| Eadfrid (or Eadfrith; Anglo-Saxon prelate) |
d.721 |
| Eadie, John (Scottish Presbyterian theologian, scholar) |
1810-1876 |
| Eadmer (or Edmer; English monk, historian) |
c.1060-c.1128 |
| Eadread (or Edred; English king) |
d.955 |
| Eadric Streona (or Edric Streona; Alderman of the Mercians) |
d.1017 |
| Eads, James Buchanan (American engineer, inventor) |
1820-1887 |
| Eakins, Thomas Cowperthwait (American painter, sculptor) |
1844-1916 |
| Ealdred (or Aldred; Anglo-Saxon prelate) |
d.1069 |
| Eames, Alan Duane (American beer anthropologist, writer) |
1947-2007 |
| Eames, Charles (American designer) |
1907-1978 |
| Eanes, Gil (Portuguese mariner) |
15th cent. |
| Earhart, Amelia Mary (American aviator) |
1897-1937 |
| Earle, Alice née Morse (American writer) |
1851-1911 |
| Earle (or Earles), John (English Anglican clergyman, writer) |
1601?-1665 |
| Earlom, Richard (English mezzotint engraver) |
1743-1822 |
| Early, Jubal Anderson (American Confederate general) |
1816-1894 |
| Early, Stephen Tyree (American journalist) |
1889-1951 |
| Earnshaw, Thomas (English watchmaker) |
1749-1829 |
| Earp, Wyatt Berry Stapp (American lawman, gunfighter) |
1848-1929 |
| East, Sir Alfred (English landscape painter, etcher) |
1849-1913 |
| East, Edward Murray (American geneticist) |
1879-1938 |
| East, Thomas (English music printer) |
c.1540-1609 |
| Eastlake, Sir Charles Lock (English painter, art critic) |
1793-1865 |
| Eastlake, Charles Lock (English art critic; nephew of Sir C.) |
1836-1906 |
| Eastman, George (American inventor, indust.; founded Kodak) |
1854-1932 |
| Eastman, Julius (American composer, pianist, vocalist, dancer) |
1940-1990 |
| Eastman, Max Forrester (American editor, writer, translator) |
1883-1969 |
| Eaton, Amos (American scientist) |
1776-1842 |
| Eaton, Daniel Cady (American botanist; grandson of Amos) |
1834-1895 |
| Eaton, Cyrus Stephen (Canadian-born American businessman) |
1883-1979 |
| Eaton, Dorman Bridgman (American lawyer, reformer) |
1823-1899 |
| Eaton, John (American composer, musician, writer) |
b.1935 |
| Eaton, Theophilus (English colonial administrator in America) |
1590-1658 |
| Eaton, Timothy (Irish-born Canadian merchant) |
1834-1907 |
| Eaton, William (American army officer, diplomat) |
1764-1811 |
| Eaton, Wyatt (Canadian-born American painter) |
1849-1896 |
| Ebadi, Shirin (Iranian lawyer, human rights activist) |
b.1947 |
| Eban, Abba (Aubrey Solomon; Israeli diplomat) |
1915-2002 |
| Ebbinghaus, Hermann (German experimental psychologist) |
1850-1909 |
| Ebel, Johann Wilhelm (German Lutheran clergyman) |
1784-1861 |
| Eber, Paul (German Protestant theologian) |
1511-1569 |
| Eberhard, Dennis (American composer) |
1943-2005 |
| Eberhard, Johann August (Ger. philosopher, theologian, writer) |
1739-1809 |
| Eberhardt, Isabelle (aka Si Mahmoud Essadi; Swiss anarchist) |
1877-1904 |
| Eberhart, Richard Ghormley (American poet, teacher) |
1904-2005 |
| Eberle, John (American physician, medical writer) |
1787-1838 |
| Eberlein, Gustav (German sculptor) |
1847-1926 |
| Eberlin, Johann Ernst (German composer, organist) |
1702-1762 |
| Eberling, Kurt (German-born Am. chef; invented SpaghettiOs) |
c.1931-2008 |
| Ebers, Georg Moritz (German Egyptologist, writer) |
1837-1898 |
| Ebert, Friedrich (German chancellor 1918-19; president 1919-25) |
1871-1925 |
| Ebert, Friedrich Adolf (German librarian, bibliographer) |
1791-1834 |
| Eberth, Karl Joseph (German anatomist, bacteriologist) |
1835-1926 |
| Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von (Austrian writer, poet) |
1830-1916 |
| Eboue, Adolphe-Felix-Sylvestre (French colonial administrator) |
1884-1944 |
| Eca de Queiros, Jose Maria de (Portuguese writer) |
1845-1900 |
| Eccard, Johannes (German composer) |
1553-1611 |
| Eccles, Sir John Carew (Australian neurologist) |
1903-1997 |
| Eccles, Marriner Stoddard (American banker, economist) |
1890-1977 |
| Echegaray y Eizaguirre, Jose (Span. dramatist, civil engineer) |
1832-1916 |
| Echeverria, Esteban (Argentinean poet) |
1805-1851 |
| Echeverria Alvarez, Luis (Mexican president 1970-1976) |
b.1922 |
| Eck, Johann (orig. Maier; German Roman Catholic theologian) |
1486-1543 |
| Eckard (or Eckhardt), Johann Gottfried (German pianist, comp.) |
1735-1809 |
| Eckehart, Johannes (aka Johannes Eckhart; German mystic) |
c.1260-1327? |
| Eckener, Hugo (German aeronaut) |
1868-1954 |
| Eckermann, Johann Peter (German writer, editor) |
1792-1854 |
| Eckersberg, Kristoffer Vilhelm (Danish painter) |
1783-1853 |
| Eckersley, Peter Pendleton (English radio engineer) |
1892-1963 |
| Eckford, Henry (Scottish-born American shipbuilder) |
1775-1832 |
| Eckhardt, Fred (American brewer, homebrewing advocate) |
b.1926 |
| Eckhardt (or Eccard), Johann Georg von (German historian) |
1664-1730 |
