1
Nikola Tesla
(Inventor, Engineer & Futurist, Who Obtained Over 300 Patents)
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86
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: July 10, 1856
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Smiljan, Croatia
Died: January 7, 1943
2
Maya Angelou
(American Poet and Civil Rights Activist Known for Her Autobiography ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’)
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53
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: April 4, 1928
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died: May 28, 2014
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
3
Bea Arthur
(Actress and Comedian Known for Her Popular Sitcoms: ‘All in the Family’, ‘Maude’ and ‘The Golden Girls’)
104
28
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 13, 1922
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New York City, United States
Died: April 25, 2009
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
4
James Garner
(Actor and Producer Best Known for His Role as ‘Bret Maverick’ in the Western ABC Series ‘Maverick’)
96
18
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 7, 1928
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Norman, Oklahoma, United States
Died: July 19, 2014
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
5
Andy Griffith
(Actor)
95
20
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 1, 1926
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Mount Airy
Died: July 3, 2012
6
Claude Monet
(French Painter and Founder of 'Impressionism')
145
28
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: November 14, 1840
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 5, 1926
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
7
Hank Aaron
(One of the Greatest Baseball Players in History)
201
29
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 5, 1934
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Mobile, Alabama, United States
Died: January 22, 2021
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
8
Susan B. Anthony
(Social Reformer and Women's Rights Activist Who Was a Pioneer Crusader for the Women’s Suffrage Movement)
113
20
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: February 15, 1820
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Adams, Massachusetts, United States
Died: March 13, 1906
9
Alec Guinness
(Actor)
64
17
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 2, 1914
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Died: August 5, 2000
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
10
Anthony Quinn
(Best Known for His Roles in the films 'Viva Zapata!' and 'Lust for Life')
90
34
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 21, 1915
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Chihuahua, Mexico
Died: June 3, 2001
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
11
Franz Joseph I of Austria
(Emperor of Austria King of Hungary (1848 - 1916))
49
6
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: August 18, 1830
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: November 21, 1916
12
Groucho Marx
(One of America's Greatest Comedians of His Era)
61
9
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 2, 1890
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: August 19, 1977
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
13
Sojourner Truth
(Abolitionist and Women's Rights Activist)
122
14
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 1797 AD
Birthplace: Rifton, New York, United States
Died: November 26, 1883
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
14
Fred Willard
(Actor known for his roles in several Christopher Guest mockumentary films such as Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show)
46
12
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 18, 1933
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Shaker Heights, Ohio, United States
Died: May 15, 2020
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
15
John Forbes Nash Jr.
(Mathematician)
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34
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: June 13, 1928
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bluefield, West Virginia, United States
Died: May 23, 2015
16
Charley Pride
(Country Singer and One of Three African-American Members of the 'Grand Ole Opr')
72
9
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: March 18, 1934
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Sledge, Mississippi, United States
Died: December 12, 2020
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
17
James Cagney
(One of the Greatest Male Stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood)
57
13
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: July 17, 1899
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lower East Side, New York, United States
Died: March 30, 1986
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
18
Roy Rogers
(King of the Cowboys)
91
10
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 5, 1911
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Died: July 6, 1998
19
Cesar Romero
(Best Known for His Role as the ‘Joker’ in the TV Series ‘Batman’)
78
15
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 15, 1907
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York, New York City, United States
Died: January 1, 1994
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
20
Deborah Kerr
(British Actress Who was Known for Her Impeccable Grace and Beauty)
50
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 30, 1921
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Helensburgh
Died: October 16, 2007
21
B. F. Skinner
(American psychologist)
48
10
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: March 20, 1904
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: August 18, 1990
22
Rosemary Kennedy
(Sister of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy)
34
15
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 13, 1918
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Died: January 7, 2005
23
Frances Bavier
(Actress)
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21
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: December 14, 1902
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York City, New York
Died: December 6, 1989
24
Cab Calloway
(Singer)
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5
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: December 25, 1907
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Rochester
Died: November 18, 1994
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
25
Jerry Van Dyke
