1
William Howard Taft
(27th President of the United States)
89
23
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 15th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Died: March 8, 1930
2
Joseph Conrad
(Known for Short Stories and Novels Like Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness and the Secret Agent)
32
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 3rd December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Berdychiv, Ukraine
Died: August 3, 1924
3
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
(First Chief Scout of the World-Renowned Scout Movement.)
39
5
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 22nd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paddington, London, England
Died: January 8, 1941
4
Milton S. Hershey
(Chocolatier & Businessman)
165
11
Listed In: Philanthropists
Birthdate: 13th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Derry Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: October 13, 1945
5
Edward Elgar
(Composer)
38
3
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 2nd June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Broadheath, England
Died: February 23, 1934
6
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
(The Fifth Daughter and the Youngest Child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert)
14
4
Listed In: Royal Family Members
Birthdate: 14th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: London, England
Died: October 26, 1944
7
Heinrich Hertz
(German Physicist Who Discovered the Existence of Electromagnetic Waves)
28
6
Listed In: Physicists
Birthdate: 22nd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Died: January 1, 1894
8
Clarence Darrow
(Lawyer)
11
2
Listed In: Lawyers
Birthdate: 18th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kinsman Township
Died: March 13, 1938
9
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
(Russian Rocket Scientist Who Pioneered Astronautic Theory)
9
1
Listed In: Aerospace Engineers
Birthdate: 17th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Izhevskoe, Russia
Died: September 19, 1935
10
Ronald Ross
(Medical doctor)
7
1
Birthdate: 13th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Almora, India
Died: September 16, 1932
11
Alfred Binet
(Psychologist, Educationist)
4
1
12
Williamina Fleming
(Scottish Astronomer Famous for Her Discovery of the 'Horsehead Nebula')
9
1
Listed In: Astronomers
Birthdate: 15th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Dundee, Scotland
Died: May 21, 1911
13
George Gissing
(British Novelist Best Known for His Works: 'The Nether World', 'New Grub Street' and 'The Odd Women')
3
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 22nd November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Wakefield, England
Died: December 28, 1903
14
Pope Pius XI
(Pope)
11
4
Listed In: Spiritual & Religious Leaders
Birthdate: 31st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Desio, Italy
Died: February 10, 1939
15
Charles Scott Sherrington
(English Neurophysiologist Who Won the 1932 Nobel Prize in Medicine)
6
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 27th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Islington, London, England
Died: March 4, 1952
16
Theodor Kittelsen
(Artist, illustrator)
3
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: 27th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kragerø, Norway
Died: January 21, 1914
17
Pedro Paterno
(politician, novelist, poet, author, autobiographer)
1
0
Listed In: Novelists
Birthdate: 17th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Manila
Died: March 11, 1911
18
Georges Gilles de la Tourette
(Physician, Psychiatrist, Neurologist)
3
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: 30th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers
Died: May 26, 1904
19
Fannie Farmer
(Cook)
3
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 23rd March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: January 15, 1915
20
Eugen Bleuler
(Psychiatrist, Physician, University teacher)
2
1
Listed In: Psychiatrists
Birthdate: 30th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Zollikon
Died: July 15, 1939
21
Eugène Atget
(Photographer, Artist)
3
1
Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 12th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Libourne
Died: August 4, 1927
22
Ruggero Leoncavallo
(Italian Opera Composer and Librettist)
3
1
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 23rd April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Naples, Italy
Died: August 9, 1919
23
Alexander, Prince of Bulgaria
(Former Prince of Bulgaria (1879 - 1886))
3
2
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: 5th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Verona, Italy
Died: November 17, 1893
24
Aleksandr Lyapunov
(mathematician, physicist)
2
0
Listed In: Mathematicians
Birthdate: 6th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Yaroslavl
Died: November 3, 1918
25
Vladimir Bekhterev
(Russian Neurologist and the Father of Objective Psychology Known for Noting the Role of the 'Hippocampus' in Memory)