| Eckhel, Joseph Hilarius (Austrian numismatist) |
1737-1798 |
| Eckstein, Ernst (German humorist) |
1845-1900 |
| Eco, Umberto (Italian literary critic, writer, semiotician) |
b.1932 |
| Economou, George Aristotle (American optical engineer) |
1923-2003 |
| Eddi (or Aedde, Eddius; Kentish choirmaster) |
fl.669 |
| Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley (English astronomer, physicist) |
1882-1944 |
| Eddison, Eric Rucker (English writer, Icelandic lit. scholar) |
1882-1945 |
| Eddy, Clarence (American organist, composer) |
1851-1937 |
| Eddy, Mary Morse née Baker (Am. fdr. Christian Science Church) |
1821-1910 |
| Edel, Joseph Leon (Canadian-born American biographer, critic) |
1907-1997 |
| Edelfelt, Albert (Finnish painter) |
1854-1905 |
| Edelinck, Gerard (Flemish copperplate engraver) |
1640-1707 |
| Edelman, Gerald Maurice (American biochemist) |
b.1929 |
| Edelman, Marian née Wright (Am. children's rights activist) |
b.1939 |
| Eden, Robert Anthony (English prime minister 1955-1957) |
1897-1977 |
| Eden, Nils (Swedish politician, historian) |
1871-1945 |
| Edge, Walter Evans (American businessman, politician, diplomat) |
1873-1956 |
| Edgerton, Harold Eugene (American engineer; inv. Stroboscope) |
1903-1990 |
| Edgeworth, Kenneth Essex (Irish astronomer, economist, eng.) |
1880-1872 |
| Edgeworth, Maria (British writer; daughter of Richard) |
1767-1849 |
| Edgeworth, Richard Lovell (British inventor, educator) |
1744-1817 |
| Edgren, Anne Charlotte née Leffler (Swedish writer, playwright) |
1849-1892 |
| Edib Adivar, Halide "Halide Salih" (Turkish writer, activist) |
1883-1964 |
| Edinborough, Arnold (English-born Canadian writer) |
1922-2006 |
| Edison, Thomas Alva (American inventor) |
1847-1931 |
| Edman, Irwin (American philosopher) |
1896-1954 |
| Edmondson, Frank Kelley (American astronomer; asteroid) |
1912-2008 |
| Edmund (or Eadmund) the Martyr, Saint (King of East Anglia) |
841?-870 |
| Edmund, Saint (born Edmund Rich; English scholar, ecclesiastic) |
1175?-1240 |
| Edmunds, George Franklin (American lawyer, politician) |
1828-1919 |
| Edwardes, George (British theater manager) |
1852-1915 |
| Edwards, Agustin Chilean banker, diplomat) |
1878-1941 |
| Edwards, Amelia Ann Blandford (English writer, Egyptologist) |
1831-1892 |
| Edwards, Clifton A. "Ukelele Ike" (American singer, musician) |
1895-1971 |
| Edwards, George (English naturalist) |
1693-1773 |
| Edwards, Gerard Basil (British writer, teacher) |
1899-1976 |
| Edwards, Helen Thom (American physicist) |
b.1936 |
| Edwards, John (American planter, politician) |
1748-1837 |
| Edwards, Jonathan (American Puritan theologian, philosopher) |
1703-1758 |
| Edwards, Jorge (Chilean writer, diplomat, literary critic) |
b.1931 |
| Edwards, Lewis (Welsh educator, clergyman, essayist) |
1809-1887 |
| Edwards, Marc (American civil engineer, teacher) |
b.1964 |
| Edwards, Sir Owen Morgan (Welsh writer, educator) |
1858-1920 |
| Edwards, Richard (English playwright, composer) |
1524-1566 |
| Edwards, Stanley Ted "Jango Edwards" (American clown) |
b.1950 |
| Edwards, Thomas Charles (Welsh clergyman, educator) |
1837-1900 |
| Edwards, Tryon (American clergyman, lawyer, writer) |
1809-1894 |
| Edwards, William (Welsh clergyman, architect) |
1719-1789 |
| Edwards Bello, Joaquin (Chilean journalist, writer) |
1888-1968 |
| Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den (Dutch painter) |
1621-1674 |
| Eeden, Frederick Willem van (Dutch writer, neurologist) |
1860-1932 |
| Eekhoud, Georges (Belgian writer, poet) |
1854-1927 |
| Effen, Justus van (Dutch essayist, journalist) |
1684-1735 |
| Efimova, Nina (Russian puppeteer) |
1877-1948 |
| Efron, Bradley (American statistician) |
b.1938 |
| Egan, Pierce "The Elder" (English sportswriter) |
1772-1849 |
| Egan, Pierce (English etcher, writer; son of Pierce) |
1814-1880 |
| Egana, Juan (Chilean politician, writer) |
1769-1836 |
| Egas Moniz, Antonio Caetano de Abreu Freire (Port. neurologist) |
1874-1955 |
| Egede, Hans (Norwegian missionary) |
1686-1758 |
| Egede, Paul (Norwegian missionary; son of Hans) |
1708-1789 |
| Egg, Augustus Leopold (English painter) |
1816-1863 |
| Eggan, Kevin (American biologist) |
b.1975 |
| Egge, Klaus (Norwegian composer, music critic) |
1906-1979 |
| Egge, Peter (Norwegian writer) |
1869-1959 |
| Eggert, Joachim Nicolas (Swedish composer, musical director) |
1779-1813 |
| Eggleston, Edward (American clergyman, writer, editor) |
1837-1902 |
| Eggleston, George Cary (American writer; brother of Edward) |
1839-1911 |
| Eggleston, William (American photographer) |
b.1939 |
| Egill Skallagrimsson (Icelandic skald, adventurer) |
c.910-990 |
| Egilsson, Sveinbjorn (Icelandic philologist, poet) |
1791-1852 |
| Eglevsky, Andre Yevgenyevich (Russian-born American dancer) |
1917-1977 |
| Egloff, Gustav (American chemist) |
