Music · 1940–1980

John Lennon

Singer-songwriter and co-founder of The Beatles, later a peace activist.

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Years since death: 45

Born: October 9, 1940 · Liverpool, England
Died: December 8, 1980
Nationality: British
Known for: Music

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1892–1975

Ivo Andrić

Ivo Andrić (Serbian Cyrillic: Иво Андрић, pronounced; born Ivan Andrić; 9 October 1892 – 13 March 1975) was a Yugoslav novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961. His writings dealt mainly with life in his native Bosnia under Ottoman rule.

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1906–2001

Léopold Sédar Senghor

Léopold Sédar Senghor ( song-GOR, French:, Wolof: Léwopóol Sedaar Seŋoor; 9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese politician, cultural theorist and poet who served as the first president of Senegal from 1960 to 1980.

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1879–1960

Max von Laue

Max Theodor Felix von Laue (German:; 9 October 1879 – 24 April 1960) was a German physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914 "for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals." In addition to his scientific endeavors with contributions in optics, crystallography, quantum theory,…

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1959–2015

Boris Nemtsov

Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov (Russian: Борис Ефимович Немцов; 9 October 1959 – 27 February 2015) was a Russian physicist, liberal statesman and politician, opposition leader and outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin.

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1852–1919

Emil Fischer

Hermann Emil Louis Fischer (German:; 9 October 1852 – 15 July 1919) was a German chemist and 1902 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He discovered the Fischer esterification.

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1757–1836

Charles X of France

Charles X (Charles Philippe; 9 October 1757 – 6 November 1836) was King of France from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. An uncle of the uncrowned Louis XVII and younger brother to former reigning kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported the latter in exile.

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b. 1952

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, having previously served from 2000 to 2008. Putin also served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012.

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1869–1948

Mahatma Gandhi

Leader of India's non-violent independence movement against British rule.

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b. 1981

Serena Williams

Tennis champion who won 23 Grand Slam singles titles in the Open Era.

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1844–1900

Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher and writer who started his career as a classical philologist and turned to philosophy early in his academic career. In 1869, at age 24, he was appointed Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Basel.

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