1 Virginia Woolf
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Famous As: Novelist
Birthdate: January 25, 1882
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kensington, London, England
Died: March 28
2 Rabindranath Tagore
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: May 7, 1861
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Died: August 7
3 Lou Gehrig
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Famous As: Baseball player
Birthdate: June 19, 1903
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Yorkville, New York, United States
Died: June 2
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4 James Joyce
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Novelist Known for His Experimental Use of Language & Exploration of New Literary Methods
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Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Rathgar, Ireland
Died: January 13
5 Wilhelm II
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15
Listed In: Historical Personalities
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Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: June 4
6 Frederick Banting
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4
Listed In: Physicians
Famous As: Co-Discoverer of Insulin
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Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Alliston, New Tecumseth, Canada
Died: February 21
7 Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
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Famous As: Founder of the Scout Movement
Birthdate: February 22, 1857
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paddington, London, England
Died: January 8
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9 Amrita Shergil
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10 Banjo Paterson
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11 Amy Johnson
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12 Louis Chevrolet
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13 Henri Bergson
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14 Jelly Roll Morton
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15 Sherwood Anderson
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16 Louis Brandeis
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17 Annie Jump Cannon
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18 Mitsuyo Maeda
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19 Abe Reles
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5
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Sun Sign: Taurus
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20 Ernest Everett Just
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0
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21 Edward Rydz-Śmigły
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22 Maurice Leblanc
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1
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23 Ignacy Jan Paderewski
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24 James George Frazer
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25 Alfonso XIII of Spain
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26 Isaac C. Kidd
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27 Sir Hugh Walpole
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28 Walther Nernst
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1
Listed In: Scientists
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29 Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya
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0
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30 Bruno Mussolini
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0
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31 Edwin S. Porter
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32 Helen Morgan
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33 Emanuel Lasker
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34 Kurt Koffka
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35 Robert Delaunay
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1
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36 El Lissitzky
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37 Tullio Levi-Civita
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38 Arthur Evans
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39 Marina Tsvetaeva
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40 Benjamin Lee Whorf
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41 Émile Nelligan
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42 John Lavery
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43 Jock Lewes
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44 Marie Julie Jahenny
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45 Eduard Freiherr von Böhm-Ermolli
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46 Tom Phillips
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48 Henri Lebesgue
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49 Werner Sombart
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50 Gaetano Mosca
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