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Clément Armand Fallières (French pronunciation: [aʁmɑ̃ faljɛʁ]; 6 November 1841 – 22 June 1931) was a French statesman who was President of France from...

Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Joseph Marie Anne Séraphin, 1st Count of Villèle (14 April 1773 – 13 March 1854), better known simply as Joseph de Villèle /vɪˈlɛl/...

Mathieu, comte Dumas (23 November 1753 – 16 October 1837) was a French general. Born in Montpellier, France, of a noble family, he joined the French army...

Pierre Roger Ducos (25 July 1747 – 16 March 1816), better known as Roger Ducos, was a French political figure during the Revolution and First Empire, a...

Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns PC (27 December 1819 – 2 April 1885) was an Anglo-Irish statesman who served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain...

Walther von der Vogelweide (c. 1170 – c. 1230) was a Minnesänger who composed and performed love-songs and political songs ("Sprüche") in Middle High German...

Jean-Jacques Duval d'Eprémesnil (5 December 1745 – 22 April 1794), French magistrate and politician, was born in India at Pondicherry, his father being...

Jean Baptiste Noël Bouchotte (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist nɔɛl buʃɔt]; 25 December 1754 – 8 June 1840) was a minister in the government of the French...

Camille Jordan (11 January 1771 in Lyon – 19 May 1821) was a French politician born in Lyon of a well-to-do mercantile family. Jordan was educated in Lyon...

António Feliciano de Castilho, 1st Viscount of Castilho (28 January 1800 – 18 June 1875) was a Portuguese writer. Castilho was born in Lisbon. He lost...

Louis-Jules Trochu (French pronunciation: [lwi ʒyl tʁɔʃy]; 12 March 1815 – 7 October 1896) was a French military leader and politician. He served as President...

Tiridates II of Parthia was set up by the Parthians against Phraates IV in about 32 BC, but was expelled when Phraates returned with the help of the Scythians...

Hans Tausen (Tavsen) (1494 – 11 November 1561) nicknamed the “Danish Luther” was the leading Lutheran theologian of the Danish Reformation in Denmark....

Sten Sture the Elder (Swedish: Sten Sture den äldre; 1440 – 14 December 1503) was a Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden from 1470–1497 and 1501–1503...

Plutarch of Athens (Greek: Πλούταρχος ὁ Ἀθηναῖος; c. 350 – 430 AD) was a Greek philosopher and Neoplatonist who taught in Athens at the beginning of the...

Achille Marcus Fould (17 November 1800 – 5 October 1867) was a French financier and politician who was four times minister of finance between 1849 and...

Christopher Wordsworth (9 June 1774 – 2 February 1846) was an English divine and scholar. Born in Cockermouth, Cumberland, he was the youngest brother...

Gace Brulé (c. 1160 – after 1213) was a French nobleman and trouvère from Champagne. His name is simply a description of his blazonry. He owned land in...

James Duport (/duːˈpɔːrt/; 1606, Cambridge – 17 July 1679, Peterborough) was an English classical scholar. His father, John Duport, who was descended from...

Giovanni Battista or Giambattista Martini, O.F.M. Conv. (24 April 1706 – 3 August 1784), also known as Padre Martini, was an Italian Conventual Franciscan...