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Swami Vivekananda
(Hindu Monk)
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Listed In: Spiritual & Religious Leaders
Birthdate: January 12, 1863
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Died: July 4
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Emile Zola
(French Novelist & Playwright Known for His Works 'Les Rougon-Macquart' and 'Thérèse Raquin')
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 2, 1840
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: September 29
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
(American Women's Rights Activist and Key Figure Behind 'Seneca Falls Convention', First Women's Rights Convention)
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Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: November 12, 1815
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Johnstown
Died: October 26
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Levi Strauss
(Former businessman known as founder of the Levi Strauss & Co.)
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Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: February 26, 1829
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Buttenheim, Germany
Died: September 26
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Rudolf Virchow
(The Father of Modern Pathology' & the Founder of 'Social Medicine')
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: October 13, 1821
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Swidwin, Poland
Died: September 5
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Maria Goretti
(Regarded as a Roman Catholic saint and martyr)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 16, 1890
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Corinaldo, Italy
Died: July 6
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Thomas Nast
(Cartoonist)
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Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: September 27, 1840
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Landau
Died: December 7
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John Wesley Powell
(Explorer, Geologist)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: March 24, 1834
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Mount Morris
Died: September 23
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Breaker Morant
(Writer)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 9, 1864
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: England
Died: February 27
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Bret Harte
(Author & Poet)
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Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: August 25, 1836
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Albany, New York, U.S.
Died: May 5
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Wade Hampton III
(General)
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 28, 1818
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Died: April 11
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Albert Bierstadt
(Painter)
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Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: January 7, 1830
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Solingen, Germany
Died: February 18
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Walter Reed
(Military physician, Zoologist, Entomologist)
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Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: September 13, 1851
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Belroi
Died: November 22
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Julia Grant
(U.S. First Lady)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 26, 1826
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: St. Louis
Died: December 14
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Frank Norris
(Journalist)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 5, 1870
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, U.S
Died: October 25
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James Tissot
(Painter)
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Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: October 15, 1836
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Nantes, France
Died: August 8
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Thomas Reed
(Politician, Lawyer)
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Birthdate: October 18, 1839
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Portland, Maine, United States
Died: December 7
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Adam Worth
(art thief)
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Charles Dow
(Journalist)
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Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: November 6, 1851
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Sterling, Connecticut, United States
Died: December 4
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Samuel Butler
(Novelist)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 4, 1835
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Langar, Nottinghamshire, England
Died: June 18
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Julius Koch
(Tallest people)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1872 AD
Birthplace: Reutlingen, Germany
Died: March 30
Height: 8'1" (246 cm)
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Richard von Krafft-Ebing
(Psychiatrist)
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Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: August 14, 1840
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Mannheim, Germany
Died: December 22
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Potter Palmer
(Businessman)
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Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: May 20, 1826
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Albany County, New York, United States
Died: May 4
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Henryk Siemiradzki
(Painter)
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Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: October 24, 1843
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Pecheniz'kyi district, Ukraine
Died: August 23
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Alice Freeman Palmer
(Educator)
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Birthdate: February 21, 1855
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Colesville, New York, United States
Died: December 6
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Lilly Martin Spencer
(Painter)
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Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: November 26, 1822
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Exeter, England
Died: May 22
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Cecil John Rhodes
(Former Prime Minister of the Cape Colony)
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Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: July 5, 1853
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Died: March 26
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Antanas Baranauskas
(Poet)
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Birthdate: January 17, 1835
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Anyksciai, Lithuania
Died: November 26
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Emil Holub
(Physician)
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Birthdate: October 7, 1847
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Holice, Czechia
Died: February 21
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William Chandler Roberts-Austen
(British metallurgist)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: March 3, 1843
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kennington, England
Died: November 22
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Johannes Wislicenus
(Chemist)
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Birthdate: June 24, 1835
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Querfurt, Germany
Died: December 5
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Frances Fuller Victor
(Historian)
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Birthdate: May 23, 1826
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rome, New York, United States
Died: November 14
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William Taylor
(Bishop)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1821 AD
Birthplace: Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States
Died: May 18
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Max Blum
(Writer)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: December 23, 1864
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany
Died: November 6
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Lord Acton
(Historian, Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth (1865-66))
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 10, 1834
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Naples, Italy
Died: June 19
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Charles Lewis Tiffany
(Trader)
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Birthdate: February 15, 1812
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Connecticut, United States
Died: February 18
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Count Richard Belcredi
(5th Chairman of the Ministers' Conference and Interior Minister of the Austrian Empire (1865 - 1867))
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Birthdate: February 12, 1823
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Jimramov, Czechia
Died: December 2
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Camilla Urso
(Violinist)
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Birthdate: June 13, 1842
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Nantes, France
Died: January 20
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Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria
(Archduchess)
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Birthdate: May 13, 1870
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Schloss Artstetten, Artstetten-Pöbring, Austria
Died: August 24
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Thomas Dunn English
(Politician)
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Birthdate: June 29, 1819
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: April 1
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 13, 1822
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Aranjuez
Died: April 17
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Charles Kendall Adams
(Historian)
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Birthdate: January 24, 1835
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Derby, Vermont, United States
Died: July 26
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Princess Marie of Nassau
(Princess)
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Birthdate: January 29, 1825
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Biebrich, Germany
Died: March 24
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Hamoud bin Mohammed of Zanzibar
(Sultan)
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Marie Henriette of Austria
(Queen of the Belgians as the wife of King Leopold II)
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: August 23, 1836
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: September 19
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Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque
(Politician, Military personnel)
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Birthdate: November 12, 1855
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Batalha, Portugal
Died: January 8
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Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
(British diplomat)
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Birthdate: June 21, 1826
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: February 12
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Andrew Coyle Bradley
(Lawyer, Judge)
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Frank R. Stockton
(Writer)
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Birthdate: April 5, 1834
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: April 20
