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Fred West

Fred West

Fred West was an English serial killer who committed more than 12 murders

BritishSeptember 29, 1941456 views

Benjamin Hornigold

Captain Benjamin Hornigold was an 18th-century English privateer turned pirate who eventually became a pirate hunter and worked for the British government

British1680244 views

Thomas Rolfe

Thomas Rolfe was a half-native American and half-English child of Pocahontas, the first Native American woman who married an English man, John Rolfe

AmericanJanuary 30, 1615315 views

Jabir Ibn Hayyan

Jabir Ibn Hayyan was a medieval era polymath

Iranian721653 views

Sundiata Keita

Sundiata Keita was the founder of the Mali Empire in West Africa

Abbas Ibn Firnas

Abu al-Qasim Abbas ibn Firnas ibn Wirdas al-Takurini, better known as Abbas Ibn Firnas, was a renowned inventor, engineer, aviator, physician, Arabic poet and Andalusia musician.

Spanish810281 views

Mansa Musa

Mansa Musa, also known as Musa Keita I of Mali, was the tenth Sultan of the Mali Empire

French1280278 views

Sarah Baartman

Sarah Baartman was a South African woman who became a source of amusement for the Europeans in 19th century due to her abnormally large buttocks

South African1787562 views

Olivier Messiaen

Olivier Messiaen is a renowned French composer and organist

FrenchDecember 10, 1908160 views

Aleksandr Scriabin

A great Russian pianist equally feted for his radicalism, Aleksandr Scriabin’s contribution to music is unique

RussianJanuary 6, 1872109 views