Kim Jong-il (1941-2011)
World Leader
1
Claire Hartley (2001-2018)
Family Member
2
Simón Bolívar (1783-1830)
War Hero
3
Jeremy Bulloch (1945-2020)
Movie Actor
4
Leopold II (1835-1909)
King
5
Penny Marshall (1943-2018)
Director
6
Jennifer Jones (1919-2009)
Movie Actress
7
Grover Washington Jr. (1943-1999)
Saxophonist
8
Juan Vicente Gómez (1857-1935)
9
Harold Holt (1908-1967)
Politician
10
Alan Tilvern (1918-2003)
Stage Actor
11
Rumi (1207-1273)
Poet
12
Dana Andrews (1909-1992)
13
Edwin Binney (1866-1934)
Inventor
14
Daniel Inouye (1924-2012)
15
Rex Allen (1920-1999)
TV Actor
16
Sammy Baugh (1914-2008)
Football Player
17
Otto Graham (1921-2003)
18
Henry Heimlich (1920-2016)
Doctor
19
Don Ellis (1934-1978)
Trumpet Player
20
William Jackson (1759-1828)
21
Zaevion Dobson (2000-2015)
22
Captain Beefheart (1941-2010)
Rock Singer
23
Edith Pretty (1883-1942)
24
Lewis Morgan (1818-1881)
Anthropologist
25
Alaina Reed Hall (1946-2009)
TV Actress
26
William Barker Cushing (1842-1874)
27
Lars Magnus Ericsson (1846-1926)
Entrepreneur
28
Cesaria Évora (1941-2011)
Pop Singer
29
Thomas Mitchell (1892-1962)
30
Hayden Fry (1929-2019)
Football Coach
31
Jack Anderson (1922-2005)
Journalist
32
Joe Gill (1919-2006)
Comic Book Author
33
Shriram Lagoo (1927-2019)
34
Big Joe Williams (1903-1982)
Guitarist
35
Dina Manfredini (1897-2012)
Supercentenarian
36
Desire Magnus (1828-1883)
Pianist
37
Charles Devoe (1982-2010)
Model
38
Ruby Florence Murray (1935-1996)
39
Mike Hodges (1932-2022)
40
Kaspar Hauser (1812-1833)
41
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957)
Novelist
42
Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)
Pop Artist
43
Olinde Rodrigues (1795-1851)
Mathematician
44
Alexander Herrmann (1844-1896)
Magician
45
Feliciano Tavares (1920-2008)
46
Justin Levens (1980-2008)
MMA Fighter
47
Michael Okpara (1920-1984)
48
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