1
Bing Crosby
(Actor and One of the Most Popular and Influential Musical Artists of the 20th Century)
131
47
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: 3rd May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tacoma, Washington, United States
Died: October 14, 1977
2
George Orwell
(Known for His Novels “Animal Farm” and “Nineteen Eighty-Four”)
137
57
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 25th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Motihari, Bihar, India
Died: January 21, 1950
3
Bob Hope
(Stand-Up Comedian Known for His One-Liners and Rapid-Fire Delivery of Jokes)
108
16
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: 29th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Eltham, London, England
Died: July 27, 2003
4
Lou Gehrig
(One of the Most Durable Players in American Professional Baseball and One of its Great Hitters)
87
12
Listed In: Baseball Players
Birthdate: 19th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Yorkville, New York, United States
Died: June 2, 1941
5
John von Neumann
(Great Mathematician Who Were Equally at Home in Pure and Applied Mathematics)
55
17
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: 28th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: February 8, 1957
6
Curly Howard
(Comedian, Actor and Member of the Comedy Trio ‘The Three Stooges’)
68
7
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: 22nd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bensonhurst, New York, United States
Died: January 18, 1952
7
Eliot Ness
(American Prohibition Agent Known for His Efforts to Bring Down Al Capone)
43
12
Birthdate: 19th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: May 16, 1957
8
Lawrence Welk
(Accordionist, Bandleader, and Television Impresario)
48
10
Birthdate: 11th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Strasburg, North Dakota
Died: May 17, 1992
9
Ward Bond
(Actor)
28
7
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 9th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Benkelman, Nebraska, USA
Died: November 5, 1960
10
Mark Rothko
(American Painter Known or His Abstract Expressionism and Color Field Paintings)
21
7
Listed In: Abstract Painters
Birthdate: 25th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Daugavpils, Latvia
Died: February 25, 1970
11
Olav V of Norway
(Former King of Norway (1957 - 1991))
21
7
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 2nd July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Sandringham, Norfolk, England
Died: January 17, 1991
12
Vincente Minnelli
(Film director)
13
5
Listed In: Directors
Birthdate: 28th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: July 25, 1986
13
Anais Nin
(French-Born American Novelist, Diarist and Short Story Writer)
26
13
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 21st February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, France
Died: January 14, 1977
14
Claudette Colbert
(One of the Greatest Female Stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema)
20
4
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 13th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Saint-Mandé, France
Died: July 30, 1996
15
Edgar Buchanan
(Actor)
42
6
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 20th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Humansville, Missouri, United States
Died: April 4, 1979
16
Tunku Abdul Rahman
(1st Prime Minister of Malaysia)
40
7
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 8th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Alor Setar, Malaysia
Died: December 6, 1990
17
The French Angel
(French Professional Wrestler)
13
2
Birthdate: 23rd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ural Mountains, Russia
Died: September 4, 1954
18
Melvin Purvis
(FBI agent)
15
7
Listed In: Government Officials
Birthdate: 24th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Timmonsville, South Carolina, USA
Died: February 29, 1960
19
Evelyn Waugh
(One of the Great Prose Stylists of the English Language in the 20th Century)
9
4
Listed In: Novelists
Birthdate: 28th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: West Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Died: April 10, 1966
20
Amy Johnson
(Aviator)
20
4
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1st July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died: January 5, 1941
21
K. Kamaraj
(Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (1954-63))
364
64
Listed In: Political Leaders
Birthdate: 15th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India
Died: October 2, 1975
22
Jeanette MacDonald
(Actress and Singer Known for Her Musical Films: ‘Maytime’, 'Naughty Marietta' and 'The Love Parade')
17
1
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: 18th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: January 14, 1965
23
Vladimir Horowitz
(Russian-Born American Virtuoso Pianist)
24
12
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 1st October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kyiv, Ukraine
Died: November 5, 1989
24
Benjamin Spock
(Pediatrician Whose 1946 Book 'Baby and Child Care' Revolutionized Parental Upbringing)
19
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 2nd May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Died: March 15, 1998
25
Edgar Bergen
(Best known for his proficiency in ventriloquism and his characters Charlie McCarthy)
12
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: 16th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: September 30, 1978
26
Roy Acuff
(Known as the 'King of Country Music' and a Member of the 'Grand Ole Opry')
18
2
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: 15th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Maynardville, Tennessee, United States
Died: November 23, 1992
27
Theodor W. Adorno
(German Philosopher, Sociologist, Psychologist and Composer)
7
2
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: 11th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany
Died: August 6, 1969
28
Elisha Cook Jr.
