Food For Thought

A Collection of Heretical Notions and Wretched Adages
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Taaffe, Eduard von (Austrian politician) 1833-1895
Tabakov, Emil (Bulgarian conductor, composer, bassist) b.1947
Taban lo Liyong (Ugandan writer, critic, editor, educator) b.1938
Tabari, Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Jarir at- (Arab historian) c.839-923
Tabataba'i, Sayyid Zia od-Din (Iranian politician) c.1888-1969
Tabinshwehti (King of Burma 1531-1550) 1512-1550
Tabourot, Jehan (pseudonym Thoinot Arbeau; French scholar) 1519-1595
Tacchini, Pietro (Italian astronomer) 1838-1905
Tache, Sir Etienne Pascal (Canadian politician) 1795-1865
Tachtsis, Kostas (Greek writer, translator) 1927-1988
Tacitus, Cornelius (Roman orator, politician, historian) c.56-c.120
Tacitus, Marcus Claudius (Roman emperor 275-276) c.200-276
Taeuber-Arp, Sophie née Taeuber (Swiss painter, sculptor) 1889-1943
Taewon-gun (aka Yi Ha-ung; Korean ruler) 1821-1898
Taft, Alphonso (American jurist, politician) 1810-1891
Taft, Charles Phelps (American lawyer, publisher; son of Al.) 1843-1929
Taft, Horace Dutton (American educator; son of Alphonso) 1861-1943
Taft, Lorado Zadoc (American sculptor) 1860-1936
Taft, Robert Alphonso (American politician; son of W.H. Taft) 1889-1953
Taft, William Howard (27th U.S. president, 1909-1913) 1857-1930
Tagger, Theodor (pseudonym Ferdinand Bruckner; Austrian poet) 1891-1958
Tagliacozzi, Gaspare (Italian surgeon) 1545-1599
Taglioni, Filippo (Italian ballet master, choreographer) 1777-1871
Taglioni, Marie (Italian dancer; daughter of Filippo) 1804-1884
Taglioni, Marie (Italian dancer; daughter of Paul) 1833-1891
Taglioni, Paul (Italian ballet master; son of Filippo) 1808-1884
Tagore, Debendranath (Indian Hindu philosopher, reformer) 1817-1905
Tagore, Sir Rabindranath (Indian Bengali poet; son of Deb.) 1861-1941
Taha Hussein (or Taha Husayn; Egyptian writer, critic) 1889-1973
Tahtawi, Rifa'ah Rafi' at- (Egyptian educator, scholar) 1801-1873
Tahuereau, Jacques (French poet) c.1527-1555
Tai Chen (Tai Tung-yuan; Chinese philosopher) 1724-1777
Tai Chin (or Tai Wen-chin; Chinese painter) 1388-1462
T'ai-go Wangsa (Korean monk) 1301-1382
Taiko Josetsu (Japanese Zen Buddhist priest, painter) 14th-15th cent.
Taillefer (Norman trouvere) d.1066
Tailleferre, Germaine (French composer; member of Les Six) 1892-1983
Taine, Hippolyte-Adolphe (French philosopher, hist., critic) 1828-1893
Tainter, Charles Sumner (American inventor) 1854-1940
Taira Kiyomori (Japanese samurai-ruler; son of Tadamori) 1118-1181
Taira Masakado (Japanese rebel leader) d.940
Taira Masamori (Japanese samurai) 12th cent.
Taira Tadamori (Japanese samurai; son of Masamori) 1096-1153
Tairov, Aleksandr Yakovlevich (Russian theatrical producer) 1885-1950
Tait, Archibald Campbell (Scottish prelate) 1811-1882
Tait, Peter Guthrie (Scottish physicist, mathematician) 1831-1901
Takahama Kyoshi (born Takahama Kiyoshi; Japanese poet) 1874-1959
Takahashi Korekiyo (orig. surname Kawamura; Japanese financier) 1854-1936
Takahashi Yuji (Japanese composer, pianist, writer) b.1938
Takahata, Isao (Japanese anime film director) b.1935
Takamura Kotaro (Japanese poet, sculptor; son of Takamura Koun) 1883-1956
Takamura Koun (born Nakajima Kozo; Japanese sculptor) 1852-1934
Takasugi Shinsaku (Japanese politician) 1839-1867
Takeda Shingen (Japanese warrior) 1521-1573
Takemoto Gidayu (aka Rihe Shimizu; Japanese actor) 1651-1714
Takemitsu Toru (Japanese composer, music theorist) 1930-1996
Takeshita Noboru (Japanese prime minister 1987-1989) b.1924
Takeuchi Kokichi (aka Takeuchi Seiho; Japanese painter) 1864-1942
Takizawa Bakin (born Okikuni; Japanese writer) 1767-1848
Taksin (aka Phraya Taksin, Paya Tak; King of Siam 1767-1782) 1734-1782
Takuan (Japanese Zen Buddhist priest) 1573-1645
Takuma Takemoto (aka Takuma Shoga; Japanese painter) 12th cent.
Tal, Joseph (b. Joseph Gruenthal; Polish-born Israeli composer) 1910-2008
Talat Pasa, Mehmed (Turkish politician) 1872-1921
Talavera, Hernando de (Spanish prelate) 1428-1507
Talbot, Arthur Newell (American engineer, educator) 1857-1942
Talbot, Mary Anne (English soldier) 1778-1808
Talbot, Richard (Irish Jacobite) 1630-1691
Talbot, Silas (American naval officer) 1751-1813
Talbot, William Henry Fox (English physicist) 1800-1877
Talfourd, Sir Thomas Noon (English judge) 1795-1854
Taliesin (Welsh poet) 6th cent.
Tallchief, Maria (American dancer) b.1925
Tallemant des Reaux, Gedeon (French writer) 1619-1692
Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles-Maurice de (French statesman) 1754-1838
Tallien, Jean-Lambert (French Revolutionary) 1767-1820
Tallis (or Tallys, Talles), Thomas (English organist, composer) c.1505-1585
Talma, Francois-Joseph (French tragedian) 1763-1826
Talma, Louise Juliette (France-born American composer, teacher) 1906-1996
Talon, Jean-Baptiste (French colonial administrator) c.1625-1694
Tam, Jacob ben Meir (French Talmudist) 1100-1171
Tamayo, Rufino (Mexican painter) 1899-1991
Tamayo y Baus, Manuel (Spanish dramatist) 1829-1898
Tamiris, Helen (American dancer, choreographer, teacher) 1905-1966
Tamm, Igor Yevgenyevich (Soviet physicist, mathematician) 1895-1971
Tamman ibn Ghalib Abu Firas "al-Farazdaq" (Arab poet) c.641-c.730
Tammany (or Tamanend; American Delaware Indian chief) fl. 1685
Tan, Amy (American writer) b.1952
Tanabe Hajime (Japanese philosopher) 1885-1962
Tanaka Giichi (Japanese soldier, politician) 1863-1929
Tanaka Koichi (Japanese engineer, chemist) b.1959
Tanchelm (Flemish heretic) d.1115?
Tancred (Norman leader in first Crusade) 1078?-1112
Tandy, James Napper (Irish revolutionary) 1740-1803
Tandy, Jessica (English-born American actor) 1909-1994
Taney, Roger Brooke (Am. Supreme Court chief justice 1836-64) 1777-1864
Taneyev, Sergey Ivanovich (Russian composer, concert pianist) 1856-1915
T'ang Chi-yao (Chinese soldier) 1881-1927
Tange Kenzo (Japanese architect) 1913-2005
T'ang T'ai Tsung (born Li Shih-min; Chinese emperor 627-649) 600-649
Tanguay, Eva (Canadian-born American entertainer) 1878-1947
Tanguy, Raymond Georges Yves (French-born American painter) 1900-1955
T'ang Yin (Chinese painter) 1470-1523
Tanhum ben Joseph (Jewish rabbinic scholar) 13th cent.
Tani Buncho (born Seian Bungoro; Japanese painter) 1763-1840
Tanizaki Jun-ichiro (Japanese writer) 1886-1965
Tan Malaka, Ibrahim Datuk (Indonesian Communist leader) 1894-1949
Tanner, Henry Ossawa (American painter) 1859-1937
Tanner, Vaino Alfred (Finnish politician) 1881-1966
Tannhauser (German lyric poet) c.1200-c.1270
Tanning, Dorothea (Am. painter, printmaker, sculptor, writer) b.1910
Tanomura Chikuden (given name Takanori; Japanese painter) 1777-1835
Tansillo, Luigi (Italian poet) 1510-1568
Tansman, Alexandre (aka Stan Alson; Polish composer, pianist) 1897-1986
Tanucci, Bernardo (Italian politician) 1698-1783
Tanuma Okitsugu (Japanese politician) 1719-1788
Tao, Terence Chi-Shen (Australian mathematician, teacher) b.1975
T'ao Ch'ien (aka T'ao Yuan-ming; Chinese poet) 365-427
T'ao Hung-ching (Chinese poet, calligrapher) 451-536
Taparelli, Massimo (Italian writer, politician) 1798-1866
Tapies, Antoni (Spanish painter) b.1923
Tapissier, Johannes (aka Jean Tapissier; Fr. composer, teacher) c.1370-1408/1410
Tappan, Arthur (American merchant, philanthropist) 1786-1865
Tappan, Benjamin (American lawyer, politician; bro. of Arthur) 1773-1857
Tappan, Lewis (American businessman; bro. of Arthur) 1788-1873
Tarafah (Arab poet) 6th cent.
Tarantino, Quentin Jerome (Am. film director, screenwriter) b.1963
Tara Singh (Indian Sikh leader) 1885-1967
Tarbell, Ida Minerva (American writer, muckraker, lecturer) 1857-1944
Tarde, Jean-Gabriel de (French sociologist, criminologist) 1843-1904
Tardieu, Andre-Pierre-Gabriel-Amedee (French politician) 1876-1945
Tardivaux, Rene-Marie-Auguste "Rene Boylesve" (French writer) 1867-1926
Rabbi Tarfon (Jewish sage) c.130 CE
Tarham, Abdulhak Hamid (Turkish poet, playwright, diplomat) 1852-1937
Tariq ibn Ziyad (Muslim general) d.c.720
Tarjan, Robert Endre (American computer scientist, teacher) b.1948
Tarkington, Newton Booth (American writer, playwright) 1869-1946
Tarkovsky, Andrei Arsenyevich (Russian film director, writer) 1932-1986
Tarleton, Sir Banastre (English soldier) 1754-1833
Tarlton, Richard (English comedian, actor, ballad writer) d.1588
Tarn, Mary Pauline (pseud. Renee Vivien; Eng.-born French poet) 1877-1909
Tarnowski, Jan (Polish soldier) 1488-1561
Tarrasch, Siegbert (German chess master, physician) 1862-1934
Tarrida del Marmol, Fernando (Cuban anarchist writer, educator) 1861-1915
Tarski, Alfred (Russian-born American mathematician) 1902-1983
Tart, Charles Theodore (American psychologist) b.1937
Tartaglia, John Nicholas (Am. singer, actor, dancer, puppeteer) b.1978
Tartaglia, Niccolo (orig. surname Fontana; Italian math.) 1499-1557
Tartakovsky, Genndy (Russian animator, director) b.1970
Tartini, Giuseppe (Italian violinist, composer, teacher) 1692-1770
Taschereau, Elzear Alexandre (Canadian prelate) 1820-1898
Taschereau, Sir Henry Elzear (Can. jurist; nephew of Elzear) 1836-1911
Tashiro, Shiro (Japanese-born American biochemist) 1883-1963
Taskin, Pascal (French harpsichord maker) 1723-1793
Tasman, Abel Janszoon (Dutch navigator, explorer of Oceania) 1603?-1659?
