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Gabriel García MorenoAuthor · BooksGabriel Gregorio Fernando José María García Moreno y Morán de Butrón (24 December 1821 – 6 August 1875), was an Ecuadorian politician and aristocrat who twice served as President of Ecuador…
Gary BottingAuthor · BooksGary Norman Arthur Botting (born 19 July 1943) is a Canadian legal scholar and criminal defense lawyer (now retired) as well as a poet, playwright, novelist, and critic of literature and…
Gaspar Melchor de JovellanosAuthor · BooksGaspar Melchor "Jovino" de Jovellanos (born Gaspar Melchor de Jove y Llanos, 5 January 1744 – 27 November 1811) was a Spanish neoclassical statesman, author, philosopher and a major figure…
Gemelli CareriAuthor · BooksIllustration — Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri at age 48 in the year 1699; image from his book Giro Del Mondo.
Georg Friedrich von MartensAuthor · BooksGeorg Friedrich von Martens (22 February 1756 in Hamburg, Germany – 21 February 1821 in Frankfurt, Germany) was a German jurist and diplomat.
Georg StiernhielmAuthor · BooksGeorg Stiernhielm (August 7, 1598 – April 22, 1672) was a Swedish civil servant, mathematician, linguist and poet. He has been called "the father of the Swedish skald art".
Georg von CancrinAuthor · BooksCount Georg Ludwig Cancrin (Yegor Frantsevich Kankrin; 16 November 1774 – 10 September 1845) was a Russian German aristocrat and politician best known for spearheading reforms in the…
George CoșbucAuthor · BooksGeorge Coșbuc (20 September 1866 – 9 May 1918) was a Romanian poet, translator, teacher, and journalist, best remembered for his verses describing, praising and eulogizing rural life, its…
Gheorghe PanuAuthor · BooksIllustration — Bust of George Panu in Cișmigiu Gardens
Giovanni RuffiniAuthor · BooksGiovanni Ruffini (1807 in Genoa – 1881) was an Italian writer and patriot of the early 19th century.
Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizAuthor · BooksGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (or Leibnitz; 14 November 1716) was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist, and diplomat who is credited, alongside Isaac Newton, with…
Gregor GysiAuthor · BooksGregor Florian Gysi (born 16 January 1948) is a German attorney, former president of the Party of the European Left and a prominent politician of The Left (Die Linke) political party.
Guido WesterwelleAuthor · BooksGuido Westerwelle (lang; 27 December 1961 – 18 March 2016) was a German politician who served as foreign minister in the second cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel and Vice-Chancellor of…
Gustave de BeaumontAuthor · BooksIllustration — Gustave de Beaumont
Hans Bernd GiseviusAuthor · BooksGustav-Adolf Timotheus Hans Bernd Gisevius (14 July 1904 – 23 February 1974) was a German politician, Gestapo and Abwehr officer and diplomat during the Second World War.
Hans Christoph Ernst von GagernAuthor · BooksHans Christoph Ernst Freiherr von Gagern (25 January 1766 – 22 October 1852), German statesman and political writer, was born in Kleinniedesheim, near Worms.
Heidi HeitkampPerson · Film memorabiliaMary Kathryn "Heidi" Heitkamp (born October 30, 1955) is an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States senator from North Dakota from 2013 to 2019.
Heinrich Christian BoieAuthor · BooksHeinrich Christian Boie (19 July 1744 – 3 March 1806) was a German author. In 1781, he was appointed as landfoged of North Dithmarschen.
Heinrich Leopold WagnerAuthor · BooksHeinrich Leopold Wagner (19 February 1747 – 4 March 1779) was a German dramatist of the Sturm und Drang movement.
Helius Eobanus HessusAuthor · BooksHelius Eobanus Hessus (6 January 1488 – 5 October 1540) was a German Latin poet and later a Lutheran humanist. He was born in Halgehausen in Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel).
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and VauxAuthor · BooksIllustration — Sir Henry Brougham by John Adams Acton 1867
Henry Crabb RobinsonAuthor · BooksHenry Crabb Robinson (13 May 1775 – 5 February 1867) was an English writer and scholar.
Henry FieldingAuthor · BooksHenry Fielding (22 April 1707 – 8 October 1754) was an English writer and judge known for the use of humour and satire in his works.
