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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Emilio Aguinaldo
Head of State
22-Mar-1869 6-Feb-1964 1st President of the Philippines
Clifford K. Berryman
Cartoonist
2-Apr-1869 11-Dec-1949 Political cartoonist
Paul Boucherot
Engineer
3-Oct-1869 7-Aug-1943 Ocean thermal energy conversion
William Bulow
Politician
13-Jan-1869 26-Feb-1960 US Senator from South Dakota, 1931-43
William M. Calder
Politician
3-Mar-1869 3-Mar-1945 US Senator from New York, 1917-23
António Óscar Carmona
Head of State
24-Nov-1869 18-Apr-1951 President of Portugal, 1926-51
Élie Cartan
Mathematician
9-Apr-1869 6-May-1951 Spinor groups
Neville Chamberlain
Politician
18-Mar-1869 9-Nov-1940 Architect of appeasement
Walter E. Clark
Politician
7-Jan-1869 4-Feb-1950 Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1909-13
John Robert Clynes
Politician
27-Mar-1869 23-Oct-1949 UK Home Secretary, 1929-31
Bainbridge Colby
Government
22-Dec-1869 11-Apr-1950 US Secretary of State, 1920-21
Herbert Croly
Author
23-Jan-1869 17-May-1930 The Promise of American Life
Harvey Cushing
Doctor
8-Apr-1869 7-Oct-1939 Cushing's Syndrome
Gustaf Dalén
Inventor
30-Nov-1869 9-Dec-1937 Automatic sun valve
William E. Dodd
Diplomat
27-Oct-1869 9-Feb-1940 US Ambassador to Nazi Germany
George Douglas
Novelist
26-Jan-1869 28-Aug-1902 The House With the Green Shutters
Giulio Douhet
Military
30-May-1869 15-Feb-1930 Father of strategic air power
David G. Fairchild
Botanist
7-Apr-1869 6-Aug-1954 Brought exotic plants to America
Joseph W. Folk
Politician
29-Oct-1869 29-May-1923 Governor of Missouri, 1905-09
George William Forbes
Head of State
12-May-1869 17-May-1947 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1930-35
Mahatma Gandhi
Activist
2-Oct-1869 30-Jan-1948 Proselytizer of nonviolence
Frederick D. Gardner
Politician
6-Nov-1869 18-Dec-1933 Governor of Missouri, 1917-21
André Gide
Author
22-Nov-1869 19-Feb-1951 Le Voyage d'Urien
Emma Goldman
Anarchist
27-Jun-1869 14-May-1940 Anarchist and feminist libertarian
Charley Grapewin
Actor
20-Dec-1869 2-Feb-1956 Tobacco Road
Bill Haywood
Labor Leader
4-Feb-1869 18-May-1928 Industrial Workers of the World
F. Augustus Heinze
Business
1869 4-Nov-1914 Copper baron, went broke in the Panic of 1907
John Heisman
Football
23-Oct-1869 3-Oct-1936 Namesake of the Heisman Trophy
Albert Kahn
Architect
21-Mar-1869 8-Dec-1942 Detroit architect, factory designer
Vaughan Kester
Novelist
12-Sep-1869 4-Jul-1911 The Prodigal Judge
Claude Kitchin
Politician
24-Mar-1869 31-May-1923 Congressman from North Carolina, 1901-23
Pyotr Krasnov
Military
22-Sep-1869 17-Jan-1947 Ataman of the Don Cossacks, betrayed by Churchill
Henri Landru
Criminal
1869 25-Feb-1922 Bluebeard murderer of 10 widows
Christian Lange
Activist
17-Sep-1869 11-Dec-1938 Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient
Stephen Leacock
Author
30-Dec-1869 28-Mar-1944 Literary Lapses
Morris E. Leeds
Business
6-Mar-1869 8-Feb-1952 Leeds & Northrup Co.
Ben B. Lindsey
Judge
25-Nov-1869 26-Mar-1943 Created the first juvenile court
Nicholas Longworth
Politician
5-Nov-1869 9-Apr-1931 Congressman from Ohio, 1903-31
Edwin Lutyens
Architect
29-Mar-1869 1-Jan-1944 Laid the plan for New Delhi
Seumas MacManus
Author
1869 1960 A Lad of the O'Friels
Charles Marriott
Novelist
1869 13-Jul-1957 Art critic, Modern Art
Typhoid Mary
Chef
22-Sep-1869 11-Nov-1938 Notorious typhoid carrier
Edgar Lee Masters
Poet
23-Aug-1869 5-Mar-1950 Spoon River Anthology
Henri Matisse
Painter
31-Dec-1869 3-Nov-1954 Free, expressive French painter
William Vaughn Moody
Playwright
8-Jul-1869 17-Oct-1910 The Great Divide
William H. Murray
Politician
21-Nov-1869 15-Oct-1956 Governor of Oklahoma, 1931-35
Ernest Fox Nichols
Physicist
1-Jun-1869 29-Apr-1924 Infrared radiation
Fritz Pregl
Chemist
3-Sep-1869 13-Dec-1930 Microanalysis of organic compounds
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Poet
22-Dec-1869 6-Apr-1935 The Man Against the Sky
James Rolph, Jr.
Government
23-Aug-1869 2-Jun-1934 Mayor of San Francisco, 1912-31
Huntley N. Spaulding
Politician
29-Oct-1869 14-Nov-1955 Governor of New Hampshire, 1927-29
Hans Spemann
Scientist
27-Jun-1869 9-Sep-1941 Experimental embryology
William Strunk
Author
1-Jul-1869 26-Sep-1946 Elements of Style
Booth Tarkington
Novelist
29-Jul-1869 19-May-1946 The Magnificent Ambersons
Ben Turpin
Actor
19-Sep-1869 1-Jul-1940 Cross-eyed comic actor
Victor Emmanuel III
Royalty
11-Nov-1869 28-Dec-1947 King of Italy, 1900-46
Brand Whitlock
Diplomat
4-Mar-1869 24-May-1934 US Ambassador to Belgium, 1914-21
C. T. R. Wilson
Physicist
14-Feb-1869 15-Nov-1959 Cloud chamber
C. C. Young
Politician
28-Apr-1869 24-Dec-1947 Governor of California, 1927-31
Florenz Ziegfeld
Theatre Producer
21-Mar-1869 22-Jul-1932 The Ziegfeld Follies




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