1
Charlemagne
(1st Emperor of the Romans from 800 to 814)
127
47
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: April 2, 0747
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Aachen, Germany
Died: 0814
2
Henry VIII of England
(King of England (1509 - 1547))
114
60
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: June 28, 1491
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kent, England
Died: 1547
3
Cicely Tyson
(Actress and Model Best Known for Her Films: 'Sounder' and ‘The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman’)
86
30
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: December 18, 1924
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: 2021
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
4
W B Yeats
(One of the Greatest English-Language Poets of the 20th Century and 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature Winner)
98
19
5
Francis Drake
(Best Known for His Circumnavigation of the World in a Single Expedition)
33
3
6
Christa McAuliffe
(American Astronaut Who was Killed on the Space Shuttle 'Challenger' on Mission STS-51-L)
60
12
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 2, 1948
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1986
7
Zora Neale Hurston
(Folklorist, Anthropologist)
69
18
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 7, 1891
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Notasulga
Died: 1960
8
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: 1980
9
John Banner
(Best Known for His Role as ‘Sergeant Schultz’ in Sitcom the ‘Hogan's Heroes’)
62
9
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 28, 1910
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Died: 1973
10
Lisa Loring
(Actress)
32
12
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 16, 1958
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, U.S.
Died: 2023
11
Astrid Lindgren
(Swedish Writer Known for Her Children's Books: ‘Pippi Longstocking’ and ‘The Six Bullerby Children’)
40
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 14, 1907
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vimmerby, Sweden
Died: 2002
12
Hal Smith
(Actor)
24
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 24, 1916
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Petoskey, Michigan, United States
Died: 1994
13
Ronald McNair
(Physicist, Astronaut)
22
3
14
Klaus Fuchs
(Theoretical Physicist and Atomic Spy)
20
6
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 29, 1911
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Rüsselsheim, German Empire
Died: 1988
15
Judith Resnik
(Engineer)
16
7
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: April 5, 1949
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Akron, Ohio, United States
Died: 1986
16
Dick Scobee
(Officer, Astronaut)
19
3
17
Roza Shanina
(Soviet Sniper During World War II)
20
7
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 3, 1924
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Edma, Ustyansky District, Russia
Died: 1945
18
Paul Kantner
(Rock musician)
7
3
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: March 17, 1941
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Died: 2016
19
Jerry Siegel
(Co-Creator of the DC Comics Superhero 'Superman')
5
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: October 17, 1914
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cleveland
Died: 1996
20
Michael J. Smith
10
3
21
Nicholas Parsons
(English Actor Known for His Radio Show ‘Just a Minute’ and Game Show ‘Sale of the Century’)
5
2
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: October 10, 1923
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
Died: 2020
22
Jim Capaldi
(Drummer)
6
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 2, 1944
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Evesham, Worcestershire, England
Died: 2005
23
Red Grange
(American football halfback)
12
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 13, 1903
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Forksville, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1991
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
24
Lucien Carr
(Journalist)
6
2
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: March 1, 1925
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 2005
25
Joseph Brodsky
(Poet, Essayist and Winner of 1987 Nobel Prize in Literature)
8
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 24, 1940
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: 1996
26
Yue Fei
(Military General Whose Expertise in Martial Arts Made Him a National Folk Hero in China)
9
2
27
Karen Lancaume
(Adult film actor)
6
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 19, 1973
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lyon, France
Died: 2005
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
28
Derek Bentley
(Epileptic British Man Convicted and Hanged for the Murder of a Policeman, at the Age of 19)
6
3
Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: June 30, 1933
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Southwark, London, England
Died: 1953
29
Gregory Jarvis
(Engineer, Astronaut, Officer)
8
3
30
Joe Viterelli
(Actor)
7
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 10, 1937
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New York City, U.S.
Died: 2004
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
31
Ali ibn Abi Talib
(1st Shia Imam (632-661))
23
8
32
Elroy Hirsch
(Football Player)
17
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 17, 1923
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Wausau, Wisconsin, United States
Died: 2004
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
33
Auguste Piccard
(Chemist)
7
4
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: January 28, 1884
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Basel, Switzerland
Died: 1963
34
Ellison Onizuka
(Astronaut, engineer, and USAF test pilot from Kealakekua, Hawaii, who successfully flew into space with the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51-C)
6
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 24, 1946
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kealakekua, Hawaii, United States
Died: 1986
35
Chris Doleman
(American football player)
5
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 16, 1961
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Indianapolis
Died: 2020
36
John McCrae
(Poet and Soldier Best Known as the Author of War Memorial Poem 'In Flanders Fields')
1
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: November 30, 1872
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Died: 1918
37
Lloyd M. Bucher
(Military officer)
7
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 1, 1927
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Pocatello, Idaho, United States
Died: 2004
38
Yoskar Sarante
(Singer)
3
0
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: January 2, 1970
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Died: 2019
39
Jim Gray
(Computer scientist)
1
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: January 12, 1944
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: 2012
40
Johannes Hevelius
(Astronomer, Entrepreneur, Cartographer)
2
0
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Jim Morris
(American Bodybuilder)
2
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 31, 1935
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 2016
42
George Woodcock
(Writer, Literary critic, Poet, Historian, Biographer, Anarchist)
4
0
43
Paul J. Crutzen
(Dutch Meteorologist, Atmospheric Chemist and Winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry)
1
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 3, 1933
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died: 2021
44
Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France
(Queen of France)
1
0
45
Ferdinand Verbiest
(Dutch Jesuit Missionary Who Was Influential in China during the Qing Dynasty)
1
0
46
Beatrice Hsu
(Actor, Television actor)
2
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 13, 1978
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Taipei
Died: 2007
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
47
Prudence Crandall
(Connecticut's official State Heroine)
4
3
48
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
(Bestselling Spanish Novelist Known for His Novel ‘Blood and Sand')
2
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 29, 1867
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Valencia, Spain
Died: 1928
49
Jean Piccard
(American Chemist Who Invented 'Clustered High-Altitude Balloons')
1
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: January 28, 1884
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Basel, Switzerland
Died: 1963
50
Helen Sawyer Hogg
(Astronomer)
4
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: August 1, 1905
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1993