Henry HarrisseAuthor · Maps and atlasesHenry Harrisse (May 28, 1829 – May 13, 1910) was a writer, lawyer, art critic, and American historian who authored books on the discovery of America and geographic representations of the…
Hiob LudolfAuthor · BooksHiob or Job Ludolf (Latin: Iobus Ludolfus or Ludolphus; 15 June 1624 – 8 April 1704), also known as Job Leutholf, was a German orientalist, born in Erfurt.
Horst EhmkeAuthor · BooksHorst Paul August Ehmke (4 February 1927 – 12 March 2017) was a German lawyer, law professor and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
Hugo Gutiérrez VegaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Hugo Gutiérrez Vega
Inger-Maria MahlkeAuthor · BooksInger-Maria Mahlke (born 1977 in Hamburg, West Germany) is a German author. In 2018 she was the recipient of the German Book Prize.
Ivo JosipovićPerson · Music memorabiliaIvo Josipović (pronounced [ǐːʋo josǐːpoʋitɕ]; born 28 August 1957) is a Croatian academic, jurist, composer, and politician who served as the president of Croatia from 2010 to 2015.
Jacob CatsAuthor · BooksJacob Cats (10 November 1577 – 12 September 1660) was a Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician. He is most famous for his emblem books.
Jacob Israël de HaanAuthor · BooksJacob Israël de Haan (31 December 1881 – 30 June 1924) was a Dutch Jewish writer, poet, journalist, and political activist.
Jacopone da TodiAuthor · BooksJacopone da Todi (c. 1230 – 25 December 1306) was an Italian Franciscan friar from Umbria.
Jakob AyrerAuthor · BooksJakob Ayrer (c. 1543 – March 26, 1605 or in 1625) was a German playwright and author of Fastnachtsspiele (Carnival plays).
Jakob WimpfelingAuthor · BooksJakob Wimpfeling (25 July 1450 – 17 November 1528) was an Alsatian Renaissance humanist and theologian.
James A. GarfieldAuthor · BooksJames Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831September 19, 1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his death in September that year after being shot in…
James AbourezkAuthor · BooksJames George Abourezk (February 24, 1931February 24, 2023) was an American attorney and politician from South Dakota.
Jan GruterAuthor · BooksJan Gruter or Gruytère, Latinized as Janus Gruterus (3 December 1560 – 20 September 1627), was a Flemish-born philologist, scholar, and librarian.
Jan KarskiAuthor · BooksJan Karski (lang; birthname: Jan Kozielewski, lang; 24 June 1914 – 13 July 2000) was a Polish soldier, resistance-fighter, and diplomat during World War II.
Janko JesenskýAuthor · BooksBaron Ján Jesenský (30 December 1874 in Tučiansky Svätý Martin (Túrócszentmárton), Kingdom of Hungary (present day Martin, Slovakia) – 27 December 1945 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) was a…
Jean Anthelme Brillat-SavarinAuthor · BooksJean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃tɛlm bʁija savaʁɛ̃; 2 April 1755 – 2 February 1826) was a French lawyer and politician, who, as the author of Physiologie du goût (The Physiology of…
Jean Baptista von SchweitzerAuthor · BooksJohann Baptist von Schweitzer (12 July 1833 – 28 July 1875) was a German politician, dramatic poet and playwright.
Jean SpiropoulosAuthor · BooksIllustration — Jean Spiropoulos (1961).jpg
Jean Vauquelin de la FresnayeAuthor · BooksJean Vauquelin de la Fresnaye (or de La Fresnaye) (1536–1606/8) was a French poet born at the château of La Fresnaye-au-Sauvage or Caen in Normandy in 1536.
Jean-Baptiste DubosAuthor · BooksJean-Baptiste Dubos (14 December 1670 – 23 March 1742), also referred to as l'Abbé Du Bos, was a French author. He was also a diplomat and an art critic.
Jean-Baptiste GramayeAuthor · BooksJean-Baptiste Gramaye (Antwerp, 1579 - Lübeck, 1635) was an early modern historian of the Southern Netherlands.
Jean-Denis BredinAuthor · BooksJean-Denis Bredin (born Jean-Denis Hirsch: 17 May 1929 – 1 September 2021) was a French attorney and founding partner of the firm Bredin Prat.
