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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Charles Francis Adams III
Government
2-Aug-1866 11-Jun-1954 Secretary of the Navy, 1929-33
George Ade
Author
9-Feb-1866 16-May-1944 Fables in Slang
Giovanni Agnelli
Business
13-Aug-1866 16-Dec-1945 Founder of Fiat
Mary Anderson
Inventor
19-Feb-1866 27-Jun-1953 Inventor of the windshield wiper
Jacinto Benavente
Playwright
12-Aug-1866 14-Jul-1954 The Bonds of Interest
Sophonisba Breckinridge
Activist
1-Apr-1866 30-Jul-1948 Suffragette and abolitionist
Ernest W. Brown
Astronomer
29-Nov-1866 22-Jul-1938 Tables of the Motion of the Moon
Gelett Burgess
Cartoonist
30-Jan-1866 17-Sep-1951 Has never seen a purple cow
Ferruccio Busoni
Pianist
1-Apr-1866 27-Jul-1924 Fantasia Contrappuntistica
Pierce Butler
Judge
17-Mar-1866 16-Nov-1939 US Supreme Court Justice, 1923-39
Butch Cassidy
Criminal
13-Apr-1866 c. 1908 Train and bank robber
Voltairine de Cleyre
Anarchist
17-Nov-1866 20-Jun-1912 Anarchist without an adjective
Benedetto Croce
Philosopher
25-Feb-1866 20-Nov-1952 Philosophy of Spirit
Harry Davenport
Actor
19-Jan-1866 9-Aug-1949 Gone with the Wind
Herbert Dow
Business
26-Feb-1866 15-Oct-1930 Founder of Dow Chemical
Abraham Flexner
Educator
13-Nov-1866 21-Sep-1959 The American College
Matthew Henson
Explorer
8-Aug-1866 9-Mar-1955 Possibly first to reach North Pole
David F. Houston
Government
17-Feb-1866 2-Sep-1940 US Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20
Hiram Johnson
Politician
2-Sep-1866 6-Aug-1945 Governor and Senator from California
Wassily Kandinsky
Artist
16-Dec-1866 13-Dec-1944 Abstractionist and theorist
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Baseball
20-Nov-1866 25-Nov-1944 First Commissioner of Baseball
Ramsay MacDonald
Head of State
12-Oct-1866 9-Nov-1937 First Labour Prime Minister of UK
Antonia Maury
Astronomer
21-Mar-1866 8-Jan-1952 Stellar classification
W. B. Maxwell
Novelist
1866 4-Aug-1938 The Ragged Messenger
George Barr McCutcheon
Novelist
26-Jul-1866 23-Oct-1928 Brewster's Millions
Adolf Meyer
Psychiatrist
13-Sep-1866 17-Mar-1950 Commonsense Psychiatry
Thomas H. Morgan
Scientist
25-Sep-1866 4-Dec-1945 Fruit fly chromosomes and heredity
Charles Nicolle
Scientist
21-Sep-1866 28-Feb-1936 Found that lice transmit typhus
Beatrix Potter
Artist
28-Jul-1866 22-Dec-1943 Peter Rabbit
John Ringling
Business
31-May-1866 2-Dec-1936 Ringling Brothers Circus
Romain Rolland
Novelist
29-Jan-1866 30-Dec-1944 Jean-Christophe
Erik Satie
Composer
17-May-1866 1-Jul-1925 Messe des Pauvres
Nathan Söderblom
Religion
15-Jan-1866 12-Jul-1931 Archbishop of Sweden
Lincoln Steffens
Journalist
6-Apr-1866 9-Aug-1936 Early muckraking journalist
Anne Sullivan
Educator
14-Apr-1866 20-Oct-1936 The Miracle Worker
Henry C. Wallace
Government
11-May-1866 25-Oct-1924 US Secretary of Agriculture, 1921-24
Aby Warburg
Scholar
13-Jun-1866 26-Oct-1929 Founder of the Warburg Institute
Fred Wardell
Business
30-Mar-1866 1952 Founder of Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Co.
August von Wassermann
Biologist
21-Feb-1866 16-Mar-1925 Syphilis test
H. G. Wells
Author
21-Sep-1866 13-Aug-1946 The War of the Worlds
Alfred Werner
Chemist
12-Dec-1866 15-Nov-1919 Coordination theory of chemistry
Sun Yat-sen
Head of State
12-Nov-1866 12-Mar-1925 President of China, 1911-12


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