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- Terry, Dame Ellen Terry, Dame Alice Ellen Terry
English actress (1847-1928) - Tertullian, Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus
Carthaginian theologian whose writing influenced early Christian theology (160-230) - Tesla, Nikola Tesla
United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Croatia but of Serbian descent) who discovered the principles of alternating currents and developed the first alternating-current induction motor and the Tesla coil and several forms of oscillators (1856-1943) - Thackeray, William Makepeace Thackeray
English writer (born in India) (1811-1863) - Thales, Thales of Miletus
a presocratic Greek philosopher and astronomer (who predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle to be the founder of physical science - Tharp, Twyla Tharp
innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941) - Thatcher, Margaret Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, Iron Lady
British stateswoman - Themistocles
Athenian statesman who persuaded Athens to build a navy and then led it to victory over the Persians (527-460 BC) - Theodosius, Theodosius I, Theodosius the Great, Flavius Theodosius
the last emperor of a united Roman Empire, he took control of the eastern empire and ended the war with the Visigoths - Theophrastus
Greek philosopher who was a student of Aristotle and who succeeded Aristotle as the leader of the Peripatetics (371-287 BC) - Thespis
Greek poet who is said to have originated Greek tragedy (sixth century BC) - doubting Thomas, Saint Thomas, St. Thomas, Thomas, Thomas the doubting Apostle
the Apostle who would not believe the resurrection of Jesus until he saw Jesus with his own eyes - Thomas, Dylan Thomas, Dylan Marlais Thomas
Welsh poet (1914-1953) - Thomas, Lowell Thomas, Lowell Jackson Thomas
a radio broadcast journalist during World War I and World War II noted for his nightly new broadcast (1892-1981) - Thomas, Norman Thomas, Norman Mattoon Thomas
United States socialist who was a candidate for president six times (1884-1968) - Thomas, Seth Thomas
United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859) - Thompson, Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford
English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction - Thompson, Homer Thompson, Homer A. Thompson, Homer Armstrong Thompson
United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000) - Thomson, Joseph John Thomson, Sir Joseph John Thomson
English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity through gases and who discovered the electron and determined its charge and mass (1856-1940) - Thomson, George Paget Thomson, Sir George Paget Thomson
English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who was a co-discoverer of the diffraction of electrons by crystals (1892-1975) - Thomson, Elihu Thomson
United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in 1892 formed a company with Thomas Edison (1853-1937) - Thomson, Virgil Thomson, Virgil Garnett Thomson
United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989) - Thoreau, Henry David Thoreau
United States writer and social critic (1817-1862) - Thorndike, Edward Lee Thorndike
United States educational psychologist (1874-1949) - Thorndike, Dame Sybil Thorndike
English actress (1882-1976) - Thornton, William Thornton
American architect (1759-1828) - Thorpe, Jim Thorpe, James Francis Thorpe
outstanding United States athlete (1888-1953) - Thucydides
ancient Greek historian remembered for his history of the Peloponnesian War (460-395 BC) - Thurber, James Thurber, James Grover Thurber
United States humorist and cartoonist who published collections of essays and stories (1894-1961) - Tiberius, Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar Augustus
son-in-law of Augustus who became a suspicious tyrannical Emperor of Rome after a brilliant military career (42 BC to AD 37) - Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Italian painter (1696-1770) - Tiffany, Louis Comfort Tiffany
United States artist who developed Tiffany glass (1848-1933) - Tilden, Big Bill Tilden, William Tatem Tilden Jr.
