Man, let me tell you, I sank some serious hours into this project. It all started last month when my wife’s birthday rolled around. She’s a double Pisces, super dreamy, always talking about vibes and energy. I figured, instead of buying some generic junk this year, I’d compile something unique, something that spoke to her sign: the ultimate list of truly inspiring famous Pisces.
I initially thought, “Easy peasy, search engine query, copy/paste.” I was dead wrong.
Phase 1: Getting the Candidates Straight
The first thing I did was just try to sniff out a decent starting list. I started with the big names everyone knows—Rihanna, Einstein, Steve Jobs (wait, no, he’s a different sign, had to throw that one out). I quickly realized that every online list of “Famous Pisces” is total garbage. They mix up the dates, or they just list whoever was popular last week.
So, I had to manually vet every single name. I would find a name, then cross-reference their actual birth certificate date (or at least a reliable biography) just to make sure they fell squarely within that February 19th to March 20th window. I opened up a spreadsheet, just a basic Google Sheet, and started dumping names in.
I ended up wrestling down about 50 legitimate contenders. That process alone ate up three afternoons. I had musicians, scientists, writers, historical figures—a real messy mix.
Phase 2: Building the Scoring Matrix
You can’t just throw names on a wall and see what sticks, right? I had to define what ‘inspiring’ even means. For me, inspiration isn’t just about being successful; it’s about leaving a mark that changes how the average Joe thinks or lives, decades later. If their work is gone in five years, they aren’t inspiring.
I cooked up three main criteria, scoring each from 1 (low impact, niche appeal) to 5 (massive, undeniable, global impact):
- Enduring Legacy (EL): How long does their work last? Is it still relevantly taught, debated, or used today?
- Emotional Depth/Empathy Score (EDS): Since Pisces is the sign of compassion and feeling, I scored how much their work tapped into universal human emotion or demonstrably improved general societal empathy.
- Impact Outside Their Field (IOF): Did they just influence people in their own little bubble (like only other painters)? Or did they influence scientists, politicians, and your grandma? The wider the reach, the higher the score.
I grabbed a few beers, put on some chill background noise, and dove deep into the biographies of the top 20 names I had filtered out. This was the truly laborious part. Trying to assign a numerical score to “how much did Albert Einstein make people think about the universe” is just nuts, but I powered through it anyway. I forced myself to be consistent, reading snippets about their lives and forcing them into my little scoring box, even when my brain started turning to mush around 10 PM.
Phase 3: The Tally and the Shock
I plugged all the scores back into the spreadsheet. I didn’t let myself peek at the totals until I had scored the very last person. I added up EL + EDS + IOF for all twenty.
I expected the usual suspects to dominate. I figured maybe Michelangelo or someone like that would clinch it. But when I hit the ‘SUM’ button and sorted the results from high to low, the name that jumped right up to the top surprised me, genuinely. I even double-checked my math because I thought the system might be rigged in favor of pure science, which wasn’t my intention.
The rankings shifted around quite a bit, especially in the middle section. Some of the musicians I thought would score high on EDS actually fell because their IOF score was too narrow—they only influenced music. Conversely, a historical figure I barely knew much about soared past everyone simply because their impact on global policy and systems was undeniable, giving them a 5 on both EL and IOF. It blew away some names I thought were shoo-ins.
I spent another hour just double-checking the criteria against the top three winners. I read up on the number one again, looking for any way to disqualify him, thinking I must have overrated the guy. But nope. His work transcended time, culture, and discipline. He fundamentally changed the way we understand our place in the world, which is, honestly, the most enduring and inspiring thing a person can do.
The final confirmation cemented my faith in my goofy, self-made scoring system. It wasn’t the biggest Hollywood star or the richest person; it was the quiet revolutionary whose work still echoes today that walked away with the crown.
It was a massive undertaking, way more than I signed up for when I first decided to look up “famous Pisces.” But having that concrete, validated (by my own rough metrics, obviously) proof felt really satisfying. Now I just gotta figure out how to explain this elaborate ranking to my wife without putting her to sleep.
Anyway, for the record, the person who secured the number one spot, the Pisces who inspired more change than anyone else on my list? That spot belongs to Albert Einstein. He just crushed the competition on Enduring Legacy and Impact Outside their Field. Nobody else even came close.
That’s the log for today. Time for a nap.