1886-1955 |
| Egly, Henry (German-born American Mennonite leader) |
1824-1890 |
| Egmond (aka Egmont), Lamoraal (Flemish general, statesman) |
1522-1568 |
| Eguren, Jose Maria (Peruvian poet, painter) |
1874-1942 |
| Ehlen, Margriet (Dutch poet, composer, conductor, educator) |
b.1943 |
| Ehrenberg, Christian Gottfried (German naturalist) |
1795-1876 |
| Ehrenburg, Ilya Grigoryevich (Russian writer, journalist) |
1891-1967 |
| Ehrenfels, Christian von (German philosopher) |
1859-1932 |
| Ehrenfest, Paul (Austria physicist, mathematician) |
1880-1933 |
| Ehrensvard, Count Augustin (Swed. field marshal, military eng.) |
1710-1772 |
| Ehresmann, Charles (French math; co-founded Bourbaki Group) |
1905-1979 |
| Ehrhard, Albert (German Roman Catholic theologian) |
1862-1940 |
| Ehrlich, Eugene Harold (American lexicographer) |
1922-2008 |
| Ehrlich, Marty (American musician) |
b.1955 |
| Ehrlich, Paul (German chemist, bacteriologist) |
1854-1915 |
| Ehrlich, Paul Ralph (Am. entomologist, population biologist) |
b.1932 |
| Ehrlich, Saul Paul Jr. (Am. physician; surgeon gen. 1973-1977) |
1922?-2005 |
| Eichendorff, Joseph von (German poet, writer, critic) |
1788-1857 |
| Eichhorn, Johann Gottfried (Ger. Prot. theologian, Orientalist) |
1752-1827 |
| Eichhorn, Karl Friedrich (German jurist; son of Johann) |
1781-1854 |
| Eichler, August Wilhelm (German botanist) |
1839-1887 |
| Eichmann, Karl Adolf (German Nazi leader) |
1906-1962 |
| Eichrodt, Ludwig (pseudonym Rudolf Rodt; German humorous poet) |
1827-1892 |
| Eielsen, Elling (Norwegian-born American religious leader) |
1804-1883 |
| Eiermann, Egon (German architect) |
1904-1970 |
| Eiffel, Alexandre-Gustave (French engineer) |
1832-1923 |
| Eigen, Manfred (German biophysicist) |
b.1927 |
| Eigner, Larry (American poet: Black Mountain poet) |
1927-1996 |
| Eijkman, Christiaan (Dutch pathologist, physiologist) |
1858-1930 |
| Eike von Repgau (or Repgow; Saxon nobleman, jurist, writer) |
13th cent. |
| Eilenberg, Samuel (Polish mathematician; Bourbaki Group member) |
1913-1998 |
| Eilhart von Oberge (German poet) |
12th cent. |
| Eilshemius, Louis Michael (American painter) |
1864-1941 |
| Einaudi, Luigi (Italian economist, politician) |
1874-1961 |
| Einhard (aka Eginhard; Frankish historian, court scholar) |
c.770-840 |
| Einstein, Albert (German-born Swiss/American physicist) |
1879-1955 |
| Einthoven, Willem (Java-born Dutch physiologist, inventor) |
1860-1927 |
| Eisai (Yosai; Japanese priest; fd. Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism) |
1141-1215 |
| Eiseley, Loren Corey (American anthropologist, writer) |
1907-1977 |
| Eisenhower, Dwight David (34th U.S. president, 1953-1961) |
1890-1969 |
| Eisenstein, Ferdinand Gotthold Max (German mathematician) |
1823-1852 |
| Eisenstein, Sergey Mikhaylovich (Russian film director) |
1898-1948 |
| Eisler, Hanns (German-born Austrian composer) |
1898-1962 |
| Eisner, Betty Grover (American clinical psychiatrist, writer) |
1915-2004 |
| Eisner, Bruce (American writer, researcher) |
b.1948 |
| Eisner, Kurt (German journalist, politician) |
1867-1919 |
| Eisner, William Erwin "Will" (American cartoonist) |
1917-2005 |
| Eitelberger von Edelberg, Rudolf (Austrian art historian) |
1817-1885 |
| Eitner, Robert (German music historian) |
1832-1905 |
| Ekeberg, Anders Gustav (Swedish chemist) |
1767-1813 |
| Ekelof, Bengt Gunnar (Swedish poet, essayist) |
1907-1968 |
| Ekelund, Vilhelm (Swedish poet, essayist) |
1880-1949 |
| Ekhof, Hans Konrad Dieterich (German actor, director) |
1720-1778 |
| Ekkehard the Elder (Frankish monk, poet, teacher, hymnist) |
c.910-973 |
| Ekkehard IV (Frankish monk, historian) |
980?-1069? |
| Ekman, Kerstin (Swedish writer) |
b.1933 |
| Ekman, Vagn Walfrid (Swedish oceanographer) |
1874-1954 |
| Ekrem Bey, Recaizade Mahmud (Turkish writer) |
1847-1914 |
| Ekwensi, Cyprian Odiatu Duaka (Nigerian Igbo writer) |
b.1921 |
| Elagabalus (aka Heliogabalus; Roman emperor 218-222) |
204-222 |
| ElBaradei, Mohamed (Egyptian lawyer, Dir. General IAEA 1997-) |
b.1942 |
| Elcano, Juan Sebastian (Basque navigator) |
c.1476-1526 |
| El-Dabh, Halim Abdul Messieh (Egyptian-born American composer) |
b.1921 |
| Eldad ben Mahli ha-Dani (Jewish traveler, philologist) |
9th cent. |
| Elder, John (Scottish marine engineer, shipbuilder) |
1824-1869 |
| Elder, William "Bill" (Am. illustrator, comic book artist) |
1921-2008 |
| Eldon, John Scott 1st Earl of (English jurist) |
1751-1838 |
| Eldridge, Paul (American educator, writer, poet) |
1888-1982 |
| Eleazar ben Azariah (Rabbinic scholar) |
1st-2nd cent. |
| Eleazar ben Judah of Worms (Jewish mystic, Talmudist) |
c.1160-1238 |
| Elers, John Phillip (English ceramist) |
fl.1690-1730 |
| Elers, David (English ceramist; brother of John) |
fl.1690-1730 |
