1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
(Russian Romantic Composer Best Known for His Ballet Compositions ‘Swan Lake’ and ‘The Nutcracker’)
104
20
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: May 7, 1840
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Votkinsk, Russia
Died: November 6
2
Rutherford B. Hayes
(19th President of the United States)
65
11
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 4, 1822
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Delaware, Ohio, United States
Died: January 17
3
Guy de Maupassant
(French Short Story Writer and Naturalist )
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27
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 5, 1850
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Tourville-sur-Arques, France
Died: July 6
4
Abner Doubleday
(Military Leader)
25
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 26, 1819
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ballston Spa, New York, United States
Died: January 26
5
Jean-Martin Charcot
(Neurologist)
11
2
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: November 29, 1825
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Paris
Died: August 16
6
Lucy Stone
(American Abolitionist, Suffragist, Orator, and Women's Rights Activist)
15
2
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: August 13, 1818
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: West Brookfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died: October 19
7
Charles Gounod
(French Composer Best Known for His Operas: ‘Faust’ and ‘Roméo et Juliette’)
11
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: June 17, 1818
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: October 18
8
John Tyndall
(Irish Experimental Physicist Who Became Famous for His Study of Dimagnetism)
15
3
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: August 2, 1820
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Leighlinbridge, Ireland
Died: December 4
9
Jan Matejko
(Painter)
8
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: July 30, 1838
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kraków, Poland
Died: November 1
10
John Atkinson Grimshaw
(Painter)
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0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: September 6, 1836
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Leeds
Died: October 13
11
Dalip Singh
(Sikh maharaja)
4
1
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: September 4, 1838
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lahore, Pakistan
Died: October 22
12
Robert Cornelius
(Photographer)
3
1
Listed In: Photographers
Birthdate: March 1, 1809
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Philadelphia
Died: August 10
13
Ford Madox Brown
(Painter)
2
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: April 16, 1821
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Calais
Died: October 6
14
Fanny Kemble
(Actress)
4
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 27, 1809
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: London, England
Died: January 15
15
Manuel González Flores
(31st President of Mexico)
9
4
16
Leland Stanford
(Entrepreneur)
0
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: March 9, 1824
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Watervliet, New York, United States
Died: June 21
17
Manuelito
(Tribe Leader)
2
0
18
Grigor Parlichev
(Bulgarian Writer, Educator and Translator Best Known for His Works ‘O Armatolos’ and ‘1762 leto’)
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1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 18, 1830
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ohrid, North Macedonia
Died: January 25
19
Alexander of Battenberg
(Former Prince of Bulgaria (1879 - 1886))
3
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 5, 1857
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Verona, Italy
Died: November 17
20
Pauline Cushman
(actor)
2
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 10, 1833
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New Orleans
Died: December 2
21
James Pierpont
(composer, lyricist, songwriter)
1
0
22
Josef Stefan
(Physicist and Mathematician Known for Deriving the 'Stefan-Boltzmann Law')
2
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: March 24, 1835
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Klagenfurt, Austria
Died: January 7
23
Victor Schoelcher
(Journalist)
2
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: July 22, 1804
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 25
24
Ferenc Erkel
(Hungarian Composer, Conductor and Pianist)
3
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 7, 1810
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Gyula, Hungary
Died: June 15
25
Ernest II
(Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
0
1
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: June 21, 1818
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Ehrenburg Palace, Coburg, Germany
Died: August 22
26
Anthony Joseph Drexel
(Banker)
0
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: September 13, 1826
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died: June 30
27
John Addington Symonds
(Poet)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 5, 1840
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bristol, England
Died: April 19
28
P.G.T. Beauregard
(Confederate general during American Civil War)
3
4
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 28, 1818
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States
Died: February 20
29
Louise Juta
(Bookseller)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 14, 1821
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Trier, Germany
Died: July 3
30
Alexander Tilloch Galt
(Politician)
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 6, 1817
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chelsea,London, England
Died: September 19
31
Alfredo Catalani
(Composer)
1
0
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Edwin Booth
(American actor)
2
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 13, 1833
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bel Air, Maryland, United States
Died: June 7
33
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II
(Jurist)
2
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: September 17, 1825
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Eatonton, Georgia, United States
Died: January 23
34
Benjamin Jowett
(British Tutor and Theologian)
1
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 15, 1817
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Camberwell, London, England
Died: October 1
35
George Herman Babcock
(Inventor, Engineer)
1
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: June 17, 1832
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Unadilla Forks, New York, United States
Died: December 16
36
Sir Samuel White Baker
(English Explorer)
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: July 8, 1821
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 30
37
Baron Alexander von Bach
(Politician)
2
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 4, 1813
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Loosdorf, Austria
Died: November 12
38
Samuel C. Armstrong
(Soldier)
1
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 30, 1839
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Maui, Hawaii, United States
Died: May 11
39
Samuel Kaboo Morris
(Prince)
1
1
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James G. Blaine
(Politician)
2
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 31, 1830
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: West Brownsville
Died: January 27
41
Rudolf Wolf
(Swiss Astronomer and Mathematician Best Known for His Research on 'Sunspots')
2
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 7, 1816
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Fallenden, Switzerland
Died: December 6
42
Kawatake Mokuami
(Dramatist)
2
0
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Hermann Gundert
(Linguist)
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: February 4, 1814
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Stuttgart, Germany
Died: April 25
44
Ali bin Said of Zanzibar
(Politician)
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 10, 1854
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Muscat, Oman
Died: March 5
45
Hayward A. Harvey
(Inventor)
3
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: January 17, 1824
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Jamestown, New York, United States
Died: August 28
46
Te Kooti
(Best Remembered for Launching the 'Ringatu' Religious Movement)
0
0
47
John Abbott
(Politician, Lawyer)
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0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: March 12, 1821
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: St.-André-Est, Canada
Died: October 30
48
José Zorrilla
(Spanish Poet and Dramatist Known for His Play 'Don Juan Tenorio')
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0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 21, 1817
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Valladolid, Spain
Died: January 23
49
John Willis Menard
(Poet)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 3, 1838
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kaskaskia, Illinois, United States
Died: October 8
50
ʿAlī Pasha Mubārak
(Egyptian administrator and author)
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