1
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
(Civil Engineer)
74
12
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: April 9, 1806
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Portsmouth, England
Died: September 15
2
Washington Irving
(Author, Historian, Diplomat)
49
7
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 3, 1783
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Died: November 28
3
Horace Mann
(Educator & Politician)
83
28
4
John Brown
(Abolitionist)
86
27
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 9, 1800
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Torrington, Connecticut, United States
Died: December 2
5
Alexander von Humboldt
(Geographer)
22
6
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: September 14, 1769
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Berlin
Died: May 6
6
Alexis de Tocqueville
(Historian Known for His Works 'Democracy in America' & 'The Old Regime' & 'The Revolution')
12
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: July 29, 1805
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: April 16
7
Eliza Hamilton Holly
(Alexander Hamilton's Daughter)
22
4
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 20, 1799
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York City, New York
Died: October 17
8
Klemens von Metternich
(Chancellor of the Austrian Empire from 1821 to 1848)
12
5
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 15, 1773
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Koblenz, Germany
Died: June 11
9
Leigh Hunt
(English Essayist, Poet & Critic)
20
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 19, 1784
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Southgate, London, England
Died: August 28
10
Wilhelm Grimm
(German Anthropologist, Author and One Half of the Popular Literary Duo, 'The Brothers Grimm')
7
0
11
Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet
(German Mathematician Who Made Valuable Contributions to Number Theory, Analysis and Mechanics)
7
2
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: February 13, 1805
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Düren, Germany
Died: May 5
12
Robert Stephenson
(Engineer, Civil engineer, Politician)
4
0
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: October 16, 1803
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Willington Quay
Died: October 12
13
John Vianney
(French Catholic Priest)
3
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 8, 1786
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Dardilly, France
Died: August 4
14
Carl Ritter
(Co-founder of Modern Geography)
24
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: August 7, 1779
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Quedlinburg, Germany
Died: September 28
15
Tantia Tope
(One of the Best and Most Effective Rebel Generals in the Indian Struggle for Independence)
37
5
16
Nana Saheb
(Peshwa of the Maratha Empire)
113
36
17
Josip Jelačić
(Croatian Lieutenant Field Marshal in the Imperial-Royal Army)
4
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 16, 1801
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Petrovaradin, Serbia
Died: May 20
18
Oscar I of Sweden
(King)
1
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: July 4, 1799
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: July 8
19
Alfred Vail
(American Telegraph Pioneer and an Associate and Financial Backer of Samuel F.B. Morse)
4
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: September 25, 1807
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Morristown, New Jersey, United States
Died: January 18
20
Shields Green
(Activist, Sailor)
2
0
21
Mirabeau B. Lamar
(Politician)
2
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 16, 1798
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Louisville, Georgia, United States
Died: December 19
22
Yoshida Shōin
(Intellectual)
3
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: September 20, 1830
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chōshū Domain, Japan
Died: November 21
23
John Austin
(jurist, philosopher)
1
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: March 3, 1790
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Suffolk
Died: December 1
24
Walter Hunt
(inventor)
1
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: July 29, 1796
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York
Died: June 8
25
Thomas Babington Macaulay
(British Secretary at War (1839 - 1841) )
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: October 25, 1800
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Leicestershire, England
Died: December 28
26
Louis Spohr
(Former violinist, composer, and conductor whose compositions illustrate an early aspect of the Romantic period in German music)
0
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: April 5, 1784
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Brunswick, Germany
Died: October 22
27
Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
(Queen)
2
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: July 15, 1837
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Krauchenwies, Sigmaringen, Germany
Died: July 17
28
Abd al-Rahman of Morocco
(Sultan)
1
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: February 19, 1778
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Marrakesh, Morocco
Died: August 28
29
Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
(King)
1
1
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: January 12, 1810
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Palermo, Italy
Died: May 22
30
Archduke John of Austria
(Archduke of Austria)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 20, 1782
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: May 11
31
William Cranch Bond
(American Astronomer)
3
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 9, 1789
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Falmouth, Maine, United States
Died: January 29
32
Thomas Nuttall
(British Botanist and Zoologist Known for His Discoveries of North American Plants)
1
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: January 5, 1786
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Long Preston, England
Died: September 10
33
Karl Baedeker
(Publisher)
1
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: November 3, 1801
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Essen, Germany
Died: October 4
34
Delia Bacon
(Writer)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 2, 1811
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tallmadge, Ohio, United States
Died: September 2
35
Alecu Russo
(Writer)
2
0
Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Birthdate: March 17, 1819
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Chișinău, Moldova
Died: February 5
36
Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi
(Theologian)
3
0
37
Mountstuart Elphinstone
(Statesman)
1
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 6, 1779
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dumbarton, Dumbartonshire, Scotland
Died: November 20
38
Ignaz Bösendorfer
(Musician)
2
1
39
Thomas De Quincey
(Essayist)
3
4
40
Juan Bandini
(Politician)
0
0
41
Isaac Goldsmid
(British political activist)
1
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: January 13, 1778
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England
Died: April 27
42
Richard Rush
(United States Attorney General)
0
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: August 29, 1780
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United Sates
Died: July 30
43
F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich
(Politician)
0
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 1, 1782
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Skelton-on-Ure, England
Died: January 28
44
Gamaliel Bailey
(Former journalist and a leader of the abolition movement prior to the American Civil War)
0
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: December 3, 1807
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Mount Holly, New Jersey, United States
Died: June 5
45
William H. Prescott
(Historian)
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: May 4, 1796
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Salem, Massachusetts, United States
Died: January 28
46
Seth Thomas
(Clockmaker)
1
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: August 19, 1785
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Wolcott, Connecticut, United States
Died: January 29
47
Zygmunt Krasiński
(Poet)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 19, 1812
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: February 23
48
Bakht Khan
(Indian Commander-In-Chief During the Indian Rebellion of 1857)
0
0
49
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia
(Duchess)
0
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 16, 1786
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: June 23
50
Bettina von Arnim
(Former Writer most famously wrote the 1835 work, Goethes Briefwechsel mit einem Kinde (Goethe's correspondence with a child))
0
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 4, 1785
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany
Died: January 20
