Curated category
European democratic socialists
- Albert EinsteinOn the 14th of March 1879, Albert Einstein was born in Ulm within the Kingdom of Württemberg. His parents were Hermann Einstein and Pauline Koch.
- George OrwellEric Arthur Blair arrived in the world on the 25th of June 1903 within a house in Motihari, Bengal Presidency. His family belonged to what he called the…
- Karl MarxKarl Marx entered the world on the 5th of May 1818 at Brückengasse 664 in Trier, then part of the Kingdom of Prussia. His father Heinrich Marx worked as a…
- John Stuart MillJohn Stuart Mill was born on the 20th of May 1806 at 13 Rodney Street in Pentonville, London. His father James Mill, a Scottish philosopher and historian…
- Robert OwenRobert Owen was born on the 14th of May 1771 in Newtown, a small market town in Montgomeryshire, Wales. His father worked as a saddler and ironmonger while…
- Karl KautskyKarl Johann Kautsky entered the world on the 16th of October 1854 in Prague, then part of the Austrian Empire. His father Johann worked as a theatrical scene…
- Rosa LuxemburgRosa Luxemburg was born on the 5th of March 1871 in Zamość, a town under Russian rule. Her family spoke Polish and German at home while navigating a secular…
- Andrei SakharovAndrei Dmitrievich Sakharov entered the world on the 21st of May 1921 in Moscow. His father, Dmitri Ivanovich Sakharov, worked as a physics professor at the…
- Erich FrommErich Seligmann Fromm was born on the 23rd of March 1900 in Frankfurt am Main. He grew up as the only child of Rosa and Naphtali Fromm.
- Bertrand RussellBertrand Arthur William Russell was born at Ravenscroft, a country house in Trellech, Monmouthshire, on the 18th of May 1872.