1
Karl Marx
(Philosopher & Economist - Famous for His Theory of 'Marxism' )
202
114
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: May 5, 1818
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Trier, Germany
Died: March 14
2
Richard Wagner
(Known for His Operas and Music Dramas ‘Der Ring des Nibelungen’ and ‘Tristan und Isolde’)
93
29
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 22, 1813
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Leipzig, Germany
Died: February 13
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
3
Sojourner Truth
(Abolitionist and Women's Rights Activist)
122
14
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 1797 AD
Birthplace: Rifton, New York, United States
Died: November 26
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
4
General Tom Thumb
(American Dwarf Who Achieved Great Fame as a Performer Under Circus Pioneer P. T. Barnum)
34
5
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 4, 1838
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States
Died: July 15
Height: 3'6" (107 cm)
5
Édouard Manet
(French Modernist Painter Known for His Work ‘The Luncheon on the Grass’ and ‘Olympia’)
24
4
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: January 23, 1832
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, Francece
Died: April 30
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
6
Gustave Doré
(Artist Best Known for His Prolific Output of Wood-Engravings and Illustrated Texts)
8
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: January 6, 1832
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Strasbourg, France
Died: January 23
7
Joseph Plateau
(Belgian Physicist & Mathematician - One of the First People to Demonstrate the Illusion of a Moving Image)
7
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 14, 1801
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Brussels
Died: September 15
8
Samuel Mudd
(Physician, Farmer, Politician)
9
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: December 20, 1833
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Charles County
Died: January 10
9
Ivan Turgenev
(Novelist, Short Story Writer, Poet & Popularizer of Russian Literature in the West)
8
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 9, 1818
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Oryol, Russia
Died: September 3
10
J. Marion Sims
(Surgeon)
8
4
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: January 25, 1813
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States
Died: November 13
11
Peter Cooper
(Industrialist & Inventors)
21
2
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: February 12, 1791
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York City
Died: April 4
12
Josiah Henson
(Abolitionist)
17
8
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 15, 1789
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Charles County, Maryland, United States
Died: May 5
13
Carl Wilhelm Siemens
(German-British Electrical Engineer and Businessman)
4
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: April 4, 1823
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Gehrden, Germany
Died: November 19
14
Matthew Webb
(British Swimmer Known for Swimming the English Channel)
1
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 19, 1848
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dawley, Shropshire, England
Died: July 24
15
Tu Duc
(Emperor of Vietnam)
2
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: September 22, 1829
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hue, Vietnam
Died: July 17
16
James Young (Chemist)
(Chemist)
7
0
17
Montgomery Blair
(lawyer, judge)
2
1
18
Morning Star
(Chief)
3
0
19
Dayanand Saraswati
(Indian Philosopher, Social Leader and Founder of the 'Arya Samaj', a Reform Movement of the Vedic Dharma)
34
6
Listed In: Spiritual & Religious Leaders
Birthdate: February 12, 1824
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Gujarat, India
Died: October 30
20
Emir Abdelkader
(Military Leader)
10
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 6, 1808
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: El Guettana, Algeria
Died: May 26
21
Robert Moffat
(British missionary)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 21, 1795
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ormiston, Scotland
Died: August 9
22
Prince Charles of Prussia
(Prince)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 29, 1801
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, Germany
Died: January 21
23
Cyprian Norwid
(Poet Known for His Work 'Vade-mecum' & 'Promethidion')
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: September 24, 1821
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Głuchy, Poland
Died: May 23
24
Thomas Mayne Reid
(Novelist)
0
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 4, 1818
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ballyroney, Ireland
Died: October 22
25
Grigol Orbeliani
(Poet)
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 2, 1804
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tbilisi, Georgia
Died: March 21
26
Hendrik Conscience
(Novelist Best Known for His Romantic Nationalist Novel, 'The Lion of Flanders (1838)')
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 3, 1812
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Antwerp, Belgium
Died: September 10
27
Princess Marianne of the Netherlands
(Princess of Orange-Nassau was the youngest child of King William I of the Netherlands)
0
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: May 9, 1810
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: May 29
28
Thomas Story Kirkbride
(Physician)
1
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: July 31, 1809
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Morrisville, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: December 16
29
Mampuru II
(KIng)
0
0
30
John Graham Chambers
(Sportsman)
1
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 12, 1843
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Llanelli, Wales
Died: March 4
31
Jenny Longuet
(French Political Journalist & Daughter of Karl Marx)
2
2
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: May 1, 1844
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris, Kingdom of France
Died: January 11
32
Butrus al-Bustani
(Syria's First Nationalist and Founder of the Bi-Weekly Magazine 'Al-Jinan')
1
0
33
Olive Soulouque
(Princess)
2
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 29, 1842
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Second Empire of Haiti
Died: July 23
34
Elisabeth Dieudonné Vincent
(Businesswoman)
2
0
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Edward FitzGerald
(Poet, Writer)
0
0
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James T. Rapier
(American Politician)
2
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 13, 1837
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Florence, Alabama, United States
Died: May 31
37
Ranavalona II
(Queen of Madagascar from 1868 to 1883)
0
0
38
François Lenormant
(Archaeologist)
2
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 17, 1837
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 9
39
Alexander Hamilton Stephens
(Governor of Georgia (1882-83))
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4
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 11, 1812
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Crawfordville, Georgia, United States
Died: March 4
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
40
Henri, Count of Chambord
(King of France)
0
1
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: September 29, 1820
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tuileries Palace, Paris, France
Died: August 24
41
Arnold Toynbee
(Economist)
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: August 23, 1852
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London
Died: March 9
42
Giovanni Matteo Mario
(Italian Nobleman and Opera Singer)
1
0
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: October 17, 1810
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cagliari, Italy
Died: December 11
43
Mercedes de Jesus Molina
(Missionary)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 24, 1828
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Baba, Los Ríos, Ecuador
Died: June 12
44
William Farr
(Medical doctor)
0
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: November 30, 1807
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kenley, England
Died: April 14
45
Pierre Auguste Cot
(Former painter of the Academic Classicism school)
0
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: February 17, 1837
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bédarieux, France
Died: August 2
46
Henri Martin
(Historian)
1
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: February 20, 1810
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Saint-Quentin, France
Died: December 14
47
Lydia E. Pinkham
(Businesswoman)
0
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: February 9, 1819
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lynn, Massachusetts, United States
Died: May 17
48
Juliette Drouet
(Actress)
0
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 10, 1806
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Fougères, Brittany, France
Died: May 11
49
Arthur Kennedy
(7th Governor of Hong Kong)
0
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 5, 1809
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: County Down, Ireland
Died: June 3
50
John Colenso
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