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Born 1850 • near Kanpur • India
Died 1929 (aged 79) • Lahore
Founder Dev Samaj
Subjects Of Study Dev Samaj • atheism
Swami Vivekananda, 1897
Vivekananda
Hindu leader
Ram Mohan Roy
Ram Mohan Roy
Indian religious leader
Keshab Chunder Sen
Hindu philosopher and social reformer
Debendranath Tagore
Hindu philosopher
Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins
British biologist and writer
Daniel C. Dennett
American philosopher
Antony Flew
English philosopher
William Godwin
William Godwin
British philosopher
Julien Offroy de La Mettrie
French physician and philosopher
Bradlaugh, etching by W. Strang
Charles Bradlaugh
British radical
Pierre-Sylvain Maréchal
French poet
Büchner, Ludwig
Ludwig Büchner
German physician and philosopher
Friedrich Karl Forberg
German philosopher
Sanjay Gandhi
Indian politician
Devika Rani
Indian actress
Mani Kaul
Indian filmmaker
Rajesh Khanna
Indian actor
Asha Bhosle
Indian singer
Ashok Kumar
Indian actor
Kalidas Bhattacharyya
Indian philosopher [1911–1984]