Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer)
April 15, 1452 - May 2, 1519

Born: April 15, 1452 Vinci, Florence, in present-day Italy
Died: May 2, 1519 Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, in present-day France
Occupation: scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (General relativity)
14 March 1879 - 18 April 1955

Born: 14 March 1879 Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
Died: 18 April 1955 Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Invented: General relativity, Special relativity, Photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, Mass-energy equivalence, Einstein field equations, Unified Field Theory, Bose–Einstein statistics

Garrett A. Morgan

Garrett Augustus Morgan, Sr. (The Garrett Morgan traffic signal, Safety Hood)
March 4, 1877 - July 27, 1963

Born: March 4, 1877 Paris, Kentucky
Died: July 27, 1963 Cleveland, Ohio
Occupation: Inventions

Thomas Edison

Thomas Alva Edison (phonograph, light bulb)
February 11, 1847 - October 18, 1931

Born: February 11, 1847 Milan, Ohio
Died: October 18, 1931 West Orange, New Jersey
Occupation: Inventor, Innovator, Person, entrepreneur

Pol Pot

Saloth Sar
May 19, 1925 - April 15, 1998

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea

Born: May 19, 1925 Kampong Thum Province, Cambodia
Died: April 15, 1998 Cambodia
Political: Khmer Rouge

Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong
26 December 1893 - 9 September 1976

1st Chairman of the Communist Party of China

Born: 26 December 1893 Hunan, Chinese Empire
Died: 9 September 1976 Beijing, People's Republic of China
Political: Communist Party of China

Ho Chi Minh

Ho Chi Minh
19 May 1890 - 2 September 1969

First President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Born: 19 May 1890 Nghe An Province, Vietnam
Died: 2 September 1969 Hanoi, Vietnam
Political: Vietnam Workers' Party

Maximilien Robespierre

Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre
6 May 1758 - 28 July 1794

Deputy and member of the Committee of Public Safety

Born: 6 May 1758 Arras, France
Died: 28 July 1794 Paris, France
Political: Jacobin

Erich Honecker

Erich Honecker
August 25, 1912 - May 29, 1994

General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany

Born: August 25, 1912 Neunkirchen (Saar), Germany
Died: May 29, 1994 Santiago, Chile
Political: Socialist Unity Party of Germany

Leonid Brezhnev

Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev
September 7, 1911 - August 5, 1998

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Born: December 19, 1906 Kamenskoe, Russian Empire
Died: November 10, 1982 Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Political: Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
May 17, 1894 - September 11, 1971

First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Born: May 17, 1894 Kalinovka, Russian Empire
Died: September 11, 1971 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political: Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Enver Hoxha

Enver Halil Hoxha
16 October 1908 - 11 April 1985

First Secretary of the Albanian Party of Labour

Born: 16 October 1908 Gjirokaster, Ottoman Empire
Died: 11 April 1985 Tirana, Albania
Political: Albanian Party of Labour

Josip Broz Tito

Josip Broz Tito
25 May 1892 - 4 May 1980

2nd President of SFR Yugoslavia

Born: 25 May 1892 Kumrovec, Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary
Died: 4 May 1980 Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political: League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)

Carol II of Romania

Carol II of Romania
15 October 1893 - 4 April 1953

King of the Romanians

Born: 15 October 1893 Sinaia, Romania
Died: 4 April 1953 Estoril, Portugal
Political: -

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler
20 April 1889 - 30 April 1945

Fuhrer and Reichskanzler

Born: 20 April 1889 Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary
Died: 30 April 1945 Berlin, Germany
Political: National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP)

Slobodan Milosevic

Slobodan Milosevic
20 August 1941 - 11 March 2006

3rd President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Born: 20 August 1941 Požarevac, Yugoslavia
Died: 11 March 2006 The Hague, Netherlands
Political: Socialist Party of Serbia

Kim Jong-il

Kim Jong-il
16 February 1942 -

General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea

Born: 16 February 1942 Mt. Baekdu, Japanese Korea
Died: -
Political: Workers' Party of Korea

Todor Zhivkov

Todor Hristov Zhivkov
September 7, 1911 - August 5, 1998

First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party

Born: September 7, 1911 Pravets, Bulgaria
Died: August 5, 1998 Sofia, Bulgaria
Political: Bulgarian Communist Party

Janos Kadar

Janos Kadar
May 26, 1912 - July 6, 1989

General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party

Born: May 26, 1912 Fiume, Austria-Hungary
Died: July 6, 1989 Budapest, Hungary
Political: Hungarian Communist Party,
Political: Hungarian Working People's Party,
Political: Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party

Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
April 22, 1870 - January 21, 1924

Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars

Born: April 22, 1870 Simbirsk, Russian Empire
Died: January 21, 1924 Gorki, Russian SFSR, Soviet
Political: Bolshevik Party

Kim Ir-sen

Kim Ir-sen
15 April 1912 - 8 July 1994

President of North Korea

Born: 15 April 1912
Died: 8 July 1994
Political: President of North Korea

Mobutu Sese Seko

Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa Za Banga
October 14, 1930 – September 7, 1997

President of Zaire

Born: October 14, 1930 Lisala, Belgian Congo
Died: September 7, 1997 Rabat, Morocco
Political: Popular Movement of the Revolution

Nero

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
15 December 37 – 9 June 68

Emperor of the Roman Empire

Born: December 15, 37
Died: June 9, AD 68
Political: fifth Roman Emperor

Caligula

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
August 31, AD 12 – January 24, AD 41

Emperor of the Roman Empire

Born: August 31, AD 12
Died: January 24, AD 41
Political: third Roman Emperor

Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti
April 28, 1937 – December 30, 2006

Born: April 28, 1937 Al-Awja, Iraq
Died: December 30, 2006 Kadhimiya, Baghdad, Iraq
Political: Baath Party

Joseph Stalin

Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin
December 18, 1878 – March 5, 1953

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Born: December 18, 1878 Gori, Tiflis Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Georgia)
Died: March 5, 1953 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Nationality: Georgian

Political: Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Fidel Castro

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
August 13, 1926 -

Born: August 13, 1926 Biran, Holguin Province, Cuba
Died: -

Nationality: Cuban

Political: Political party Communist Party of Cuba

Henri Coanda

Henri Marie Coanda (aerodynamics pioneer)
June 7, 1886 – November 25, 1972

Born: June 7, 1886
Died: November 25, 1972

Nationality: Romanian
Invented: Coanda Effect

Francisco Franco

Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde, Salgado y Pardo de Andrade known as Francisco Franco
(Ferrol, 1892-Madrid, 1975)

Spanish Head of State, Regent of the Kingdom in office from April 1, 1939 – November 20, 1975

Born: 4 December 1892 in Ferrol
Died: 20 November 1975 in Madrid
Political: FET y de las Jons

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini
(July 29, 1883 – April 28, 1945)

Born: July 29, 1883, Predappio, Italy
Died: April 28, 1945, Giulino di Mezzegra, Italy
Political: 40th Prime Minister of Italy (October 31, 1922 – July 25, 1943)
Political: First Marshal of the Empire (March 30, 1938 – July 25, 1943)
Political: Duce of the Italian Social Republic (September 23, 1943 – April 26, 1945)

Nicolae Ceausescu

President of Socialist Republic of Romania from 1965 until 1989
(Ianuary 26, 1918 – December 25, 1989)

Born: January 26, 1918(1918-01-26) Scornicesti, Olt, Romania
Died: December 25, 1989 (aged 71) Tirgoviste, Dimbovita, Romania
Political: General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party