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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Cleveland Abbe
Physicist
3-Dec-1838 28-Oct-1916 America's first weatherman
Edwin A. Abbott
Author
20-Dec-1838 12-Oct-1926 Flatland
Henry Adams
Historian
16-Feb-1838 28-Mar-1918 The Education of Henry Adams
Tobias Asser
Activist
28-Apr-1838 29-Jul-1913 Hague Court of Arbitration
John S. Billings
Administrator
12-Apr-1838 11-Mar-1913 New York Public Library
Georges Bizet
Composer
25-Oct-1838 3-Jun-1875 Carmen
John Wilkes Booth
Assassin
10-May-1838 26-Apr-1865 Abraham Lincoln's assassin
David Braham
Composer
1838 11-Apr-1905 The Mulligan Guards
Max Bruch
Composer
6-Jan-1838 2-Oct-1920 Kol Nidrei
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Novelist
26-Jun-1838 8-Apr-1894 Krishna Kanta's Will
Cushman Kellogg Davis
Politician
16-Jun-1838 27-Nov-1900 Governor and Senator from Minnesota
Léon Gambetta
Head of State
2-Apr-1838 31-Dec-1882 Consolidated democracy in France
John Hay
Government
8-Oct-1838 1-Jul-1905 US Secretary of State, 1898-1905
George W. Hill
Astronomer
3-Mar-1838 16-Apr-1914 A New Theorie of Jupiter and Saturn
John Ireland
Religion
11-Sep-1838 25-Sep-1918 Catholic Archbishop of St. Paul, 1888-1918
Sir Henry Irving
Actor
6-Feb-1838 13-Oct-1905 English actor, Theater manager
Eli Lilly
Business
8-Jul-1838 6-Jun-1898 Founder of Eli Lilly & Co.
George E. Lounsbury
Politician
7-May-1838 16-Aug-1904 Governor of Connecticut, 1899-1901
Ernst Mach
Physicist
18-Feb-1838 19-Feb-1916 Optical and sensory perceptualist
John Muir
Activist
21-Apr-1838 24-Dec-1914 Patron saint of Yosemite National Park
Rufus Wheeler Peckham
Judge
8-Nov-1838 24-Oct-1909 US Supreme Court Justice, 1896-1909
William Henry Perkin
Chemist
12-Mar-1838 14-Jul-1907 Invented mauve
Henry Sidgwick
Philosopher
31-May-1838 29-Aug-1900 Method of Ethics
George James Symons
Scientist
6-Aug-1838 10-Mar-1900 Meteorologist, British Rainfall
James Craig Watson
Astronomer
28-Jan-1838 23-Nov-1880 Claimed to discover the planet Vulcan
Victoria Woodhull
Activist
23-Sep-1838 9-Jun-1927 First woman candidate for US President
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Business
8-Jul-1838 8-Mar-1917 Builder of rigid airships


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