Art · Science · 1787–1851

Louis Daguerre

Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre ( də-GAIR; French:; 18 November 1787 – 10 July 1851) was a French scientist, artist and photographer. He is recognized for his invention of the eponymous daguerreotype process of photography.

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Age at death: 64
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Born: July 10, 1787 · Cormeilles-en-Parisis, France
Died: July 10, 1851
Nationality: French
Known for: Art, Science

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1856–1943

Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American engineer, futurist, and inventor. He is known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.

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1871–1922

Marcel Proust

Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust ( PROOST; French:; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, literary critic, and essayist best known for his novel À la recherche du temps perdu (translated into English as In Search of Lost Time, earlier Remembrance of Things Past), which was published in…

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b. 1925

Mahathir Mohamad

Mahathir bin Mohamad (Jawi: محاضر بن محمد; Malay:; born 10 July 1925) is a Malaysian politician, physician and author who served as the fourth and seventh prime minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and again from 2018 to 2020.

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1509–1564

John Calvin

John Calvin (Middle French: Jehan Cauvin; French: Jean Calvin; 10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564) was a French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation.

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1931–2024

Alice Munro

Alice Ann Munro ( mən-ROH; née Laidlaw; 10 July 1931 – 13 May 2024) was a Canadian short story writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. Her work tends to move forward and backward in time, with integrated short story cycles.

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1830–1903

Camille Pissarro

Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro ( piss-AR-oh; French:; 10 July 1830 – 13 November 1903) was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of Saint Thomas (now in the US Virgin Islands, but then in the Danish West Indies).

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1918–2013

Nelson Mandela

Anti-apartheid revolutionary who spent 27 years in prison and became South Africa's first Black president.

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1961–1997

Diana, Princess of Wales

Member of the British royal family known for her humanitarian work and global popularity.

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b. 1946

George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American former politician, businessman, and Air Force veteran who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.

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