1
Emile Zola
(French Novelist & Playwright Known for His Works 'Les Rougon-Macquart' and 'Thérèse Raquin')
20
4
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')
28
6
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.)
20
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')
24
3
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: October 13, 1821
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Swidwin, Poland
Died: September 5
5
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)
6
Maria Goretti
(Regarded as a Roman Catholic saint and martyr)
5
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 16, 1890
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Corinaldo, Italy
Died: July 6
7
John Wesley Powell
(Explorer, Geologist)
13
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: March 24, 1834
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Mount Morris
Died: September 23
8
Albert Bierstadt
(Painter)
5
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: January 7, 1830
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Solingen, Germany
Died: February 18
9
Thomas Nast
(Cartoonist)
8
5
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: September 27, 1840
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Landau
Died: December 7
10
Breaker Morant
(Writer)
6
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 9, 1864
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: England
Died: February 27
11
Walter Reed
(U.S. Army Physician Who Led a Team Which Confirmed That Yellow Fever Gets Transmitted By a Mosquito)
4
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: September 13, 1851
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Belroi
Died: November 22
12
Bret Harte
(Author & Poet)
10
1
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: August 25, 1836
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Albany, New York, U.S.
Died: May 5
13
Wade Hampton III
(General)
7
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 28, 1818
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Died: April 11
14
Julia Grant
(U.S. First Lady)
4
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 26, 1826
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: St. Louis
Died: December 14
15
Samuel Butler
(Novelist)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 4, 1835
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Langar, Nottinghamshire, England
Died: June 18
16
Frank Norris
(Journalist)
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 5, 1870
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, U.S
Died: October 25
17
Richard von Krafft-Ebing
(German Psychiatrist)
2
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: August 14, 1840
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Mannheim, Germany
Died: December 22
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
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
24
Adam Worth
(art thief)
1
1
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
Frank R. Stockton
(Writer)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 5, 1834
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: April 20
27
Jessie Benton Frémont
(Writer)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 31, 1824
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lexington, Virginia, United States
Died: December 27
28
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
29
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
30
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
31
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
32
John Peter Altgeld
(Governor)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 30, 1847
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Selters (Westerwald), Germany
Died: March 12
33
Horace Gray
(Jurist)
0
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: March 24, 1828
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: September 15
34
Johannes Wislicenus
(Chemist)
2
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: June 24, 1835
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Querfurt, Germany
Died: December 5
35
Lilly Martin Spencer
(Painter)
2
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: November 26, 1822
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Exeter, England
Died: May 22
36
Esther Hobart Morris
(First Woman Justice of the Peace in the United States)
0
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: August 8, 1814
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Spencer, New York, United States
Died: April 2
37
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
38
John Henry Twachtman
(Painter)
0
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: August 4, 1853
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Died: August 8
39
Antanas Baranauskas
(Poet)
2
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 17, 1835
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Anyksciai, Lithuania
Died: November 26
40
Samuel Rawson Gardiner
(Historian)
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: March 4, 1829
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hampshire, England
Died: February 24
41
Jules Dalou
(French Sculptor)
0
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: December 31, 1838
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: April 15
42
Emil Holub
(Physician)
2
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 7, 1847
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Holice, Czechia
Died: February 21
43
Philip James Bailey
(Poet)
1
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 22, 1816
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nottingham, England
Died: September 6
44
Frederick Abel
(Chemist)
1
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 17, 1827
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Woolwich, London, England
Died: September 6
45
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
46
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
47
Charles Lewis Tiffany
(Trader)
1
2
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: February 15, 1812
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Connecticut, United States
Died: February 18
48
Edward Eggleston
(Historian)
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: December 10, 1837
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Vevay, Indiana, United States
Died: September 3
49
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
50
Henryk Siemiradzki
(Painter)
1
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: October 24, 1843
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Pecheniz'kyi district, Ukraine
Died: August 23
