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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Delia Bacon
Author
2-Feb-1811 2-Sep-1859 Shakespeare-Bacon conspiracist
Gamaliel Bailey
Journalist
3-Dec-1807 5-Jun-1859 Anti-slavery publisher
George M. Bibb
Politician
30-Oct-1776 14-Apr-1859 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1844-45
William C. Bouck
Politician
7-Jan-1786 19-Apr-1859 Governor of New York, 1843-45
David C. Broderick
Politician
4-Feb-1820 16-Sep-1859 US Senator from California, 1857-59
John Brown
Activist
9-May-1800 2-Dec-1859 Led the raid on Harpers Ferry
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Engineer
9-Apr-1806 15-Sep-1859 Chief engineer of the Great Western Railway
Rufus Choate
Attorney
1-Oct-1799 13-Jul-1859 Attorney and Senator from Massachusetts
Thomas De Quincey
Author
15-Aug-1785 8-Dec-1859 Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Henry Hallam
Historian
9-Jul-1777 21-Jan-1859 View of the Middle Ages
Edward A. Hannegan
Politician
25-Jun-1807 25-Feb-1859 US Senator, committed suicide
Leigh Hunt
Poet
19-Oct-1784 28-Aug-1859 Story of Rimini
Washington Irving
Author
3-Apr-1783 28-Nov-1859 Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Historian
25-Oct-1800 28-Dec-1859 History of England
Horace Mann
Educator
4-May-1796 2-Aug-1859 Massachusetts education reformer
Thomas D. Mutter
Doctor
9-Mar-1811 16-Mar-1859 Surgeon, Mütter Museum benefactor
Oscar I
Royalty
4-Jul-1799 8-Jul-1859 King of Sweden and Norway
William H. Prescott
Historian
4-May-1796 28-Jan-1859 The Conquest of Mexico
Richard Rush
Diplomat
29-Aug-1780 30-Jul-1859 Negotiated the Rush-Bagot Agreement
Robert Stephenson
Engineer
16-Oct-1803 12-Oct-1859 Builder of railroad bridges
Joseph Sturge
Activist
2-Aug-1793 14-May-1859 Anti-slavery activist
Alexis de Tocqueville
Historian
29-Jul-1805 16-Apr-1859 Democracy in America
Tantia Topi
Military
c. 1819 18-Apr-1859 Indian Mutiny rebel leader
Klemens Wenzel von Metternich
Diplomat
15-May-1773 11-Jun-1859 Influential Austrian ambassador
John Walker
Chemist
29-May-1781 1-May-1859 Invented the friction match


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