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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Alexander T. Augusta
Doctor
8-Mar-1825 21-Dec-1890 First black battlefield surgeon
William W. Belknap
Government
22-Sep-1829 13-Oct-1890 US Secretary of War, impeached
George Henry Boker
Playwright
6-Oct-1823 2-Jan-1890 Francesca da Rimini
Dion Boucicault
Playwright
26-Dec-1820 18-Sep-1890 The Corsican Brothers
Sir Richard Burton
Explorer
19-Mar-1821 20-Oct-1890 Translated The Arabian Nights
Orlow W. Chapman
Government
7-Jan-1832 19-Jan-1890 US Solicitor General, 1889-90
César Franck
Composer
10-Dec-1822 8-Nov-1890 Symphonic Variations
John C. Fremont
Explorer
21-Jan-1813 13-Jul-1890 Conqueror of California
John Hill Hewitt
Songwriter
11-Jul-1801 7-Oct-1890 The Minstrels Return'd from the War
Isaac M. Jordan
Politician
5-May-1835 3-Dec-1890 Congressman from Ohio, 1883-85
William D. Kelley
Government
12-Apr-1814 9-Jan-1890 Powerful 19th century Congressman
William Kemmler
Criminal
9-May-1860 6-Aug-1890 First man executed by electric chair
Joseph Merrick
Oddity
5-Aug-1862 11-Apr-1890 The Elephant Man
Samuel Freeman Miller
Judge
5-Apr-1816 13-Oct-1890 US Supreme Court Justice, 1862-90
Junius Spencer Morgan
Business
14-Apr-1813 8-Apr-1890 J. S. Morgan and Company
Henri Nestlé
Business
10-Aug-1814 7-Jul-1890 Invented infant formula
John Henry Newman
Religion
21-Feb-1801 11-Aug-1890 Oxford Movement
Samuel Jackson Randall
Politician
10-Oct-1828 13-Apr-1890 Speaker of the US House, 1876-81
Heinrich Schliemann
Archaeologist
6-Jan-1822 26-Dec-1890 Discoverer of ancient Troy
Christopher Sholes
Inventor
14-Feb-1819 17-Feb-1890 Typewriter inventor, QWERTY keyboard
Sitting Bull
Military
c. 1831 15-Dec-1890 Warrior Chief of the Sioux
Philip F. Thomas
Politician
12-Sep-1810 2-Oct-1890 Maryland Governor, US Treasury Secretary
Vincent van Gogh
Painter
30-Mar-1853 29-Jul-1890 Troubled and brilliant painter
Sir Richard Wallace
Aristocrat
26-Jul-1818 20-Jul-1890 The Wallace Collection
Richard H. Whiteley
Politician
22-Dec-1830 26-Sep-1890 Congressman from Georgia, 1870-76


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