1
Gregor Mendel
(Know for Creating the science of Genetics)
97
8
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 20, 1822
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hynčice, Vražné, Czechia
Died: January 6
2
Allan Pinkerton
(Founder of Pinkerton National Detective Agency)
25
9
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 25, 1819
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Died: July 1
3
Bedrich Smetana
(Czech Composer Best Known for His Opera ‘The Bartered Bride’)
16
4
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: March 2, 1824
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Litomysl, Czechia
Died: May 12
4
Cyrus McCormick
(Inventor of mechanical reaper)
57
6
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: February 15, 1809
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Shenandoah Valley
Died: May 13
5
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
(Politician)
2
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 7, 1853
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Buckingham Palace, United Kingdom
Died: March 28
6
Cetshwayo
(King)
3
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: 1826 AD
Birthplace: Eshowe, Zulu Kingdom
Died: February 8
7
Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington
(King)
2
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: February 3, 1807
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Soho, London, England
Died: August 13
8
La Paiva
(Investor)
3
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: May 7, 1819
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: January 21
9
Jules Bastien-Lepage
(Painter)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: November 1, 1848
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Damvillers, France
Died: December 10
10
Philippe Suchard
(Swiss chocolatier)
2
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: October 9, 1797
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Boudry
Died: January 14
11
Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal
(Queen)
2
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 21, 1843
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Necessidades Palace, Lisbon, Portugal
Died: February 5
12
Elias Lönnrot
(Physician)
1
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: April 9, 1802
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Sammatti, Finland
Died: March 19
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
13
Ottilie Assing
(German-American Abolitionist, Freethinker, and Feminist)
1
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: February 11, 1819
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Died: August 21
14
Jean-Baptiste Dumas
(Chemist)
2
0
15
Marie Taglioni
(Ballet Dancer)
1
0
Listed In: Dancers
Birthdate: April 23, 1804
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: April 22
16
George Moses Horton
(Poet)
4
2
17
Keshab Chunder Sen
(Indian Philosopher and Social Reformer Known for Incorporating Christian Theology in Hindu Framework)
2
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 19, 1838
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kolkata, India
Died: January 8
18
Gustave Le Gray
(Photographer)
1
0
Listed In: Photographers
Birthdate: August 30, 1820
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Villiers-le-Bel, France
Died: July 30
19
Alfred Francis Russell
(Politician)
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 25, 1817
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Died: April 4
20
Wendell Phillips
(Advocate)
0
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: November 29, 1811
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: February 2
21
Karl Richard Lepsius
(Egyptologist)
1
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: December 23, 1810
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Naumburg, Germany
Died: July 10
22
Marie Bashkirtseff
(Russian Artist and Sculptor)
2
2
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: November 24, 1858
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Havrontsi, Ukraine
Died: October 31
23
Hans Makart
(Painter)
0
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: May 28, 1840
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Salzburg, Austria
Died: October 3
24
William Wells Brown
(Abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and historian)
1
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 15, 1814
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Died: November 6
25
Frances Dana Barker Gage
(American Reformer, Feminist and Abolitionist)
1
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: October 12, 1808
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Marietta, Ohio, United States
Died: November 10
26
Muteesa I of Buganda
(King)
0
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: 1837 AD
Birthplace: Mulago, Kampala, Uganda
Died: September 30
27
Paul Morphy
(American Chess Player)
2
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 22, 1837
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Died: July 10
28
Mirambo
(Warlord)
4
1
29
Charles Reade
(Novelist)
0
0
30
Judah P. Benjamin
(Politician)
1
2
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: August 6, 1811
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands
Died: May 6
31
Juan Bautista Alberdi
(Former Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina and Diplomat)
1
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 29, 1810
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Died: June 19
32
John Wisden
(English Cricketer)
0
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 5, 1826
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brighton, Sussex, England
Died: April 5
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
33
Buenaventura Báez
(Politician)
1
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 14, 1812
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rincón, Puerto Rico
Died: March 14
34
Johann Gustav Droysen
(German Historian)
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: July 6, 1808
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Trzebiatów, Poland
Died: June 19
35
Mihály Táncsics
(Politician, Writer, Journalist)
1
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: April 21, 1799
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ácsteszér, Hungary
Died: June 28
36
Noah Haynes Swayne
(Jurist)
0
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: December 7, 1804
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Frederick County, Virginia, United States
Died: June 8
37
Hermann Kolbe
(Chemist)
0
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 27, 1818
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Elliehausen, Germany
Died: November 25
38
Fanny Elssler
(Austrian Ballet Dancer of the Romantic Period)
1
1
Listed In: Dancers
Birthdate: June 23, 1810
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Gumpendorf, Vienna, Austria
Died: November 27
39
Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps
(American Educator, Scientist, Author, and Editor)
1
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 15, 1793
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Berlin, Connecticut, United States
Died: July 15
40
Mary Gove Nichols
(Advocate)
2
1
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: August 10, 1810
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Goffstown, New Hampshire, United States
Died: May 30
41
Samuel D. Gross
(American Surgeon)
1
1
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: July 8, 1805
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Easton, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: May 6
42
Robert Richard Torrens
(Writer)
1
0
43
George Engelmann
(Known for His Study of Phylloxera Vastatrix)
0
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: February 2, 1809
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany
Died: February 4
44
Charles Adolphe Wurtz
(French Chemist Known for His Research on Organic Nitrogen Compounds, Hydrocarbons, and Glycols)
0
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: November 26, 1817
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Wolfisheim, France
Died: May 10
45
Martha Bulloch Roosevelt
(Socialite)
0
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 8, 1835
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hartford
Died: February 14
46
Arnold Henry Guyot
(Geologist, Geographer)
0
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 28, 1807
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Boudevilliers, Switzerland
Died: February 8
47
Odo Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill
(Diplomat)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 20, 1829
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: August 25
48
Alfred Brehm
(German writer)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 2, 1829
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Renthendorf
Died: November 11
49
Antonio García Gutiérrez
(Writer)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 4, 1813
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Chiclana, Spain
Died: August 26
50
Alexander, Prince of Orange
(Prince)
0
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 25, 1851
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Noordeinde Palace, The Hague, Netherlands
Died: June 21
