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Rafael Alberti
Born: December 16, 1902
Lit.Westa Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27. He is considered one of the greatest literary figures of the so-called Silver Age of Spanish Literature,more…Leonhard Euler
Born: April 15, 1707
Sciencea Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, geographer, logician and engineer who founded the studies of graph theory and topologymore…Pierre Louis Dulong
Born: February 12, 1785
Sciencea French physicist and chemist. He is remembered today largely for the law of Dulong and Petit,more…William Buckland
Born: March 12, 1784
Sciencean English theologian who became Dean of Westminster. He was also a geologist and palaeontologistmore…Francisco de Zurbarán
Born: November 7, 1598
Art.Westa Spanish painter. He is known primarily for his religious paintings depicting monks, nuns, and martyrs, and for his still-lifes.more…Alfredo Casella
Born: July 25, 1883
Music.Westan Italian composer, pianist and conductor.more…
The data is sourced from Charles Murray's Human Accomplishment database available by the Open Science Framework and from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.