LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Abdu'l-Bahá	Religion	23-May-1844	28-Nov-1921	Baha'i leader
Alexandra of Denmark	Royalty	1-Dec-1844	20-Nov-1925	Queen Alexandra, Consort of Edward VII
Klas Pontus Arnoldson	Journalist	27-Oct-1844	20-Feb-1916	Helped to cleave Norway and Sweden
Karl Benz	Inventor	25-Nov-1844	4-Apr-1929	Invented the automobile
Sarah Bernhardt	Actor	22-Oct-1844	26-Mar-1923	French theatre actress
Ludwig Boltzmann	Physicist	20-Feb-1844	5-Sep-1906	Atoms and molecules
Robert Bridges	Poet	23-Oct-1844	21-Apr-1930	Prometheus the Firegiver
George W. Cable	Author	12-Oct-1844	31-Jan-1925	Old Creole Days
Richard D'Oyly Carte	Theatre Producer	3-May-1844	3-Apr-1901	English opera and theatre impresario
Anthony Comstock	Activist	7-Mar-1844	21-Sep-1915	New York Society for the Suppression of Vice
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge	Painter	18-Sep-1844	13-Jan-1934	Painted dogs playing poker
Sanford Ballard Dole	Politician	23-Apr-1844	9-Jun-1926	Governor of Hawaii, 1900-03
Robert Dollar	Business	20-Mar-1844	16-May-1932	Grand Old Man of the Pacific
Thomas Eakins	Painter	25-Jul-1844	25-Jun-1916	Realist painter, The Gross Clinic
Anatole France	Novelist	16-Apr-1844	13-Oct-1924	French novelist
Ned Harrigan	Actor	26-Oct-1844	6-Jun-1911	Harrigan & Hart
Henry J. Heinz	Business	11-Oct-1844	14-May-1919	Founder of Heinz Foods
Garret A. Hobart	Politician	3-Jun-1844	21-Nov-1899	Vice President under McKinley
Marcus H. Holcomb	Politician	28-Nov-1844	5-Mar-1932	Governor of Connecticut, 1915-21
Gerard Manley Hopkins	Poet	28-Jul-1844	8-Jun-1889	Defeated the tyranny of poetic meter
Andrew Lang	Author	31-Mar-1844	20-Jul-1912	Scottish man of letters, historian, author
Horace Harmon Lurton	Judge	26-Feb-1844	12-Jul-1914	US Supreme Court Justice, 1910-14
Friedrich Nietzsche	Philosopher	15-Oct-1844	25-Aug-1900	God is dead
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov	Composer	6-Mar-1844	8-Jun-1908	The Flight of the Bumblebee
Henri Rousseau	Painter	21-May-1844	2-Sep-1910	French painter of the exotic
David Hyrum Smith	Relative	17-Nov-1844	29-Aug-1904	Son of Joseph Smith
William Archibald Spooner	Educator	22-Jul-1844	29-Aug-1930	Spoonerisms
Paul Taffanel	Musician	16-Sep-1844	22-Nov-1908	Flautist, French Flute School
Umberto I	Royalty	14-Mar-1844	29-Jul-1900	King of Italy, 1878-1900
Paul Verlaine	Poet	30-Mar-1844	8-Jan-1896	Leader of symbolist poetry movement
Aaron Montgomery Ward	Business	17-Feb-1844	7-Dec-1913	Founded Montgomery Ward company
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward	Novelist	31-Aug-1844	28-Jan-1911	The Story of Avis
Charles-Marie Widor	Composer	21-Feb-1844	12-Mar-1937	Toccata
Ivan Osipovich Yarkovsky	Physicist	24-May-1844	22-Jan-1902	Yarkovsky effect
Cole Younger	Criminal	15-Jan-1844	21-Mar-1916	The brains of the James-Younger Gang

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