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Emmy Noether
Born: March 23, 1882
Sciencea German mathematician who made many important contributions to abstract algebra. She discovered Noether's First and Second Theorem, which are fundamental in mathematical physics.more…Richard Dedekind
Born: October 6, 1831
Sciencea German mathematician who made important contributions to number theory, abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), and the axiomatic foundations of arithmetic.more…Frans Eemil Sillanpää
Born: September 16, 1888
Lit.Westone of the most famous Finnish writers and in 1939 became the first Finnish writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literaturemore…Robert H. Goddard
Born: October 5, 1882
Sciencean American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocketmore…Georges Cuvier
Born: August 23, 1769
Sciencea French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology".more…Hermann Hesse
Born: July 2, 1877
Lit.Westa German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. His best-known works include Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Gamemore…
The data is sourced from Charles Murray's Human Accomplishment database available by the Open Science Framework and from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.