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Professor Biographies
Every archived life recorded as professor, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Contemporary era
Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova
b. May 11, 1953
President of North Macedonia (2024-)
Contemporary era
Yamandú Orsi
b. June 13, 1967
43rd President of Uruguay
Contemporary era
Joan Enric Vives Sicília
b. July 24, 1949
Spanish bishop
Modern era
Ricardo Lagos
b. March 2, 1938
Chilean politician, president of Chile from 2000 to 2006
Contemporary era
François Bayrou
b. May 25, 1951
Former Prime Minister of France (2024–2025)
Contemporary era
Jan Peter Balkenende
b. May 7, 1956
Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 2002 to 2010
Modern era
Clement Attlee
January 3, 1883 – October 8, 1967
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 (1883–1967)
Modern era
Bernhard Riemann
September 17, 1826 – July 20, 1866
German mathematician (1826–1866)
Modern era
Wilhelm Rontgen
March 27, 1845 – February 10, 1923
German physicist (1845–1923)
Modern era
Ernest Rutherford
August 30, 1871 – October 19, 1937
New Zealand physicist (1871–1937)
Modern era
Paul Dirac
August 8, 1902 – October 20, 1984
British theoretical physicist (1902–1984)
Modern era
Antonin Dvorak
September 8, 1841 – May 1, 1904
Czech composer (1841–1904)
Modern era
Fridtjof Nansen
October 10, 1861 – May 13, 1930
Norwegian polar explorer and diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1861-1930)
Contemporary era
Mae Jemison
b. October 17, 1956
American doctor and NASA astronaut
Modern era
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
September 26, 1820 – July 29, 1891
Philosopher, academic, writer, translator, entrepreneur, social reformer and philanthropist (1820-1891)
Modern era
Kuvempu
December 29, 1904 – November 11, 1994
Indian poet, playwright, novelist, critic, and prolific thinker (1904–1994)
Modern era
Patras Bokhari
October 1, 1898 – December 5, 1958
Pakistani diplomat
Modern era
Fukuzawa Yukichi
January 10, 1835 – February 3, 1901
Modern Enlightenment thinker, educator, philosopher, scholar, author, writer, journalist, translator, entrepreneur, and founder of Keio University in Japan's Meiji era (1835-1901)
Medieval era
Peter Lombard
c. 1100 – 1160
Medieval priest and theologian
Medieval era
Pietro d'Abano
1250 – 1315
Italian physician, philosopher and philologist
Modern era
U. V. Swaminatha Iyer
February 19, 1855 – April 28, 1942
Tamil scholar, researcher and publisher of classical Tamil literature
Modern era
Ruchi Ram Sahni
April 5, 1863 – June 3, 1948
First Indian metrologist , freedom fighter and activist (1863-1948)
Modern era
Benoit Mandelbrot
November 20, 1924 – October 14, 2010
Polish-born, French and American mathematician (1924–2010)
Modern era
Ernst Mach
February 18, 1838 – February 19, 1916
Austrian physicist (1838–1916)
Modern era
Irene Joliot-Curie
September 12, 1897 – March 17, 1956
French chemist and physicist (1897–1956)
Modern era
William Osler
July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919
Canadian physician and co-founder of Johns Hopkins Hospital (1849–1919)
Modern era
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882
American poet and educator (1807–1882)
Modern era
Susan Sontag
January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004
American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist (1933–2004)
Douglas Adams
American environmental engineer
Contemporary era
Itzhak Perlman
b. August 31, 1945
Israeli-American violinist and conductor (born 1945)