1
Dmitri Mendeleev
(Inventor of Periodic Table)
131
9
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: 8th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tobolsk
Died: February 2, 1907
2
Edgar Degas
(French Impressionist Artist Best Known for His Pastel Drawings and Oil Paintings)
55
8
Listed In: Sculptors
Birthdate: 19th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: September 27, 1917
3
William Morris
(Textile Designer, Poet)
30
20
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 24th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Walthamstow, England
Died: October 3, 1896
4
Charles Spurgeon
(One of the Most Influential and Extraordinary Preachers of the 19th century)
26
6
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 19th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kelvedon, England
Died: January 31, 1892
5
Ernst Haeckel
(Zoologist & Evolutionist Who Was a Strong Proponent of 'Darwinism')
28
4
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: 16th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Potsdam, Germany
Died: August 9, 1919
6
Gottlieb Daimler
(Engineer)
25
2
Birthdate: 17th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Schorndorf, Germany
Died: March 6, 1900
7
Anna Leonowens
(British Travel Writer, Educator, and Social Activist)
7
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 5th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Ahmednagar, India
Died: January 19, 1915
8
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
(French Sculptor and Painter Best Known for Designing the 'Statue of Liberty')
5
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: 2nd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Colmar, France
Died: October 4, 1904
9
John Wesley Powell
(Explorer, Geologist)
15
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: 24th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Mount Morris
Died: September 23, 1902
10
John Venn
(Mathematician)
22
3
Listed In: Mathematicians
Birthdate: 4th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kingston upon Hull
Died: April 4, 1923
11
Hetty Green
(financier)
5
1
12
Kamehameha IV
(King)
7
2
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: 9th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Died: November 30, 1863
13
Samuel Langley
(American Aviation Pioneer, Astronomer and Physicist Known for Inventing 'Bolometer')
2
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: 22nd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: February 27, 1906
14
Norodom of Cambodia
(King of Cambodia (1860 - 1904))
4
0
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 3rd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Angkor Borei, Cambodia
Died: April 24, 1904
15
Carl Bloch
(Painter)
2
0
Listed In: Realist Painters
Birthdate: 23rd May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: February 22, 1890
16
Christopher Dresser
(Designer)
4
0
Listed In: Designers
Birthdate: 4th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Died: November 24, 1904
17
George du Maurier
(Writer, Illustrator)
1
0
18
Amilcare Ponchielli
(Opera composer)
2
0
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 31st August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paderno Ponchielli, Italy
Died: January 16, 1886
19
Charles William Eliot
(Educator)
2
1
Listed In: Educators
Birthdate: 20th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: August 22, 1926
20
Léon Walras
(Economist, University teacher, Mathematician)
1
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: 16th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Évreux
Died: January 5, 1910
21
Lev Ivanov
(Dancer)
6
3
Listed In: Dancers
Birthdate: 2nd March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: December 24, 1901
22
August Weismann
(Biologist, Zoologist, Geneticist)
2
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 17th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Frankfurt
Died: November 5, 1914
23
William John Wills
(Explorer)
1
0
Listed In: Explorers
Birthdate: 5th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Totnes, Devon, England
Died: June 28, 1861
24
Johann Philipp Reis
(Physicist, Inventor)
0
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: 7th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Gelnhausen
Died: January 14, 1874
25
Majid bin Said of Zanzibar
(Politician)
1
0
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Unguja, Tanzania
Died: October 7, 1870
26
Viktor Hartmann
(Architect)
1
0
Birthdate: 23rd April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: July 23, 1873
27
Edwin Klebs
(Pathologist)
3
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 6th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia
Died: October 23, 1913
28
Prince Edmond de Polignac
(Composer)
2
0
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 19th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: August 8, 1901
29
Miguel Grau Seminario
(Peruvian Naval Officer Who Played an Important Role in the Battle of Angamos)
1
0
30
Duchess Helene in Bavaria
(Duchess)
0
0
Listed In: Royal Family Members
Birthdate: 4th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: May 16, 1890
31
Thomas Sutherland
(Founder of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation)
0
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: 16th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Died: January 1, 1922
32
Peter Benoit
(Flemish Composer)
4
0
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 17th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Harelbeke, Belgium
Died: March 8, 1901
33
Vasily Perov
(Painter, a key figure of the Russian Realist movement and one of the founding members of Peredvizhniki)
1
0
Listed In: Realist Painters
Birthdate: 2nd January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tobolsk, Russia
Died: June 10, 1882
34
Julia Pastrana
(Performer)
3
3
35
José Hernández
(Journalist)
1
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: 10th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: October 21, 1886
36
Aleksis Kivi
(Finnish Author Who Wrote the First Significant Novel in the Finnish Language)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 10th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Palojoki, Finland
Died: December 31, 1872
37
William Henry Preece
(Engineer)
2
0
Listed In: Electrical Engineers
Birthdate: 15th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Caernarfon, England
Died: November 6, 1913
38
William Chester Minor
(Former Surgeon known for Contributions to the Oxford English Dictionary)
1
2
39
Abigail Scott Duniway
(Writer)
2
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 22nd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Groveland, Illinois, United States
Died: October 11, 1915
40
Charles Farrar Browne
(Writer)
1
0
Birthdate: 26th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Waterford, Maine, United States
Died: March 6, 1867
41
Timothy Eaton
(Entrepreneur)
0
0
Listed In: Retailers
Birthdate: 28th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland
Died: January 31, 1907
42
Thomas François Burgers
(Former State President of the South African Republic)
1
0
Listed In: Political Leaders
Birthdate: 15th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Graaff-Reinet, South Africa
Died: December 9, 1881
43
Joseph Henry Shorthouse
(Writer)
2
0
Listed In: Novelists
Birthdate: 9th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Birmingham, England
Died: March 4, 1903
44
Catherine Furbish
(Botanist)
2
0
Listed In: Botanists
Birthdate: 9th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Exeter, New Hampshire, United States
Died: December 6, 1931
45
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
(Painter)
20
22
Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 11th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
Died: July 17, 1903
46
James Hargreaves
(Chemist, Businessperson)
1
0
Listed In: Chemists
Birthdate: 30th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hoarstones Stone Circle, United Kingdom
Died: April 4, 1915
47
Lord Acton
(Historian and Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth)
1
4
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: 10th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Naples, Italy
Died: June 19, 1902
48
Henry Baldwin Hyde
(Businessman)
1
0
Listed In: Venture Capitalists
Birthdate: 15th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Catskill, New York, United States
Died: May 2, 1899
49
Carlos Eugenio Correia da Silva, Count of Paco de Arcos
(Politician)
1
0
Listed In: Political Leaders
Birthdate: 17th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Encarnação, Lisbon, Portugal
Died: November 5, 1905
50
Ernst Georg Ravenstein
(Geographer)
0
0
Listed In: Geographers
Birthdate: 30th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany
Died: March 13, 1913
