1
Walt Disney
(Pioneer of the American Animation Industry)
512
85
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: December 5, 1901
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: December 15
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
2
Buster Keaton
(Comedian, Actor and Filmmaker Known for His Deadpan Expressions, Which Earned Him the Nickname ‘The Great Stone Face’)
61
10
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 4, 1895
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Piqua, Kansas, United States
Died: February 1
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
3
Montgomery Clift
(Actor)
45
9
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 17, 1920
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Died: July 23
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
4
Lenny Bruce
(American Stand-Up Comedian and Social Critic)
27
8
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 13, 1925
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Mineola, New York, United States
Died: August 3
5
William Frawley
(Actor)
32
6
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 26, 1887
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Burlington, Iowa
Died: March 3
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
6
Margaret Sanger
(Birth Control Activist Who Opened the First Birth Control Clinic in the United States)
19
9
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: September 14, 1879
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Corning, New York, United States
Died: September 6
7
Chester W. Nimitz
(American Admiral Known for His Role as Commander in Chief of US Pacific Fleet in World War II)
23
7
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 24, 1885
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Fredericksburg, Texas, United States
Died: February 20
8
Lal Bahadur Shastri
(2nd Prime Minister of India)
86
33
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 2, 1904
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Mughalsarai, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died: January 11
9
Georges Lemaître
(Scientist & Priest)
19
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 17, 1894
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Charleroi, Belgium
Died: June 20
10
Eric Fleming
(Actor)
62
10
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: July 4, 1925
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Santa Paula, California, United States
Died: September 28
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
11
Ed Wynn
(Actor)
16
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 9, 1886
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: June 19
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
12
Hedda Hopper
(Gossip columnist)
12
5
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: May 2, 1885
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: February 1
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
13
Alberto Giacometti
(Sculptor, Painter)
18
2
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: October 10, 1901
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Borgonovo, Bregaglia, Switzerland
Died: January 11
14
Homi Bhabha
(Indian physicist)
44
11
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 30, 1909
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Mumbai, India
Died: January 24
15
Evelyn Waugh
(One of the Great Prose Stylists of the English Language in the 20th Century)
8
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 28, 1903
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: West Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Died: April 10
16
Andre Breton
(French Writer, Poet and Co-Founder of ‘Surrealism’)
12
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 19, 1896
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tinchebray, France
Died: September 28
17
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
(Independence Activist, Reformer)
20
11
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: May 28, 1883
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bhagur
Died: February 26
18
Elizabeth Arden
(Canadian-American Businesswoman)
12
2
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: December 31, 1878
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada
Died: October 18
19
Clifton Webb
(Film actor, Singer)
8
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 19, 1889
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Died: October 13
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
20
Sergei Korolev
(Lead Rocket Engineer and Founder of the Soviet Union’s Space Program)
6
1
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: January 1, 1907
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Zhytomyr, Ukraine
Died: January 14
21
C. S. Forester
(Novelist)
11
0
22
Alice Pearce
(Actress)
9
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 16, 1917
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: March 3
23
Herbert Marshall
(Screen and Radio Actor Best Known for His Role as ‘Gaston Monescu’ in the Film ‘Trouble in Paradise’)
10
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 23, 1890
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London, England
Died: January 22
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
24
Bobby Fuller
(Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist)
12
2
25
Anna Akhmatova
(One of the Most Significant Russian Poets of 20th Century)
8
4
26
Mississippi John Hurt
(Singer)
14
5
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: March 8, 1892
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Teoc, Mississippi, United States
Died: November 2
27
Alfred P. Sloan
(CEO of General Motors Corporation)
9
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: May 23, 1875
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New Haven
Died: February 17
28
Dorothy Macmillan
(Socialite)
3
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 28, 1900
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Lancashire, United Kingdom
Died: May 21
29
Sepp Dietrich
(Military Officer)
5
4
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 28, 1892
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Hawangen, Germany
Died: April 21
30
Maxfield Parrish
(Painter)
5
3
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: July 25, 1870
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: March 30
31
Virginia Hill
(American Organized Crime Figure)
25
16
Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: August 26, 1916
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lipscomb, Alabama, United States
Died: March 24
32
Giuseppe Farina
(Italian Racing Driver and First Official Formula One World Champion)
6
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 30, 1906
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Turin, Italy
Died: June 30
33
Ahmadu Bello
(The First and Only Premier of Northern Nigeria)
3
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 12, 1910
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rabbah bar Nahmani
Died: January 15
34
Melvin Tolson
(Poet)
6
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 6, 1898
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Moberly, Missouri, United States
Died: August 29
35
Jean Arp
(German-French-Sculptor Best Known for His Biomorphic Sculptures)
3
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 16, 1886
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Strasbourg, France
Died: June 7
36
Bud Powell
(Pianist, Jazz musician)
2
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: September 27, 1924
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York City
Died: August 1
37
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
(Nigerian General Who Was the Country's First Military Head of State)
4
2
38
Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(Aristocrat)
4
2
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: April 20, 1884
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Eastwell Park, Kent, England
Died: July 13
39
Lucy Burns
(Suffragist, women's rights activist)
5
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: July 28, 1879
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Died: December 22
40
Joseph A. Walker
(Astronaut, Physicist, Test pilot)
3
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 20, 1921
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Washington
Died: June 8
41
Paul Reynaud
(Politician, Lawyer, Journalist)
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 15, 1878
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Barcelonnette
Died: September 21
42
Elliot See
(Officer, Test pilot, Astronaut)
1
0
43
Courtney Hicks Hodges
(General)
3
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 5, 1887
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Perry, Georgia, United States
Died: January 16
44
Charles Bassett
(Test pilot)
2
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 30, 1931
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio, United States
Died: February 28
45
Sadao Araki
(Military personnel)
5
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 26, 1877
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Komae, Tokyo, Japan
Died: November 2
46
George de Hevesy
(Hungarian Radiochemist Known for His Key Role in the Development of 'Radioactive Tracers')
1
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: August 1, 1885
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: July 5
47
S.S. Kresge
(Businessman)
1
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: July 31, 1867
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died: October 18
48
Fernande Olivier
(Model)
2
0
49
Harry F. Byrd
(Politician, Publisher)
1
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: June 10, 1887
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States
Died: October 20
50
Vincent Auriol
(President of France from 1947 to 1954)
2
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