Tassaert, Jean Pierre Antoine (Dutch sculptor) 1729-1788
Tassaert, Nicolas-Francois-Octave (French painter) 1807-1874
Tassie, James (Scottish gem engraver, modeler) 1735-1799
Tassie, William (Scottish modeler; nephew of James) 1777-1860
Tassis Peralta, Juan de (Spanish poet) 1582-1622
Tasso, Bernardo (Italian poet; father of Torquato) 1493-1569
Tasso, Torquato (Italian poet; son of Bernardo) 1544-1595
Tassoni, Alessandro (It. poet, political writer, lit. critic) 1565-1635
Tastu, Sabine-Casimire-Amable née Voiart (French poet) 1795-1885
Tata, Sir Dorabji Jamsetji (Indian indust.; son of Jamsetji) 1859-1932
Tata, Jamsetji Nasarwanji (Indian industrialist) 1839-1904
Tata, Sir Ratanji (Indian industrialist; son of Jamsetji) 1871-1918
Tatarescu, Gheorghe (Romanian politician) 1892-1957
Tate, Sir Henry (English sugar refiner, philanthropist) 1819-1899
Tate, John Orley Allen (American poet, critic, biographer) 1899-1979
Tate, John Torrence Jr. (American mathematician, educator) b.1925
Tate, Nahum (Irish-born British poet; poet laureate 1692-1715) 1652-1715
Tatian (aka Tatianos; Syrian Christian writer) c.120-173
Tatlin, Vladimir (Soviet painter, sculptor, architect) 1885-1953
Tatus, Arthur (American musician) 1910-1956
Tatum, Edward Lawrie (American biochemist) 1909-1975
Taube, Henry (Canadian-born Am. chemist, researcher, teacher) 1915-2005
Tauchnitz, Christian Bernhard (German printer, publisher) 1816-1895
Tauchnitz, Karl Christoph Traugott (German printer, publisher) 1761-1836
Taufa'ahau Tupou IV (Tongan monarch, 1965-2006) 1918-2006
Tauler, Johannes (German mystic, preacher) c.1300-1361
Taunay, Viscount Alfredo d'Escragnolle (Braz. writer, hist.) 1843-1899
Tauriscus of Tralles (Greek sculptor) 2nd cent. BC
Tausen, Hans (the Danish Luther; Danish religious reformer) 1494-1561
Tavares, Eugenio de Paulo (Cape Verdean poet; wrote in Crioulo) 1867-1930
Tavener, Sir John (English composer) b.1944
Taverner, John (English composer) c.1490-1545
Taverner, Richard (English religious reformer) 1505?-1575
Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste (French traveler) 1605-1689
Taviani, Paolo (Italian film director, screenwriter) b.1931
Taviani, Vittorio (Italian film director, screenwriter) b.1929
Tawney, Richard Henry (English economic historian) 1880-1962
Tayama Rokuya (pseudonym Tayama Katai; Japanese writer) 1871-1930
Taylor, Alan John Percivale (British historian) 1906-1989
Taylor, Ann (English poet; sister of Jane) 1782-1866
Taylor, Bert Leston (American journalist) 1866-1921
Taylor, Brook (English mathematician) 1685-1731
Taylor, Cecil Percival (American musician, composer) b.1930
Taylor, Charles Margrave "Chuck" (Canadian philosopher) b.1931
Taylor, David Watson (American naval officer, marine architect) 1864-1940
Taylor, Edward (English-born American poet, clergyman) 1645?-1729
Taylor, Edward Thompson (American clergyman) 1793-1871
Taylor, Elizabeth née Coles (English writer) 1912-1975
Taylor, Frank B. (American geologist; continental drift) 1860-1939
Taylor, Frederick Winslow (American efficiency engineer) 1856-1915
Taylor, Sir Geoffrey Ingram (English physicist, mathematician) 1886-1975
Taylor, George (Irish-born American iron manufacturer) 1716-1781
Taylor, Sir Henry (English poet) 1800-1886
Taylor, Isidore-Justin-Severin (French writer) 1789-1879
Taylor, James Bayard (American writer, translator, journalist) 1825-1878
Taylor, Jane (English poet; "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star") 1783-1824
Taylor, Jeremy (English prelate, writer) 1613-1667
Taylor, John "the water-poet" (English pamphleteer, journalist) 1580-1653
Taylor, John (American politician, agriculturist) 1753-1824
Taylor, John (English-born American religious leader) 1808-1887
Taylor, John Edward (English liberal journalist) 1791-1844
Taylor, John W. (American politician) 1784-1854
Taylor, Joseph (English actor) 1586?-1652
Taylor, Joseph Deems (American composer, music critic) 1885-1966
Taylor, Joseph Hooton Jr. (Am. physicist; co-disc. bin. pulsar) b.1941
Taylor, Kenneth Nathaniel (Am. publisher; fd. Tyndale House) 1917-2005
Taylor, Laurette (born Loretta Cooney; American actor) 1884-1946
Taylor, Lucy Hobbs (American dentist) 1833-1910
Taylor, Maxwell Davenport (American general, diplomat) 1901-1987
Taylor, Nathaniel William (American theologian) 1786-1858
Taylor, Paul (American choreographer, dance company founder) b.1929
Taylor, Peter Hillsman (American writer, playwright, teacher) 1917-1994
Taylor, Richard (American army officer; son of Zachary) 1826-1879
Taylor, Richard Edward (Canadian physicist in America) b.1929
Taylor, Rowland (English Protestant martyr) d.1555
Taylor, Theodore Brewster (Mexico-born Am. physicist, activist) 1925-2004
Taylor, Thomas (the Platonist; English scholar) 1758-1835
Taylor, Tom (English dramatist) 1817-1880
Taylor, William (American clergyman) 1821-1902
Taylor, William "Billy" (American musician, composer, educator) 1921-2010
Taylor, William "Shooby" (American scat singer, postal worker) 1929-2003
Taylor, Zachary (12th U.S. president, 1849-1850) 1784-1850
Taymor, Julie (American theater director) b.1952
Tchaikovsky, Boris Alexandrovich (Russian composer) 1925-1996
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilich (Russian composer, conductor) 1840-1893
Tcherepnin, Alexander Nikolayevich (Rus. composer; son of Nik.) 1899-1977
Tcherepnin, Nikolay Nikolayevich (Russian composer) 1873-1945
Tchernichowsky, Saul Gutmanovich (Russian-born Hebrew poet) 1875-1943
Tchicai, John (Danish musician, teacher) 1936-2012
Tchicaya U Tam'si (born Gerald Felix Tchicaya; Congolese poet) 1931-1988
Teach (or Thatch), Edward "Blackbeard" (English pirate) d.1719
Teagarden, Jack (born Weldon Leo; American musician) 1905-1964
Teague, Walter Dorwin (American industrial designer) 1883-1960
Teale, Edwin Way (American naturalist, photographer, writer) 1899-1980
Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu (Maori queen) 1931-2006
Teasdale, Sara (born Sara Trevor; American poet) 1884-1933
Tebaldi, Renata Ersilia Clotilde (Italian singer) 1922-2004
Tecumseh (American Shawnee Indian chief) 1768-1813
Tedder, Arthur William (British air chief marshal) 1890-1967
Tefnakhte (Egyptian king c.730-720 BC) d.c.720 BC
Tegetmeier, William Bernhard (English naturalist) 1816-1912
Tegetthoff, Wilhelm von (Austrian admiral) 1827-1871
Teggart, Frederick John (Irish-born American historian) 1870-1946
Tegh Bahadur (Indian Sikh religious leader) 1621?-1675
Tegner, Esaias (Swedish poet, teacher, scholar, cleric) 1782-1846
Teicher, Louis (American pianist; collab. with Arthur Ferrante) 1924-2008
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre (Fr. paleontologist, philosopher) 1881-1955
Teirlinck, Herman Louis-Cesar (Flemish writer, poet, essayist) 1879-1967
Teisserenc de Bort, Leon-Philippe (French meteorologist) 1855-1913
Teitelbaum, Moses (Siget-born rebbe of Satmar Hassidim) 1914-2006
Teitelbaum, Richard (American composer, musician) b.1939
Teixeira, Pedro (Portuguese soldier in Brazil) 1575-1640
Teixeira Gomes, Manuel (Portuguese politician) 1860-1941
Tejada Sorzano, Jose Luis (Bolivian politician; pres. 1934-36) 1881-1938
Tekakwitha, Kateri (American Mohawk religious) 1656-1680
Te Kooti Rikirangi (Maori religious leader) c.1830-1893
Te-Kuang (Mongol leader) 10th cent.
Telegdi, Valentine Louis (Hungarian-born American physicist) 1922-2006
Teleki, Pal (Hungarian geographer, politician) 1879-1941
Teleki, Samuel (Hungarian explorer) 1845-1916
Telemann, Georg Philipp (German composer, music director) 1681-1767
Telesilla (Greek poet) 5th cent. BC
Telesio, Barnardino (Italian philosopher) 1509-1588
Telford, Thomas (Scottish civil engineer) 1757-1834
Teller (born Raymond Joseph Teller; Am. illusionist, comedian) b.1948
Teller, Edward (born Teller Ede; Hungarian-born Am. physicist) 1908-2003
Tellez, Gabriel (pseudonym Tirso de Molina; Spanish dramatist) c.1580-1648
Tellez-Giron, Pedro (Duque de Osuna; Span. soldier, politician) 1574-1624
Tellier, Charles-Albert-Abel (French engineer) 1828-1913
Telling, Edward Riggs (Am. businessman: Sears, Roebuck & Co.) 1919-2005
Temin, Howard Martin (Am. oncologist, anti-smoking advocate) 1934-1994
Temkin, Clarice Lilian née Shelley (English editor, scholar) 1906-1992
Tempel, Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht (German astronomer; asteroid) 1821-1889
Temple, Frederick (English prelate, primate) 1821-1902
Temple, Henry John "Pam" (English politician) 1784-1865
Temple, Shirley (American actor, politician) b.1928
Temple, Sir William (English diplomat, essayist) 1628-1699
Temple, William (English prelate, primate; son of Frederick) 1881-1944
Templeton, John Marks (American investor, philanthropist) 1912-2008
Temur Khan (aka Ch'eng Tsung; Chinese emperor 1295-1307) 1267-1307
Ten Broeck, Abraham (American Revolutionary leader) 1734-1810
Tench, Watkin (British soldier, writer) c.1758-1833
Tenchi (born Amemikoto-Harukiwake; Japanese emperor 662-671) 626-671
Tencin, Claudine-Alexandrine Guerin de (French writer) 1685-1749
Tenerani, Pietro (Italian sculptor) 1789-1869
Tenet, George John (Am. government admin.; CIA dir. 1997-2004) b.1953
Teniers, David (the Elder; Flemish painter) 1582-1649
Teniers, David (the Younger; Flemish painter) 1610-1690
Tenison, Thomas (English prelate, primate) 1636-1715
Tennant, Frederick Robert (English theologian) 1866-1957
Tennant, Kylie (born Kathleen; Australian writer, playwright) 1912-1988
Tennant, Smithson (English chemist) 1761-1815
Tennent, Gilbert (American clergyman; son of William) 1703-1764
Tennent, William (Irish-born American clergyman) 1673-1746
Tenney, James Carl (American composer, music theorist) 1934-2006
Tenniel, Sir John (English cartoonist, illustrator) 1820-1914
Tennyson, Alfred (English poet; poet laureate 1850) 1809-1892
Tenreiro, Francisco Jose de Vasques (Sao Tomean poet, teacher) 1921-1963
Tenskwatawa (Shawnee religious leader; brother of Tecumseh) c.1768-1834
Terauchi Hisaichi (Japanese army officer) 1879-1946
Terauchi Masatake (born Tada Jusaburo; Japanese gen., polit.) 1852-1919
Terborch (or Ter Borch), Gerard (Dutch painter) 1617-1681
Terbrugghen, Hendrik (Dutch painter) 1588-1629
Terence (aka Publius Terentius Afer; Roman playwright) 186/5-159? BC
Terentianus Maurus (Roman prosodist) 2nd cent.
