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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Louis Braille
Inventor
4-Jan-1809 6-Jan-1852 Reading system for the blind
Kit Carson
Explorer
24-Dec-1809 23-May-1868 Frontiersman and Indian agent
Samuel Crowther
Religion
c. 1809 31-Dec-1891 African missionary bishop
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
Judge
4-Nov-1809 15-Sep-1874 US Supreme Court Justice, 1851-57
Charles Darwin
Naturalist
12-Feb-1809 19-Apr-1882 Proposed theory of evolution via natural selection
David Einhorn
Religion
1809 1879 Jewish reform movement
William Ewart Gladstone
Head of State
29-Dec-1809 19-May-1898 Four times UK Prime Minister
Nikolai Gogol
Author
19-Mar-1809 21-Feb-1852 Dead Souls, The Overcoat
Hannibal Hamlin
Politician
27-Aug-1809 4-Jul-1891 Lincoln's first Vice President
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Author
29-Aug-1809 7-Oct-1894 The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
Abraham Lincoln
Head of State
12-Feb-1809 15-Apr-1865 16th US President, 1861-65
Cyrus McCormick
Inventor
15-Feb-1809 13-May-1884 Invented grain harvester
Felix Mendelssohn
Composer
3-Feb-1809 4-Nov-1847 Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
Richard Monckton Milnes
Poet
19-Jun-1809 11-Aug-1885 Poetry for the People
Benjamin Peirce
Mathematician
4-Apr-1809 10-Jun-1880 Idempotent and nilpotent
Albert Pike
Military
29-Dec-1809 2-Apr-1891 Confederate general, Freemason
Edgar Allan Poe
Author
19-Jan-1809 7-Oct-1849 The Raven
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Poet
6-Aug-1809 6-Oct-1892 The Charge of the Light Brigade
Robert Charles Winthrop
Politician
12-May-1809 16-Nov-1894 Speaker of the 30th Congress


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