1 William Shakespeare
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Bard of Avon
Birthdate: April 26, 1564
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Stratford-upon-Avon
Died: 1616
2 William Wordsworth
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: April 7, 1770
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kingdom of Great Britain
Died: 1850
3 Mohammed Omar
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Terrorist
Birthdate: 1960 AD
Birthplace: Kandahar, Afghanistan
Died: 2013
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
4 James Earl Ray
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Listed In: Criminals
Famous As: Assassin
Birthdate: March 10, 1928
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Alton, Illinois, United States
Died: 1998
5 Boris Yeltsin
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6 Cesar Chavez
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Listed In: Activists
Famous As: Civil Rights Activist
Birthdate: March 31, 1927
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Yuma
Died: 1993
7 Satyajit Ray
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Indian filmmaker
Birthdate: May 2, 1921
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Died: 1992
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10 Sawyer Sweeten
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Died: 2015
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11 Paulette Goddard
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Famous As: Film actress
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Sun Sign: Gemini
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Died: 1990
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12 Sir John Mills
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Birthdate: February 22, 1908
Sun Sign: Pisces
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13 John Richard Thomas Sullivan
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Famous As: Screenwriter
Birthdate: December 23, 1946
Sun Sign: Capricorn
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Died: 2011
14 P. L. Travers
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: August 9, 1899
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Maryborough, Australia
Died: 1996
15 Howard Cosell
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Listed In: Media Personalities
Famous As: Journalist
Birthdate: March 25, 1918
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Winston-Salem
Died: 1995
16 William Hartnell
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: January 8, 1908
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: St. Pancras, London, England, UK
Died: 1975
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
17 Otto Preminger
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Director
Birthdate: December 5, 1905
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Vyzhnytsya, Ukraine
Died: 1986
18 Johnny Thunders
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Listed In: Singers
Famous As: Guitarist
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Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Queens, New York, United States
Died: 1991
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
19 Boris Godunov
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20 Brian Boru
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
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Birthplace: Killaloe, Ireland
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21 Rupert Brooke
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22 Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
Famous As: Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1964-2000)
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Sun Sign: Capricorn
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Died: 2019
23 Buster Crabbe
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Famous As: Swimmer
Birthdate: February 7, 1908
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Oakland, California, United States
Died: 1983
24 Alferd Packer
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Criminal, Serial killer
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Sun Sign: Aquarius
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Died: 1907
25 Joh Bjelke-Petersen
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Listed In: Leaders
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Sun Sign: Capricorn
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26 Harold Arlen
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Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Composer, Songwriter, Music arranger, Film producer, Singer, Pianist, Film score composer
Birthdate: February 15, 1905
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York
Died: 1986
27 Karl Polanyi
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Economist, Anthropologist, Economic historian, Historian, Journalist, Philosopher, Writer, University teacher, Sociologist
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Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vienna
Died: 1964
28 Æthelred of Wessex
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29 Charles G. Dawes
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Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Marietta, Ohio
Died: 1951
30 Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
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Famous As: Singer
Birthdate: April 2, 1902
Sun Sign: Aries
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Died: 1968
31 John C. Stennis
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Politician
Birthdate: August 3, 1901
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kemper County, Mississippi, U.S.
Died: 1995
32 Bhanubhakta Acharya
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: July 13, 1814
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Chundi Ramgha, Nepal
Died: 1868
33 David Halberstam
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Historian, Writer, Journalist
Birthdate: April 10, 1934
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 2007
34 Maurice, Prince of Orange
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
Famous As: Prince
Birthdate: November 14, 1567
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dillenburg, Germany
Died: 1625
35 Lord Leopold Mountbatten
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Military Leader
Birthdate: May 21, 1889
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Windsor Castle, Windsor, England
Died: 1922
36 Fred the Godson
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Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: DJ
Birthdate: February 22, 1985
Sun Sign: Pisces
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37 Princess Louise of Prussia
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
Famous As: Politician
Birthdate: December 3, 1838
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: 1923
38 Alfred Eisenstaedt
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Listed In: Photographers
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Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tczew, Germany
Died: 1995
39 Konstantinos Karamanlis
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Famous As: Politician
Birthdate: March 8, 1907
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Proti, Greece
Died: 1998
40 Shamshad Begum
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Listed In: Singers
Famous As: Singer
Birthdate: April 14, 1919
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lahore
Died: 2013
41 Jim Laker
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Famous As: Cricketer
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Sun Sign: Aquarius
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Died: 1986
42 Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Politician
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Sun Sign: Sagittarius
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Died: 1963
43 Sam Ervin
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Famous As: Politician
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Sun Sign: Libra
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Died: 1985
44 Béla III of Hungary
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
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45 Alexander I of Scotland
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46 Denis Charles Scott Compton
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Sun Sign: Gemini
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Died: 1997
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47 Adeliza of Louvain
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48 Michael Ramsey
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Famous As: Archbishop
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Sun Sign: Scorpio
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49 Andre Gunder Frank
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
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Sun Sign: Pisces
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Died: 2005
50 Roland Penrose
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Artist
Birthdate: October 14, 1900
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1984