Teresa of Avila, Saint (Spanish Carmelite, mystic) 1515-1582
Tereshkova, Valentina Vladimirovna (Russian-b. Sov. astronaut) b.1937
Terhune, Albert Payson (American writer) 1872-1942
Terhune, Max (American actor, ventriloquist, magician) 1891-1973
Terkel, Louis "Studs" (American journalist, actor) 1912-2008
Terman, Lewis Madison (American psychologist) 1877-1956
Termier, Pierre-Marie (French geologist) 1859-1930
Terpander (Greek musician, poet) fl. c.647 BC
Terra, Gabriel (Uruguayan lawyer, politician) 1873-1942
Terragni, Giuseppe (Italian architect; member of "Gruppo 7") 1904-1942
Terray, Joseph-Marie (French priest, politician) 1715-1778
Terriss, William (born William Charles James Lewin; Eng.actor) 1847-1897
Terry, Alfred Howe (American army officer) 1827-1890
Terry, Dame Alice Ellen (English actor) 1847-1928
Terry, Eli (American clock manufacturer) 1772-1852
Terry, Lucy (married name Prince; West African-born Am. poet) 1730-1821
Terry, Randall (American anti-abortion activist) b.1959
Tertullian (Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus; Latin wtr.) c.155/160-c.240
Terzaghi, Karl (Czech-born American civil engineer) 1883-1963
Teschner, Richard (Czech puppeteer) 1879-1948
Tesla, Nikolo (Croatian-born American physicist, inventor) 1856-1943
Tessin, Carl Gustaf (Swedish politician; son of Nicodemus II) 1695-1770
Tessin, Nicodemus (the Elder; Swedish architect) 1615-1681
Tessin, Nicodemus (the Younger; Swedish architect) 1654-1728
Tetens, Johannes Nikolaus (German mathematician, philosopher) 1736-1807
Tetmajer Przerwa, Kazimierz (Polish poet, writer) 1865-1940
Tetrazzini, Luisa (Italian coloratura soprano) 1871-1940
Tetreault, Martin (French-Canadian composer, musician) b.1957
Tetricus, Gaius Pius Esuvius (Roman politician) 3rd cent.
Tetzel (or Tezel), Johann (German Dominican monk) c.1465-1519
Tevfik, Mehmed (pseudonym Tevfik Fikret; Turkish poet) 1867-1915
Tevfik Pasa, Ahmed (Turkish politician) 1845-1936
Tevis, Lloyd (American businessman) 1824-1899
Tewodros II (born Kasa; Ethiopian emperor 1855-1868) c.1818-1868
Tey, Josephine (Elizabeth Mackintosh; Scot. writer, playwright) 1897-1952
Tezuka, Osamu (Japanese manga artist, animator, physician) 1928-1989
Thabit Ibn Qurrah (Syrian math., physician, philosopher) c.836-901
Thackeray, William Makepeace (India-born English writer) 1811-1863
Thalberg, Irving Grant (American motion-picture executive) 1899-1936
Thalberg, Sigismund Fortune Francois (German/Austrian pianist) 1812-1871
Thales of Miletus (Greek philosopher, scientist, mathematician) 625?-547? BC
Thalmann, Ernst (German Communist leader) 1886-1944
Thant, U (Burmese diplomat; UN secretary-general 1961-1971) 1909-1974
Than Tun (aka Thakin Than Tun; Burmese politician) 1911-1968
Tharaud, Jean (French journalist, writer; brother of Jerome) 1877-1952
Tharaud, Jerome (French journalist, writer; brother of Jean) 1874-1953
Tharp, Twyla (American dancer, choreographer) b.1941
Tharrawaddy Min (Burmese king 1837-1846) d.1846
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda née Roberts (English politician) 1925-2013
Thaxter, Celia née Laighton (American poet) 1835-1894
Thayer, Abbott Handerson (American painter) 1849-1921
Thayer, Ernest Lawrence (American writer) 1863-1940
Thayer, Sylvanus (American army officer, educator) 1785-1872
Theaetetus (Greek mathematician) c.414-c.369 BC
Theile, Johann (German composer) 1646-1724
Theiler, Max (South African-born Am. physician, bacteriologist) 1899-1972
Themba, Daniel Canadoise Dorsay "Can" (S. African journalist) 1924-1969
Themistius (Greek rhetorician, politician) c.317-c.388
Themistocles (Athenian statesman, general) c.524-c.460 BC
Thenard, Louis-Jacques (French chemist) 1777-1857
Theobald (Anglo-Norman prelate) c.1090-1161
Theobald, Lewis (English playwright, Shakespearean critic) 1688-1744
Theocritus (Greek poet; created pastoral poetry) c.310-250 BC
Theodahad (Ostrogoth king 534-536) d.536
Theodorakis, Mikis (Greek composer, politician) b.1925
Theodore, Saint (Greek prelate) c.602-690
Theodore of Mopsuestia (Greek theologian) c.350-428/9
Theodore of Rhaithu (Greek theologian) 6th cent.
Theodore Ascidas (Greek prelate, theologian) d.558
Theodore Prodromus (aka Ptochoprodromus; Byzantine writer) d.c.1166
Theodore Studites, Saint (Byzantine theologian) 759-826
Theodoret of Cyrrhus (Greek theologian of Antioch school) c.393-c.458
Theodoric the Great (Ostrogoth conqueror, king 493-526) 454?-526
Theodorus Lector (Theodore the Reader; Byzantine historian) 6th cent.
Theodosius I (the Great; Roman general, emperor 379-395) 347-395
Theodosius (Greek geometer, astronomer) 2nd cent. BC
Theodosius of Alexandria (Byzantine prelate) d.566
Theodosius of Palestine, Saint (Byzantine religious) c.423-529
Theodosius I Boradiotes (Byzantine prelate) d.1183?
Theodotion (Jewish scholar) 2nd cent.
Theodotus (Theodotus the Tanner; Byzantine theologian) 2nd cent.
Theodotus of Ancyra (Byzantine prelate) d.c.466
Theodotus the Gnostic (Christian theologian) 2nd cent.
Theodulf of Orleans (Visigothic ecclesiastic, scholar) 750-821
Theodurus Abu Qurrah (Syrian Greek Orthodox prelate, theol.) c.750-c.825
Theognis (Greek elegiac poet) fl.c.545 BC
Theognostos (Byzantine religious) 9th cent.
Theognostus of Alexandria (Greek theologian) 3rd cent.
Theoleptus of Philadelphia (Byzantine prelate, theologian) c.1250-c.1326
Theon of Alexandria (Greek mathematician) 4th cent.
Theophanes (the Confessor; Greek monk, chronicler) c.752-818
Theophanes the Greek (Byzantine painter) c.1330/40-1405
Theophilus (Emperor of Eastern Roman Empire 829-842) d.842
Theophilus (Greek prelate) d.412
Theophilus of Antioch (Syrian prelate) d.180
Theophrastus (Greek philosopher, scientist) c.372-c.287 BC
Theophylactus of Ochrida (Greek prelate, scholar) c.1050-c.1109
Theophylactus Simocattes (Byzantine historian) d.640?
Theopompus of Chios (Greek historian, rhetorician) b.c.380 BC
Theorell, Axel Hugo Teodor (Swedish biochemist) 1903-1982
Theotokas, Yorgos (or Georgios; Greek writer, playwright) 1906-1966
Theotokis, Konstantinos (Greek writer) 1872-1923
Theotokopoulos, Domenikos (Crete-born Spanish painter) 1541-1614
Theramenes (Athenian politician, general) d.404/3 BC
Theremin, Leon (born Lev Sergeyevich Termen; Russian inventor) 1896-1993
Therese de Lisieux, Saint (French Carmelite nun) 1873-1897
Theriault, Yves (Canadian writer, essayist, playwright) 1916-1983
Theroux, Paul Edward (American writer, travel writer) b.1941
Thesiger, Frederick (1st Baron Chelmsford; English jurist) 1794-1878
Thesiger, Frederick Augustus (Eng. soldier; son of Frederick) 1827-1905
Thesiger, Frederick John Napier (Eng. col. admin.; son of F.A.) 1868-1933
Thespis (Greek poet; eponym for "thespian") 6th cent. BC
Theudius (Greek mathematician, philosopher) 4th cent. BC
Thevenin, Denis (pseud. Georges Duhamel; Fr. dramatist, writer) 1884-1966
Thibaud, Jacques (French violinist) 1880-1953
Thibaudeau, Antoine-Clair (French politician) 1765-1854
Thibaut de Champagne (French lyric poet) 1201-1253
Thibaut, Anton Friedrich Justus (German jurist) 1772-1840
Thibaw (or Theebaw; Burmese king 1878-1885) 1858-1916
Thibodeaux, Rufus (American musician) 1934-2005
Thiebaud, Wayne (American painter, printmaker) b.1920
Thielmann, Johann Adolf von (German soldier) 1765-1824
Thierry, Jacques-Nicolas-Augustin (French historian) 1795-1856
Thierry de Chartres (French educator, theologian) c.1100-c.1156
Thiers, Louis-Adolphe (French politician, historian) 1797-1877
Thietmar (aka Dietmar, Dithmar; German chronicler) 975-1018
Thimonnier, Barthelemy (French tailor) 1793-1859
Thirkell, Angela Margaret née Mackail (English writer) 1890-1961
Thistlewood, Arthur (English conspirator) 1770-1820
Thokoly, Imre (Hungarian patriot) 1657-1705
Thom, John Nichols (English self-declared Messiah) 1799-1838
Thom, Rene (French mathematician, educator) 1923-2002
Thoma, Hans (German painter, lithographer, etcher, illustrator) 1839-1924
Thoma, Ludwig (pseud. Peter Schlemihl; Ger. journalist, writer) 1867-1921
Thomas of Bayeux (Anglo-Norman prelate) d.1100
Thomas of Celano (Italian Franciscan monk) c.1190-c.1260
Thomas of Erceldoune (aka Thomas Learmont; Scot. poet, prophet) fl.1220-1297
Thomas, Albert (French politician) 1878-1932
Thomas, Audrey Grace née Callahan (American-born Can. writer) b.1935
Thomas, Augustus (American dramatist) 1857-1934
Thomas, Charles Allen (American chemist, businessman) 1900-1982
Thomas, Charles-Louis-Ambroise (Fr. composer, music director) 1811-1896
