Historical & mythological gallery
The Universal and Inclusive Collection of Historical and Mythological Figures
Hundreds of famous and lesser-known figures (and growing), women and men, from every continent and every era — from Antiquity to the 21st century. Free, bilingual, and made to spark your curiosity.
3,671 figures · 6 continents · 8 eras
Today, November 15
Born on November 15

Tiberius
41 av. J.-C. — 37
Tiberius (42 BC – 37 AD) was the second Roman emperor, successor to Augustus. He reigned from 14 to 37 AD and withdrew to Capri from 27 AD onward, leaving power in the hands of Sejanus.

Suleiman the Magnificent
1494 — 1566
Suleiman I, known as the Magnificent, was the tenth Ottoman sultan, reigning from 1520 to 1566. He brought the Ottoman Empire to its territorial and cultural peak, threatening Christian Europe at the very gates of Vienna.

Gabriel Louis de Caulaincourt
1749 — 1808
A French general of the First Empire, Gabriel Louis de Caulaincourt distinguished himself during the Napoleonic Wars. He died heroically at the Battle of the Moskva in September 1812, during the Russian campaign.

Erich von Tschermak
1871 — 1962
Erich von Tschermak-Seysenegg was an Austrian agronomist and botanist. He was one of three scientists who, in 1900, independently rediscovered the laws of heredity set out by Gregor Mendel, contributing to the birth of modern genetics.

Erwin Rommel
1891 — 1944
Erwin Rommel was a German field marshal of the Second World War, nicknamed the “Desert Fox” for his command of the Afrikakorps in North Africa. Marginally implicated in the 20 July 1944 plot against Hitler, he was forced to commit suicide.

Daniel Barenboïm
1942 — ?
Pianist and conductor born in Buenos Aires in 1942, Daniel Barenboim is one of the leading figures in classical music worldwide. Music Director of the Berlin Opera and co-founder of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, he is also an advocate for peace in the Middle East.
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Pauli Murray
Lawyer, civil rights activist, and African American feminist, Pauli Murray fough

Buffalo Bill
William Cody (1846-1917), known as Buffalo Bill, was a scout for the U.S. Army a

Priyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra is an Indian actress and singer born in 1982 in Jamshedpur. Crow

Isabelle Autissier
Isabelle Autissier (born in 1956) is a French sailor, the first woman to complet

Iggy Azalea
Iggy Azalea is an Australian rapper, songwriter, and model born in 1990. Having

Amaterasu
Goddess of the sun and major deity of Japanese Shinto, venerated as the legendar

Bernardino Campi
Italian Mannerist painter (1522–1591), born in Cremona. A pupil of Giulio Campi,

Boby Lapointe
Boby Lapointe (1922-1972) was a French singer and singer-songwriter famous for h
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