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Sun Yat-sen
Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866–1925)
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Władysław Reymont
Polish novelist (1867-1925)
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Gottlob Frege
German philosopher, logician, and mathematician (1848–1925)
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Rudolf Steiner
Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)
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Erik Satie
French composer and pianist (1866-1925)
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Friedrich Ebert
German politician, president of Germany (1871-1925)
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Felix Klein
German mathematician, author of the Erlangen Program (1849-1925)
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H. Rider Haggard
English adventure novelist (1856–1925)
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Oliver Heaviside
electrical engineer, mathematician and physicist (1850–1925)
Hjalmar Branting thumbnail
Hjalmar Branting
Prime Minister of Sweden (1860-1925)
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston thumbnail
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
Viceroy of India and British Foreign Secretary (1859–1925)
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Camille Flammarion
French astronomer and author (1842–1925)
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Alexandra of Denmark
Queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910 (1844–1925)
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John Singer Sargent
American painter (1856–1925)
Léon Bourgeois thumbnail
Léon Bourgeois
French statesman (1851-1925)
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Mikhail Frunze
Soviet army officer (1885–1925)
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Thomas R. Marshall
vice president of the United States from 1913 to 1921
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Alexander Friedmann
Russian mathematician (1888-1925)
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Vajiravudh
Vajiravudh (1 January 188126 November 1925) was the sixth king of Siam from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama VI. He reigned from 1910 until his death in 1925. King Vajiravudh is best known for his efforts to create and promote Siamese nationalism. His reign was characterized by Siam's further Westernization, minimal participation in World War I, and lavish spending on arts and culture. He had keen interests in Siamese history, archaeology, and literature, as well as economics, politics and world affairs, and founded the country's first university, Chulalongkorn University.
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Georgy Lvov
Russian statesman and the first post-imperial prime minister of Russia (1861-1925)
Johann Palisa thumbnail
Johann Palisa
Austrian astronomist (1848–1925)
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William Jennings Bryan
American politician (1860–1925)
Henri Fayol thumbnail
Henri Fayol
French mining engineer and executive, developer a general theory of business administration Fayolism (1841-1925)
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Christian Michelsen
9th Prime Minister of Norway
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Lovis Corinth
German painter (1858–1925)
Pierre Louÿs thumbnail
Pierre Louÿs
French writer and poet (1870–1925)
Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar thumbnail
Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar
The sixth Shah of Iran Qajar (1907–1909)
Félix Vallotton thumbnail
Félix Vallotton
Swiss painter and printmaker (1865-1925)
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Stefan Żeromski
Polish writer (1864-1925)
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Clément Ader
French inventor and engineer
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Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf
Field Marshal of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1852-1925)
Amy Lowell
US writer (1874-1925)
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Antti Aarne
Finnish folklorist (1867-1925)
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Tikhon of Moscow
Patriarch of Moscow (1865-1925)
Alexei Kuropatkin
Imperial Russian general (1848-1925)
Boris Savinkov thumbnail
Boris Savinkov
Russian writer (1879-1925)
George Bellows thumbnail
George Bellows
American painter (1882-1925)
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Arthur Moeller van den Bruck
German historian (1876–1925)
Cyril Genik thumbnail
Cyril Genik
immigration agent (1857-1925)
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Christian Krohg
Norwegian painter (1852–1925)
Duchess Marie Sophie in Bavaria thumbnail
Duchess Marie Sophie in Bavaria
Queen consort of the Two Sicilies
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Max Linder
French silent film actor and director (1883–1925)
Josef Breuer
Austrian physician (1842-1925)
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Pier Giorgio Frassati
Pier Giorgio Frassati was an Italian Catholic activist and a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. He was dedicated to social justice issues and joined several charitable organizations, including Catholic Action and the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, to better aid the poor and less fortunate living in his hometown of Turin.
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Eugen Sandow
German bodybuilder and strongman (1867–1925)
René Viviani
Prime Minister of France (1862-1925)
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Chittaranjan Das
Bengali lawyer, politician, author and leader of the Bengali Swaraj Party (1870-1925)
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Karl Abraham
German psychoanalyst (1877–1925)
Arkady Averchenko
Russian comic and satirical writer, theatre critic (1881–1925)
Khải Định
Annamese emperor (1885–1925)
August von Wassermann
German bacteriologist (1866-1925)
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Robert M. La Follette
American progressive politician from Wisconsin (1855–1925)
John French, 1st Earl of Ypres thumbnail
John French, 1st Earl of Ypres
Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army (1852-1925)
James Buchanan Duke
American businessman (1856-1925)
Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro
Italian mathematician (1853–1925)
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Wong Fei-hung
Chinese martial artist and physician (1847-1924)
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Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner
British statesman and colonial administrator (1854-1925)
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Robert Koldewey
German archaeologist and architect (1855-1925)
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Jules Méline
French politician (1838-1925)
Fanny Bullock Workman
American geographer, cartographer, explorer, travel writer, and mountaineer (1859–1925)