1
Albert Einstein
(One of the Greatest Physicists of All Time, Best Known for Developing the Theory of Relativity)
1060
178
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: March 14, 1879
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ulm, Germany
Died: April 18
2
James Dean
(American Actor Who is Remembered as a Cultural Icon of Teenage Disillusionment and Social Estrangement)
206
50
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 8, 1931
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Marion, Indiana, United States
Died: September 30
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
3
Alexander Fleming
(Physician and Microbiologist Who Discovered ‘Penicillin’ World’s First Broadly Effective Antibiotic Substance)
107
19
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: August 6, 1881
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Darvel, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Died: March 11
4
Charlie Parker
(Jazz Saxophonist & Developer of the 'Bebop' Style of Jazz)
71
14
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 29, 1920
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Died: March 12
5
Shemp Howard
(Comedian, Actor and Member of the Comedy Team ‘The Three Stooges’)
46
8
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 11, 1895
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: November 22
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
6
Dale Carnegie
(Self-Help Writer, Motivational Guru, Public Speaker)
32
8
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 24, 1888
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Maryville, Missouri, United States
Died: November 1
7
Walter White
(American civil rights activist)
16
6
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: July 1, 1893
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Died: 1955 AD
8
Cy Young
(Baseball player)
69
9
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 29, 1867
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Gilmore, Ohio, United States
Died: November 4
9
Frank Hamer
(Police Officer)
16
6
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 17, 1884
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Wilson County, Texas
Died: July 10
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
10
Ira Hayes
(Military Leader)
48
13
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 12, 1923
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Sacaton, Arizona, United States
Died: January 24
11
Carmen Miranda
(Brazilian Actress and Samba Singer Known for Her Signature Tall Hats Made of Real Fruit)
22
11
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 9, 1909
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Marco de Canaveses, Portugal
Died: August 5
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
12
Thomas Mann
(German Novelist Who Won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature)
15
7
13
Mary McLeod Bethune
(American Civil Rights Activist and Founder of the 'National Council of Negro Women')
43
14
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: July 10, 1875
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Mayesville, South Carolina, United States
Died: May 18
14
Emmett Till
(Victim of Racial Violence)
122
32
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 25, 1941
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: August 28
15
Matthew Henson
(African American Explorer Who Accompanied Robert E. Peary on Most of His Expeditions)
83
19
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 8, 1866
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Nanjemoy, Maryland, United States
Died: March 9
16
Honus Wagner
(Baseballer)
20
7
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 24, 1874
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Chartiers, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: December 6
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
17
Jim Corbett
(Hunter, Naturalist)
20
9
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: July 25, 1875
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
Died: April 19
18
Paddy Mayne
(One of Britain's Most Highly Decorated Soldiers in Second World War)
6
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 11, 1915
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Newtownards, County Down, Ireland
Died: December 14
19
Theda Bara
(Former actress of the silent era and one of cinema's early sex symbols)
18
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: July 29, 1885
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Died: April 7
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
20
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
(Jesuit Priest who Co-developed the Concept of Noosphere & was Part of the Discovery of Peking Man)
10
3
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: May 1, 1881
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Orcines, France
Died: April 10
21
Sadako Sasaki
8
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 7, 1943
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kusunoki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Died: October 25
22
Cordell Hull
(47th United States Secretary of State)
9
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 2, 1871
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Olympus, Tennessee, United States
Died: July 23
23
S. Z. Sakall
(Hungarian-American Actor)
13
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 2, 1883
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: February 12
24
Wallace Stevens
(Modernist poet)
4
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 2, 1879
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: August 2
25
Fernand Léger
(French Painter and Sculptor Best Known for His Painting ‘My Mother's Garden’)
7
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: February 4, 1881
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Argentan, France
Died: August 17
26
James Agee
(Novelist)
7
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 27, 1909
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Died: May 16
27
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria
(Prince)
8
5
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 18, 1869
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: August 2
28
Saadat Hasan Manto
(Writer)
20
14
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 11, 1912
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Samrala
Died: January 18
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
29
George Enescu
(Romanian composer)
10
4
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 19, 1881
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: George Enescu, Botoşani
Died: May 4
30
Rodolfo Graziani
(Italian Military Officer & a Loyal Supporter of Benito Mussolini)
4
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 11, 1882
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Filettino, Italy
Died: January 11
31
Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl
(One of the Most Famous and Skilled Mathematicians of the 20th Century)
10
2
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: November 9, 1885
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Elmshorn, Germany
Died: December 8
32
António Egas Moniz
(Neurologist)
6
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: November 29, 1874
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Avanca, Estarreja, Portugal
Died: December 13
33
Grace Gifford
(Artist)
5
1
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: March 4, 1888
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland
Died: December 13
34
Hubert Cecil Booth
(Engineer)
4
0
35
Yves Tanguy
(Painter)
7
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 5, 1900
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: January 15
36
Maurice Utrillo
(Painter)
6
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: December 26, 1883
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Montmartre, Paris, France
Died: November 5
37
José Ortega y Gasset
(Spanish Philosopher and Essayist)
2
0
38
Alfred Einstein
(Physicist)
26
6
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: March 14, 1879
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: April 18
39
Alberto Ascari
(Italian Racing Driver and a Two-Time Formula One World Champion)
2
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 13, 1918
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
Died: May 26
40
James P. Johnson
(composer, pianist, jazz musician)
6
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: February 1, 1894
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New Brunswick
Died: November 17
41
Michael Chekhov
(Actor, Director and Theatre Practitioner Best Known for His Academy Nominated Role in the Film 'Spellbound')
3
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 29, 1891
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: September 30
42
Arthur Honegger
(Swiss Composer)
4
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: March 10, 1892
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Le Havre, France
Died: November 27
43
Calouste Gulbenkian
(businessperson, entrepreneur)
1
0
44
Olga Khokhlova
(Russian Ballet Dancer and First Wife of Artist Pablo Picasso)
5
4
Listed In: Dancers
Birthdate: June 17, 1891
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Nizhyn, Ukraine
Died: February 11
45
Oswald Avery
(Biologist, Physician, Geneticist)
3
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: October 21, 1877
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Halifax
Died: February 20
46
Emma Jung
(Swiss Jungian Analyst and Author)
5
3
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: March 30, 1882
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Died: November 27
47
Leo Amery
(Politician)
2
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: November 1, 1873
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Gorakhpur, India
Died: September 16
48
Tommy Burns
(Canadian Professional Boxer)
2
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 17, 1881
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Hanover, Ontario, Canada
Died: May 10
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
49
Pierre Levegh
(French Formula One Driver)
2
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 22, 1905
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: June 11
50
Louis Leon Thurstone
(Psychologist)
3
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: May 29, 1887
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: September 30
