1 Cornelius Vanderbilt
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Famous As: Business Tycoon & Philanthropist
Birthdate: May 27, 1794
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Staten Island
Died: January 4
2 Nathan Bedford Forrest
88
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Famous As: Confederate general during American Civil War
Birthdate: July 13, 1821
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bedford County, Tennessee, United States
Died: October 29
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3 Crazy Horse
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Died: September 5
4 Brigham Young
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Famous As: Second President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Whitingham
Died: August 29
5 Saigo Takamori
01
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Famous As: Samurai, Poet
Birthdate: January 23, 1828
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6 Gustave Courbet
40
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Sun Sign: Gemini
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Died: December 31
7 Adolphe Thiers
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Famous As: Politician
Birthdate: April 15, 1797
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bouc-Bel-Air, France
Died: September 3
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18 Charles Wilkes
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22 Raphael Semmes
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24 Hermann Grassmann
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29 Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
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30 Johan Ludvig Runeberg
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31 Robert Dale Owen
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32 John O'Mahony
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33 Nathaniel Palmer
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38 Ludwig von Köchel
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40 Edward Belcher
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41 Alexandre Herculano
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42 Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff
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43 Charles Henry Davis
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