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Marie Curie
(The First Woman to Win a Nobel Prize)
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: November 7, 1867
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Died: July 4, 1934
2
Thomas Aquinas
(Italian Theologian & Philosopher)
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14
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 25, 1225
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Roccasecca, Italy
Died: March 7, 1274
3
Louis Pasteur
(French Chemist and Microbiologist Who Discovered the Principles of Vaccination, Microbial Fermentation and Pasteurization)
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16
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 27, 1822
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dole, France
Died: September 28, 1895
4
Jean-Paul Sartre
(Novelist, Playwright, & Philosopher)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 21, 1905
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: April 15, 1980
5
John Calvin
(French Theologian, Pastor and Reformer in Geneva During the Protestant Reformation)
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6
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 10, 1509
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Noyon, France
Died: May 27, 1564
6
Simone de Beauvoir
(French Existentialist Philosopher, Writer, Social Theorist, and Feminist Activist)
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10
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 9, 1908
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: April 14, 1986
7
Vera Wang
(Fashion Designer Known for Balancing Modern Designs with Traditional Elegance)
10
2
Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: June 27, 1949
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
8
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
(Saint)
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9
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: October 23, 1491
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Azpeitia, Spain
Died: July 31, 1556
9
Antoine Lavoisier
(French Chemist Who Discovered the Role of Oxygen in Combustion)
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14
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 26, 1743
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: May 8, 1794
10
Francis Xavier
(Missionary)
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4
Listed In: Spiritual & Religious Leaders
Birthdate: April 7, 1506
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Javier, Spain
Died: December 3, 1552
11
Jean-Luc Godard
(Film Director and a Pioneer of the 1960s 'French New Wave' Film Movement)
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4
Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Birthdate: December 3, 1930
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: September 13, 2022
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
12
Irène Joliot-Curie
(French Physicist, Politician and Winner of the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry)
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5
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 12, 1897
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: March 17, 1956
13
Jacques Derrida
(French Philosopher Who Developed the Philosophical Approach Known as 'Deconstruction')
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10
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: July 15, 1930
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: El Biar, Algeria
Died: October 9, 2004
14
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
(Essayist and Mathematical Statistician Best Known for His Books: ‘The Black Swan’ and ‘Antifragile’)
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4
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Desiderius Erasmus
(Philosopher)
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10
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: October 28, 1466
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died: July 12, 1536
16
Honoré de Balzac
(French Novelist and Playwright Known for His Magnum Opus 'La Comédie humaine')
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8
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 20, 1799
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tours, France
Died: August 18, 1850
17
François Mitterrand
(President of France from 1981 to 1995)
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3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 26, 1916
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Jarnac, France
Died: January 8, 1996
18
Jackie Kennedy
(First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 28, 1929
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Southampton, New York, United States
Died: May 19, 1994
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
19
Marquis de Lafayette
(French Aristocrat, Freemason and Military Officer Who Fought in the American Revolutionary War)
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14
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 6, 1757
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chavaniac-Lafayette, France
Died: May 20, 1834
20
Denis Diderot
(French Philosopher, Co-Founder and Chief Editor of the ‘Encyclopédie’)
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1
Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Birthdate: October 5, 1713
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Langres, France
Died: July 31, 1784
21
Roland Barthes
(French Literary Theorist Best Known for His Essay Collection 'Mythologies' and His Essay 'The Death of the Author')
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4
Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Birthdate: November 12, 1915
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France
Died: March 25, 1980
22
Sam Waterston
(Best Known for His Iconic Role as ‘Jack McCoy’ on the NBC TV Series “Law & Order”)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 15, 1940
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
23
Jacques-Louis David
(Painter)
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4
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: August 30, 1748
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 29, 1825
24
Benoit Mandelbrot
(American Mathematician and Polymath Best Known for Popularizing the Concept of Fractal Geometry)
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2
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: November 20, 1924
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Died: October 14, 2010
25
Maximilien de Robespierre
(French Lawyer and Statesman & One of the Most Influential Figures of the 'French Revolution')
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: May 6, 1758
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Arras, France
Died: July 28, 1794
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
26
Élodie Yung
(Actress)
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3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 22, 1981
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, France
27
Simone Weil
(French Mystic, Social Philosopher and Resistance Activist During World War II)