United States tennis player who dominated men's tennis in the 1920s (1893-1953) - Tillich, Paul Tillich, Paul Johannes Tillich
United States theologian (born in Germany) (1886-1965) - Timothy
a disciple of Saint Paul who became the leader of the Christian community at Ephesus - Tinbergen, Jan Tinbergen
Dutch economist noted for his work in econometrics (1903-1994) - Tinbergen, Nikolaas Tinbergen
Dutch zoologist who showed that much animal behavior is innate and stereotyped (1907-1988) - Tintoretto, Jacopo Robusti
Italian painter of the Venetian school (1518-1594) - Tirso de Molina, Gabriel Tellez
Spanish dramatist who wrote the first dramatic treatment of the legend of Don Juan (1571-1648) - Titian, Tiziano Vecellio
old master of the Venetian school (1490-1576) - Tito, Marshal Tito, Josip Broz
Yugoslav statesman who led the resistance to German occupation during World War II and established a communist state after the war (1892-1980) - Titus, Titus Vespasianus Augustus, Titus Flavius Vespasianus
Emperor of Rome - Titus
a Greek disciple and helper of Saint Paul - Tobey, Mark Tobey
United States abstract painter influenced by oriental calligraphy (1890-1976) - Tobin, James Tobin
United States economist (1918-2002) - Tocqueville, Alexis de Tocqueville, Alexis Charles Henri Maurice de Tocqueville
French political writer noted for his analysis of American institutions (1805-1859) - Todd, Sir Alexander Robertus Todd, Lord Todd
Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907) - Tojo, Tojo Hideki, Tojo Eiki
Japanese army officer who initiated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and who assumed dictatorial control of Japan during World War II - Toklas, Alice B. Toklas
United States writer remembered as the secretary and companion of Gertrude Stein (1877-1967) - Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973) - Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy, Count Lev Nikolayevitch Tolstoy
Russian author remembered for two great novels (1828-1910) - Tombaugh, Clyde Tombaugh, Clyde William Tombaugh
United States astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto (1906-1997) - Tonegawa Susumu
Japanese molecular biologist noted for his studies of how the immune system produces antibodies (born in 1939) - Torquemada, Tomas de Torquemada
the Spaniard who as Grand Inquisitor was responsible for the death of thousands of Jews and suspected witches during the Spanish Inquisition (1420-1498) - Torricelli, Evangelista Torricelli
Italian physicist who invented the mercury barometer (1608-1647) - Toscanini, Arturo Toscanini
Italian conductor of many orchestras worldwide (1867-1957) - Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec
French painter who portrayed life in the cafes and music halls of Montmartre (1864-1901) - Tourette, Gilles de la Tourette, Georges Gilles de la Tourette
French neurologist (1857-1904) - Townsend, Francis Everett Townsend
United States social reformer who proposed an old-age pension sponsored by the federal government - Toynbee, Arnold Toynbee, Arnold Joseph Toynbee
English historian who studied the rise and fall of civilizations looking for cyclical patterns (1889-1975) - Tracy, Spencer Tracy
United States film actor who appeared in many films with Katharine Hepburn (1900-1967) - Tradescant, John Tradescant
English botanist who was one of the first to collect specimens of plants (1570-1638) - Trajan, Marcus Ulpius Traianus
Roman Emperor and adoptive son of Nerva - Traubel, Helen Traubel
United States operatic soprano (1903-1972) - Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917) - Trevelyan, George Otto Trevelyan, Sir George Otto Trevelyan
English historian who wrote a history of the American revolution and a biography of his uncle Lord Macaulay (1838-1928) - Trevelyan, George Macaulay Trevelyan
English historian and son of Sir George Otto Trevelyan whose works include a social history of England and a biography of Garibaldi (1876-1962) - Trevino, Lee Trevino, Lee Buck Trevino, Supermex
United States golfer (born in 1939) - Trevithick, Richard Trevithick
English engineer who built the first railway locomotive (1771-1833) - Trilling, Lionel Trilling
United States literary critic (1905-1975) - Trollope, Anthony Trollope
English writer of novels (1815-1882) - Trotsky, Leon Trotsky, Lev Davidovich Bronstein
Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army - Truffaut, Francois Truffaut
French filmmaker (1932-1984) - Truman, Harry Truman, Harry S Truman, President Truman
elected vice president in Roosevelt's 4th term - Trumbo, Dalton Trumbo
