| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Edward G. Acheson |
Inventor |
9-Mar-1856 |
6-Jul-1931 |
Discovered silicon carbide |
| L. Frank Baum |
Novelist |
15-May-1856 |
6-May-1919 |
The Wizard of Oz |
| Henry S. Boutell |
Politician |
14-Mar-1856 |
11-Mar-1926 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1897-1911 |
| Louis D. Brandeis |
Judge |
13-Nov-1856 |
5-Oct-1941 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1916-39 |
| George Cave |
Politician |
23-Feb-1856 |
29-Mar-1928 |
Lord Chancellor of Britain, 1922-28 |
| Edward Channing |
Historian |
15-Jun-1856 |
7-Jan-1931 |
A History of the United States |
| Alfred Deakin |
Head of State |
3-Aug-1856 |
7-Oct-1919 |
2nd Prime Minister of Australia |
| James Buchanan Duke |
Business |
23-Dec-1856 |
10-Oct-1925 |
American Tobacco Company |
| Eddie Foy |
Singer |
9-Mar-1856 |
16-Feb-1928 |
The Seven Little Foys |
| Sigmund Freud |
Psychiatrist |
6-May-1856 |
23-Sep-1939 |
Die Traumdeutung |
| Orville Gibson |
Business |
1856 |
21-Aug-1918 |
Made mandolins and guitars |
| William J. Goebel |
Politician |
4-Jan-1856 |
3-Feb-1900 |
Kentucky Governor, assassinated |
| Daniel Guggenheim |
Business |
9-Jul-1856 |
28-Sep-1930 |
Mining magnate |
| H. Rider Haggard |
Novelist |
22-Jun-1856 |
14-May-1925 |
King Solomon's Mines |
| Richard Burdon Haldane |
Government |
30-Jul-1856 |
19-Aug-1928 |
Lord Chancellor, 1912-15 and 1924 |
| Frederick A. Halsey |
Engineer |
12-Jul-1856 |
20-Oct-1935 |
Kept America safe from the metric system |
| Keir Hardie |
Politician |
15-Aug-1856 |
26-Sep-1915 |
Organizer of the British Labour Party |
| Lamartine G. Hardman |
Politician |
14-Apr-1856 |
18-Feb-1937 |
Governor of Georgia, 1927-31 |
| Frank Harris |
Author |
14-Feb-1856 |
26-Aug-1931 |
My Life and Loves |
| Henry M. Hoyt |
Attorney |
5-Dec-1856 |
20-Nov-1910 |
US Solicitor General, 1903-09 |
| Elbert Hubbard |
Author |
19-Jun-1856 |
7-May-1915 |
Founder of Roycroft Press |
| Conrad Hubert |
Business |
15-Apr-1856 |
12-Mar-1928 |
Flashlights |
| Frederic Eugene Ives |
Inventor |
17-Feb-1856 |
27-May-1937 |
Halftone process |
| Diamond Jim Brady |
Business |
12-Aug-1856 |
13-Apr-1917 |
Larger-than-life millionaire |
| Edward Jones |
Journalist |
1856 |
1920 |
Jones of Dow Jones |
| Frank B. Kellogg |
Government |
22-Dec-1856 |
21-Dec-1937 |
US Secretary of State, 1925-29 |
| Alexander C. King |
Attorney |
7-Dec-1856 |
25-Jul-1926 |
US Solicitor General, 1918-20 |
| Emil Kraepelin |
Psychiatrist |
15-Feb-1856 |
7-Oct-1926 |
Manic depression and schizophrenia |
| Pedro Lascurain |
Head of State |
8-May-1856 |
21-Jul-1952 |
President of Mexico for 25 minutes |
| A. Lawrence Lowell |
Educator |
1-Jan-1856 |
6-Jan-1943 |
President, Harvard University, 1909-33 |
| Charles Major |
Novelist |
25-Jul-1856 |
13-Feb-1913 |
When Knighthood Was in Flower |
| James R. Mann |
Politician |
20-Oct-1856 |
30-Nov-1922 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1897-1922 |
| William Massey |
Head of State |
26-Mar-1856 |
10-May-1925 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1912-25 |
| Robert Latham Owen |
Politician |
2-Feb-1856 |
19-Jul-1947 |
Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-25 |
| Robert E. Peary |
Explorer |
6-May-1856 |
20-Feb-1920 |
First to reach the North Pole |
| Philippe Pétain |
Head of State |
24-Apr-1856 |
23-Jul-1951 |
Leader of Vichy France |
| Frank Podmore |
Author |
5-Feb-1856 |
14-Aug-1910 |
Fabian Society |
| Lizette Woodworth Reese |
Poet |
9-Jan-1856 |
17-Dec-1935 |
A Handful of Lavendar |
| John K. Richards |
Attorney |
15-Mar-1856 |
1-Mar-1909 |
US Solicitor General, 1897-1903 |
| John Singer Sargent |
Painter |
12-Jan-1856 |
15-Apr-1925 |
American portraitist |
| George Bernard Shaw |
Playwright |
26-Jul-1856 |
2-Nov-1950 |
Irish dramatist and pamphleteer |
| John F. A. Strong |
Politician |
15-Oct-1856 |
27-Jul-1929 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1913-18 |
| Louis Sullivan |
Architect |
3-Sep-1856 |
14-Apr-1924 |
Early skyscraper architect |
| Nikola Tesla |
Inventor |
10-Jul-1856 |
7-Jan-1943 |
Invented alternating current |
| J. J. Thomson |
Physicist |
18-Dec-1856 |
30-Aug-1940 |
Discovered the electron |
| Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg |
Head of State |
29-Nov-1856 |
1-Jan-1921 |
German Chancellor 1909-17 |
| Joseph Ward |
Head of State |
26-Apr-1856 |
8-Jul-1930 |
Twice Prime Minister of New Zealand |
| Booker T. Washington |
Educator |
5-Apr-1856 |
14-Nov-1915 |
Founder, Tuskegee Institute |
| Frank White |
Politician |
12-Dec-1856 |
23-Mar-1940 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1901-05 |
| Kate Douglas Wiggin |
Novelist |
28-Sep-1856 |
24-Aug-1923 |
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm |
| Edmund Beecher Wilson |
Biologist |
19-Oct-1856 |
3-Mar-1939 |
X and Y chromosomes |
| Woodrow Wilson |
Head of State |
28-Dec-1856 |
3-Feb-1924 |
28th US President, 1913-21 |
