1
George Orwell
(Known for His Novels “Animal Farm” and “Nineteen Eighty-Four”)
154
59
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 25, 1903
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Motihari, Bihar, India
Died: January 21
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
2
George Bernard Shaw
(Irish playwright Who Won the 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature)
56
23
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 26, 1856
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Portobello, Dublin, Ireland
Died: November 2
3
Al Jolson
(Singer and Comedian Known as 'The King of Blackface Performers')
24
7
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: May 26, 1886
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Seredžius, Lithuania
Died: October 23
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
4
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(First Deputy Prime Minister of India and First Home Minister of India)
75
22
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: October 31, 1875
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Nadiad, Gujarat, India
Died: December 15
5
Edgar Rice Burroughs
(Creator of Tarzan)
24
9
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 1, 1875
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: March 19
6
Charles R. Drew
(Surgeon and Researcher Who Improved Techniques for Blood Storage)
50
11
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: June 3, 1904
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Died: April 1
7
Walter Huston
(One of the Modern Theater's Greatest Actors)
16
7
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 5, 1883
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
Died: April 7
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
8
Carter Woodson
(Historian)
12
2
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: December 19, 1875
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New Canton, Virginia, United States
Died: April 3
9
Jan Smuts
(2nd Prime Minister of South Africa)
10
4
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 24, 1870
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Riebeeck West, South Africa
Died: September 11
10
Vaslav Nijinsky
(Ballet Dancer, Choreographer and One of the Greatest Male Dancers of All Time)
20
7
11
Edna St. Vincent Millay
(Poet)
20
6
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 22, 1892
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rockland, Maine, United States
Died: October 19
12
Henry H. Arnold
(Military Leader)
23
12
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 25, 1886
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: January 15
13
Joseph Schumpeter
(Economist)
6
3
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: February 8, 1883
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Třešť, Czechia
Died: January 8
14
Nicholas Black Elk
(Traditional Healers)
16
6
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 1, 1863
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Powder River, Wyoming, United States
Died: August 19
15
Grover Cleveland Alexander
(Baseball Player)
10
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 26, 1887
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Elba, Nebraska, United States
Died: November 4
16
Emil Jannings
(German Actor Who was the First Recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor)
10
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: July 23, 1884
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Rorschach, Switzerland
Died: January 2
17
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
(Princess)
5
4
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 5, 1863
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Died: September 24
18
Ramana Maharshi
(Indian Hindu Sage and Jivanmukta)
18
10
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: December 30, 1879
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tiruchuzhi, Virudhunagar, India
Died: April 14
19
Alan Hale
(Actor)
7
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 10, 1892
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Died: January 22
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
20
Léon Blum
(Former Prime Minister of France)
5
1
21
Kurt Weill
(German-American Composer Best Known for His Work ‘The Threepenny Opera’)
7
5
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: March 2, 1900
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Dessau, Germany
Died: April 3
22
Eliel Saarinen
(A Leading Architect and Urban Planner Known for His 'Art Nouveau' Buildings)
7
1
23
Cesare Pavese
(A Very Influential Italian Novelist, Poet and Short story writer)
8
2
Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Birthdate: September 9, 1908
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Santo Stefano Belbo, Italy
Died: August 27
24
Sara Allgood
(Actress)
17
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 29, 1879
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: September 13
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
25
Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
(Ruler)
5
2
26
Milada Horáková
(Czech Politician Wrongfully Convicted and Executed on Fabricated Charges by the 'Communist Party of Czechoslovakia')
5
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 25, 1901
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Prague, Czech Republic
Died: June 27
27
Henry L. Stimson
(Politician)
2
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: September 21, 1867
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: New York City, New York (state) New York, U.S.
Died: October 20
28
Rafael Sabatini
(Writer)
5
0
29
Werner Haase
(Physician, University teacher)
3
0
30
Max Beckmann
(German Expressionist Painter and Printmaker)
3
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: February 12, 1884
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Leipzig, Germany
Died: December 27
31
Ransom Eli Olds
(Automotive designer)
5
3
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: June 3, 1864
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Geneva, Ohio, United States
Died: August 26
32
Walton Walker
(Army General)
3
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 3, 1889
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Belton, Texas, United States
Died: December 23
33
William Lyon Mackenzie King
(The 10th Prime Minister of Canada)
4
4
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 17, 1874
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Berlin, Ontario, Canada
Died: July 22
34
Karl Renner
(Politician, Librarian, Diplomat, Lawyer)
3
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 14, 1870
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Dolní Dunajovice
Died: December 31
35
Liane de Pougy
(Vedette)
5
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 2, 1869
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: La Flèche, France
Died: December 26
36
Melitta Bentz
(Entrepreneur)
3
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: January 31, 1873
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Dresden, Germany
Died: June 29
37
Elsie de Wolfe
(Actor, Architect, Socialite)
3
1
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: December 20, 1865
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York City
Died: July 12
38
Dinu Lipatti
(Pianist)
4
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: April 1, 1917
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
Died: December 2
39
Fats Navarro
(Jazz trumpet player, who was a pioneer of the bebop style of jazz improvisation in the 1940s)
3
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: September 24, 1923
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Key West, Florida, United States
Died: July 6
40
Gopinath Bordoloi
(First Chief Minister of Assam, India)
30
16
41
Marcel Mauss
(French Sociologist and Anthropologist Best Known for His Work on Social Exchange and Gift-Giving)
1
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: May 10, 1872
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Épinal, Vosges, France
Died: February 10
42
Alfred Korzybski
(Scholar who developed the field of General Semantics)
1
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: July 3, 1879
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Warsaw
Died: March 1
43
Sri Aurobindo
(Philosopher, Spiritual Leader)
66
10
Listed In: Spiritual & Religious Leaders
Birthdate: August 15, 1872
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Died: December 5
44
Émile Jaques-Dalcroze
(Swiss Composer, Musician and Music Educator Who Developed 'Dalcroze Eurhythmics' Method of Learning Music)
3
0
45
Sudirman
(The First Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces)
1
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 24, 1916
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Purbalingga
Died: January 29
46
Prince Hubertus of Prussia
(Prince)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 30, 1909
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Marmorpalais, Potsdam, Germany
Died: April 8
47
Karl Guthe Jansky
(American Physicist, Radio Engineer and One of the Founding Figures of 'Radio Astronomy')
3
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 22, 1905
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Norman, Oklahoma, United States
Died: February 14
48
Michael Strange
(Poet)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 1, 1890
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: November 5
49
Edward Arthur Milne
(Astrophysicist)
6
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: February 14, 1896
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kingston upon Hull
Died: September 21
50
Charles Hamilton Houston
(American lawyer)
2
2
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: September 3, 1895
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Died: April 22