| Elgar, Sir Edward William (English composer) |
1857-1934 |
| Elggren, Leif Rune Kenneth (Swedish audio & visual artist) |
b.1950 |
| Elhuyar y de Suvisa, Fausto d' (Spanish chemist, mineralogist) |
1755-1833 |
| Eliade, Mircea (Rumanian-born religious historian, philosopher) |
1907-1986 |
| Elias or Cortona (Italian religious) |
c.1180-1253 |
| Elijah ben Solomon (surnamed Zalman; Lithuanian Jewish leader) |
1720-1797 |
| Elion, Gertrude Belle (American biochemist, pharmacologist) |
1918-1999 |
| Eliot, Sir Charles Norton Edgcumbe (British diplomat, scholar) |
1862-1931 |
| Eliot, Charles William (American educator) |
1834-1926 |
| Eliot, George (Mary Ann "Marian" Evans; English writer) |
1819-1880 |
| Eliot, Sir John (English Puritan, politician, orator) |
1592-1632 |
| Eliot, John (English-born American Puritan clergyman) |
1604-1690 |
| Eliot, Thomas Stearns (American-born British poet, critic) |
1888-1965 |
| Elisha ben Abuyah (Jewish freethinker) |
fl.c.100 AD |
| Elizabeth Petrovna (Russian empress 1741-1762) |
1709-1762 |
| Elizondo, Salvador (Mexican writer) |
b.1932 |
| Elkin, Stanley Lawrence (American writer, teacher) |
1930-1995 |
| Eller, Elias (German religious leader) |
1690-1750 |
| Ellery, William (American politician) |
1727-1820 |
| Ellet, Charles (American engineer) |
1810-1862 |
| Ellicott, Andrew (American surveyor) |
1754-1820 |
| Ellicott, Charles John (English prelate, scholar) |
1819-1905 |
| Ellington, Edward Kennedy "Duke" (Am. bandleader, composer) |
1899-1974 |
| Elliot, Sir Gilbert (Scottish writer) |
1651-1718 |
| Elliotson, John (English physician; fdr. Phrenological Society) |
1791-1868 |
| Elliott, Ebenezer (Corn-Law Rhymer; English poet) |
1781-1849 |
| Elliott, Jesse Duncan (American naval officer) |
1782-1845 |
| Elliott, Maxine (born Jessie Dermot; American actor) |
1868-1940 |
| Elliott, Sarah Barnwell (American writer) |
1848-1928 |
| Ellis, Alexander John (English philologist, mathematician) |
1814-1890 |
| Ellis, Alton Nehemiah (Jamaican musician, singer) |
1938-2008 |
| Ellis, Hortense (Jamaican musician) |
1941-2000 |
| Ellis, George (English writer, poet) |
1753-1815 |
| Ellis, George Francis Rayner (South African cosmologist) |
b.1939 |
| Ellis, Harvey (American architect) |
1852-1904 |
| Ellis, Henry Havelock (British psychologist, editor; peyote) |
1859-1939 |
| Ellis, Robinson (English classical scholar) |
1834-1913 |
| Ellison, Harlan Jay (American writer, essayist) |
b.1934 |
| Ellison, Lawrence Joseph (Am. businessman; co-fd. Oracle Corp.) |
b.1944 |
| Ellison, Ralph Waldo (American teacher, writer) |
1914-1994 |
| Elliston, Robert William (English actor, manager) |
1774-1831 |
| Ellmann, Richard David (Am. lit. critic, biographer, scholar) |
1918-1987 |
| Ellsworth, Lincoln (American explorer) |
1880-1951 |
| Ellsworth, Oliver (Am. Supreme Court chief justice 1796-1800) |
1745-1807 |
| Ellwood, Thomas (English Quaker, writer) |
1639-1714 |
| Elman, Mischa (Ukrainian-born American violinist) |
1891-1967 |
| Elmen, Gustav Waldemar (Swedish-born Am. electrical engineer) |
1876-1957 |
| Elmore, Alexander Stanley (English inventor; brother of F.E.) |
1867-1944 |
| Elmore, Francis Edward (English inventor) |
1864-1932 |
| Elmslie, George Grant (Scottish-born American architect) |
1871-1952 |
| Elmslie, Kenward Gray (American writer, editor, publisher) |
b.1929 |
| Eloi (or Eligius), Saint (French ecclesiastic) |
588?-660 |
| Elphinstone, Mountstuart (British statesman in India) |
1779-1859 |
| Elphinstone, William (Scottish prelate, statesman) |
1431-1514 |
| el Saadawi, Nawal (Egyptian writer, physician) |
b.1931 |
| Elsasser, Walter Maurice (German-born American physicist) |
1904-1991 |
| Elsheimer, Adam (German painter, etcher) |
1578-1610 |
| Elskamp, Max (Belgian poet) |
1862-1931 |
| Elssler, Fanny (born Franziska; Austrian dancer) |
1810-1884 |
| Elster, Johann Philipp Ludwig Julius (German physicist) |
1854-1920 |
| Eltinge, Julian (born William Dalton; American entertainer) |
1883-1941 |
| Eltit, Diamela (Chilean writer, performance artist, teacher) |
b.1949 |
| Elton, Oliver (English literary historian) |
1861-1945 |
| Ely, Richard Theodore (American economist) |
1854-1943 |
| Elyot, Sir Thomas (English scholar, diplomat) |
1490?-1546 |
| Elytis, Odysseus (pseud. of Odysseus Alepoudelis; Greek poet) |
1911-1996 |
| El'Zabar, Kahil (American musician, composer) |
b.1953 |
| Elzevir (or Elzevier), Abraham (Dutch publisher; son of Matt.) |
1592-1652 |
| Elzevir (or Elzevier), Abraham II (Dutch printer; son of Jean) |
1653-1712 |
| Elzevir (or Elzevier), Bonaventura (Dutch publisher; son of L.) |
1583-1652 |
| Elzevir (or Elzevier), Daniel (Dutch publisher; son of Bon.) |
1626?-1680 |
| Elzevir (or Elzevier), Isaac (Dutch publisher; son of Matt.) |
1596-1651 |
| Elzevir (or Elzevier), Jean (Dutch publisher; son of Abraham) |
