1
André the Giant
(French Professional Wrestler Known for His Great Size)
265
100
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 19, 1946
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Coulommiers, France
Died: 1993
Height: 7'4" (224 cm)
2
Cloris Leachman
(Actress and Comedienne Known for Role as ‘Phyllis Lindstrom’ in the TV Sitcom ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’)
46
11
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 30, 1926
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Died: 2021
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
3
Gus Grissom
(Fighter Pilot, Test Pilot and Astronaut)
128
23
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 3, 1926
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Mitchell, Indiana, United States
Died: 1967
4
John Hurt
(Actor)
49
19
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 22, 1940
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
Died: 2017
5
Nellie Bly
(Journalist and Writer Known for Her Record-Breaking Trip Around the World in 72 Days)
92
31
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 5, 1864
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Cochrans Mills, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1922
6
Marcheline Bertrand
(American Actress and Former Wife of Actor ‘Jon Voight’)
33
12
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 9, 1950
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Blue Island, Illinois, United States
Died: 2007
7
J. D. Salinger
(American Author Best Known for His Novel 'The Catcher in the Rye')
43
23
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 1, 1919
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: 2010
8
Giuseppe Verdi
(One of the Greatest Opera Composers of the 19th Century)
68
7
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: October 10, 1813
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Le Roncole, Italy
Died: 1901
9
Mahalia Jackson
(Singer, Television Personality)
54
15
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: October 26, 1911
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Died: 1972
10
Claude Akins
(Actor)
64
12
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 25, 1926
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Nelson, Georgia, United States
Died: 1994
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
11
Pete Seeger
(American Folk Singer Best-Known for His Songs: ‘Where Have All the Flowers Gone?’ & ‘Turn! Turn! Turn!’)
23
9
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: May 3, 1919
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New York City, United States
Died: 2014
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
12
Ingvar Kamprad
(Founder of IKEA)
29
13
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: March 30, 1926
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Pjätteryd, Sweden
Died: 2018
13
Nerva
(Roman Emperor)
25
6
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: November 8, 0030
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Narni, Italy
Died: 0098
14
John Updike
(Poet, Novelist)
19
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 18, 1932
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 2009
15
Thomas Crapper
(Businessman)
15
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: September 28, 1836
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Waterside, Thorne, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Died: 1910
16
Louis de Funès
(Actor)
18
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: July 31, 1914
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Courbevoie, France
Died: 1983
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
17
Humayun
(2nd Emperor of the Mughal Empire)
99
21
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: March 6, 1508
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kabul, Afghanistan
Died: 1556
18
John James Audubon
(US Artist and Ornithologist Known for His Drawings of North American Birds)
26
4
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: April 26, 1785
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Les Cayes
Died: 1851
19
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
(6th President of Finland (1944 - 1946))
21
9
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 4, 1867
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Askainen, Finland
Died: 1951
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
20
Jack Paar
(Actor)
25
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 1, 1918
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Canton, Ohio, United States
Died: 2004
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
21
Zelda Rubinstein
(Actress)
17
6
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 28, 1933
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 2010
Height: 4'3" (130 cm)
22
Ed White
(Engineer)
14
4
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 14, 1930
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas, United States
Died: 1967
23
Lilli Palmer
(Actress)
13
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 24, 1914
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Poznań, Poland
Died: 1986
24
Roger B. Chaffee
(American Aviator, Naval Officer, NASA Astronaut, and Aeronautical Engineer)
15
5
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 15, 1935
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Grand Rapids
Died: 1967
25
Jacobo Árbenz
(Politician, Military personnel)
16
7
26
Howard Zinn
(American Historian, Playwright, Philosopher and World War II Veteran)
6
4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 24, 1922
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 2010
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
27
John Farrow
(Film Director Best Known for His Films: 'Wake Island' and 'Around the World in Eighty Days')
5
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 10, 1904
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Sydney, Australia
Died: 1963
28
Emmanuelle Riva
(French Actress Best Known for Her Roles in the Films 'Hiroshima Mon Amour' and 'Amour')
5
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 24, 1927
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Cheniménil, France
Died: 2017
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
29
Bartolomeo Cristofori
(Musical instrument maker, Piano maker, Inventor)
3
0
30
Galla Placidia
(Queen)
5
0
31
Salvador Laurel
(The 8th Vice-President and the 5th Prime Minister of the Philippines)
7
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: November 18, 1928
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Manila, Philippines
Died: 2004
32
Charles H. Townes
(Physicist)
14
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: July 28, 1915
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Died: 2015
33
Mort Walker
(Comics artist, Writer)
7
1
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: September 3, 1923
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: El Dorado, Kansas, United States
Died: 2018
34
Isaac Babel
(Russian Author and Journalist Who Is Remembered for His Iconic Short Story Collections)
2
0
35
Johannes Rau
(Former President of Germany (1999 - 2004))
4
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 16, 1931
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Wuppertal, Germany
Died: 2006
36
Gene McFadden
(Singer)
11
0
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: January 28, 1949
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Olanta, South Carolina, United States
Died: 2006
37
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
(Politician)
2
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 12, 1724
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Butleigh
Died: 1816
38
Endre Ady
(One of the Greatest Hungarian Poets of the 20th Century)
8
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 22, 1877
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ady Endre, Romania
Died: 1919
39
Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff
(Military personnel)
5
3
40
Friedrich Gulda
(Austrian Composer and Pianist)
2
0
41
Thomas Sopwith
(Aircraft designer)
4
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 18, 1888
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kensington, England
Died: 1989
42
Oskar Homolka
(Austrian Actor)
3
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 12, 1898
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 1978
43
Ramaswamy Venkataraman
(President , lawyer, politician)
5
1
44
Betty Lou Keim
(Actress)
3
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 27, 1938
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Malden, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 2010
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
45
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
(Actress)
6
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 25, 1891
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1992
46
Richard Courant
(Mathematician, University teacher)
2
1
47
Erich Heckel
(Painter)
2
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: July 31, 1883
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Döbeln, Germany
Died: 1970
48
Gordon B. Hinckley
(Religious Leader)
24
6
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 23, 1910
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Died: 2008
49
Paul P. Harris
(Jurist, Lawyer)
1
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: April 19, 1868
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Racine, Wisconsin, United States
Died: 1947
50
Ashikaga Yoshimasa
(8th ShōGun of the Ashikaga Shogunate (1449 - 1474))
3
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 20, 1436
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Died: 1490