Thomas, Christian Friedrich Theodore (German-born Am. cond.) 1835-1905
Thomas, Clarence (American Supreme Court justice 1991-) b.1948
Thomas, David Alfred (Welsh colliery owner, gov. official) 1856-1918
Thomas, Donald Michael (English poet, writer, translator) b.1935
Thomas, Dylan Marlais (Welsh poet, prose writer) 1914-1953
Thomas, Ebenezer (pseudonym Eben Fardd; Welsh poet) 1802-1863
Thomas, Edward Donnall "Don" (American physician) b.1920
Thomas, Franklin "Frank" (Am. animator: Disney Nine Old Men) 1912-2004
Thomas, George Brinton Jr. (American mathematician, teacher) 1914-2006
Thomas, George Henry (American army officer) 1816-1870
Thomas, Gordon (Bermudan-born American musician, songwriter) b.1917
Thomas, Gwyn (Welsh writer, playwright) 1913-1981
Thomas, Isaiah (American printer) 1749-1831
Thomas, James Henry (English labor leader, politician) 1874-1949
Thomas, John (American physician, Revolutionary officer) 1724-1776
Thomas, John (English-born Am. physician, religious leader) 1805-1871
Thomas, John Jacob (Trinidadian teacher, writer) 1840-1889
Thomas, Keith Vivian (English historian) b.1933
Thomas, Lewis (American writer, biologist, physician) 1913-1993
Thomas, Lorenzo (Panamanian-born American poet, critic) 1944-2005
Thomas, Lowell Jackson (American traveler, journalist, writer) 1892-1981
Thomas, Martha Carey (American educator) 1857-1935
Thomas, Norman Mattoon (American social reformer, politician) 1884-1968
Thomas, Phillip Edward (English writer, poet, critic) 1878-1917
Thomas, Robert Bailey (American publisher) 1766-1846
Thomas, Ronald Stuart (Welsh poet, Anglican priest, scholar) 1913-2000
Thomas, Seth (American clock manufacturer) 1785-1859
Thomas, Seth (American clock manufacturer; son of Seth) 1816-1888
Thomas, Sidney Gilchrist (English metallurgist, inventor) 1850-1885
Thomas, William (pseudonym Islwyn; Welsh clergyman, poet) 1832-1878
Thomas, William Jr. "Billie" (Am. actor: Our Gang "Buckwheat") 1931-1980
Thomas, William Isaac (American sociologist) 1863-1947
Thomas a' Kempis (Thomas Hammerken; Ger. ecclesiastic, writer) 1379/80-1471
Thomas Aquinas, Saint (Italian religious, philosopher) 1225-1274
Thomasius, Christian (German jurist, philosopher) 1655-1728
Thome, Francois-Luc-Joseph (French composer) 1850-1909
Thompson, Benjamin (American-born British physicist, statesman) 1753-1814
Thompson, Charles Michael Kittridge IV "Frank Black" (Am. mus.) b.1965
Thompson, Danny (English musician) b.1939
Thompson, Sir D'Arcy Wentworth (Scottish zoologist, scholar) 1860-1948
Thompson, David (English-born Canadian explorer, fur trader) 1770-1857
Thompson, Dorothy (American journalist, writer) 1894-1961
Thompson, Edward Herbert (American archaeologist) 1860-1935
Thompson, Francis Joseph (English poet, writer) 1859-1907
Thompson, Sir Henry (English surgeon) 1820-1904
Thompson, Hunter Stockton (American journalist, writer) 1939-2005
Thompson, James Myers "Jim" (American writer, screenwriter) 1906-1977
Thompson, James Walter (American businessman) 1847-1928
Thompson, John Griggs (American mathematician, educator) b.1932
Thompson, Sir John Sparrow David (Canadian jurist, politician) 1844-1894
Thompson, John Taliaferro (Am. soldier; inv. submachine gun) 1860-1940
Thompson, Kenneth Lane "Ken" (American computer scientist) b.1943
Thompson, Linda née Pettifer (English musician, singer) b.1948
Thompson, Malachi (American musician) 1949-2006
Thompson, Randall (American composer, teacher) 1899-1984
Thompson, Reginald Campbell (English archaeologist) 1876-1941
Thompson, Richard John (English musician, singer) b.1949
Thompson, Robert Lamar "Bob" (American composer, arranger) b.1924
Thompson, Silvanus Phillips (English physicist, writer) 1851-1916
Thompson, Smith (American Supreme Court justice 1823-1843) 1768-1843
Thompson, William Tappan (pseud. Major Jones; Am. journalist) 1812-1882
Thoms, William John (English antiquary) 1803-1885
Thomsen, Christian Jurgensen (Danish archaeologist) 1788-1865
Thomsen, Hans Peter Jorgen Julius (Danish chemist) 1826-1909
Thomsen, Vilhelm Ludwig Peter (Danish philologist) 1842-1927
Thomson, Charles (English artist, painter, poet, photographer) b.1953
Thomson, Charles Edward Poulett (English polit., col. admin.) 1799-1841
Thomson, Sir Charles Wyville (Scottish naturalist) 1830-1882
Thomson, Elihu (English-born Am. electrical engineer, inventor) 1853-1937
Thomson, George (Scottish folk song collector) 1757-1851
Thomson, Sir George Paget (English physicist; son of Sir J.J.) 1892-1975
Thomson, James (Scottish-born English poet, dramatist) 1700-1748
Thomson, James (B.V. or Bysshe Vanolis; Scottish poet) 1834-1882
Thomson, John (Scottish painter) 1778-1840
Thomson, John (English photographer) 1837-1921
Thomson, John Arthur (Scottish biologist) 1861-1933
Thomson, Joseph (Scottish geologist, explorer) 1858-1895
Thomson, Sir Joseph John (Eng. physicist; disc. electron 1897) 1856-1940
Thomson, Mortimer Neal (pseudonym Q.K. Doesticks; Am. humorist) 1831-1875
Thomson, Robert William (Scot. engineer; inv. pneumatic tire) 1822-1873
Thomson, Roy Herbert (Canadian-born Brit. newspaper publisher) 1894-1976
Thomson, Thomas (Scottish chemist) 1773-1852
Thomson, Tom (Canadian painter, woodsman, guide) 1877-1917
Thomson, Virgil Garnett (American composer, conductor, critic) 1896-1989
Thomson, William (Irish-born British mathematician, physicist) 1824-1907
Thonet, Michael (German furniture manufacturer) 1796-1871
't Hooft, Gerardus "Gerard" (Dutch physicist, translator) b.1946
Thorarensen, Bjarni Vigfusson (Icelandic jurist, poet) 1786-1841
Thoraresen, Jakob (Icelandic poet, writer) 1886-1972
Thorbecke, Johan Rudolf (Dutch politician) 1798-1872
Thoreau, Henry David (born David Henry Thoreau; Am. writer) 1817-1862
Thorek, Max (Hungarian-born American physician) 1880-1960
Thorez, Maurice (French politician) 1900-1964
Thorfinn Karlsefni (Icelandic explorer, colonizer) fl. 1002-1007
Thorgerson, Storm (English graphic designer: Hipgnosis) b.1944
Thorild, Thomas (orig. surname Thoren; Swed. journalist, poet) 1759-1808
Thorlaksson, Gudbrandur (Icelandic ecclesiastic, scholar) 1541-1627
Thornbury, George Walter (English writer) 1828-1876
Thorndike, Dame Agnes Sybil (English actor) 1882-1976
Thorndike, Ashley Horace (American educator) 1871-1933
Thorndike, Edward Lee (American psychologist; bro. of Ashley) 1874-1949
Thorndike, Lynn (American historian; brother of Ashley) 1882-1965
Thornhill, Sir James (English painter) 1676-1734
Thorn-Prikker, Jan (Dutch painter) 1868-1932
Thornton, Matthew (American physician, Revolutionary patriot) 1714?-1803
Thornton, Robert Lyster (English physicist, educator) 1908-1985
Thornton, William (British West Indies-born American architect) 1759-1828
Thornycroft, Sir (William) Hamo (English sculptor) 1850-1925
Thornycroft, Sir John Isaac (English naval architect) 1843-1928
Thoroddsen, Jon Thortharson (Icelandic writer, poet) 1818-1868
Thorp, John (American machinist, inventor) 1784-1848
Thorpe, Benjamin (English philologist) 1782-1870
Thorpe, Sir Thomas Edward (English chemist) 1845-1925
Thorpe, James Francis "Jim" (American athlete) 1866-1953
Thorpe, Rose Alnora née Hartwick (American writer) 1850-1939
Thorpe (or Thorp), Thomas Bangs (American writer) 1815-1878
Thors, Olafur (Icelandic politician) 1892-1964
Thorsteinsson, Steingrimur Bjarnason (Icelandic poet, lyricist) 1831-1913
Thorvaldsen, Albert Bertel (Danish sculptor) 1768/70-1844
Thou, Jacques-Auguste de (French politician, historian) 1553-1617
Thouless, David James (Scottish physicist, educator) b.1934
Thrale, Hester Lynch (Hester Salusbury; Eng. woman of letters) 1741-1821
Thrane, Marcus Moller (Norwegian journalist, Socialist leader) 1817-1890
Thrasybulus (Athenian general, politician) d.388 BC
Threadgill, Henry (American composer, musician) b.1944
Thring, Edward (English educator) 1821-1887
Throckmorton (or Throgmorton), Sir Nicholas (English diplomat) 1515-1571
Thubron, Colin (English travel writer) b.1939
Thucydides (Greek historian) d.c.401 BC
Thue, Axel (Norwegian mathematician) 1863-1922
Thuille, Ludwig (Austrian composer) 1861-1907
Thunberg, Carl Peter (Swedish botanist) 1743-1828
Thunen, Johan Heinrich von (German agriculturist) 1783-1850
Thun und Hohenstein, Franz Anton (Austrian polit.; son of F.) 1847-1916
Thun und Hohenstein, Friedrich von (Austrian diplomat, polit.) 1810-1881
Thun und Hohenstein, Leo (Austrian polit.; bro. of Friedrich) 1811-1888
Thurber, Charles (American inventor) 1803-1886
Thurber, James Grover (American cartoonist, writer) 1894-1961