1622-1661 |
| Elzevir (or Elzevier), Lodewijk (Dutch publisher, printer) |
1546?-1617 |
| Elzevir (or Elzevier), Matthias (Dutch publisher; son of L.) |
1564-1640 |
| Emants, Marcellus (Dutch poet, playwright, writer) |
1848-1923 |
| Embden, Gustav Georg (German chemist) |
1874-1933 |
| Embiricos, Andreas (Romanian-born Greek poet, psychoanalyst) |
1901-1975 |
| Embry, Norris (American painter) |
1921-1981 |
| Embury, Philip (Irish-born American clergyman) |
1728-1773 |
| Emden, Jacob Israel (German rabbi, Talmudist) |
1697-1776 |
| Emden, Robert (Swiss astrophysicist) |
1862-1940 |
| Emecheta, Buchi (Nigerian writer, playwright, publisher) |
b.1944 |
| Emerson, Peter Henry (English photographer) |
1856-1936 |
| Emerson, Ralph Waldo (American essayist, poet, lecturer) |
1803-1882 |
| Emin, Tracey (English artist) |
b.1963 |
| Eminovici, Mihail (pseudonym Mihail Eminescu; Romanian poet) |
1850-1889 |
| Emin Pasa, Mehmed (born Eduard Schnitzer; German explorer) |
1840-1892 |
| Emmerich, Anna Katharina (Ger. religious, visionary,stigmatist) |
1774-1824 |
| Emmet, Robert (Irish nationalist, rebel; brother of Thomas) |
1778-1803 |
| Emmet, Thomas Addis (Irish lawyer, patriot; brother of Robert) |
1764-1827 |
| Emmett, Daniel Decatur (American minstrel, song writer) |
1815-1904 |
| Emmett, Paul Hugh (American chemical engineer, educator) |
1900-1985 |
| Empedocles of Akragas (Greek natural philosopher, statesman) |
c.490-430 BC |
| Empson, William (English poet, critic, teacher) |
1906-1984 |
| Emre, Yunus (Turkish poet, Sufi mystic, philosopher) |
d.c.1321 |
| Emser, Hieronymous (German theologian) |
1478-1527 |
| Encina, Juan del (Juan de Fermoselle; Span. dramatist, comp.) |
1468-1529/30 |
| Encke, Johann Franz (German astronomer; asteroid, crater) |
1791-1865 |
| Enckell, Rabbe Arnfinn (Finnish poet, playwright, critic) |
1903-1974 |
| Endara Galimany, Guillermo (Panamanian president 1989-1994) |
b.1936 |
| Endecott (or Endicott), John (English-born American colonist) |
1588-1665 |
| Enders, John Franklin (American bacteriologist) |
1897-1985 |
| Endlicher, Stephan Ladislaus (Hungarian botanist) |
1804-1849 |
| Endo Shusaku (Japanese writer, dramatist, essayist) |
b.1923 |
| Enescu, Gheorghe (or George; Romanian violinist, composer) |
1881-1955 |
| Enfantin, Barthelemy-Prosper (Le Pere Enfantin; Fr. Socialist) |
1796-1864 |
| Engel, Ernst (German statistician, economist) |
1821-1896 |
| Engel, Johann Jakob (German writer) |
1741-1802 |
| Engel, Jules (Hungarian-born Am. filmmaker, painter, sculptor) |
1909-2003 |
| Engel, Marian (Canadian writer) |
1933-1985 |
| Engelbart, Douglas Carl (American inventor: computer mouse) |
b.1925 |
| Engelbrechtsen, Cornelis (Dutch religious painter) |
1468-1533 |
| Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (Swedish national hero) |
c.1390-1436 |
| Engelmann, George (German-born Am. meteorologist, physician) |
1809-1884 |
| Engels, Friedrich (German Socialist) |
1820-1895 |
| England, John (Irish-born American prelate) |
1786-1842 |
| Engle, Robert Fry III "Rob" (American economist) |
b.1942 |
| Engler, Gustav Heinrich Adolf (German botanist) |
1844-1930 |
| Englert, Francois (Belgian physicist) |
b.1932 |
| English, Thomas Dunn (American physician, lawyer, writer) |
1819-1902 |
| Englund, Sven Einar (Finnish composer) |
1916-1999 |
| Engonopoulos, Nikos (Greek poet, painter) |
1910-1985 |
| Ennius, Quintus (Roman poet, dramatist, satirist) |
239-169 BC |
| Ennodius, Magnus Felix (Roman churchman, writer) |
473?-521 |
| Eno, Brian Peter George St. John de Baptiste de la Salle |
b.1948 |
| Ennius, Quintus (Roman poet, dramatist, satirist) |
239-169 BC |
| Enquist, Per Olov (Swedish writer, playwright, journalist) |
b.1934 |
| Enright, Dennis Joseph (British poet, writer, teacher) |
b.1920 |
| Enriquez Gomez, Antonio (Spanish writer) |
c.1600-1660 |
| Ensor, James Sydney (Belgian painter, etcher) |
1860-1949 |
| Entwistle, John Alec (English musician, songwriter, singer) |
1944-2002 |
| Enver Pasa (Turkish soldier, leader of Young Turks) |
1881-1922 |
| Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (German writer) |
b.1929 |
| Enzinas, Francisco (aka Dryander; Spanish Humanist, scholar) |
1520-1570 |
| Eon de Beaumont, Charles d' (Fr. political adventurer) |
1728-1810 |
| Eotvos, Jozsef (Baron Vasarosnemeny; Hung. statesman, writer) |
1813-1871 |
| Eotvos, Lorant (Hungarian physicist; son of Baron Jozsef) |
1848-1919 |
| Epaminondas (Theban general, statesman) |
c.410-362 BC |
| Epee, Charles-Michel de l' (Fr. cleric; helped deaf and dumb) |
1712-1789 |
| Ephorus (Greek historian) |
c.405-330 BC |
| Epicharmus (Greek writer of comedies) |
c.530-c.440 BC |
| Epictetus (Greek Stoic philosopher, moralist) |
c.55-c.135 |
| Epicurus of Samos (Greek philosopher) |
341-270 BC |
