Famous People: October 21
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All Figures for October 21 (47 results)
Hongwu Emperor
Founding Emperor of China's Ming Dynasty (1368–1398), Peasant Revolutionary & Reformer
Horatio Nelson
British Naval Flag Officer, Victor of Trafalgar & Supreme Master of Naval Strategy
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
English Romantic Poet, Literary Critic, Philosopher & Co-Author of "Lyrical Ballads"
Muthuswami Dikshitar
Carnatic Classical Musical Trinity Composer, Poet, Sanskrit Polymath & Veena Virtuoso
Alphonse de Lamartine
French Romantic Poet, Statesman, Head of the Provisional Government (1848) & Abolitionist
Alfred Nobel
Swedish Chemist, Engineer, Inventor of Dynamite & Founder of the Nobel Prizes
Hans Merensky
South African Geologist, Prospector, Philanthropist & Discoverer of the Bushveld Platinum Complex
Wacław Sierpiński
Renowned Polish Mathematician, Pioneer of Set Theory, Topology & Number Theory
Edogawa Ranpo
Father of Japanese Detective Fiction, Master of Psychological Mystery & Founder of MWJ
Alfredo Pián
Argentine Formula One Driver, South American Motorsport Pioneer & Turismo Carretera Legend
Gough Whitlam
21st Prime Minister of Australia (1972–1975), Reformist Statesman & Architect of Modern Australia
Dizzy Gillespie
American Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader & Founding Pioneer of Bebop and Afro-Cuban Jazz
Albertina Sisulu
South African Anti-Apartheid Leader, Human Rights Champion & Revered "Mother of the Nation"
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
Philosopher, Social Reformer, Founder of Ananda Marga, Author of PROUT & Composer of Prabhat Samgiita
Ben Bradlee
Legendary Executive Editor of The Washington Post, Watergate Champion & Presidential Medal of Freedom Laureate
Jack Kerouac
American Novelist, Poet, Cultural Icon & Preeminent Voice of the "Beat Generation"