The Greatest 20th Century Political Leaders

Birthdate: October 15, 1931

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India

Died: July 27, 2015

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, India’s 11th president, had earlier been an aerospace scientist at DRDO and ISRO. Known as the “People’s President” and the “Missile Man of India,” he was instrumental in India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests. He died of a cardiac arrest while delivering a lecture at IIM Shillong.