| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Clarence W. Barron |
Publisher |
2-Jul-1855 |
2-Oct-1928 |
Wall Street Journal proprietor, 1903-28 |
| Poultney Bigelow |
Author |
10-Sep-1855 |
28-May-1954 |
The German Struggle for Liberty |
| John Browning |
Inventor |
23-Jan-1855 |
26-Nov-1926 |
Best gun designer of all time |
| Eugene V. Debs |
Labor Leader |
5-Nov-1855 |
20-Oct-1926 |
Labor leader ran for President five times |
| John R. Freeman |
Engineer |
27-Jul-1855 |
6-Oct-1932 |
Charles River Dam |
| King Gillette |
Inventor |
5-Jan-1855 |
9-Jul-1932 |
Safety razor |
| Edwin Hall |
Physicist |
7-Nov-1855 |
20-Nov-1938 |
Discovered the Hall Effect |
| Henry B. Jackson |
Military |
21-Jan-1855 |
14-Dec-1929 |
Radio telegraphy |
| Ned Kelly |
Criminal |
Jun-1855 |
11-Nov-1880 |
Iron-clad Australian outlaw |
| Robert M. La Follette |
Politician |
14-Jun-1855 |
20-Jun-1925 |
Governor and Senator from Wisconsin |
| Percival Lowell |
Astronomer |
13-Mar-1855 |
12-Nov-1916 |
Predicted existence of planet Pluto |
| Andrew W. Mellon |
Business |
24-Mar-1855 |
27-Aug-1937 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32 |
| Evelyn De Morgan |
Painter |
30-Aug-1855 |
1919 |
British Pre-Raphaelite painter |
| William Mulholland |
Engineer |
11-Sep-1855 |
22-Jul-1935 |
Los Angeles Aqueduct |
| John Barton Payne |
Government |
26-Jan-1855 |
24-Jan-1935 |
Red Cross Chairman, 1921-35 |
| Arthur Wing Pinero |
Playwright |
24-May-1855 |
23-Nov-1934 |
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray |
| Martha M. Place |
Criminal |
c. 1855 |
20-Mar-1899 |
First woman executed by electric chair |
| Theodor Reuss |
Religion |
28-Jun-1855 |
28-Oct-1923 |
Founded the Ordo Templi Orientis |
| Josiah Royce |
Philosopher |
20-Nov-1855 |
14-Sep-1916 |
The Religious Aspect of Philosophy |
| Olive Schreiner |
Novelist |
24-Mar-1855 |
11-Dec-1920 |
The Story of an African Farm |
| James S. Sherman |
Politician |
24-Oct-1855 |
30-Oct-1912 |
Vice President under Taft |
| Henry C. Stuart |
Politician |
18-Jan-1855 |
24-Jul-1933 |
Governor of Virginia, 1914-18 |
