1
John Lennon
(The Founder, Co-Songwriter, Co-Lead Vocalist & Rhythm Guitarist of 'The Beatles')
417
137
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: October 9, 1940
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Died: December 8
2
Colonel Sanders
(Founder of the Fast Food Chicken Restaurant ‘Kentucky Fried Chicken’ (KFC))
309
43
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: September 9, 1890
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Henryville, Indiana, United States
Died: December 16
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
3
Jesse Owens
(American Track and Field Athlete Who Won Four Gold Medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics)
197
32
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 12, 1913
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Oakville, Alabama, United States
Died: March 31
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
4
Alfred Hitchcock
(One of the Most Influential Filmmakers of All Time)
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27
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 13, 1899
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Leytonstone, London, England
Died: April 29
5
Steven McQueen
(Actor)
82
27
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 24, 1930
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Beech Grove, Indiana, United States
Died: November 7
6
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
(The Last Shah of Iran Who Ruled from 1941 to 1979)
152
52
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: October 26, 1919
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Died: July 27
7
Peter Sellers
(English Actor and Comedian Known for His Role as ‘Inspector Jacques Clouseau’ in ‘The Pink Panther’ Film Series)
52
9
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 8, 1925
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Portsmouth, England
Died: July 24
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
8
John Bonham
(Drummer of Rock Band Led Zeppelin)
54
15
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: May 31, 1948
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Redditch, England, UK
Died: September 25
9
Bon Scott
(Singer & Musician)
91
57
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: July 9, 1946
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Forfar, Scotland
Died: February 19
10
Mae West
(Actress, Screenwriter, Singer)
43
6
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 17, 1893
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: November 22
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
11
Jean-Paul Sartre
(Novelist, Playwright, & Philosopher)
35
15
12
Otto Frank
(German Businessman and Father of ‘Anne Frank', the Author of 'The Diary of a Young Girl’)
59
7
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 12, 1889
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Province of Hesse-Nassau
Died: August 19
13
Oswald Mosley
(British Politician)
26
14
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 16, 1896
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Mayfair, London
Died: December 3
14
Josip Broz Tito
(Yugoslav Communist Revolutionary and the chief Architect of the 'Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia')
42
28
15
Ian Curtis
(Singer-songwriter)
25
10
16
Jean Piaget
(Swiss Psychologist Known for His Work on Child Development)
33
10
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: August 9, 1896
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Died: September 16
17
Jimmy Durante
(One of America's Most Popular Personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s)
43
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 10, 1893
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: January 28
18
George Raft
(Actor)
35
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 26, 1901
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Hell's Kitchen, New York, United States
Died: November 24
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
19
Karl Dönitz
(German Admiral Who Briefly Succeeded Adolf Hitler as Head of State)
25
13
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 16, 1891
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Grünau, Berlin, Germany
Died: December 24
20
Dorothy Stratten
(Canadian Former Actress and Model Who was Killed by Her Estranged Husband Paul Snider)
24
12
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 28, 1960
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Vancouver, Canada
Died: August 14
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
21
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
(Writer)
30
10
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 12, 1884
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York City
Died: February 20
22
David Janssen
(Best Known for His Role as ‘Richard Kimble’ in the TV Series ‘The Fugitive’)
51
13
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 27, 1931
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Naponee, Nebraska, United States
Died: February 13
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
23
Milburn Stone
(Actor)
57
13
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: July 5, 1904
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Burrton, Kansas, United States
Died: June 12
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
24
Bill Evans
(American Jazz Pianist Known for Lush Harmonies and Lyrical Improvisation)
19
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 16, 1929
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Plainfield, New Jersey, United States
Died: September 15
25
Marshall McLuhan
(Canadian Philosopher Known for His Work in the Field of Media Theory)
13
4
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: July 21, 1911
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Edmonton, Canada
Died: December 31
26
William O. Douglas
(Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)
42
11
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: October 16, 1898
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Maine Township, Minnesota, United States
Died: January 19
27
Strother Martin
(Actor)
32
6
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 26, 1919
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kokomo, Indiana, United States
Died: August 1
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
28
Jay Silverheels
(Actor and Athlete Known for His Role as ‘Tonto’ in the TV Series ‘The Lone Ranger’)
26
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 26, 1912
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Brantford, Canada
Died: March 5
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
29
Dorothy Day
(American Social Activist, Journalist, and Anarchist)
20
3
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: November 8, 1897
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: November 29
30
Henry Valentine Miller
(Writer)
8
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 26, 1891
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Yorkville, Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: June 7
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
31
Roland Barthes
(French Literary Theorist Best Known for His Essay Collection 'Mythologies' and His Essay 'The Death of the Author')
14
5
Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Birthdate: November 12, 1915
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France
Died: March 25
32
Mohammed Rafi
(One of India's Greatest and Most Influential Playback Singers)
51
19
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: December 24, 1924
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Amritsar, Punjab, India
Died: July 31
33
Erich Fromm
(German Social Psychologist and Psychoanalyst & One of the Founders of The 'William Alanson White Institute')
13
3
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: March 23, 1900
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany
Died: March 18
34
Tex Avery
(Golden Age Animator & Creator of Classic Cartoon Characters 'Bugs Bunny', 'Daffy Duck' and 'Porky Pig')
15
3
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: February 26, 1908
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Taylor, Texas, United States
Died: August 26
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
35
Hans Asperger
(Paediatrician)
23
5
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: February 18, 1906
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Vienna
Died: October 21
36
Seretse Khama
(Politician)
6
2
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Raymond Bailey
(Actor)
18
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 6, 1904
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Died: April 15
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
38
Bobby Van
(Actor)
14
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: December 6, 1928
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bronx, New York, United States
Died: July 31
39
Darby Crash
(Singer)
8
2
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: September 26, 1958
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Los Angeles County, California, USA
Died: December 7
40
David A. Johnston
(American Volcanologist Who was Caught in the Midst of the Eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980)
7
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 18, 1949
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: May 18
41
Romain Gary
(French Diplomat & Novelist)
15
7
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 21, 1914
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Vilnius, Republic Of Lithuania
Died: December 2
42
Dick Haymes
(Former Actor, singer who was one of the most popular male vocalists of the 1940s and early 1950s)
8
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 13, 1918
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: March 28
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
43
Cecil Beaton
(British Photographer and Costume Designer)
8
1
Listed In: Photographers
Birthdate: January 14, 1904
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Hampstead, London, England
Died: January 18
44
Douglas Kenney
(Screenwriter)
7
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: December 10, 1946
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Died: August 27
45
Harry R. Truman
(Businessman)
7
3
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: October 30, 1896
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Ivydale, West Virginia, United States
Died: May 18
46
Joe Dassin
(American-French Pop Singer Known for His Ability to Sing in Multiple Languages)
4
1
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: November 5, 1938
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: August 20
47
Elston Howard
(Baseball player)
14
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 23, 1929
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died: December 14
48
Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia
(Former Duchess Consort of Brunswick (1913 - 1918))
7
5
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 13, 1892
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Potsdam, Germany
Died: December 11
49
V. V. Giri
(Fourth President of India)
43
10
50
Óscar Romero
(Salvadoran Roman Catholic Archbishop)
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47
Listed In: Spiritual & Religious Leaders
Birthdate: August 15, 1917
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Ciudad Barrios, El Salvador
Died: March 24
