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Academic Biographies

Every archived life recorded as academic, ordered by their place in the ledger.

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Modern era

Timothy C. May

1940 – September 22, 2011

English sociologist & race car historian (1940-2011)

Contemporary era

Masoud Pezeshkian

b. September 29, 1954

9th President of Iran (2024-) and former Co-Interim Supreme Leader of Iran (in 2026)

Contemporary era

Harini Amarasuriya

b. March 6, 1970

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

Contemporary era

Enrico Letta

b. August 20, 1966

Italian politician

Early Modern era

Alessandro Volta

February 18, 1745 – March 5, 1827

Italian chemist and physicist (1745–1827)

Modern era

Chaudhry Muhammad Ali

July 15, 1905 – December 2, 1980

Politician and Prime minister of Pakistan (1905–1982)

Modern era

Usha Mehta

March 25, 1920 – August 11, 2000

Indian freedom fighter (1920–2000)

Modern era

Taraknath Das

June 15, 1884 – December 22, 1958

Indian revolutionary (1884–1958)

Modern era

Rani Gaidinliu

January 26, 1915 – February 17, 1993

Indian independence activist (1915–1993)

Modern era

Hansa Mehta

July 3, 1897 – April 4, 1995

Reformist, social activist, freedom-fighter and educator and writer of India

Modern era

Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar

February 21, 1894 – January 1, 1955

Indian chemist (1894–1955)

Modern era

Riazuddin

November 10, 1930 – September 9, 2013

Pakistani nuclear physicist (1930–2013)

A

Modern era

Altaf Fatima

June 10, 1927 – November 29, 2018

Pakistani writer

Ancient era

Charaka

b. c. 50 CE

Indian physician and academic