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William Howard Taft
(27th President of the United States)
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27
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: September 15, 1857
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Died: March 8
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
2
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(British Writer Who Created the Character of Sherlock Holmes)
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26
3
D. H. Lawrence
(English Writer and Poet Known for His Novels: ‘Sons and Lovers’, ‘The Rainbow’ and ‘Women in Love’)
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12
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 11, 1885
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Eastwood, England, United Kingdom
Died: March 2
4
Alfred Wegener
(German Climatologist and Geophysicist Known for His 'Continental Drift Theory')
30
6
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: November 1, 1880
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: November 1
5
Fridtjof Nansen
(Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and the First High Commissioner for Refugees Appointed by the League of Nations)
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6
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 10, 1861
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Oslo, Norway
Died: May 13
6
Lon Chaney
(Actor)
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4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 1, 1883
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Died: August 26
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
7
Vladimir Mayakovsky
(Russian Poet and Playwright Who was a Prominent Figure of the Russian Futurist Movement)
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1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 19, 1893
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Baghdati, Georgia
Died: April 14
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
8
Mary Harris Jones
(Irish-born American Schoolteacher and Activist)
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3
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: May 1, 1830
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Cork, Ireland
Died: November 30
9
Rebecca Latimer Felton
(First Woman Who was Appointed to the United States Senate)
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0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: June 10, 1835
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Decatur, Georgia, United States
Died: January 24
10
Mabel Normand
(Actress)
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3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 9, 1892
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New Brighton, Staten Island,
Died: February 23
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
11
Ilya Repin
(Russian Painter Who was One of the Most Renowned Artists in Russia During the 19th Century)
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0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: August 5, 1844
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chuhuiv, Ukraine
Died: September 29
12
Glenn Curtiss
(American Aviation and Motorcycling Pioneer & Founder of the U.S. Aircraft Industry)
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0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: May 21, 1878
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Hammondsport, New York, United States
Died: July 23
13
Zewditu
(Empress of Ethiopia (1916 - 1930))
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5
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: April 28, 1876
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Werreyimenu, Wollo
Died: April 2
14
Frank P. Ramsey
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Economist)
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2
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: February 22, 1903
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Cambridge
Died: January 19
15
Eugen Goldstein
(Physicist)
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0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 5, 1850
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Gliwice, Poland
Died: December 25
16
Peter Warlock
(Composer)
4
2
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Victoria of Baden
(Queen)
2
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: August 7, 1862
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Karlsruhe, Germany
Died: April 4
18
Rube Foster
(Former Baseball pitcher, Founder of Negro National League)
5
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 17, 1879
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Calvert, Texas, United States
Died: December 9
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
19
Cosima Wagner
(Composer)
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2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: December 24, 1837
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bellagio, Italy
Died: April 1
20
Henry Faulds
(Scientist)
25
2
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Harvey Washington Wiley
(Chemist)
3
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 18, 1844
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kent, Indiana, United States
Died: June 30
22
Leopold Auer
(Hungarian Composer, Conductor and Violinist)
3
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: June 7, 1845
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Veszprém, Hungary
Died: July 15
23
Herbert Henry Dow
(American Chemical Industrialist and Founder of the Multinational Conglomerate 'Dow Chemical')
1
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: February 26, 1866
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Belleville, Canada
Died: October 15
24
William George Barker
(Fighter pilot)
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2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 3, 1894
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dauphin, Canada
Died: March 12
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
25
Luigi Facta
(Former Prime Minister of Italy (February 1922 - October 1922))
2
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 16, 1861
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Pinerolo, Italy
Died: November 5
26
Pierina Legnani
(Ballerina)
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0
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1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 23, 1866
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Seville, Spain
Died: December 24
28
Horace Smith-Dorrien
(Autobiographer, Military personnel)
2
1
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Christiaan Eijkman
(Physician)
3
1
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Elmer Ambrose Sperry
(American Inventor and Entrepreneur Who Invented 'Gyrocompass')
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0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: October 12, 1860
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cincinnatus, New York, United States
Died: June 16
31
Joseph Wright
(English Philologist and Academic)
2
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: October 31, 1855
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Idle, Bradford, United Kingdom
Died: February 27
32
Eduard Polón
(Finnish Business Leader and Founder of the 'Nokia' Group)
2
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: June 16, 1861
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Nastola, Finland
Died: September 30
33
Gaetano Reina
(Gangster)
3
2
Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: September 27, 1889
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Corleone, Italy
Died: February 26
34
Horst Wessel
(Nazi Party Stormtrooper Who Was Hailed Asa Nazi Hero & Martyr)
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7
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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
(Author)
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0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 31, 1852
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Randolph, Massachusetts, United States
Died: March 13
36
Robert Bridges
(Poet)
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1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 23, 1844
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Walmer, Kent, England
Died: April 21
37
Joseph Ward
(17th Prime Minister of New Zealand)
2
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 26, 1856
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
Died: July 8
38
Giuseppe Morello
(Criminal)
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7
Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: May 2, 1867
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Corleone, Italy
Died: August 15
39
John Wheatley
(Politician)
2
0
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Friedrich von Bernhardi
(Prussian General and Military Historian Best Known for His Bellicose Book 'Deutschland und der Nächste Krieg')
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0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 22, 1849
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: December 11
41
Fritz Pregl
(Nobel Prize-Winning Slovenian-Austrian Chemist Known for His Research on Quantitative Organic Microanalysis)
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0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 3, 1869
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Died: December 13
42
Daniel Guggenheim
(Industrialist and philanthropist)
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2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 9, 1856
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: September 28
43
Allvar Gullstrand
(Swedish Optician and Ophthalmologist Who is Known for Study of Refraction of Light in the Human Eye)
1
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: June 5, 1862
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Landskrona, Sweden
Died: July 28
44
Kin Hubbard
(Cartoonist)
1
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: September 1, 1868
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States
Died: December 26
45
John Bowes-Lyon
(British Cricketer and the Second Son of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne)
1
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 1, 1886
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: United Kingdom
Died: February 7
2
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Habiba Msika
(Singer, Dancer)
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0
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Randall Davidson
(Priest)
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0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 7, 1848
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: May 25
49
Waldemar Haffkine
(Bacteriologists)
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0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: March 15, 1860
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Odesa, Ukraine
Died: October 26
50
Viggo Jensen
(Danish Weightlifter and Sport Shooter)
1
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 22, 1874
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: November 2
