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Relating to public figures or personalities, celebrities or otherwise, who have made significant progress in their particular professional field, or who have helped or influenced wider society to an outstanding degree.

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Jakob Albrecht

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Jakob Albrecht war Gründer und erster Bischof der methodistischen Evangelischen Gemeinschaft und gilt dadurch als einer der Gründer der Evangelisch-methodistischen Kirche.

Jakob Fugger of the Lily

People; Historians

Jakob Fugger also known as Jakob Fugger the Rich or sometimes Jakob II. Fugger was a major merchant, mining entrepreneur and banker of Europe between ca. 1495-1525. He was a ...

Jakob Wassermann

People; Historians

Born in Fürth, Wassermann was the son of a shopkeeper and lost his mother at an early age.

Giacomo Casanova

People; Historians

Giacomo Girolamo Casanova de Seingalt was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. His autobiography, is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the ...

Jacob ben Asher

People; Historians

Jacob ben Asher, also known as Ba'al ha-Turim as well as Rabbi Yaakov ben Raash, was likely born in Cologne, Germany and likely died in Toledo, Spain.

Alban Butler

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Historian, b. 10 October, 1710, at Appletree, Northamptonshire, England; d. at St-Omer, France, 15 May, 1773.

Martin Behaim

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A German cartographer and navigator, b. at Nuremberg in 1459; d. at the German hospice of St. Bartholomew in Lisbon, Portugal, 29 July, 1507.