1
Frida Kahlo
(Mexican Painter Known for Her Brilliantly Coloured Self-Portraits)
438
115
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 6, 1907
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico
Died: July 13
2
Alan Turing
(English Mathematician Who is Considered as the Father of Theoretical Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence)
331
119
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: June 23, 1912
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Maida Vale, London, England
Died: June 7
3
Henri Matisse
(French Visual Artist Known for His Paintings: ‘Woman with a Hat’, 'The Dance', and 'Red Room’)
55
6
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: December 31, 1869
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France
Died: November 3
4
Lionel Barrymore
(Actor & Director Best Known for His Role as ‘Mr. Potter’ in the Film ‘It's a Wonderful Life’)
29
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 28, 1878
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Philadelphia
Died: November 15
5
Enrico Fermi
(Italian Physicist, Nobel Laureate and Creator of the World's First Nuclear Reactor)
41
6
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 29, 1901
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: November 28
6
Colette
(Best Known for Her Novel 'Gigi')
12
6
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 28, 1873
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, France
Died: August 3
7
The French Angel
(French Professional Wrestler)
13
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 23, 1903
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ural Mountains, Russia
Died: September 4
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
8
Sydney Greenstreet
(Actor)
28
7
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: December 27, 1879
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Sandwich, Kent, England
Died: January 18
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
9
Robert Capa
(Photographer, Photojournalist)
21
6
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: October 22, 1913
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: May 25
10
Charles Ives
(Composer)
15
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: October 20, 1874
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Danbury, Connecticut, United States
Died: May 19
11
The French Angel
(French Professional Wrestler Who Was Twice World Heavyweight Champion)
2
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 23, 1903
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ural Mountains, Russia
Died: September 4
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
12
Pierre S. du Pont
(Entrepreneur)
13
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 15, 1870
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Died: April 4
13
Heinz Guderian
(German General During World War II and Inspector of Motorized Troops)
17
16
14
Agnes Macphail
(Member of Ontario Provincial Parliament (1943-45, 1948-51))
12
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 24, 1890
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dundalk, Canada
Died: February 13
15
Pop Warner
(American Football coach)
8
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 5, 1871
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York, United States
Died: September 7
16
Mary Church Terrell
(African-American Suffragist, Civil Rights Activist)
22
2
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: September 23, 1863
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Died: July 24
17
Edwin Howard Armstrong
(American Electrical Engineer and Inventor, Who Developed FM Radio and the Superheterodyne Receiver System)
9
1
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: December 18, 1890
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Chelsea, New York, United States
Died: February 1
18
Andre Derain
(French Artist, Painter, Sculptor and Co-founder of 'Fauvism')
4
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: June 10, 1880
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Garches, France
Died: September 8
19
Claude Cahun
(French Photographer Known for Her Self-Portraits and Tableaux That Incorporated a Surrealist Style and Gender Fluidity)
4
2
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: October 25, 1894
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Nantes, France
Died: December 8
20
Gladys George
(Actress)
8
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 13, 1904
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Patten, Maine, U.S.
Died: December 8
21
Grantland Rice
(Sports writer)
5
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 1, 1880
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States
Died: July 13
22
Günther Quandt
(German industrialist who founded an industrial empire that today includes BMW and Altana (chemicals))
2
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: July 28, 1881
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Pritzwalk, Germany
Died: December 30
23
Alain LeRoy Locke
(teacher, philosopher)
3
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: September 13, 1886
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Died: June 9
24
Marguerite Steinheil
(Salonnière)
2
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: April 16, 1869
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Beaucourt, France
Died: July 17
25
Dziga Vertov
(Soviet Documentary Filmmaker and Cinema Theorist)
1
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 2, 1896
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Białystok
Died: February 12
26
Linda Lee Thomas
(Socialite)
2
1
27
Aristides de Sousa Mendes
(Diplomat)
2
1
28
Viktor Abakumov
(Russian Minister of State Security 1946 to 1951)
3
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 24, 1908
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: December 19
29
Clyde Cessna
(Aviator)
5
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 5, 1879
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Montgomery County, Iowa, United States
Died: November 20
30
Kalki Krishnamurthy
(Former Writer who founded a magazine, which was also named Kalki)
2
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 9, 1899
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Manalmedu, Tamil Nadu, India
Died: December 5
31
Oscar Charleston
(Former Baseball Player Center fielder)
4
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 14, 1896
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Died: October 5
32
M. N. Roy
(Indian Marxist Revolutionary, Political Theorist and a Noted Philosopher of the 20th Century)
4
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 21, 1887
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: West Bengal, India
Died: January 25
33
Rabbit Maranville
(Baseball manager)
5
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 11, 1891
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: January 6
34
Franz Josef Popp
(Engineer, Manager, Entrepreneur)
1
0
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Auguste Perret
(architect)
2
0
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: February 12, 1874
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ixelles
Died: February 25
36
Seebohm Rowntree
(British Sociologist and Philanthropist Known for His Studies of Poverty and Welfare)
2
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: July 7, 1871
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: York, England
Died: October 7
37
William Van Alen
(Architect)
1
0
38
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(Politician)
1
1
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: July 19, 1884
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Claremont House, Surrey, England
Died: March 6
39
Hannes Meyer
(Swiss Architect)
1
0
40
Robert H. Jackson
(Attorney)
1
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: February 13, 1892
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Spring Creek Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania
Died: October 9
41
Auguste Lumière
(Engineer)
7
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: October 19, 1862
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Besançon, France
Died: April 10
42
Pudge Heffelfinger
(Football player)
4
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 20, 1867
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Died: April 2
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
43
Arthur Greenwood
(Politician)
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 8, 1880
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hunslet, Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Died: June 9
44
Senda Berenson
(Author)
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 19, 1868
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Butrimonys, Lithuania
Died: February 16
45
Iseult Gonne
(Poet)
1
0
46
Lucy Hicks Anderson
(Socialite)
1
0
47
Jacinto Benavente
(One of the Foremost Spanish Dramatists of the 20th Century)
6
5
48
Jonas Žemaitis
(President of Lithuania (1949 – 1954))
4
1
49
Jess McMahon
(American Professional Wrestling and Boxing Promoter)
1
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: October 26, 1882
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: November 21
50
Wilbur Shaw
(American Racing Driver)
2
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 31, 1902
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
Died: October 30