Jean-Nicolas BouillyAuthor · BooksJean-Nicolas Bouilly (24 January 1763 – 14 April 1842) was a French playwright, librettist, children's writer, and politician of the French Revolution.
Jeremy BenthamAuthor · BooksJeremy Bentham (4 February 1747/8 O.S. [15 February 1748 N.S.] – 6 June 1832) was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism.
Joaquim José da França JúniorArtist · PaintingsJoaquim José da França Júnior (March 18, 1838 – November 27, 1890) was a Brazilian playwright, journalist and, initially, a painter.
Joaquín CostaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait of Joaquín Costa by Victoriano Balasanz
Joe ScarboroughPerson · Music memorabiliaCharles Joseph Scarborough (born April 9, 1963) is an American television host and former politician who is the co-host of Morning Joe on MS NOW, alongside his wife Mika Brzezinski and…
Johann Anton LeisewitzAuthor · BooksJohann Anton Leisewitz (9 May 1752 – 10 September 1806) was a German lawyer and dramatic poet, and a central figure of the Sturm und Drang era.
Johann Caspar BluntschliAuthor · BooksJohann Caspar (also Kaspar) Bluntschli (7 March 1808 – 21 October 1881) was a Swiss jurist and politician.
Johann David HeinichenPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann David Heinichen (17 April 1683 – 16 July 1729) was a German Baroque composer and music theorist who brought the musical genius of Venice to the court of Augustus II the Strong in…
Johann Elias SchlegelAuthor · BooksJohann Elias Schlegel (January 17, 1719 – August 13, 1749) was a German critic and dramatic poet.
Johann Ernst BachPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Ernst Bach was an organist, composer, chapelmaster and jurist (1722–1777). He was born in Eisenach.
Johann FaberAuthor · BooksJohann Faber (1478 – 21 May 1541) was a Catholic theologian known for his writings opposing the Protestant Reformation and the growing Anabaptist movement.
Johann FischartAuthor · BooksJohann Baptist Fischart (c. 1545 – 1591) was a German satirist and publicist.
Johann FranckAuthor · BooksJohann Fran(c)k (1 June 1618 – 18 June 1677) was a German politician (serving as mayor of Guben and a member of the Landtag of Lower Lusatia) and a lyric poet and hymnist.
Johann Georg AhlePerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Georg Ahle (June 1651 – 2 December 1706) was a German composer, organist, theorist, and Protestant church musician.
Johann Georg von HahnAuthor · BooksJohann Georg von Hahn (11 July 1811 – 23 September 1869) was a German diplomat, philologist and specialist in Albanian history, language and culture, who spent the majority of his career…
Johann Hieronymus SchröterAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohann Hieronymus Schröter (30 August 1745, Erfurt – 29 August 1816, Lilienthal) was a German astronomer.
Johann of SchwarzenbergAuthor · BooksIllustration — Johann Schwarzenberg.
Johann ReuchlinAuthor · BooksJohann Reuchlin (lang; 29 January 1455 – 30 June 1522), sometimes called Johannes, was a German Catholic humanist and a scholar of Greek and Hebrew, whose work also took him to modern-day…
Johannes DantiscusAuthor · BooksIllustration — Joannes Dantiscus Episcopus Culmensis
Johannes MeursiusAuthor · BooksIllustration — Johannes Meursius
John DickinsonAuthor · Books
John SeldenAuthor · BooksJohn Selden (16 December 1584 – 30 November 1654) was an English jurist, a scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution and scholar of Jewish law. He was known as a polymath;
Jordi Solé TuraAuthor · BooksIllustration — Jordi Solé Tura (1991)
José Bonifácio the YoungerAuthor · BooksJosé Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva (November 8, 1827 – October 26, 1886) was a French-born Brazilian poet, teacher and politician.
José VasconcelosAuthor · BooksJosé Vasconcelos Calderón (28 February 1882 – 30 June 1959), called the "cultural caudillo" of the Mexican Revolution, was an important Mexican writer, philosopher, lawyer, and politician.
