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John Wayne
(A Popular Icon During Hollywood's Golden Age)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 26, 1907
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Winterset, Iowa, United States
Died: June 11, 1979
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
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Confucius
(Philosopher)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: 0551 BC
Birthplace: Lu, Shandong, China
Died: April 11, 0479
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John Locke
(Philosopher)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: August 29, 1632
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Wrington, Somerset, England
Died: October 28, 1704
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William Howard Taft
(27th President of the United States)
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: September 15, 1857
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Died: March 8, 1930
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Richard Harris
(One of Ireland's Greatest Film Actors)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 1, 1930
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Limerick, Ireland
Died: October 25, 2002
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Louis Pasteur
(Chemist and Microbiologist)
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 27, 1822
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dole, France
Died: September 28, 1895
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Ferdinand Marcos
(Former President of the Philippines)
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 11, 1917
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, Philippine Islands
Died: September 28, 1989
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Isaac Asimov
(Writer Best Known for His Hard Science Fiction Novels and Professor of Biochemistry)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 2, 1920
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Petrovichi, Russia
Died: April 6, 1992
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Ashoka
(Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty)
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Peggy Lipton
(Actress)
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Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: August 30, 1946
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: May 11, 2019
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Walt Whitman
(One of the Most Influential Poets in the American Canon, Regarded as the 'Father of Free Verse')
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Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: May 31, 1819
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: West Hills, New York, United States
Died: March 26, 1892
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Dmitri Mendeleev
(Inventor of Periodic Table)
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Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: February 8, 1834
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tobolsk
Died: February 2, 1907
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Charles Lindbergh
(Remembered for Making the First Nonstop Solo Flight Across the Atlantic)
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Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: February 4, 1902
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Died: August 26, 1974
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Thomas Paine
(Founding Father of the United States)
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 29, 1737
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Thetford, England
Died: June 8, 1809
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David Carradine
(American Actor Best Known for Playing Martial Arts Roles)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: December 8, 1936
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: June 3, 2009
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Telly Savalas
(Actor)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 21, 1922
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Garden City, New York, United States
Died: January 22, 1994
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Leonard Bernstein
(Composer Whose Best-Known Work is the Broadway Musical 'West Side Story')
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 25, 1918
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States
Died: October 14, 1990
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Arthur Schopenhauer
(German Philosopher Best Known for His Work ‘The World as Will and Representation’)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: February 22, 1788
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Gdańsk, Poland
Died: September 21, 1860
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Lorne Greene
(Actor, Radio Personality and Singer Known for His Role as ‘Ben Cartwright’ in TV Series ‘Bonanza’)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 12, 1915
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ottawa, Canada
Died: September 11, 1987
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Herman Melville
(Novelist & Short Story Writer of the American Renaissance Period Best Known for His Works 'Moby-Dick' & 'Typee')
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 1, 1819
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: September 28, 1891
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Cilla Black
(Singer)
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Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: May 27, 1943
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Vauxhall, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Died: August 1, 2015
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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K. Kamaraj
(Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (1954-63))
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 15, 1903
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India
Died: October 2, 1975
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Frank Sinatra Jr.
(Singer-Songwriter, Actor and Son of Actor Frank Sinatra)
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: January 10, 1944
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Died: March 16, 2016
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Amrish Puri
(Actor)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 22, 1932
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Nawanshahr, Jullundur, Punjab, British India
Died: January 12, 2005
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Mileva Marić
(Serbian Physicist, Mathematician and the First Wife of Albert Einstein)
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 19, 1875
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Titel, Serbia
Died: August 4, 1948
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Dennis Nilsen
(Serial Killer)
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Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: November 23, 1945
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died: May 12, 2018
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Vasili Arkhipov
(Submariner)
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 30, 1926
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Zvorkovo, Russia
Died: August 19, 1998
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Larry Fine
(Comedian, Actor and Member of the Comedy Team the ‘Three Stooges’)
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Birthdate: October 5, 1902
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: January 24, 1975
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Mahavira
(Last tirthankara of Jainism)
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James MacArthur
(Best Known for His Role as ‘Danny Williams’ in the TV Series ‘Hawaii Five-O’)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: December 8, 1937
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: October 28, 2010
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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John Drew Barrymore
(Actor)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 4, 1932
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died: November 29, 2004
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Angelica Hamilton
(Alexander Hamilton's Daughter)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 25, 1784
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: United States
Died: February 6, 1857
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Mako Iwamatsu
(Actor)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: December 10, 1933
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Died: July 21, 2006
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El Greco
(Greek Painter, Sculptor and Architect of the Spanish Renaissance)
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Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: October 1, 1541
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Heraklion, Greece
Died: April 7, 1614
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Henry James
(British Author Who is Regarded as a Key Transitional Figure Between Literary Realism and Literary Modernism)
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Birthdate: April 15, 1843
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York, New York City, United States
Died: February 28, 1916
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Mary Travers
(Singer-Songwriter and Member of the Folk Music Group ‘Peter, Paul and Mary’)
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Birthdate: November 9, 1936
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Died: September 16, 2009
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Georg Cantor
(Mathematician)
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Birthdate: March 3, 1845
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died: January 6, 1918
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Fulgencio Batista
(Former President of Cuba)
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 16, 1901
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Banes, Cuba
Died: August 6, 1973
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Brahmagupta
(Mathematician and Astronomer)
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Douglas Bader
(Aircraft pilot)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 21, 1910
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: St John's Wood, London, England
Died: September 5, 1982
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Gertrude Stein
(American Novelist, Poet and Playwright)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 3, 1874
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: July 27, 1946
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Frank Gorshin
(Actor)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 5, 1933
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: May 17, 2005
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Erich Ludendorff
(German General, Politician and Military Theorist)
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Birthdate: April 9, 1865
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kruszewnia, Poland
Died: December 20, 1937
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Lou Rawls
(R&B Singer Famous for His Luxurious Baritone Singing Voice and Four-Octave Vocal Range)
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: December 1, 1933
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: January 6, 2006
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Empress Dowager Cixi
(Chinese Empress Dowager)
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: November 29, 1835
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Beijing, China
Died: November 15, 1908
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Ambrose Bierce
(Journalist & Writer, soldier)
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Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: June 24, 1842
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Meigs County, Ohio, United States
Died: December 1, 1914
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Marcello Mastroianni
(One of Italy's Most Iconic Actors of the 20th Century)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 28, 1924
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Fontana Liri, Lazio, Italy
Died: December 19, 1996
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Bert Lahr
(Actor)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 13, 1895
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Died: December 4, 1967
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Averroes
(Philosopher)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: April 14, 1126
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Córdoba, Spain
Died: December 10, 1198
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Art Bell
(Radio Personality)
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Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: June 17, 1945
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Died: April 13, 2018
