1
Jackson Pollock
(American Abstract Expressionist Artist Known for His ‘Drip Technique’ Work)
88
35
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: January 28, 1912
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cody, Wyoming, United States
Died: August 11
2
B. R. Ambedkar
(One of the Architects of the Indian Constitution)
813
121
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: April 14, 1891
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Madhya Pradesh, India
Died: December 6
3
A. A. Milne
(Best Known for His Books About the Teddy Bear ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ and Children's Poetry)
55
13
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 18, 1882
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England
Died: January 31
4
Bela Lugosi
(Best Known for His Role as 'Count Dracula' in the 1939 Film ‘Son of Frankenstein’)
49
6
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 20, 1882
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lugoj, Romania
Died: August 16
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
5
Bertolt Brecht
(Theatre Practitioner, Playwright, and Poet Known for His Plays: ‘The Threepenny Opera’ and ‘Life of Galileo’)
57
18
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 10, 1898
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Augsburg, Germany
Died: August 14
6
Irène Joliot-Curie
(French Physicist, Politician and Winner of the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry)
47
8
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 12, 1897
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: March 17
7
H. L. Mencken
(One of the Greatest and Most Influential American Literary Critic in the 1920s)
14
4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 12, 1880
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died: January 29
8
Jim Elliot
(Missionary)
99
11
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 8, 1927
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon
Died: January 8
9
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
(American Athlete and Olympic Gold Medalist)
29
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 26, 1911
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Port Arthur, Texas, United States
Died: September 27
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
10
Tommy Dorsey
(Trombonist)
23
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 19, 1905
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: November 26
11
Alfredo Ferrari
(Engineer)
22
7
12
Alben W. Barkley
(35th Vice President of the U.S)
14
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 24, 1877
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lowes, Kentucky
Died: April 30
13
Connie Mack
(Baseball manager)
11
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 22, 1862
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: East Brookfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: February 8
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
14
Elpidio Quirino
(Former President of the Philippines)
9
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 16, 1890
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vigan City, Philippines
Died: February 29
15
Art Tatum
(Pianist, Jazz musician, Musician)
12
2
16
Fred Allen
(American comedian)
10
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 31, 1894
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Died: March 17
17
Charles Joughin
(Chef)
7
0
Listed In: Food Experts
Birthdate: August 3, 1878
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Birkenhead, England
Died: December 9
18
William Boeing
(American Aviation Pioneer and Founder of ‘The Boeing Company’)
28
5
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 1, 1881
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Died: September 28
Height: 4'7" (140 cm)
19
Clarence Birdseye
(Inventor, Engineer)
11
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: December 9, 1886
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: October 7
20
Ernest Joseph King
(Naval Officer)
5
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 23, 1878
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lorain, Ohio, United States
Died: June 25
21
Alexander Korda
(Hungarian-British Film Director, Producer and Screenwriter)
5
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 16, 1893
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Túrkeve, Hungary
Died: January 23
22
Pietro Badoglio
(Former Minister of Italian Africa)
4
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 28, 1871
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Grazzano Badoglio, Italy
Died: November 1
23
Hiram Bingham III
(Academic, explorer and politician)
3
0
24
Charles MacArthur
(Playwright)
7
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 5, 1895
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: April 21
25
Preston Tucker
(Entrepreneur)
4
2
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: September 21, 1903
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Capac, Michigan, United States
Died: December 26
26
Meghnad Saha
(Indian Astrophysicist Who Developed the ‘Saha Ionisation Equation’ and ‘Thermal Ionisation’)
54
4
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 6, 1893
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bangladesh
Died: February 16
27
Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein
(Writer)
4
1
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: August 12, 1872
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cumberland Lodge, Old Windsor
Died: December 8
28
Elisabeth of Romania
(Queen Consort of the Hellenes (1922 - 1924) and First Lady of Romania)
6
2
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: October 12, 1894
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Peleş Castle, Sinaia, Kingdom of Romania
Died: November 14
29
Robert Hotung
(The grand old man of Hong Kong)
3
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 22, 1862
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Died: April 26
30
Frederick Soddy
(Radiochemist)
10
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 2, 1877
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Eastbourne
Died: September 22
31
Anastasio Somoza García
(President of Nicaragua from 1937 to 1947 and from 1950 to 1956)
5
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 1, 1896
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: San Marcos, Nicaragua
Died: September 29
32
Kenji Mizoguchi
(Japanese Film Director and Screenwriter Known for His Long Takes and Mise-en-scène)
2
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 16, 1898
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hongo, Tokyo, Japan
Died: August 24
33
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
(7th President of Finland)
5
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 27, 1870
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hämeenkoski
Died: December 14
34
Alexander Rodchenko
(Russian Artist and One of the Founders of 'Constructivism' and Russian Design)
2
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 5, 1891
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: December 3
35
Maud Allan
(Canadian Dancer Known for Her 'Dance of the Seven Veils')
9
0
Listed In: Dancers
Birthdate: August 27, 1873
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
Died: October 7
36
Michael Ventris
(Architect, classicist and philologist who deciphered Linear B, the ancient Mycenaean Greek script)
3
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: July 12, 1922
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England
Died: September 6
37
Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia
(Military Personnel)
3
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 14, 1879
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: October 30
38
Harold Bride
(Sailor)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 11, 1890
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Nunhead, London, United Kingdom
Died: April 29
39
Marie Laurencin
(French Painter and Printmaker Known for Her Delicate Portraits of Elegant, Vaguely Melancholic Women)
3
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: October 31, 1883
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: June 8
40
Jean Metzinger
(Painter)
2
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: June 24, 1883
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Nantes, France
Died: November 3
41
Mistinguett
(Actress)
2
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 5, 1873
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Enghien-les-Bains, France
Died: January 5
42
Robert Walser
(Writer)
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 15, 1878
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
Died: December 25
43
Fred Merkle
(Baseball manager)
3
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 20, 1888
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Watertown, Wisconsin, United States
Died: March 2
44
Gerald Finzi
(Composer, Music educator)
1
0
45
Sam Langford
(One of the Greatest Boxes of All Time)
4
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 4, 1883
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Weymouth Falls, Canada
Died: January 12
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
46
Leo Baeck
(German Rabbi, Scholar and Theologian)
3
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: May 23, 1873
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Leszno, Poland
Died: November 2
47
Lyonel Feininger
(Painter)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: July 17, 1871
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: January 13
48
William Avery Bishop
(Canadian Flying Ace )
2
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 8, 1894
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ontario, Canada
Died: September 11
49
Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard
(Police Officer)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 3, 1873
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Taunton, England
Died: February 10
50
Erich Kleiber
(A Remarkable Conductor of Mozart, Beethoven and Richard Strauss and an Advocate of New Music)
5
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 5, 1890
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: January 27