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1
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: February 3, 1909
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: August 24, 1943
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Elie Wiesel
( Author, Holocaust Survivor, Political Activist and Winner of 1986 Nobel Peace Prize)
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10
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: September 30, 1928
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Sighetu Marmației, Romania
Died: July 2, 2016
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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Paloma Picasso
(Known for Her Jewelry Designs for Tiffany & Co. & Daughter of Distinguished Painter Pablo Picasso)
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Joely Fisher
(Actress breakthrough came in 1994, starring as Paige Clark in the ABC sitcom Ellen, for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination)
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3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 29, 1967
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Burbank, California, United States
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Jean Baudrillard
(French Sociologist Known for His Analyses of Media, Contemporary Culture, and Technological Communication)
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1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: July 27, 1929
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Reims, France
Died: March 6, 2007
32
Henri Bergson
(French Philosopher and Winner of the 1927 Nobel Prize in Literature)
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1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: October 18, 1859
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: January 4, 1941
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Nikos Kazantzakis
(One of the Most Important Figures of Modern Greek Literature, Best Known for His Work 'Zorba the Greek')
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0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 2, 1883
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Heraklion, Greece
Died: October 26, 1957
34
Albertus Magnus
(One of the Greatest German Philosophers and Theologians of the Middle Ages)
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Joseph Campbell
(American Writer Best Known for His Book ‘The Hero with a Thousand Faces’)
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2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 26, 1904
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: White Plains, New York, United States
Died: October 30, 1987
36
Ruth Westheimer
(German-American Sex Therapist, Media Personality and Holocaust Survivor)
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Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: June 4, 1928
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Height: 4'7" (140 cm)
37
Alexander Alekhine
(Russian-French Former Chess Champion)
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2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 31, 1892
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: March 24, 1946
38
Cardinal Richelieu
(French Clergyman and First Minister of State (1624 - 1642))
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8
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 9, 1585
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 4, 1642
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Alexis de Tocqueville
(Historian Known for His Works 'Democracy in America' & 'The Old Regime' & 'The Revolution')
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0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: July 29, 1805
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: April 16, 1859
40
Charlotte Casiraghi
(Noble Women Who has had Her Career in Modellng, Equestrianism, Journalism)
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3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 3, 1986
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
41
Andrea Tantaros
(Political Commentator & Co-Host of Fox News' and an Original Co-Host of The Five)
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4
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: December 30, 1978
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
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Luc Montagnier
(Virologist & Discoverer of HIV)
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8
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: August 18, 1932
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chabris, France
Died: February 8, 2022
43
Françoise Gilot
(French Painter Best Known for Her Relationship with 'Pablo Picasso')
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0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: November 26, 1921
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
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Pierre Bourdieu
(French Sociologist Known for 'Theorizing the Link Between Education and Culture')
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3
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: August 1, 1930
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Denguin, France
Died: January 23, 2002
45
John Turner
(17th Prime Minister of Canada (June 1984 - September 1984))
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2
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: June 7, 1929
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Richmond, Surrey, England
Died: September 19, 2020
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Jean Le Rond d’Alembert
(Mathematician, Philosopher)
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0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: November 16, 1717
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: October 29, 1783
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Qubilah Shabazz
(Daughter of African-American Activist Malcolm X)
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6
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 25, 1960
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Queens, New York, United States
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
(Jesuit Priest who Co-developed the Concept of Noosphere & was Part of the Discovery of Peking Man)
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1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: May 1, 1881
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Orcines, France
Died: April 10, 1955
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Julie Dreyfus
(Actress)
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2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 24, 1966
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Hjalmar Schacht
(Reichsminister of Economics (1934 - 1937))
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2
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: January 22, 1877
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tinglev, Denmark
Died: June 3, 1970
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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