Arts

Knute Rockne – Coach, Athlete, Football Player (1888–1931)   Full name: Knute Kenneth Rockne Date of birth: March 4, 1888 Place of birth: Voss, Norway…

Curly Lambeau – Coach, Athlete, Football Player (1898–1965)   Full name: Earl Louis “Curly” Lambeau Date of birth: April 9, 1898 Place of birth: Green…

Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi – Muslim philosophers (854 CE – 925 or 932 CE)   Full Name: Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyyā al-Rāzī (ابوبكر محمّد…

Pat Tillman – Athlete, Football Player (1976–2004)   Full name: Patrick Daniel Tillman Nickname(s): “Pat” Date of birth: November 6, 1976 Place of birth: Fremont,…

Full Name: Roger Bacon Born: 1219/20; near Ilchester, Somerset, England Died: 1292; near Oxford, England Nationality: English Occupation: Friar, scholar Organization: Order of Friars Minor…

Frank Gifford – Athlete, Football Player, Television Personality (1930–2015)   Full Name: Francis Newton Gifford Date of birth: August 16, 1930 Place of birth: Santa…

Full name: Ali ibn Muhammad Abu Hayyan al- Tawhidi Born: 923CE Died: 1023CE Era: Islamic golden age Region: Iraq Main interest(s): Literature, and philosophy Notable…

Jim Thorpe – (C. 1887-1953) (Famous Basketball, Hockey, Baseball,  and Football Player, Athlete, Boxer)   Full Name: James Francis Thorpe Date of birth: May 22…

Full name: Claudius Ptolemy Born   AD 100; Egypt, Roman Empire Died: AD 170; (aged 69–70); Alexandria, Egypt, Roman Empire Occupation: Mathematician, Geographer, Astronomer, Astrologer etc. Claudius…

Abdul Rahman Munif – Writer (1933-2004)   Full Name: Abdul Rahman Munif Date of birth: 29 May, 1933 Place of birth: Amman, Jordan Date of…

Born: 853 A.D.; Maturid, Samarqand, Samanid Empire Died: 944 A.D. (333 A.H.); Samarkand Residence: Samarqand, Uzbekistan Fields: Theology, Qur’anic Exegesis, Islamic Jurisprudence, Islamic Law Imam Abu…

Abbas el-Akkad – Writer (1889-1964)   Full Name: Abbās Mahmūd al-Aqqād Native name: عباس محمود العقاد Date of birth: 28 June 1889 Place of birth:…