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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Edward G. Acheson
Inventor
9-Mar-1856 6-Jul-1931 Discovered silicon carbide
L. Frank Baum
Novelist
15-May-1856 6-May-1919 The Wizard of Oz
Henry S. Boutell
Politician
14-Mar-1856 11-Mar-1926 Congressman from Illinois, 1897-1911
Louis D. Brandeis
Judge
13-Nov-1856 5-Oct-1941 US Supreme Court Justice, 1916-39
George Cave
Politician
23-Feb-1856 29-Mar-1928 Lord Chancellor of Britain, 1922-28
Edward Channing
Historian
15-Jun-1856 7-Jan-1931 A History of the United States
Alfred Deakin
Head of State
3-Aug-1856 7-Oct-1919 2nd Prime Minister of Australia
James Buchanan Duke
Business
23-Dec-1856 10-Oct-1925 American Tobacco Company
Eddie Foy
Singer
9-Mar-1856 16-Feb-1928 The Seven Little Foys
Sigmund Freud
Psychiatrist
6-May-1856 23-Sep-1939 Die Traumdeutung
Orville Gibson
Business
1856 21-Aug-1918 Made mandolins and guitars
William J. Goebel
Politician
4-Jan-1856 3-Feb-1900 Kentucky Governor, assassinated
Daniel Guggenheim
Business
9-Jul-1856 28-Sep-1930 Mining magnate
H. Rider Haggard
Novelist
22-Jun-1856 14-May-1925 King Solomon's Mines
Richard Burdon Haldane
Government
30-Jul-1856 19-Aug-1928 Lord Chancellor, 1912-15 and 1924
Frederick A. Halsey
Engineer
12-Jul-1856 20-Oct-1935 Kept America safe from the metric system
Keir Hardie
Politician
15-Aug-1856 26-Sep-1915 Organizer of the British Labour Party
Lamartine G. Hardman
Politician
14-Apr-1856 18-Feb-1937 Governor of Georgia, 1927-31
Frank Harris
Author
14-Feb-1856 26-Aug-1931 My Life and Loves
Henry M. Hoyt
Attorney
5-Dec-1856 20-Nov-1910 US Solicitor General, 1903-09
Elbert Hubbard
Author
19-Jun-1856 7-May-1915 Founder of Roycroft Press
Conrad Hubert
Business
15-Apr-1856 12-Mar-1928 Flashlights
Frederic Eugene Ives
Inventor
17-Feb-1856 27-May-1937 Halftone process
Diamond Jim Brady
Business
12-Aug-1856 13-Apr-1917 Larger-than-life millionaire
Edward Jones
Journalist
1856 1920 Jones of Dow Jones
Frank B. Kellogg
Government
22-Dec-1856 21-Dec-1937 US Secretary of State, 1925-29
Alexander C. King
Attorney
7-Dec-1856 25-Jul-1926 US Solicitor General, 1918-20
Emil Kraepelin
Psychiatrist
15-Feb-1856 7-Oct-1926 Manic depression and schizophrenia
Pedro Lascurain
Head of State
8-May-1856 21-Jul-1952 President of Mexico for 25 minutes
A. Lawrence Lowell
Educator
1-Jan-1856 6-Jan-1943 President, Harvard University, 1909-33
Charles Major
Novelist
25-Jul-1856 13-Feb-1913 When Knighthood Was in Flower
James R. Mann
Politician
20-Oct-1856 30-Nov-1922 Congressman from Illinois, 1897-1922
William Massey
Head of State
26-Mar-1856 10-May-1925 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1912-25
Robert Latham Owen
Politician
2-Feb-1856 19-Jul-1947 Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-25
Robert E. Peary
Explorer
6-May-1856 20-Feb-1920 First to reach the North Pole
Philippe Pétain
Head of State
24-Apr-1856 23-Jul-1951 Leader of Vichy France
Frank Podmore
Author
5-Feb-1856 14-Aug-1910 Fabian Society
Lizette Woodworth Reese
Poet
9-Jan-1856 17-Dec-1935 A Handful of Lavendar
John K. Richards
Attorney
15-Mar-1856 1-Mar-1909 US Solicitor General, 1897-1903
John Singer Sargent
Painter
12-Jan-1856 15-Apr-1925 American portraitist
George Bernard Shaw
Playwright
26-Jul-1856 2-Nov-1950 Irish dramatist and pamphleteer
John F. A. Strong
Politician
15-Oct-1856 27-Jul-1929 Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1913-18
Louis Sullivan
Architect
3-Sep-1856 14-Apr-1924 Early skyscraper architect
Nikola Tesla
Inventor
10-Jul-1856 7-Jan-1943 Invented alternating current
J. J. Thomson
Physicist
18-Dec-1856 30-Aug-1940 Discovered the electron
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
Head of State
29-Nov-1856 1-Jan-1921 German Chancellor 1909-17
Joseph Ward
Head of State
26-Apr-1856 8-Jul-1930 Twice Prime Minister of New Zealand
Booker T. Washington
Educator
5-Apr-1856 14-Nov-1915 Founder, Tuskegee Institute
Frank White
Politician
12-Dec-1856 23-Mar-1940 Governor of North Dakota, 1901-05
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Novelist
28-Sep-1856 24-Aug-1923 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Edmund Beecher Wilson
Biologist
19-Oct-1856 3-Mar-1939 X and Y chromosomes
Woodrow Wilson
Head of State
28-Dec-1856 3-Feb-1924 28th US President, 1913-21


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