1
Karl Marx
(Philosopher & Economist - Famous for His Theory of 'Marxism' )
170
86
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’)
77
11
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)
119
13
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)
23
2
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’)
21
2
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: January 23, 1832
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, Francece
Died: April 30
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
6
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
7
Gustave Doré
(Artist Best Known for His Prolific Output of Wood-Engravings and Illustrated Texts)
7
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: January 6, 1832
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Strasbourg, France
Died: January 23
8
J. Marion Sims
(Surgeon)
8
2
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: January 25, 1813
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States
Died: November 13
9
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
10
Samuel Mudd
(Physician, Farmer, Politician)
5
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: December 20, 1833
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Charles County
Died: January 10
11
Ivan Turgenev
(Novelist, Short Story Writer, Poet & Popularizer of Russian Literature in the West)
6
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 9, 1818
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Oryol, Russia
Died: September 3
12
Josiah Henson
(Abolitionist)
17
6
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 15, 1789
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Charles County, Maryland, United States
Died: May 5
13
Peter Cooper
(Industrialist & Inventors)
19
2
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: February 12, 1791
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York City
Died: April 4
14
Emir Abdelkader
(Military Leader)
8
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 6, 1808
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: El Guettana, Algeria
Died: May 26
15
Matthew Webb
(Swimmer, Stunt performer)
1
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 19, 1848
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dawley, England, United Kingdom
Died: July 24
16
Carl Wilhelm Siemens
(German-British Electrical Engineer and Businessman)
3
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: April 4, 1823
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Gehrden, Germany
Died: November 19
17
Tu Duc
(Emperor of Vietnam)
2
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: September 22, 1829
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hue, Vietnam
Died: July 17
18
James Young (Chemist)
(Chemist)
7
0
19
Morning Star
(Chief)
2
0
20
Montgomery Blair
(lawyer, judge)
2
1
21
Robert Moffat
(British missionary)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 21, 1795
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ormiston, Scotland
Died: August 9
22
Edward FitzGerald
(Poet, Writer)
0
0
23
Arnold Toynbee
(Economist)
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: August 23, 1852
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London
Died: March 9
24
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
25
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
26
0
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: December 22, 1799
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: April 16
27
Butrus al-Bustani
(Syria's First Nationalist and Founder of the Bi-Weekly Magazine 'Al-Jinan')
1
0
28
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
29
Thomas Story Kirkbride
(Physician)
1
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: July 31, 1809
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Morrisville, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: December 16
30
Thomas Mayne Reid
(Novelist)
0
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 4, 1818
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ballyroney, Ireland
Died: October 22
31
John Graham Chambers
(Sportsman)
1
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 12, 1843
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Llanelli, Wales
Died: March 4
32
Alexander Hamilton Stephens
(Governor of Georgia (1882-83))
3
4
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 11, 1812
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Crawfordville, Georgia, United States
Died: March 4
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
33
Grigol Orbeliani
(Poet)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 2, 1804
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tbilisi, Georgia
Died: March 21
34
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
35
Cyprian Norwid
(Poet Known for His Work 'Vade-mecum' & 'Promethidion')
0
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: September 24, 1821
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Głuchy, Poland
Died: May 23
36
Elisabeth Dieudonné Vincent
(Businesswoman)
1
0
37
Olive Soulouque
(Princess)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 29, 1842
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Second Empire of Haiti
Died: July 23
38
Giovanni Matteo Mario
(Italian Nobleman and Opera Singer)
1
0
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: October 18, 1810
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cagliari, Italy
Died: December 11
39
James T. Rapier
(American Politician)
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 13, 1837
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Florence, Alabama, United States
Died: May 31
40
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
41
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
42
0
0
43
Friedrich von Flotow
(German composer)
0
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: April 27, 1812
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Mecklenburg
Died: January 24
44
François Lenormant
(Archaeologist)
1
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 17, 1837
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 9
45
Jenny Longuet
(Journalist)
0
1
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: May 1, 1844
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris, Kingdom of France
Died: January 11
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
Mampuru II
(KIng)
0
0
48
Henry John Stephen Smith
(Mathematician)
0
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: November 2, 1826
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: February 9
49
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
50
William Farr
(Medical doctor)
0
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: November 30, 1807
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kenley, England
Died: April 14
