1 Vincent van Gogh
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Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Painter
Birthdate: March 30, 1853
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Zundert, Netherlands
Died: July 29
2 Sitting Bull
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3
3 Joseph Merrick
32
7
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Elephant Man
Birthdate: August 5, 1862
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Leicester
Died: April 11
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
4 Jyotiba Phule
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22
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Social Reformer
Birthdate: April 11, 1827
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Satara, Maharashtra, India
Died: November 28
5 Richard Francis Burton
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2
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Translator
Birthdate: March 19, 1821
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Torquay
Died: October 20
6 Christopher Latham Sholes
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4
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Famous As: Inventor of the QWERTY Keyboard
Birthdate: February 14, 1819
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Mooresburg, Montour County, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: February 17
7 Heinrich Schliemann
5
0
Listed In: Business People
Famous As: Archaeologist
Birthdate: January 6, 1822
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Neubukow, Germany
Died: December 26
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8 William III of the Netherlands
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0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Famous As: King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
Birthdate: February 19, 1817
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Belgium
Died: November 23
9 Carlo Collodi
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: November 24, 1826
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: October 26
10 Cesar Franck
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0
Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Composer, Pianist, Organist
Birthdate: December 10, 1822
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Liège, Belgium
Died: November 8
11 Junius Spencer Morgan
2
0
Listed In: Business People
Famous As: Banker, Financier
Birthdate: April 14, 1813
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Holyoke
Died: April 8
12 Lalon
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13 Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
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0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Famous As: Queen
Birthdate: September 30, 1811
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Weimar, Germany
Died: January 7
14 John Jacob Astor III
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0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Financier, Philanthropist
Birthdate: June 10, 1822
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: February 22
15 Edwin Chadwick
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0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Public servant
Birthdate: January 24, 1800
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Longsight, Manchester, England
Died: July 6
16 Carl Bloch
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0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Painter
Birthdate: May 23, 1834
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: February 22
17 Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Politician, Military personnel
Birthdate: July 4, 1807
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Monterey, California, United States
Died: January 18
18 Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera
5
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Monk
Birthdate: February 9, 1823
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Balapitiya, Sri Lanka
Died: September 21
19 Princess Zorka of Montenegro
2
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Aristocrat
Birthdate: December 23, 1864
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Cetinje, Principality of Montenegro Montenegro
Died: March 16
20 Niels Gade
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0
Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Considered one of the most important Danish musicians of the 19th century.
Birthdate: February 22, 1817
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: December 21
21 August Belmont
1
0
Listed In: Business People
Famous As: Diplomat, Banker, Financier
Birthdate: December 8, 1813
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Alzey
Died: November 24
22 John C. Frémont
3
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Former Governor of California
Birthdate: January 21, 1813
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia, United States
Died: July 13
23 John Henry Newman
1
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Theologian
Birthdate: February 21, 1801
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: City of London, England
Died: August 11
24 James Croll
2
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Geographer, Geologist
Birthdate: January 2, 1821
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Little Whitefield, Perthshire, Scotland
Died: December 15
25 Duchess Helene in Bavaria
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Duchess
Birthdate: April 4, 1834
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: May 16
26 Samuel Freeman Miller
1
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Famous As: Jurist
Birthdate: April 5, 1816
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Richmond, Kentucky, United States
Died: October 13
27 Prudence Crandall
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Listed In: Activists
Famous As: Connecticut's official State Heroine
Birthdate: September 3, 1803
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Rhode Island
Died: January 28
28 Vasile Alecsandri
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: July 21, 1821
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bacău, Principality of Moldavia
Died: August 22
29 John Frederick Parker
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0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Police officer
Birthdate: May 19, 1830
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Winchester, Virginia, United States
Died: June 28
30 Camilo Castelo Branco
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: March 16, 1825
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Mártires, Lisbon, Portugal
Died: June 1
31 Ignaz von Döllinger
1
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Theologian
Birthdate: February 28, 1799
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bamberg, Germany
Died: January 10
32 Louis Le Prince
1
1
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Famous As: Former inventor of an early motion-picture camera, possibly the first person to shoot a moving picture sequence using a single lens camera
Birthdate: August 28, 1841
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Metz, France
Died: September 16
33 Johanne Luise Heiberg
1
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actress
Birthdate: November 22, 1812
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: December 21
34 Amadeo I of Spain
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
Famous As: King
Birthdate: May 30, 1845
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Royal Palace of Turin, Turin, Italy
Died: January 18
35 Juan Seguín
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0
Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Political Leader
Birthdate: October 27, 1806
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Texas, United States
Died: August 27
36 Marcus Thrane
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Author
Birthdate: October 14, 1817
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Oslo, Norway
Died: April 30
37 Marie-Charles David de Mayrena
2
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Adventurer
Birthdate: January 31, 1842
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Toulon, France
Died: November 11
38 Ulrich Ochsenbein
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Politician
Birthdate: November 24, 1811
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Switzerland
Died: November 3
39 William Gull
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Listed In: Physicians
Famous As: Physician
Birthdate: December 31, 1816
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Colchester, England
Died: January 29
40 Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon
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1
Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Statesman
Birthdate: June 24, 1831
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London, England
Died: June 29
41 Karl Freiherr von Vogelsang
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0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Journalist
Birthdate: September 3, 1818
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Legnica, Poland
Died: November 8
42 Dion Boucicault
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: December 26, 1820
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: September 18
43 Syarif Masahor
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44 Jane Currie Blaikie Hoge
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Listed In: Activists
Famous As: Nurse
Birthdate: July 31, 1811
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: August 26
45 Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr
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Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Famous As: Critic
Birthdate: November 24, 1808
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: September 29
46 George Crook
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1
Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Military Officer
Birthdate: September 8, 1828
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Taylorsville, Ohio, United States
Died: March 21
47 Franz Delitzsch
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Theologian, Writer
Birthdate: February 23, 1813
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Leipzig, Germany
Died: March 4
48 Charles Henry de Soysa
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Philanthropist
Birthdate: March 3, 1836
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Died: September 29
49 Sir Richard Wallace, 1st Baronet
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Art collector
Birthdate: July 21, 1818
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London, England
Died: July 20
50 Antoine, Duke of Montpensier
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Duke
Birthdate: July 31, 1824
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Château de Neuilly, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Died: February 5