1
Dwight D. Eisenhower
(34th President of the United States (1953–1961))
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80
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 14, 1890
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Denison, Texas, United States
Died: 1969
2
Virginia Woolf
(One of the Most Important Modernist 20th-Century Authors)
112
72
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 25, 1882
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kensington, London, England
Died: 1941
3
Jim Thorpe
(American Athlete and Olympic Gold Medalist)
105
9
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 28, 1887
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States
Died: 1953
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
4
Sergei Rachmaninoff
(Russian Composer Who Was Considered One of the Finest Pianists of His Era)
49
11
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: April 1, 1873
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Starorussky Uyezd
Died: 1943
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
5
Maria von Trapp
(Stepmother and Matriarch of the 'Trapp Family Singers')
21
4
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: January 26, 1905
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 1987
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
6
Ivan the Terrible
(Former Tsar of Russia (1547 - 1575))
38
28
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: August 25, 1530
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kolomenskoye, Moscow, Russia
Died: 1584
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
7
Peter Ustinov
(British Actor Known for Playing 'Inspector Hercule Poirot' in 'Agatha Christie' Mystery Films)
19
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 16, 1921
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Swiss Cottage, London, England
Died: 2004
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
8
Richard Griffiths
(Film and Stage Actor Known for His Stage Play ‘The History Boys’)
12
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: July 31, 1947
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Thornaby, United Kingdom
Died: 2013
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
9
Hugh O'Connor
(Actor)
19
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 7, 1962
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: 1995
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
10
Marc Chagall
(Jewish-French Artist Who was a Pioneer of Modernism)
18
9
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: July 6, 1887
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lizona, Belarus
Died: 1985
11
Pertinax
(Military Leader)
9
2
12
Modest Mussorgsky
(Russian Composer Who was an Innovator of Russian Music in the Romantic Period)
24
8
13
Earl Scruggs
(Composer, Banjoist)
17
3
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: January 6, 1924
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: North Carolina
Died: 2012
14
Maurice Jarre
(Composer)
9
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: September 13, 1924
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: 5th arrondissement of Lyon, Lyon, France
Died: 2009
15
Christine Kaufmann
(First German Actress to Win the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year)
9
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 11, 1945
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lengdorf, Styria, Austria
Died: 2017
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
16
Caspar Weinberger
(Politician)
11
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 18, 1917
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: 2006
17
Dick Haymes
(Former Actor, singer who was one of the most popular male vocalists of the 1940s and early 1950s)
9
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 13, 1918
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: 1980
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
18
W. C. Handy
(Composer)
13
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 16, 1873
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Florence, Alabama, United States
Died: 1958
19
Patrick Troughton
(Best Known for His Role in the TV Series ‘Doctor Who’)
6
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 25, 1920
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Mill Hill, London, England, United Kingdom
Died: 1987
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
20
Eugène Ionesco
(Romanian-French Playwright and Leading Figure of the 'French Avant-Garde Theatre')
8
2
Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Birthdate: November 26, 1909
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Slatina, Romania Slatina, Romania
Died: 1994
21
Stephen Leacock
(Canadian writer)
47
6
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 30, 1869
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Swanmore, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Died: 1944
22
June Havoc
(Canadian-American Actor, Dancer, and Stage Director)
7
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 8, 1912
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vancouver, Canada
Died: 2010
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
23
Emmett Kelly
(Circus performer)
10
6
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: December 9, 1898
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Sedan, Kansas, US
Died: 1979
24
Ahmed Kathrada
(Politician, Activism)
4
0
25
Jeremiah Denton
(Politician)
2
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 15, 1924
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Mobile, Alabama, USA
Died: 2014
26
George H. Thomas
(Army Officer)
4
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 31, 1816
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Newsoms, Virginia, United States
Died: 1870
27
Anthony Powell
(Writer, Novelist, Diarist, Literary critic)
6
2
28
Jack Butler Yeats
(Artist)
12
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: August 29, 1871
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1957
29
Harry Crews
(Author)
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 7, 1935
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Georgia, United States
Died: 2012
30
Ban Johnson
(Baseball player)
3
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 5, 1864
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Norwalk, Ohio, United States
Died: 1931
31
Robert-François Damiens
(French Criminal Whose Failed Attempt to Assassinate King Louis XV Resulted in His Public Execution)
4
2
Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: January 9, 1715
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: La Thieuloye, Artois, France
Died: 1757
32
Albert Pinkham Ryder
(Painter)
2
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: March 19, 1847
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1917
33
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
(Politician)
2
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 7, 1853
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Buckingham Palace, United Kingdom
Died: 1884
34
Dorothy Fields
(Librettist)
1
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: July 15, 1904
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Allenhurst, New Jersey, United States
Died: 1974
35
Guru Angad
(Sikh Guru)
37
3
Listed In: Spiritual & Religious Leaders
Birthdate: March 31, 1504
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Sri Muktsar Sahib, India
Died: 1552
36
Arthur Crudup
(musician, singer, guitarist, composer)
1
1
37
Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays
1
0
38
Chuck Klein
(Baseball player)
2
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 7, 1904
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Died: 1958
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
39
Miguel Hernández
(Spanish Poet and Playwright)
2
1
40
Émile Baudot
(French Telegraph Engineer and Inventor of the First Means of Digital Communication Baudot Code)
2
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: September 11, 1845
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Magneux, France
Died: 1903
41
Gene Saks
(Film director)
1
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 8, 1921
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New York City, U.S.
Died: 2015
42
Stephen Harding
(British Monk)
2
0
43
Sherman Fairchild
(Aerospace engineer, Engineer, Financier, Businessperson)
0
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: April 7, 1896
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Oneonta
Died: 1971
44
Emperor Go-Toba
(Emperor)
0
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: August 6, 1180
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Heian-kyō, Japan
Died: 1239
45
Piet Joubert
(General)
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 20, 1831
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Died: 1900
46
Christopher Morley
(Journalist, Novelist)
1
1
47
Tikka Khan
(Pakistan's 1st Chief of Army Staff (1972 - 1976))
2
2
48
William Thompson
(Irish Philosopher and Social Reformer Who Believed in Utilitarianism)
2
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: June 30, 1775
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cork, Ireland
Died: 1833
49
Karl Lennart Oesch
(Finnish Military Leader and One of the Most Important Generals During the Second World War)
1
0
50
William B. Helmreich
(Swiss-born American Professor of Sociology Best Known for Walking Every Block of New York City)
1
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: August 25, 1945
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Zurich, Switzerland
Died: 2020
