1 Thomas Hobbes
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Famous As: Philosopher
Birthdate: April 5, 1588
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Westport, Wiltshire, England
Died: December 4, 1679
2 Douglas Adams
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Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: March 11, 1952
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Cambridge, England
Died: May 11, 2001
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
3 Cecil Beaton
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Birthdate: January 14, 1904
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Hampstead, London, England
Died: January 18, 1980
4 Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
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Birthdate: October 20, 1784
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Westminster, Middlesex, England
Died: October 18, 1865
5 Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
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Famous As: Politician
Birthdate: June 1, 1563
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Westminster, London, England
Died: May 24, 1612
6 Paul Ritter
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Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: December 20, 1966
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kent, England
Died: April 5, 2021
7 Jonah Hauer-King
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Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: May 30, 1995
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Westminster, London, England
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8 William Gilbert
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Birthplace: Colchester , England
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9 John Ambrose Fleming
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Sun Sign: Sagittarius
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10 Henry Wriothesley, 3rd earl of Southampton
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Sun Sign: Libra
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11 Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
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Sun Sign: Aries
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12 Samuel Butler
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13 Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of Strafford
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Sun Sign: Aries
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14 Charles Algernon Parsons
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Birthdate: June 13, 1854
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London, England
Died: February 11, 1931
15 David Cox
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16 John Gardner
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Sun Sign: Scorpio
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17 Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn
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Famous As: Field marshal
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Sun Sign: Aries
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18 George Darwin
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Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Down House, Downe, Kent, England
Died: December 7, 1912
19 John Vincent
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20 Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
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Famous As: Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Birthdate: May 13, 1730
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Wentworth, Yorkshire, England
Died: July 1, 1782
21 James Joseph Sylvester
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Famous As: Former Mathematician who made fundamental contributions to matrix theory, invariant theory, number theory, partition theory, and combinatorics
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22 Rudolf Peierls
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23 William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle
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Sun Sign: Sagittarius
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Died: December 25, 1676
24 Norman Heatley
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25 John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley
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26 T. E. Hulme
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27 Edward Victor Appleton
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28 Roger Ascham
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Birthdate: 1515 AD
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29 Mervyn King
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Famous As: Economist
Birthdate: March 30, 1948
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire, England
30 Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset
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Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: 1536 AD
Birthplace: Withyham, England
Died: April 19, 1608
31 Algernon Percy, 10th earl of Northumberland
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Famous As: Aristocrat
Birthdate: September 29, 1602
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Essex House, London, England
Died: October 13, 1668
32 George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon
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Birthdate: January 12, 1800
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England
Died: June 27, 1870
33 F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich
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Birthdate: November 1, 1782
Sun Sign: Scorpio
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Died: January 28, 1859
34 Henry Briggs
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Famous As: Mathematician
Birthdate: February 1, 1561
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Warleywood, Yorkshire, England
Died: January 26, 1630
35 Douglas Hartree
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Birthdate: March 27, 1897
Sun Sign: Aries
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36 George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
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Birthdate: February 28, 1724
Sun Sign: Pisces
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37 Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough
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Birthdate: September 8, 1790
Sun Sign: Virgo
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38 Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath
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Famous As: Politician
Birthdate: September 13, 1734
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hatfield, England
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39 Samantha Davies
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40 Thomas Wriothesley, 4th earl of Southampton
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Birthdate: March 10, 1607
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: England, United Kingdom
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41 Augustus Edward Hough Love
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Birthdate: April 17, 1863
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Weston-super-Mare, England
Died: June 5, 1940
42 Joseph Larmor
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Birthdate: July 11, 1857
Sun Sign: Cancer
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43 William Painter
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Birthdate: 1540 AD
Birthplace: Kent, England
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44 Edward Henry Palmer
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Birthdate: August 7, 1840
Sun Sign: Leo
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45 Jayne Ozanne
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Birthdate: 0000 AD
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46 J. C. Squire
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Birthdate: April 2, 1884
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Plymouth, England
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47 Sir John Eldon Gorst
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Birthdate: May 24, 1835
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Preston, England
Died: April 4, 1916
48 Alfred Domett
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Birthdate: May 20, 1811
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Camberwell Grove, London, England
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Birthdate: 1571 AD
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50 John Cheke
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Birthplace: Cambridge, England
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