1
Emile Zola
(French Novelist & Playwright Known for His Works 'Les Rougon-Macquart' and 'Thérèse Raquin')
26
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 2, 1840
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: September 29
2
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
(American Women's Rights Activist and Key Figure Behind 'Seneca Falls Convention')
30
8
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: November 12, 1815
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Johnstown
Died: October 26
3
Levi Strauss
(Former businessman known as founder of the Levi Strauss & Co.)
24
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: February 26, 1829
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Buttenheim, Germany
Died: September 26
4
Rudolf Virchow
(The Father of Modern Pathology' & the Founder of 'Social Medicine')
25
3
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: October 13, 1821
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Swidwin, Poland
Died: September 5
5
Thomas Nast
(Cartoonist)
11
5
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: September 27, 1840
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Landau
Died: December 7
6
John Wesley Powell
(Explorer, Geologist)
15
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: March 24, 1834
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Mount Morris
Died: September 23
7
Julia Grant
(U.S. First Lady)
6
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 26, 1826
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: St. Louis
Died: December 14
8
Albert Bierstadt
(Painter)
5
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: January 7, 1830
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Solingen, Germany
Died: February 18
9
Breaker Morant
(Writer)
6
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 9, 1864
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: England
Died: February 27
10
Walter Reed
(U.S. Army Physician Who Led a Team Which Confirmed That Yellow Fever Gets Transmitted By a Mosquito)
5
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: September 13, 1851
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Belroi
Died: November 22
11
Maria Goretti
(Regarded as a Roman Catholic saint and martyr)
5
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 16, 1890
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Corinaldo, Italy
Died: July 6
12
Wade Hampton III
(General)
9
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 28, 1818
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Died: April 11
13
Bret Harte
(Author & Poet)
11
2
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: August 25, 1836
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Albany, New York, U.S.
Died: May 5
14
Swami Vivekananda
(Indian Monk & Philosopher Who Introduced the Vedanta and Yoga to the Western World)
270
146
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 12, 1863
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Died: July 4
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
15
Richard von Krafft-Ebing
(German Psychiatrist)
3
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: August 14, 1840
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Mannheim, Germany
Died: December 22
16
Samuel Butler
(Novelist)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 4, 1835
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Langar, Nottinghamshire, England
Died: June 18
17
Frank Norris
(Journalist)
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 5, 1870
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, U.S
Died: October 25
18
James Tissot
(Painter)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: October 15, 1836
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Nantes, France
Died: August 8
19
Charles Dow
(Journalist)
2
1
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: November 6, 1851
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Sterling, Connecticut, United States
Died: December 4
20
Thomas Reed
(Politician, Lawyer)
3
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 18, 1839
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Portland, Maine, United States
Died: December 7
21
Potter Palmer
(Businessman)
2
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: May 20, 1826
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Albany County, New York, United States
Died: May 4
22
Alice Freeman Palmer
(Educator)
2
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 21, 1855
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Colesville, New York, United States
Died: December 6
23
Adam Worth
(art thief)
1
1
24
Henryk Siemiradzki
(Painter)
1
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: October 24, 1843
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Pecheniz'kyi district, Ukraine
Died: August 23
25
William T. Sampson
(Navy Admiral)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 9, 1840
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Palmyra, New York, United States
Died: May 6
26
Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria
(Archduchess)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 13, 1870
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Schloss Artstetten, Artstetten-Pöbring, Austria
Died: August 24
27
Charles Lewis Tiffany
(Trader)
2
2
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: February 15, 1812
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Connecticut, United States
Died: February 18
28
Cecil John Rhodes
(Former Prime Minister of the Cape Colony)
8
10
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: July 5, 1853
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Died: March 26
29
Johannes Wislicenus
(Chemist)
2
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: June 24, 1835
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Querfurt, Germany
Died: December 5
30
Jules Dalou
(French Sculptor)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: December 31, 1838
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: April 15
31
Lilly Martin Spencer
(Painter)
2
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: November 26, 1822
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Exeter, England
Died: May 22
32
Frances Fuller Victor
(Historian)
2
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: May 23, 1826
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rome, New York, United States
Died: November 14
33
Antanas Baranauskas
(Poet)
2
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 17, 1835
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Anyksciai, Lithuania
Died: November 26
34
Hamoud bin Mohammed of Zanzibar
(Sultan)
1
0
35
Emil Holub
(Physician)
2
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 7, 1847
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Holice, Czechia
Died: February 21
36
Lavinia Veiongo
(Queen consort of Tonga from 1899 to 1902)
0
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: February 9, 1879
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tonga
Died: April 24
37
Max Blum
(Writer)
2
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: December 23, 1864
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany
Died: November 6
38
Lord Acton
(Historian and Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth)
1
4
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 10, 1834
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Naples, Italy
Died: June 19
39
William Chandler Roberts-Austen
(British metallurgist)
2
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: March 3, 1843
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kennington, England
Died: November 22
40
Count Richard Belcredi
(5th Chairman of the Ministers' Conference and Interior Minister of the Austrian Empire (1865 - 1867))
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 12, 1823
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Jimramov, Czechia
Died: December 2
41
Frank R. Stockton
(Writer)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 5, 1834
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: April 20
42
Jessie Benton Frémont
(Writer)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 31, 1824
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lexington, Virginia, United States
Died: December 27
43
Lionel Johnson
(British Poet, Essayist, and Critic)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 15, 1867
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Broadstairs, England
Died: October 4
44
James James
(Musician)
0
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 4, 1832
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, Wales
Died: January 11
45
Julius Sterling Morton
(Politician)
0
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: April 22, 1832
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Adams, New York, United States
Died: April 27
46
Mark Antokolsky
(Sculptor, Artist)
0
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: October 21, 1843
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Vilnius, Lithuania
Died: July 9
47
William Taylor
(Bishop)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1821 AD
Birthplace: Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States
Died: May 18
48
Camilla Urso
(Violinist)
1
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: June 13, 1842
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Nantes, France
Died: January 20
49
Frederick Temple
(Former Archbishop of Canterbury (1896 - 1902))
1
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 30, 1821
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lefkada, Greece
Died: December 23
50
John Peter Altgeld
(Governor)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 30, 1847
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Selters (Westerwald), Germany
Died: March 12
