Notable Historical Figures

Black-and-white portraits of influential historical men from the late 19th to early 20th century, showcasing formal attire and serious expressions.

Germany: 1900 A portrait of Prof. Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen who received the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 for producing and detecting electronic radiation known as x-rays.

Germany: 1900 A portrait of Prof. Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen who received the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 for producing and detecting electronic radiation known as x-rays.

Photograph of Leopoldo Alas. Leopoldo Garcia-Alas y Urena (1852-1901) a Spanish realist novelist

Theodor Herzl (1860-1904) Zionist leader. Convened first Zionist Congress, Basel 1897.

Photograph of Wilhelm Röntgen (1845-1923) a German mechanical engineer and physicist, who produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays of Röntgen Rays. Dated 19th century

BLAY , MIGUEL. ESCULTOR ESPAÑOL. OLT 1866 - 1936. REPRODUCCION FOTO.

'Goring-Thomas.', 1895. Artist: Unknown.

M. H. J. P. THOMASSEN.

Charles Stewart Parnell, 27 June 1846, 6 October 1891, was an Irish politician who was a member of the British House of Commons from 1875 to 1891 and ...

RAMOS CARRION , MIGUEL. ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL.ZAMORA 1845-1915. REPRODUCCION FOTO.

Historical engraving from the 19th Century, portrait of Svatopluk Čech, 1846-1908, Czech poet, writer, journalist

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA nicknamed The March King American bandmaster and composer of about 140 military marches, including 'Stars and Stripes Forever' (1897) Date: 1854 - 1932

PEDRO RODRIGUEZ DE LA BORBOLLA 1855-1922 (7985). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Theodor Herzl ( May 2, 1860 - July 3, 1904), born Benjamin Zeev Herzl, also known as in Hebrew as Hozeh HaMedinah, or 'Visionary of the State' was an Austro-Hungarian journalist and the father of modern political Zionism and in effect the State of Israel. He was born and died in Austria; in 1949 his remains were moved from Vienna to be reburied on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.

Lev Borisovich Kamenev (1883 25 August 1936), a Bolshevik revolutionary and a prominent Soviet politician.

A portrait of Josef Maria Eder by Paul Nadar, created in 1887 on silver gelatin paper. The image documents the subject's appearance and photographic portraiture style.

03/31/1914. José María Garay y Rowart, senator for life.

Christiaan Rudolf de Wet (1854-1922), South African Boer General and Politician, Head and Shoulders Portrait,1890's

Portrait of Joseph von Vleek

Portrait of Alexander Graham Bell. Invented telephone.

Tomás Bretón y Hernández, compositor y músico español. 1898.

Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, known as Georges Méliès (1861 1938) French filmmaker, famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema

Leopold Konigstein (1850-1924), an ophthalmologist who advocated using a cocaine solution to relieve pain

''Dr. Robert Koch, of the Institute of Hygiene, Berlin, Discoverer of the Cure for Consumption', 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890.

Svetozar Hurban-Vajansky (1847-1916). Slovak writer and politician. Portrait. Engraving.

Photograph of Antonio Somma (1809-1864) an Italian playwright. Dated 19th Century

Sir George Newnes, 1st Baronet, 1851 - 1910. English publisher and editor. From The Business Encyclopedia and Legal Adviser, published 1920.

Jean Jaures (1859-1914) French politician and pacifist. Became leader of the French Socialist Party in 1902. Assassinated 31 July 1914.

FRANCOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSE. MEDICO, PERIODISTA Y POLITICO ESPA¿OL. MADRID 1862-1931. REPRODUCCION FOTO.

RAIMUNDO ABADAL 1869-1945. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Pierre Élie Félix Perrédès. Photograph.

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (1834 - 1894), Alsatian sculptor, best known for the Statue of Liberty erected in New York harbour 1885 as a gift from the French people : photo 1880.

Auguste Bartholdi

Wilhelm Roentgen (1845-1923), German physicist, received the first Nobel Prize for Physics, in 1901, for his discovery of X-rays in 1895.

'Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) in 1891, German-English industrialist, political theorist, philosopher, and social scientist.Co-founder, with Karl Marx, of Marxism.'

Portrait of Gerónimo Giménez (1854-1923) a Spanish conductor and composer. Dated 20th Century

'Fabrice Carre', c1893. Artist: Unknown.

Photograph of Vassil Kolarov (1877- 1950). One of the CC members elected to the eighteenth congress of PS DOB. Dated 1909

Bonaventura Bassegoda Amigo (1862-1940). Spanish writer and architect. Portrait at The Catalan Illustration, 1903.

Ivan Semyonovich Ivin; poet and popular writer ca. 1900.

'(Samuel) Luke Fildes, RA (1844-1927) English artist and illustrator, pictured c1890.'

Eduard Albert. Photograph.

Enrique Fernandez Arbos (1863-1939). Spanish violinist, composer and conductor. Portrait. Photography.

Piotr Ilich Chaikovski (Votkinsk, 1840-San Petersburgo, 1893). Pianista y compositor ruso.

Sir William Hale-White. Photograph.

Portrait of I. Michaltchevsky. Karl Wilhelm Hagelin's friend in ZariVyn 1888-1891.Filden is included in two large photo albums by director Karl Wilhelm Hagelin who worked for a long time at Nobel's oil facilities in Baku.

Tomas Breton y Hernandez (1850-1923). Spanish composer and conductor. Portrait. Photography.