Josef KohlerPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Josef Kohler;
Joseph MurphyAuthor · BooksJoseph Denis Murphy (May 20, 1898 – December 16, 1981) was an Irish writer and New Thought minister, ordained in Divine Science and Religious Science
Joseph StoryAuthor · BooksJoseph Story (September18, 1779September10, 1845) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1812 to…
Joseph Victor von ScheffelAuthor · BooksJoseph Victor von Scheffel (16 February 1826 – 9 April 1886) was a German poet and novelist. His novel Ekkehard (1855) became one of the most popular German novels in the 19th century.
Joseph von EichendorffAuthor · BooksJoseph Karl Benedikt Freiherr von Eichendorff (lang; 10 March 178826 November 1857) was a German poet, novelist, playwright, literary critic, translator, and anthologist.
József TelekiAuthor · BooksCount József Teleki de Szék (24 October 1790 – 15 February 1855) was a Hungarian jurist and historian, who served as the first President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences from 1830 until…
Juan Antonio ZunzuneguiAuthor · BooksJuan Antonio de Zunzunegui (21 December 1901, Portugalete — 31 May 1982, Madrid) was a 20th-century Spanish writer who mainly penned works of social criticism on the lives of contemporary…
Juan Bravo MurilloAuthor · BooksJuan Bravo Murillo (24 June 1803 – 11 February 1873) was a Spanish politician and lawyer.
Juan FilloyAuthor · BooksIllustration — Juan Filloy in 1971
Julian CorbettAuthor · BooksIllustration — Sir Julian Stafford Corbett
Julius MosenAuthor · BooksJulius Mosen (8 July 1803 – 10 October 1867) was a German poet and author of Jewish descent, associated with the Young Germany movement, and now remembered principally for his patriotic…
Jürgen TodenhöferAuthor · BooksJürgen Todenhöfer (born 12 November 1940) is a German author, journalist, politician, executive and former judge.
Justus JonasAuthor · BooksJustus Jonas, the Elder (5 June 1493 – 9 October 1555), or simply Justus Jonas, was a German Lutheran theologian and reformer. He was a Jurist, Professor and Hymn writer.
Karel HartmannAuthor · BooksKarel Hartmann (6 July 1885 – c. 16 October 1944) was a Czech ice hockey player who competed for Czechoslovakia in the Olympic Games in 1920.
Karel KašparAuthor · Books
Karl Ludwig von HallerAuthor · BooksKarl Ludwig von Haller (1 August 1768 – 20 May 1854) was a Swiss jurist, statesman and political philosopher.
Karl Wilhelm RamlerAuthor · BooksKarl Wilhelm Ramler (25 February 1725 – 11 April 1798) was a German poet who was the Berlin Cadet School master.
Karol AntoniewiczPerson · Music memorabiliaKarol Antoniewicz (Bołoz.) Armenian: Կարոլ Անտոնեվիչ (born in Nova Skvaryava, Galicia, 6 November 1807; died 14 November 1852) was a Polish-Armenian Jesuit and missionary.
Karol BalińskiAuthor · BooksKarol Baliński (born 21 May 1817 in Dzierzkowice, Lublin region of Poland – 10 January 1864 in Lwów Poland), also known by his pseudonym Karol z Jarosławca, was a Polish poet, revolutionary…
Karol Boromeusz HoffmanAuthor · BooksKarol Aleksander Boromeusz Hoffman (1798 – 6 July 1875) was a Polish political writer, historian, lawyer and publisher.
Kazimierz SabbatAuthor · BooksKazimierz Aleksander Sabbat (27 February 1913 – 19 July 1989), was President of Poland-in-exile from 8 April 1986 until his death, 19 July 1989, after serving (from 1976) as Prime Minister…
Kéba MbayeAuthor · BooksKéba Mbaye (5 August 1924 – 11 January 2007) was a Senegalese judge and member of both the International Olympic Committee and the International Court of Justice.
Knut FrydenlundAuthor · BooksKnut Frydenlund (31 March 1927 – 26 February 1987) was a Norwegian diplomat and politician for the Labour Party who served as foreign minister from 1973 to 1981 and again from 1986 to 1987.
Konstantinos TsatsosAuthor · BooksKonstantinos D. Tsatsos (July 1, 1899 – October 8, 1987) was a Greek diplomat, professor of law, scholar and politician.
