| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| John Bartlett |
Author |
14-Jun-1820 |
3-Dec-1905 |
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations |
| Adolphe-William Bouguereau |
Painter |
30-Nov-1835 |
19-Aug-1905 |
The Abduction of Psyche |
| Susan Coolidge |
Novelist |
29-Jan-1835 |
9-Apr-1905 |
What Katy Did |
| Henry Harland |
Novelist |
1-Mar-1861 |
20-Dec-1905 |
The Cardinal's Snuff-box |
| John Hay |
Government |
8-Oct-1838 |
1-Jul-1905 |
US Secretary of State, 1898-1905 |
| José María de Heredia |
Poet |
22-Nov-1842 |
2-Oct-1905 |
Les Trophées |
| Sir Henry Irving |
Actor |
6-Feb-1838 |
13-Oct-1905 |
English actor, Theater manager |
| George MacDonald |
Author |
10-Dec-1824 |
18-Sep-1905 |
At the Back of the North Wind |
| Otto Wilhelm Struve |
Astronomer |
7-May-1819 |
14-Apr-1905 |
Studied double stars |
| Jules Verne |
Author |
8-Feb-1828 |
24-Mar-1905 |
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea |
| Lew Wallace |
Novelist |
10-Apr-1827 |
15-Feb-1905 |
Civil War General wrote Ben-Hur |
| Josiah Walls |
Politician |
30-Dec-1842 |
15-May-1905 |
Congressman from Florida, 1871-76 |