Names that have become common

This list currently contains 72 personalities among which there are for example, Louis Pasteur, Christophe Colomb, Abdelaziz ibn Saoud, Isaac Newton, Amerigo Vespucci, Nicolas Machiavel, George Washington, Alois Alzheimer, René Descartes, Louis Braille, Blaise Pascal, Louis XIII, Samuel Morse, André-Marie Ampère, Samuel Colt, ...

Alois Alzheimer

† at 51 years

Alois Alzheimer

1864 • 1915

André-Marie Ampère

Born 250 years ago in 2025

† at 61 years

André-Marie Ampère

1775 • 1836

† at 74 years

1906 • 1980

† at 80 years

1863 • 1944

† at 57 years

1845 • 1903

Comic characters

Louis Béchameil de Nointel

† at ~73 years

Louis Béchameil de Nointel

~1630 • 1703

Died 30 years ago in 2024

† at 79 years

1914 • 1994

† at 47 years

Simón Bolívar

1783 • 1830

Sébastien Bottin

† at 88 years

Sébastien Bottin

1764 • 1853

† at 43 years

1809 • 1852

Giacomo Casanova

Born 300 years ago in 2025

† at 73 years

Giacomo Casanova

1725 • 1798

† at 42 years

1701 • 1744

Nicolas Chauvin

Nicolas Chauvin

~1790

Fictional characters

Christophe Colomb

† at ~55 years

Christophe Colomb

~1451 • 1506

† at 47 years

1814 • 1862

† at 50 years

1728 • 1779

Charles Cunningham Boycott

† at 65 years

Charles Cunningham Boycott

1832 • 1897

† at 63 years

1787 • 1851

Étienne de Silhouette

† at 57 years

Étienne de Silhouette

1709 • 1767

† at 53 years

René Descartes

1596 • 1650

† at 55 years

1858 • 1913

Gabriel Fahrenheit

† at 50 years

Gabriel Fahrenheit

1686 • 1736

Michael Faraday

† at 75 years

Michael Faraday

1791 • 1867

† at 76 years

1947 • 2023

Georges Frédéric Strass

† at 72 years

Georges Frédéric Strass

1701 • 1773

Carl Friedrich Gauss

† at 77 years

Carl Friedrich Gauss

1777 • 1855

~1532

Fictional characters

Alexis Godillot

† at 77 years

Alexis Godillot

1816 • 1893

1808

† at 36 years

1857 • 1894

Abdelaziz ibn Saoud

† at 77 years

Abdelaziz ibn Saoud

1876 • 1953

Nobility and royalty

Joseph Ignace Guillotin

† at 75 years

Joseph Ignace Guillotin

1738 • 1814

† at 71 years

1527 • 1598

Jacques II de Chabannes de La Palice

Died 500 years ago in 2025

† at ~55 years

Jacques II de Chabannes de La Palice

~1470 • 1525

Mikhaïl Kalachnikov

† at 94 years

Mikhaïl Kalachnikov

1919 • 2013

† at 58 years

Alfred Kärcher

1901 • 1959

† at 92 years

1876 • 1968

† at ~60 years

~1736 • 1796

Nicolas Machiavel

† at 58 years

Nicolas Machiavel

1469 • 1527

Viatcheslav Molotov

† at 96 years

Viatcheslav Molotov

1890 • 1986

Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier

† at 54 years

Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier

1745 • 1799

Joseph-Michel Montgolfier

† at 69 years

Joseph-Michel Montgolfier

1740 • 1810

† at 80 years

1791 • 1872

† at 84 years

1643 • 1727

† at ~74 years

~1530 • 1604

† at 65 years

1789 • 1854

† at 87 years

1872 • 1960

James Parkinson

Died 200 years ago in 2024

† at 69 years

James Parkinson

1755 • 1824

Antoine Parmentier

† at 76 years

Antoine Parmentier

1737 • 1813

† at 39 years

1623 • 1662

† at 72 years

1822 • 1895

Eugène Poubelle

† at 76 years

Eugène Poubelle

1831 • 1907

† at 82 years

1920 • 2003

Francisque Poulbot

† at 67 years

Francisque Poulbot

1879 • 1946

James Prescott Joule

† at 70 years

James Prescott Joule

1818 • 1889

† at 65 years

1821 • 1887

† at 74 years

1880 • 1954

Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza

† at 53 years

Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza

1852 • 1905

† at 79 years

1814 • 1894

† at 49 years

-259 • -210

Antonio Stradivari

† at ~93 years

Antonio Stradivari

~1644 • 1737

Phineas Taylor Barnum

† at 80 years

Phineas Taylor Barnum

1810 • 1891

† at 97 years

Léon Thérémine

1896 • 1993

† at 76 years

1907 • 1983

Novel characters

Amerigo Vespucci

† at 57 years

Amerigo Vespucci

1454 • 1512

Alessandro Volta

† at 82 years

Alessandro Volta

1745 • 1827

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

† at 78 years

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

1838 • 1917

George Washington

† at 67 years

George Washington

1732 • 1799

† at 83 years

1736 • 1819

† at 41 years

1601 • 1643

French monarchs