LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Brooks Adams	Historian	24-Jun-1848	13-Feb-1927	The Law of Civilization and Decay
Roger Allin	Politician	18-Dec-1848	1-Jan-1936	Governor of North Dakota, 1895-97
William Waldorf Astor	Publisher	31-Mar-1848	18-Oct-1919	The Observer
Arthur Balfour	Head of State	25-Jul-1848	19-Mar-1930	UK Prime Minister, 1902-05
John G. Brady	Politician	25-May-1848	17-Dec-1918	Territorial Governor of Alaska 1897-1906
Wyatt Earp	Government	19-Mar-1848	13-Jan-1929	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Gottlob Frege	Mathematician	8-Nov-1848	26-Jul-1925	Mathematical logician
Paul Gauguin	Painter	7-Jun-1848	8-May-1903	French post-impressionist painter
Joel Chandler Harris	Novelist	9-Dec-1848	3-Jul-1908	Uncle Remus
Joris-Karl Huysmans	Author	5-Feb-1848	12-May-1907	Decadent author, À Rebours
Lilli Lehmann	Singer	24-Nov-1848	17-May-1929	Operatic, Wagnerian soprano
Frank McLaury	Criminal	3-Mar-1848	26-Oct-1881	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Alexander Muirhead	Physicist	26-May-1848	13-Dec-1920	Submarine cable telegraphy
George T. Oliver	Politician	26-Jan-1848	22-Jan-1919	US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1909-17
Vladimir de Pachmann	Pianist	27-Jul-1848	6-Jan-1933	Histrionic Russian pianist, known for Chopin
Albert Parsons	Activist	20-Jun-1848	11-Nov-1887	Haymarket Martyr
James Ford Rhodes	Author	1-May-1848	22-Jan-1927	History of the Civil War
Henry Augustus Rowland	Physicist	27-Nov-1848	16-Apr-1901	Studied optics, magnetism, etc.
Augustus Saint-Gaudens	Sculptor	1-Mar-1848	3-Aug-1907	Leading 19th c. American sculptor
Leslie M. Shaw	Government	2-Nov-1848	28-Mar-1932	US Treasury Secretary, 1902-07
James Murray Spangler	Inventor	20-Nov-1848	22-Jan-1915	Invented the upright vacuum cleaner
Belle Starr	Criminal	5-Feb-1848	3-Feb-1889	Bandit Queen of the Old West
William J. Stone	Politician	7-May-1848	14-Apr-1918	Governor and Senator from Missouri
Ellen Terry	Actor	27-Feb-1848	21-Jul-1928	Shakespearean stage actress
Louis Comfort Tiffany	Artist	18-Feb-1848	17-Jan-1933	Stained glassmaker, jewelry designer
Matthew Webb	Swimmer	18-Jan-1848	24-Jul-1883	First to swim the English Channel

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