Thureau-Dangin, Paul (French historian) 1837-1913
Thuret, Gustave-Adolphe (French botanist) 1817-1875
Thurloe, John (English politician) 1616-1668
Thurlow, Edward (1st Baron Thurlow; English judge) 1731-1806
Thurman, Wallace Henry (Am. editor, critic, writer, playwright) 1902-1934
Thurmond, James Strom (American politician) 1902-2003
Thurneysen, Rudolf (Swiss philologist) 1857-1940
Thurnwald, Richard Christian (Ger. anthropologist, sociologist) 1869-1954
Thurstan (or Turstin; English prelate) d.1140
Thurston, Howard (American magician) 1869-1936
Thurston, William Paul (American mathematician, educator) b.1946
Thurstone, Louis Leon (American psychologist) 1887-1955
Thutmose I (Egyptian king c.1525-c.1512 BC) d.c.1512 BC
Thutmose II (Egyptian king c.1512-1504 BC) d.1504 BC
Thutmose III (Egyptian king 1504-1450 BC) d.1450 BC
Thutmose IV (Egyptian king 1425-1417 BC) d.1417 BC
Thwaites, Ruben Gold (American historian) 1853-1913
Thynne, Francis (English writer; son of William) 1545-1608
Thynne, Thomas (English politician) 1734-1796
Thynne, William (English scholar) d.1546
Thyssen, Fritz (German industrialist) 1873-1951
Tian Han (pseud. of Tian Shouchang; Chinese playwright, poet) 1898-1968
Tibaldi, Pellegrino (Italian painter, architect; bro. of Dom.) 1527-1596
Tibaldi, Domenico (Italian painter, engraver, architect) 1541-1582
Tibbett, Lawrence Mervil (American baritone) 1896-1960
Tiberius (T. Claudius Nero Caesar Augustus; Roman emp. 14-37) 42 BC-AD 37
Tibulus, Albius (Roman elegiac poet) c.55-c.19 BC
Ticha, Jana (Czech astronomer, writer; asteroid) b.1965
Tichy, Milos (Czech astronomer; asteroid) b.1966
Tickell, Thomas (English poet) 1686-1740
Ticknor, George (American educator, historian) 1791-1871
Ticknor, William Davis (American publisher) 1810-1864
Tieck, Christian Friedrich (German sculptor; brother of Ludwig) 1776-1851
Tieck, Johann Ludwig (German writer, critic) 1773-1853
Tiedemann, Dietrich (German philosopher) 1748-1803
Tiele, Cornelis Petrus (Dutch theologian) 1830-1902
Tiemann, Johann Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand (German chemist) 1848-1899
Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista (Italian painter) 1696-1770
Tiepolo, Giovanni Domenico (Italian painter; son of G.B.) 1727-1804
Tiepolo, Lorenzo (Italian painter; son of G.B.) 1736-1776
Tierney, George (English politician) 1761-1830
Tietjens, Eunice Strong née Hammond (American writer) 1884-1944
Tietz, Johann Daniel (Latin: Titius; German astronomer) 1729-1796
Tiffany, Charles Lewis (American jeweler; father of Louis) 1812-1902
Tiffany, Louis Comfort (American painter, stained-glass artist) 1848-1933
Tigellinus, Ofonius (Roman politician) d.69
Tiger, Lionel (Canadian social scientist) b.1937
Tiglath-pileser I (king of Assyria c.1115-c.1077) d.c.1077 BC
Tiglath-pileser II (king of Assyria c.964-934) d.c.934 BC
Tiglath-pileser III (aka Pulu; king of Assyria 745-727) d.727 BC
Tigranes I (the Great; King of Armenia 95/4-c.55) c/140-c.55 BC
Tikhomirov, Vasily Dimitrievich (Russian dancer, teacher) 1876-1956
Tikhonov, Nikolay Semyonovich (Soviet poet, writer) 1896-1979
Tikkanen, Henrik (Swedish-Finnish writer, artist) 1924-1984
Tilak, Bal Gangadhar (Indian nationalist) 1856-1920
Tilden, Samuel Jones (American politician, reformer) 1814-1886
Tildy, Zoltan (Hungarian Communist president 1946-1948) 1889-1961
Tilghman, Benjamin Chew (American inventor) 1821-1901
Tilghman, Tench (American Revolutionary officer) 1744-1786
Tillemont, Louis-Sebastien Le Nain de (French historian) 1637-1698
Tiller, Terence Rogers (English playwright, translator, poet) 1916-1987
Tillett, Benjamin (English labor leader) 1860-1943
Tilley, Cecil Edgar (Australian-born British mineralogist) 1894-1973
Tilley, Sir Samuel Leonard (Canadian politician) 1818-1896
Tilley, Vesta (born Matilda Alice Powles; English entertainer) 1864-1952
Tillich, Paul Johannes (Prussian-born Am. theologian, philos.) 1886-1965
Tillier, Claude (French journalist, writer) 1801-1844
Tillman, Benjamin Ryan (American politician) 1847-1918
Tillotson, John (English archbishop of Canterbury 1691-1694) 1630-1694
Tilyou, George Cornelius (American businessman) 1862-1914
Timaeus (Italian-born Greek astronomer) fl. c.400 BC
Timaeus (Sicilian-born Greek historian) c.356-c.260 BC
Timagenes (Greek historian) 1st cent. BC
Timanthes (Greek painter) fl. c.400 BC
Timdeharis (Greek philosopher; prepared first star catalog) c.200 BC
Timesitheus, Gaius Furius Sabinus Aquila (Roman general) d.243
Timken, Henry (German-born American inventor, manufacturer) 1831-1909
Timm, Bruce Walter (American character designer, animator) b.1961
Timmermans, Felix (Flemish writer, poet, playwright) 1886-1947
Timoleon of Corinth (Greek statesman, general) d.337? BC
Timomachus (Byzantine painter) 1st cent. BC
Timon (Athenian misanthrope) 5th cent. BC
Timon of Philius (Greek skeptic) c.320-c.230 BC
Timoshenko, Semyon Konstantinovich (Soviet army commander) 1895-1970
Timotheus (Greek poet) c.450-c.360 BC
Timotheus (Athenian statesman, general) d.354 BC
Timothy, Saint (Turkish-born Christian religious) d.97
Timrod, Henry (Am. poet; "the laureate of the Confederacy") 1828-1867
Timur (Timur Lenk; Tamerlane or Tamburlaine; Turkic conqueror) 1336-1405
Tinayre, Marcelle née Chasteau (French writer) 1872-1948
Tinbergen, Jan (Dutch economist; brother of Nikolaas) 1903-1994
Tinbergen, Nikolaas "Niko" (Dutch ethologist; brother of Jan) 1907-1988
Tinctoris, Johannes (Belgian composer, music theorist) c.1435-1511
Tindal, Matthew (English Deist) 1657-1733
Tinel, Edgar Pierre Joseph (Belgian pianist, composer) 1854-1912
Ting, Samuel Chao Chung (American physicist) b.1936
Tingley, Katherine Augusta née Westcott (American theosophist) 1847-1929
Ting Ling (Romanised as Ding Ling; Chinese writer) 1904-1986
Tinker, Chauncey Brewster (American educator) 1876-1963
Tinne, Alexandrine-Pieternella-Francoise (Dutch explorer) 1835-1869
Tino de Camaino (Sienese sculptor) c.1285-1337
Tintoretto (born Jacopo Robusti; Italian painter) c.1518-1594
Tiomkin, Dimitri (Russian-born American composer) 1894-1979
Tipper, Constance Fligg née Elam (English metallurgist) 1894-1995
Tippett, Keith Graham (English composer, educator, bandleader) b.1947
Tippett, Sir Michael Kemp (English composer, conductor) 1905-1998
Tippu Tib (aka Muhammed bin Hamid; Arab trader) 1837-1905
Tiptoft, John (Earl of Worcester; English administrator) 1427?-1470
Tipton, Billy (born Dorothy Lucille Tipton; American musician) 1914-1989
Tipu Sultan (or Tippu Sultan; Sultan of Mysore 1782-1799) 1749/53-1799
Tiraboschi, Girolamo (Italian scholar) 1731-1794
Tirard, Pierre-Emmanuel (French politician) 1827-1893
Tirmidhi, at- (Arab scholar) d.c.892
Tirpitz, Alfred von (German naval commander) 1849-1930
Tirso de Molina (pseud. of Gabriel Tellez; Spanish dramatist) 1584-1648
Tiruvalluvar (Indian Tamil poet) c.2nd cent.
Tiruvalluvar (aka Thiruvalluvar; Tamil poet-saint) 4th/5th cent.
Tischbein, Johann August Friedrich (German painter) 1750-1812
Tischbein, Johann Heinrich (German painter) 1722-1789
Tischbein, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm (German painter) 1751-1829
Tischendorf, Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin von (German scholar) 1815-1874
Tiselius, Arne Wilhelm Kaurin (Swedish biochemist) 1902-1971
Tishchenko, Boris Ivanovich (Rus. composer, pianist, educator) b.1939
Tisi, Benvenuto (aka Benvenuto da Garofalo; Italian painter) 1481-1559
Tiso, Josef (or Joseph; Slovak clergyman, politician) 1887-1947
Tissandier, Gaston (French aeronaut) 1843-1899
Tissaphernes (aka Chithrafarna; Persian satrap in Asia Minor) d.c.395 BC
Tisserand, Francois-Felix (French astronomer) 1845-1896
Tissot, James (born Jacques-Joseph; French painter, engraver) 1836-1902
Tisza, Kalman (Hungarian politician; prime minister 1875-1890) 1830-1902
Tisza, Istvan (Hungarian politician; son of Kalman) 1861-1918
Titchener, Edward Bradford (English-born American psychologist) 1867-1927
Titchmarsh, Edward Charles (English mathematician) 1899-1963
Titelouze, Jehan (or Jean; French organist, composer, poet) 1562/3-1633
Titian (aka Tiziano Vecelli; Italian painter) 1488/90-1576
Titl, Anton Emil (Bohemian composer) 1809-1882
Tito (born Josip Broz; Yugoslav statesman) 1892-1980
Tits, Jacques (Belgian-born French mathematician) b.1930
Titterton, Sir Ernest William "Ernie" (English physicist) 1916-1990
Titulescu, Nicolae (Romanian diplomat, politician) 1883-1941
Titus, Saint (Christian religious) 1st cent.
