Born: 30 March 1432 Died: 3 May 1481 Nationality: Ottoman, Turkish II. Mehmed, known as Fatih Sultan Mehmed, known in Europe under the...

Born: 18 January 1911 Died: 2 December 1969 Nationality: Peruvian José María Arguedas was a Peruvian novelist, poet and anthropologist....

Born: 18 November 1874 Died: 26 July 1926 Nationality: Macedonian Krste Petkov Misirkov (Macedonian: Крсте Петков Мисирков) was a...

Born: 1371 Died: 1435 Nationality: China Zheng He, was a Hui court eunuch, mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral during China's...

Born: 7 May 1919 Died: 26 July 1952 Nationality: Argentinian Eva María Duarte de Perón, commonly known as Eva or Evita, left school when...

Born: 8 November 1922 Died: 2 September 2001 Nationality: South African The South African surgeon Christiaan Neethling Barnard performed...

Born: 8 May 1970 Nationality: Canadian Naomi Klein is a Canadian author, award-winning journalist, social activist, and filmmaker known...

Born: 1 January 1897 Died: 20 May 1988 Nationality: Romanian Ana Aslan was a medic and physician who is still considered to be one of the...

Born: 18 May 1048 Died: 4 December 1131 Nationality: Iranian (Persian) Omar Khayyam is a ruba’i, quatrain, Persian poet and one of the...

Born: 26 July 1922 Died: 28 April 1949 Nationality: Indonesia Chairil Anwar (26 July 1922 – 28 April 1949) was an Indonesian poet and...

Born: 20 July 1873 Died: 23 July 1932 Nationality: Brazilian Alberto Santos-Dumont was a Brazilian aviation pioneer. The heir of a...

Born: 1 April 1940 Died: 25 September 2011 Nationality: Kenyan Born in Nyeri, Kenya, Wangari Maathai became an internationally recognised...

Born: 16 October 1708 Died: 12 December 1777 Nationality: Swiss Albrecht von Haller was a Swiss Anatomist, Physiologist, Naturalist and...

Born: c. 571 BC Died: 471 BC Nationality: Chinese Laozi (老子) was a philosopher and poet of ancient China. He is known as the reputed...

Born: 30 May 1946 Nationality: American Candy Lightner transformed a personal tragedy into a crusade against drink driving. She founded...

Born: 15 October 1926 Died: 25 June 1984 Nationality: French Paul Michel Foucault - generally known as Michel Foucault - was a French...

Born: 25 February 1304 Died: 1369 Nationality: Moroccan Ibn Battuta or Muhammad Ibn Battuta (Arabic: محمد ابن بطوطة‎) sometimes referred...

Born: 28 September 551 BC Died: 479 BC Nationality: Chinese Confucius (孔子) was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of...

Nationality: Portuguese Born: c. 1460’s Died: December 24th, 1524 Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer. He led the first expedition...

Born: 25 December 1821 Died: 12 April 1912 Nationality: American Clara was born Clarissa Harlowe Barton on Christmas Day in 1821 in...