1
Jose Rizal
(Filipino Nationalist and Writer Who is Considered One of the Greatest Heroes of the Philippines)
207
31
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 19, 1861
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Calamba, Laguna
Died: December 30
2
Alfred Nobel
(Swedish Chemist, Engineer, and Inventor Who Invented Dynamite)
159
22
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: October 21, 1833
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: December 10
3
Harriet Beecher Stowe
(Author)
55
10
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 14, 1811
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Died: July 1
4
H. H. Holmes
(American Serial Killer and Con Artist)
176
71
Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: May 16, 1861
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Gilmanton, New Hampshire, United States
Died: May 7
5
William Morris
(Textile Designer, Poet)
30
18
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 24, 1834
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Walthamstow, England
Died: October 3
6
Clara Wieck Schumann
(Musician & Composer)
47
10
7
Marcelo H. del Pilar
(Writer)
22
7
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: August 30, 1850
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bulakan, Bulacan, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Died: July 4
8
John Everett Millais
(Painter)
7
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: June 8, 1829
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Southampton, Hampshire, England
Died: August 13
9
Henry Parkes
(7th Premier of New South Wales)
256
29
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 27, 1815
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Canley, Coventry, England
Died: April 27
10
Anton Bruckner
(Austrian Composer and Organist Best Known for His Symphonies: 'Masses', 'Te Deum' and 'Motets')
7
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: September 4, 1824
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ansfelden, Austria
Died: October 11
11
Paul Verlaine
(One of the Greatest French Poets of the 19th Century)
6
1
12
Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria
(Archduke of Austria)
4
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 30, 1833
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: May 19
13
Otto Lilienthal
(German Aeronautical Engineer Who Completed Successful Glider Flights for the First Time)
5
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 23, 1848
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Anklam, Germany
Died: August 10
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
14
Prince Henry of Battenberg
(Prince)
2
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 5, 1858
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
Died: January 20
3
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: December 3, 1830
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Died: January 25
16
August Kekulé
(German Organic Chemist Known for His Theory of Chemical Structure and the Tetravalence of Carbon)
1
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 7, 1829
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Darmstadt, Germany
Died: July 13
17
Luis Ricardo Falero
(Painter)
4
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: May 23, 1851
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Granada, Spain
Died: December 7
18
George du Maurier
(Writer, Illustrator)
1
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: March 6, 1834
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris
Died: October 6
19
John Langdon Down
(Physician, Psychiatrist, Neurologist)
1
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: November 18, 1828
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Torpoint
Died: October 7
20
Maria Wodzińska
(Artist)
3
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: January 7, 1819
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Poland
Died: December 7
21
Bill Doolin
(American Bandit Outlaw and Founder of the Wild Bunch)
5
0
Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: 1858 AD
Birthplace: Johnson County, Arkansas, United States
Died: August 24
22
Ferdinand von Mueller
(German-Australian Botanist Who Founded the National Herbarium of Victoria and Named Many Australian Plants)
3
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: June 30, 1825
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rostock, Germany
Died: October 10
23
Motiram Bhatta
(Poet)
2
0
24
Hippolyte Fizeau
(Physicist, Astronomer)
4
2
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 23, 1819
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris
Died: September 18
25
Mathew Brady
(One of the Earliest Photographers in American History)
2
2
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: May 18, 1822
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Warren County, New York, United States
Died: January 15
26
Emil du Bois-Reymond
(German Physiologist and Physician Who Developed Experimental Electrophysiology and Co-Discovering Nerve Action Potential)
2
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: November 7, 1818
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: December 26
27
Ernst Engel
(German Statistician and Economist Who Is Famous for the 'Engel Curve' and 'Engel’s Law')
3
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: March 26, 1821
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dresden, Germany
Died: December 8
28
James Henry Greathead
(British Mechanical and Civil Engineer Who Improved the Tunneling Shield and the Basic Tool of Underwater Tunneling)
2
0
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: August 6, 1844
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Grahamstown, South Africa
Died: October 21
29
Isaac Burns Murphy
(Jockey who was one of the highest paid athletes in his generation.)
3
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 6, 1861
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Clark County, Kentucky, United States
Died: February 12
30
Thomas Hughes
(British Lawyer, Judge, Politician and Author Famous for His Novel 'Tom Brown’s School Days')
0
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: October 20, 1822
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Uffington, Berkshire,England
Died: March 22
31
Ichiyō Higuchi
(Japan’s First Professional Female Writer of Modern Literature)
1
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 2, 1872
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Uchisaiwaichō, Tokyo, Japan
Died: November 23
32
Edmond de Goncourt
(French Writer, Literary Critic, Art Critic, Book Publisher and the Founder of the 'Académie Goncourt')
1
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: May 26, 1822
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Nancy, France
Died: July 16
33
Lyman Trumbull
(Senator)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 12, 1813
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Colchester, Connecticut, United States
Died: June 25
34
Mirza Reza Kermani
(Activist)
1
0
35
We'wha
(Artist)
1
1
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Henry Cuyler Bunner
(Novelist)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 3, 1855
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Oswego, New York, United States
Died: May 11
37
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 25, 1814
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: June 26
38
Sister Mary Irene FitzGibbon
(American Nun Who Founded the 'New York Foundling Hospital')
3
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 12, 1823
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kensington, London, England
Died: August 14
39
Karl Verner
(Danish Linguist and Formulator of Verner’s Law)
2
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: March 7, 1846
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Aarhus, Denmark
Died: November 5
40
Coventry Patmore
(Poet)
0
0
Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Birthdate: July 23, 1823
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Woodford Wells, England
Died: November 26
41
George Brown Goode
(Ichthyologist)
3
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: February 13, 1851
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New Albany, Indiana, United States
Died: September 6
42
Joseph James Cheeseman
(Politician)
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 7, 1843
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Edina, Liberia
Died: November 12
43
Samuel Leonard Tilley
(Politician)
0
0
44
Alfred Ely Beach
(Inventor)
0
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: September 1, 1826
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: January 1
45
Phan Dinh Phung
(Rebel Leader)
0
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 6, 1847
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Đông Thái, Đức Thọ District, Hà Tĩnh Province, Vietnam
Died: January 21
46
José Asunción Silva
(Colombian Poet and One of the Most Prominent Forerunners of Modernism)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 27, 1865
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bogotá, Colombia
Died: May 23
47
Benjamin Bristow
(Lawyer)
0
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: June 20, 1832
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Elkton, Kentucky, United States
Died: June 22
48
Giuseppe Fiorelli
(Archaeologist)
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: June 8, 1823
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Naples, Italy
Died: January 28
49
Maurice de Hirsch
(Financier)
0
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: December 9, 1831
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: April 21
50
Richard Avenarius
(German Philosopher Known for Founding the 'Epistemological Theory of Knowledge')
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: November 19, 1843
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: August 18