United States screenwriter who was blacklisted and imprisoned for refusing to cooperate with congressional investigations of communism in America (1905-1976) - Trumbull, John Trumbull
American satirical poet (1750-1831) - Trumbull, John Trumbull
American painter of historical scenes (1756-1843) - Trumbull, Jonathan Trumbull
American Revolutionary leader who as governor of Connecticut provided supplies for the Continental Army (1710-1785) - Truth, Sojourner Truth
United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883) - Tubman, Harriet Tubman
United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913) - Tuchman, Barbara Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim Tuchman
United States historian (1912-1989) - Tucker, Sophie Tucker
United States vaudevillian (born in Russia) noted for her flamboyant performances (1884-1966) - Tucker, Benjamin Ricketson Tucker
United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939) - Tudor, Antony Tudor
United States dancer and choreographer (born in England) (1909-1987) - Tunney, Gene Tunney, James Joseph Tunney
United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship by defeating Jack Dempsey twice (1898-1978) - Turgenev, Ivan Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Russian writer of stories and novels and plays (1818-1883) - Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
French economist who in 1774 was put in control of finances by Louis XVI - Turing, Alan Turing, Alan Mathison Turing
English mathematician who conceived of the Turing machine and broke German codes during World War II (1912-1954) - Turner, Frederick Jackson Turner
United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951) - Turner, Joseph Mallord William Turner
English landscape painter whose treatment of light and color influenced the French impressionists (1775-1851) - Turner, Henry Hubert Turner
United States endocrinologist (1892-1970) - Turner, Nat Turner
United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia - Turpin, Dick Turpin
English highwayman (1706-1739) - Tussaud, Marie Tussaud, Madame Tussaud, Marie Grosholtz
French modeler (resident in England after 1802) who made wax death masks of prominent victims of the French Revolution and toured Britain with her wax models - Tutankhamen
Pharaoh of Egypt around 1358 BC - Tutu, Desmond Tutu
South African prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931) - Tyler, John Tyler, President Tyler
elected vice president and became the 10th President of the United States when Harrison died (1790-1862) - Tyndale, William Tyndale, Tindale, William Tindale, Tindal, William Tindal
English translator and Protestant martyr - Tyndall, John Tyndall
British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption of radiant heat by gases and the transmission of sound through the atmosphere - Tyson, Mike Tyson, Michael Gerald Tyson
United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (born in 1966) - Tzara, Tristan Tzara, Samuel Rosenstock
French poet (born in Romania) who was one of the cofounders of the dada movement (1896-1963) - Uhland, Johann Ludwig Uhland
German romantic poet (1787-1862) - Ulanova, Galina Ulanova, Galina Sergeevna Ulanova
Russian ballet dancer (1910-1998) - Ulfilas, Bishop Ulfilas, Ulfila, Bishop Ulfila, Wulfila, Bishop Wulfila
a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic - Undset, Sigrid Undset
Norwegian novelist (1882-1949) - Untermeyer, Louis Untermeyer
United States writer (1885-1977) - Updike, John Updike, John Hoyer Updike
United States author (born 1932) - Upjohn, Richard Upjohn
United States architect (born in England) (1802-1878) - Urban II, Odo, Odo of Lagery, Otho, Otho of Lagery
French pope from 1088 to 1099 whose sermons called for the First Crusade (1042-1099) - Urban V, Guillaume de Grimoard
French pope from 1362 to 1370 who tried to reestablish the papacy in Rome but in 1367 returned to Avignon hoping to end the war between France and England - Urban VI, Bartolomeo Prignano
Italian pope from 1378 to 1389 whose contested election began the Great Schism - Urban VIII, Maffeo Barberini
Italian pope from 1623 to 1644 who sanctioned the condemnation of Galileo but later freed him (1568-1644) - Urey, Harold Urey, Harold Clayton Urey
United States chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981) - Ussher, James Ussher, Usher, James Usher
Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656) - Ustinov, Sir Peter Ustinov, Peter Alexander Ustinov
British actor and playwright (1921-2004) - Utrillo, Maurice Utrillo
