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Romain Rolland (January 29, 1866 – December 30, 1944)

Romain Rolland was a French writer and dramatist, best known as the author of the novel series Jean-Christophe (1904-12). His first book was published in 1902, when he was already 36 years old. Thirteen years later, he won the Nobel Prize for...

Marthe Bibesco (January 28, 1886, Bucharest - November 28, 1973, Paris)

Marthe Bibesco, French version of Marta Bibescu (January 28, 1886, Bucharest - November 28, 1973, Paris), born Marta Lucia or Marthe Lucie Lahovary (also spelled Lahovari), was a Romanian-French writer.

The day when Romania was born: January 24, 1859

January 24 1859 was a great day for Romanians, when the Romanian Pricipats were united, the new country bearing the name of Romania, with Bucharest as its capital city.

Édouard Manet (January 23, 1832 - April 30, 1883)

Édouard Manet was a French painter. One of the first nineteenth century artists to approach modern-life subjects, he was a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.

George Orwell (25 June 1903 - 21 January 1950)

Eric Arthur Blair, known by the pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist. Noted as a novelist and critic as well as a political and cultural commentator, Orwell is among the most widely admired English-language essayists of the 20th...

Charles-Louis de Montesquieu (January 18, 1689 in Bordeaux - February 10, 1755)

Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (January 18, 1689 in Bordeaux - February 10, 1755), was a French social commentator and political thinker who lived during the Era of the Enlightenment. He is famous for his articulation of...

Nicolae Iorga (January 17, 1871 - November 27, 1940)

Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, university professor, literary critic, memorialist, playwright, poet, and politician. He served as a member of Parliament, as President of the post-World-War-I National Assembly, as minister, and (1931-32) as...

Mihai Eminescu (January 15, 1850 - June 15, 1889)

Mihai Eminescu (January 15, 1850 - June 15, 1889) was a late Romantic poet, the best-known and most influential Romanian poet celebrated in both Romania and Moldova. Famous poems include Luceafărul ("Evening Star"), Odă în metru antic (Ode in ancient...

Isidor Isaac Rabi (July 29, 1898 - January 11, 1988)

Isidor Isaac Rabi (July 29, 1898 - January 11, 1988) was a Nobel Prize-winning Austrian-born physicist.

Nicolaus Olahus (January 10, 1493 - January 15, 1568)

Nicolaus Olahus (January 10, 1493 - January 15, 1568) was the Archbishop of Gran (Esztergom), Primate of Hungary, and a distinguished Roman Catholic prelate.

Karel Čapek (January 9, 1890 - December 25, 1938)

Karel Čapek was one of the most influential Czech writers of the 20th century, and a Nobel Prize nominee (1936). He introduced and made popular the frequently used international word robot, which first appeared in his play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal...

Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642)

Galileo Galilei was a Tuscan (Italian) physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the scientific revolution. His achievements include the first systematic studies of uniformly accelerated motion, improvements to...

Andrei Şaguna (20 January 1809, Miskolc, Hungary - 28 June 1873, Sibiu)

Andrei Şaguna was a Metropolitan bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Transylvania, and one of the Romanian community political leaders in the Habsburg Monarchy, especially active during the 1848 Revolution. He was an honorary member of the...

Marcello Mastroianni (September 26, 1924 - December 19, 1996)

Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (September 26, 1924 - December 19, 1996) was an Academy Award nominated Italian film actor, considered by many the best italian actor of all times.

Ludwig van Beethoven (December 17 - March 26, 1827)

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and virtuoso pianist. He was an important figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music, and remains one of the most famous and influential musicians of...