1
Whitney Houston
(Best-Selling Female R&B Artist of the 20th Century)
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78
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: August 9, 1963
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, United States
Died: February 11, 2012
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
2
Curly Howard
(Comedian, Actor and Member of the Comedy Trio ‘The Three Stooges’)
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7
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 22, 1903
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bensonhurst, New York, United States
Died: January 18, 1952
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
3
Scott Weiland
(Lead Singer of The Band 'Stone Temple Pilots')
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11
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: October 27, 1967
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: San Jose, California, United States
Died: December 3, 2015
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
4
James Maxwell
(Scottish Mathematician and Scientist Who Gave the Classical Theory of Electromagnetic Radiation)
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6
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: June 13, 1831
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: November 5, 1879
5
Charles I of England
(King of England, Scotland & Ireland from 1625 to 1649)
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20
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: November 19, 1600
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dunfermline Palace, Dunfermline, Scotland
Died: January 30, 1649
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
6
Ahmad Shah Massoud
(Afghan Political Leader and Guerilla Commander Who Served as Minister of Defense of Afghanistan from 1992 to 2001)
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 2, 1953
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bazarak, Afghanistan
Died: September 9, 2001
7
Subhas Chandra Bose
(Indian Nationalist Who Participated in Indian Freedom Movement)
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55
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 23, 1897
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cuttack, India
Died: August 18, 1945
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
8
Harvey Milk
(American Politician and First Openly Gay Man to be Elected to a Public Office in California)
51
31
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: May 22, 1930
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Woodmere, New York, United States
Died: November 27, 1978
9
Khalil Gibran
(Artist)
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20
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 6, 1883
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bsharri, Lebanon
Died: April 10, 1931
10
Shirley Jackson
(American Writer Known Primarily for Her Works of Horror and Mystery)
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12
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 14, 1916
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: September 8, 1965
11
Marty Feldman
(Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter, Poet)
28
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: July 8, 1934
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London
Died: December 2, 1982
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
12
Graham Chapman
(British Actor, Writer and Member of the Surreal Comedy Group ‘Monty Python’)
22
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 8, 1941
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Died: October 4, 1989
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
13
Scott Joplin
(American Composer and Pianist Known as the ‘King of Ragtime’)
93
9
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 24, 1868
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Texarkana, Texas, United States
Died: April 1, 1917
14
David Janssen
(Best Known for His Role as ‘Richard Kimble’ in the TV Series ‘The Fugitive’)
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13
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 27, 1931
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Naponee, Nebraska, United States
Died: February 13, 1980
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
15
Theodosius I
(Emperor)
26
10
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: January 11, 0347
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Coca, Segovia, Spain
Died: January 17, 0395
16
Tom Fogerty
(Singer, Guitarist)
18
3
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 9, 1941
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Berkeley
Died: September 6, 1990
17
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
(Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790)
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15
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: March 13, 1741
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: February 20, 1790
18
Maureen Starkey Tigrett
(Singer, Actor, Model)
20
6
Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: August 4, 1946
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Liverpool
Died: December 30, 1994
19
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
(Qawwal and Ghazal Singer)
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43
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: October 13, 1948
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Faisalabad
Died: August 16, 1997
20
Margaret Mitchell
(Writer of 'Gone with the Wind')
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7
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: November 8, 1900
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Died: August 16, 1949
21
Wally Cox
(Actor)
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4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: December 6, 1924
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Died: February 15, 1973
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
22
Diane Arbus
(Photographer)
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13
Listed In: Photographers
Birthdate: March 14, 1923
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: July 26, 1971
23
Constantine XI Palaiologos
(The Last Byzantine Ruler Who Died Defending Constantinople against the Turks)
11
4
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: February 8, 1405
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Istanbul, Turkey
Died: May 29, 1453
24
Murad III
(Ottoman Sultan)
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8
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: July 4, 1546
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Manisa, Turkey
Died: December 31, 1595
25
John Bell Hood
(Confederate General)
18
6
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 1, 1831
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Owingsville, Kentucky, United States
Died: August 30, 1879
26
Wendy O. Williams
(Singer)
7
2
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: May 28, 1949
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Webster, New York, United States
Died: April 6, 1998
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Yvette Wilson
(Comedian and Actress Known for Her Role as ‘Andell Wilkerson’ in the UPN Sitcoms ‘Moesha’)
12
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 6, 1964
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: June 14, 2012
28
Charles the Fat
(Emperor of the Carolingian Empire)
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3
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: June 13, 0839
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Donaueschingen, Germany
Died: January 13, 0888
29
Walter Benjamin
(German Jewish Philosopher, Cultural Critic and Essayist)
11
7
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 15, 1892
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: September 26, 1940
30
Mikhail Bulgakov
(Novelist and Playwright Best Known for His Novel 'The Master and Margarita')
11
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 15, 1891
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kyiv, Ukraine
Died: March 10, 1940
31
Anthony Mason
(Basketball Player)
9
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 14, 1966
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Miami, Florida, United States
Died: February 28, 2015
Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
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Alice Pearce
(Actress)
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3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 16, 1917
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: March 3, 1966
33
Totie Fields
(Comedian)
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7
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 7, 1930
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Died: August 2, 1978
Height: 4'10" (147 cm)
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Stanley Baker
(Welsh Actor, Producer and One of the Top British Film Actors of the Late 1950s)
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3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 28, 1928
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ferndale, Glamorgan, Wales
Died: June 28, 1976
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
35
Ilan Ramon
(Fighter pilot)
9
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 20, 1954
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Ramat Gan, Israel
Died: February 1, 2003
36
Jonathan Crombie
(Canadian Voice Over Artist and Actor)
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0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 12, 1966
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died: April 15, 2015
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
37
Cortez Kennedy
(American football player)
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2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 23, 1968
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Osceola, Arkansas, United States
Died: May 23, 2017
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Aphra Behn
(Playwright)
12
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 10, 1640
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Canterbury, England
Died: April 16, 1689
39
Allan Sherman
(Writer)
11
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 30, 1924
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Chicago
Died: November 20, 1973
40
Peter Steele
(Singer and bassist for the goth and metal band Type O Negative)
12
10
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: January 4, 1962
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: April 14, 2010
Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
41
Roy Buchanan
(Musician, Guitarist)
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0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: September 23, 1939
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ozark
Died: August 14, 1988
42
Christopher Evan Welch
(Actor)
6
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 28, 1965
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Fort Belvoir, Virginia, USA
Died: December 2, 2013
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
43
Hulagu Khan
(Mongol Ruler from 1256 to 1265)
8
5
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Francesco Quinn
(Former Actor best known for his breakout role as Rhah in Oliver Stone’s Academy Award-winning Platoon (1986))
7
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 22, 1963
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: August 5, 2011
45
Theodora
(Empress Consort of the Byzantine Empire from 527 to 548)
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8
46
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
(German Polymath and Occult Writer Known for His Book 'Three Books of Occult Philosophy')
8
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: September 14, 1486
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cologne, Germany
Died: February 18, 1535
47
Saint Margaret of Scotland
(Queen Consort of Scotland (1070 - 1093), Famous as 'The Pearl of Scotland')
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0
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Wayne Static
(Musician)
10
8
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 4, 1965
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Muskegon, Michigan, USA
Died: November 1, 2014
49
Peter Allen
(Songwriter, Musician, Singer, Pianist)
8
2
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: February 10, 1944
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia
Died: June 18, 1992
50
Otto Lilienthal
(German Aeronautical Engineer Who Completed Successful Glider Flights for the First Time)
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0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 23, 1848
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Anklam, Germany
Died: August 10, 1896
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