Titus (Titus Flavius Vespasianus; Roman emperor 79-81) AD 39-81
Titus Maccius Plautus (Roman comic dramatist) 254?-184 BC
Tjokroaminoto, Omar Said (Indonesian nationalist) 1882-1935
Toba II (Go-Toba; Japanese emperor 1183-1198) 1180-1239
Toba Sojo (aka Kakuyu; Abbot of Toba; Japanese painter) 1053-1140
Tobey, Mark (American painter, teacher) 1890-1976
Tobin, James "Jim" (American economist) 1918-2002
Toch, Ernst (Austrian-born American composer, musical theorist) 1887-1964
Tocqueville, Alexis-Charles-Henri Clerel de (Fr. writer, pol.) 1805-1859
Todd, Sir Alexander Robertus (Scottish biochemist) 1907-1997
Todd, Henry John (English clergyman, editor) 1763-1845
Todd, John "Jack" (Irish-born Am. computer scientist, teacher) 1911-2007
Todd, Thomas (American jurist; Supreme Court justice 1807-1826) 1765-1826
Todt, Fritz (German military engineer) 1891-1942
Toepler, August Joseph Ignaz (German physicist) 1836-1912
Toft, Ralph (English potter; brother? of Thomas) fl. 1670-1680
Toft, Thomas (English potter) fl. 1660-1680
Togliatti, Palmiro (Italian politician) 1893-1964
Togo Heihachiro (Japanese admiral) 1846-1934
Togon-temur (Hui Tsung; Shun Ti; Chinese emperor 1333-1368) 1320-1370
Tojo Hideki (Japanese general; prime minister 1941-1944) 1884-1948
Tokiwa Mitsunaga (Japanese painter) fl. 1173
Toklas, Alice Babette (American literary figure) 1877-1967
Tokoku, Kitamura (Japanese intellectual, poet, critic) 1868-1894
Tokuda Shusei (born Tokuda Sueo; Japanese writer) 1871-1943
Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; Japanese shogun) 1543-1616
Tokutomi Roka (born Tetsujiro; Japanese writer) 1868-1927
Tokutomi Soho (born Tokutomi Ichiro; Japanese writer) 1863-1957
Toland, John (born Junius Janus; Irish Deist) 1670-1722
Tolbert, William Richard Jr. (Liberian polit.; pres. 1971-80) 1913-1980
Tolbukhin, Fyodor Ivanovich (Russian general) 1894-1949
Toledo, Francisco de (Spanish administrator in Peru) 1515-1582
Toledo, Juan Bautista de (Spanish architect) d.1567
Toledo, Pedro de (Spanish general) 1484-1553
Tolentino de Almeida, Nicolau (Portuguese poet) 1740-1811
Tolhurst, George (English composer) 1827-1877
Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel (South African-born British writer) 1892-1973
Tollens, Hendrik Franciscus Caroluszoon (Dutch poet) 1780-1856
Toller, Ernst (German poet, playwright, political activist) 1893-1939
Tolliver, Mose (American artist) c.1920-2006
Tolman, Edward Chace (American psychologist; bro. of R.C.) 1886-1959
Tolman, Richard Chace (American physicist, chemist, educator) 1881-1948
Tolson, Melvin Beaunorus (American poet) 1898-1966
Tolstaya, Tatyana Nikitichna (Russian writer) b.1951
Tolstoy, Aleksey Konstantinovich (Russian poet, writer, dram.) 1817-1875
Tolstoy, Aleksey Nikolayevich (Russian writer) 1882-1945
Tolstoy, Dmitry Andreyevich (Russian official) 1823-1889
Tolstoy, Lev Nikolayevich (Russian writer, moral philosopher) 1828-1910
Tolstoy, Pyotr Andreyevich (Russian diplomat, politician) 1645-1729
Tomasi, Henri (French composer, conductor) 1901-1971
Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe (It. writer, prince of Lampedusa) 1896-1957
Tombaugh, Clyde William (American astronomer; disc. Pluto) 1906-1997
Tombs, Sir Henry (English soldier) 1824-1874
Tomino, Yoshiyuki (Japanese anime creator, director, writer) b.1941
Tomioka Tessai (Japanese painter) 1836-1924
Tomkins, Thomas (English organist, composer) 1572-1656
Tomkis (or Tomkys), Thomas (English dramatist) fl. 1604-1615
Tomlin, Bradley Walker (American painter) 1899-1953
Tomlin, Claire Jennifer (English aviation engineer) b.1969
Tomlin, Mary Jean "Lily" (American actor, comedian) b.1939
Tomline, Sir George Pretyman (English prelate) 1750-1827
Tomlinson, Alfred Charles (English poet, critic, translator) b.1927
Tomlinson, Ambrose Jessup (American religious leader) 1865-1943
Tomlinson, Charles (English scientist, educator,encyclopaedist) 1808-1897
Tomlinson, Henry Major (English journalist, writer) 1873-1958
Tommaseo, Niccolo (Dalmatian-born Italian writer) 1802-1874
Tommasini, Vincenzo (Italian composer) 1878-1950
Tommaso di Giovanni di Simone Guidi (aka Masaccio; It. painter) 1401-1428
Tomonaga Shin'ichiro (Japanese physicist) 1906-1979
Tompion, Thomas (English clockmaker, watchmaker) 1639-1713
Tompkins, Daniel D. (American politician; vice-pres. 1817-25) 1774-1825
Tompkins, Peter (American journalist, spy, writer) 1919-2007
Tompkins, Sally Louisa "Captain Sally" (Am. hospital admin.) 1833-1916
Tompson, Benjamin (Native American Puritan poet, teacher) 1642-1714
Tone, Theobald Wolfe (Irish republican, rebel) 1763-1798
Tone, Yasunao (Japanese multi-media artist) b.1935
Tonegawa Susumu (Japanese-born American biologist) b.1939
Tonino Della Colli (Italian cinematographer) 1923-2005
Tonisson, Jaan (Estonian lawyer, newspaper editor, politician) 1868-1941?
Tonnies, Ferdinand Julius (German sociologist) 1855-1936
Tonson, Jacob (English bookseller, publisher) 1656-1736
Tonti (or Tonty), Henry de (French colonist in America) 1650-1704
Tonti, Lorenzo (Italian-born French banker; father of Henry) 17th cent.
Toofa, Leon Teamo "Fafa" (Tahitian master canoe builder) 1938-2005
Tooke, John Horne (English political radical, philologist) 1736-1812
Toole, John Kennedy (American writer) 1937-1969
Toombs, Robert Augustus (American politician) 1810-1885
Toomer, Jean (born Nathan Eugene Toomer; American poet, writer) 1894-1967
Toop, David (English musician, writer) b.1949
Toorop, Johannes Theodoor "Jan" (Java-born Dutch painter) 1858-1928
Topelius, Zacharias (Finnish writer, educator) 1818-1898
Topete y Carballo, Juan Bautista (Spanish admiral, politician) 1821-1885
Topffer, Rodolphe (Swiss artist, writer) 1799-1846
Toplady, Augustus Montague (English clergyman; "Rock of Ages") 1740-1778
Torelli, Giacomo (Italian stage designer, engineer) 1608-1678
Torelli, Giuseppe (Italian violinist, composer) 1658-1709
Torelli, Salinguerra (Italian ruler of Ferrara) c.1160-c.1244
Torga, Miguel (pseud. of Adolfo Correia da Rocha; Port. poet) 1907-1995
Torii Kiyonobu (surname also Shobei; Japanese painter) 1664-1729
Torme, Melvin Howard "Mel" (Am. musician, singer, composer) 1925-1999
Torn, David (American musician) b.1953
Tornebohm, Alfred Elis (Swedish geologist) 1838-1911
Torop, Sergey Anatolyevitch "Vissarion" (Russian mystic) b.1961
Torquemada, Juan de (Spanish Dominican monk, prelate) 1388-1468
Torquemada, Juan de (Spanish Franciscan monk, historian) c.1563-1624
Torquemada, Tomas de (Spanish Dominican grand inquisitor) 1420-1498
Torquet, Eugene (pseud. John-Antoine Nau; Am.-born Fr. writer) 1873-1918
Torrance, Thomas Forsyth (China-born Scottish theologian) 1913-2007
Torrence, Frederic Ridgely (American writer, editor) 1875-1950
Torrens, Sir Robert (English soldier, economist) 1780-1864
Torrens, Sir Robert Richard (English-born Australian polit.) 1814-1884
Torrente Ballester, Gonzalo (Spanish writer, critic, essayist) 1910-1999
Torres, Luis Vaez de (Spanish navigator) fl. 1606
Torres Bodet, Jaime (Mex. poet, writer, educator, politician) 1902-1974
Torres Naharro, Bartolome de (Spanish dramatist, theorist) 1484?-1525?
Torres Villarroel, Diego de (Spanish mathematician, writer) c.1693-1770
Torrey, Charles Cutler (American Semitic scholar) 1863-1956
Torrey, John (American botanist, chemist) 1796-1873
Torricelli, Evangelista (Italian mathematician, physicist) 1608-1647
Torrigiano, Pietro (Florentine sculptor) 1472-1522
Torrijos Herrera, Omar (Panamanian general, politician) 1929-1981
Torroja Miret, Eduardo (Spanish architect, engineer) 1899-1961
Torstenson, Lennart (Count of Ortala; Swedish soldier) 1603-1651
Torsvan, Berwick Traven "Berwick Traven" (Am.-born Ger. writer) 1890-1969
Torvalds, Linus Benedict (Finnish software engineer; dev.Linux) b.1969
Tory, Geoffroy (French printer, typographer) c.1480-c.1533
Tosa Mitsunobu (Japanese painter; founder of Tosa school) 1434-1525
Toscanelli dal Pozzo, Paolo (Italian physician, cosmographer) 1397-1482
Toscanini, Arturo (Italian conductor) 1867-1957
Toshusai Sharaku (born Saito Jurobei; Japanese painter) fl. 1795
Tostig (Earl of Northumbria; Anglo-Saxon ruler) d.1066
Totila (aka Baduila; King of the Ostrogoths in Italy 541-552) d.552
Totsuka, Yoji (Japanese physicist, educator) 1942-2008
Tottel, Richard (English printer) c.1525-1594
Touchon, Cecil (Am. collage artist, painter, poet, theorist) b.1956
Toulet, Paul-Jean (French writer) 1867-1920
Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa, Henri-Marie-Raymond de (French painter) 1864-1901
Tourette, Georges Gilles de la (French physician) 1857-1904
Tourette, Jack (Swiss-born American orator, critic) b.1943
Tourjee, Eben (American musician) 1834-1891
Tournachon, Gaspard-Felix (pseudonym Nadar; Fr. writer, photo.) 1820-1910
Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de (French botanist, physician) 1656-1708
Tournemire, Charles-Arnould (French organist, composer) 1870-1939
Tourneur, Cyril (English dramatist) c.1575-1626
Tournier, Michel (French writer, essayist) b.1924
Tournon, Charles Thomas Maillard de (Italian clergyman) 1668-1710
Tourte, Francois-Xavier (French violin bow manufacturer) 1747-1835
Tourville, Anne-Hilarion de Cotentin de (French naval officer) 1642-1701
Tousard, Anne-Louis de (French army officer) 1749-1817
Toussaint-Louverture (Haitian general, liberator) c.1743-1803
Tout, Thomas Frederick (English historian) 1855-1929
Toutin, Jean (French painter) 1578-1644
Tovey, Sir Donald Francis (English composer, writer on music) 1875-1940
Tower, Joan (American composer, pianist, conductor) b.1938
Towers, John Henry (American naval officer) 1885-1955
Town, Ithiel (American architect) 1784-1844
Townes, Charles Hard (American physicist; invented Maser) 1915-2015
