Historical Figures

Pre-20th century figures.

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Nelson Mandela

Cancer • Scorpio

Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid activist who served as the first democratically…
Isaac Newton

Capricorn • Cancer

English mathematician and physicist who formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, …
Leonardo da Vinci

Aries • Scorpio

Italian Renaissance polymath whose interests spanned painting, sculpture, science, mathematics, a…
Galileo Galilei

Aquarius • Scorpio

Italian astronomer and physicist who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution by champion…
William Shakespeare

Taurus • Cancer

English playwright and poet widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language, havin…
Jane Austen

Sagittarius • Libra

English novelist whose six major novels, including Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility,…
Mahatma Gandhi

Libra • Leo

Mahatma Gandhi was the preeminent leader of India's independence movement against British colonia…
Mao Zedong

Capricorn • Leo

Mao Zedong was the founder of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Chinese Communis…
Joseph Stalin

Sagittarius • Libra

Joseph Stalin was the totalitarian leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death …
Napoleon Bonaparte

Leo • Capricorn

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military genius and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the e…
Julius Caesar

Capricorn • Libra

Julius Caesar was a Roman general, statesman, and dictator whose military campaigns expanded Rome…
Cleopatra

Capricorn • Libra

Cleopatra VII was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, renowned for her intel…
Alexander the Great

Capricorn • Libra

Alexander the Great was a Macedonian king who created one of the largest empires in history, stre…
Abraham Lincoln

Aquarius • Capricorn

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, leading the nation through the Civil…
George Washington

Pisces • Capricorn

George Washington was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revoluti…
Queen Victoria

Gemini • Gemini

Queen Victoria reigned over Great Britain and Ireland for 63 years from 1837 to 1901, a period kn…
Henry VIII

Cancer • Sagittarius

Henry VIII was King of England from 1509 to 1547, famous for his six marriages and for breaking w…
Genghis Khan

Aries • Aquarius

Genghis Khan was the founder and first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest …
Charlie Chaplin

Aries • Scorpio

Charlie Chaplin was a British comedian and filmmaker who became one of the most beloved figures o…
Simón Bolívar

Leo • Gemini

Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader who played a key role in Latin Ameri…
Michelangelo

Pisces • Scorpio

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architec…
Raphael

Aries • Sagittarius

Raphael, born Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renais…
Rembrandt van Rijn

Cancer • Scorpio

Rembrandt van Rijn was a Dutch Golden Age painter and etcher, generally considered one of the gre…
Ludwig van Beethoven

Sagittarius • Sagittarius

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist of the late Classical and early Romantic p…
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Aquarius • Sagittarius

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and highly influential Austrian composer of the Classical …
Johann Sebastian Bach

Aries • Pisces

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period whose intricate an…
Antonio Vivaldi

Pisces • Leo

Antonio Vivaldi was an Italian Baroque composer, virtuoso violinist, and priest whose innovative …
George Frideric Handel

Pisces • Scorpio

George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in …
Haile Selassie

Leo • Cancer

Haile Selassie was the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 and a prominent figure in African an…
Benjamin Franklin

Capricorn • Pisces

Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath and Founding Father who was a leading writer, printer,…