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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Adolf von Baeyer
Chemist
31-Oct-1835 20-Aug-1917 Synthesized indigo
Emil von Behring
Doctor
15-Mar-1854 31-Mar-1917 Created diptheria innoculation
Naaman Belkind
Spy
1889 16-Dec-1917 Israeli spy
Mackenzie Bowell
Head of State
27-Dec-1824 10-Dec-1917 Prime Minister of Canada, 1894-96
Eduard Buchner
Chemist
20-May-1860 13-Aug-1917 Cell-free fermentation
Buffalo Bill
Performance Artist
26-Feb-1846 10-Jan-1917 Wild West showman
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Religion
15-Jul-1850 22-Dec-1917 Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
Joseph Choate
Attorney
24-Jan-1832 14-May-1917 Attorney, ambassador
Edgar Degas
Painter
19-Jul-1834 27-Sep-1917 Impressionist painter
George Dewey
Military
26-Dec-1837 16-Jan-1917 Sank the Spanish fleet at Manila
William Duddell
Physicist
1872 4-Nov-1917 Electronic music
Émile Durkheim
Sociologist
15-Apr-1858 15-Nov-1917 Rules of the Sociological Method
John W. Foster
Diplomat
2-Mar-1836 15-Mar-1917 US Secretary of State, 1892-93
Mata Hari
Spy
7-Aug-1876 15-Oct-1917 Framed by the Germans
T. E. Hulme
Poet
16-Sep-1883 28-Sep-1917 Modernist poet and critic
Leander Starr Jameson
Head of State
9-Feb-1853 26-Nov-1917 Last Prime Minister of Capetown
Diamond Jim Brady
Business
12-Aug-1856 13-Apr-1917 Larger-than-life millionaire
Scott Joplin
Musician
24-Nov-1868 1-Apr-1917 The King of Ragtime
John W. Kern
Politician
20-Dec-1849 17-Aug-1917 US Senator from Indiana, 1911-17
Theodor Kocher
Doctor
25-Aug-1841 27-Jul-1917 Thyroid surgeon
George P. Lawrence
Politician
19-May-1859 21-Nov-1917 Congressman, committed suicide
Francis Ledwidge
Poet
19-Aug-1887 31-Jul-1917 Songs of the Fields
Belva Lockwood
Activist
24-Oct-1830 19-May-1917 Feminist
Wayne MacVeagh
Government
19-Apr-1833 11-Jan-1917 US Attorney General, 1881
Octave Mirbeau
Novelist
16-Feb-1850 16-Feb-1917 Le Jardin des supplices
William H. Moody
Judge
23-Feb-1853 2-Jul-1917 US Supreme Court Justice, 1906-10
Richard Olney
Government
15-Sep-1835 8-Apr-1917 US Secretary of State, 1895-97
Auguste Rodin
Sculptor
12-Nov-1840 17-Nov-1917 Sculptor in bronze
Albert Pinkham Ryder
Painter
19-Mar-1847 28-Mar-1917 Idyllic American painter
Gideon Daniel Searle
Business
13-Feb-1846 25-Jan-1917 Founder of Searle Pharmaceuticals
James Sheakley
Politician
24-Apr-1829 10-Dec-1917 Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1893-97
Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Actor
17-Dec-1853 2-Jul-1917 Founder, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Edward Tylor
Anthropologist
2-Oct-1832 2-Jan-1917 Founder of cultural anthropology
John William Waterhouse
Painter
6-Apr-1849 10-Feb-1917 British Pre-Raphaelite painter
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Business
8-Jul-1838 8-Mar-1917 Builder of rigid airships


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