1
Hedy Lamarr
(Actress Best Known for Her Films 'Algiers', 'Lady of the Tropics' & 'Boom Town')
118
29
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: 9th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: January 19, 2000
2
Joe DiMaggio
(One of the Greatest Baseball Players of All Time)
69
10
Listed In: Baseball Players
Birthdate: 25th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Martinez, California, United States
Died: March 8, 1999
3
Joe Louis
(One of the Greatest and Most Influential Boxers of All Time.)
76
11
Listed In: Boxers
Birthdate: 13th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Chambers County, Alabama, United States
Died: April 12, 1981
4
Alec Guinness
(Actor)
56
16
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 2nd April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Died: August 5, 2000
5
Peter Townsend
(aviator, writer)
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8
Listed In: Soldiers
Birthdate: 22nd November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Yangon
Died: June 19, 1995
6
Jonas Salk
(Medical researcher)
77
5
Listed In: Virologists
Birthdate: 28th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: June 23, 1995
7
George Reeves
(Actor)
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18
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 5th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Woolstock, Iowa
Died: June 16, 1959
8
Dylan Thomas
(Poet & Writer)
39
10
9
Jackie Coogan
(Actor)
21
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: 26th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: March 1, 1984
10
William S. Burroughs
(Best Known for His Third Novel 'Naked Lunch')
24
10
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: 5th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died: August 2, 1997
11
Tyrone Power
(Actor)
24
10
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: 5th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Died: November 15, 1958
12
Richard Widmark
(Villainous Tommy Udo in his debut film, Kiss of Death)
31
10
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 26th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Sunrise Township, Minnesota, United States
Died: March 24, 2008
13
Viola Desmond
(Businesswoman)
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7
Listed In: Civil Rights Activists
Birthdate: 6th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Died: February 7, 1965
14
Ray Walston
(Actor & Comedian)
41
4
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 2nd November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Laurel, Mississippi, U.S.
Died: January 1, 2001
15
Jonathan Harris
(Actor)
35
3
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 6th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bronx, New York, United States
Died: November 3, 2002
16
Harry Caray
(Sports commentator)
33
8
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: 1st March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died: February 18, 1998
17
Norman Borlaug
(American Agronomist and Winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1970)
29
12
Listed In: Agricultural Scientists
Birthdate: 25th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cresco, Iowa, United States
Died: September 12, 2009
18
Jack LaLanne
(Fitness & Nutrition Expert, TV presenter)
21
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: 26th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: January 23, 2011
19
Norman Lloyd
(American Actor, Producer, Director and Centenarian)
17
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: 8th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Died: May 11, 2021
20
Noor Inayat Khan
(British Resistance Agent in France in World War II)
29
12
Birthdate: 1st January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: September 13, 1944
21
Thor Heyerdahl
(Norwegian Adventurer and Ethnographer Known for His ‘Kon-Tiki’ and ‘Ra’ Transoceanic Scientific Expeditions)
25
2
Listed In: Ethnologists
Birthdate: 6th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Larvik, Norway
Died: April 18, 2002
22
Desmond Llewelyn
(Welsh Actor Best Known for His Role as ‘Q’ in James Bond Films)
26
6
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 12th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Newport, Wales Newport, Wales
Died: December 19, 1999
23
Sarah Churchill
(English Actress & Dancer and the Daughter of Winston Churchill)
24
7
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 7th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England
Died: September 24, 1982
24
Mohammed Zahir Shah
(King of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973)
40
16
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 15th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kabul, Afghanistan
Died: July 23, 2007
25
Clayton Moore
(American actor)
23
1
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 14th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: December 28, 1999
26
Louis de Funès
(Actor)
17
1
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 31st July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Courbevoie, France
Died: January 27, 1983
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Robert Alda
(Actor)
19
5
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 23rd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Died: May 3, 1986
28
Woody Strode
(One of the First Black American Players in the National Football League in the Postwar Era)
14
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: 25th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: December 31, 1994
29
Ralph Waldo Ellison
(Novelist)
20
5
Listed In: Novelists
Birthdate: 1st March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Died: April 16, 1994
30
E. G. Marshall
(Actor)
20
5
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 18th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Owatonna, Minnesota, United States
Died: August 24, 1998
31
Tove Jansson
(Finnish Penwoman and the Author of the Children’s Book Series 'Moomin')
17
4
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: 9th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Helsinki, Finland
Died: June 27, 2001
32
Julio Cortazar
(Novelist & Translator)
27
6
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 26th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ixelles, Belgium
Died: February 12, 1984
33
Thurl Ravenscroft
(American Actor and Bass Singer)
12
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: 6th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Norfolk
Died: May 22, 2005
34
Octavio Paz
(Writer, Poet, Diplomat and Noble Prize Laureate)
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6
Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 31st March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico
Died: April 19, 1998
35
Jack Parsons
(Researcher)
6
2
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 2nd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: June 17, 1952
36
Dorothy Lamour
(American Actress Known for Her Role in the 'Road To...' Movies)
11
4
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 10th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Died: September 22, 1996
37
Tenzing Norgay
(Nepali-Indian Sherpa Mountaineer One of the First People to Set Foot on the Summit of Mount Everest)
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22
Listed In: Mountaineers
Birthdate: 29th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Khumbu, Nepal
Died: May 9, 1986
38
Richard Basehart
(Actor)
10
2
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 31st August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Zanesville, Ohio, USA
Died: September 17, 1984
39
Kevin McCarthy
(Actor)
12
3
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 15th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington, United States
Died: September 11, 2010
40
Hank Snow
(Country Singer Best Known for Songs: 'I’m Moving On' and 'The Golden Rocket')
14
3
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: 9th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: December 20, 1999
41
María Félix
(Film icon throughout the '40s and '50s for her role in movies such as Doña Bárbara and The Devil is a Woman)
8
3
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 8th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Álamos, Mexico
Died: April 8, 2002
42
David Wayne
(Actor)
18
2
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 30th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Traverse City, Michigan, United States
Died: February 9, 1995
43
Paul Rand
(Art Director)
14
2
Listed In: Art Directors
Birthdate: 5th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: November 26, 1996
44
George Dantzig
(Mathematician, Computer scientist, Statistician)
7
2
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 8th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, United States
Died: May 13, 2005
45
Lilli Palmer
(Actress)
11
2
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 24th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Poznań, Poland
Died: January 27, 1986
46
Robert Wise
(Film Director)
11
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: 10th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Winchester, Indiana, United States
Died: September 14, 2005
47
Jiang Qing
(Chinese Political Figure Who Played an Important Role During 'The Cultural Revolution')
9
6
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: 19th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Zhucheng, Weifang, China
Died: May 14, 1991
48
Ernest Tubb
(Singer-songwriter)
13
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 9th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Crisp, Texas, United States
Died: September 6, 1984
49
Jack Dunphy
(Novelist)
8
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 22nd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Died: April 26, 1992
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Harold Russell
(American 'Second World War' Veteran and Actor)
8
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: 14th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: January 29, 2002
