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Muhammad Ali, ViceroyMUHAMMAD ALI (sometimes known as Mehmet, etc) Albanian-born Viceroy of Egypt who carried out useful reforms but was greedy and ruthless. Date: 1769 - 1848
Maxim / Hiram / Cig CardSIR HIRAM STEVENS MAXIM British inventor, born in America, best known for the Maxim recoil-operated machine gun (1884) Date: 1840 - 1916
Sir Hubert von Herkomer, painterSIR HUBERT VON HERKOMER British painter, born in Germany Date: 1849 - 1914
Carl Haag, painterCARL HaG British painter, born in Germany Date: 1820 - 1915
Reginald CorbetREGINALD CORBET Foxhunter: " To the manner born" Date: -
Costa / Vanity Fair 1872SIR MICHAEL COSTA British composer and conductor, born in Italy Date: 1808 - 1884
Sir Wf Butler / Vanity FaiSIR WILLIAM FRANCIS BUTLER British army officer, born in Ireland Date: 1838 - 1910
Js Knowles / Iln / 1862JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES British playwright, born in Ireland Date: 1784 - 1862
Js Knowles / Dark / AnonJAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES British playwright, born in Ireland Date: 1784 - 1862
Js Knowles / FindenJAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES British playwright, born in Ireland Date: 1784 - 1862
Js Knowles / Sketch / AnonJAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES British playwright, born in Ireland Date: 1784 - 1862
Js Knowles / MacliseJAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES British playwright, born in Ireland Date: 1784 - 1862
Joan of Arc / Room / BornJOAN OF ARC The room in which the French heroine was born, at Domremy Date: 1412? - 1431
Godfrey Kneller / ChambarsSIR GODFREY KNELLER British painter born in Germany, with an inset portrait of his brother, Johann Zacharias Kneller (1644-1702) Date: 1646 - 1723
Godfrey Kneller / BakerSIR GODFREY KNELLER British painter born in Germany Date: 1646 - 1723
Sir Godfrey Kneller / SelfSIR GODFREY KNELLER British painter born in Germany Date: 1646 - 1723
Jan Hus / Birth / HusinecJAN HUS House at Husinec, Czechoslovakia, where the Bohemiam religious leader and martyr was born Date: 1372? - 1415
Hans Holbein / AugsburgHANS HOLBEIN (the Younger) Birthplace in Augsburg, Germany, of the portrait painter to English Royalty and others: his father was also born in Augsburg Date: 1497? - 1543
Popular HealerMadeleine, born in 1827, employed in a French chateau near Amiens, acquires a wide reputation for her healing skills based on old wives tales and traditions Date: circa 1880
Maxim Gorky / Oval PhotoMAXIM GORKY Russian writer (born Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov) Date: 1868 - 1936
Henry Fuseli / BromleyHENRY FUSELI (formerly JOHANN HEINRICH) British painter born in Switzerland Date: 1741 - 1825
Henry Fuseli / EvansHENRY FUSELI (formerly JOHANN HEINRICH) British painter born in Switzerland Date: 1741 - 1825
Henry Fuseli / Ridley / OpieHENRY FUSELI (formerly JOHANN HEINRICH) British painter born in Switzerland Date: 1741 - 1825
Henry Fuseli / BarlowHENRY FUSELI (formerly JOHANN HEINRICH) British painter born in Switzerland Date: 1741 - 1825
Henry Fuseli / HollowayHENRY FUSELI (formerly JOHANN HEINRICH) British painter born in Switzerland Date: 1741 - 1825
Henry Fuseli / Bust / BaillyHENRY FUSELI (formerly JOHANN HEINRICH) British painter born in Switzerland Date: 1741 - 1825
Henry Fuseli / Dean / HarlowHENRY FUSELI (formerly JOHANN HEINRICH) British painter born in Switzerland Date: 1741 - 1825
St Boniface / BishopSAINT BONIFACE Devonshire-born Benedictine missionary who became arch- bishop of Mainz, but was murdered with 52 others by the heathens of Friesland Date: 675? - 754?
Thomas Inglefield, limbless painterTHOMAS INGLEFIELD born without arms or legs in 1769, yet taught himself to draw with the stump of his arm. Date: 1804
Matthau BuckingerMATTHAU BUCHINGER German, born at Nuremberg, without hands or legs, became adept at drawing and performing on musical instruments. Date: 1674 - 1722
Johann Valerius (2)JOHANN VALERIUS German born without arms, but who taught himself to do amazing things such as firing a musket with his feet Date: 1667 - 1705+
Radica & DoodicaSiamese twins Radica and Doodica, born in Nowapora, a province of Orissa, south of Calcutta Date: 1892
Iran / Archaeology / TousThe ruins of the settlement at Tous, the ancient capital of the Khorasan region of Iran. The famed Arabian philosopher Abu Hamid Mohammed Ibn Mohammed was born here in 1038 Date: late 19th century
Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of NorthumberlandAlgernon George Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland (1810 1899), Lord Lovaine between 1830 and 1865 and Earl Percy between 1865 and 1867, was a British Conservative politician
Max Muller (Downey)FRIEDRICH MAX MULLER German-born orientalist in Britain Date: 1823 - 1900
Jacob BobartJACOB BOBART German-born botanist at the Oxford Physic Garden Date: 1599 - 1680
Strathcona / Da Smith / VfDONALD ALEXANDER SMITH 1st BARON STRATHCONA and MOUNT ROYAL Canadian fur trader, financier, and politician, born in Scotland Date: 1820 - 1914
Paul DuchailluPAUL DUCHAILLU French-born traveller in Africa Date: 1831 - 1903
Aloys Senefelder - ConquyAloys Senefelder (1771 - 1834) - German inventor of lithography, born in Prague
Francis JuniusFRANCIS JUNIUS German-born philologist, in England Date: 1581-1677
Prodigy : BaretierJohann Philip BARATIER, child prodigy born at Schwabach, near Nuremberg, Germany, depicted at the age of 11. Date: 1721 - 1740
Saxe (Bouterwek)Maurice, comte and marechal de SAXE German-born military commander who entered the French service and distinguished himself in several campaigns Date: 1696 - 1750
John Baptist CramerJOHN BAPTIST CRAMER English pianist and composer, born in Germany; founder of Cramer & Co, music publishers (1824) Date: 1771 - 1858
Van Swieten (St Aubin)Gerard van Swieten (1700 -1772) Dutch-born Doctor in the Austrian Court of Maria Theresa
Hamilton Harty / Kapp 1928SIR HAMILTON HARTY British conductor and composer, born in Ireland Date: 1879 - 1941
Edward Morel in PrisonFrench-born E.D. Morel, Congo activist against colonial exploitation, in Pentonville prison for anti- war activities, is visited by the ghost of Jaures Date: 1917
Stork Brings BabyA stork brings William Elmer Didelius to his expectant family, on 19 December 1908, carrying 11 lb (about 5 kg) of baby, plus wrapping, in its beak Date: 1908
Saint BonaventuraSAINT BONAVENTURA Italian-born Franciscan, bishop in France, made a cardinal in 1273. Date: CIRCA 1221 - 1274