1
Isaac Newton
(One of the Most Influential Scientists of All Time )
624
111
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: January 4, 1643
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lincolnshire, England
Died: March 31, 1727
2
Lord Byron
(One of the Greatest English Poets of the 19th Century and a Leading Figure of the Romantic Movement)
68
42
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 22, 1788
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: London, England
Died: April 19, 1824
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
3
Francis Bacon
(Philosopher, Statesman and Lord High Chancellor of England)
90
23
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 22, 1561
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: The Strand, London, England
Died: April 9, 1626
4
Bertrand Russell
(Philosopher)
70
31
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: May 18, 1872
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Trellech, Monmouthshire, Wales
Died: February 2, 1970
5
Charles Babbage
(Father of the computer)
70
15
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 26, 1791
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England
Died: October 18, 1871
6
Srinivasa Ramanujan
(Mathematician)
531
94
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 22, 1887
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Erode
Died: April 26, 1920
7
A. A. Milne
(Best Known for His Books About the Teddy Bear ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ and Children's Poetry)
55
13
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 18, 1882
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England
Died: January 31, 1956
8
Alfred Lord Tennyson
(19th Century English Poet Who was the Poet Laureate During Much of Queen Victoria's Reign)
46
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 6, 1809
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Somersby, Lincolnshire, England
Died: October 6, 1892
9
Ludwig Wittgenstein
(One of the Greatest Philosophers of the 20th Century)
38
19
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: April 26, 1889
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: April 29, 1951
10
J. J. Thomson
(British Physicist Who is Credited With the Discovery of the Electron)
35
18
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 18, 1856
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Died: August 30, 1940
11
G. H. Hardy
(English Mathematician Known for His Contributions in Number Theory and Mathematical Analysis)
55
11
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: February 7, 1877
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cranleigh, England
Died: December 1, 1947
12
Rajiv Gandhi
(Former Prime Minister of India)
43
28
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 20, 1944
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Died: May 21, 1991
13
David Stirling
(Officer)
10
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 15, 1915
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Lecropt, Perthshire, Scotland
Died: November 4, 1990
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
14
George VI
(King of the United Kingdom (1936-52))
66
42
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: December 14, 1895
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Sandringham, Norfolk, England
Died: February 6, 1952
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
15
Eddie Redmayne
(English Actor Who is Known for His Roles in Biopics)
114
33
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 6, 1982
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
16
Jared Diamond
(American Historian, Geographer, Author, and Ornithologist)
16
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 10, 1937
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
17
Ralph Vaughan Williams
(Composer)
8
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: October 12, 1872
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Down Ampney, England
Died: August 26, 1958
18
Stanley Baldwin
(Former British Prime Minister)
8
4
19
Amartya Sen
(Indian Philosopher, Economist and Winner of 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences)
23
11
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: November 3, 1933
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India
20
Mel Giedroyc
(Television Presenter)
15
7
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: June 15, 1968
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Epsom
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
21
Lee Hsien Loong
(Third Prime Minister of Singapore)
29
16
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 10, 1952
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Singapore
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
22
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
(Astrophysicist Known for his 'Theoritical Studies of the Physical processes of importance to the Structure and Evolution of the Stars')
33
9
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 19, 1910
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lahore, Pakistan
Died: August 21, 1995
23
Stephen Frears
(Actor, Film director, Film producer)
4
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 20, 1941
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Leicester
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
24
Alfred North Whitehead
(Mathematician, Philosopher)
6
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: February 15, 1861
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ramsgate, Kent, England
Died: December 30, 1947
25
Edward VII
(King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, Emperor of India (1901 - 1910))
19
18
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: November 9, 1841
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London, England
Died: May 6, 1910
26
Muhammad Iqbal
(One of the Most Important Figures in Urdu and Persian Literature)
215
32
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: November 9, 1877
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Sialkot, Pakistan
Died: April 21, 1938
27
Francis Galton
(Polymath)
14
6
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: February 16, 1822
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Birmingham
Died: January 17, 1911
28
Arthur Eddington
(Astronomer)
8
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 28, 1882
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kendal
Died: November 22, 1944
29
Michael Atiyah
(British-Lebanese Mathematician Who was the Co-Founder of 'Topological K-Theory')
7
2
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: April 22, 1929
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Died: January 11, 2019
30
Pip Torrens
(Best Known for His Role as ‘Tommy Lascelles’ in the TV Series ‘The Crown’)
10
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 2, 1960
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bromley, Kent, England
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
31
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
(Political figure)
17
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 10, 1565
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: England
Died: February 25, 1601
32
Andrew Marvell
(Poet)
18
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 31, 1621
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Winestead, England
Died: August 16, 1678
33
Stephen Barlow
(English Conductor, Who was Artistic Director of the 'Buxton Festival' from 2012 to 2018)
1
0
34
John Dryden
(Poet)
9
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 9, 1631
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Aldwincle, Northamptonshire, England
Died: May 12, 1700
35
John Edensor Littlewood
(Mathematician, University teacher)
3
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: June 9, 1885
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rochester
Died: September 6, 1977
36
Lawrence Lessig
(Jurist, Activist, Lawyer, Non-fiction writer, Computer scientist, Politician, Professor)
3
1
37
William Makepeace Thackeray
(Author & Novelist)
16
4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 18, 1811
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Died: December 24, 1863
38
Peter Shaffer
(Playwright)
3
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 15, 1926
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: June 6, 2016
39
Enoch Powell
(Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of the United Kingdom)
5
7
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 16, 1912
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Birmingham
Died: February 8, 1998
40
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
(British Former First Lord of the Admiralty)
8
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 13, 1718
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: England
Died: April 30, 1792
41
Norbert Wiener
(Father of Cybernetics)
10
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: November 26, 1894
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Columbia, Missouri, United States
Died: March 18, 1964
42
Chris Weitz
(Director)
2
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 30, 1969
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
43
Evelyn Robert de Rothschild
(Banker, Polo player)
1
1
44
George Herbert
(Poet recognized as one of the foremost British devotional lyricists)
13
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 3, 1593
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Montgomery, Wales
Died: March 1, 1633
45
George Paget Thomson
(British Physicist Who Won the Nobel Prize in Physics for Discovering the Wave Properties of the Electron)
5
2
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: May 3, 1892
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Died: September 10, 1975
46
Aleister Crowley
(British Occultist, Ceremonial Magician and Founder of the Religion 'Thelema')
15
16
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 12, 1875
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
Died: December 1, 1947
47
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
(Egyptologist)
5
4
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 26, 1866
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hampshire, England
Died: April 5, 1923
48
Lord Rayleigh
(Discoverer of Argon)
6
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: November 12, 1842
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Langford Grove, Maldon, Essex, England
Died: June 30, 1919
49
Spencer Perceval
(Politician, Lawyer)
2
1
50
Arthur Cayley
(Mathematician)
9
2
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: August 16, 1821
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Richmond, Surrey, UK
Died: January 26, 1895
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