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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Edwin Abbey
Painter
1-Apr-1852 1-Aug-1911 American artist in London
Joshua W. Alexander
Politician
22-Jan-1852 27-Feb-1936 US Commerce Secretary, 1919-21
Cap Anson
Baseball
17-Apr-1852 14-Apr-1922 Early MLB superstar, Hall of Famer
Herbert Henry Asquith
Head of State
12-Sep-1852 15-Feb-1928 UK Prime Minister, 1908-16
Henri Becquerel
Physicist
15-Dec-1852 25-Aug-1908 Discoverer of radioactivity
Maximilian Berlitz
Business
14-Apr-1852 6-Apr-1921 Berlitz Language Schools
Edward Bouchet
Physicist
15-Sep-1852 28-Oct-1918 First African-American PhD
Joseph R. Burton
Politician
16-Nov-1852 27-Feb-1923 US Senator from Kansas, 1901-06
Paul Henri d'Estournelles de Constant
Diplomat
22-Nov-1852 15-May-1924 Nobel Prize recipient
Henry van Dyke
Author
10-Nov-1852 10-Apr-1933 The Unknown Quantity
Charles W. Fairbanks
Politician
11-May-1852 4-Jun-1918 Vice President under Theodore Roosevelt
Frederick B. Fancher
Politician
2-Apr-1852 10-Jan-1944 Governor of North Dakota, 1899-1901
Konstantin Fehrenbach
Head of State
11-Jan-1852 26-Mar-1926 German Chancellor 1920-21
Emil Fischer
Chemist
9-Oct-1852 15-Jul-1919 Peptide bond
Antoni Gaudi
Architect
25-Jun-1852 10-Jun-1926 La Sagrada Família
Robert Grant
Novelist
24-Jan-1852 19-May-1940 Unleavened Bread
Augusta, Lady Gregory
Playwright
4-Mar-1852 22-May-1932 The Golden Apple
William Stewart Halsted
Doctor
23-Sep-1852 7-Sep-1922 Pioneer of sterile surgical technique
Jacobus H. van 't Hoff
Chemist
30-Aug-1852 1-Mar-1911 Three-dimensional molecular properties
Calamity Jane
Performance Artist
1-May-1852 1-Aug-1903 Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
John Harvey Kellogg
Doctor
26-Feb-1852 14-Dec-1943 Battle Creek Sanitarium
Walter Leaf
Scholar
28-Nov-1852 8-Mar-1927 Classicist, translated Iliad
Edwin Markham
Poet
23-Apr-1852 7-Mar-1940 The Man With the Hoe
Brander Matthews
Critic
21-Feb-1852 31-Mar-1929 The Study of American Literature
John Bach McMaster
Historian
29-Jun-1852 24-May-1932 History of the People of the United States
Emperor Meiji
Royalty
3-Nov-1852 30-Jul-1912 Emperor of Japan, 1867-1912
Albert A. Michelson
Physicist
19-Dec-1852 9-May-1931 Measured the speed of light
Henri Moissan
Chemist
28-Sep-1852 20-Feb-1907 Isolated fluorine
George Moore
Novelist
23-Feb-1852 21-Jan-1933 Esther Waters
Alton B. Parker
Judge
14-May-1852 10-May-1926 Chief Judge, NY Court of Appeals, 1898-1904
Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Doctor
1-May-1852 17-Oct-1934 Structure of the nervous system
Sir William Ramsay
Chemist
2-Oct-1852 23-Jul-1916 Discovered noble gases
Opie Read
Author
22-Dec-1852 2-Nov-1939 Jucklins
Tewfik Pasha
Royalty
30-Apr-1852 7-Jan-1892 Khedive of Egypt, 1879-92
George Henry White
Politician
18-Dec-1852 28-Dec-1918 Congressman from North Carolina, 1897-1901
F. W. Woolworth
Business
13-Apr-1852 8-Apr-1919 Five and dime magnate


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