(Actor)
27
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: July 27, 1931
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Danville, Illinois, USA
Died: January 5, 2018
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
26
Della Reese
(Known for Her 1959 Hit Single 'Don't You Know?' and Her Role in the TV Series 'Touched by an Angel')
51
6
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: July 6, 1931
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Black Bottom, Detroit, United States
Died: November 19, 2017
27
Jimmy Durante
(One of America's Most Popular Personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s)
44
6
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 10, 1893
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: January 28, 1980
28
Ivan Pavlov
(Physiologist)
30
8
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: September 26, 1849
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ryazan, Russia
Died: February 27, 1936
29
Charles Grodin
(Actor, Comedian and Author Known for His Films: ‘Midnight Run’, ‘Dave’ and ‘Heart and Souls’)
24
8
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 21, 1935
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: May 18, 2021
30
Danny Aiello
(Actor)
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2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 20, 1933
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: December 12, 2019
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
31
Ed McMahon
(actor, officer, radio personality)
25
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 6, 1923
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Detroit
Died: June 23, 2009
32
Edd Byrnes
(Actor)
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3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: July 30, 1933
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Died: January 8, 2020
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
33
Camille Saint-Saëns
(One of the Greatest Organists and Composers of the Romantic Era)
39
4
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: October 9, 1835
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 16, 1921
34
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
(2nd President of India (1962 – 1967), 1st Vice President of India (1952 - 1962))
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83
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 5, 1888
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Thiruttani, Tamil Nadu, India
Died: April 17, 1975
35
Martin Heidegger
(One of the Most Important and Influential Philosophers of the 20th Century)
16
3
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: September 26, 1889
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Messkirch, Germany
Died: May 26, 1976
36
Victor Mature
(First male film star to be labeled a hunk, he appeared in Samson and Delilah in 1949 and The Robe in 1953)
23
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 29, 1913
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Died: August 4, 1999
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
37
Ray Walston
(Actor & Comedian)
42
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 2, 1914
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Laurel, Mississippi, U.S.
Died: January 1, 2001
38
Margaret Sanger
(Birth Control Activist Who Opened the First Birth Control Clinic in the United States)
19
11
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: September 14, 1879
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Corning, New York, United States
Died: September 6, 1966
39
Jorge Luis Borges
(Short Story Writer & Essayist Best Known for His Books 'Ficciones' & 'El Aleph')
43
30
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 24, 1899
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: June 14, 1986
40
Dick Van Patten
(Actor)
23
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: December 9, 1928
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kew Gardens, New York, United States
Died: June 23, 2015
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
41
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
(1st President of the United Arab Emirates)
23
13
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 6, 1918
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Died: November 2, 2004
42
Gore Vidal
(American Writer Known for His Novels: ‘The City and the Pillar’, ‘Julian’, ‘Myra Breckinridge’ and ‘Burr’)
16
8
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 3, 1925
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: West Point, New York, United States
Died: July 31, 2012
43
Don Shirley
(Former Classical and Jazz Pianist and Composer)
17
10
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: January 29, 1927
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pensacola, Florida, United States
Died: April 6, 2013
44
Garrett Morgan
(Inventor)
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20
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: March 4, 1877
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, Kentucky, United States
Died: July 27, 1963
45
Paul von Hindenburg
(President of Germany (1925-1934))
15
8
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 2, 1847
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Poznań, Poland
Died: August 2, 1934
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
46
Sidney Lumet
(Prolific Filmaker of the Modern Era Known for Eliciting Strong Performances From His Cast Members)
14
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 25, 1924
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: April 9, 2011
47
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
(American Women's Rights Activist and Key Figure Behind 'Seneca Falls Convention')
30
8
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: November 12, 1815
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Johnstown
Died: October 26, 1902
48
Isabel Sanford
(Actress)
34
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 29, 1917
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Harlem, New York, United States
Died: July 9, 2004
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
49
Cyd Charisse
(American Actress and Dancer)
20
9
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 8, 1922
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Amarillo, Texas, United States
Died: June 17, 2008
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
50
Henry Graham Greene
(Novelist)
12
4
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: October 2, 1904
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Berkhamsted, England
Died: April 3, 1991
