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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John Peter Altgeld
Politician
30-Dec-1847 12-Mar-1902 Governor of Illinois, 1893-97
Joachim Andersen
Musician
29-Apr-1847 7-May-1909 Danish flautist and composer for flute
Alexander Graham Bell
Inventor
3-Mar-1847 2-Aug-1922 Inventor of the telephone
Annie Besant
Activist
1-Oct-1847 20-Sep-1933 Theosophist & Social Activist
John Bates Clark
Economist
26-Jan-1847 21-Mar-1938 Philosophy of Wealth
Adolph Coors
Business
4-Feb-1847 5-Jun-1929 Founder of Coors Brewery
Thomas Edison
Inventor
11-Feb-1847 18-Oct-1931 Invented the light bulb
Galileo Ferraris
Physicist
31-Oct-1847 7-Feb-1897 Invented the induction motor
Edwin J. Houston
Inventor
9-Jul-1847 1-Mar-1914 Thomson-Houston Electric Company
Oscar Hammerstein I
Theatre Producer
8-May-1847 1-Aug-1919 Olympia Theatre
Jens Peter Jacobsen
Novelist
7-Apr-1847 30-Apr-1885 Niels Lyhne
Jesse James
Criminal
5-Sep-1847 3-Apr-1882 Bank robber, with James Gang
Henry Demarest Lloyd
Journalist
1-May-1847 28-Sep-1903 Radical reporter
John R. Lynch
Politician
10-Sep-1847 2-Nov-1939 Congressman from Mississippi
Ida McKinley
First Lady
8-Jun-1847 26-May-1907 Wife of US President William McKinley
Archibald Philip Primrose
Head of State
7-May-1847 21-May-1929 UK Prime Minister 1894-95
Joseph Pulitzer
Business
10-Apr-1847 29-Oct-1911 Established the Pulitzer Prize
Albert Pinkham Ryder
Painter
19-Mar-1847 28-Mar-1917 Idyllic American painter
Jacob Schiff
Business
10-Jan-1847 25-Sep-1920 New York banker
Anna Howard Shaw
Activist
14-Feb-1847 2-Jul-1919 National American Women's Suffrage Association
Georges Sorel
Philosopher
2-Nov-1847 29-Aug-1922 Reflections on Violence
Bram Stoker
Author
8-Nov-1847 20-Apr-1912 Dracula
Paul von Hindenburg
Military
2-Oct-1847 2-Aug-1934 President of Germany, 1925-34
Otto Wallach
Chemist
27-Mar-1847 26-Feb-1931 Terpenes and essential oils


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