People in History I Would Like to Have Met

I love history and there are a multitude of people from the past whom I would have liked to meet. These are only a random few that happened to come to mind. I…
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ALEXANDER SCRIABIN (1872-1915) Russian pianist and composer. An innovator of modern music, Scriabin was influenced by synesthesia and theosophy. He is considered by some to be the main Russian Symbolist composer. Portrait, Serial Killers, Ballet, Portraits, History, Pianos, Richard, Theosophy, The Past
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN (1872-1915) Russian pianist and composer. An innovator of modern music, Scriabin was influenced by synesthesia and theosophy. He is considered by some to be the main Russian Symbolist composer.
EMILY DICKINSON (1830-1886) One of America's great poets. Although she led a very secluded and somewhat mysterious life, the beauty and power of her poetry has immense universal appeal. Reading, Emily Dickinson, Writers And Poets, Emily Dickinson Poems, Favorite Authors, Famous Poets, Famous Authors, American Poets, Writer
EMILY DICKINSON (1830-1886) One of America's great poets. Although she led a very secluded and somewhat mysterious life, the beauty and power of her poetry has immense universal appeal.
ISADORE DUNCAN (1877-1927) American-born dancer and innovator of modern dance. A uniquely free spirit, eventually exiled from the United States for Soviet sympathies. She died in a bizarre automobile accident. The long scarf she was wearing became entangled in the spoke wheels of the car and her neck was broken. Dance, Ballet Dancers, Modern Dance, People, Famous Ballet Dancers, Old Hollywood, Old Hollywood Glamour
ISADORE DUNCAN (1877-1927) American-born dancer and innovator of modern dance. A uniquely free spirit, eventually exiled from the United States for Soviet sympathies. She died in a bizarre automobile accident. The long scarf she was wearing became entangled in the spoke wheels of the car and her neck was broken.
ARTURO TOSCININI (1867-1957) Italian Musician and Conductor Films, Orchestras, Arturo Toscanini, Famous Composers, Orchestra, Classical Music Composers, Opera Singers, Jazz Music, Music Composers
'Arturo Toscanini, Italian Musician and Conductor, 1920' Photo | AllPosters.com
ARTURO TOSCININI (1867-1957) Italian Musician and Conductor
ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864-1946)  American photographer and modern art promoter Vintage Photos, Alfred Stieglitz, Vintage Men, Alfred, Famous Artists, Georgia O Keeffe, Famous Photographers
ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864-1946) American photographer and modern art promoter
COSIMA WAGNER (1837-1930)  Daughter of Franz Liszt and wife of Richard Wagner. Weimar, Liszt, Muziek, Aretha Franklin, Wagner, Australian Painters, Richard Wagner
COSIMA WAGNER (1837-1930) Daughter of Franz Liszt and wife of Richard Wagner.
NIKOLA TESLA (1856-1943) Serbian-American inventor, physicist, and futurist. Saga, Nikola Tesla, Tesla S, Nikola Tesla Biography, Carl Sagan, Nicolas Tesla, Zagreb, Tesla, Tesla Turbine
NIKOLA TESLA (1856-1943) Serbian-American inventor, physicist, and futurist.
RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)  German operatic composer Art, Artist, German
RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883) German operatic composer
SERGEI DIAGHILEV (1872-1929)  Russian impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes Music, Theatre, Che Guevara, Founder
SERGEI DIAGHILEV (1872-1929) Russian impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes
KING LUDWIG II OF BAVARIA (1845-1886) Highly eccentric monarch, patron of Richard Wagner. Was he really mad or merely unconventional? Was his untimely death suicide or murder? King, Bayern, Hannover, Monarchy, King Queen, Empress Sissi, Royal Family, Adler
KING LUDWIG II OF BAVARIA (1845-1886) Highly eccentric monarch, patron of Richard Wagner. Was he really mad or merely unconventional? Was his untimely death suicide or murder?
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE (1887-1986) American artist Frida Kahlo, Artist Studio, American Artists, Photographer, New York Art, Kandinsky
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE (1887-1986) American artist
ALEXANDRA, Princess of Wales and later Queen of England (1844-1925) Queen, Lady, Wales, Victoria, Queen Victoria, Windsor Fc, Queen Victoria Prince Albert, Princess Alexandra Of Denmark
British Royalty
ALEXANDRA, Princess of Wales and later Queen of England (1844-1925)
H.G.WELLS (Herbert George Wells, 1866-1946) English writer, largely known for his works of science fiction. Wells, Herbert George Wells, Stieg Larsson, George, Fiction Writer, Novelist, Hunk
'A Man of Parts': an oversharing novel of H.G. Wells' abundant sex life
H.G.WELLS (Herbert George Wells, 1866-1946) English writer, largely known for his works of science fiction.
JEAN GENET (1910-1986) French novelist, playwright, essayist, and political activist. Essayist, French Dictionary, Author, English French Dictionary
"La ligne d’horizon derrière laquelle j’aurai disparu" : Jean Genet parmi les peintres / "The Line Into Which I shall Merge" : Jean Genet Among the Painters
JEAN GENET (1910-1986) French novelist, playwright, essayist, and political activist.
ROBERT DE MONTESQUIOU (1855-1921) French poet, aesthete, and art collector Marcel Proust, Marcel, French Man, 19th Century Mens Fashion, Dapper, 19th Century Men, Aristocrat
Robert de Montesquiou par Nadar
ROBERT DE MONTESQUIOU (1855-1921) French poet, aesthete, and art collector