–60
|
Iraq
|
Iraq
|
Politician
|
Y
|
Hannibal
|
247 BC
|
183 BC
|
63–64
|
Tunisia
|
Turkey
|
Politician
|
|
Stephen Hawking
|
January 8, 1942
|
—
|
82
|
United Kingdom
|
—
|
Scientist
|
Y
|
Ernest Hemingway
|
July 21, 1899
|
July 2, 1961
|
61
|
United States
|
United States
|
Writer
|
|
Henry II of England
|
March 25, 1133
|
July 6, 1189
|
56
|
France
|
France
|
Politician
|
|
Henry VIII of England
|
June 28, 1491
|
January 28, 1547
|
55
|
United Kingdom
|
United Kingdom
|
Politician
|
|
Heraclius
|
575
|
February 11, 641
|
65–66
|
Turkey
|
Turkey
|
Politician
|
|
Herodotus
|
484 BC
|
425 BC
|
58–59
|
Turkey
|
Italy
|
Writer
|
|
Hippocrates
|
460 BC
|
370 BC
|
89–90
|
Greece
|
Greece
|
Scientist
|
|
Alfred Hitchcock
|
August 13, 1899
|
April 29, 1980
|
80
|
United Kingdom
|
United States
|
Artist
|
|
Ho Chi Minh
|
May 19, 1890
|
September 2, 1969
|
79
|
Vietnam
|
Vietnam
|
Politician
|
|
Thomas Hobbes
|
April 5, 1588
|
December 4, 1679
|
91
|
United Kingdom
|
United Kingdom
|
Philosopher
|
|
Victor Hugo
|
February 26, 1802
|
May 22, 1885
|
83
|
France
|
France
|
Writer
|
|
David Hume
|
April 26, 1711
|
August 25, 1776
|
65
|
United Kingdom
|
United Kingdom
|
Philosopher
|
|
Henrik Ibsen
|
March 20, 1828
|
May 23, 1906
|
78
|
Norway
|
Norway
|
Writer
|
|
Ivan the Terrible
|
August 25, 1530
|
March 18, 1584
|
53
|
Russia
|
Russia
|
Politician
|
|
James Joyce
|
February 2, 1882
|
January 13, 1941
|
58
|
Ireland
|
Switzerland
|
Writer
|
|
Joan of Arc
|
1412
|
May 30, 1431
|
18–19
|
France
|
France
|
Theologian
|
|
Michael Jordan
|
February 17, 1963
|
—
|
61
|
United States
|
—
|
Sportsperson
|
|
Franz Kafka
|
July 3, 1883
|
June 3, 1924
|
40
|
Austria
|
Austria
|
Writer
|
|
Immanuel Kant
|
April 22, 1724
|
February 12, 1804
|
79
|
Germany
|
Germany
|
Philosopher
|
|
John Maynard Keynes
|
June 5, 1883
|
April 21, 1946
|
62
|
United Kingdom
|
United Kingdom
|
Scientist
|
|
Søren Kierkegaard
|
May 5, 1813
|
November 11, 1855
|
42
|
Denmark
|
Denmark
|
Philosopher
|
|
Martin Luther King, Jr.
|
January 15, 1929
|
April 4, 1968
|
39
|
United States
|
United States
|
Theologian
|
|
Akira Kurosawa
|
March 23, 1910
|
September 6, 1998
|
88
|
Japan
|
Japan
|
Artist
|
|
Bruce Lee
|
November 27, 1940
|
July 20, 1973
|
32
|
United States
|
China
|
Artist
|
Y
|
Gottfried Leibniz
|
July 1, 1646
|
November 14, 1716
|
70
|
Germany
|
Germany
|
Philosopher
|
|
Carl Linnaeus
|
May 13, 1707
|
January 10, 1778
|
70
|
Sweden
|
Sweden
|
Scientist
|
|
Louis XIV of France
|
September 5, 1638
|
September 1, 1715
|
76
|
France
|
France
|
Politician
|
|
Nelson Mandela
|
June 18, 1918
|
—
|
106
|
South Africa
|
—
|
Politician
|
|
John Milton
|
December 9, 1608
|
November 8, 1674
|
65
|
United Kingdom
|
United Kingdom
|
Artist
|
|
Claude Monet
|
November 14, 1840
|
December 5, 1926
|
86
|
France
|
France
|
Artist
|
|
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
|
January 27, 1756
|
December 5, 1791
|
35
|
Austria
|
Czech Republic
|
Artist
|
|
Benito Mussolini
|
July 29, 1883
|
April 28, 1945
|
61
|
Italy
|
Italy
|
Politician
|
|
|
Friedrich Nietzsche
|
October 15, 1844
|
August 25, 1900
|
55
|
Germany
|
Germany
|
Philosopher
|
|
J. Robert Oppenheimer
|
April 22, 1904
|
February 18, 1967
|
62
|
United States
|
United States
|
Scientist
|
|
Jesse Owens
|
September 12, 1913
|
March 31, 1980
|
66
|
United States
|
United States
|
Sportsperson
|
|
Blaise Pascal
|
June 19, 1623
|
August 19, 1662
|
39
|
France
|
France
|
Scientist
|
|
Linus Pauling
|
February 28, 1901
|
August 19, 1994
|
93
|
United States
|
United States
|
Scientist
|
|
Pelé
|
October 23, 1940
|
—
|
84
|
Brazil
|
—
|
Sportsperson
