Richard von Krafft-Ebing
German psychiatrist & author of the foundational work Psychopathis Sexualis, born in 1840.
Ernesto Maserati
Italian automotive engineer, auto maker, industrialist, & racer born in 1898.
Charb
French satirical caricaturist, journalist, & director of French magazine Charlie Hebdo, born in 1967.
Coco Chanel
French fashion designer, businesswoman, & founder and namesake of the Chanel brand, born 1883.
Mata Hari
Dutch exotic dancer & courtesan convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I.
Felix Adler
German American professor of ethics & founder of the Ethical Culture movement, born in 1851.
Narcisse Diaz de la Pena
French painter of the Barbizon school born in 1807.
Petrarch
Italian scholar & poet during the early Italian Renaissance. He was one of the earliest humanists.
Carrie Jacobs-Bond
American singer, pianist, and songwriter born in 1862. First woman to sell one million copies of a song.
William Beebe
American naturalist, ornithologist, marine biologist, entomologist, explorer, & author born in 1877.