Born in 1851

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Born in 1851

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Henry Carter Adams Economist 31-Dec-1851 11-Aug-1921 Public Debts

Felix Adler Educator 13-Aug-1851 24-Apr-1933 Ethical Culture

Perry Belmont Politician 28-Dec-1851 25-May-1947 Congressman from New York, 1881-88

Charles J. Bonaparte Government 9-Jun-1851 28-Jun-1921 US Attorney General, 1906-09

Léon Bourgeois Politician 21-May-1851 29-Sep-1925 French Prime Minister 1895-96

Kate Chopin Novelist 8-Feb-1851 22-Aug-1904 The Awakening

Vincent d'Indy Composer 27-Mar-1851 1-Dec-1931 Symphonie Cévenole

Melvil Dewey Curator 10-Dec-1851 26-Dec-1931 Dewey Decimal System

Charles Dow Journalist 5-Nov-1851 4-Dec-1902 Dow of Dow Jones

Morgan Earp Government 24-Apr-1851 18-Mar-1882 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Ferdinand Foch Military 2-Oct-1851 20-Mar-1929 Allied Supreme Commander WWI

Frederick H. Gillett Politician 16-Oct-1851 31-Jul-1935 Speaker of the House, 1919-25

Ernest Howard Griffiths Physicist 15-Jun-1851 3-Mar-1932 The Thermal Measurement of Energy

Charles Hires Business 19-Aug-1851 31-Jul-1937 Root beer

Doc Holliday Doctor 14-Aug-1851 8-Nov-1887 Wyatt Earp's reliable friend

David Starr Jordan Biologist 19-Jan-1851 19-Sep-1931 Fishes of North and Middle America

Jacobus C. Kapteyn Astronomer 19-Jan-1851 18-Jun-1922 Star streaming

José Guadalupe Posada Engraver 2-Feb-1851 20-Jan-1913 Mexican printmaker

Walter Reed Scientist 13-Sep-1851 22-Nov-1902 Proved mosquitos spread Yellow Fever

Samuel Sachs Business 28-Jul-1851 2-Mar-1935 Half namesake of Goldman Sachs

Daniel Vierge Artist 1851 May-1904 Spanish painter and illustrator

Torakusu Yamaha Business 20-Apr-1851 8-Aug-1916 Founder of Yamaha Corporation

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