1
Jefferson Davis
(Former President of the Confederate States (1862 - 1865))
91
54
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 3, 1808
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Fairview, Kentucky, United States
Died: December 6
2
Robert Browning
(Poet & Playwright)
31
9
3
James Prescott Joule
(Physicist)
39
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 24, 1818
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
Died: October 11
4
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
(Heir Apparent of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, Who Died by a Suicide Pact With His Mistress)
9
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 21, 1858
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Laxenburg castles, Austria
Died: January 30
5
Antonio Meucci
(Inventor of voice-communication apparatus)
20
3
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: April 13, 1808
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Florence
Died: October 18
6
Mihai Eminescu
(The National Poet of Romania and a Major Figure of Romanticism)
12
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 15, 1850
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Botoșani, Romania
Died: June 15
7
Wilkie Collins
(Novelist, Playwright)
4
1
8
Maria Mitchell
(Astronomer)
34
5
9
James Smith Bush
(Jurist, Writer, Lawyer, Priest, Politician)
6
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 15, 1825
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rochester
Died: November 11
10
Gerard Manley Hopkins
(Poet, Writer)
1
0
11
Ion Creanga
(Romanian Author Who Was a Prominent Member of the Junimea Literary Society)
7
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 1, 1837
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Târgu Neamț, Moldavia
Died: December 31
12
Lucy Webb Hayes
(American first lady)
4
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 28, 1831
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chillicothe, Ohio , United States
Died: June 25
13
Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel
(Princess)
5
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 25, 1797
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Rumpenheim Castle, Offenbach, Germany
Died: April 6
14
Alexandre Cabanel
(Former Painter, who painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style)
3
2
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: September 28, 1823
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Montpellier, France
Died: January 23
15
Laura Bridgman
(Educator)
5
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 21, 1829
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hanover, New Hampshire,United States
Died: May 24
16
Jan Ernst Matzeliger
(Patent inventor)
2
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: September 15, 1852
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paramaribo
Died: August 24
17
John Ericsson
(Inventor)
3
1
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: July 31, 1803
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Långbanshyttan, Värmland, Sweden
Died: March 8
18
Elvira Madigan
(Circus performer, best known today for her romantic relationship with the Swedish nobleman and cavalry officer Sixten Sparre)
3
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 4, 1867
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Flensburg, Germany
Died: July 19
19
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
(Novelist)
4
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 27, 1826
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Spas-Ugol, Russia
Died: May 10
20
Father Damien
(Belgian Priest Known for His Missionary Work Among the Hawaiian Lepers)
7
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 3, 1840
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tremelo, Belgium
Died: April 15
21
Amy Levy
(Poet, Novelist, Essayist)
4
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 10, 1861
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London, Clapham
Died: September 10
22
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada
(31st President of Mexico (1872 - 1876))
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 24, 1823
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Died: April 21
23
John Archibald Campbell
(Associate Justice of the Supreme Court)
1
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: June 24, 1811
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Washington, Georgia, United States
Died: March 12
24
Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges
(French Historian)
2
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: March 18, 1830
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: September 12
25
Lozen
(Warrior)
0
0
26
Ignacy Domeyko
(Geologist)
3
0
27
Juan Montalvo
(Ecuadorian Essayist and Author)
4
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 13, 1832
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ambato, Ecuador
Died: January 17
28
Melville Reuben Bissell
(Entrepreneur)
3
1
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: September 25, 1843
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Hartwick, New York, United States
Died: March 15
29
Youssef Bey Karam
(Governor of Ehden (1846 - 1861))
2
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 15, 1823
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ehden, Ottoman Lebanon
Died: April 7
30
Simon Cameron
(Politician)
0
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: March 8, 1799
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Maytown, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: June 26
31
Veronica Micle
(Poet)
2
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 22, 1850
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Năsăud, Romania
Died: August 3
32
Maurice Sand
(Writer)
1
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 30, 1823
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: September 4
33
Peter Lalor
0
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 5, 1827
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: County Laois
Died: February 9
34
George H. Pendleton
(Politician)
2
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 19, 1825
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Died: November 24
35
Jules Dupré
(Painter)
2
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: April 5, 1811
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Nantes, France
Died: October 6
36
Benjamin Day
(Newspaper Publisher)
2
1
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: April 10, 1810
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: December 21
37
Nikolay Chernyshevsky
(Critic)
0
0
Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Birthdate: July 24, 1828
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Saratov, Russia
Died: October 29
38
Martin Farquhar Tupper
(Poet, Writer)
2
1
39
Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
(Writer)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 7, 1838
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Saint-Brieuc, France
Died: August 19
40
Kawanabe Kyōsai
(Japanese Artist)
0
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: May 18, 1831
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Koga, Ibaraki, Japan
Died: April 26
41
Horatius Bonar
(Scottish Poet and Priest)
1
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 19, 1808
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: July 31
42
Charles Leroux
(Balloonist)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 31, 1856
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
Died: September 12
43
Giovanni Bottesini
(Composer)
0
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: December 22, 1821
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Crema, Italy
Died: July 7
44
Theodore Dwight Woolsey
(Author)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 31, 1801
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: July 1
45
Gaston Planté
(Physicist)
0
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: April 22, 1834
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Orthez, France
Died: May 21
46
Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly
(French Novelist and Short Story Writer)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 2, 1808
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Normandy, France
Died: April 23
47
Julia Tyler
(Former First Lady of United States)
0
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 4, 1820
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Gardiner's Island, New York, US
Died: July 10
48
Marie of Prussia
(Queen)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 15, 1825
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Berlin Palace, Berlin, Germany
Died: May 17
49
Mori Arinori
(Japanese Statesman, Diplomat, and Founder of Japan’s Modern Educational System)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 23, 1847
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kagoshima, Japan
Died: February 12
50
Carlo Pellegrini
(Artist)
0
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: March 25, 1839
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Capua, Italy
Died: January 22
