1
George Frideric Handel
(German-British Composer Known for His Works: ‘Water Music’ and ‘Music for the Royal Fireworks’)
80
15
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: February 23, 1685
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Halle (Saale), Germany
Died: 1759
2
Burl Ives
(American Musician, Actor and Folk Singer Known for His Hit 'A Little Bitty Tear')
54
9
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 14, 1909
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Hunt City, Illinois, United States
Died: 1995
3
Simone de Beauvoir
(French Existentialist Philosopher, Writer, Social Theorist, and Feminist Activist)
41
17
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 9, 1908
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1986
4
Rachel Carson
(Marine biologist)
41
5
5
Ellen Corby
(Actress and Screenwriter Known for Her Role in Film ‘I Remember Mama’ and the TV Series 'The Waltons')
40
9
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 3, 1911
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Racine, Wisconsin, United States
Died: 1999
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
6
Emmy Noether
(German Mathematician Who Made Many Important Contributions to Abstract Algebra)
98
4
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: March 23, 1882
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany
Died: 1935
7
Fredric March
(One of Hollywood's Most Celebrated, Versatile Stars of the 1930s and 1940s)
13
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 31, 1897
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Racine, Wisconsin, United States
Died: 1975
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
8
M. Visvesvaraya
(Civil Engineer)
195
41
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: September 15, 1860
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Muddenahalli, Chikballapur, Kingdom of Mysore (now in Karnataka)
Died: 1962
9
Percy Sledge
(Known for the Song ‘When a Man Loves a Woman’, a No. 1 Hit in 1966)
38
2
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: November 25, 1940
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Leighton, Alabama, United States
Died: 2015
10
John Singer Sargent
(American Expatriate Artist and One of the Leading Portrait Painters of His Generation)
10
4
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: January 12, 1856
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: 1925
11
Anthony Newley
(Actor)
13
8
12
Don Ho
(Best known for theme song Tiny Bubbles)
18
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 13, 1930
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kaka'ako, Hawaii, United States
Died: 2007
13
Clyde Tolson
(1st Associate Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation)
11
5
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 22, 1900
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Laredo, Missouri, United States
Died: 1975
14
Louis Sullivan
(Pioneering Architect)
18
1
15
Vladimir Mayakovsky
(Russian Poet and Playwright Who was a Prominent Figure of the Russian Futurist Movement)
12
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 19, 1893
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Baghdati, Georgia
Died: 1930
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
16
Jonathan Frid
(Film actor)
16
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: December 2, 1924
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Died: 2012
17
Aleksandr Scriabin
(One of the Most Controversial Composer-Pianists of the Early 20th Century)
8
5
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: December 25, 1871
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: 1915
18
Trevor Gordon Bannister
(Actor)
2
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 14, 1934
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Durrington, United Kingdom
Died: 2011
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
19
Gene Wolfe
(Writer)
4
0
20
Ramana Maharshi
(Indian Hindu Sage and Jivanmukta)
16
10
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: December 30, 1879
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tiruchuzhi, Virudhunagar, India
Died: 1950
21
Cap Anson
(Baseball Player)
9
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 17, 1852
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Marshalltown, Iowa, United States
Died: 1922
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
22
Bibi Andersson
(Former Actress best known for her frequent collaborations with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman)
6
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 11, 1935
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: 2019
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
23
Ernest Bevin
(British statesman)
3
0
24
Hal Greer
(Basketball player)
6
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 26, 1936
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Huntington, West Virginia, United States
Died: 2018
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
25
Peter Steele
(Singer and bassist for the goth and metal band Type O Negative)
10
10
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: January 4, 1962
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 2010
Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
26
Dorothy Squires
(British singer)
3
1
27
Guillermo Kahlo
(Former Photographer who photographically documented important architectural works, churches, streets, landmarks, as well as industries and companies in Mexico)
2
0
Listed In: Photographers
Birthdate: October 26, 1871
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Pforzheim, Germany
Died: 1948
28
Arthur Marx
(American Writer and Son of Entertainer Groucho Marx and His First Wife, Ruth Johnson)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 21, 1921
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 2011
29
Jean Genet
(Writer Known for His Novels 'The Thief's Journal' & 'Our Lady of The Flowers')
2
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 19, 1910
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1986
30
F.R. Leavis
(Literature Critic)
1
0
Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Birthdate: July 14, 1895
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cambridge, England
Died: 1978
31
Pete Farndon
(Former English bassist and founding member of the rock band the Pretenders.)
1
1
32
Maurice Druon
(Novelist)
2
0
33
L. L. Zamenhof
(Linguist, Ophthalmologist, Inventor, Poet, Translator, Esperantist, Physician, Writer, Bible translator)
1
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: December 15, 1859
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Białystok
Died: 1917
34
Ollie Johnston
(Animator)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 31, 1912
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Palo Alto, California, United States
Died: 2008
35
Israr Ahmed
(Islamic Theologian, Philosopher and Scholar)
17
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: April 26, 1932
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Haryana, India
Died: 2010
36
Fulk IV, Count of Anjou
(King)
1
0
37
Ivan Galamian
(Teacher)
4
1
38
Zebulon B. Vance
(Politician)
1
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: May 13, 1830
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Buncombe, North Carolina
Died: 1894
39
Buck Baker
(American Stock Car Racer)
2
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 4, 1919
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Richburg, South Carolina, United States
Died: 2002
40
Khachatur Abovian
(Writer)
3
1
41
David J. C. MacKay
(Physicist, Computer scientist, Professor)
0
0
42
Colin Davis
(English Conductor Best Remembered For His Work With The 'London Symphony Orchestra')
1
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: September 25, 1927
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Weybridge, England
Died: 2013
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
43
Prince Henry, Count of Bardi
(Prince)
3
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 12, 1851
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Parma, Italy
Died: 1905
44
Jim Baxter
(One of Scotland's Greatest Footballers Ever)
1
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 29, 1939
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Hill of Beath, Fife, Scotland
Died: 2001
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
45
Gianni Rodari
(Italian Writer and Journalist, Famous for His Works of Children’s Literature ‘Il Romanzo Di Cipollino')
0
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: October 23, 1920
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Omegna, Italy
Died: 1980
46
Sabicas
(Guitarist)
1
0
47
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick
(English Military Commander Best Known for his Role in the 'Wars of the Roses')
1
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 22, 1428
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Norwich, England
Died: 1471
48
Phil Katz
(Programmer, Computer scientist)
2
2
49
Rahul Sankrityayan
(Writer Who Is Often Called the Father of Indian Travelogue)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 9, 1893
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Pandaha, Uttar Pradesh , India
Died: 1963
50
Károly Kerényi
(Scholar)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 19, 1897
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Timișoara, Romania
Died: 1973
