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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Edmund Allenby
Military
23-Apr-1861 14-May-1936 Defeated the Turks in WWI
William Bateson
Biologist
8-Aug-1861 8-Feb-1926 Founder of genetics
William C. Durant
Business
8-Dec-1861 18-Mar-1947 Founder of General Motors
Albert Fall
Government
26-Nov-1861 30-Nov-1944 US Interior Secy., Teapot Dome Scandal
Henry Gantt
Engineer
1861 23-Nov-1919 Gantt chart
Thomas Watt Gregory
Government
6-Nov-1861 26-Feb-1933 US Attorney General, 1914-19
Charles Édouard Guillaume
Physicist
15-Feb-1861 13-Jun-1938 Invented alloys Invar and Elinvar
Louise Imogen Guiney
Poet
7-Jan-1861 2-Nov-1920 A Roadside Harp
Henry Harland
Novelist
1-Mar-1861 20-Dec-1905 The Cardinal's Snuff-box
John Grier Hibben
Educator
19-Apr-1861 16-May-1933 President, Princeton University, 1912-32
Frederick Hopkins
Scientist
20-Jun-1861 16-May-1947 Discovered vitamins
Victor Horta
Architect
6-Jan-1861 9-Sep-1947 Art Nouveau architect
Arthur E. Kennelly
Physicist
17-Dec-1861 18-Jun-1939 Kennelly-Heaviside layer
Aristide Maillol
Sculptor
8-Apr-1861 27-Sep-1944 Sculptor of the female nude
William James Mayo
Doctor
29-Jun-1861 28-Jul-1939 Co-Founder of the Mayo Clinic
James Naismith
Basketball
6-Nov-1861 28-Nov-1939 Inventor of Basketball
Fridtjof Nansen
Explorer
10-Oct-1861 13-May-1930 Explorer, Nobel Prize recipient
George W. Norris
Politician
11-Jul-1861 2-Sep-1944 US Senator from Nebraska, 1913-43
Frederic Remington
Sculptor
4-Oct-1861 26-Dec-1909 The Bronco Buster
Wilds Preston Richardson
Military
20-Mar-1861 20-May-1929 Brigadier General, invaded Russia
Edith Roosevelt
First Lady
6-Aug-1861 30-Sep-1948 Wife of US President Theodore Roosevelt
James Speyer
Business
22-Jul-1861 31-Oct-1941 New York Banker
Helen Taft
First Lady
2-Jun-1861 22-May-1943 Wife of US President William Howard Taft
Rabindranath Tagore
Poet
7-May-1861 7-Aug-1941 Gitanjali
Frederick Jackson Turner
Historian
14-Nov-1861 14-Mar-1932 Frontier Thesis
James K. Vardaman
Government
26-Jul-1861 25-Jun-1930 The Great White Chief
Alfred North Whitehead
Mathematician
15-Feb-1861 30-Dec-1947 Metaphysical mathematician
William Wrigley, Jr.
Business
30-Sep-1861 26-Jan-1932 Chewing gum magnate


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