January 9, 1715 — March 28, 1757

Robert-François Damiens

Robert-François Damiens was a French fanatic who in 1757 made an unsuccessful...

March 28, 1928 — November 13, 2014

Alexandre Grothendieck

Alexandre Grothendieck was a German French mathematician who was awarded...

March 28, 1930 —

Jerome Isaac Friedman

Jerome Isaac Friedman is an American physicist who, together with...

March 28, 1592 — November 14, 1670

John Amos Comenius

John Amos Comenius was a Czech educational reformer and religious...

March 28, 1819 — March 15, 1891

Sir Joseph William Bazalgette

Sir Joseph William Bazalgette was a British civil engineer who designed...

March 28, 1750 — July 14, 1816

Francisco de Miranda

Francisco de Miranda was a Venezuelan revolutionary who helped to...

March 28, 1909 — May 9, 1981

Nelson Algren

Nelson Algren was an American writer whose novels of the poor are...

December 21, 1905 — March 28, 2000

Anthony Powell

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