Politics · Activism · Technology · 1732–1799

George Washington

George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War against the British Empire.

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Age at death: 67
Years since death: 226

Born: February 22, 1732 · George Washington Birthplace National Monument, United States
Died: December 14, 1799
Nationality: American
Known for: Politics, Activism, Technology

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1810–1849

Frédéric Chopin

Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the early Romantic period who wrote primarily for solo piano.

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1788–1860

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860), also known as the “Philosopher of Pessimism”, was a German philosopher and writer.

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1857–1894

Heinrich Hertz

Heinrich Rudolf Hertz ( hurts; German:; 22 February 1857 – 1 January 1894) was a German physicist who first conclusively proved the existence of the electromagnetic waves proposed by James Clerk Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism.

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1857–1941

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941), was a British Army officer, writer, founder of The Boy Scouts Association and its first Chief Scout, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of The Girl Guides Association.

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b. 1975

Drew Barrymore

Drew Blythe Barrymore (born February 22, 1975) is an American actress. A member of the Barrymore family of actors, she has received multiple awards and nominations, including a Golden Globe Award, an Emmy Award, and an Actor Award.

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1943–2025

Horst Köhler

Horst Köhler (German:; 22 February 1943 – 1 February 2025) was a German politician who served as President of Germany from 2004 to 2010.

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1879–1955

Albert Einstein

Theoretical physicist who developed the theories of special and general relativity and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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1955–2011

Steve Jobs

Co-founder of Apple who introduced the Macintosh, iPod and iPhone.

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1934–1968

Yuri Gagarin

Soviet cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space aboard Vostok 1.

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1475–1564

Michelangelo

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. He was born in the Republic of Florence but was mostly active in Rome from his 30s onwards.

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