| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| George Bancroft |
Historian |
3-Oct-1800 |
17-Jan-1891 |
A History of the United States |
| P. T. Barnum |
Hoaxer |
5-Jul-1810 |
7-Apr-1891 |
Circus showman |
| H. P. Blavatsky |
Author |
12-Aug-1831 |
8-May-1891 |
Founded Theosophy; The Secret Doctrine |
| Georges Boulanger |
Military |
29-Apr-1837 |
30-Sep-1891 |
French general-turned-politician |
| Charles Bradlaugh |
Activist |
26-Sep-1833 |
30-Jan-1891 |
Atheistic Iconoclast |
| Samuel Crowther |
Religion |
c. 1809 |
31-Dec-1891 |
African missionary bishop |
| Léo Delibes |
Composer |
21-Feb-1836 |
16-Jan-1891 |
Lakmé |
| James Gamble |
Business |
3-Apr-1803 |
29-Apr-1891 |
Co-Founder of Procter & Gamble |
| Ivan Goncharov |
Novelist |
18-Jun-1812 |
27-Sep-1891 |
Oblomov |
| Jules Grévy |
Head of State |
15-Aug-1807 |
19-Sep-1891 |
President of the Third Republic |
| Hannibal Hamlin |
Politician |
27-Aug-1809 |
4-Jul-1891 |
Lincoln's first Vice President |
| George Hearst |
Business |
3-Sep-1820 |
28-Feb-1891 |
Patriarch of Hearst family fortune |
| Joseph Eggleston Johnston |
Military |
3-Feb-1807 |
21-Mar-1891 |
Confederate General, surrendered to Sherman |
| Joseph Leidy |
Biologist |
9-Sep-1823 |
30-Apr-1891 |
Trichinosis and dinosaurs |
| James Russell Lowell |
Author |
22-Feb-1819 |
12-Aug-1891 |
The Biglow Papers |
| John A. Macdonald |
Head of State |
11-Jan-1815 |
6-Jun-1891 |
Canadian Prime Minister, founding father |
| Herman Melville |
Author |
1-Aug-1819 |
28-Sep-1891 |
Moby Dick |
| Nikolaus Otto |
Engineer |
14-Jun-1832 |
26-Jan-1891 |
Four-stroke internal-combustion engine |
| Charles Stewart Parnell |
Politician |
27-Jun-1846 |
6-Oct-1891 |
Irish Nationalist leader |
| James Parton |
Author |
9-Feb-1822 |
17-Oct-1891 |
American biographer |
| Pedro II |
Royalty |
2-Dec-1825 |
5-Dec-1891 |
Emperor of Brazil, 1831-89 |
| Albert Pike |
Military |
29-Dec-1809 |
2-Apr-1891 |
Confederate general, Freemason |
| Sarah Polk |
First Lady |
4-Sep-1803 |
14-Aug-1891 |
Wife of US President James K. Polk |
| Arthur Rimbaud |
Poet |
20-Oct-1854 |
10-Nov-1891 |
Une Saison en Enfer |
| Georges Seurat |
Painter |
2-Dec-1859 |
29-Mar-1891 |
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte |
| William T. Sherman |
Military |
8-Feb-1820 |
14-Feb-1891 |
Marched to the Sea |
| Alphonso Taft |
Government |
5-Nov-1810 |
21-May-1891 |
Attorney General under Grant |
| Helmuth von Moltke |
Military |
26-Oct-1800 |
24-Apr-1891 |
German military strategist |
| Wilhelm Weber |
Physicist |
24-Oct-1804 |
23-Jun-1891 |
Student of electromagnetism |
| William Windom |
Politician |
10-May-1827 |
29-Jan-1891 |
US Secretary of the Treasury 1881, 1889-91 |