French painter noted for his paintings of Parisian street scenes (1883-1955) - Van Allen, James Alfred Van Allen
United States physicist who discovered two belts of charged particles from the solar wind trapped by the Earth's magnetic field (born in 1914) - Vanbrugh, John Vanbrugh, Sir John Vanbrigh
English architect (1664-1726) - Van Buren, Martin Van Buren, President Van Buren
8th President of the United States (1782-1862) - Vancouver, George Vancouver
English navigator remembered for his exploration of the Pacific coast of North America (1757-1798) - Van de Graaff, Robert Van de Graaff, Robert Jemison Van de Graaff
United States physicist (1901-1967) - Vanderbilt, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Commodore Vanderbilt
United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877) - van der Waals, Johannes van der Waals, Johannes Diderik van der Waals
Dutch physicist (1837-1923) - van de Velde, Henri van de Velde, Henri Clemens van de Velde
Belgian architect (1863-1957) - Van Doren, Carl Van Doren, Carl Clinton Van Doren
United States writer and literary critic (1885-1950) - Vandyke, Van Dyck, Anthony Vandyke, Sir Anthony Vandyke
Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641) - van Gogh, Vincent van Gogh, Gogh
Dutch Post-impressionist painter noted for his use of color (1853-1890) - Van Vleck, John Van Vleck, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
United States physicist (1899-1980) - Vanzetti, Bartolomeo Vanzetti
United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Nicola Sacco was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1888-1927) - Varese, Edgar Varese
United States composer (born in France) whose music combines dissonance with complex rhythms and the use of electronic techniques (1883-1965) - Vargas, Getulio Dornelles Vargas
Brazilian statesman who ruled Brazil as a virtual dictator (1883-1954) - Vargas Llosa, Mario Vargas Llosa, Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa
Peruvian writer (born in 1936) - Varro, Marcus Terentius Varro
Roman scholar (116-27 BC) - Vasarely, Viktor Vasarely
French painter (born in Hungary) who was a pioneer of op art (1908-1997) - Vasari, Giorgio Vasari
Italian painter and art historian (1511-1574) - Vaughan, Sarah Vaughan
United States jazz singer noted for her complex bebop phrasing and scat singing (1924-1990) - Vaughan Williams, Ralph Vaughan Williams
English composer influenced by folk tunes and music of the Tudor period (1872-1958) - Vaux, Calvert Vaux
United States landscape architect (born in England) who designed Central Park (1824-1895) - Veblen, Oswald Veblen
United States mathematician (1880-1960) - Veblen, Thorstein Veblen, Thorstein Bunde Veblen
United States economist who wrote about conspicuous consumption (1857-1929) - Vega, Lope de Vega, Lope Felix de Vega Carpio
prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635) - Velazquez, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez
Spanish painter (1599-1660) - Venn, John Venn
English logician who introduced Venn diagrams (1834-1923) - Ventner, Craig Ventner, J. Craig Ventner
United States geneticist who published the complete base sequences for all the genes of a free-living organism, the influenza bacterium - Venturi, Robert Venturi, Robert Charles Venturi
United States architect (born in 1925) - Verdi, Giuseppe Verdi, Guiseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi
Italian operatic composer (1813-1901) - Verlaine, Paul Verlaine
French symbolist poet (1844-1896) - Vermeer, Jan Vermeer, Jan van der Meer
Dutch painter renowned for his use of light (1632-1675) - Verne, Jules Verne
French writer who is considered the father of science fiction (1828-1905) - Verner, Karl Adolph Verner
Danish philologist (1846-1896) - Vernier, Paul Vernier
French mathematician who described the vernier scale (1580-1637) - Veronese, Paolo Veronese, Paola Caliari
Italian painter of the Venetian school (1528-1588) - Verrazano, Giovanni da Verrazano, Verrazzano, Giovanni da Verrazzano
Florentine navigator who explored the eastern coast of North America (circa 1485-1528) - Versace, Gianni Versace
Italian fashion designer (1946-1997) - Verwoerd, Hendrik Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
South African statesman who instituted the policy of apartheid (1901-1966) - Vesalius, Andreas Vesalius
a Flemish surgeon who is considered the father of modern anatomy (1514-1564) - Vesey, Denmark Vesey
United States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822) - Vespasian, Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus
