| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Frederic Chopin |
Composer |
22-Feb-1810 |
17-Oct-1849 |
Classical composer fond of the piano |
| Maria Edgeworth |
Author |
1-Jan-1767 |
22-May-1849 |
Castle Rackrent |
| Albert Gallatin |
Politician |
29-Jan-1761 |
12-Aug-1849 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1801-14 |
| Hokusai |
Artist |
Oct-1760 |
10-May-1849 |
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji |
| Mary Lyon |
Activist |
28-Feb-1797 |
5-Mar-1849 |
Founder of Mount Holyoke College |
| Dolley Madison |
First Lady |
20-May-1768 |
12-Jul-1849 |
Wife of US President James Madison |
| James Clarence Mangan |
Poet |
1-May-1803 |
20-Jun-1849 |
O'Hussey's Ode to the Maguire |
| Edgar Allan Poe |
Author |
19-Jan-1809 |
7-Oct-1849 |
Macabre short story writer and poet |
| James Knox Polk |
Head of State |
2-Nov-1795 |
15-Jun-1849 |
11th US President, 1845-49 |
| Johann Strauss, Sr. |
Composer |
14-Mar-1804 |
24-Sep-1849 |
Täuberl-Walzer |
