1
Abraham Lincoln
(16th President of the United States (1861-1865))
1335
322
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: February 12, 1809
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Larue County, Kentucky, United States
Died: April 15
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
2
Ignaz Semmelweis
(Physician)
17
7
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: July 1, 1818
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Tabán, Budapest, Hungary
Died: August 13
3
Leopold I of Belgium
(First King of the Belgians (1831 - 1865))
12
7
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: December 16, 1790
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Coburg, Germany
Died: December 10
4
Sir William Rowan Hamilton
(Irish Mathematician and Astronomer Who Contributed to the Development of ‘Optics’, ‘Classical Mechanics’ and ‘Abstract Algebra’)
27
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: August 4, 1805
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: September 2
5
Elizabeth Gaskell
(Novelist)
9
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 29, 1810
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Chelsea, England
Died: November 12
6
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
(Politician)
6
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 20, 1784
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Westminster, Middlesex, England
Died: October 18
7
James Barry
(military physician, Surgeon)
3
2
8
Joseph Paxton
(Gardener & Architect)
9
0
9
Isabella Beeton
(Author)
10
5
10
Edward Everett
(Former American senator)
8
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 11, 1794
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts
Died: January 15
11
Paul Bogle
(Activist)
3
1
12
Henry Wirz
(Swiss-American Officer of the Southern Army)
4
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 25, 1823
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Zürich, Switzerland
Died: November 10
13
Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia
(Prince)
5
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 20, 1843
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Alexander Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: April 24
14
Stephen Allen Benson
(Politician)
4
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 21, 1816
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cambridge, Maryland, United States
Died: January 24
15
Heinrich Lenz
(Russian Physicist Best Known for Formulating 'Lenz's Law')
3
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: February 12, 1804
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tartu
Died: February 10
16
Christian Jürgensen Thomsen
(Danish Antiquarian Who Developed Early Archaeological Techniques and Methods)
2
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: December 29, 1788
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: May 21
17
Princess Sophie of Sweden
(Princess)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 21, 1801
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: July 6
18
John Lindley
(British Botanist, Gardener and Orchidologist)
4
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: February 5, 1799
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Old Catton, England
Died: November 1
19
Richard Cobden
(Politician)
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 3, 1804
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Heyshott, United Kingdom
Died: April 2
20
Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller
(Painter)
2
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: January 15, 1793
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: August 23
21
Fredrika Bremer
(Swedish Writer and Feminist Reformer)
3
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: August 17, 1801
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Turku, Finland
Died: December 31
22
William Jackson Hooker
(British Botanist and Botanical Illustrator Best Known for Expanding and Developing the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew)
2
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 6, 1785
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Norwich, England
Died: August 12
23
David Herold
(Accomplice of John Wilkes Booth, the Man Who Killed Abraham Lincoln)
0
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: June 16, 1842
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Maryland, United States
Died: July 7
24
Tom Sayers
(Boxer)
2
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 25, 1826
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Brighton, England
Died: November 8
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
25
Anna Pavlovna of Russia
(Queen Consort of the Netherlands)
1
1
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: January 18, 1795
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: March 1
26
Robert Remak
(German Physiologist Known for Discovering the Three Germ Layers of Embryo: 'Ectoderm', 'Mesoderm' and 'Endoderm')
1
0
27
Thomas Corwin
(Politician)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 29, 1794
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States
Died: December 18
28
Lewis Powell
(Soldier, Murder)
2
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 22, 1844
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Randolph County, Alabama, United States
Died: July 7
29
Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld
(Opera singer)
2
0
30
Giuditta Pasta
(Italian Opera Singer)
1
0
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: October 26, 1797
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Saronno, Italy
Died: April 1
31
Kunisada
(Japanese Portrait Painter)
0
0
32
Rafael Carrera
(Politician)
5
5
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 24, 1815
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Guatemala City, Guatemala
Died: April 14
33
William Becknell
(Soldier)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1787 AD
Birthplace: Amherst County, Virginia, United States
Died: April 30
34
Lydia Sigourney
(Author)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 1, 1791
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Norwich, Connecticut, United States
Died: June 10
35
Andrés Bello
(An Exemplary Figure in the History of Spanish American Culture Noted for His Work as a Naturalist)
3
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 29, 1781
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Caracas
Died: October 15
36
Alecu Donici
(Poet)
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 19, 1806
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Donici, Orhei, Romania
Died: January 21
37
Alexandros Mavrokordatos
(Statesman)
0
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 11, 1791
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Constantinople, Turkey
Died: August 18
38
Madeleine Sophie Barat
(Saint)
3
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 12, 1779
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Joigny, France
Died: May 25
39
Heinrich Barth
(German Explorer and Geographer Known for His Expeditions in Africa)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 16, 1821
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Died: November 25
40
Joseph Emerson Worcester
(Lexicographer)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 24, 1784
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bedford, New Hampshire, United States
Died: October 27
41
John Catron
(Jurist)
0
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: January 7, 1786
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
Died: May 30
42
Nicholas Wiseman
(British Cardinal and the First Archbishop of Westminster)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 3, 1802
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Seville, Spain
Died: February 15
43
Albert Oppel
(Paleontologist)
2
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 19, 1831
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Germany
Died: December 22
44
Fitz Henry Lane
(Painter)
1
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: December 19, 1804
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States
Died: August 14
45
Samuel David Luzzatto
(Scholar)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 22, 1800
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Trieste, Italy
Died: September 30
46
Arthur Tappan
(Businessman)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 22, 1786
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Northampton, Massachusetts, United States
Died: July 23
47
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
(French Socialist and Politician Regarded as the 'Father of Anarchism')
3
7
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 15, 1809
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Besançon, France
Died: January 19
48
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
(Politician)
0
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 17, 1796
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Windsor, Canada
Died: August 27
49
Nazju Falzon
(Cleric)
2
0
50
Charles Lock Eastlake
(Painter)
1
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: November 17, 1793
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Plymouth, England
Died: December 24