Emperor of Rome and founder of the Flavian dynasty who consolidated Roman rule in Germany and Britain and reformed the army and brought prosperity to the empire - Vespucci, Amerigo Vespucci, Americus Vespucius
Florentine navigator who explored the coast of South America - Vestris, Gaetan Vestris
Italian dancing-master for Louis XVI who was considered the greatest dancer of his day - Victor Emanuel II
king of Italy who completed the unification of Italy by acquiring Venice and Rome (1820-1878) - Victor Emanuel III
king of Italy who appointed Mussolini prime minister - Victoria, Queen Victoria
queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901 - Vidal, Gore Vidal, Eugene Luther Vidal
United States writer (born in 1925) - Vigee-Lebrun, Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun
French painter noted for her portraits (1755-1842) - Villa, Pancho Villa, Francisco Villa, Doroteo Arango
Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923) - Villa-Lobos, Heitor Villa-Lobos
Brazilian composer (1887-1959) - Villard, Henry Villard
United States railroad magnate and businessman (1835-1900) - Villon, Francois Villon
French poet (flourished around 1460) - Vinogradoff, Sir Paul Gavrilovich Vinogradoff
British historian (born in Russia) (1854-1925) - Vinson, Frederick Moore Vinson
United States jurist who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court (1890-1953) - Virchow, Rudolf Virchow, Rudolf Karl Virchow
German pathologist who recognized that all cells come from cells by binary fission and who emphasized cellular abnormalities in disease (1821-1902) - Virgil, Vergil, Publius Vergilius Maro
a Roman poet - Visconti, Luchino Visconti, Don Luchino Visconti Conte di Modrone
Italian filmmaker (1906-1976) - Vitus, St. Vitus
Christian martyr and patron of those who suffer from epilepsy and Sydenham's chorea (died around 300) - Vivaldi, Antonio Vivaldi, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
Italian baroque composer and violinist (1675-1741) - Vizcaino, Sebastian Vizcaino
Spanish explorer who was the first European to explore the California coast (1550-1615) - Vlaminck, Maurice de Vlaminck
French painter and exponent of fauvism (1876-1958) - Volta, Count Alessandro Volta, Conte Alessandro Volta, Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta
Italian physicist after whom the volt is named - Voltaire, Arouet, Francois-Marie Arouet
French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778) - Vonnegut, Kurt Vonnegut
United States writer whose novels and short stories are a mixture of realism and satire and science fiction (born in 1922) - von Neumann, Neumann, John von Neumann
United States mathematician who contributed to the development of atom bombs and of stored-program digital computers (1903-1957) - von Sternberg, Josef von Sternberg
United States film maker (born in Austria) whose films made Marlene Dietrich an international star (1894-1969) - Voznesenski, Andrei Voznesenski
Russian poet (born in 1933) - Vuillard, Edouard Vuillard, Jean Edouard Vuillard
French painter (1868-1940) - Wade, Virginia Wade
English tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945) - Wagner, Richard Wagner, Wilhelm Richard Wagner
German composer of operas and inventor of the musical drama in which drama and spectacle and music are fused (1813-1883) - Wagner, Otto Wagner
Austrian architect and pioneer of modern architecture (1841-1918) - Wain, John Wain, John Barrington Wain
English writer (1925-1994) - Waite, Morrison Waite, Morrison R. Waite, Morrison Remick Waite
United States jurist who was appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1874 by President Grant (1816-1888) - Wajda, Andrzej Wajda
Polish filmmaker (born in 1929) - Waldheim, Kurt Waldheim
Austrian diplomat who was Secretary General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981 - Walesa, Lech Walesa
Polish labor leader and statesman (born in 1943) - Walker, Alice Walker, Alice Malsenior Walker
United States writer (born in 1944) - Walker, John Walker
New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952) - Wallace, Alfred Russel Wallace
English naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913) - Wallace, Edgar Wallace, Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace
English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932) - Wallace, Sir William Wallace
Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I - Wallenstein, Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein
Austrian general who fought for the Hapsburgs during the Thirty Years' War (1583-1634) - Waller, Fats Waller, Thomas Wright Waller
United States jazz musician (1904-1943)