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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Painter
8-Jan-1836 25-Jun-1912 Classicist painter
John Jacob Astor
Philanthropist
13-Jul-1864 15-Apr-1912 Died aboard the Titanic
Clara Barton
Activist
25-Dec-1821 12-Apr-1912 Co-Founder of the American Red Cross
Auguste Beernaert
Diplomat
26-Jul-1829 6-Oct-1912 Belgian Prime Minister, Nobel recipient
Daniel H. Burnham
Architect
4-Sep-1846 1-Jun-1912 Built skyscrapers and planned cities
Voltairine de Cleyre
Anarchist
17-Nov-1866 20-Jun-1912 Anarchist without an adjective
George Darwin
Astronomer
9-Jul-1845 7-Dec-1912 Evolution of the Sun-Earth-Moon system
Frederick VIII
Royalty
3-Jun-1843 14-May-1912 King of Denmark, 1906-12
Georg Heym
Poet
30-Oct-1887 16-Jan-1912 Der ewige Tag
John Percival Jones
Politician
27-Jan-1829 12-Nov-1912 US Senator from Nevada, 1873-1903
Andrew Lang
Author
31-Mar-1844 20-Jul-1912 Scottish man of letters, historian, author
Joseph Lister
Doctor
5-Apr-1827 10-Feb-1912 Pioneer of antiseptic surgery
Jules Massenet
Composer
12-May-1842 13-Aug-1912 Manon
Karl May
Author
25-May-1842 30-Mar-1912 Bestselling German novelist
Emperor Meiji
Royalty
3-Nov-1852 30-Jul-1912 Emperor of Japan, 1867-1912
Joseph E. Nathan
Business
2-Mar-1835 2-May-1912 Founder of Glaxo
Frédéric Passy
Economist
20-May-1822 12-Jun-1912 International League for Permanent Peace
Henri Poincaré
Mathematician
29-Apr-1854 17-Jul-1912 Poincaré Conjecture
Whitelaw Reid
Journalist
27-Oct-1837 15-Dec-1912 Editor of the New York Tribune, 1872-1905
Robert Falcon Scott
Explorer
6-Jun-1868 29-Mar-1912 Led 2 expeditions to Antarctica
Richard Norman Shaw
Architect
7-May-1831 17-Nov-1912 Late 19th c. British architect
James S. Sherman
Politician
24-Oct-1855 30-Oct-1912 Vice President under Taft
Edward Smith
Victim
27-Jan-1850 15-Apr-1912 Captain of the RMS Titanic
W. T. Stead
Journalist
5-Jul-1849 15-Apr-1912 Editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, 1883-89
Nettie Stevens
Biologist
7-Jul-1861 4-May-1912 X and Y chromosomes
Bram Stoker
Author
8-Nov-1847 20-Apr-1912 Dracula
August Strindberg
Playwright
22-Jan-1849 14-May-1912 Röda Rummet
James B. Weaver
Politician
12-Jun-1833 6-Feb-1912 Congressman from Iowa, 1885-89
Wilbur Wright
Aviator
16-Apr-1867 30-May-1912 Co-Inventor of the airplane


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