LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alexander T. Augusta	Doctor	8-Mar-1825	21-Dec-1890	First black battlefield surgeon
William W. Belknap	Government	22-Sep-1829	13-Oct-1890	US Secretary of War, impeached
George Henry Boker	Playwright	6-Oct-1823	2-Jan-1890	Francesca da Rimini
Dion Boucicault	Playwright	26-Dec-1820	18-Sep-1890	The Corsican Brothers
Sir Richard Burton	Explorer	19-Mar-1821	20-Oct-1890	Translated The Arabian Nights
Orlow W. Chapman	Government	7-Jan-1832	19-Jan-1890	US Solicitor General, 1889-90
César Franck	Composer	10-Dec-1822	8-Nov-1890	Symphonic Variations
John C. Fremont	Explorer	21-Jan-1813	13-Jul-1890	Conqueror of California
John Hill Hewitt	Songwriter	11-Jul-1801	7-Oct-1890	The Minstrels Return'd from the War
Isaac M. Jordan	Politician	5-May-1835	3-Dec-1890	Congressman from Ohio, 1883-85
William D. Kelley	Government	12-Apr-1814	9-Jan-1890	Powerful 19th century Congressman
William Kemmler	Criminal	9-May-1860	6-Aug-1890	First man executed by electric chair
Joseph Merrick	Oddity	5-Aug-1862	11-Apr-1890	The Elephant Man
Samuel Freeman Miller	Judge	5-Apr-1816	13-Oct-1890	US Supreme Court Justice, 1862-90
Junius Spencer Morgan	Business	14-Apr-1813	8-Apr-1890	J. S. Morgan and Company
Henri Nestlé	Business	10-Aug-1814	7-Jul-1890	Invented infant formula
John Henry Newman	Religion	21-Feb-1801	11-Aug-1890	Oxford Movement
Samuel Jackson Randall	Politician	10-Oct-1828	13-Apr-1890	Speaker of the US House, 1876-81
Heinrich Schliemann	Archaeologist	6-Jan-1822	26-Dec-1890	Discoverer of ancient Troy
Christopher Sholes	Inventor	14-Feb-1819	17-Feb-1890	Typewriter inventor, QWERTY keyboard
Sitting Bull	Military	c. 1831	15-Dec-1890	Warrior Chief of the Sioux
Philip F. Thomas	Politician	12-Sep-1810	2-Oct-1890	Maryland Governor, US Treasury Secretary
Vincent van Gogh	Painter	30-Mar-1853	29-Jul-1890	Troubled and brilliant painter
Sir Richard Wallace	Aristocrat	26-Jul-1818	20-Jul-1890	The Wallace Collection
Richard H. Whiteley	Politician	22-Dec-1830	26-Sep-1890	Congressman from Georgia, 1870-76

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