5
2
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: 20th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Sorali, Russia
Died: December 24, 1927
26
E. A. Wallis Budge
(Egyptologist)
2
0
Listed In: Philologists
Birthdate: 27th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bodmin, England
Died: November 23, 1934
27
Andrija Mohorovičić
(Meteorologist)
4
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 23rd January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Opatija
Died: December 18, 1936
28
Frank J. Sprague
(Engineer)
3
1
Listed In: Electrical Engineers
Birthdate: 25th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Milford
Died: October 25, 1934
29
Sidney Kidman
(Businessperson, Stockman)
1
0
30
Martinus Theunis Steyn
(Former 6th State President of the Orange Free State (1896 - 1902))
3
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 2nd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Winburg, South Africa
Died: November 28, 1916
31
Lucy, Lady Houston
(Philanthropist, Political activist)
3
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 8th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lambeth, London, England
Died: December 29, 1936
32
Henrik Pontoppidan
(Johann Adolph Hasse)
1
0
Listed In: Novelists
Birthdate: 24th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Fredericia, Denmark
Died: August 21, 1943
33
Julius Wagner-Jauregg
(Physician, Politician, Neurologist, Psychiatrist, Professor)
1
0
34
Elwood Haynes
(Inventor)
3
1
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: 14th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Portland, Indiana, United States
Died: April 13, 1925
35
Martha Carey Thomas
(American Linguist, Suffragist, and Educator)
4
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: 2nd January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died: December 2, 1935
36
Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen
(Danish Botanist, Physiologist, and Geneticist Best Known for Coining the Terms Gene, Phenotype and Genotype)
2
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 3rd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Elsinore, Denmark
Died: November 11, 1927
37
Ida Tarbell
(Journalist)
1
1
Listed In: Journalists
Birthdate: 5th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Hatch Hollow, Amity Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: January 6, 1944
38
Émile Coué
(Psychologist)
0
0
Listed In: Psychologists
Birthdate: 26th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Troyes, France
Died: July 2, 1926
39
Edward Emerson Barnard
(American astronomer)
2
1
Listed In: Astronomers
Birthdate: 16th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Nashville
Died: February 6, 1923
40
Shibli Nomani
(Former writer known for the founding of the Shibli National College in 1883 and the Darul Mussanifin)
1
0
Listed In: Philosophers
Birthdate: 3rd June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Uttar Pradesh, India
Died: November 18, 1914
41
Mrs. Leslie Carter
(Actress)
2
0
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 10th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Died: November 13, 1937
42
Max Klinger
(Painter)
2
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: 18th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Leipzig, Germany
Died: July 5, 1920
43
Richard Mansfield
(British Actor-Manager Best Known for His Performances in Shakespeare Plays, Gilbert and Sullivan Operas)
0
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: 24th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: August 30, 1907
44
Ovonramwen
(King of Benin)
0
0
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Calabar, Nigeria
Died: December 31, 1914
45
Mikhail Alekseyev
(General)
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 15th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vyazma, Russia
Died: October 8, 1918
46
Karl Koller
(Ophthalmologist)
2
0
Listed In: Ophthalmologists
Birthdate: 3rd December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bohemia, Czech Republic
Died: March 21, 1944
47
Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje
(Professor)
0
0
Listed In: Educators
Birthdate: 8th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Oosterhout, Netherlands
Died: June 26, 1936
48
John Jacob Abel
(American Biochemist and Pharmacologist Known for His Contributions to a Modern Understanding of the Ductless, or Endocrine, Glands)
2
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 19th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died: May 26, 1938
49
Arthur Wesley Dow
(Artist)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: 6th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States
Died: December 1, 1922
50
James Edward Keeler
(American Astronomer Who Discovered the First 'Pulsar' and Observed the 'Rings of Saturn')
4
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 10th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: La Salle, Illinois, United States
Died: August 12, 1900
