| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Brooks Adams |
Historian |
24-Jun-1848 |
13-Feb-1927 |
The Law of Civilization and Decay |
| Roger Allin |
Politician |
18-Dec-1848 |
1-Jan-1936 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1895-97 |
| William Waldorf Astor |
Publisher |
31-Mar-1848 |
18-Oct-1919 |
The Observer |
| Arthur Balfour |
Head of State |
25-Jul-1848 |
19-Mar-1930 |
UK Prime Minister, 1902-05 |
| John G. Brady |
Politician |
25-May-1848 |
17-Dec-1918 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska 1897-1906 |
| Wyatt Earp |
Government |
19-Mar-1848 |
13-Jan-1929 |
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral |
| Gottlob Frege |
Mathematician |
8-Nov-1848 |
26-Jul-1925 |
Mathematical logician |
| Paul Gauguin |
Painter |
7-Jun-1848 |
8-May-1903 |
French post-impressionist painter |
| Joel Chandler Harris |
Novelist |
9-Dec-1848 |
3-Jul-1908 |
Uncle Remus |
| Joris-Karl Huysmans |
Author |
5-Feb-1848 |
12-May-1907 |
Decadent author, À Rebours |
| Lilli Lehmann |
Singer |
24-Nov-1848 |
17-May-1929 |
Operatic, Wagnerian soprano |
| Frank McLaury |
Criminal |
3-Mar-1848 |
26-Oct-1881 |
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral |
| Alexander Muirhead |
Physicist |
26-May-1848 |
13-Dec-1920 |
Submarine cable telegraphy |
| George T. Oliver |
Politician |
26-Jan-1848 |
22-Jan-1919 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1909-17 |
| Vladimir de Pachmann |
Pianist |
27-Jul-1848 |
6-Jan-1933 |
Histrionic Russian pianist, known for Chopin |
| Albert Parsons |
Activist |
20-Jun-1848 |
11-Nov-1887 |
Haymarket Martyr |
| James Ford Rhodes |
Author |
1-May-1848 |
22-Jan-1927 |
History of the Civil War |
| Henry Augustus Rowland |
Physicist |
27-Nov-1848 |
16-Apr-1901 |
Studied optics, magnetism, etc. |
| Augustus Saint-Gaudens |
Sculptor |
1-Mar-1848 |
3-Aug-1907 |
Leading 19th c. American sculptor |
| Leslie M. Shaw |
Government |
2-Nov-1848 |
28-Mar-1932 |
US Treasury Secretary, 1902-07 |
| James Murray Spangler |
Inventor |
20-Nov-1848 |
22-Jan-1915 |
Invented the upright vacuum cleaner |
| Belle Starr |
Criminal |
5-Feb-1848 |
3-Feb-1889 |
Bandit Queen of the Old West |
| William J. Stone |
Politician |
7-May-1848 |
14-Apr-1918 |
Governor and Senator from Missouri |
| Ellen Terry |
Actor |
27-Feb-1848 |
21-Jul-1928 |
Shakespearean stage actress |
| Louis Comfort Tiffany |
Artist |
18-Feb-1848 |
17-Jan-1933 |
Stained glassmaker, jewelry designer |
| Matthew Webb |
Swimmer |
18-Jan-1848 |
24-Jul-1883 |
First to swim the English Channel |
