1
Stephen Foster
(Composer known as the Father of American music)
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2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 4th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: January 13, 1864
2
Bernhard Riemann
(Mathematician)
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Listed In: Mathematicians
Birthdate: 17th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Breselenz
Died: July 20, 1866
3
Julia Grant
(U.S. First Lady)
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2
Listed In: First Ladies
Birthdate: 26th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: St. Louis
Died: December 14, 1902
4
Carlo Collodi
(Italian Author and Journalist Known for His Fairy Tale Novel 'The Adventures of Pinocchio')
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1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 24th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: October 26, 1890
5
Walter Bagehot
(Journalist, businessman, and essayist, who wrote extensively about government, economics, literature and race.)
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0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 3rd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Langport, Somerset, England
Died: March 24, 1877
6
Matilda Joslyn Gage
(Abolitionist, Freethinker, Author)
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0
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Cetshwayo
(King)
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0
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Eshowe, Zulu Kingdom
Died: February 8, 1884
8
Frederic Edwin Church
(Painter)
1
0
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Gustave Moreau
(French Symbolist Painter Known for His Erotic Paintings of Mythological and Religious Subjects)
2
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: 6th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: April 18, 1898
10
Léon Minkus
(Former composer of ballet music, a violin virtuoso and teacher)
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0
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 23rd March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: December 7, 1917
11
Tom Sayers
(Boxer)
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0
Listed In: Boxers
Birthdate: 25th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Brighton, England
Died: November 8, 1865
12
Potter Palmer
(Businessman)
2
0
Listed In: Retailers
Birthdate: 20th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Albany County, New York, United States
Died: May 4, 1902
13
Richard Christopher Carrington
(Astronomer)
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0
Listed In: Astronomers
Birthdate: 26th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Chelsea, London, United Kingdom
Died: November 27, 1875
14
Adolf Bastian
(German Polymath Best Known for His Contributions to the Progression of Ethnography)
3
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: 26th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bremen, Germany
Died: February 2, 1905
15
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
(Novelist)
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 27th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Spas-Ugol, Russia
Died: May 10, 1889
16
George Johnstone Stoney
(Physicist)
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1
Listed In: Physicists
Birthdate: 15th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: County Offaly
Died: July 5, 1911
17
Stanislao Cannizzaro
(Chemist)
1
0
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Laura Keene
(Actress)
1
0
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 20th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London, England
Died: November 4, 1873
19
Christopher Columbus Langdell
(Educator)
3
0
Listed In: Educators
Birthdate: 22nd May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New Boston, New Hampshire, United States
Died: July 6, 1906
20
Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden
(Sovereign)
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0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 9th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Karlsruhe, Germany
Died: September 28, 1907
21
Ebenezer Butterick
(Manufacturer)
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0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: 29th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Sterling, Massachusetts, United States
Died: March 31, 1903
22
Zénobe Gramme
(Belgian Electrical Engineer Who Invented the Gramme Machine)
2
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: 4th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Amay, Belgium
Died: January 20, 1901
23
Henri Mouhot
(French Naturalist Who Explored Angkor and Informed the Western World about It)
1
0
Listed In: Explorers
Birthdate: 15th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Montbéliard, Doubs, France
Died: November 10, 1861
24
Charles XV of Sweden
(King)
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1
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 3rd May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: September 18, 1872
25
Eugénie de Montijo
(Empress Consort of the French)
1
1
Listed In: Empresses & Queens
Birthdate: 5th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Granada, Spain
Died: July 11, 1920
26
Princess Alexandra of Bavaria
(Princess)
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0
Listed In: Royal Family Members
Birthdate: 26th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Schloss Johannisburg, Aschaffenburg, Germany
Died: September 21, 1875
27
Margarita Maza
(Former First Lady of Mexico)
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0
Listed In: First Ladies
Birthdate: 29th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Oaxaca, Mexico
Died: January 2, 1871
28
Lafayette C. Baker
(American Detective and Spy Who Served the Union Army during the 'American Civil War')
1
0
Listed In: Spies
Birthdate: 13th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Stafford, New York, United States
Died: July 3, 1868
29
Thomas Babington Macaulay
(Was a priest and educator, first princiFormer Paymaster General of the United Kingdompal and founder of CMS Grammar School, Lagos)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 17th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kissy, Sierra Leone
Died: January 17, 1878
30
George B. McClellan
(Soldier)
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6
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 3rd December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: October 29, 1885
31
William Deering
(Businessman)
1
0
Birthdate: 25th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: South Paris, Paris, Maine, United States
Died: December 9, 1913
32
Friedrich Chrysander
(Publisher)
2
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: 8th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lübtheen, Germany
Died: September 3, 1901
33
Frances Fuller Victor
(Historian)
2
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: 23rd May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rome, New York, United States
Died: November 14, 1902
34
Juan José Cañas
(Salvadoran Poet Best Known For Writing The Salvadoran National Anthem)
3
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 19th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: San Miguel, El Salvador
Died: January 10, 1918
35
Giuseppe Zanardelli
(Political ,Prime Minister)
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1
Listed In: Prime Ministers
Birthdate: 29th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Brescia, Italy
Died: December 26, 1903
36
William Mahone
(Former United States Senator from Virginia (1881 - 1887))
1
1
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: 1st December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Southampton County, Virginia, United States
Died: October 8, 1895
37
John William De Forest
(Soldier)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 31st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Seymour, Connecticut, United States
Died: July 17, 1906
38
Prince George of Prussia
(Poet)
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0
Listed In: Royal Family Members
Birthdate: 12th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Düsseldorf, Germany
Died: May 2, 1902
39
John Thomas
(Composer, Harpist)
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0
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 1st March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bridgend, England
Died: March 19, 1913
40
Augustus Le Plongeon
(Archaeologist, Photographer)
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0
Listed In: Archaeologists
Birthdate: 4th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Island of Jersey
Died: December 13, 1908
41
Anthony Joseph Drexel
(Banker)
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0
Listed In: Bankers
Birthdate: 13th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died: June 30, 1893
42
William S. Clark
(Professor)
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0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 31st July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Ashfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: March 9, 1886
43
Giovanni Battista Donati
(Italian Astronomer Who Was First To Observe the Spectrum of a Comet)
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1
Listed In: Astronomers
Birthdate: 16th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Pisa, Italy
Died: September 20, 1873
44
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
(British diplomat)
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1
Listed In: Diplomats
Birthdate: 21st June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: February 12, 1902
45
Hormuzd Rassam
(Archaeologist)
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Mosul, Iraq
Died: September 16, 1910
46
Charles Hugo
(Journalist)
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0
Listed In: Journalists
Birthdate: 4th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: March 13, 1871
47
Emily Blackwell
(Physician)
0
0
Birthdate: 8th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bristol, England
Died: September 7, 1910
48
George Frisbie Hoar
(Politician)
0
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 29th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Died: September 30, 1904
49
Thomas Chenery
(Journalist)
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0
Listed In: Journalists
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Barbados Island, Barbados
Died: February 11, 1884
50
Alfred Ely Beach
(Inventor)
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0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: 1st September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: January 1, 1896
