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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
James Gordon Bennett
Publisher
1-Sep-1795 1-Jun-1872 Founder, The New York Herald
Sir John Bowring
Author
17-Oct-1792 23-Nov-1872 4th Governor of Hong Kong
Sir Henry Bulwer
Diplomat
13-Feb-1801 23-May-1872 Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
George Catlin
Painter
26-Jul-1796 23-Dec-1872 Portraitist painted Native Americans
Erastus Corning
Business
14-Dec-1794 9-Apr-1872 Railroad baron, Ironmonger, Congressman
Ludwig Feuerbach
Philosopher
28-Jul-1804 13-Sep-1872 Das Weses des Christentums
Jim Fisk
Business
1-Apr-1834 6-Jan-1872 Business partner of Jay Gould
Edwin Forrest
Actor
9-Mar-1806 12-Dec-1872 19th. c. American actor
Théophile Gautier
Poet
30-Aug-1811 23-Dec-1872 The Hashish-Eaters' Club
Horace Greeley
Author
3-Feb-1811 29-Nov-1872 The Tribune
Franz Grillparzer
Playwright
15-Jan-1791 21-Jan-1872 Der Traum, ein Leben
Henry W. Halleck
Military
16-Jan-1815 9-Jan-1872 Commander of US Army, 1862-64
Moritz Hartmann
Poet
15-Oct-1821 13-May-1872 German patriotic poet
Johannes Carsten Hauch
Poet
12-May-1790 4-Mar-1872 Valdemar Seir
Benito Juárez
Head of State
21-Mar-1806 18-Jul-1872 President of Mexico, 1861-72
Charles James Lever
Novelist
31-Aug-1806 1-Jun-1872 Charles O'Malley
Frederick Denison Maurice
Religion
29-Aug-1805 1-Apr-1872 19th c. Anglican theologian
Giuseppe Mazzini
Activist
22-Jun-1805 10-Mar-1872 Italian patriot, agitator
George Gordon Meade
Military
31-Dec-1815 6-Nov-1872 Accomplished Union Army general
Samuel F. B. Morse
Inventor
27-Apr-1791 2-Apr-1872 Telegraph inventor and publicist
Sara Payson Willis Parton
Columnist
9-Jul-1811 10-Oct-1872 Columnist Fanny Fern
Ann Preston
Doctor
1-Dec-1813 18-Apr-1872 Woman's Medical College and Woman's Hospital
William Henry Seward
Politician
16-May-1801 10-Oct-1872 Mastermind behind Seward's Folly
Thomas Sully
Painter
19-Jul-1783 5-Nov-1872 19th c. American portrait painter
James Van Ness
Politician
1808 28-Dec-1872 Mayor of San Francisco, 1855-56
W. C. Wentworth
Government
1790 20-Mar-1872 Australian patriot


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