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Jane Austen
Featured Biography Jane Austen

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

English writer Jane Austen, born this day in 1775, gave the novel its distinctly modern character through her treatment of ordinary people in everyday life and created comedies of contemporary middle-class manners in England.

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Santayana
December 16, 1863 — September 26, 1952
George Santayana
George Santayana was a Spanish-American philosopher, poet, and humanist...
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
December 16, 1742 — September 12, 1819
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst von Wahlstatt
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst (prince) von Wahlstatt was a...
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December 16, 1969 —
Lei Jun
Lei Jun is a Chinese business executive who was a cofounder (2010)...
Konoe Fumimaro.
October 12, 1891 — December 16, 1945
Konoe Fumimaro
Konoe Fumimaro was a political leader and prime minister of Japan...
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December 16, 1943 — April 1, 2018
Steven Bochco
Steven Bochco was an American television writer, director, and producer...
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December 16, 1937 —
Ed Ruscha
Ed Ruscha is an American artist associated with West Coast Pop art...
Pippin II
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Pippin II
Pippin II was the ruler of the Franks (687–714), the first of the...
Zoltán Kodály, 1960.
December 16, 1882 — March 6, 1967
Zoltán Kodály
Zoltán Kodály was a prominent composer and authority on Hungarian...