| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Spencer Fullerton Baird |
Naturalist |
3-Feb-1823 |
19-Aug-1887 |
History of North American Birds |
| Henry Ward Beecher |
Religion |
24-Jun-1813 |
8-Mar-1887 |
American Congregationalist preacher |
| Aleksandr Borodin |
Composer |
12-Nov-1833 |
27-Feb-1887 |
Prince Igor |
| Alvan Clark |
Astronomer |
8-Mar-1804 |
19-Aug-1887 |
Telescope maker |
| Agostino Depretis |
Head of State |
13-Jan-1813 |
29-Jul-1887 |
Three-time Prime Minister of Italy |
| Dorothea Dix |
Activist |
4-Apr-1802 |
17-Jul-1887 |
Activist for the insane |
| Doc Holliday |
Doctor |
14-Aug-1851 |
8-Nov-1887 |
Wyatt Earp's reliable friend |
| Gustav Robert Kirchhoff |
Physicist |
12-Mar-1824 |
17-Oct-1887 |
Theory of spectrum analysis |
| Jules Laforgue |
Poet |
16-Aug-1860 |
20-Aug-1887 |
Pessimistic poet who inspired T. S. Eliot |
| Emma Lazarus |
Poet |
22-Jul-1849 |
19-Nov-1887 |
The New Colossus |
| Jenny Lind |
Singer |
6-Oct-1820 |
2-Nov-1887 |
Soprano, The Swedish Nightingale |
| Daniel Manning |
Government |
16-May-1831 |
24-Dec-1887 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1885-87 |
| Henry Mayhew |
Journalist |
1812 |
25-Jul-1887 |
Punch |
| Albert Parsons |
Activist |
20-Jun-1848 |
11-Nov-1887 |
Haymarket Martyr |
| Carlo Passaglia |
Religion |
2-May-1812 |
12-Mar-1887 |
Advocate of Italian unity |
| Samuel Lowell Price |
Business |
12-Jan-1821 |
19-May-1887 |
The Price of Price Waterhouse Coopers |
| Joseph Rainey |
Politician |
21-Jun-1832 |
1-Aug-1887 |
Congressman from South Carolina, 1870-79 |
| Thomas Caute Reynolds |
Politician |
11-Oct-1821 |
30-Mar-1887 |
Missouri governor, committed suicide |
| Lysander Spooner |
Activist |
19-Jan-1808 |
14-May-1887 |
No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority |
| Balfour Stewart |
Physicist |
1-Nov-1828 |
19-Dec-1887 |
Studied magnetism, radiant heat |
| Elihu Benjamin Washburne |
Politician |
23-Sep-1816 |
22-Oct-1887 |
Congressman and Ambassador to France |
| William A. Wheeler |
Politician |
30-Jun-1819 |
4-Jun-1887 |
Vice President under Hayes |
| William Burnham Woods |
Judge |
3-Aug-1824 |
14-May-1887 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1881-87 |
