1
Anton Chekhov
(One of the Greatest Writers of All Time)
47
11
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 29, 1860
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Taganrog, Russia
Died: July 15
2
Antonín Dvořák
(One of the First Czech Composers to Achieve Worldwide Recognition)
26
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: September 8, 1841
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Prague, Czech Republic
Died: May 1
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
3
Jamsetji Tata
(Indian Industrialist and Founder of 'Tata Group')
46
18
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 3, 1839
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Gujarat, India
Died: May 19
4
Chief Joseph
(Nez Perce leader)
55
4
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 3, 1840
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Wallowa River
Died: September 21
5
Henry Morton Stanley
(Welsh-American Explorer Who Was Famous for His Exploration of Central Africa and His Search for Missionary David Livingstone)
12
3
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: January 28, 1841
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales
Died: May 10
6
Paul Kruger
(5th President of the South African Republic (1883 - 1902))
11
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 10, 1825
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Steynsburg, South Africa
Died: July 14
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
7
Kate Chopin
(Author)
9
1
8
Eadweard Muybridge
(Photographer)
5
2
Listed In: Photographers
Birthdate: April 9, 1830
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England
Died: May 8
9
James Longstreet
(United States Minister to the Ottoman Empire (1880-81))
9
7
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 8, 1821
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Edgefield, South Carolina, United States
Died: January 2
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
10
Al Swearengen
(Entertainment Entrepreneur)
4
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 8, 1845
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Oskaloosa, Iowa, United States
Died: November 15
11
Jean-Leon Gerome
(Painter)
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2
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: May 11, 1824
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Vesoul, Haute-Saône, France
Died: January 10
12
Samuel Smiles
(Writer)
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0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 23, 1812
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Died: April 16
13
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
(French Sculptor and Painter Best Known for Designing the 'Statue of Liberty')
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: August 2, 1834
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Colmar, France
Died: October 4
14
Dan Leno
(Comedian)
2
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: December 20, 1860
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Somers Town, London England
Died: October 31
15
Herbert von Bismarck
(Politician)
2
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 28, 1849
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: September 18
16
Lafcadio Hearn
(Former Writer, Translator, and Teacher Who Introduced the Culture and Literature of Japan to the West)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 27, 1850
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lefkada, Greece
Died: September 26
17
Princess Alexandrine of Baden
(Aristocrat)
1
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: December 6, 1820
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Karlsruhe, Germany
Died: December 20
18
John Brown Gordon
(General)
3
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 6, 1832
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Upson County, Georgia, United States
Died: January 9
19
Murad V
(Sultan)
0
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: September 21, 1840
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Died: August 29
20
Henri Fantin-Latour
(Painter)
2
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: January 14, 1836
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Grenoble, France
Died: August 25
21
Friedrich Ratzel
(Biologist, Geopolitician, Geographer, Zoologist, Political scientist, University teacher)
3
1
22
Norodom of Cambodia
(King of Cambodia (1860 - 1904))
3
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: February 3, 1834
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Angkor Borei, Cambodia
Died: April 24
23
Ruth Cleveland
(Grover Cleveland's daughter)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 3, 1891
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: January 7
24
Marcus Goldman
(American Investment Banker and Founder of the Global Investment Bank 'Goldman Sachs')
0
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: December 9, 1821
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Trappstadt
Died: July 20
25
Georges Gilles de la Tourette
(Physician, Psychiatrist, Neurologist)
2
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: October 30, 1857
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers
Died: May 26
26
Niels Ryberg Finsen
(Physician)
3
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: December 15, 1860
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Died: September 24
27
Christopher Dresser
(Designer)
3
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 4, 1834
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Died: November 24
28
George Frederic Watts
(British Painter and Sculptor Known for His Contribution and Influence on the Symbolist Movement)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: February 23, 1817
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Died: July 1
29
Émile Gallé
(Artist)
2
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 8, 1846
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nancy, France
Died: September 23
30
Isabelle Eberhardt
(Explorer)
1
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 17, 1877
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Geneva, Switzerland
Died: October 21
31
Vasily Vereshchagin
(Artist)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: October 26, 1842
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cherepovets, Novgorod Governorate, Russia
Died: April 13
32
Sarah Boone
(Inventor)
1
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: 1832
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Craven County, North Carolina
Died: 1904 AD
33
Sami Frashëri
(Writer)
1
0
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Edwin Arnold
(British Poet and Journalist Known for His Work 'The Light of Asia')
1
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: June 10, 1832
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Gravesend, Gravesham, Kent, England
Died: March 24
35
Mór Jókai
(Novelist)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 18, 1825
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Komarom, Hungary
Died: May 5
36
Étienne-Jules Marey
(French Scientist Who is Widely Considered to be a Pioneer of Photography)
0
0
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Vladimir Vasilyevich Markovnikov
(Chemist)
2
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 22, 1838
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Knyaginino, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Died: February 11
38
Nikolay Bobrikov
(Governor of Finland)
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 27, 1839
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Strelna, Russia
Died: June 17
39
Theodor Herzl
(Journalist)
0
1
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: May 2, 1860
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Pest, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire
Died: July 3
40
Luigi Palma di Cesnola
(Soldier)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 29, 1832
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Rivarolo Canavese, Italy
Died: November 20
41
Sir William Harcourt
(Lawyer)
1
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: October 14, 1827
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: York, England
Died: October 1
42
Leslie Stephen
(British Author, Critic, Historian, Biographer, and Mountaineer)
2
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 28, 1832
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kensington Gore, London, England
Died: February 22
43
Samuel M. Jones
(Politician)
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 3, 1846
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Caernarvonshire, Wales
Died: July 12
44
Dan Emmett
(American Songwriter, Entertainer and Founder of the First Troupe of the 'Blackface')
0
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: October 29, 1815
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States
Died: June 28
45
Gabriel Tarde
(French Sociologist, Criminologist and Social Psychologist Best Known for His Criminological Work and His Criticism of 'Durkheim')
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: March 12, 1843
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Sarlat-la-Canéda, France
Died: May 13
46
Regine Olsen
(Writer)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 23, 1822
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: March 18
47
Anne Hartley Gilbert
(Actress)
3
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 21, 1821
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Rochdale, England
Died: December 2
48
Isabella II of Spain
(Queen of Spain (1833 - 1868))
5
11
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: October 10, 1830
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: April 9
49
George Salmon
(Irish Mathematician and Anglican Theologian)
1
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: September 25, 1819
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: January 22
50
Eduard Hanslick
(Music Critic)
0
0
Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Birthdate: September 11, 1825
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Prague, Czech Republic
Died: August 6
