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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
(The person whose assassination sparked the First World War)
66
17
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 18, 1863
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Graz, Austria
Died: June 28
2
John Muir
(Naturalist)
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17
3
Ambrose Bierce
(Journalist & Writer, soldier)
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10
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: June 24, 1842
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Meigs County, Ohio, United States
Died: December 1
4
Joshua Chamberlain
(Educator & War Hero)
22
7
5
George Westinghouse
(American Entrepreneur and Engineer Who Invented the ‘Railway Air Brake’)
15
3
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: October 6, 1846
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Central Bridge, New York, United States
Died: March 12
6
Jacob Riis
(Danish-American Social Reformer & Social Documentary Photographer)
26
4
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C. W. Post
(Nutritionist)
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1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 26, 1854
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Springfield, Illinois, United States
Died: May 9
8
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg
(Lady-in-waiting, Photographer)
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1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 1, 1868
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg
Died: June 28
9
Carol I of Romania
(King of Romania (1881 – 1914))
16
6
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: April 20, 1839
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sigmaringen, Germany
Died: October 10
10
George Crum
(American Chef)
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22
Listed In: Food Experts
Birthdate: March 22, 1822
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Saratoga County, New York, United States
Died: July 22
11
Rube Waddell
(Baseball Player)
8
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 13, 1876
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: April 1
12
Charles Sanders Peirce
(American Philosopher, Mathematician, Logician, and Scientist)
5
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: September 10, 1839
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died: April 19
13
Adlai Stevenson I
(23rd Vice President of the United States (1893-97))
10
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 23, 1835
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Christian County, Kentucky, United States
Died: June 14
14
Bertha von Suttner
(Austrian-Bohemian Pacifist, Novelist and the First Woman to be Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize)
18
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 9, 1843
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: The Golz-Kinsky Palace, Prague, Czechia
Died: June 21
15
Ellen Wilson
(Former First Lady of the United States)
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4
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 15, 1860
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia, United States
Died: August 6
16
Richard Warren Sears
(Businessman)
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0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: December 7, 1863
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Stewartville, Minnesota, United States
Died: September 28
17
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
(Military General)
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2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 30, 1832
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kanpur, India
Died: November 14
18
Alfred Thayer Mahan
(Naval Officer)
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1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 27, 1840
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: West Point, New York, United States
Died: December 1
19
Jean Jaurès
(French Socialist Leader )
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0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: September 3, 1859
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Castres, France
Died: July 31
20
John Tenniel
(Illustrator)
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0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: February 28, 1820
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bayswater, London, England
Died: February 25
21
Theodor Kittelsen
(Artist, illustrator)
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0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: April 27, 1857
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kragerø, Norway
Died: January 21
22
Joseph Swan
(Chemist, Physicist, Inventor)
2
1
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Charles Martin Hall
(Inventor)
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3
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: December 6, 1863
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Thompson Township, Ohio, United States
Died: December 27
24
Margaret E. Knight
(Inventor, notably of a machine to produce flat-bottomed paper bags)
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0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: February 14, 1838
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: York, Maine, United States
Died: October 12
25
Joseph Chamberlain
(Politician)
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0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 8, 1836
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Camberwell, London, United Kingdom
Died: July 2
26
William Erasmus Darwin
(Charles Darwin's son)
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1
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Jean Monet
(Chemist)
5
1
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George Washington Vanderbilt II
(Art Collector)
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16
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 14, 1862
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New Dorp
Died: March 6
29
August Macke
(German Expressionist Painter Known for His Colorful Landscape Paintings)
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0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: January 3, 1887
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Meschede, Germany
Died: September 26
30
Koos de la Rey
(Military officer)
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2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 22, 1847
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Doornfontein, Winburg, South Africa
Died: September 15
31
Allen Allensworth
(Baptist Minister, Educator, Army Officer)
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3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 7, 1842
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky
Died: September 14
32
Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
(Statesman)
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0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 6, 1820
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Forres, Scotland
Died: January 21
33
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
(Austrian Economist Who Made Important Contributions to the Development of the Austrian School of Economics)
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0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: February 12, 1851
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Brno, Czechia
Died: August 27
34
Mary Fields
(Mail carrier)
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0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1832 AD
Birthplace: Hickman County, Tennessee, United States
Died: 1914 AD
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Vinnie Ream
(Sculptor)
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0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: September 25, 1847
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Died: January 12
36
Pope Pius X
(Head of the Catholic Church from 1903 to 1914)
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9
Listed In: Spiritual & Religious Leaders
Birthdate: June 2, 1835
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Riese Pio X, Italy
Died: August 20
37
Alain-Fournier
(Best remembered for his classic 1913 novel Le Grand Meaulnes)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 3, 1886
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: La Chapelle-d'Angillon, France
Died: September 22
38
Frédéric Mistral
(Writer)
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0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 8, 1830
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Provence, France
Died: March 25
39
Peyo Yavorov
(Poet , Playwright and a Pioneer of the Bulgarian Symbolist Movement)
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0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 1, 1878
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Chirpan, Bulgaria
Died: October 17
40
Alphonse Bertillon
(Police Officer)
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1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 22, 1853
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: February 13
41
Henry Gannett
(American Geographer Who is Known as the 'Father of Mapmaking in America')
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1
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: August 24, 1846
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bath, Maine, United States
Died: November 5
42
Adna Chaffee
(Army General)
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0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 14, 1842
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Orwell, Ohio, United States
Died: November 1
43
Maximilian von Spee
(Naval officer)
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1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 22, 1861
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: December 8
44
Shibli Nomani
(Former writer known for the founding of the Shibli National College in 1883 and the Darul Mussanifin)
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0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: June 3, 1857
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Uttar Pradesh, India
Died: November 18
45
Anatoly Lyadov
(Composer)
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0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: May 12, 1855
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: August 28
46
Jane Roberts
(First Lady)
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0
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Charlotte Forten Grimké
(Poet)
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1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 17, 1837
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: July 23
48
Ovonramwen
(King of Benin)
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0
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Roque Sáenz Peña
(Politician)
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1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 19, 1851
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: August 9
50
John Philip Holland
(Former engineer who developed the first submarine to be formally commissioned by the US Navy, and the first Royal Navy submarine, Holland 1)
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