1
Virginia Woolf
(One of the Most Important Modernist 20th-Century Authors)
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79
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 25, 1882
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kensington, London, England
Died: March 28, 1941
2
John Deacon
(Musician)
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25
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 19, 1951
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Oadby, United Kingdom
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
3
Desmond Tutu
(First Black African Archbishop of Cape Town & Nobel Peace Prize Winner)
276
66
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: October 7, 1931
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Klerksdorp, South Africa
Died: December 26, 2021
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
4
John Keats
(English Romantic Lyric Poet)
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20
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 31, 1795
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Moorgate, London, England
Died: February 23, 1821
5
Thomas Hardy
(Novelist & Poet)
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7
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 2, 1840
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Stinsford, Dorset, England
Died: January 11, 1928
6
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke
(Science-Fiction Writer Known for His Novels: ‘Childhood's End’, ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ and ‘Rendezvous with Rama’)
26
8
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 16, 1917
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Minehead, Somerset, England
Died: March 19, 2008
7
Sarojini Naidu
(Indian Political Activist, Poet and 1st Governor of United Provinces)
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75
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: February 13, 1879
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hyderabad, India
Died: March 2, 1949
8
Louis Slotin
(Canadian Physicist and Chemist Who Took Part in the Manhattan Project)
7
4
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 1, 1910
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Winnipeg, Canada
Died: May 30, 1946
9
Ilfenesh Hadera
(Actress)
10
7
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: December 1, 1985
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Harlem, New York, United States
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
10
Bree Turner
(Actress)
10
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 10, 1977
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Palo Alto, California, United States
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
11
Sheila Atim
(Ugandan-British Actress, Singer and Composer)
20
4
12
Peter Higgs
(British Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Prize Laureate for His Work on the Mass of Subatomic Particles)
6
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 29, 1929
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Newcastle upon Tyne, England
13
Dina Asher-Smith
(British Sprinter and Fastest British Woman on Record)
5
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 4, 1995
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Orpington, Kent, England
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
14
Alain de Botton
(Philosopher and Author Known for His Books: ‘Essays in Love’ and ‘How Proust Can Change Your Life’)
5
4
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: December 20, 1969
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Zürich, Switzerland
15
Christopher Isherwood
(Novelist)
4
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 26, 1904
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cheshire, England, UK
Died: January 4, 1986
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
16
Emily Berrington
(Actress)
4
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: December 7, 1988
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
17
Isabel dos Santos
(Businesswoman)
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5
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: April 1, 1973
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
18
Reita Faria
(Indian Physician and Former Model Who Was the Winner of the Miss World 1966 Pageant)
5
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 23, 1945
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
19
Peter Asher
(Guitarist)
2
0
20
C. S. Forester
(Novelist)
16
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 27, 1899
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cairo, Egypt
Died: April 2, 1966
21
Ylenia Carrisi
(Former actress who disappeared under mysterious circumstances while visiting New Orleans, Louisiana, in January 1994)
5
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 29, 1970
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
22
Raymond Cattell
(Psychologist)
2
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: March 20, 1905
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: West Bromwich, England
Died: February 2, 1998
23
Daniel Massey
(Actor)
4
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 10, 1933
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Westminster, London, England
Died: March 25, 1998
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
24
Kele Okereke
(Musician)
3
2
25
John Evan
(Musician)
2
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: March 28, 1948
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Blackpool, Lancashire, England
26
W. S. Gilbert
(Dramatist)
4
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 18, 1836
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Southampton Street, London, England
Died: May 29, 1911
27
Nigel Green
(Actor)
4
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 15, 1924
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Pretoria, South Africa
Died: May 15, 1972
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
28
Hanif Kureishi
(Playwright)
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 5, 1954
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bromley, South London, England
29
Juno Temple
(Actress)
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20
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: July 21, 1989
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
30
Katherine Grainger
(Rower)
5
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 12, 1975
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
31
Radclyffe Hall
(Poet)
5
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 12, 1880
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Died: October 7, 1943
32
Anne Dudley
(First BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001)
2
0
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Raja Ramanna
(Former Physicist Best Known for His Role in India’s Nuclear Program During Its Early Stages)
2
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: January 28, 1925
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Mysore, Karnataka, India
Died: September 24, 2004
34
Beatrice Webb
(British Sociologist, Economist, Socialist, Labour Historian and Social Reformer)
3
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 22, 1858
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Gloucestershire, England
Died: April 30, 1943
35
Tom Rosenthal
(Comedian)
0
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 14, 1988
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
36
Daniel Roche
(Actor)
2
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 14, 1999
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
37
David Tang
(Founding the Shanghai Tang fashion chain)
2
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: August 2, 1954
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Hong Kong
Died: August 29, 2017
38
Adnan Sami
(First Musician to Have Played the Santoor and Indian Classical Music on the Piano)
8
9
39
Nick Bostrom
(Swedish Philosopher and Founding Director of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University)
0
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: March 10, 1973
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Helsingborg, Sweden
40
E.F. Benson
(British Writer and Archaeologist Best Known for His Collection of Novels 'Mapp and Lucia')
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 24, 1867
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Wellington College, Berkshire, England
Died: February 29, 1940
41
Mark Francois
(Politician)
0
1
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Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield
(British Socialist, Economist, Reformer and Co-Founder of 'The London School of Economics')
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: July 13, 1859
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London, England
Died: October 13, 1947
43
Alex van der Zwaan
(Attorney who pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement to investigators while answering questions about Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections)
0
0
44
France-Albert René
(2nd President of Seychelles)
0
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 16, 1934
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Victoria, Seychelles
Died: February 27, 2019
45
Lynden Pindling
(Prime minister of The Bahamas)
2
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 22, 1930
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Nassau, The Bahamas
Died: August 26, 2000
46
Xu Zhimo
(Chinese Poet)
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5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 15, 1897
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Haining, Zhejiang, China
Died: November 19, 1931
47
Hassan Al-Turabi
(Sudanese Political Leader Who Organized the 1989 Coup that Brought Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir to Power.)
2
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 1, 1931
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kassala, Sudan
Died: March 5, 2016
48
Leslie Stephen
(British Author, Critic, Historian, Biographer, and Mountaineer)
2
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 28, 1832
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kensington Gore, London, England
Died: February 22, 1904
49
Napoleon, Prince Imperial
(Prince)
0
1
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: March 16, 1856
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, French Empire
Died: June 1, 1879
50
Evelyn Underhill
(Writer)
1
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 6, 1875
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Died: June 15, 1941
