1 Nikola Tesla
33622
Listed In: Engineers
Famous As: Inventor, Electrical engineer
Birthdate: July 10, 1856
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Smiljan, Croatia
Died: January 7
2 Isoroku Yamamoto
235
Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Japanese Naval Officer Who Conceived The Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941
Birthdate: April 4, 1884
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
Died: April 18
3 Beatrix Potter
323
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Author
Birthdate: July 28, 1866
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kensington
Died: December 22
4 Yakov Dzhugashvili
03
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Joseph Stalin's Son
Birthdate: March 18, 1907
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Baji, Kutais Governorate
Died: April 14
5 Sergei Rachmaninoff
152
Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Pianist
Birthdate: April 1, 1873
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Velikiy Novgorod
Died: March 28
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
6 Edsel Ford
92
Listed In: Business People
Famous As: Henry Ford's Son
Birthdate: November 6, 1893
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan
Died: May 26
7 George Washington Carver
1806
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Famous As: Scientist & Inventor
Birthdate: January 1, 1864
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Diamond, Missouri, United States
Died: January 5
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Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Waco, Texas, United States
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9 John Harvey Kellogg
90
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Famous As: Doctor, Inventor
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Sun Sign: Pisces
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Died: December 14
10 Sophie Scholl
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Famous As: Anti-Nazi Activist
Birthdate: May 9, 1921
Sun Sign: Taurus
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Died: February 22
11 Frank Nitti
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Famous As: Gangster
Birthdate: January 27, 1886
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Angri, Italy
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12 David Hilbert
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Listed In: Scientists
Famous As: Mathematician
Birthdate: January 23, 1862
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Königsberg or Wehlau, Province of Prussia (today Znamensk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)
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13 Simone Weil
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Sun Sign: Aquarius
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14 Leslie Howard
01
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: April 3, 1893
Sun Sign: Aries
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Died: June 1
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
15 Conrad Veidt
43
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: January 22, 1893
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: April 3
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16 J. P. Morgan Jr.
90
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Famous As: Banker
Birthdate: September 7, 1867
Sun Sign: Virgo
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Died: March 13
17 Fats Waller
132
Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Jazz Pianist
Birthdate: May 21, 1904
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York City
Died: December 15
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18 Lepa Radić
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Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Gašnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Died: February 8
19 Boris III of Bulgaria
11
Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Military Officer
Birthdate: January 30, 1894
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Sofia, Bulgaria
Died: August 28
20 Leonard Siffleet
00
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Australian commando of World War II
Birthdate: January 14, 1916
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Gunnedah, Australia
Died: October 24
21 Theodor Eicke
23
Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Military Officer
Birthdate: October 17, 1892
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Hampont, France
Died: February 26
22 Luz Long
10
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Famous As: Olympic long-jumper
Birthdate: April 27, 1913
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Leipzig, Germany
Died: July 14
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
23 Camille Claudel
60
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Famous As: Sculptor
Birthdate: December 8, 1864
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
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Died: October 19
24 Jean Moulin
50
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Famous As: An Emblem of the Resistance
Birthdate: June 20, 1899
Sun Sign: Gemini
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25 Edward O'Hare
10
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Birthdate: March 13, 1914
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Died: November 26
26 Ashraf Ali Thanwi
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Famous As: Mufassir, Theologian
Birthdate: August 19, 1863
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Uttar Pradesh
Died: July 4
27 Franz Jägerstätter
21
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Birthdate: May 20, 1907
Sun Sign: Taurus
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Died: August 9
28 Hans Scholl
31
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Founder of the White Rose Resistance Movement
Birthdate: September 22, 1918
Sun Sign: Virgo
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29 Karl Landsteiner
101
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Famous As: Physician
Birthdate: June 14, 1868
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Vienna
Died: June 26
30 Władysław Sikorski
30
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Famous As: Politician, Military personnel
Birthdate: May 20, 1881
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tuszów Narodowy
Died: July 4
31 Lorenz Hart
11
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Lyricist, Composer, Playwright, Songwriter, Librettist
Birthdate: May 2, 1895
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New York City
Died: November 22
32 Nikolai Vavilov
01
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: botanist, biologist, explorer, geneticist, geographer
Birthdate: November 13, 1887
Sun Sign: Scorpio
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33 Lydia Litvyak
20
Listed In: Miscellaneous
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Birthdate: August 18, 1921
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34 W.W. Jacobs
10
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Birthdate: September 8, 1863
Sun Sign: Virgo
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35 Sophie Taeuber-Arp
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Birthdate: January 19, 1889
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Davos
Died: January 13
36 Elinor Glyn
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37 Helen Herron Taft
50
Listed In: Miscellaneous
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Birthdate: June 2, 1861
Sun Sign: Gemini
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Died: May 22
38 Mildred Harnack
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Literary historian
Birthdate: September 16, 1902
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Died: February 16
39 Radclyffe Hall
30
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: August 12, 1880
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Died: October 7
40 Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord
00
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Military personnel
Birthdate: September 26, 1878
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Woldegk
Died: April 24
41 Chaim Soutine
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Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Painter
Birthdate: January 13, 1893
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Smilavichy, Belarus
Died: August 9
42 Viktor Lutze
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Politician
Birthdate: December 28, 1890
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bevergern
Died: May 2
43 Frank Worsley
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Sailor, Explorer
Birthdate: February 22, 1872
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Akaroa, New Zealand
Died: February 1
44 Alexandre Millerand
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Famous As: Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
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Sun Sign: Aquarius
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45 R. G. Collingwood
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46 Marina Raskova
10
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47 Alexander Woollcott
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Sun Sign: Capricorn
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48 Max Wertheimer
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Birthdate: April 15, 1880
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Prague
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49 Max Reinhardt
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Sun Sign: Virgo
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50 Winnaretta Singer
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