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Danish astronomer and alchemist, 1546–1601
Tycho Brahe, generally called Tycho for short, was a Danish astronomer known for his comprehensive and unprecedentedly accurate astronomical observations which helped to turn astronomy into the first modern science and launch the Scientific Revolution.
Read biography ↗UN Secretary-General from 1961 to 1971
Thant, known honorifically as U Thant, was a Burmese diplomat and the third secretary-general of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, the first Asian to hold the position.
Read biography ↗Italian writer and poet (1778–1827)
Ugo Foscolo, born Niccolò Foscolo, was an Italian writer, revolutionary and poet.
Read biography ↗Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)
Umberto Eco was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator.
Read biography ↗French astronomer (1811-1877)
Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier was a French astronomer and mathematician who specialized in celestial mechanics and is best known for predicting the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics.
Read biography ↗235 pope of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644 (1568–1644)
Pope Urban VIII, born Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 August 1623 to his death, in July 1644.
Read biography ↗Japanese ukiyo-e artist (1797–1858)
Utagawa Hiroshige or Andō Hiroshige, born Andō Tokutarō, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition.
Read biography ↗Trinidadian-British writer (1932–2018)
Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was a Trinidad-born British writer renowned for his works of fiction and nonfiction in English.
Read biography ↗Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the C
Václav Havel was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and dissident.
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