LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Clarence W. Barron	Publisher	2-Jul-1855	2-Oct-1928	Wall Street Journal proprietor, 1903-28
Poultney Bigelow	Author	10-Sep-1855	28-May-1954	The German Struggle for Liberty
John Browning	Inventor	23-Jan-1855	26-Nov-1926	Best gun designer of all time
Eugene V. Debs	Labor Leader	5-Nov-1855	20-Oct-1926	Labor leader ran for President five times
John R. Freeman	Engineer	27-Jul-1855	6-Oct-1932	Charles River Dam
King Gillette	Inventor	5-Jan-1855	9-Jul-1932	Safety razor
Edwin Hall	Physicist	7-Nov-1855	20-Nov-1938	Discovered the Hall Effect
Henry B. Jackson	Military	21-Jan-1855	14-Dec-1929	Radio telegraphy
Ned Kelly	Criminal	Jun-1855	11-Nov-1880	Iron-clad Australian outlaw
Robert M. La Follette	Politician	14-Jun-1855	20-Jun-1925	Governor and Senator from Wisconsin
Percival Lowell	Astronomer	13-Mar-1855	12-Nov-1916	Predicted existence of planet Pluto
Andrew W. Mellon	Business	24-Mar-1855	27-Aug-1937	US Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32
Evelyn De Morgan	Painter	30-Aug-1855	1919	British Pre-Raphaelite painter
William Mulholland	Engineer	11-Sep-1855	22-Jul-1935	Los Angeles Aqueduct
John Barton Payne	Government	26-Jan-1855	24-Jan-1935	Red Cross Chairman, 1921-35
Arthur Wing Pinero	Playwright	24-May-1855	23-Nov-1934	The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
Martha M. Place	Criminal	c. 1855	20-Mar-1899	First woman executed by electric chair
Theodor Reuss	Religion	28-Jun-1855	28-Oct-1923	Founded the Ordo Templi Orientis
Josiah Royce	Philosopher	20-Nov-1855	14-Sep-1916	The Religious Aspect of Philosophy
Olive Schreiner	Novelist	24-Mar-1855	11-Dec-1920	The Story of an African Farm
James S. Sherman	Politician	24-Oct-1855	30-Oct-1912	Vice President under Taft
Henry C. Stuart	Politician	18-Jan-1855	24-Jul-1933	Governor of Virginia, 1914-18

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