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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jane Addams
Activist
6-Sep-1860 21-May-1935 Founder of Hull House
Isaac Albéniz
Composer
29-May-1860 18-May-1909 Iberia
Robert Bacon
Government
5-Jul-1860 29-May-1919 US Ambassador to France, 1909-12
J. M. Barrie
Author
9-May-1860 19-Jun-1937 Peter Pan
William Bayliss
Doctor
2-May-1860 27-Aug-1924 Co-Discovered hormones
Victor L. Berger
Politician
28-Feb-1860 7-Aug-1929 Socialist Rep. from Wisconsin
Scott C. Bone
Politician
15-Feb-1860 27-Jan-1936 Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1921-25
Lizzie Borden
Criminal
19-Jul-1860 1-Jun-1927 Presumed axe murderer
Hjalmar Branting
Politician
23-Nov-1860 24-Feb-1925 Swedish Prime Minister
William Jennings Bryan
Politician
18-Mar-1860 26-Jul-1925 Prosecutor of the Scopes Monkey Trial
Eduard Buchner
Chemist
20-May-1860 13-Aug-1917 Cell-free fermentation
George Washington Carver
Botanist
c. 1860 5-Jan-1943 Crop rotation and peanut butter
James McKeen Cattell
Psychologist
24-May-1860 20-Jan-1944 Academic freedom
Gustave Charpentier
Composer
25-Jun-1860 18-Feb-1956 Louise
Anton Chekhov
Playwright
17-Jan-1860 15-Jul-1904 Playwright and short story writer
Charles Chree
Astronomer
5-May-1860 12-Aug-1928 Geomagnetic phenomena
Ralph Connor
Author
13-Sep-1860 31-Oct-1937 Canadian pulp author, Black Rock
Joseph Cook
Head of State
7-Dec-1860 30-Jul-1947 Prime Minister of Australia, 1913-14
Charles Curtis
Politician
25-Jan-1860 8-Feb-1936 US Vice President, 1929-33
Harry M. Daugherty
Government
26-Jan-1860 12-Oct-1941 US Attorney General, 1921-24
William K. L. Dickson
Inventor
3-Aug-1860 28-Sep-1935 Motion picture camera
Cleveland H. Dodge
Business
1860 1926 Woodrow Wilson's financier and advisor
Willem Einthoven
Scientist
21-May-1860 28-Sep-1927 Invented the electrocardiograph
James Ensor
Painter
13-Apr-1860 19-Nov-1949 Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889
Niels Ryberg Finsen
Doctor
15-Dec-1860 25-Sep-1904 Light therapy for lupus
Hamlin Garland
Author
14-Sep-1860 4-Mar-1940 A Son of the Middle Border
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Activist
3-Jul-1860 17-Aug-1935 Women and Economics
John Scott Haldane
Doctor
3-May-1860 14-Mar-1936 Breathing regulated by CO2
Florence Harding
First Lady
15-Aug-1860 21-Nov-1924 Wife of US President Warren G. Harding
Theodor Herzl
Activist
2-May-1860 3-Jul-1904 Lead Zionist
Herman Hollerith
Inventor
29-Feb-1860 17-Nov-1929 Invented the punchcard
H. H. Holmes
Criminal
16-May-1860 7-May-1896 The Devil in the White City
George A. Hormel
Business
4-Dec-1860 5-Jun-1946 Founder of Hormel Foods Corporation
Ishi
Oddity
c. 1860 25-Mar-1916 Last of an extinct tribe
Pauline Johnson
Poet
10-Mar-1860 7-Mar-1913 Mohawk Canadian poet and actress
Jigoro Kano
Sports Figure
28-Oct-1860 4-May-1938 Founder of Judo
Will Keith Kellogg
Business
7-Apr-1860 6-Oct-1951 Corn flakes and Rice Krispies
William Kemmler
Criminal
9-May-1860 6-Aug-1890 First man executed by electric chair
Barney Kroger
Business
24-Jan-1860 21-Jul-1938 Founder of Kroger grocery empire
Jules Laforgue
Poet
16-Aug-1860 20-Aug-1887 Pessimistic poet who inspired T. S. Eliot
Juliette Gordon Low
Activist
31-Oct-1860 18-Jan-1927 Founder of Girl Scouts of the USA
Edward MacDowell
Composer
18-Dec-1860 23-Jan-1908 American piano composer
Charles MacVeagh
Attorney
6-Jun-1860 4-Dec-1931 US Ambassador to Japan, 1925-28
Gustav Mahler
Composer
7-Jul-1860 18-May-1911 Das Lied von der Erde
H. W. Massingham
Journalist
25-May-1860 27-Aug-1924 Radical English journalist
James H. McGraw
Publisher
17-Dec-1860 21-Feb-1948 Co-Founder of the McGraw-Hill Companies
Harriet Monroe
Poet
23-Dec-1860 26-Sep-1936 Founder of Poetry magazine
Grandma Moses
Painter
7-Sep-1860 13-Dec-1961 Painter began at age 77
James A. O'Gorman
Politician
5-May-1860 17-May-1943 US Senator from New York, 1911-17
Annie Oakley
Performance Artist
13-Aug-1860 3-Nov-1926 Little Sure Shot
Ignace Paderewski
Pianist
18-Nov-1860 29-Jun-1941 Polish pianist and composer
Boies Penrose
Politician
1-Nov-1860 31-Dec-1921 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1897-1921
John J. Pershing
Military
13-Sep-1860 15-Jul-1948 General of the Armies of the United States
Mario Pieri
Mathematician
22-Jun-1860 1-Mar-1913 Italian geometer
William Pigott
Business
27-Jun-1860 19-Jul-1929 Pacific Car & Foundry
Sir Charles G. D. Roberts
Poet
10-Jan-1860 26-Nov-1943 Earth's Enigmas
Frederick Rolfe
Author
22-Jul-1860 25-Oct-1913 Baron Corvo
Charles Edward Russell
Author
25-Sep-1860 23-Apr-1941 The Greatest Trust in the World
Lillian Russell
Actor
4-Dec-1860 6-Jun-1922 Turn of the century actress, suffragette
John G. Sargent
Government
13-Oct-1860 5-Mar-1939 US Attorney General, 1925-29
Elmer Sperry
Inventor
12-Oct-1860 10-Jun-1930 Gyroscopic compass
D'Arcy Thompson
Biologist
2-May-1860 21-Jun-1948 On Growth and Form
Andrew Volstead
Politician
31-Oct-1860 20-Jan-1947 Legislated enforcement of Prohibition
Louis Wain
Painter
5-Aug-1860 4-Jul-1939 The Man Who Drew Cats
John W. Weeks
Politician
11-Apr-1860 12-Jul-1926 US Secretary of War, 1921-25
Ellen Wilson
First Lady
15-May-1860 6-Aug-1914 First wife of US President Woodrow Wilson
Owen Wister
Author
14-Jul-1860 21-Jul-1938 The Virginian
Hugo Wolf
Composer
13-Mar-1860 22-Feb-1903 19th century German songwriter
Hubert Work
Government
3-Jul-1860 14-Dec-1942 US Interior Secretary, 1923-28
Fusajiro Yamauchi
Business
22-Nov-1860 Jan-1940 Founder of Nintendo


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