| Epimenides (Cretan philosopher, prophet, poet) |
fl. 6th cent BC? |
| Epinay, Louise-Florence-Petronille de la Live d' (Fr. writer) |
1726-1783 |
| Epiphanius, Saint (Eastern church father, writer) |
315?-403 |
| Epstein, Sir Jacob (American-born British sculptor) |
1880-1959 |
| Epstein, Jean (Polish-born French film director, theorist) |
1897-1953 |
| Equiano, Olaudah (aka Gustavus Vassa; African slave, writer) |
c.1750-1797 |
| Erard, Sebastien (French manufacturer of musical instruments) |
1752-1831 |
| Erasistratus of Ceos (Greek physician, anatomist) |
c.304-c.250 BC |
| Erasmus (or Elmo), Saint (Italian prelate, martyr) |
d.303? |
| Erasmus, Desiderius (Gerard Gerards; Dutch Humanist, scholar) |
1469-1536 |
| Eratosthenes of Cyrene (Greek astronomer, geographer, scholar) |
c.276-c.194 BC |
| Erb, Donald (American composer, educator) |
1927-2008 |
| Erbach, Christian (German organist, composer) |
c.1568-1635 |
| Erben, Karel Jaromir (Czech scholar, poet, ethnologist) |
1811-1870 |
| Ercilla y Zuniga, Alonso de (Spanish epic poet, soldier) |
1533-1594 |
| Ercker, Lazarus (German metallurgist) |
c.1530-c.1594 |
| Erckmann, Emile (French writer; wrote with Alexandre Chatrian) |
1822-1899 |
| Erdelyi, Janos (Hungarian writer, scholar) |
1814-1868 |
| Erdman, Nikolay Robertovich (Russian playwright, screenwriter) |
1902-1970 |
| Erdos, Paul (born Erdos Pal; Hungarian mathematician) |
1913-1996 |
| Erdrich, Karen Louise (American writer, poet) |
b.1954 |
| Erenburg, Ilya Grigorievich (Russian writer, poet, journalist) |
1891-1967 |
| Erhard, Ludwig (German economist, politician) |
1897-1977 |
| Erickson, Roger Kynard "Roky" (American singer, songwriter) |
b.1947 |
| Ericsson, John (Swedish-born American naval engineer, inventor) |
1803-1889 |
| Erigena, John Scotus (Irish-born Scottish philosopher, theol.) |
c.810-c.877 |
| Erik the Red (born Erik Thorvaldson; Norwegian navigator) |
10th cent. |
| Erikson, Erik (German-born American psychoanalyst, writer) |
1902-1994 |
| Erinna (Greek poet) |
fl. 4th cent. BC |
| Erkel, Franz (or Ferencz; Hungarian conductor, composer) |
1810-1893 |
| Erlander, Tage Frithiof (Swedish politician; prime minister) |
1901-1985 |
| Erlanger, Abraham Lincoln (Am. theatrical manager, producer) |
1860-1930 |
| Erlanger, Joseph (American physiologist) |
1874-1965 |
| Erlenmeyer, Richard August Carl Emil (German chemist) |
1825-1909 |
| Erlewine, Michael (Am. astrologer; fd. All Music Guide, 1991) |
b.1941 |
| Erlingsson, Thorsteinn (Icelandic poet, editor, teacher) |
1858-1914 |
| Erman, Johann Peter Adolf (German Egyptologist, lexicographer) |
1854-1937 |
| Ermengem, Frederic van (pseud. Franz Hellens; Belgian writer) |
1881-1972 |
| Ermoldus Nigellus (Hermoldus; Ermold the Black; Frankish poet) |
790-838 |
| Ernst, Max (German painter, sculptor) |
1891-1976 |
| Ernst, Paul Karl Friedrich (German writer, dramatist, critic) |
1866-1933 |
| Ernst, Richard Robert (Swiss physical chemist, inventor) |
b.1933 |
| Erofeev, Venedikt Vasilevich (Russian writer) |
1938-1990 |
| Errington, Shelly (Am.? cultural anthropologist, academic) |
b.1944 |
| Erro (born Guomundur Guomundsson; Icelandic artist) |
b.1932 |
| Errol, Leon (b. Leonce Errol Sims; Australian comedian, actor) |
1881-1951 |
| Erskine, Ebenezer (Scottish clergyman) |
1680-1754 |
| Erskine, John (American educator, writer, musician) |
1879-1951 |
| Erskine, Ralph (English architect) |
1914-2005 |
| Erskine of Carnock, John (Scottish jurist) |
1695-1768 |
| Erskine of Dun, John (Scottish Reformer) |
1509-1589 |
| Ertegun, Ahmet Munir (Turkish-born American music businessman) |
1923-2006 |
| Ertl, Gerhard (German physicist, academic) |
b.1936 |
| Ervine, St. John Greer (Irish dramatist, writer, critic) |
1883-1971 |
| Erwin (later called Erwin von Steinbach; German architect) |
1244?-1318 |
| Erzberger, Matthias (German politician) |
1875-1921 |
| Esaki, Leona "Leo" (Japanese physicist) |
b.1925 |
| Esar, Evan (born Esar Levine?; American humorist) |
1899-1995 |
| Esarhaddon (Assur-akh-iddina; Sargonid king of Assyria) |
d.669 BC |
| Esbjorn, Lars Paul (Swedish-born American clergyman, educator) |
1808-1870 |
| Escalante, Francisco Silvestre Velez de (Spanish missionary) |
fl. 1768-1779 |
| Eschenburg, Johann Joachim (German critic, lit. hist., trans.) |
1743-1820 |
| Eschenmoser, Albert (Swiss chemist, educator, salt) |
b.1925 |
| Escher, Maurits Corneille (Dutch artist) |
1898-1970 |
| Escobar, Maria Sol "Marisol" (French sculptor) |
b.1930 |
| Escobar y Mendoza, Antonio (Spanish Jesuit, theologian) |
1589-1669 |
| Escoffier, Georges-Auguste (French chef) |
1846-1935 |
| Esenin, Sergei Aleksandrovich (Russian poet) |
1895-1925 |
| Eshkol, Levi (born Lev Shkolnik; Russian-born Israeli polit.) |
1895-1969 |
| Eskola, Pentti Eelis (Finnish petrologist) |
