| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Edwin Abbey |
Painter |
1-Apr-1852 |
1-Aug-1911 |
American artist in London |
| Joshua W. Alexander |
Politician |
22-Jan-1852 |
27-Feb-1936 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1919-21 |
| Cap Anson |
Baseball |
17-Apr-1852 |
14-Apr-1922 |
Early MLB superstar, Hall of Famer |
| Herbert Henry Asquith |
Head of State |
12-Sep-1852 |
15-Feb-1928 |
UK Prime Minister, 1908-16 |
| Henri Becquerel |
Physicist |
15-Dec-1852 |
25-Aug-1908 |
Discoverer of radioactivity |
| Maximilian Berlitz |
Business |
14-Apr-1852 |
6-Apr-1921 |
Berlitz Language Schools |
| Edward Bouchet |
Physicist |
15-Sep-1852 |
28-Oct-1918 |
First African-American PhD |
| Joseph R. Burton |
Politician |
16-Nov-1852 |
27-Feb-1923 |
US Senator from Kansas, 1901-06 |
| Paul Henri d'Estournelles de Constant |
Diplomat |
22-Nov-1852 |
15-May-1924 |
Nobel Prize recipient |
| Henry van Dyke |
Author |
10-Nov-1852 |
10-Apr-1933 |
The Unknown Quantity |
| Charles W. Fairbanks |
Politician |
11-May-1852 |
4-Jun-1918 |
Vice President under Theodore Roosevelt |
| Frederick B. Fancher |
Politician |
2-Apr-1852 |
10-Jan-1944 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1899-1901 |
| Konstantin Fehrenbach |
Head of State |
11-Jan-1852 |
26-Mar-1926 |
German Chancellor 1920-21 |
| Emil Fischer |
Chemist |
9-Oct-1852 |
15-Jul-1919 |
Peptide bond |
| Antoni Gaudi |
Architect |
25-Jun-1852 |
10-Jun-1926 |
La Sagrada Família |
| Robert Grant |
Novelist |
24-Jan-1852 |
19-May-1940 |
Unleavened Bread |
| Augusta, Lady Gregory |
Playwright |
4-Mar-1852 |
22-May-1932 |
The Golden Apple |
| William Stewart Halsted |
Doctor |
23-Sep-1852 |
7-Sep-1922 |
Pioneer of sterile surgical technique |
| Jacobus H. van 't Hoff |
Chemist |
30-Aug-1852 |
1-Mar-1911 |
Three-dimensional molecular properties |
| Calamity Jane |
Performance Artist |
1-May-1852 |
1-Aug-1903 |
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show |
| John Harvey Kellogg |
Doctor |
26-Feb-1852 |
14-Dec-1943 |
Battle Creek Sanitarium |
| Walter Leaf |
Scholar |
28-Nov-1852 |
8-Mar-1927 |
Classicist, translated Iliad |
| Edwin Markham |
Poet |
23-Apr-1852 |
7-Mar-1940 |
The Man With the Hoe |
| Brander Matthews |
Critic |
21-Feb-1852 |
31-Mar-1929 |
The Study of American Literature |
| John Bach McMaster |
Historian |
29-Jun-1852 |
24-May-1932 |
History of the People of the United States |
| Emperor Meiji |
Royalty |
3-Nov-1852 |
30-Jul-1912 |
Emperor of Japan, 1867-1912 |
| Albert A. Michelson |
Physicist |
19-Dec-1852 |
9-May-1931 |
Measured the speed of light |
| Henri Moissan |
Chemist |
28-Sep-1852 |
20-Feb-1907 |
Isolated fluorine |
| George Moore |
Novelist |
23-Feb-1852 |
21-Jan-1933 |
Esther Waters |
| Alton B. Parker |
Judge |
14-May-1852 |
10-May-1926 |
Chief Judge, NY Court of Appeals, 1898-1904 |
| Santiago Ramón y Cajal |
Doctor |
1-May-1852 |
17-Oct-1934 |
Structure of the nervous system |
| Sir William Ramsay |
Chemist |
2-Oct-1852 |
23-Jul-1916 |
Discovered noble gases |
| Opie Read |
Author |
22-Dec-1852 |
2-Nov-1939 |
Jucklins |
| Tewfik Pasha |
Royalty |
30-Apr-1852 |
7-Jan-1892 |
Khedive of Egypt, 1879-92 |
| George Henry White |
Politician |
18-Dec-1852 |
28-Dec-1918 |
Congressman from North Carolina, 1897-1901 |
| F. W. Woolworth |
Business |
13-Apr-1852 |
8-Apr-1919 |
Five and dime magnate |
