1
Claude Debussy
(French Impressionist Composer Best Known for His Opera 'Pelléas et Mélisande')
64
12
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 22nd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Died: March 25, 1918
2
Ida B. Wells
(Women's Rights Activist and Civil Rights Leader)
73
17
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 16th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States
Died: March 25, 1931
3
O. Henry
(Short Story Writer)
117
10
Listed In: Short Story Writers
Birthdate: 11th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Greensboro, North Carolina
Died: June 5, 1910
4
Gustav Klimt
(Austrian Symbolist Painter and One of the Most Prominent Members of the ‘Vienna Secession’ Movement)
34
17
Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 14th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Baumgarten, Vienna, Austria
Died: February 6, 1918
5
David Hilbert
(Mathematician)
56
5
Listed In: Mathematicians
Birthdate: 23rd January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Königsberg or Wehlau, Province of Prussia (today Znamensk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)
Died: February 14, 1943
6
Edith Wharton
(Writer)
15
4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 24th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York City
Died: August 11, 1937
7
J. Bruce Ismay
(Businessman)
15
7
Birthdate: 12th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Crosby, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Died: October 17, 1937
8
Hilma af Klint
(Swedish Artist and Mystic Best Known for Her 'Temple' Paintings)
20
2
Listed In: Abstract Painters
Birthdate: 26th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Solna, Sweden
Died: October 21, 1944
9
Charles M. Schwab
(American Steel Magnate & Businessman)
55
24
Listed In: Steel
Birthdate: 18th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Williamsburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: October 18, 1939
10
Billy Sunday
(The Most Influential American Evangelist During the First Two Decades of the 20th Century)
31
6
Listed In: Baseball Players
Birthdate: 19th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Story County, Iowa, U.S
Died: November 6, 1935
11
Connie Mack
(Baseball manager)
10
1
Listed In: Baseball Players
Birthdate: 22nd December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: East Brookfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: February 8, 1956
12
Charles Evans Hughes
(Politician)
8
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 11th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Glens Falls, New York, U.S.
Died: August 27, 1948
13
Homer Plessy
(Activist)
23
8
Listed In: Civil Rights Activists
Birthdate: 17th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Died: March 1, 1925
14
Ugyen Wangchuck
(The First Druk Gyalpo (King of Bhutan))
133
15
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Bumthang District
Died: August 7, 1926
15
Joseph Merrick
(Elephant Man)
52
13
Birthdate: 5th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Leicester
Died: April 11, 1890
16
Loie Fuller
(Actor, Lighting designer, Choreographer, Artist, Dancer, Stage actor, Model)
10
0
Listed In: Dancers
Birthdate: 15th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Illinois
Died: January 1, 1928
17
Louis Botha
(Politician)
6
0
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 27th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Greytown
Died: August 27, 1919
18
Frederick Delius
(Composer)
4
0
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 29th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bradford, England
Died: June 10, 1934
19
Arthur Schnitzler
(Austrian Playwright and Novelist )
6
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 15th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: October 21, 1931
20
Robert Hotung
(The grand old man of Hong Kong)
3
0
Listed In: Political Leaders
Birthdate: 22nd December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Died: April 26, 1956
21
Victoria of Baden
(Queen)
2
0
Listed In: Empresses & Queens
Birthdate: 7th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Karlsruhe, Germany
Died: April 4, 1930
22
William Henry Bragg
(Physicist and Mathematician Who Invented the ‘X-Ray’ Spectrometer)
6
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 2nd July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Wigton, England, United Kingdom
Died: March 12, 1942
23
Niko Pirosmanashvili
(Painter)
16
2
24
Johanna van Gogh-Bonger
(Multilingual Dutch Editor and Translator)
2
1
Listed In: Linguists
Birthdate: 4th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Amsterdam
Died: September 2, 1925
25
Mary Kingsley
(British Ethnographer, Scientific Writer and Explorer Known for Her Travels and Writings on West Africa)
4
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 13th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Islington, London, England
Died: June 3, 1900
26
Aristide Briand
(Prime Minister)
2
0
27
Gustav Ritter von Kahr
(German Jurist and Politician)
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 29th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Weissenburg, Germany
Died: June 30, 1934
28
James Clark McReynolds
(Attorney General)
3
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 3rd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Elkton, Kentucky, United States
Died: August 24, 1946
29
George Washington Vanderbilt II
(Art Collector)
34
15
Birthdate: 14th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New Dorp
Died: March 6, 1914
30
Maurice Barrès
(Novelist)
4
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: 19th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Charmes, France
Died: December 4, 1923
31
Amos Alonzo Stagg
(American Athlete and College Coach)
1
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: 16th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: West Orange, New Jersey, United States
Died: March 17, 1965
32
Julius Rosenwald
(Businessman)
1
0
Listed In: Philanthropists
Birthdate: 12th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Springfield, Illinois, United States
Died: January 6, 1932
33
Nikolai Yudenich
(Military commander)
2
0
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 30th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: December 5, 1933
34
Okakura Kakuzō
(Art critic)
2
0
Listed In: Art Critics
Birthdate: 14th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Yokohama, Japan
Died: September 2, 1913
35
Allauddin Khan
(musician, composer, music educator)
4
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Brahmanbaria District
Died: September 6, 1972
36
Prince Henry of Prussia
(Prince)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 14th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: April 20, 1929
37
Nicholas Murray Butler
(Philosopher, Educator)
3
2
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: 2nd April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Elizabeth
Died: December 7, 1947
38
Edward Stratemeyer
(Publisher)
1
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: 4th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
Died: April 13, 1905
39
Victor, Prince Napoléon
(Politician)
1
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 18th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Domaine National du Palais-Royal, Paris, France
Died: May 3, 1926
40
Carolyn Wells
(Former Writer remembered largely for her popular mysteries, children’s books, and humorous verse.)
2
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: 18th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rahway, New Jersey, United States
Died: March 26, 1942
41
Henri Pirenne
(Belgian Scholar and Historian)
1
0
Listed In: Historians
Birthdate: 23rd December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Verviers
Died: October 25, 1935
42
Pyotr Stolypin
(3rd Prime Minister of Russia (1906 - 1911))
2
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 14th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dresden, Germany
Died: September 18, 1911
43
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
(Foreign Secretary)
2
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 25th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, England
Died: September 7, 1933
44
Walter Damrosch
(American Conductor and Composer)
3
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 30th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Wrocław, Poland
Died: December 22, 1950
45
Auguste Lumière
(Engineer)
7
0
Listed In: Inventors
Birthdate: 19th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Besançon, France
Died: April 10, 1954
46
Maironis
(Poet)
3
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 2nd November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Raseiniai District Municipality, Lithuania
Died: June 28, 1932
47
Florence Bascom
(The First Woman to Become a Geologist in the US)
2
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 14th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States
Died: June 18, 1945
48
Hawley Harvey Crippen
(Homeopath & Killer of His Wife)
9
6
Listed In: Murderers
Birthdate: 11th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Coldwater, Michigan, United States
Died: November 23, 1910
49
Albert J. Beveridge
(Politician)
1
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: 6th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Highland County, Ohio, United States
Died: April 27, 1927
50
Billy Hughes
(Prime Minister)
0
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 25th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England
Died: October 28, 1952
