Some famous capricorn personality traits - born under the sign of Capricorn...

Muhammad Ali
The American boxer Muhammad Ali, is a famous capricorn, was born in Louisville, Kentucky USA, on January 17, 1942, was perhaps the most celebrated sports figure in the world during most of the 1960s and '70s. He was originally named Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., and fought under that name until after he won his first world heavyweight championship. His rise to prominence may be attributed to a combination of circumstances--his role as a spokesman for, and idol of, blacks; his vivacious personality; his dramatic conversion to the Black Muslim religion; and, most important, his staying power as an athlete. Ali first came to world attention in 1960, when he won the Olympic light-heavyweight championship. After his surprising victory over then heavyweight champion Sonny Liston in 1964, he produced a steady stream of headlines. He was the first boxer to benefit from international (satellite) television, making him all the more visible.

Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton, is a famous capricorn, the culminating figure in the scientific revolution of the 17th century, was born on January 4, 1643, in the manor house of Woolsthorpe, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. Perhaps the greatest scientific genius of all time, Newton made fundamental contributions to every major area of scientific and mathematical concern to his generation. Newton came from a family of modest yeoman farmers. His father died several months before he was born. Three years later his mother remarried and moved to a nearby village, leaving Isaac in the care of his maternal grandmother. Upon the death of his stepfather in 1656, Newton's mother removed him from grammar school in Grantham in hopes of training him to manage her now much-enlarged estate, but even then, Newton's interests ran more toward books and mathematical diversions. His family decided that he should be prepared for the university, and he entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in June 1661.

Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc, is a famous capricorn, born in 1412, was a French peasant girl who led the French army against the English during the Hundred Year's War. Called the Maid of Orleans, she is a French national heroine and patron saint. When Joan was about 13 years old, she began to hear "voices" (which she later identified as those of Saint Catherine, Saint Margaret, and Saint Michael) that gave her the mission of liberating France from English domination. She kept the messages secret for about 5 years, and only in 1429 did she leave her home in Domremy, Champagne, and travel with an escort to the court of the dauphin, later King Charles VII, who had been deprived of his rights as heir to the French throne by the Treaty of Troyes of 1420. At that time, the English were besieging Orleans. After a group of theologians tested her, Charles was persuaded to reassemble his troops and place them under Joan's command in an expedition to relieve the city. In 8 days during May 1429, she lifted the siege that had lain on Orleans for 8 months. In June 1429, Joan and her troops were able to break through to Reims, where she persuaded Charles to hold his coronation.

Rudyard Kipling
The English novelist, is a famous capricorn, short-story writer, and poet; Joseph Rudyard Kipling was born on December 30, 1865, and died January 18, 1936, was a literary giant in his own time, although the value of his works is now a source of considerable critical debate. He is most widely known for his works for children, especially the two "Jungle Books," (The Jungle Book, 1894, and The Second Jungle Book, 1895) and his celebration of British imperialism. He was, however, no crude jingoist and wrote on many subjects in a highly imaginative fashion.

Nostradamus
Michael Nostradamus, is a famous capricorn, was born on December 14, 1503, and died July 2, 1566, was a French physician and astrologer whose predictions of the future have fascinated people for centuries. Nostradamus acquired a great reputation as a doctor by treating victims of the plague that ravaged that part of Europe, but he eventually turned more to astrology and metaphysics. In 1555, he completed the Centuries, a book of more than 900 predictions about the fate of France, the world, and celebrated persons of his time. The title of the book refers to the fact that the contents are arranged in sections of 100 verses each. An expanded version was published in 1558. His prophecies are written as four-lined rhymed verses (quatrains) in vague, often cryptic language. His fondness for anagrams and his penchant for sprinkling his verses with Hebrew, Latin, and Portuguese words further complicate interpretation of his predictions. Some interpreters say the verses can be applied to anything, or nothing, whereas others claim that various verses foretold the Great Fire of London in 1666, the deaths of several monarchs, details of the French Revolution, the rise of Napoleon and Hitler, and World War II. Because Nostradamus included very few dates in his prophecies and because, additionally, he did not organize them into a chronological order, the verses have been constantly reinterpreted since the time of their publication. The Centuries remains a classic of the occult literature; hundreds of studies of it have been published.