1 Robert Wadlow
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Tallest Person Ever Known
Birthdate: February 22, 1918
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Alton, Illinois
Died: July 15
Height: 8'11" (272 cm)
.2 F. Scott Fitzgerald
.182
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Novelist
Birthdate: September 24, 1896
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Died: December 21
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
3 Leon Trotsky
.151
Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Politician
Birthdate: November 7, 1879
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bereslavka, Ukraine
Died: August 21
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
4 Neville Chamberlain
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Prime Minister of the U.K.
Birthdate: March 18, 1869
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Birmingham
Died: November 9
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
5 Marcus Garvey
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6 Emma Goldman
.52
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Famous As: Writer
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Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kaunas
Died: May 14
7 Big Nose Kate
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Birthdate: November 9, 1849
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Nové Zámky, Slovakia
Died: November 2
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10 Walter Chrysler
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12 Madeleine Astor
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13 J. J. Thomson
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15 Mikhail Bulgakov
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16 Eric Gill
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17 Jesse Livermore
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18 Tom Mix
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19 Prince Wilhelm of Prussia
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20 Nikolai Yezhov
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21 Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark
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23 Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse
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24 Manuel Azaña
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25 Fusajiro Yamauchi
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27 John Buchan
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28 Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark
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29 George Lansbury
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30 James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon
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31 Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV
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32 Arthur Rostron
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33 Isaac Babel
10
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34 Lewis Hine
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36 William E. Borah
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37 Frederick Cook
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38 Abdelhamid Ben Badis
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39 Nathanael West
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40 Prince Jean, Duke of Guise
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41 Carl Bosch
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Listed In: Scientists
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42 Vsevolod Meyerhold
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43 Billy Hamilton
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44 Henry Ossian Flipper
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45 Kyösti Kallio
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48 Charles Freer Andrews
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50 Édouard Vuillard
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