1
Babe Ruth
(One of the Greatest Basketball Players of All Time)
267
27
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 6, 1895
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pigtown, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died: August 16
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
2
Orville Wright
(Co-inventor of First Successful Airplane)
136
29
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: August 19, 1871
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio, United States
Died: January 30
3
Mahatma Gandhi
(Indian Freedom Fighter who Employed Non-violent Resistance & Known as 'Father of the Nation')
711
178
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: October 2, 1869
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Porbandar, India
Died: January 30
4
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(Founder of Pakistan, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (1947-48))
348
43
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 25, 1876
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Karachi, Pakistan
Died: September 11
5
Hideki Tojo
(27th Prime Minister of Japan)
100
18
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 30, 1884
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kōjimachi, Tokyo, Japan
Died: December 23
Height: 4'9" (145 cm)
6
John J. Pershing
(Former Military Officer Who Served as the Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces During World War I)
26
9
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 13, 1860
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Laclede, Missouri, United States
Died: July 15
7
Zelda Fitzgerald
(Socialite & Referred to as 'The first American Flapper' by Her Husband 'F. Scott Fitzgerald')
21
11
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 24, 1900
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Montgomery, Alabama, United States
Died: March 10
8
Mileva Marić
(Serbian Physicist, Mathematician and the First Wife of Albert Einstein)
21
7
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 19, 1875
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Titel, Serbia
Died: August 4
9
Witold Pilecki
(Nazi-era Polish Army Officer)
52
8
10
Osamu Dazai
(Author)
52
4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 19, 1909
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kanagi, Aomori, Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Died: June 13
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
11
Harilal Gandhi
(Mahatma Gandhi’s Son)
58
15
12
Hugo Boss
(Fashion Designer, Entrepreneur)
25
6
Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: July 8, 1885
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Metzingen, Germany
Died: August 9
13
Antonin Artaud
(French Writer, Theatre Director and One of the Major Figures of the European Avant-Garde)
27
9
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 4, 1896
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Marseille, France
Died: March 4
14
D. W. Griffith
(American director)
6
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 22, 1875
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Crestwood, Kentucky, United States
Died: July 23
15
Edith Roosevelt
(Former First Lady of the United States)
12
4
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 6, 1861
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Norwich, Connecticut, United States
Died: September 30
16
Manuel Roxas
(Former President of the Philippines)
8
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 1, 1892
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Roxas City, Philippines
Died: April 15
17
Claude McKay
(Writer)
25
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 15, 1889
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Clarendon Parish
Died: May 22
18
Carole Landis
(Actress)
8
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 1, 1919
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Fairchild, Wisconsin, USA
Died: July 5
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
19
Sergei Eisenstein
(Russian Film Director Best Known for His Film 'Battleship Potemkin')
4
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 22, 1898
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Riga, Latvia
Died: February 11
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
20
Charles Evans Hughes
(Politician)
5
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 11, 1862
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Glens Falls, New York, U.S.
Died: August 27
21
7
2
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: January 11, 1887
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Burlington
Died: April 21
22
Karl Brandt
(Personal Physician of Adolf Hitler)
10
7
Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: January 8, 1904
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Mulhouse, France
Died: June 2
23
Harry Dexter White
(Economist)
3
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: October 29, 1892
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: August 16
24
Folke Bernadotte
(Swedish Diplomat Who Negotiated the Release of 31000 Prisoners from German Concentration Camps in World War II)
2
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 2, 1895
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: September 17
25
Arshile Gorky
(A Leading American Painter of 20th Century and a Founding Father of Abstract Expressionism)
4
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: April 15, 1904
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Khorgom, Vilayet of Van, Ottoman Empire
Died: July 21
26
Franz Lehár
(Composer)
4
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: April 30, 1870
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Komárom, Hungary
Died: October 24
27
Ruth Benedict
(Anthropologist, Folklorist, University teacher, Poet, Sociologist, Biographer)
2
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: June 5, 1887
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York City
Died: September 17
28
Guillermo Kahlo
(Former Photographer who photographically documented important architectural works, churches, streets, landmarks, as well as industries and companies in Mexico)
2
0
Listed In: Photographers
Birthdate: October 26, 1871
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Pforzheim, Germany
Died: April 14
29
Hack Wilson
(Baseball player)
2
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 26, 1900
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: November 23
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
30
Sonny Boy Williamson I
(Singer)
5
1
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: March 30, 1914
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Madison County, Tennessee, United States
Died: June 1
31
Kurt Schwitters
(Artist)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: June 20, 1887
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Hanover, Germany
Died: January 8
32
Malcolm Campbell
(British Racer Who Achieved the World Speed Record on Both Water and Land on Multiple Occasions)
3
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 11, 1885
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: London Borough of Bromley
Died: December 31
33
Gregg Toland
(Cinematographer)
3
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 29, 1904
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Charleston, Illinois, United States
Died: September 28
34
Charles A. Beard
(Historian of the modern age, Historian, University teacher)
2
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: November 27, 1874
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Knightstown
Died: September 1
35
Nikolai Berdyaev
(Former philosopher who emphasized the existential spiritual significance of human freedom and the human person)
2
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: March 18, 1874
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kiev, Ukraine
Died: March 24
36
Yellapragada Subbarow
(Biochemist)
2
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 12, 1895
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bhimavaram
Died: August 9
37
Prince Adalbert of Prussia
(Prince)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 14, 1884
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Marmorpalais, Potsdam, Germany
Died: September 22
38
Richard Tauber
(Austrian Tenor and Film Actor)
2
0
39
Monteiro Lobato
(Writer)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 18, 1882
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Taubaté, State of São Paulo, Brazil
Died: July 4
40
Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Sr.
(Officer)
1
0
41
Louis Lumière
(Inventor of Cinematographer)
6
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: October 5, 1864
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Besançon, France
Died: June 6
42
Akira Mutō
(Military personnel)
2
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 15, 1892
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Minamiaso, Kumamoto, Japan
Died: December 23
43
Olga Samaroff
(Pianist)
2
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 8, 1880
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas, United States
Died: May 17
44
Caroline Lacroix
(Mistresses)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 13, 1883
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
Died: February 12
45
Tony Garnier
(French architect)
3
1
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: August 13, 1869
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Lyon, France
Died: January 19
46
Ans van Dijk
(Collaborator)
1
0
Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: December 24, 1905
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died: January 14
47
Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr
(Politician)
3
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 20, 1894
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Cape Town, South Africa
Died: December 3
48
Kantarō Suzuki
(Political leader)
1
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 18, 1868
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kuze, Izumi, Japan
Died: April 17
49
Heitarō Kimura
(Military personnel)
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 28, 1888
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Saitama, Japan
Died: December 23
50
Maria Mandl
(Prison officer)
7
7
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 10, 1912
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Münzkirchen, Austria
Died: January 24