Townsend, Christopher (American cabinetmaker; brother of Job) 1701-1773
Townsend, Edmund (American cabinetmaker; son of Job) 1736-1811
Townsend, Francis Everett (American physician) 1867-1960
Townsend, James (American cabinetmaker; son of Job) d.1827
Townsend, Job (American cabinetmaker) 1699-1765
Townsend, Job Edward Jr. (American cabinetmaker; son of Job) 1726-1818
Townsend, John (American cabinetmaker; son of Christopher) 1732-1804
Townsend, Sir John Sealy Edward (Irish physicist) 1868-1957
Townsend, Jonathan (American cabinetmaker; son of Christopher) 1745-1772
Townsend, Meredith White (English journalist) 1831-1911
Townsend, Robert M. (American cabinetmaker; son of Job) d.1805
Townsend, Thomas (American carpenter, innkeeper; son of Job) 1742-1822
Townshend, Charles (English statesman) 1674-1738
Townshend, Charles (English statesman; grandson of Charles) 1725-1767
Townshend, George (English soldier; grandson of Charles) 1724-1807
Townshend, Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" (English musician) b.1945
Toynbee, Arnold (English sociologist, economist) 1852-1883
Toynbee, Arnold Joseph (English historian; nephew of Arnold) 1889-1975
Toynbee, Paget (English philologist; brother of Arnold) 1855-1932
Toynbee, Theodore Philip (English writer, editor) 1916-1981
Toyotomi Hidetsugu (Japanese warrior; nephew of Hideyoshi) 1568-1595
Toyotomi Hideyori (Japanese ruler; son of Hideyoshi) 1593-1615
Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Japanese warrior, statesman) 1537-1598
Tozzer, Alfred Marston (American anthropologist) 1877-1954
Tozzi, Federigo (Italian writer) 1883-1920
Traba, Marta (Argentinean writer, art critic) 1930-1983
Trabaci, Giovanni Maria (Italian composer, organist) c.1575-1647
Tracy, Alexandre de Prouville de (French soldier) 1603-1670
Tracy, Spencer (American actor) 1900-1967
Tradescant, John (English naturalist) 1570/5-1638
Tradescant, John (English naturalist; son of John) 1608-1662
Traetta, Tommaso Michele Francesci Saverio (Italian composer) 1727-1779
Traherne, Thomas (English poet, religious writer) 1637-1674
Traill, Catherine Parr née Strickland (Eng.-born Can. writer) 1802-1899
Traill, Thomas Stewart (Scottish physician) 1781-1862
Train, George Francis (American merchant, eccentric, traveler) 1829-1904
Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus; Germanicus; Roman emp. 98-117) AD 53-117
Trakl, Georg (Austrian poet, pharmacist) 1887-1914
Tran Hung Dao (born Tran Quoc Tuan; Vietnamese general) d.1300
Tranquilli, Secondo (pseud. Ignazio Silone; It. writer, polit.) 1900-1978
Transtromer, Tomas (Swedish poet, psychologist) b.1931
Traube, Isidor (German physical chemist) 1860-1943
Traube, Ludwig (German clinician, pathologist; bro. of Moritz) 1818-1876
Traube, Moritz (German wine merchant, physiological chemist) 1826-1894
Traubel, Helen (American operatic soprano) 1903-1972
Traubel, Horace Logo (American writer) 1858-1919
Traun, Otto Ferdinand (Austrian soldier) 1677-1748
Trauttmansdorff, Maximilian von (Austrian diplomat, statesman) 1584-1650
Traven, B. (pseudonym of Ret Marut; Ger. revolutionary, writer) 1890?-1969
Travers, Ben (English playwright) 1886-1980
Travers, Morris William (English chemist) 1872-1961
Travers, Pamela Lyndon (Australian writer; cr. Mary Poppins) 1899-1996
Travies de Villers, Charles Joseph (Fr. painter, caricaturist) 1804-1859
Travis, William Barret (American lawyer, soldier) 1809-1836
Trebonius, Gaius (Roman general) d.43 BC
Trediakovsky, Vasily Kirillovich (Rus. poet, lit. theoretician) 1703-1769
Tree, Sir Herbert Draper Beerbohm (English actor-manager) 1853-1917
Treece, Henry William (English writer, poet) 1912-1966
Treich-Laplene, Marcel (French explorer) 1860-1890
Treilhard, Jean-Baptiste (French politician) 1742-1810
Treitschke, Heinrich von (German historian, publicist) 1834-1896
Trelawny, Edward (English colonial admin.; son of Sir Jonathan) 1699-1754
Trelawny, Edward John (English writer, adventurer) 1792-1881
Trelawny, Sir Jonathan (English prelate) 1650-1721
Tremain, Rose (British writer) b.1943
Tremblay, Francois-Joseph le Clerc du (French religious) 1577-1638
Tremblay, Michel (Canadian playwright, writer) b.1942
Trembley, Abraham (Swiss naturalist, experimental zoologist) 1700-1784
Trench, Richard Chenevix (Irish Anglican archbishop of Dublin) 1807-1886
Trenchard, Hugh Montague (English airman) 1873-1956
Trendelenburg, Friedrich Adolf (German philosopher) 1802-1872
Trepov, Aleksandr Fyodorovich (Russian prime min.; son of F.) 1862-1928
Trepov, Dmitry Fyodorovich (Russian police official; son of F.) 1855-1906
Trepov, Fyodor Fyodorovich (Russian police official) 1803-1889
Tresaguet, Pierre-Marie-Jerome (French engineer) 1716-1796
Tresham, Francis (English conspirator) 1567?-1605
Treub, Melchior (Dutch botanist) 1851-1910
Trevellick, Richard F. (English-born American labor leader) 1830-1895
Trevelyan, George Macaulay (English historian; son of George) 1876-1962
Trevelyan, Sir George Otto (English politician, historian) 1838-1928
Treviranus, Gottfried Reinhold (Ger. naturalist; bro. of L.C.) 1776-1837
Treviranus, Ludolph Christian (German physician, botanist) 1779-1864
Trevisa, John (English translator) d.1402
Trevithick, Richard (English engineer, inventor) 1771-1833
Trevor, William (pseudonym of William Trevor Cox; Irish writer) b.1928
Trevor-Roper, Hugh Redwald (English historian) 1914-2003
Tribonian (Latin: Tribonianus; Byzantine jurist) d.545
Triclinius, Demetrius (Demetrio Triclinio; Byzantine scholar) 14th cent.
Trifonov, Yury Valentinovich (Russian writer) 1925-1981
Trigo, Filipe (Spanish writer) 1864-1916
Trikoupis, Kharilaos (Greek politician) 1832-1896
Trilling, Lionel (American literary critic, teacher) 1905-1975
Trimble, Robert (American lawyer; Supreme Court justice) 1776-1828
Trimble, William David (Irish politician) b.1944
Trimpin (born Gerhard Trimpin; German sound sculptor, composer) b.1951
Trindade Coelho, Jose Francisco (Portuguese writer, magistrate) 1861-1908
Triolet, Elsa (Russian-born Fr. writer; wife of Louis Aragon) 1896-1970
Tripp, Clarence Arthur (American writer, psychologist) 1919-2003
Trippe, Juan (American businessman; fnd. Pan American Airways) 1899-1981
Trissino, Gian Giorgio (Italian literary theorist, philologist) 1478-1550
Trist, Nicholas Philip (American diplomat) 1800-1874
Tristano, Leonard Joseph "Lennie" (American musician, teacher) 1919-1978
Trivet (or Trevet), Nicholas (English chronicler) 1258?-1328?
Trnka, Jiri (Czech puppet maker, illustrator, animator) 1912-1969
Trocchi, Alexander Whitelaw Robertson (Scottish writer) 1925-1984
Troelstra, Pieter Jelles (Dutch politician) 1860-1930
Troeltsch, Ernst (German scholar) 1865-1923
Trogus, Pompeius (Roman historian) 1st cent. BC
Troland, Leonard Thompson (American psychologist, physicist) 1889-1932
Trolle, Gustav Eriksson (Swedish prelate) 1488-1535
Trollope, Anthony (English writer, post office official) 1815-1882
Trollope, Frances née Milton (Eng. writer; mother of Anthony) 1780-1863
Trollope, Thomas Adolphus (English writer, essayist) 1810-1892
Tromp, Cornelis Maartenszoon (Dutch admiral; son of Maarten) 1629-1691
Tromp, Maarten Harpertszoon (Dutch admiral) 1598-1653
Trotsky, Leon (Lev Davidovich Bronstein; Rus. Communist leader) 1879-1940
Trotter, Wilfred Batten Lewis (English surgeon, sociologist) 1872-1939
Trout, Kilgore (Bermuda-born American writer) 1907-1981
Trowbridge, John (American physicist) 1843-1923
Trowbridge, John Townsend (pseudonym Paul Creyton; Am. writer) 1827-1916
Troy, Jean-Francois de (also spelled Detroy; French painter) 1679-1752
Troyat, Henri (born Lev Tarassov; Russian-born French writer) 1911-2007
Troyon, Constant (French painter; member of Barbizon group) 1810-1865
Trudeau, Garretson Beekman "Garry" (American cartoonist) b.1948
Trudeau, Pierre Elliott (Canadian prime min. 1968-79, 1980-84) 1919-2000
Trudell, John (Santee Sioux activist, poet, musician) b.1946
Trueba y la Quintana, Antonio de (Spanish poet, writer) 1819-1889
Truffaut, Francois Roland (French film director, screenwriter) 1932-1984
Truinet, Charles-Louis-Etienne (pseudonym Nuitter; Fr. writer) 1828-1899
Trujillo, Julian (Colombian politician; president 1878-1880) 1829-1884
Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leonidas (Dominican general, polit.) 1891-1961
Truman, Harry S (33rd U.S. president, 1945-1953) 1884-1972
Trumbic, Ante (Croatian politician) 1864-1938
Trumbo, Dalton (American screenwriter, writer) 1905-1976
Trumbull, Benjamin (American Congregational clergyman, hist.) 1735-1820
Trumbull, John (American lawyer, poet; cousin of Jonathan) 1750-1831
Trumbull, John (American painter; son of Jonathan) 1756-1843
Trumbull, Jonathan (Am. merchant, politician; father of John) 1710-1785
Trumbull, Jonathan (Am. soldier, politician; son of Jonathan) 1740-1809
Trumbull, Joseph (American businessman; son of Jonathan) 1737-1778
Trumpler, Robert Julius (Swiss-born American astronomer) 1886-1956
Trung Nhi (Vietnamese nationalist; sister of Trung Trac) d.43 AD
Trung Trac (Vietnamese nationalist; sister of Trung Nhi) d.43 AD
Trunk, Yehiel Yeshaia (or Jehiel Isaiah; Polish writer) 1887-1961
Truong Vinh Ky (aka Petrus Ky; Vietnamese scholar) 1837-1898
Truscott, Dorothy Hayden née Johnson (Am. bridge player,writer) 1925-2006
Truscott, Harold (English composer, pianist, broadcaster) 1914-1992
Truth, Sojourner (Isabella Van Wagener; American evangelist) c.1797-1883
Truxtun, Thomas (American naval officer) 1755-1822
Tryon, William (British colonial administrator in America) 1729-1788
Tsai-ch'un (reign title T'ung-chih; Chinese emperor 1862-1875) 1856-1875
Ts'ai Hsiang (Chinese horticulturist) 11th cent.
Ts'ai Lun (Chinese eunuch; invented paper AD 105) AD 50?-118?
