1
John Jacob Astor IV
(Businessman, Investor, and Founder of the ‘Waldorf-Astoria Hotel’)
42
7
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: July 13, 1864
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rhinebeck Village, Rhinebeck, New York, United States
Died: April 15
2
Bram Stoker
(Irish Author Best Known for His Horror Novel ‘Dracula’)
47
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 8, 1847
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland
Died: April 20
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
3
Robert Falcon Scott
(British Royal Naval Officer and Explorer)
64
18
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 6, 1868
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Plymouth, Devon, England
Died: March 29
4
Emperor Meiji
(Emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912)
21
3
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: November 3, 1852
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Died: July 30
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
5
Edward Smith
(Captain of the British Passenger Liner 'RMS Titanic', Which Sank on its Maiden Voyage)
18
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 27, 1850
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Died: April 15
6
Clara Barton
(American Nurse Who Founded the American Red Cross)
55
7
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 25, 1821
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: North Oxford, Oxford, Massachusetts, United States
Died: April 12
7
Joseph Lister
(British Medical Scientist and a Pioneer in the Field of Antiseptic Medicine and Surgery)
44
2
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: April 5, 1827
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Upton House, West Ham, England
Died: February 10
8
Thomas Andrews
(Businessperson, Naval Architect)
24
6
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: February 7, 1873
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Comber, County Down, Ireland
Died: April 15
9
Henri Poincare
(French Polymath and Mathematician Known as One of the Founders of the 'Field of Topology')
20
3
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: April 29, 1854
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nancy, France
Died: July 17
10
Louis Cyr
(Strongman)
7
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 10, 1863
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville, Canada
Died: November 10
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
11
Nettie Stevens
(American Geneticist Known for Her Discovery of 'X and Y Sex Determining Chromosomes')
10
4
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 7, 1861
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cavendish, Vermont, United States
Died: May 4
12
August Strindberg
(Father of Modern Swedish Literature)
9
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 22, 1849
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: May 14
13
5
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: June 3, 1843
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: May 14
14
Daniel Burnham
(Architect, Urban Designer)
9
0
15
Benjamin Guggenheim
(Businesspeople)
3
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: October 26, 1865
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: April 15
16
William Booth
(Founder of the Salvation Army, Preacher)
6
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 10, 1829
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Sneinton, Nottingham, England
Died: August 20
17
Allan Octavian Hume
(Founder of Indian National Congress)
4
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: June 4, 1829
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Saint Mary Cray, Orpington, United Kingdom
Died: July 31
18
Isidor Straus
(U.S. House Representative from New York (1894-1895))
16
15
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 6, 1845
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Otterberg, Germany
Died: April 15
19
Ida Straus
(Businessperson)
4
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: February 6, 1849
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Worms, Germany Worms, Germany
Died: April 15
20
Jules Massenet
(Composer)
4
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: May 12, 1842
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Montaud, France
Died: August 13
21
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
(One of the Most Popular Victorian Painters of 19th Century)
5
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: January 8, 1836
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dronrijp, Netherlands
Died: June 25
22
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
(Composer, Pianist, Conductor)
3
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 15, 1875
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: London, England
Died: September 1
23
Andrew Lang
(Poet, Novelist, Literary Critic)
13
2
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: March 31, 1844
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Selkirk
Died: July 20
24
Archibald Gracie IV
(Historian, Writer, Investor)
4
2
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: January 15, 1858
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Mobile, Alabama, United States
Died: December 4
25
Karl May
(German Writer Known for His Adventure Novels Set in the American Old West)
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 25, 1842
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany
Died: March 30
26
Arthur MacArthur Jr.
(General)
2
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 2, 1845
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States
Died: September 5
27
Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche
(Engineer)
2
0
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: May 26, 1887
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cap-Haïtien, Haiti
Died: April 15
28
James Allen
(Writer)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 28, 1864
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Leicester, England
Died: January 12
29
Harriet Quimby
(The First Female Pilot to Fly across the English Channel)
3
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 11, 1875
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Arcadia, Michigan, United States
Died: July 1
30
Archibald Butt
(Military Leader)
4
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 26, 1865
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Augusta, Georgia, United States
Died: April 15
31
Ion Luca Caragiale
(Romanian Playwright, Poet, and Short Story Writer Known for His Satirical Works)
3
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 30, 1852
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: I. L. Caragiale, Romania
Died: June 9
32
Jacques Futrelle
(Journalist and mystery writer, best known for writing short detective stories)
2
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: April 9, 1875
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Pike County, Georgia, United States
Died: April 15
33
Wallace Hartley
(Bandleader, Violinist)
2
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: June 2, 1878
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Colne, Lancashire, England
Died: April 15
34
Bolesław Prus
(Polish Novelist and One of the Leading Figures of the Positivist Period in Polish Literature)
4
0
35
Octavia Hill
(Social Reformer)
2
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 3, 1838
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Wisbech, England
Died: August 13
36
Wilbur Wright
(One of the Wright Brothers Who Built the World's First Successful Motor-Operated Airplane)
60
5
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: April 16, 1867
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Millville, Indiana
Died: May 30
37
Sidney Leslie Goodwin
(Victim)
2
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 9, 1910
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Melksham, Wiltshire, England
Died: April 15
38
Thomas Byles
(Priest)
2
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 26, 1870
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Died: April 15
39
Frédéric Passy
(Economist & Nobel Peace Prize Winner)
5
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: May 20, 1822
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris
Died: June 12
40
Henry Sweet
(Linguist, University teacher)
2
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: September 15, 1845
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
Died: April 30
41
William McMaster Murdoch
(British Sailor Who Was the First Officer on the ‘RMS Titanic’)
4
4
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 28, 1873
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Dalbeattie, Scotland
Died: April 15
42
John Harper
(Pastor)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 29, 1872
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Died: April 15
43
Sophia Jex-Blake
(English Physician, Feminist and the First Practising Female Doctor in Scotland)
2
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: January 21, 1840
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hastings, Sussex, England
Died: January 7
44
Richard Norman Shaw
(Architect)
2
0
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: May 7, 1831
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: November 17
45
Whitelaw Reid
(Diplomat)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 27, 1837
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cedarville
Died: December 15
46
Joseph Bell
(Engineer)
1
0
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: March 12, 1861
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Farlam, England
Died: April 15
47
Jack Phillips
(Wireless telegraphist)
3
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 11, 1887
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Farncombe, Surrey, England
Died: April 15
48
James S. Sherman
(27th Vice President of the United States (1909-12))
2
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 24, 1855
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Utica, New York, United States
Died: October 30
49
James B. Weaver
(Politician)
0
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 12, 1833
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio, United States
Died: February 6
50
Nicholas of Japan
(Saint)
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 13, 1836
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Smolensk, Russia
Died: February 16
