Literature · Music · Scholarship · 1866–1944

Romain Rolland

Romain Rolland (French:; 29 January 1866 – 30 December 1944) was a French dramatist, novelist, essayist, art historian and mystic who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915 "as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary production and to the sympathy and love of truth with which he has described…

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Age at death: 78
Years since death: 81

Born: January 29, 1866 · Clamecy, France
Died: December 30, 1944
Nationality: French
Known for: Literature, Music, Scholarship

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1890–1960

Boris Pasternak

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1843–1901

William McKinley

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1737–1809

Thomas Paine

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1962–2024

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1809–1865

Abraham Lincoln

16th President of the United States who led the nation through the Civil War and abolished slavery.

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1911–2004

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1809–1882

Charles Darwin

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