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Théodore Chassériau
Born: September 20, 1819
Art.Westa Dominican-born French Romantic painter noted for his portraits, historical and religious paintings, allegorical murals, and Orientalist images inspired by his travels to Algeria.more…Richard Strauss
Born: June 11, 1864
Music.Westa German composer and conductor best known for his tone poems and operas.more…Guercino
Born: February 8, 1591
Art.Westan Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region, who was active in Rome and Bologna.more…Pieter de Hooch
Born: December 20, 1629
Art.Westa Dutch Golden Age painter famous for his genre works of quiet domestic scenes with an open doorwaymore…Nicolas Lancret
Born: January 22, 1690
Art.Westa French painter. He was a brilliant depicter of light comedy which reflected the manners of French society during the regency of the Duke of Orleans and, later, early reign of King Louis XV.more…Georg Ohm
Born: March 16, 1789
Sciencea German physicist and mathematician. As a school teacher, Ohm began his research with the new electrochemical cell, invented by Italian scientist Alessandro Volta.more…
The data is sourced from Charles Murray's Human Accomplishment database available by the Open Science Framework and from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.