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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
George Bancroft
Historian
3-Oct-1800 17-Jan-1891 A History of the United States
P. T. Barnum
Hoaxer
5-Jul-1810 7-Apr-1891 Circus showman
H. P. Blavatsky
Author
12-Aug-1831 8-May-1891 Founded Theosophy; The Secret Doctrine
Georges Boulanger
Military
29-Apr-1837 30-Sep-1891 French general-turned-politician
Charles Bradlaugh
Activist
26-Sep-1833 30-Jan-1891 Atheistic Iconoclast
Samuel Crowther
Religion
c. 1809 31-Dec-1891 African missionary bishop
Léo Delibes
Composer
21-Feb-1836 16-Jan-1891 Lakmé
James Gamble
Business
3-Apr-1803 29-Apr-1891 Co-Founder of Procter & Gamble
Ivan Goncharov
Novelist
18-Jun-1812 27-Sep-1891 Oblomov
Jules Grévy
Head of State
15-Aug-1807 19-Sep-1891 President of the Third Republic
Hannibal Hamlin
Politician
27-Aug-1809 4-Jul-1891 Lincoln's first Vice President
George Hearst
Business
3-Sep-1820 28-Feb-1891 Patriarch of Hearst family fortune
Joseph Eggleston Johnston
Military
3-Feb-1807 21-Mar-1891 Confederate General, surrendered to Sherman
Joseph Leidy
Biologist
9-Sep-1823 30-Apr-1891 Trichinosis and dinosaurs
James Russell Lowell
Author
22-Feb-1819 12-Aug-1891 The Biglow Papers
John A. Macdonald
Head of State
11-Jan-1815 6-Jun-1891 Canadian Prime Minister, founding father
Herman Melville
Author
1-Aug-1819 28-Sep-1891 Moby Dick
Nikolaus Otto
Engineer
14-Jun-1832 26-Jan-1891 Four-stroke internal-combustion engine
Charles Stewart Parnell
Politician
27-Jun-1846 6-Oct-1891 Irish Nationalist leader
James Parton
Author
9-Feb-1822 17-Oct-1891 American biographer
Pedro II
Royalty
2-Dec-1825 5-Dec-1891 Emperor of Brazil, 1831-89
Albert Pike
Military
29-Dec-1809 2-Apr-1891 Confederate general, Freemason
Sarah Polk
First Lady
4-Sep-1803 14-Aug-1891 Wife of US President James K. Polk
Arthur Rimbaud
Poet
20-Oct-1854 10-Nov-1891 Une Saison en Enfer
Georges Seurat
Painter
2-Dec-1859 29-Mar-1891 A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
William T. Sherman
Military
8-Feb-1820 14-Feb-1891 Marched to the Sea
Alphonso Taft
Government
5-Nov-1810 21-May-1891 Attorney General under Grant
Helmuth von Moltke
Military
26-Oct-1800 24-Apr-1891 German military strategist
Wilhelm Weber
Physicist
24-Oct-1804 23-Jun-1891 Student of electromagnetism
William Windom
Politician
10-May-1827 29-Jan-1891 US Secretary of the Treasury 1881, 1889-91


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