1883-1964 |
| Eslava, Miguel Hilarion (Spanish composer) |
1807-1878 |
| Esmarch, Johannes Friedrich August von (German surgeon) |
1823-1908 |
| Esnault-Pelterie, Robert-Albert-Charles (French aviator) |
1881-1957 |
| Espartero, Baldomero Fernandez (Spanish general, politician) |
1793-1879 |
| Espina de Serna, Concha (Spanish writer) |
1877-1955 |
| Espinel, Vicente Martinez (Spanish writer, musician) |
1550-1624 |
| Espinosa, Pedro de (Spanish poet, editor) |
1578-1650 |
| Espronceda y Delgado, Jose de (Spanish poet, revolutionary) |
1808-1842 |
| Espy, James Pollard "Storm King" (American meteorologist) |
1785-1860 |
| Esquirol, Jean-Etienne-Dominique (French physician) |
1772-1840 |
| Esquivel, Adolfo Perez (Argentinean sculptor, dissident) |
b.1931 |
| Esquivel, Juan Garcia "Esquivel!" (Mex. bandleader, composer) |
1918-2002 |
| Essen, Hans Henrik von (Swedish field marshal, statesman) |
1755-1824 |
| Estaing, Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Henri d' (Fr. naval commander) |
1729-1794 |
| Estaunie, Edouard (French writer, engineer) |
1862-1942 |
| Estebanez Calderon, Serafin "El Solitario" (Spanish writer) |
1799-1867 |
| Esterhazy, Marie-Charles-Ferdinand-Walsin (French army officer) |
1847-1923 |
| Estienne, Charles (French printer, book dealer; son of Henri I) |
1504-1564 |
| Estienne, Francois I (Fr. printer, book dealer; son of Henri I) |
1502-1550 |
| Estienne, Francois II (French typographer; son of Robert I) |
1536-? |
| Estienne, Henri I (French scholar, printer, book dealer) |
c.1470-1520 |
| Estienne, Henri II (French printer; son of Robert I) |
1528-1598 |
| Estienne, Robert I (Fr. printer, book dealer; son of Henri I) |
1503-1599 |
| Estienne, Robert II (French printer; son of Robert I) |
1530-1570 |
| Estrada Palma, Tomas (Cuban statesman; 1st president 1902-1906) |
1835-1908 |
| Etaix, Pierre (French director, clown, director) |
b.1928 |
| Etex, Antoine (French sculptor, painter, architect) |
1808-1888 |
| Etherege, Sir George (English dramatist) |
1635?-1692 |
| Eto Shimpei (Japanese politician) |
1835-1874 |
| Ettinger, Robert Chester Wilson (Am. academic; cryonics expert) |
1918-2011 |
| Etty, William (English painter) |
1787-1849 |
| Eubanks, Robin (American musician, teacher) |
b.1955 |
| Eubulides of Miletus (Greek philosopher) |
4th cent. BC |
| Eubulus (Greek statesman) |
4th cent. BC |
| Eucken, Rudolf Christoph (German philosopher, writer) |
1846-1926 |
| Euclid of Alexandria (Greek geometer; asteroid) |
c.325-c.270 BC |
| Euclid (or Eucleides) of Megara (Greek philosopher) |
450?-374 BC |
| Eudemus (or Eudemos) of Rhodes (Greek philosopher) |
4th cent. BC |
| Eudes, Saint Jean (French priest) |
1601-1680 |
| Eudoxus of Cnidus (Greek mathematician, astronomer) |
c.400-c.350 BC |
| Eudoxus of Cyzicus (Greek navigator) |
2nd cent. BC |
| Eugene (Francois-Eugene de Savoie-Carignan; Austrian general) |
1663-1736 |
| Eugenikos, John (Greek Byzantine scholar, churchman) |
fl. 1439-1453 |
| Eugenikos, Markos (Greek Orthodox prelate) |
c.1392-1445 |
| Eugenius (Gallic rhetorician; Roman emperor 392-394) |
d.394 |
| Eugenius (Eugenius II; Sicilian scholar) |
c.1130-c.1202 |
| Eugippius (or Eugypius; Latin scholar, monk) |
455?-538? |
| Euhemerus (or Euemeros, Evemerus; Greem mythographer) |
fl. 300 BC |
| Eulalia of Barcelona, Saint (Spanish religious) |
d.304 |
| Euler, Leonhard Paul (Swiss mathematician, physicist; asteroid) |
1707-1783 |
| Euler-Chelpin, Hans Karl August Simon von (Ger.-b. Swed. chem.) |
1873-1964 |
| Eumenius (Roman orator, rhetorician) |
fl. c.300 |
| Eunapius (Greek rhetorician) |
c.345-c.420 |
| Eunomius (Cappadocian prelate) |
c.335-c.394 |
| Euphorion (Greek scholar, poet) |
b.c.275 BC |
| Euphranor (Greek sculptor, painter) |
fl. 364 BC |
| Euphronius (Athenian potter, vase painter) |
fl. 520-470 BC |
| Eupolis (Greek comic poet) |
c.445-c.411 BC |
| Eupompus (Greek painter) |
4th cent. BC |
| Euric (King of the Visigoths 466-484) |
d.484 |
| Euripides (Greek playwright, tragic poet) |
c.484-406 BC |
| Eusden, Laurence (English poet; poet laureate 1718) |
1688-1730 |
| Eusebius of Caearea (Palestinian theologian, church historian) |
c.260-c.339 |
| Eusebius of Dorylaeum (Greek theologian) |
d.c.452 |
| Eusebius of Emesa (Greek prelate, theologian) |
c.300-c.359 |
| Eusebius of Laodicea (Egyptian prelate) |
d.c.269 |
| Eusebius of Myndus (Greek philosopher) |
4th cent. |
| Eusebius of Nicomedia (Syrian prelate) |
d.c.342 |
| Eusebius of Samosata, Saint (Syrian prelate) |
d.c.379 |
| Eusebius of Vercelli, Saint (Italian prelate) |
d.371 |
| Eustache, Jean (French filmmaker, editor) |
1938-1981 |
| Eustachio, Bartolommeo (Italian anatomist) |
1520-1574 |
| Eustachius (or Eustace), Saint (Roman saint, martyr) |
2nd cent. |
| Eustathius of Antioch, Saint (Bishop of Antioch) |
