Died in 1869

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Died in 1869

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Hector Berlioz Composer 11-Dec-1803 8-Mar-1869 French romantic composer

William P. Fessenden Politician 16-Oct-1806 8-Sep-1869 Senator from Maine, Treasury Secretary

James Guthrie Politician 5-Dec-1792 3-Mar-1869 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1853-57

George Washington Harris Author 20-Mar-1814 11-Dec-1869 Sut Lovingood

Amos Kendall Government 16-Aug-1789 12-Nov-1869 Key advisor to Andrew Jackson

Alphonse de Lamartine Poet 21-Oct-1790 28-Feb-1869 Bland French poet, failed politician

Carl Loewe Composer 30-Nov-1796 20-Apr-1869 German composer of ballads

Johann Friedrich Overbeck Painter 3-Jul-1789 12-Nov-1869 German religious painter

George Peabody Business 18-Feb-1795 4-Nov-1869 American businessman, philanthropist

Franklin Pierce Head of State 23-Nov-1804 8-Oct-1869 14th President of the U.S.

Henry J. Raymond Journalist 24-Jan-1820 19-Jun-1869 Co-Founder of The New York Times

John Roebling Engineer 12-Jun-1806 22-Jul-1869 Began construction of Brooklyn Bridge

Peter Mark Roget Author 18-Jan-1779 12-Sep-1869 Roget's Thesaurus

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve Critic 23-Dec-1804 13-Oct-1869 Portraits contemporains

Edwin M. Stanton Politician 19-Dec-1814 24-Dec-1869 Secretary of War during the Civil War

Charles Sturt Explorer 28-Apr-1795 16-Jun-1869 Explorer of NSW and South Australia

Robert J. Walker Politician 23-Jul-1801 11-Nov-1869 Mississippi Senator, Treasury Secretary

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