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•  Charles Proteus Steinmetz

  Charles Proteus Steinmetz (April 9, 1865 – October 26, 1923) was a German-American mathematician and electrical engineer. He fostered the development of alternating current that made possible the expansion of the electric power industry in the United States, formulating mathematical theories for engineers. He made ground-breaking discoveries in the understanding of hysteresis that enabled engineers to design better electric motors for use in industry.

  

  23.5%
  

  47.1%
  

  29.4%
  
•  Rudyard Kipling

  Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was a British author and poet. Born in Bombay, in British India, he is best known for his works of fiction The Jungle Book (1894) (a collection of stories which includes Rikki-Tikki-Tavi), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King (1888); and his poems, including Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), and If— (1910).

  

  30.0%
  

  35.0%
  

  35.0%
  
•  Warren G. Harding

  Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the 29th President of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death from a heart attack in 1923. A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate (1899–1903) and later as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1903–1905) and as a U.S. Senator (1915–1921).

  

  11.1%
  

  44.4%
  

  44.4%
  
•  William Butler Yeats

  William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years Yeats served as an Irish Senator for two terms. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, and along with Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn founded the Abbey Theatre, serving as its chief during its early years.

  

  15.4%
  

  30.8%
  

  53.8%
  
•  Ferdinand of Romania

  Ferdinand (24 August 1865 – 20 July 1927) was the King of the Romanians from 10 October 1914 until his death.

  

  33.3%
  

  33.3%
  

  33.3%
  
•  Erich von Drygalski

  Erich Dagobert von Drygalski (February 9, 1865 – January 10, 1949) was a German geographer, geophysicist and polar scientist, born in Königsberg, Province of Prussia. Between 1882 and 1887, Drygalski studied mathematics and natural science at the University of Königsberg, Bonn, Berlin and Leipzig. He graduated with a doctorate thesis about ice shields in Nordic areas.

  

  36.4%
  

  36.4%
  

  27.3%
  
•  George V of the United Kingdom

  George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through World War I (1914–1918) until his death in 1936. He was the first British monarch of the House of Windsor, which he created from the British branch of the German House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

  

  26.3%
  

  31.6%
  

  42.1%
  
•  Jean Sibelius

  Jean Sibelius (8 December 1865 – 20 September 1957) was a Finnish composer of the later Romantic period whose music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity. The core of Sibelius's oeuvre is his set of seven symphonies. Like Beethoven, Sibelius used each one to develop further his own personal compositional style.

  

  30.8%
  

  23.1%
  

  46.2%
  
•  Edith Cavell

  Edith Louisa Cavell (4 December 1865 – 12 October 1915) was a British nurse and humanitarian. She is celebrated for helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during World War I, for which she was executed. This led to worldwide sympathetic press coverage of her. She is well-known for her statement that "patriotism is not enough. " Her strong Anglican beliefs propelled her to help all those who needed it, both German and Allied soldiers.

  

  25.0%
  

  50.0%
  

  25.0%
  
•  Paul Dukas

  Paul Abraham Dukas (October 1, 1865 – May 17, 1935) was a French composer and teacher of classical music.

  

  75.0%
  

  25.0%
  

  0.0%
  

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•  International congress of philosophy

  The International congress of philosophy is a large, international congress of philosophers.

  

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  0.0%
  

  0.0%
  
•  Kherson Governorate

  The Kherson Governorate or Government of Kherson was a guberniya, or administrative territorial unit, in the Southern Ukrainian region, between the Dnieper and Dniester Rivers, of the Russian Empire. It was one of three governorates created in 1802 when the Novorossiya guberniya was abolished. It was known as the Nikolayev Governorate until 1803, when Kherson replaced Nikolayev (Mykolaiv) as the governorate's capital. The economy of the governorate was mainly based on agriculture.

  

  0.0%
  

  100.0%
  

  0.0%
  
•  Harmstorf

  Harmstorf is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

  

  0.0%
  

  100.0%
  

  0.0%
  
•  Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis, Seigneur de Saint-Evremond

  

  41.7%
  

  12.5%
  

  45.8%
  
•  Jiān Shí

  

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