1
Sam Houston
(7th Governor of Texas (1859 - 1861))
79
11
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 2, 1793
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States
Died: July 26
2
Stonewall Jackson
(One of the Best-Known Confederate Commanders During the American Civil War)
55
18
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 21, 1824
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States
Died: May 10
3
Solomon Northup
(Author)
22
5
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: July 10, 1807
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Minerva, New York
Died: 1863 AD
4
Robert Gould Shaw
(Military Personnel)
20
5
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 10, 1837
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died: July 18
5
Eugène Delacroix
(Painter)
11
3
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: April 26, 1798
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Saint-Maurice, France
Died: August 13
6
Jacob Grimm
(Discoverer of ‘Grimm’s Law of Linguistics' and Co-author of the Largest German Dictionary 'Deutsches Wörterbuch')
12
2
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 4, 1785
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Hanau, Germany
Died: September 20
7
William Makepeace Thackeray
(Author & Novelist)
15
4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 18, 1811
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Died: December 24
8
Kamehameha IV
(King)
7
2
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: February 9, 1834
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Died: November 30
9
Lyman Beecher
(Clergyman)
7
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 12, 1775
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New Haven
Died: January 10
10
Clement Clarke Moore
(Author)
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 15, 1779
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Died: July 10
11
James Bruce, 8th earl of Elgin
(Government Official)
4
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 20, 1811
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London, England
Died: November 20
12
Jane Pierce
(First lady)
3
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 12, 1806
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hampton, New Hampshire, United States
Died: December 2
13
Alfred de Vigny
(French Poet and Early French Romanticist)
16
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 27, 1797
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Loches, France
Died: September 17
14
Frederick VII of Denmark
(King)
1
1
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: October 6, 1808
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: November 15
15
John B. Floyd
(Politician)
3
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 1, 1806
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Died: August 26
16
Sam Davis
(Confederate Soldier Who was Executed by Union Forces and Remembered for His Courage and Loyalty)
2
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 6, 1842
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States
Died: November 27
17
Dost Mohammad Khan
(Emir of Afghanistan from 1826 to 1863)
4
4
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: December 23, 1793
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kandahar
Died: June 9
18
Natalia Pushkina
(Former Poet who was wife of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 8, 1812
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Tambov Oblast, Russia
Died: November 26
19
Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde
(Officer)
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 20, 1792
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Died: August 14
20
Franz Xaver Gruber
(Organist)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 25, 1787
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hochburg-Ach, Austria
Died: June 7
21
Shi Dakai
(Chinese Poet and Revolutionary Who Led the 'Taiping Rebellion')
2
0
22
Christian Friedrich Hebbel
(Poet)
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 18, 1813
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Wesselburen, Germany
Died: December 13
23
Horace Vernet
(Painter)
1
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: June 30, 1789
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: January 17
24
William Lowndes Yancey
(Journalist)
1
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: August 10, 1814
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Warren, Georgia, United States
Died: July 27
25
Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli
(Poet)
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 7, 1791
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: December 21
26
Richard Whately
(British Philosopher, Economist, Theologian and Former Archbishop of Dublin)
1
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: February 1, 1787
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cavendish Square, London, England
Died: October 8
27
Maria Martin
(Artist)
2
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: July 6, 1796
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Died: December 18
28
Radama II
(King of Madagascar)
0
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: September 23, 1829
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Queen's Palace, Antananarivo, Madagascar
Died: May 12
29
Ignacio Comonfort
(25th President of Mexico)
0
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 12, 1812
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Amozoc de Mota, Mexico
Died: November 13
30
Frederick William Faber
(Writer)
1
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 28, 1814
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Calverley, England
Died: November 26
31
John J. Crittenden
(Politician)
1
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 10, 1787
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Versailles, Kentucky, United States
Died: July 26
32
Andrew Hull Foote
(Naval officer)
1
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 12, 1806
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Died: June 26
33
Robert John Simmons
(Who served in the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War)
0
0
34
Angus MacAskill
(Canadian Giant, the Strongest Man Who Ever Lived)
1
1
35
Jakob Steiner
(Swiss Mathematician Who Was One of the Founders of Modern Synthetic and Projective Geometry)
0
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: March 18, 1796
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Utzenstorf, Switzerland
Died: April 1
36
Prince Frederick of Prussia
(Prince)
1
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 30, 1794
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: July 27
37
Augustus Egg
(Artist)
0
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: May 2, 1816
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, England
Died: March 26
38
Henriette Pressburg
(Mother of Karl Marx)
0
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 20, 1788
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Nijmegen, Netherlands
Died: November 30
39
William Le Lacheur
(Guernsey sea captain who played an important role in the economic and spiritual development of Costa Rica.)
0
0
40
Mary Burns
(Political Activist)
0
1
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: September 29, 1821
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Manchester, England
Died: January 7
41
Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet
(General)
0
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 29, 1803
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Butterley, England
Died: March 11
42
Sa'id of Egypt
(Wāli)
0
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 17, 1822
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Cairo, Egypt
Died: January 17
43
William Mulready
(Irish Painter)
0
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: April 1, 1786
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ennis, County Clare, Ireland
Died: July 7
44
Christian Friedrich, Baron Stockmar
(Physician)
0
0
45
Peter Andreas Munch
(Norwegian Historian Known for His Work on the Medieval History of Norway)
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: December 15, 1810
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Oslo, Norway
Died: May 25
46
Edward Robinson
(Translator)
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: April 10, 1794
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Southington, Connecticut, United States
Died: January 27
47
Eilhard Mitscherlich
(Chemist)
0
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: January 7, 1794
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Died: August 28
48
Emma Livry
(Ballet Dancer)
0
1
49
Giovanni Battista Amici
(Italian Astronomer, Microscopist, and Botanist Best Known for Invention of the 'Achromatic Lens')
0
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: March 25, 1786
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Modena, Italy
Died: April 10
50
Auguste Bravais
(Physicist)
0
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: August 23, 1811
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Annonay, France
Died: March 30
