1
Virginia Woolf
(One of the Most Important Modernist 20th-Century Authors)
111
72
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 25, 1882
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kensington, London, England
Died: March 28
2
Lou Gehrig
(One of the Most Durable Players in American Professional Baseball and One of its Great Hitters)
79
12
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 19, 1903
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Yorkville, New York, United States
Died: June 2
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
3
James Joyce
(One of the Most Influential Writers of the 20th Century)
59
14
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 2, 1882
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Rathgar, Ireland
Died: January 13
4
Wilhelm II
(German Emperor and King of Prussia (1888 - 1918))
47
25
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: January 27, 1859
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: June 4
5
Rabindranath Tagore
(Poet)
347
66
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: May 7, 1861
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Died: August 7
6
Frederick Banting
(Co-Discoverer of Insulin)
87
8
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: November 14, 1891
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Alliston, New Tecumseth, Canada
Died: February 21
7
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
(First Chief Scout of the World-Renowned Scout Movement.)
41
6
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 22, 1857
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paddington, London, England
Died: January 8
8
Banjo Paterson
(Poet)
136
17
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: February 17, 1864
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Orange
Died: February 5
9
Amy Johnson
(Aviator)
18
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 1, 1903
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died: January 5
10
Louis Chevrolet
(Race Car Driver and Co-Founder of the ‘Chevrolet Motor Car Company’ and ‘Frontenac Motor Corporation’)
52
11
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 25, 1878
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Died: June 6
11
Louis Brandeis
(Former Lawyer & US Supreme Court Associate Justice)
6
2
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: November 13, 1856
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Died: October 5
12
Henri Bergson
(French Philosopher and Winner of the 1927 Nobel Prize in Literature)
7
2
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: October 18, 1859
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: January 4
13
Jelly Roll Morton
(Pianist, Bandleader, Composer, Conductor, Jazz musician)
7
2
14
Annie Jump Cannon
(Astronomer)
34
4
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 11, 1863
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Dover
Died: April 13
15
Sherwood Anderson
(Writer)
8
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 13, 1876
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ohio, United States
Died: March 8
16
Amrita Shergil
(Greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century)
20
3
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: January 30, 1913
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: December 5
17
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
(Former Prime Minister of Poland, Pianist)
7
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 6, 1860
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kurylivka, Ukraine
Died: June 29
18
Maximilian Kolbe
(Polish Catholic Priest and Conventual Franciscan Friar)
21
4
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 8, 1894
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Zduńska Wola, Poland
Died: August 14
19
Ernest Everett Just
(Biologist)
16
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: August 14, 1883
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Died: October 27
20
Bruno Mussolini
(Aviator)
3
0
21
Maurice Leblanc
(French Novelist Known as the Creator of the Fictional Gentleman Thief and Detective ‘Arsène Lupin')
5
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 11, 1864
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rouen, France
Died: November 6
22
Edward Rydz-Śmigły
(Commander-In-Chief and Inspector General of the Polish Armed Forces (1935 - 1939))
9
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 11, 1886
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Berezhany, Ukraine
Died: December 2
23
James George Frazer
(Anthropologist, Writer, Historian, Mythographer)
3
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 1, 1854
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Glasgow
Died: May 7
24
Isaac C. Kidd
(Military officer)
4
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 26, 1884
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died: December 7
25
Walther Nernst
(Physicist and Chemist)
6
1
26
Robert Delaunay
(Artist)
2
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: April 12, 1885
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: October 25
27
Arthur Evans
(Archaeologist)
2
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: July 8, 1851
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Nash Mills, England
Died: July 11
28
Hugh Walpole
(British Novelist)
3
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 13, 1884
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Auckland, New Zealand
Died: June 1
29
Kurt Koffka
(Psychologist, University teacher)
6
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: March 18, 1886
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Berlin
Died: November 22
30
Jock Lewes
(Military personnel)
1
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: December 21, 1913
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kolkata Calcutta, Bengal, British India
Died: December 31
31
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya
(Resistance fighter)
2
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 13, 1923
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Osino-Gay, Russia
Died: November 29
32
Tullio Levi-Civita
(Mathematician)
5
2
33
Émile Nelligan
(Canadian Poet)
6
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 24, 1879
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died: November 18
34
Elizabeth von Arnim
(Novelist)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 31, 1866
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kirribilli Point, Australia
Died: February 9
35
Werner Sombart
(German Economist and Sociologist Known for Coining the Term ‘Late Capitalism')
1
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 19, 1863
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ermsleben, Falkenstein, Germany
Died: May 18
36
John Lavery
(Painter)
2
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: March 20, 1856
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Belfast, Ireland
Died: January 10
37
Helen Morgan
(Actress)
1
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 2, 1900
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Danville, Illinois, United States
Died: October 9
38
Alfonso XIII of Spain
(King of Spain from 1886 to 1931)
5
5
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: May 17, 1886
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: February 28
39
Mitsuyo Maeda
(Mixed martial artists)
1
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 18, 1878
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
Died: November 28
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
40
Edwin S. Porter
(Pioneering Filmmaker of the Early 1900s)
2
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 21, 1870
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Connellsville, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: April 30
41
Frank Bridge
(Composer, Conductor, Music educator)
2
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: February 26, 1879
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Brighton
Died: January 10
42
Émile Bernard
(Post-Impressionist painter, Writer)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: April 28, 1868
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Lille, France
Died: April 16
43
Abe Reles
(Mobster)
8
5
Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: May 10, 1906
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: November 12
44
Gaetano Mosca
(Former Member of Italian Chamber of Deputies for Palermo (1909 - 1919))
1
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: April 1, 1858
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Palermo, Italy
Died: November 8
45
Eduard Freiherr von Böhm-Ermolli
(Austrian general during World War I who rose to the rank of field marshal in the Austro-Hungarian Army)
3
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 12, 1856
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ancona, Italy
Died: December 9
46
Émile Picard
(Mathematician)
4
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 24, 1856
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 11
47
Nicolae Titulescu
(Diplomat)
3
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 4, 1882
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Craiova, Romania
Died: March 17
48
Lancelot Holland
(Military personnel)
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 13, 1887
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Middleton Cheney, Banbury, England
Died: May 24
49
Dmitry Merezhkovsky
(Novelist)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 2, 1865
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: December 9
2
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 14, 1919
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Whanganui
Died: September 15
