1
Jack London
(Novelist & Journalist)
79
18
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: January 12, 1876
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: November 22
2
Franz Joseph I of Austria
(Emperor of Austria King of Hungary (1848 - 1916))
44
6
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: August 18, 1830
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: November 21
3
Grigori Rasputin
(Peasant)
90
47
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 21, 1869
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pokrovskoe, Russia
Died: December 30
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
4
Henry James
(British Author Who is Regarded as a Key Transitional Figure Between Literary Realism and Literary Modernism)
17
4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 15, 1843
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York, New York City, United States
Died: February 28
5
Saki
(Writer)
72
41
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 18, 1870
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Sittwe, Myanmar (Burma)
Died: November 14
6
James Connolly
(Socialist Leader)
14
3
7
Patrick Pearse
(Barrister and a Leader of the Easter Rising in 1916)
20
2
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: November 10, 1879
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: May 3
8
Rubén Darío
(Nicaraguan Poet Who Initiated the Spanish-Language Literary Movement Known as "Modernismo")
14
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 18, 1867
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ciudad Darío, Nicaragua
Died: February 6
9
Henryk Sienkiewicz
(Polish Writer Who Won the '1905 Nobel Prize in Literature')
11
1
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: May 5, 1846
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Wola Okrzejska, Poland
Died: November 15
10
Ernst Mach
(Physicist)
9
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: February 18, 1838
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Brno, Czech Republic
Died: February 19
11
Richard Dedekind
(German Mathematician Known for His Important Contributions to Number Theory, Abstract Algebra and Modern Set Theory)
72
28
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 6, 1831
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Brunswick, Germany
Died: February 12
12
Hetty Green
(financier)
5
1
13
William Ramsay
(Scottish Chemist Who Discovered the Noble Gases)
10
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 2, 1852
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Died: July 23
14
Thomas Eakins
(American Photographer, Realist Painter, Fine Arts Educator, and Sculptor)
6
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: July 25, 1844
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: June 25
15
Roger Casement
(British Diplomat Known as ‘Father of Twentieth-Century Human Rights Investigations')
7
5
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: September 1, 1864
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Sandycove, Ireland
Died: August 3
16
Thibaw Min
(King)
8
1
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: January 1, 1859
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Mandalay, Myanmar
Died: December 19
17
James J. Hill
(Canadian-American railroad executive, Businessman)
13
4
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: September 16, 1838
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Eramosa Township, Ontario, Upper Canada
Died: May 29
18
John S. Mosby
(Confederate army cavalry battalion commander)
4
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 6, 1833
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Powhatan County, Virginia, United States
Died: May 30
19
Karl Schwarzschild
(Physicist, Astronomer, Astrophysicist, University teacher, Mathematician)
4
0
20
Percival Lowell
(Astronomer, Mathematician)
5
1
21
Franz Marc
(German Painter, Printmaker and One of the Key Figures of German Expressionism)
2
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: February 8, 1880
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: March 4
22
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
(officer)
2
1
23
Otto of Bavaria
(King)
4
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 27, 1848
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Munich Residenz, Munich, Germany
Died: October 11
24
Hiram Maxim
(Inventor)
5
4
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: February 5, 1840
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Sangerville
Died: November 24
25
Charles de Foucauld
(French Soldier, Explorer, Catholic Priest and Hermit)
3
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 15, 1858
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Strasbourg, France
Died: December 1
26
Charles Taze Russell
(Christian Restoration Minister)
15
10
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 16, 1852
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died: October 31
Height: 6'11" (211 cm)
27
Max Reger
(German Composer, Pianist, Organist and Conductor)
3
0
28
James Whitcomb Riley
(Author)
4
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 7, 1849
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Greenfield, Indiana, United States
Died: July 22
29
Ivan Franko
(Poet)
6
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: August 27, 1856
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Nahuievychi, Ukraine
Died: May 28
30
Princess Augusta of Cambridge
(Princess)
2
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: July 19, 1822
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Palace of Montbrillant, Hanover
Died: December 5
31
Élie Metchnikoff
(Former zoologist best known for his pioneering research in immunology)
2
0
32
Lanoe Hawker
(Aviator, Military personnel)
6
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 30, 1890
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Hampshire
Died: November 23
33
Elisabeth of Wied
(Queen Consort of Romania (1881 - 1914))
4
1
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: December 29, 1843
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Schloss Monrepos
Died: March 2
34
Enrique Granados
(Spanish Pianist and Composer Known for His Works: ‘Goyescas’, ‘Spanish Dances’, and ‘María del Carmen’)
2
0
35
Julius Fučík
(Composer)
4
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: July 18, 1872
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New Town, Prague, Czech Republic
Died: September 25
36
Hugo Münsterberg
(Psychologist, University teacher, Philosopher)
2
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: June 1, 1863
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Gdańsk
Died: December 16
37
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
(British Army Officer and Colonial Administrator)
2
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 24, 1850
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ballylongford, Ireland
Died: June 5
38
Prince Mircea of Romania
(Prince)
3
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 3, 1913
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
Died: November 2
39
Joseph Jacobs
(Literary critic, Literary historian, Folklorist, Historian, Children's writer)
1
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: August 29, 1854
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Sydney
Died: January 30
2
1
41
Vasily Surikov
(Russian Realist History Painter)
2
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: January 24, 1848
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Died: March 19
42
George Butterworth
(Composer, Musicologist)
2
1
43
Martinus Theunis Steyn
(Former 6th State President of the Orange Free State (1896 - 1902))
3
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: October 2, 1857
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Winburg, South Africa
Died: November 28
44
Eduard Strauss
(Composer)
2
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: February 14, 1835
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Austria
Died: December 28
45
Paolo Tosti
(Composer)
2
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: April 9, 1846
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ortona, Italy
Died: December 2
46
Thomas MacDonagh
(Poet)
0
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: February 1, 1878
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cloughjordan, Ireland
Died: May 3
47
Grenville M. Dodge
(Officer)
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 12, 1831
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Danvers, Massachusetts,United States
Died: January 3
48
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
(Author)
3
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 13, 1830
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Zdislavice (Troubky-Zdislavice), Troubky-Zdislavice, Czechia
Died: March 12
49
Prince Heinrich of Bavaria
(Prince)
2
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 24, 1884
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: November 8
50
Alice Ball
(American Chemist Renowned for Developing the 'Ball Method')
2
2
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 24, 1892
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington, United States
Died: December 31