|
|
Philip II of Spain
|
May 21, 1527
|
September 13, 1598
|
71
|
Spain
|
Spain
|
Politician
|
|
Pablo Picasso
|
October 25, 1881
|
April 8, 1973
|
91
|
Spain
|
France
|
Artist
|
|
|
Edgar Allan Poe
|
January 19, 1809
|
October 7, 1849
|
40
|
United States
|
United States
|
Writer
|
|
Marco Polo
|
September 15, 1254
|
January 9, 1324
|
69
|
Italy
|
Italy
|
Politician
|
|
Ezra Pound
|
October 30, 1885
|
November 1, 1972
|
87
|
United States
|
Italy
|
Writer
|
|
Elvis Presley
|
January 8, 1935
|
August 16, 1977
|
42
|
United States
|
United States
|
Artist
|
|
Marcel Proust
|
July 10, 1871
|
November 18, 1922
|
51
|
France
|
France
|
Writer
|
|
Ptolemy
|
83
|
161
|
77–78
|
Egypt
|
Egypt
|
Scientist
|
|
Pythagoras
|
580 BC
|
500 BC
|
79–80
|
Greece
|
Italy
|
Scientist
|
|
Raphael
|
April 6, 1483
|
April 6, 1520
|
37
|
Italy
|
Italy
|
Artist
|
|
Rembrandt
|
July 15, 1606
|
October 4, 1669
|
63
|
Netherlands
|
Netherlands
|
Artist
|
|
Jackie Robinson
|
January 31, 1919
|
October 24, 1972
|
53
|
United States
|
United States
|
Sportsperson
|
|
Auguste Rodin
|
November 12, 1840
|
November 17, 1917
|
77
|
France
|
France
|
Artist
|
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
January 30, 1882
|
April 12, 1945
|
63
|
United States
|
United States
|
Politician
|
|
Babe Ruth
|
February 6, 1895
|
August 16, 1948
|
53
|
United States
|
United States
|
Sportsperson
|
|
Saladin
|
1137
|
March 4, 1193
|
55–56
|
Iraq
|
Syria
|
Politician
|
|
Margaret Sanger
|
September 14, 1879
|
September 6, 1966
|
86
|
United States
|
United States
|
Politician
|
|
Walter Scott
|
August 15, 1771
|
September 21, 1832
|
61
|
United Kingdom
|
United Kingdom
|
Writer
|
|
Shaka
|
1787
|
September 22, 1828
|
40–41
|
South Africa
|
South Africa
|
Politician
|
|
Socrates
|
469 BC
|
399 BC
|
69–70
|
Greece
|
Greece
|
Philosopher
|
|
Suleiman the Magnificent
|
November 6, 1494
|
September 5, 1566
|
71
|
Turkey
|
Hungary
|
Politician
|
|
Sun Tzu
|
544 BC
|
496 BC
|
47–48
|
China
|
China
|
Writer
|
|
Emperor Taizong of Tang
|
January 23, 599
|
July 10, 649
|
50
|
China
|
China
|
Politician
|
|
Mother Teresa
|
August 26, 1910
|
September 5, 1997
|
87
|
North Macedonia
|
India
|
Theologian
|
|
Nikola Tesla
|
July 10, 1856
|
January 7, 1943
|
86
|
Croatia
|
United States
|
Scientist
|
|
Henry David Thoreau
|
July 12, 1817
|
May 6, 1862
|
44
|
United States
|
United States
|
Writer
|
|
Thucydides
|
460 BC
|
395 BC
|
64–65
|
Greece
|
Greece
|
Writer
|
|
Timur
|
1336
|
February 19, 1405
|
68–69
|
Uzbekistan
|
Kazakhstan
|
Politician
|
|
Leo Tolstoy
|
August 28, 1828
|
November 20, 1910
|
82
|
Russia
|
Russia
|
Writer
|
|
Mark Twain
|
November 30, 1835
|
April 21, 1910
|
74
|
United States
|
United States
|
Writer
|
|
Giuseppe Verdi
|
October 9, 1813
|
January 27, 1901
|
87
|
Italy
|
Italy
|
Artist
|
|
Virgil
|
October 15, 70 BC
|
September 21, 19 BC
|
50
|
Italy
|
Italy
|
Writer
|
|
Andy Warhol
|
August 6, 1928
|
February 22, 1987
|
58
|
United States
|
United States
|
Artist
|
|
Max Weber
|
April 21, 1864
|
June 14, 1920
|
56
|
Germany
|
Germany
|
Writer
|
|
Walt Whitman
|
May 31, 1819
|
March 26, 1892
|
72
|
United States
|
United States
|
Writer
|
|
William Wordsworth
|
April 7, 1770
|
April 23, 1850
|
80
|
United Kingdom
|
United Kingdom
|
Writer
|
|
Mary Wollstonecraft
|
April 27, 1759
|
September 10, 1797
|
38
|
United Kingdom
|
United Kingdom
|
Writer
|
|
Frank Lloyd Wright
|
June 8, 1867
|
April 9, 1959
|
91
|
United States
|
United States
|
Artist
|
|
W. B. Yeats
|
June 13, 1865
|
January 28, 1939
|
73
|
Ireland
|
France
|
Writer
|
|
Zheng He
|
1371
|
1433
|
61–62
|
China
|
China
|
Politician
|
|