(Actor)
24
2
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 26th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: May 18, 1995
29
Empress Kōjun
(Consort)
12
5
Listed In: Empresses & Queens
Birthdate: 6th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Died: June 16, 2000
30
Aram Khachaturian
(Composer)
19
10
31
Arthur Godfrey
(One of the Biggest Radio & TV Personalities in America in the 1950s)
12
2
Listed In: Radio Personalities
Birthdate: 31st August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: March 16, 1983
32
Konrad Lorenz
(Austrian Zoologist, Ethologist, Ornithologist and Winner of 1973 Nobel Prize in Medicine)
13
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 7th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: February 21, 1989
33
Barbara Hepworth
(English Artist and Sculptor Whose Work Exemplifies Modernism)
12
4
Listed In: Sculptors
Birthdate: 10th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom
Died: May 20, 1975
34
Georges Simenon
(One of the Most Widely Published Authors of the 20th Century)
9
2
Listed In: Novelists
Birthdate: 13th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Liège, Belgium
Died: September 4, 1989
35
Bix Beiderbecke
(Musician)
9
3
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 10th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Davenport, Iowa, United States
Died: August 6, 1931
36
Ella Baker
(American activist)
12
5
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 13th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Died: December 13, 1986
37
Red Grange
(American football halfback)
12
2
Listed In: American Football Players
Birthdate: 13th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Forksville, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: January 28, 1991
38
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
(Former President of the ICPC and Director of the Reich Security Main Office (1943 - 1945))
9
7
Birthdate: 4th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ried im Innkreis, Austria
Died: October 16, 1946
39
The French Angel
(French Professional Wrestler Who Was Twice World Heavyweight Champion)
2
0
Birthdate: 23rd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ural Mountains, Russia
Died: September 4, 1954
40
Graham Sutherland
(Painter, Artist)
2
0
41
Habib Bourguiba
(Politician, Lawyer)
13
6
42
John Wyndham
(Science-Fiction Writer Best Known for His Novels: 'The Day of the Triffids' and 'The Midwich Cuckoos')
4
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 10th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Dorridge, Warwickshire, England
Died: March 11, 1969
43
Earl Hines
(Jazz musician)
6
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 28th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Duquesne, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: April 22, 1983
44
Yasujirō Ozu
(Japanese Film Director and Screenwriter)
4
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: 12th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Died: December 12, 1963
45
Al Hirschfeld
(Caricaturist, Artist, Postage stamp designer)
8
0
46
Cool Papa Bell
(Former Baseball center fielder in Negro league baseball from 1922 to 1946)
12
2
Listed In: Baseball Players
Birthdate: 17th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Starkville, Mississippi, United States
Died: March 7, 1991
47
Ruth Graves Wakefield
(Chef, Patent inventor, Teacher, Businessperson, Food critic, Dietitian)
5
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: 17th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Walpole
Died: January 10, 1977
48
James Beard
(Chef, Non-fiction writer)
5
2
49
Preston Tucker
(Entrepreneur)
4
2
Birthdate: 21st September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Capac, Michigan, United States
Died: December 26, 1956
50
Sadegh Hedayat
(Iranian Writer Best Known for His Novel 'The Blind Owl')
36
8
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 17th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Died: April 9, 1951
