J.S. Bach
Pianist
Beethoven
Classical music composer of Ode to Joy (Ode an de Freude) aka Symphony No. 9 which played at Vienna Symphony Orchestra in 1824, pianist, romantic music, romance music
1770-1827 (57)
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Erich Fromm
psychoanalyst, humanistic philosopher aka Eric Fromm, democratic socialist, author of The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness (1973), The Art of Loving (1958), Escape from Freedom (1941) and To Have or to Be? (1976)
1900-1980 (80)
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Eugen Langen
co-inventor of the Otto/Langen atmospheric engine (1867) and the first internal combustion engine (1876) for NA Otto & Cie (Gasmotoren-Fabrik Deutz AG)
Felix Wankel
mechanical engineer, inventor of the Wankel rotary engine (1954), pioneer in pistonless engines and rotary designs
George Brayton
inventor of the first internal combustion engine (1872), pioneer in liquid-fueled internal combustion engines
George H.W. Bush, Sr.
41st President of the United States from 1989-1993, politician aka Curious George, Rubbers Bush, served 8 years as VP of US leading up to presidency, former CIA intelligence officer
1924-2018 (94)
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Gottlieb Daimler
gunsmith, mechanical engineer who worked on the Lenoir engine, prior to perfecting the four-stroke internal combustion engine aka Otto silent engine with Wilhelm Maybach, at the NA Otto & Cie (company) of Nicolaus Otto and Eugen Langen
Jean J. Lenoir
mechanical engineer aka Étienne Lenoir, inventor of the Lenoir cycle (1958) and Lenoir engine (1860), 2hp double-acting, electro-plating, pioneer in internal combustion engines that ran on illuminating gas
1822-1900 (78)
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Karl Benz
inventor aka Carl Benz of the reliable two-stroke gas engine (1879), patented the world's first automobile in 1886
Maurice Strong
Environmentalist, climate activist, director at the United Nations, co-founder of the Earth Charter Initiative (with Mikhail Gorbachev) at the Rio conference became the Rio declaration in 1992, owner of the Baca Ranch
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Nicolaus Otto
mechanical engineer aka Niklaus Otto, inventor of the Otto/Langen atmospheric engine (1867), Otto Cycle engine with Eugen Langen, then later what is known as the Otto engine (1876) a 3hp four-stroke gas engine with the help of Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach, pioneer in internal combustion engines which run on petroleum fuels
Pope John Paul II
Catholic priest ordained in 1946, head of the Catholic church, and the Vatican City State (Holy See) from 1978-2005, first non-Italian to rule the Papal States in 400 years, declared a Saint John Paul II, Cardinal in 1967, archbishop of Krakow in 1964, bishop of OMbi in 1958, ordained as a priest in 1946, chemical salesperson for I.G. Farben
1920-2005 (85)
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Steven C. Rockefeller
Environmentalist, co-creator of the Earth Charter Initiative, climate change activist
Susan Bennett living
Voiceovers, keynote speaker, she's known as the voice of Apple Siri, formerly a backup singer for Roy Orbison and Burt Bacharach
1949- (75)
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Vladimir Kryuchkov
KGB intelligence officer for the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU, diplomat, lawyer, attorney
1924-2007 (83)