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Friedrich Nietzsche thumbnail
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
Oscar Wilde thumbnail
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
John Ruskin thumbnail
John Ruskin
English writer and art critic (1819–1900)
Umberto I of Italy thumbnail
Umberto I of Italy
king of Italy (1844-1900)
Gottlieb Daimler thumbnail
Gottlieb Daimler
German engineer and industrialist (1834–1900)
Wilhelm Steinitz thumbnail
Wilhelm Steinitz
Austrian-American chess player (1836–1900)
Ivan Aivazovsky thumbnail
Ivan Aivazovsky
Russian marine painter (1817–1900)
Friedrich Max Müller thumbnail
Friedrich Max Müller
German-born British philologist, orientalist and indologist (1823–1900)
Vladimir Solovyov thumbnail
Vladimir Solovyov
Russian philosopher (1853-1900)
Stephen Crane thumbnail
Stephen Crane
American novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist
José Maria de Eça de Queirós thumbnail
José Maria de Eça de Queirós
Portuguese writer and diplomat (1845–1900)
Isaac Levitan thumbnail
Isaac Levitan
Russian artist (1860-1900)
Naim Frashëri thumbnail
Naim Frashëri
Albanian poet, writer and activist (1846–1900)
Wilhelm Liebknecht thumbnail
Wilhelm Liebknecht
German journalist, writer and socialist politician (1826–1900)
Arthur Sullivan thumbnail
Arthur Sullivan
English composer of the Gilbert & Sullivan duo (1842-1900)
Kuroda Kiyotaka thumbnail
Kuroda Kiyotaka
Japanese general (1840-1900)
Frederic Edwin Church thumbnail
Frederic Edwin Church
American landscape painter (1826–1900)
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha thumbnail
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1893 to 1900 (1844–1900)
Mary Kingsley thumbnail
Mary Kingsley
British ethnographer, scientific writer and explorer (1862–1900)
Henry Sidgwick thumbnail
Henry Sidgwick
English philosopher (1838–1900)
Étienne Lenoir thumbnail
Étienne Lenoir
Belgian engineer (1822-1900)
Robert Luther thumbnail
Robert Luther
German astronomer (1822–1900)
Joseph Bertrand thumbnail
Joseph Bertrand
French mathematician (1822-1900)
Eugenio Beltrami
Italian mathematician (1835–1900)
Pyotr Lavrov
Russian academic (1823–1900)
Samori Ture thumbnail
Samori Ture
African warlord and religious leader, founder of the Wassoulou Empire (1830–1900)
John Sherman thumbnail
John Sherman
American cabinet secretary and senator (1823–1900)
Elwin Bruno Christoffel thumbnail
Elwin Bruno Christoffel
German mathematician (1829–1900)
David Edward Hughes
Welsh-American scientist and musician (1831–1900)
Osman Nuri Pasha
Ottoman general (1832–1900)
Mihály Munkácsy
Hungarian painter (1844-1900)
Armand David thumbnail
Armand David
French Catholic priest, zoologist, and botanist (1826–1900)
Francis, Duke of Teck
British Army general (1837–1900)
James Edward Keeler thumbnail
James Edward Keeler
American astronomer (1857–1900)
Gustav Hartlaub
German physician, ornithologist, zoologist and Goethe researcher (1814-1900)
François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville thumbnail
François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville
Admiral of the French Navy (1818-1900)
Sigbjørn Obstfelder
Norwegian writer (1866–1900)
Peter Waage
Norwegian chemist (1833-1900)
Emil Škoda
Bohemian engineer and industrialist (1839-1900)
Wilhelm Leibl
German artist (1844–1900)
William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong
English inventor, scientist, engineer, industrialist (1810-1900)
Alphonse Milne-Edwards thumbnail
Alphonse Milne-Edwards
Anglo-French zoologist (1835-1900)
Dmitry Grigorovich
Russian writer (1822–1899)
Zdeněk Fibich
Czech conductor, music educator, composer and choirmaster (1850-1900)
Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein from 1869 to 1880
Sergei Korsakoff
Russian psychiatrist (1854-1900)
Piet Joubert
South African politician and general (1834–1900)
Albert Samain
French poet (1858-1900)
Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg
Grand Duchess of Russia (1838–1900)
Josephine of Baden
German princess (1813-1900)
Victoire Léodile Béra
French writer, editor (1824-1900)
Charles Piazzi Smyth
British astronomer (1817-1900)
Arsenio Martínez-Campos y Antón
Spanish general and politician (1831-1900)
Ernest Dowson
English writer (1867-1900)
Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1827-1900)
John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry
Scottish noble (1844-1900)
Bruno Abakanowicz
Polish mathematician (1852-1900)
Birsa Munda
Indian tribal freedom fighter (1875–1900)
Émile Blanchard
French zoologist and entomologist (1819–1900)
John Anderson
Scottish anatomist and zoologist who worked in India as the curator of the Indian Museum (1833–1900)