LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William W. Belknap	Government	22-Sep-1829	13-Oct-1890	US Secretary of War, impeached
George Henry Boker	Playwright	6-Oct-1823	2-Jan-1890	Francesca da Rimini
Dion Boucicault	Playwright	26-Dec-1820	18-Sep-1890	The Corsican Brothers
Sir Richard Burton	Explorer	19-Mar-1821	20-Oct-1890	Translated The Arabian Nights
César Franck	Composer	10-Dec-1822	8-Nov-1890	Symphonic Variations
John C. Fremont	Explorer	21-Jan-1813	13-Jul-1890	Conqueror of California
Isaac M. Jordan	Politician	5-May-1835	3-Dec-1890	Congressman from Ohio, 1883-85
William Kemmler	Criminal	9-May-1860	6-Aug-1890	First man executed by electric chair
Joseph Merrick	Oddity	5-Aug-1862	11-Apr-1890	The Elephant Man
Junius Spencer Morgan	Business	14-Apr-1813	8-Apr-1890	J. S. Morgan and Company
Henri Nestlé	Business	10-Aug-1814	7-Jul-1890	Invented infant formula
John Henry Newman	Religion	21-Feb-1801	11-Aug-1890	Oxford Movement
Samuel Jackson Randall	Politician	10-Oct-1828	13-Apr-1890	Speaker of the US House, 1876-81
Heinrich Schliemann	Archaeologist	6-Jan-1822	26-Dec-1890	Discoverer of ancient Troy
Christopher Sholes	Inventor	14-Feb-1819	17-Feb-1890	Typewriter inventor, QWERTY keyboard
Sitting Bull	Military	c. 1831	15-Dec-1890	Warrior Chief of the Sioux
Vincent van Gogh	Painter	30-Mar-1853	29-Jul-1890	Troubled and brilliant painter
Sir Richard Wallace	Aristocrat	26-Jul-1818	20-Jul-1890	The Wallace Collection

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