1
Charles Darwin
(Naturalist known for His Contributions to Evolutionary Biology)
215
84
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: February 12, 1809
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: The Mount House, Shrewsbury, England
Died: April 19
2
Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Famous For his Essay 'Nature' and Speech Entitled 'The American Scholar')
56
17
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 25, 1803
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: April 27
3
Giuseppe Garibaldi
(Italian General Who Contributed to Italian Unification and the Creation of the Kingdom of Italy)
50
10
4
Mary Todd Lincoln
(Wife of Former US President Abraham Lincoln and the First Lady of the United States (1861 - 1865))
36
13
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 13, 1818
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Died: July 16
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
5
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(First American poet to translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy)
46
12
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 27, 1807
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Portland, Maine, United States
Died: March 24
6
Morgan Earp
(Police officer)
30
7
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 24, 1851
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Pella, Iowa, United States
Died: March 18
7
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
(Poet)
13
6
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: May 12, 1828
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
Died: April 9
8
Theodor Schwann
(Physiologist)
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0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 7, 1810
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Neuss, Germany
Died: January 11
9
Anthony Trollope
(Novelist)
8
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 24, 1815
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 6
10
Léon Gambetta
(Former republican politician who proclaimed the French Third Republic in 1870 and played a prominent role in its early government)
4
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: April 2, 1838
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cahors, France
Died: December 31
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
11
Friedrich Wöhler
(German chemist)
2
0
12
Richard Henry Dana Jr.
(Lawyer)
8
2
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: August 1, 1815
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died: January 6
13
Ewelina Hańska
(Noblewoman)
5
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 6, 1805
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Pohrebyshche, Ukraine
Died: April 11
14
Sergey Nechayev
(Revolutionary)
2
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 2, 1847
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ivanovo, Russia
Died: December 3
15
Bruno Bauer
(German Philosopher and Theologian Known for His Association and Sharp Break With ‘Karl Marx’ and ‘Friedrich Engels')
3
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: September 6, 1809
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Eisenberg, Germany
Died: April 13
16
Louis Blanc
(French Politician and Historian for His Theory of Worker-Controlled 'Social Workshops')
2
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: October 29, 1811
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: December 6
17
Alexander Gardner
(photographer, war photographer)
1
0
Listed In: Photographers
Birthdate: October 17, 1821
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paisley
Died: December 10
18
Francesco Hayez
(Painter)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: February 10, 1791
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: February 12
19
Ignacy Łukasiewicz
(Polish pharmacist)
3
2
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: March 8, 1822
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Zaduszniki, Podkarpackie Voivodeship
Died: January 7
20
William Tappan Thompson
(Writer)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 31, 1812
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ravenna, Ohio, United States
Died: March 24
21
Archibald Campbell Tait
(Former Archbishop of Canterbury)
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0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 21, 1811
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland
Died: December 3
22
Vasily Perov
(Painter, a key figure of the Russian Realist movement and one of the founding members of Peredvizhniki)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: January 2, 1834
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tobolsk, Russia
Died: June 10
23
Henry Draper
(American Physician and Amateur Astronomer Who Made the First Photograph of the Spectrum of a Star)
3
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: March 7, 1837
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States
Died: November 20
24
János Arany
(Hungarian Poet Best Known for His Epic Poem 'Toldi' Trilogy)
2
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 2, 1817
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Salonta, Romania
Died: October 22
25
Egerton Ryerson
(Educator, minister known for Championing free schooling in Canada, influence in the design of the Canadian Indian residential school system)
1
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 24, 1803
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Walsh, Canada
Died: February 19
26
Ekaterine Dadiani, Princess of Mingrelia
(Princess)
4
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: March 19, 1816
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tbilisi, Georgia
Died: August 13
27
E.B. Pusey
(Theologian)
2
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 22, 1800
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Pusey, England
Died: September 16
28
Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald
(Estonian Writer Regarded as 'Father of the National Literature for Estonia')
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 26, 1803
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Jõepere, Estonia
Died: August 25
29
James Challis
(British Clergyman and Astronomer Famous in the History of Astronomy for His Failure to Discover the Planet 'Neptune')
3
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 12, 1803
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Braintree, Essex, England
Died: December 3
30
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
(Photographer)
0
0
Listed In: Photographers
Birthdate: 1840 AD
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: January 14
31
George Perkins Marsh
(Environmentalist)
1
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 15, 1801
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Woodstock, Vermont, United States
Died: July 23
32
Mikhail Skobelev
(General)
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0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 29, 1843
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: St. Petersburg, Russia
Died: July 7
33
Hugh Allan
(Financier)
1
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: September 29, 1810
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Saltcoats, United Kingdom
Died: December 9
34
Thurlow Weed
(Politician)
2
2
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: November 15, 1797
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Greene County, New York, United States
Died: November 22
35
William Harrison Ainsworth
(Novelist)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 4, 1805
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Manchester, England
Died: January 3
36
Edward Henry Palmer
(Explorer)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 7, 1840
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cambridge, England
Died: August 10
37
Joachim Raff
(German-Swiss Composer and Pedagogue)
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0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: May 27, 1822
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lachen, Switzerland
Died: June 24
38
Lord Frederick Cavendishdish
(Politician)
0
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 30, 1836
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Eastbourne, England, United Kingdom
Died: May 6
39
Carl Robert Jakobson
(Estonian Politician Who Played an Important Role in the 'Estonian National Awakening Movement')
2
1
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Hablot Knight Browne
(Artist)
0
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: July 12, 1815
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lambeth, England
Died: July 8
41
Giovanni Dupré
(Italian Sculptor)
2
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: March 1, 1817
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Siena, Italy
Died: January 10
42
West Hughes Humphreys
(Judge)
1
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: August 26, 1806
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States
Died: October 16
43
Jules Quicherat
(Historian)
2
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: October 13, 1814
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: April 8
44
Georges Leclanché
(French Electrical Engineer Famous for His Invention of the 'Leclanché Cell')
0
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: October 9, 1839
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Parmain, France
Died: September 14
45
Francis Maitland Balfour
(Biologist)
1
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: November 10, 1851
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland,
Died: July 19
46
Carlo Piaggia
(Italian Explorer)
3
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 4, 1827
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lucca, Italy
Died: January 17
47
John Scott Russell
(Scottish Civil Engineer, Naval Architect and Shipbuilder Best Known for Researches in Ship Design)
0
0
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: May 9, 1808
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Parkhead, Glasgow, Scotland
Died: June 8
48
Charles Wyville Thomson
(Zoologist)
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: March 5, 1830
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bonsyde, Scotland
Died: March 10
49
Alonzo J. Ransier
(Politician)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 3, 1834
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Died: August 17
50
Arthur de Gobineau
(French Aristocrat & Writer Best Known for Helping to Legitimise 'Racism' by the Use of Scientific Racist Theory)
0
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 14, 1816
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ville-d'Avray, France
Died: October 13