Theodor Herzl (1860-1904) Zionist leader. Convened first Zionist Congress, Basel 1897. Herzl in 1903

Frederic Bartholdi, French sculptor, 1880. Artist: Unknown

Angel Giannì Iglesias. Photograph by Cruces y Cia.

Segismundo Moret, (1833-1913), 1920s. Artist: Unknown

Portrait of Peter Klason.

Portrait of Dr. Honorato Joan. Dated 16th Century

Carl August Nicholas Rosa (March 22) (1842) (April 30) (1889) was a German-born music impresario best known for founding an English opera company, the Carl Rosa Opera Company, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original Carl August Nicholas Rosa (March 22) (1842) (April 30) (1889) was a German-born music impresario best known for founding an English opera company, the Carl Rosa Opera Company, Historic, digitally restored reproduction

Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (1853 ñ 1928). Dutch physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pieter Zeeman for the discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect. He also derived the transformation equations subsequently used by Albert Einstein to describe space and time.

THEODOR HERZL Hungarian Zionist leader Date: 1860 - 1904

Portrait of Joaquín Gaztambide (1822-1870) a Spanish composer. Dated 19th Century

1915 (CA.). Portrait of the orchestra director Don Juan Goula.

Victor Maurel, 1848 - 1923. French operatic baritone. From La Ilustracion Artistica, published 1887.

Michael Davitt 1846 ñ 1906. Irish republican and agrarian agitator

'Jean Charcot', c1893. Artist: Eugene Pirou.

'Injalbert', c1893. Artist: Eugene Pirou.

Manuel Tamayo y Baus (1829-1898). Spanish playwright. Perpetual secretary of the Real Academia Espanola (Royal Spanish Academy). Portrait. Illustration by Badillo. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana), 1884.

Theodor Herzl (1860-1904), Zionist leader, 1903. Artist: Unknown

'Octave Bernard', c1893. Artist: Pierre Petit.

ALEKSANDR SCRIABIN Aka Skryabin Russian composer Date: 1872 - 1915

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW British playwright and critic in 1909 1856-1950

11/16/1909. Provision of Senior Officials. Mr. Rafael Comenge, senior official of the Minister of the Interior. (photo Torres García).

Vladimir Pavlovich Ryabushinsky (1873-1955) by Anonymous /Private Collection/1900s/Photochrom/Russia/Portrait

Louis Lapique. Photograph by Henri Manuel, 1905.

Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D.. Portraits, Photographs, Illustrations. 1897. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. African Americans , History, African Americans , Biography

Photograph of Pierre Curie (1859-1906) a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity. Pierre was also the husband of Marie Curie. Dated 19th Century

ADARO , EDUARDO DE. ARQUITECTO ESPAÑOL. MADRID 1848 - 1906. GRABADO RETRATO. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA , AÑO 1891.

Arturo Campión, político foralista y escritor. Grabado de 1893.

Anton Checkov 29 January 18601 - 15 July 1904) Russian physician, dramaturge and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history

WILLIAM SPENCER COMPTON CAVENDISH eighth duke of DEVONSHIRE Statesman Date: 1833 - 1908

CURROS ENRIQUEZ, Manuel (1851-1908). Spanish poet.

Julian Leopold Ochorowicz, 1850 ñ May 1, 1917) Polish philosopher, psychologist, inventor (precursor of radio and television, poet, publicist and leading exponent of Polish Positivism

SYDNEY GRUNDY (1848 - 1914), writer

Wm. O'Brien

Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor, in an undated portrait

Portrait of William O'Brien (2 October 1852 - 25 February 1928) was an Irish nationalist, journalist, agrarian agitator, social revolutionary, politic

Giovanni Acerbi, 1825-1869, freedom fighter, historical engraving, ca. 1869, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured, exact date unknown

Jules Guesde

RETRATO DE GEORGE BERNARD SHAW - 1856/1950.

'Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (1872-1915) Russian pianist and composer, c1911.'

05/31/1912. Augusto González Besada.

Manuel Tamayo y Baus (1829-1898). Spanish playwright. Perpetual secretary of the Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy). Portrait. Illustration by Badillo. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903). Later colouration. The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustración Española y Americana), 1884.

07/08/1906. Castellon. Mr. Emilio Benages poet Awarded with the Natural flower. Photo: Falonur.

Rev. George Theodore Wellcome. Photograph by Eldridge, Mankato.

Mayor of the municipality of Doupnitza assassinated in February 1923

Diarmid Noël Paton. Photograph.

James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury (1807-1889) British statesman.

Pavel Pavlovich Ryabushinsky (1871-1924) by Anonymous /Private Collection/1900s/Photochrom/Russia/Portrait

Luka Vladimirovich Kostenko ca. 1907

12/31/1889. Photographic portrait of the writer Jacinto Benavente.

Vázquez de Mella, Juan (Cangas de Ohia, Asturias, 1862-Madrid, 1928). Abogado, escritor, periodista, político carlista y filósofo católico español.

' Le Nouveau Regime; Le prince Lvof, president du gouvernement provisoire, apres l'abdication du tsar', 1917. First World War: the New Regime - Prince Georgy Lvov, first prime minister of the Russian Republic, de facto head of state, leader of the Provisional Government after the abduction of the Tsar. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Pol Plancon, portrait bust, copyright by A. Dupont

Artemy Gordeevich Proyda, member of the II State Duma from Yekaterinoslav Governorate. ca. 1907.

President Ramon G. Valencia of Colombia

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