Krzysztof PiesiewiczAuthor · BooksKrzysztof Marek Piesiewicz (25 October 1945 – 14 May 2026) was a Polish lawyer, politician and film screenwriter. From 1991 to 1993 and from 1997 to 2011 he was a member of Polish Senate.
Kurt HillerAuthor · BooksKurt Hiller (17 August 1885, Berlin – 1 October 1972, Hamburg) was a German essayist, lawyer, and expressionist poet. He was also a political (namely pacifist) journalist.
Kurt TucholskyAuthor · BooksKurt Tucholsky (9 January 1890 – 21 December 1935) was a German journalist, satirist, and writer.
Laurens ReaelAuthor · BooksLaurens Reael (22 October 1583 – 21 October 1637) was an employee of the Dutch East India Company, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1616 to 1619, and an admiral of the Dutch…
Laza KostićAuthor · BooksLazar Kostić (Лазар Костић; 12 February 1841 – 27 November 1910) was a Serbian poet, prose writer, lawyer, aesthetician, journalist, publicist, and politician.
Leo GennPerson · Film memorabiliaLeopold John Genn (9 August 1905 – 26 January 1978) was an English actor and barrister.
Leoluca OrlandoAuthor · BooksLeoluca Orlando (born 1 August 1947) is an Italian politician. He was mayor of Palermo for over twenty years and was president of the Italian Federation of American Football (FIDAF).
Léon CladelAuthor · BooksIllustration — Léon Cladel
Léon Roger-MilèsAuthor · BooksLéon Roger (also known as Léon Roger-Milès or just Roger-Milès; 3 November 1859 – 24 May 1928) was a French lawyer, historian, poet, journalist and art critic.
Leopold Hasner von ArthaAuthor · BooksLeopold Hasner von Artha (15 March 1818, Prague – 5 June 1891, Bad Ischl) was an Austrian civil servant and statesman. He served as the 4th Minister-President of Cisleithania.
LeunclaviusAuthor · BooksIllustration — Four-masted Turkish warship, by Leunclavius (1586)
Levko LukianenkoAuthor · BooksLevko Hryhorovych Lukianenko (24 August 1928 – 7 July 2018) was a Ukrainian Soviet dissident and politician.[14] He was one of the founders of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group in 1976 and was…
Louis de Geer the ElderAuthor · BooksBaron Louis Gerard De Geer af Finspång (18 July 181824 September 1896) was a Swedish statesman, lawyer, and writer who served twice as Prime Minister for Justice from 1858 to 1870 and from…
Louis RacineAuthor · BooksLouis Racine (6 November 1692 – 29 January 1763) was a French poet of the Age of the Enlightenment.
Louis ScutenaireAuthor · BooksLouis Scutenaire (29 June 1905 – 15 August 1987) was a Belgian French-language poet, anarchist, surrealist and civil servant.
Louk HulsmanPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Portrait of L. Hulsman, 1982
Ludwig EichrodtAuthor · BooksLudwig Eichrodt (February 2, 1827, Durlach bei Karlsruhe – February 2, 1892, Lahr) was a German poet and dramatist.
Luis Mateo DíezAuthor · Books
Mahatma GandhiAuthor · BooksMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer,[2] anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the…
Mahmud al-AlusiAuthor · BooksAbū al-Thanā’ Shihāb ad-Dīn Sayyid Maḥmūd ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Ḥusaynī al-Ālūsī al-Baghdādī (&lrm;
Manuel de Jesús Troncoso de la ConchaAuthor · BooksManuel de la Concha
Marcus Antistius LabeoAuthor · BooksMarcus Antistius Labeo was a jurist, politician, lawyer and writer (100–10).
Marcus Cornelius FrontoAuthor · BooksMarcus Cornelius Fronto (c. 100late 160s AD), best known as Fronto, was a Roman grammarian, rhetorician, and advocate.
Matthias Jacob SchleidenAuthor · BooksMatthias Jakob Schleiden (lang; 5 April 1804 – 23 June 1881) was a German botanist and co-founder of cell theory, along with Theodor Schwann and Rudolf Virchow.
Max LangeAuthor · BooksMax Lange (August 7, 1832, Magdeburg – December 8, 1899, Leipzig) was a German chess player, problem composer, and writer, as well as an important chess organizer and chess governance…

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