Tsai-t'ien (reign title Kuang-hsu; Chinese emperor 1875-1908) 1871-1908
Ts'ai Yuan-pei (Chinese educator, revolutionary) 1863-1940
Tsankov, Aleksandur (Bulgarian politician; premier 1923-1926) 1879-1959
Ts'ao Chan (aka Ts'ao Hsueh-ch'in; Chinese writer) 1715?-1763
Ts'ao Chih (Chinese lyric poet, writer; son of Ts'ao Ts'ao) 192-232
Ts'ao K'un (Chinese soldier, statesman) 1862-1938
Ts'ao P'ei (Chinese emperor 220-227; son of Ts'ao Ts'ao) 188-227
Ts'ao Ts'ao (Chinese general) 155-220
Tschermak von Seysenegg, Erich (Austrian botanist; son of Gus.) 1871-1962
Tschermak von Seysenegg, Gustav (Austrian mineralogist) 1836-1927
Tscherning, Anton Frederik (Danish politician) 1795-1874
Tschirky, Oscar Michel (Swiss-born American maitre d'hotel) 1866-1950
Tschirnhaus, Ehrenfried Walter von (German math., physicist) 1651-1708
Tschudi, Aegidus (or Gilg; Swiss historian) 1505-1572
Tsederbaum, Yuly Osipovich (pseudonym L. Martov; Russian rev.) 1873-1923
Tsegaye, Gabre-Medhin (Ethiopian playwright, poet) b.1936
Tseng Kuo-fan (Wen-cheng; Chinese soldier, administrator) 1811-1872
Tseng-tzu (aka Tseng Ts'an; Chinese philosopher) 505-c.436 BC
Tserclaes, Johann (Graf von Tilly; Flemish general) 1559-1632
Tshombe, Moise-Kapenda (Congolese politician) 1919-1969
Tshwete, Stephen Vukile (South African anti-apartheid activist) 1938-2002
Tsien, Roger Yonchien (American chemist, molecular engineer) b.1952
Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin Eduardovich (Russian scientist) 1857-1935
Tsiranana, Philibert (Malagasy politician; president 1960-1972) 1910-1978
Tso-ch'iu Ming (Chinese writer) 4th/5th cent. BC
Tsong-kha-pa (Tibetan lama; founded Yellow Hat Buddhist sect) 1357-1419
Tso Tsung't'ang (Chinese general, official) 1812-1885
Tsou Yen (Chinese philosopher) 340-260? BC
Tsubouchi Shoyo (born Tsubouchi Yuzo; Japanese writer) 1859-1935
Tsui, Daniel Chee (Chinese-born American physicist) b.1939
Tsuruya Namboku IV (born Ebiya Genzo; Japanese playwright) 1755-1829
Tsushima Shuji (pseudonym Dazai Osamu; Japanese writer) 1909-1948
Tsvetayeva, Marina Ivanovna (Russian poet, playwright, writer) 1892-1941
Tsvett, Mikhail Semyonovich (Russian botanist) 1872-1919
Tuan Ch'i-jui (Chinese soldier, politician) 1865-1936
Tubieres-Grimoard, Anne-Claude-Philippe (French archaeologist) 1692-1765
Tubin, Eduard (Estonian composer, conductor, violinist) 1905-1982
Tubman, Harriet Ross (born Araminta Greene; Am. abolitionist) c.1820-1913
Tubman, William Vacanarat Shadrach (Liberian politician) 1895-1971
Tuchman, Barbara née Wertheim (American historian) 1912-1989
Tucholsky, Kurt (German essayist, poet, critic, journalist) 1890-1935
Tuck, James Leslie (English physicist, nuclear power advocate) 1910-1980
Tucker, Abraham (English moralist) 1705-1774
Tucker, Benjamin Ricketson (American anarchist, journalist) 1854-1939
Tucker, Charlotte Maria (pseudonym A.L.O.E.; English writer) 1821-1893
Tucker, Jonathan Brin (Am. biologist,nonproliferation activist) 1954-2011
Tucker, Josiah (English economist) 1712-1799
Tucker, Nathaniel Beverly (American writer) 1784-1851
Tucker, Richard (born Reuben Ticker; American singer) 1913-1975
Tucker, Samuel (American naval officer) 1747-1833
Tucker, Sophie (born Sophie Abuza; Russian-born Am. singer) 1884-1966
Tuckerman, Joseph (American Unitarian clergyman) 1778-1840
Tuckey, James Kingston (British naval officer, explorer) 1776-1816
Tudor, Antony (British-born Am. ballet dancer, choreographer) 1908/9-1987
Tudor, David Eugene (American pianist, composer, teacher) 1926-1996
Tudor, William (American writer, editor) 1779-1830
Tu Duc (born Nguyen Phuoc Hoang Nham; Emperor of Annam) 1829-1883
Tufeld, Richard Norton "Dick" (Am. actor, announcer, narrator) 1926-2012
Tufts, Charles (American farmer, brick manufacturer) 1781-1876
Tufts, John (American Congregational clergyman) 1689-1752
Tu Fu (Chinese poet, gentleman farmer, traveler) 712-770
Tugwell, Rexford Guy (American economist) 1891-1979
Tukaram (Marathi poet, ascetic) 1607-1649
Tuke, Sir Samuel (English Royalist, playwright) c.1620-1674
Tukey, John Wilder (Am. statistician; coined "bit", "software") 1915-2000
Tukhachevsky, Mikhail Nikolayevich (Rus. general, politician) 1893-1937
Tukulti-Ninurta I (Assyrian king c.1294-c.1208) d.c.1208 BC
Tukulti-Ninurta II (Assyrian king 890-884) d.884 BC
Tulasne, Louis-Rene (French botanist; fdr. of modern mycology) 1815-1885
Tulindberg, Erik (Finnish composer, musician, civil servant) 1761-1814
Tull, Jethro (English agriculturist, inventor) 1674-1741
Tulloch, John (Scottish theologian) 1823-1886
Tully, Jim (American writer) 1891-1947
Tulp, Nicolaes (or Claes Pieterszoon; Dutch anatomist) 1593-1674
Tulsidas (Hindu poet, writer) 1543?-1623
Tumulty, Joseph Patrick (American lawyer) 1879-1954
Tunder, Franz (German composer, organist) 1614-1667
Tung Ch'i-ch'ang (Chinese painter, calligrapher, theoretician) 1555-1636
Tung Cho (Chinese general) d.192
Tung Chung-shu (Chinese scholar) c.179-c.104 BC
Tun Perak (Malaccan politician) d.1498
Tunstall (or Tonstall), Cuthbert (English prelate, scholar) 1474-1559
Tupac Amaru (Inca chieftain) d.1572
Tupac Amaru (Jose Gabriel Condorcanqui; Peruvian Indian rev.) 1742?-1781
Tupac Yupanqui (Inca ruler 1471-1493; father of Huayna Capac) d.1493
Tupolev, Andrey Nikolayevich (Russian aeronautical engineer) 1888-1972
Tupper, Benjamin (American soldier, pioneer) 1738-1792
Tupper, Sir Charles (Canadian politician; prime minister 1896) 1821-1915
Tupper, Sir Charles Hibbert (Canadian lawyer, politician) 1855-1927
Tupper, Martin Farquhar (English writer) 1810-1889
Tura, Cosme (Italian painter; founder Ferrarese school) c.1430-1495
Turati, Filippo (Italian Socialist leader) 1857-1932
Turberville (or Turbervile), George (English poet) 1540?-1597?
Turenne, Vicomte de (Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne; Fr. marshal) 1611-1675
Turgenev, Aleksandr Ivanovich (Russian historian) 1784?-1846
Turgenev, Ivan Sergeyevich (Russian writer, poet, playwright) 1818-1883
Turgenev, Nikolay Ivanovich (Russian gov. official, economist) 1789-1871
Turgot, Anne-Robert-Jacques (French administrator, economist) 1727-1781
Turina, Joaquin (Spanish composer) 1882-1949
Turing, Alan Mathison (English mathematician, logician) 1912-1954
Turini, Francesco (Italian composer, organist) 1589-1656
Turmair, Johannes (aka Aventinus; German Humanist, historian) 1477-1534
Turnbull, Herbert Westren (English mathematician) 1885-1961
Turnebe, Odet de (French playwright,poet) 1553-1581
Turner, Charles Yardley (American painter) 1850-1918
Turner, Ethel Sibyl (Mrs. Herbert Curlewis; Australian writer) 1872-1958
Turner, Francis (English prelate) 1638?-1700
Turner, Frederick Jackson (American historian) 1861-1932
Turner, Herbert Hall (English astronomer) 1861-1930
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (English painter) 1775-1851
Turner, Nat (American slave leader, insurrectionist) 1800-1831
Turner, Ralph Edmund (American historian) 1893-1964
Turner, William (English clergyman, physician, botanist) 1510-1568
Turow, Scott (American writer, attorney) b.1949
Turpin (or Tilpin; French ecclesiastic) d.794
Turpin, Richard "Dick" (English robber, smuggler) 1706-1739
Turrell, James (American light sculptor) b.1943
Turrentine, Stanley William "Mr. T" (American musician) 1934-2000
Turturro, John Michael (American actor, producer, director) b.1957
Tusi, Nasir ad-Din at- (Persian philosopher, scientist, math.) 1201-1274
Tussaud, Marie née Grosholtz (Madame Tussaud; Swiss sculptor) 1760-1850
Tusser, Thomas (English versifier on agriculture) 1524-1580
Tutankhamen (king of Egypt 1361-1352 BC) c.1370-1352 BC
Tuttle, Horace Parnell (American astronomer; asteroid, comet) 1839-1923
Tutu, Desmond Mpilo (South African clergyman, polit. activist) b.1931
Tutuola, Amos (Nigerian writer) b.1920
Tutwiler, Julia Strudwick (American educator, prison reformer) 1841-1916
Tuve, Merle Antony (American physicist) 1901-1982
Tuwhare, Honi (New Zealand Maori poet, playwright, writer) b.1922
Tuwim, Julian (Polish poet) 1894-1953
Tvardovsky, Aleksandr Trifonovich (Russian poet, editor) 1910-1971
Tveitt, Geirr Nils (Norwegian pianist, composer) 1908-1981
Tversky, Amos (Israeli cognitive & mathematical psychologist) 1937-1996
Tvrtko I (surnamed Kotromanic; King of the Serbs and Bosnia) c.1338-1391
Twachtman, John Henry (American painter) 1853-1902
Twain, Mark (Samuel Langhorne Clemens; American writer) 1835-1910
Twardowski of Skrzpna, Samuel (Polish poet, diarist, essayist) c.1600-1661
Tweed, William Marcy "Boss Tweed" (American politician) 1823-1878
Twenhofel, William Henry (American geologist) 1875-1957
Twichell, Joseph Hopkins (American Congregational clergyman) 1838-1918
Twombly, Cy (American painter) 1928-2011
Tworkov, Jack (Polish-born American painter) 1900-1982
Twort, Frederick William (English bacteriologist) 1877-1950
Twysden, Sir Roger (English political writer) 1597-1672
Tyard, Pontus de (French poet, theorist; member of La Pleiade) c.1522-1605
Tye, Christopher (English composer, organist) c.1500-c.1573
Tyler, Anne (American writer) b.1941
Tyler, Bennet (American theologian) 1783-1858
Tyler, John (American jurist; father of John) 1747-1813
Tyler, John (10th U.S. president, 1841-1845) 1790-1862
Tyler, Lyon Gardiner (Am. educator; son of Pres. John Tyler) 1853-1935
Tyler, Moses Coit (American literary historian, reformer) 1835-1900
Tyler, Royall (American jurist, dramatist; Colon and Spondee) 1757-1826
Tyler, Walter "Wat" (English leader of Peasant's Revolt 1381) d.1381
Tyler, Willie (American ventriloquist, comedian, actor) b.1940
Tylor, Sir Edward Burnett (English anthropologist) 1832-1917
Tynan, Katharine (later Katherine Hinkson; Irish poet, writer) 1861-1931
Tynan, Kenneth Peacock (English drama critic) 1927-1980
Tynyanov, Yury Nikolayevich (Russian literary critic, writer) 1894-1943
Tyndale, William (Eng. translator of New Testament, Pentateuch) c.1494-1536
Tyndall, John (Irish physicist, popularizer of science) 1820-1893
Tyner, Alfred McCoy (American pianist, composer) b.1938
Tyranny, "Blue" Gene (born Robert Nathan Sheff; Am. composer) b.1945
Tyrrell, George (Irish theologian) 1861-1909
Tyrrell, Sir James (English soldier, royal official) d.1502
Tyrtaeus (Greek elegiac poet of Sparta) fl. c.650 BC
Tyrwhitt, Thomas (English scholar) 1730-1786
Tyrwhitt-Wilson, Sir Gerald Hugh (English composer, painter) 1883-1950
Tyson, Charles Wesley "Wes" (Am. chem. eng.; one/Four Horsemen) 1905-1977
Tyson, Edward (English physician) 1650-1708
Tytla, Vladimir Peter "Bill" (American animator: Disney) 1904-1968
Tytler, Alexander Frase (Scottish historian, writer) 1747-1813
Tytler, James (Scottish writer, editor, balloonist, eccentric) c.1747-1804
Tytler, Patrick Fraser (Scottish historian) 1791-1849
Tyutchev, Fyodor Ivanovich (Russian poet, diplomat) 1803-1873
Tzara, Tristan (Romanian-born French poet, essayist, Dadaist) 1896-1963
Tzetzes, John (Byzantine poet, scholar) c.1110-c.1180
Tz'u-hsi (aka Hsiao-ch'in; Chinese empress dowager) 1835-1908
Tzu Ssu (Chinese philosopher; grandson of Confucius) 483-402 BC

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