1
William the Conqueror
(Former King of England (1066 - 1087))
78
26
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: 1028 AD
Birthplace: Falaise, France
Died: September 9, 1087
2
Clark Gable
(Actor)
68
19
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 1, 1901
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cadiz, Ohio, United States
Died: August 16, 1960
3
Solomon
(King of Israel)
77
9
4
John Brown
(Abolitionist)
82
24
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 9, 1800
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Torrington, Connecticut, United States
Died: December 2, 1859
5
Virginia Woolf
(One of the Most Important Modernist 20th-Century Authors)
93
57
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 25, 1882
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kensington, London, England
Died: March 28, 1941
6
Rock Hudson
(Actor)
40
7
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 17, 1925
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Winnetka, Illinois, United States
Died: October 2, 1985
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
7
George Best
(Footballer)
48
9
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 22, 1946
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died: November 25, 2005
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
8
Sitting Bull
(Warrior)
86
4
70
24
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 5, 1856
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Westlake Corner, Virginia, United States
Died: November 14, 1915
10
Dusty Springfield
(Singer, Artist, Cleric)
76
29
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: April 16, 1939
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: West Hampstead, London,England
Died: March 2, 1999
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
11
Truman Capote
(Known for His Novella “Breakfast at Tiffany's” and Non-Fiction Novel “In Cold Blood”)
35
11
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 30, 1924
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Died: August 25, 1984
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
12
Fyodor Dostoevsky
(Best Known for His Novella Notes from The 'Underground')
50
9
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 11, 1821
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: February 9, 1881
13
Conway Twitty
(Country Singer-Songwriter Known for His Hit Songs 'Hello Darlin' and ‘You've Never Been This Far Before’)
80
16
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: September 1, 1933
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Friars Point, Mississippi, United States
Died: June 5, 1993
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
14
Bill Bixby
(Best Known for as Dr. David Banner in The TV Series 'The Incredible Hulk')
42
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 22, 1934
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: November 21, 1993
15
Hattie McDaniel
(Actress)
71
14
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 10, 1893
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Wichita, Kansas, United States
Died: October 26, 1952
16
Doug McClure
(Best Known for His Role as ‘Cowboy’ in the TV Series ‘The Virginian’)
93
13
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 11, 1935
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Glendale, California, United States
Died: February 5, 1995
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
17
Robert Reed
(Actor)
24
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 19, 1932
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Highland Park, Illinois, United States
Died: May 12, 1992
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
18
Toussaint Louverture
(Leader of the Haitian Revolution)
67
13
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 20, 1743
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Saint-Dominigue (present day Haiti)
Died: April 7, 1803
19
Isoroku Yamamoto
(Japanese Naval Officer Who Conceived The Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941)
43
19
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 4, 1884
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
Died: April 18, 1943
20
John Cassavetes
(One of the Most Influential American Directors of the Later Half of the 20th Century)
21
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: December 9, 1929
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: February 3, 1989
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
21
Nathaniel Hawthorne
(Novelist and Short Story Writer)
33
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 4, 1804
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Salem, Massachusetts, United States
Died: May 19, 1864
22
Billy Preston
(Musician & Songwriter)
39
11
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: September 2, 1946
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Houston, Texas, United States
Died: June 6, 2006
23
Oliver Cromwell
(English Statesman)
30
21
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 25, 1599
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, Kingdom of England
Died: September 3, 1658
24
Coolio
(Rapper Best Known for His Singles ‘Gangsta's Paradise’ and ‘My Soul’)
42
16
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: August 1, 1963
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Compton, California, U.S.
Died: September 8, 2022
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
25
Reg E. Cathey
(Actor)
124
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 18, 1958
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Died: February 9, 2018
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
26
Peter Lorre
(Best Known for His Role as the Psychotic Child Murderer in the Thriller Film ‘M’)
36
13
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 26, 1904
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ružomberok, Slovakia
Died: March 23, 1964
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
27
Teddy Pendergrass
(Singer)
25
6
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: March 26, 1950
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kingstree, South Carolina, USA
Died: January 13, 2010
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
28
Erik Satie
(French Composer and Pianist Known for His Work ‘Gymnopédies’)
46
9
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: May 17, 1866
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Honfleur, France
Died: July 1, 1925
29
Emperor Meiji
(Emperor of Japan (1867-1912))
17
2
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: November 3, 1852
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Died: July 30, 1912
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
30
John Hughes
(Filmmaker)
19
12
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 18, 1950
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lansing, Michigan, United States
Died: August 6, 2009
32
Harold Holt
(Former Prime Minister of Australia)
59
13
33
Auguste Comte
(French Philosopher and Founder of Sociology and Positivism )
40
5
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 19, 1798
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Montpellier, France
Died: September 5, 1857
34
Emile Durkheim
(French Sociologist Who Established the 'Academic Discipline of Sociology')
11
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: April 15, 1858
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Épinal, France
Died: November 15, 1917
35
Sher Shah Suri
(Sultan of the Suri Empire (1537-45))
50
17
36
Eli Whitney
(American inventor)
32
3
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: December 8, 1765
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Westborough
Died: January 8, 1825
37
Gypsy Rose Lee
(One of the First Burlesque Artists to Imbue a Striptease With Grace and Style)
18
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 8, 1911
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington, United States
Died: April 26, 1970
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
38
John Donne
(Poet)
21
11
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 22, 1572
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: London, England
Died: March 31, 1631
39
Helena Blavatsky
(Russian Writer and Co-Founder of the 'Theosophical Society')
14
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: August 12, 1831
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Dnipro, Ukraine
Died: May 8, 1891
40
Ovid
(Poet)
14
4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 20, 0043
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Sulmo, Italy, Roman Republic
Died: 0017 AD
41
Dayanand Saraswati
(Philosopher)
33
6
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 12, 1824
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tankara, India
Died: October 30, 1883
42
Juliet Prowse
(Film, Stage and Television Actress Who Had a Four-Decade Long Career)
41
7
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 25, 1936
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Died: September 14, 1996
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
43
Fanny Brice
(Model, Singer, Actress)
12
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 29, 1891
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: May 29, 1951
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
44
Barbara Jordan
(Lawyer)
40
6
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: February 21, 1936
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Houston
Died: January 17, 1996
45
Anne Ramsey
(Actress)
20
8
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 27, 1929
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Died: August 11, 1988
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
46
Frank Morgan
(Actor)
13
3
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: June 1, 1890
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Died: September 18, 1949
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
47
Eliza Hamilton Holly
(Alexander Hamilton's Daughter)
20
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 20, 1799
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York City, New York
Died: October 17, 1859
48
Gustav Holst
(Was an English Composer)
8
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: September 21, 1874
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Died: May 25, 1934
49
Charles Lamb
(Essayist)
42
9
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1775
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Inner Temple, London, England
Died: December 27, 1834
50
Sam Peckinpah
(Film director)
7
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 21, 1925
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Fresno, California, United States
Died: December 28, 1984
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
