1
Mark Twain
(Lauded as the 'Greatest Humorist' the United States Has Produced)
206
31
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: November 30, 1835
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Florida, Missouri, United States
Died: April 21
2
Florence Nightingale
(Social Reformer & Founder of Modern Nursing and Known as 'The Lady with the Lamp')
181
19
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 12, 1820
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: August 13
3
Leo Tolstoy
(One of the Greatest Authors of All Time)
113
21
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 9, 1828
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Yasnaya Polyana, Russia
Died: November 20
4
O. Henry
(Short Story Writer)
113
8
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 11, 1862
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Greensboro, North Carolina
Died: June 5
5
William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
28
8
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 11, 1842
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: August 26
6
Robert Koch
(Physician)
25
4
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: December 11, 1843
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Died: May 27
7
Elizabeth Blackwell
(First Woman Medical Graduate)
37
1
8
Thomas Crapper
(Businessman)
13
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: September 28, 1836
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Waterside, Thorne, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Died: January 27
9
Henri Rousseau
(Painter)
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0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: May 21, 1844
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Laval, France
Died: September 2
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
10
Henry Dunant
(Swiss Humanitarian, Businessman and Co-Founder of the 'Red Cross')
33
3
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: May 8, 1828
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Geneva, Switzerland
Died: October 30
11
Chulalongkorn
(Former King of Siam (1868 - 1910))
8
3
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: September 20, 1853
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bangkok, Thailand
Died: October 23
12
Winslow Homer
(Painter)
12
2
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: February 24, 1836
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: September 29
13
Hawley Harvey Crippen
(Homeopath & Killer of His Wife)
7
4
Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: September 11, 1862
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Coldwater, Michigan, United States
Died: November 23
14
Granville Woods
(Inventor)
20
2
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: April 23, 1856
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Died: January 30
Height: 7'0" (213 cm)
15
Edward VII
(King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, Emperor of India (1901 - 1910))
16
16
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: November 9, 1841
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London, England
Died: May 6
16
Robert Wood Johnson I
(Industrialist)
2
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: February 20, 1845
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Carbondale, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: February 7
17
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
(Norwegian Writer and Winner of Nobel Prize in Literature in 1903)
5
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 8, 1832
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kvikne, Norway
Died: April 26
18
An Jung-geun
(Political activist)
3
1
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: September 2, 1879
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Haeju, North Korea
Died: March 26
19
Giovanni Schiaparelli
(Italian Astronomer and Science Historian)
4
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: March 14, 1835
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Savigliano, Italy
Died: July 4
20
Catherine Helen Spence
(Author, Journalist & Politician)
34
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: October 31, 1825
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Melrose, Scotland
Died: April 3
21
Joe Gans
(Boxer)
4
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 25, 1874
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died: August 10
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
22
Julia Ward Howe
(Known for Writing the ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 27, 1819
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York City, United States
Died: October 17
23
William Holman Hunt
(Painter, Artist)
1
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 2, 1827
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cheapside
Died: September 7
24
Marius Petipa
(One of the Most Influential Ballet Masters and Choreographers in Ballet History)
3
2
Listed In: Dancers
Birthdate: March 11, 1818
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Marseille, France
Died: July 14
25
Melville Fuller
(Chief Justice)
1
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: February 11, 1833
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Augusta, Maine, United States
Died: July 4
26
Johann Gottfried Galle
(Astronomer, University teacher)
2
0
27
William Graham Sumner
(Anthropologist, Political scientist, Writer)
1
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 30, 1840
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paterson, New Jersey, United States
Died: April 12
28
Léon Walras
(Economist, University teacher, Mathematician)
1
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: December 16, 1834
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Évreux
Died: January 5
29
Stanley Ketchel
(Boxer)
1
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 14, 1886
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Died: October 15
30
Mily Balakirev
(Composer, pianist, and conductor known today primarily for his work promoting musical nationalism)
0
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: December 31, 1836
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Died: May 29
31
Leo Tolstoy bibliography
(Writer)
0
0
32
John La Farge
(Painter)
2
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: March 31, 1835
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: November 14
33
Jules Renard
(Author and member of the Académie Goncourt)
3
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 22, 1864
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Châlons-du-Maine, Mayenne, France
Died: May 22
34
Albert Anker
(Swiss Painter and Illustrator Known for His Popular Depictions of Village Life)
3
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: April 1, 1831
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ins, Switzerland
Died: July 16
35
Nadar
(Photographer)
0
0
36
Pauline Viardot
(One of the Best 19th-Century French Mezzo-Soprano, Pedagogue and Composer)
0
0
37
Octave Chanute
(American Civil Engineer and Aviation Pioneer Known for Designing and Building the 'Hannibal Bridge')
2
1
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: February 18, 1832
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: November 23
38
Henri-Edmond Cross
(Former painter most acclaimed as a master of Neo-Impressionism and he played an important role in shaping the second phase of that movement)
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0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: May 20, 1856
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Douai, Nord, France
Died: May 16
39
Richard Abegg
(Chemist)
2
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: January 9, 1869
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Gdańsk, Poland
Died: April 3
40
Stanislao Cannizzaro
(Chemist)
0
0
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Charles Rolls
(British Motoring and Aviation Pioneer & Co-Founder of 'Rolls-Royce')
2
2
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: August 27, 1877
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Berkeley Square, London, England
Died: July 12
42
Frederick James Furnivall
(Philologists)
1
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: February 4, 1825
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Egham, England, United Kingdom
Died: July 2
43
Arkhip Kuindzhi
(Painter)
0
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: January 27, 1842
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Mariupol, Russian
Died: July 24
44
Mary Baker Eddy
(Religious Leader)
7
8
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 16, 1821
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bow, New Hampshire, United States
Died: December 3
45
Maria Konopnicka
(Poet)
1
0
46
Lucy Hobbs Taylor
(Dentist)
1
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: March 14, 1833
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Constable, New York, United States
Died: October 3
47
Howard Taylor Ricketts
(Pathologist)
1
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: February 9, 1871
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Findlay, Ohio, United States
Died: May 3
48
Kálmán Mikszáth
(Hungarian Novelist)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 16, 1847
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Sklabiná, Slovakia
Died: May 28
49
Wilhelm Raabe
(Writer)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 8, 1831
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Eschershausen, Germany
Died: November 15
50
Rebecca Harding Davis
(Author)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 24, 1831
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: September 29
