Names of Note

one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers

German publisher of a series of travel guidebooks

German composer of instrumental music

German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united

Danish physicist who studied atomic structure and radiations

Irish chemist who established that air has weight and whose definitions of chemical elements and chemical reactions helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy (1627-1691)

Swiss theologian whose tenets defined Presbyterianism

British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940)

French composer and pianist of the romantic school

English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722)

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Chinese philosopher whose ideas and sayings were collected after his death and became the basis of a philosophical doctrine known a Confucianism (circa 551-478 BC)

United States composer who developed a distinctly American music (1900-1990)

Austrian virtuoso pianist and composer of many works for the piano; studied with Beethoven and was a teacher of Liszt (1791-1857)

French composer who is said to have created Impressionism in music (1862-1918)

French philosopher and mathematician

Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)

of or relating to or in the style of Feodor Dostoevski

Austrian who became the Nazi official who administered the concentration camps where millions of Jews were murdered during World War II (1906-1962)

socialist who wrote the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx in 1848 (1820-1895)

Greek geometer (3rd century BC)

German propaganda minister in Nazi Germany who persecuted the Jews (1897-1945)

German poet and novelist and dramatist who lived in Weimar

a member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution

English physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics (1818-1889)

Roman historian whose history of Rome filled 142 volumes (of which only 35 survive) including the earliest history of the war with Hannibal (59 BC to AD 17)

German theologian who led the Reformation

founder of modern communism

German musician and romantic composer of orchestral and choral works (1809-1847)

French otologist who first described a form of vertigo now known as Meniere's disease and identified the semicircular canals as the site of the lesion (1799-1862)

prolific Austrian composer and child prodigy

Italian fascist dictator (1883-1945)

influential German philosopher remembered for his concept of the superman and for his rejection of Christian values; considered, along with Kierkegaard, to be a founder of existentialism (1844-1900)

Swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite and for the bequest that created the Nobel prizes (1833-1896)

Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love

German physicist whose explanation of blackbody radiation in the context of quantized energy emissions initiated quantum theory (1858-1947)

ancient Athenian philosopher

ancient Athenian philosopher

Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history

United States newspaper publisher (born in Hungary) who established the Pulitzer prizes (1847-1911)

Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem; considered to be the first true mathematician (circa 580-500 BC)

composer and piano virtuoso born in Russia (1873-1943)

French revolutionary

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French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland

English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)

ancient Athenian philosopher; teacher of Plato and Xenophon

ancient Athenian philosopher; teacher of Plato and Xenophon

Soviet writer and political dissident whose novels exposed the brutality of Soviet labor camps (born in 1918)

one of the great tragedians of ancient Greece (496-406 BC)

composer who was born in Russia but lived in the United States after 1939 (1882-1971)

German baroque composer (1681-1767)

United States writer and social critic (1817-1862)

Russian author remembered for two great novels (1828-1910)

the Spaniard who as Grand Inquisitor was responsible for the death of thousands of Jews and suspected witches during the Spanish Inquisition (1420-1498)

Italian physicist who invented the mercury barometer

Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940)

English translator and Protestant martyr

French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778)

English theologian whose objections to Roman Catholic doctrine anticipated the Protestant Reformation (1328-1384)

of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium

influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804)

French writer and existentialist philosopher (1905-1980)

German propaganda minister in Nazi Germany who persecuted the Jews (1897-1945)

an advocate of Darwinism

of or pertaining to or characteristic of French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)

of or relating to Immanuel Kant or his philosophy

Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain

relating to or suggesting a British leader in World War II

Soviet statesman and premier who denounced Stalin

French political writer noted for his analysis of American institutions (1805-1859)

a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship

Queen of England as the third wife of Henry VIII and mother of Edward VI (1509-1537)

of or relating to a noted English economist or his theories

English economist who advocated the use of government monetary and fiscal policy to maintain full employment without inflation (1883-1946)

make (continental) European in customs, character, or ideas