d.c.337 |
| Eustathius of Thessalonica (Byzantine scholar, rel. reformer) |
d.c.1194 |
| Eustis, Dorothy Leib née Harrison (American philanthropist) |
1886-1946 |
| Euthymides (Athenian vase painter) |
6th-5th cent. BC |
| Euthymius the Great, Saint (Palestinian religious) |
377-473 |
| Euthymius (Ekvthime Mthatzmideli; Georgian religious, scholar) |
c.955-1028 |
| Euthymius of Turnovo (Bulgarian Orthodox prelate, scholar) |
c.1317-c.1402 |
| Eutropius (Roman historian) |
d.c.370 |
| Eutropius of Saintes, Saint (Christian missionary) |
3rd cent. |
| Eutyches (Eastern Orthodox archimandrite; founded Eutychianism) |
c.378-c.450 |
| Eutychides of Sicyon (Greek sculptor) |
3rd cent. BC |
| Evagrius (surnamed Ponticus; Turkish Christian mystic) |
364-399 |
| Evagrius (surnamed Scholasticus; Byzantine church historian) |
536?-600? |
| Evans, Sir Arthur John (English archaeologist; son of Sir John) |
1851-1941 |
| Evans, Bergen (American lexicographer) |
1904-1978 |
| Evans, David (pseudonym Caradoc Evans; Welsh writer) |
1878-1945 |
| Evans, Dame Edith Mary (English actor) |
1888-1976 |
| Evans, Evan (pseudonym Ieuan Fardd; Welsh poet, antiquary) |
1731-1788 |
| Evans, Frederick Henry (English photographer) |
1853-1943 |
| Evans, George Henry (English-born American editor, reformer) |
1805-1856 |
| Evans, Gilmore née Green (Can. musician, arranger, composer) |
1912-1988 |
| Evans, Herbert McLean (American anatomist, embryologist) |
1882-1971 |
| Evans, John (American businessman, politician) |
1814-1897 |
| Evans, Sir John (English archaeologist, numismatist) |
1823-1908 |
| Evans, John William (British geologist) |
1857-1930 |
| Evans, Mari (American poet, writer, playwright) |
b.1923 |
| Evans, Sir Martin John (English developmental biologist) |
b.1941 |
| Evans, Mary Ann (pseudonym George Eliot; English writer) |
1819-1880 |
| Evans, Maurice (English-born American actor) |
1901-1989 |
| Evans, Oliver (American inventor) |
1755-1819 |
| Evans, Robley Dunglison (American naval officer) |
1846-1912 |
| Evans, Rudulph (American sculptor) |
1878-1960 |
| Evans, Walker (American photographer) |
1903-1975 |
| Evans, William John "Bill" (American pianist) |
1929-1980 |
| Evans-Pritchard, Edward Evan (English anthropologist) |
1902-1973 |
| Evans-Wentz, Walter Yeeling née Wentz (American anthropologist) |
1878-1965 |
| Evarts, William Maxwell (American lawyer, statesman) |
1818-1901 |
| Evatt, Herbert Vere (Australian jurist, politician) |
1894-1965 |
| Evelyn, John (English diarist) |
1620-1706 |
| Everdingen, Allart (or Allaert) van (Dutch painter, engraver) |
1621-1675 |
| Everest, Sir George (British geodesist, engineer) |
1790-1866 |
| Everett, Alexander Hill (American editor, diplomat) |
1790-1847 |
| Everett, Edward (Am. Unitarian clergyman, orator, statesman) |
1794-1865 |
| Evershed, John (English astronomer) |
1864-1956 |
| Everson, William Oliver "Brother Antoninus" (American poet) |
1912-1994 |
| Evinrude, Ole (Norwegian-born American inventor) |
1877-1934 |
| Evliya Celebi (aka Ibn Dervish Mehmed Zilli; Turkish traveler) |
1611-c.1684 |
| Evora, Cesaria aka "Barefoot Diva" (Cape Verdean singer) |
1941-2011 |
| Ewald, Heinrich Georg August (German Orientalist, theologian) |
1803-1875 |
| Ewald, Johannes (aka Johannes Evald; Danish poet, dramatist) |
1743-1781 |
| Ewald, Wendy (American photographer) |
b.1951 |
| Ewart, Douglas (Jamaican-born Am. musician, instrument builder) |
b.1946 |
| Ewart, Gavin Buchanan (British poet, copywriter) |
1916-1995 |
| Ewart, William (English politician, reformer) |
1798-1869 |
| Ewell, Richard Stoddert (American Confederate general) |
1817-1872 |
| Ewing, Alfred Cyril (British philosopher) |
1899-1973 |
| Ewing, James (American pathologist) |
1866-1943 |
| Ewing, Sir James Alfred (Scottish physicist, engineer) |
1855-1935 |
| Ewing, William Maurice (American geophysicist) |
1906-1974 |
| Ewostatewos (Eustathius; Ethiopian religious) |
d.1369 |
| Ewry, Ray C. (American athlete) |
1873-1937 |
| Exekias (or Execias; Greek potter, painter) |
fl. c.550-525 BC |
| Expert, Norbert-Isidore-Henry (French musicologist) |
1863-1952 |
| Eybeschutz, Jonathan (Polish-German rabbi, Talmudist) |
c.1690-1764 |
| Eyck, Hubert (or Huybrecht) van (Flemish painter; bro. of Jan) |
c.1370-1426 |
| Eyck, Jan van (Flemish painter; brother of Hubert) |
1380?-1441 |
| Eymeric (or Eymerich), Nicolas (Eymericus; Spanish theologian) |
c.1320-1399 |
| Eyre, Edward John (English explorer, colonialist) |
1815-1901 |
| Eyring, Henry (Mexican-born American chemist, churchman) |
1901-1981 |
| Eyth, Edward Friedrich Maximilian von (German eng., inventor) |
1836-1906 |
| Eyvind Finnsson "Skaldaspillir" (Norwegian skald) |
d.c.990 |
| Ezekiel (Yehezqel; Hebrew prophet) |
6th cent. BC |
| Ezekiel, Moses Jacob (American sculptor) |
1844-1917 |