Bernard Berenson
1865 – 1959
Lithuanian

Critic. He became rich by confirming the authenticity of old master paintings for rich art collectors, and his honesty was sometimes questioned. Living a baronial lifestyle near Florence, Italy, he loved good food, wine, trips, conversation, gossip, and especially sexual gossip.

Contemporaries
1880–1943Max Wertheimer
1879–1940Leon Trotsky
1918–2008Alexander Solzhenitsyn
1921–1989Andrey Sakharov
1912–1978John Paul II
1892–1975József Mindszenty
1883–1957Nikos Kazantzakis
1860–1904Theodor Herzl
1821–1881Fyodor Dostoevsky
1872–1929Sergei Diaghilev
1923–1977Maria Callas
1888–1938Nikolay Bukharin
1923–2011Yelena Bonner
1831–1891Helena Blavatsky
1909–1997Sir Isaiah Berlin
1814–1876Mikhail Bakunin