1
George Orwell
(Known for His Novels “Animal Farm” and “Nineteen Eighty-Four”)
125
53
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 25th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Motihari, Bihar, India
Died: January 21, 1950
2
Bing Crosby
(Actor and One of the Most Popular and Influential Musical Artists of the 20th Century)
101
39
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: 3rd May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tacoma, Washington, United States
Died: October 14, 1977
3
Bob Hope
(Stand-Up Comedian Known for His One-Liners and Rapid-Fire Delivery of Jokes)
87
10
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)
75
12
Listed In: Baseball Players
Birthdate: 19th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Yorkville, New York, United States
Died: June 2, 1941
5
Curly Howard
(Comedian, Actor and Member of the Comedy Trio ‘The Three Stooges’)
62
6
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: 22nd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bensonhurst, New York, United States
Died: January 18, 1952
6
John von Neumann
(Great Mathematician Who Were Equally at Home in Pure and Applied Mathematics)
46
15
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: 28th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: February 8, 1957
7
Eliot Ness
(American Prohibition Agent Known for His Efforts to Bring Down Al Capone)
34
9
Birthdate: 19th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: May 16, 1957
8
Lawrence Welk
(Accordionist, Bandleader, and Television Impresario)
38
9
Birthdate: 11th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Strasburg, North Dakota
Died: May 17, 1992
9
Ward Bond
(Actor)
23
6
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)
20
5
Listed In: Abstract Painters
Birthdate: 25th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Daugavpils, Latvia
Died: February 25, 1970
11
Vincente Minnelli
(Film director)
12
4
Listed In: Directors
Birthdate: 28th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: July 25, 1986
12
Olav V of Norway
(Former King of Norway (1957 - 1991))
19
6
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 2nd July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Sandringham, Norfolk, England
Died: January 17, 1991
13
John Dillinger
(American Gangster and Bank Robber)
97
46
Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: 22nd June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Died: July 22, 1934
14
Claudette Colbert
(One of the Greatest Female Stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema)
19
4
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 13th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Saint-Mandé, France
Died: July 30, 1996
15
Anais Nin
(French-Born American Novelist, Diarist and Short Story Writer)
22
12
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 21st February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, France
Died: January 14, 1977
16
Tunku Abdul Rahman
(1st Prime Minister of Malaysia)
39
6
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 8th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Alor Setar, Malaysia
Died: December 6, 1990
17
Edgar Buchanan
(Actor)
34
5
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 20th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Humansville, Missouri, United States
Died: April 4, 1979
18
Maurice Tillet
(Wrestler)
12
2
Listed In: Wrestlers
Birthdate: 23rd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ural Mountains, Russia
Died: September 4, 1954
19
Melvin Purvis
(FBI agent)
11
3
Listed In: Government Officials
Birthdate: 24th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Timmonsville, South Carolina, USA
Died: February 29, 1960
20
Evelyn Waugh
(One of the Great Prose Stylists of the English Language in the 20th Century)
8
3
Listed In: Novelists
Birthdate: 28th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: West Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Died: April 10, 1966
21
K. Kamaraj
(Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (1954-63))
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63
Listed In: Political Leaders
Birthdate: 15th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India
Died: October 2, 1975
22
Amy Johnson
(Aviator)
16
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1st July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died: January 5, 1941
23
Vladimir Horowitz
(Russian-Born American Virtuoso Pianist)
23
11
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 1st October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kyiv, Ukraine
Died: November 5, 1989
24
Jeanette MacDonald
(Actress and Singer Known for Her Musical Films: ‘Maytime’, 'Naughty Marietta' and 'The Love Parade')
15
1
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: 18th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: January 14, 1965
25
Benjamin Spock
(Pediatrician Whose 1946 Book 'Baby and Child Care' Revolutionized Parental Upbringing)
15
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 2nd May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Died: March 15, 1998
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
Edgar Bergen
(Best known for his proficiency in ventriloquism and his characters Charlie McCarthy)
9
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: 16th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: September 30, 1978
29
Elisha Cook Jr.
(Actor)
22
1
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 26th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: May 18, 1995
30
Empress Kōjun
(Consort)
11
3
Listed In: Empresses & Queens
Birthdate: 6th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Died: June 16, 2000
31
Kane Tanaka
(World's Oldest Living Person)
22
8
Birthdate: 2nd January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Higashi Ward, Fukuoka, Japan
32
Aram Khachaturian
(Composer)
15
7
33
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
34
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
35
Arthur Godfrey
(One of the Biggest Radio & TV Personalities in America in the 1950s)
10
2
Listed In: Radio Personalities
Birthdate: 31st August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: March 16, 1983
36
Georges Simenon
(One of the Most Widely Published Authors of the 20th Century)
8
2
Listed In: Novelists
Birthdate: 13th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Liège, Belgium
Died: September 4, 1989
37
Ella Baker
(American activist)
12
5
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 13th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Died: December 13, 1986
38
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
39
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
40
Bix Beiderbecke
(Musician)
6
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 10th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Davenport, Iowa, United States
Died: August 6, 1931
41
Preston Tucker
(Entrepreneur)
4
1
Birthdate: 21st September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Capac, Michigan, United States
Died: December 26, 1956
42
Habib Bourguiba
(Politician, Lawyer)
12
5
43
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
44
Earl Hines
(Jazz musician)
6
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 28th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Duquesne, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: April 22, 1983
45
Graham Sutherland
(Painter, Artist)
2
0
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Cool Papa Bell
(Former Baseball center fielder in Negro league baseball from 1922 to 1946)
10
0
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
Al Hirschfeld
(Caricaturist, Artist, Postage stamp designer)
7
0
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John Wyndham
(Science-Fiction Writer Best Known for His Novels: 'The Day of the Triffids' and 'The Midwich Cuckoos')
3
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 10th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Dorridge, Warwickshire, England
Died: March 11, 1969
50
Sadegh Hedayat
(Iranian Writer Best Known for His Novel 'The Blind Owl')
32
8
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 17th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Died: April 9, 1951
