1
Queen Victoria
(Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901))
270
164
Listed In: Empresses & Queens
Birthdate: 24th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kensington Palace, London, United Kingdom
Died: January 22, 1901
2
Walt Whitman
(One of the Most Influential Poets in the American Canon, Regarded as the 'Father of Free Verse')
78
11
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: 31st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: West Hills, New York, United States
Died: March 26, 1892
3
Albert, Prince Consort
(Prince Consort of Queen Victoria of Great Britain (1840 - 1861))
25
6
Listed In: Royal Family Members
Birthdate: 26th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Schloss Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Rödental, Germany
Died: December 14, 1861
4
Herman Melville
(Novelist & Short Story Writer of the American Renaissance Period Best Known for His Works 'Moby-Dick' & 'Typee')
37
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1st August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: September 28, 1891
5
George Eliot
(English Novelist, Poet and One of the Leading Writers of the Victorian Era)
32
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 22nd November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Warwickshire, England
Died: December 22, 1880
6
John Ruskin
(Art Critic and Painter)
32
9
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: 8th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: England
Died: January 20, 1900
7
Clara Wieck Schumann
(Musician & Composer)
54
11
8
Allan Pinkerton
(Founder of Pinkerton National Detective Agency)
30
10
Birthdate: 25th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Died: July 1, 1884
9
Gustave Courbet
(French Painter and Leader of the 19th Century Realist Movement)
13
2
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: 10th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Ornans, France
Died: December 31, 1877
10
Abner Doubleday
(Military Leader)
25
1
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 26th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ballston Spa, New York, United States
Died: January 26, 1893
11
Christopher Latham Sholes
(Inventor of the QWERTY Keyboard)
86
16
Listed In: Inventors
Birthdate: 14th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Mooresburg, Montour County, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: February 17, 1890
12
Jacques Offenbach
(Composer)
13
1
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 20th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cologne, Germany
Died: October 5, 1880
13
Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet
(Irish English Physicist and Mathematician)
13
2
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 13th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Skreen, Ireland
Died: February 1, 1903
14
Julia Ward Howe
(Known for Writing the ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’)
4
0
Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 27th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York City, United States
Died: October 17, 1910
15
James Russell Lowell
(Was an American Romantic Poet, Critic, Editor, and Diplomat)
3
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 22nd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died: August 12, 1891
16
Léon Foucault
(Physicist)
10
2
Listed In: Physicists
Birthdate: 18th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris
Died: February 11, 1868
17
Thomas A. Hendricks
(21st Vice President of the U.S.A.)
5
1
Listed In: Political Leaders
Birthdate: 7th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Fultonham
Died: November 25, 1885
18
William A. Wheeler
(19th Vice President of the U.S.A)
5
1
Listed In: Political Leaders
Birthdate: 30th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Malone
Died: June 4, 1887
19
George V of Hanover
(Former King of Hanover (1851 - 1866))
3
3
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 27th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: June 12, 1878
20
Franz von Suppé
(Austrian Composer of Light Operas)
4
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 18th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Split, Croatia
Died: May 21, 1895
21
William S. Rosecrans
(Inventor)
2
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 6th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Delaware County, Ohio, U.S.
Died: March 11, 1898
22
Edwin Drake
(American Businessman and the First Person to Successfully Drill for Oil)
5
3
Listed In: Oil Barons
Birthdate: 29th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Greenville, New York, United States
Died: November 9, 1880
23
Joseph Bazalgette
(British Civil Engineer Who Created a Sewerage System for Central London)
3
2
Listed In: Civil Engineers
Birthdate: 28th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Enfield, London, England
Died: March 15, 1891
24
Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
(Prime Minister)
2
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 31st March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Rotenburg an der Fulda, Germany
Died: July 6, 1901
25
Maria II of Portugal
(Queen of Portugal (1826 - 1828))
2
2
Listed In: Empresses & Queens
Birthdate: 4th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died: November 15, 1853
26
Maria Wodzińska
(Artist)
3
1
27
Arthur Bell Nicholls
(Pastor)
2
1
Listed In: Pastors
Birthdate: 6th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Killead, County Antrim, Ireland
Died: December 3, 1906
28
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
(Former President of the South African Republic (1866 - 1871))
3
0
Listed In: Political Leaders
Birthdate: 17th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Graaff-Reinet, South Africa
Died: May 19, 1901
29
Stanisław Moniuszko
(Polish Composer and Conductor Regarded as the 'Father of Polish National Opera')
5
1
30
Francis V, Duke of Modena
(Prince)
2
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1st June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Modena, Italy
Died: November 20, 1875
31
Arthur Hugh Clough
(Poet)
3
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1st January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: November 13, 1861
32
Ottilie Assing
(German-American Abolitionist, Freethinker, and Feminist)
2
0
Listed In: Feminists
Birthdate: 11th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Died: August 21, 1884
33
La Paiva
(Investor)
3
0
Listed In: Investors
Birthdate: 7th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: January 21, 1884
34
Carlotta Grisi
(Ballet dancer)
4
0
Listed In: Ballet Dancers
Birthdate: 28th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Vižinada, Croatia
Died: May 20, 1899
35
Elias Howe
(Former inventor best known for his creation of the modern lockstitch sewing machine)
1
1
Listed In: Inventors
Birthdate: 9th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Spencer, Massachusetts, United States
Died: October 3, 1867
36
John Couch Adams
(Mathematician, Astronomer, University teacher)
2
0
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William Worrall Mayo
(Chemist, Politician, Gynaecologist, Editor)
1
0
38
William T. G. Morton
(Dentist)
1
1
Birthdate: 9th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Charlton, Massachusetts, United States
Died: July 15, 1868
39
John Bidwell
(Soldier)
2
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 5th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chautauqua, New York, United States
Died: April 4, 1900
40
Hippolyte Fizeau
(Physicist, Astronomer)
4
2
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 23rd September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris
Died: September 18, 1896
41
Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
(Noblewoman, Journalist)
2
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 8th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Monastyryshche, Ukraine
Died: March 9, 1887
42
Theodor Fontane
(German Novelist and Poet Who Is Considered the First Master of Modern Realistic Fiction in Germany)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 30th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Neuruppin, Germany
Died: September 20, 1898
43
Charles A. Dana
(American journalist)
2
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: 8th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Hinsdale, New Hampshire, United States
Died: October 17, 1897
44
Alfred Escher
(Swiss Railways Pioneer, Politician, and Business Leader)
1
0
45
Jane Roberts
(First Lady)
2
0
Listed In: First Ladies
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Virginia, United States
Died: January 10, 1914
46
Butrus al-Bustani
(Syria's First Nationalist and Founder of the Bi-Weekly Magazine 'Al-Jinan')
1
0
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Beirut, Lebanon
Died: May 1, 1883
47
Edward Stafford
(Prime minister)
2
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 23rd April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: February 14, 1901
48
E. R. Squibb
(Inventor)
3
1
Listed In: Inventors
Birthdate: 4th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Died: October 25, 1900
49
Henri Harpignies
(Painter)
4
0
Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 28th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Valenciennes, France
Died: August 28, 1916
50
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
(Cuban Revolutionary Hero and First President of Cuba in Arms)
1
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 18th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bayamo, Oriente Province, Cuba
Died: February 27, 1874
