Historical Figures
Pre-20th century figures.
30 charts
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Nelson Mandela
Cancer • Scorpio
Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid activist who served as the first democratically…
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Isaac Newton
Capricorn • Cancer
English mathematician and physicist who formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, …
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Leonardo da Vinci
Aries • Scorpio
Italian Renaissance polymath whose interests spanned painting, sculpture, science, mathematics, a…
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Galileo Galilei
Aquarius • Scorpio
Italian astronomer and physicist who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution by champion…
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William Shakespeare
Taurus • Cancer
English playwright and poet widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language, havin…
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Jane Austen
Sagittarius • Libra
English novelist whose six major novels, including Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility,…
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Mahatma Gandhi
Libra • Leo
Mahatma Gandhi was the preeminent leader of India's independence movement against British colonia…
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Mao Zedong
Capricorn • Leo
Mao Zedong was the founder of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Chinese Communis…
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Joseph Stalin
Sagittarius • Libra
Joseph Stalin was the totalitarian leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death …
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Leo • Capricorn
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military genius and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the e…
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Julius Caesar
Capricorn • Libra
Julius Caesar was a Roman general, statesman, and dictator whose military campaigns expanded Rome…
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Cleopatra
Capricorn • Libra
Cleopatra VII was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, renowned for her intel…
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Alexander the Great
Capricorn • Libra
Alexander the Great was a Macedonian king who created one of the largest empires in history, stre…
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Abraham Lincoln
Aquarius • Capricorn
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, leading the nation through the Civil…
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George Washington
Pisces • Capricorn
George Washington was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revoluti…
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Queen Victoria
Gemini • Gemini
Queen Victoria reigned over Great Britain and Ireland for 63 years from 1837 to 1901, a period kn…
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Henry VIII
Cancer • Sagittarius
Henry VIII was King of England from 1509 to 1547, famous for his six marriages and for breaking w…
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Genghis Khan
Aries • Aquarius
Genghis Khan was the founder and first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest …
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Charlie Chaplin
Aries • Scorpio
Charlie Chaplin was a British comedian and filmmaker who became one of the most beloved figures o…
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Simón Bolívar
Leo • Gemini
Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader who played a key role in Latin Ameri…
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Michelangelo
Pisces • Scorpio
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architec…
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Raphael
Aries • Sagittarius
Raphael, born Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renais…
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Rembrandt van Rijn
Cancer • Scorpio
Rembrandt van Rijn was a Dutch Golden Age painter and etcher, generally considered one of the gre…
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Sagittarius • Sagittarius
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist of the late Classical and early Romantic p…
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Aquarius • Sagittarius
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and highly influential Austrian composer of the Classical …
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Aries • Pisces
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period whose intricate an…
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Antonio Vivaldi
Pisces • Leo
Antonio Vivaldi was an Italian Baroque composer, virtuoso violinist, and priest whose innovative …
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George Frideric Handel
Pisces • Scorpio
George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in …
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Haile Selassie
Leo • Cancer
Haile Selassie was the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 and a prominent figure in African an…
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Benjamin Franklin
Capricorn • Pisces
Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath and Founding Father who was a leading writer, printer,…