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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Susan B. Anthony
Activist
15-Feb-1820 13-Mar-1906 Women's rights advocate
John Bartlett
Author
14-Jun-1820 3-Dec-1905 Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Samuel Blatchford
Judge
9-Mar-1820 7-Jul-1893 US Supreme Court Justice, 1882-93
Dion Boucicault
Playwright
26-Dec-1820 18-Sep-1890 The Corsican Brothers
David C. Broderick
Politician
4-Feb-1820 16-Sep-1859 US Senator from California, 1857-59
Anne Brontë
Novelist
17-Jan-1820 28-May-1849 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Robert O'Hara Burke
Explorer
6-May-1820 28-Jun-1861 Tried to cross Australia
Anson Burlingame
Diplomat
14-Nov-1820 23-Feb-1870 US Ambassador to China, 1861-70
Alexander Cartwright
Baseball
17-Apr-1820 12-Jul-1892 Original rules of baseball
Henri, Comte de Chambord
Royalty
29-Sep-1820 24-Aug-1883 Pretender to the French throne
John William Dawson
Geologist
30-Oct-1820 20-Nov-1899 Air Breathers of the Coal Period
Victor Emmanuel II
Royalty
14-Mar-1820 9-Jan-1878 King of Italy, Sardinia
Friedrich Engels
Economist
28-Nov-1820 5-Aug-1895 Communist Manifesto
Moses Farmer
Inventor
9-Feb-1820 25-May-1893 Invented the fire alarm, electric trolley
Stephen Clark Foster
Politician
1820 28-Jan-1898 Thrice Mayor of Los Angeles
Lucretia Peabody Hale
Author
2-Sep-1820 12-Jun-1900 The Peterkin Papers
James Harlan
Politician
26-Aug-1820 5-Oct-1899 US Senator from Iowa, 1855-73
George Hearst
Business
3-Sep-1820 28-Feb-1891 Patriarch of Hearst family fortune
Jenny Lind
Singer
6-Oct-1820 2-Nov-1887 Soprano, The Swedish Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
Activist
12-May-1820 13-Aug-1910 Established nursing as a profession
Henry J. Raymond
Journalist
24-Jan-1820 19-Jun-1869 Co-Founder of The New York Times
William T. Sherman
Military
8-Feb-1820 14-Feb-1891 Marched to the Sea
Herbert Spencer
Philosopher
27-Apr-1820 8-Dec-1903 Synthetic Philosophy
Sir John Tenniel
Artist
28-Feb-1820 25-Feb-1914 Illustrator for Punch
Julia Gardiner Tyler
First Lady
23-Jul-1820 10-Jul-1889 Second wife of US President John Tyler
Henri Vieuxtemps
Violinist
17-Feb-1820 6-Jun-1881 Belgian violinist and composer


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