Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Jane Addams |
Activist |
6-Sep-1860 |
21-May-1935 |
Founder of Hull House |
Isaac Albéniz |
Composer |
29-May-1860 |
18-May-1909 |
Iberia |
Robert Bacon |
Government |
5-Jul-1860 |
29-May-1919 |
US Ambassador to France, 1909-12 |
J. M. Barrie |
Author |
9-May-1860 |
19-Jun-1937 |
Peter Pan |
William Bayliss |
Doctor |
2-May-1860 |
27-Aug-1924 |
Co-Discovered hormones |
Victor L. Berger |
Politician |
28-Feb-1860 |
7-Aug-1929 |
Socialist Rep. from Wisconsin |
Scott C. Bone |
Politician |
15-Feb-1860 |
27-Jan-1936 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1921-25 |
Lizzie Borden |
Criminal |
19-Jul-1860 |
1-Jun-1927 |
Presumed axe murderer |
Hjalmar Branting |
Politician |
23-Nov-1860 |
24-Feb-1925 |
Swedish Prime Minister |
William Jennings Bryan |
Politician |
18-Mar-1860 |
26-Jul-1925 |
Prosecutor of the Scopes Monkey Trial |
Eduard Buchner |
Chemist |
20-May-1860 |
13-Aug-1917 |
Cell-free fermentation |
George Washington Carver |
Botanist |
c. 1860 |
5-Jan-1943 |
Crop rotation and peanut butter |
James McKeen Cattell |
Psychologist |
24-May-1860 |
20-Jan-1944 |
Academic freedom |
Gustave Charpentier |
Composer |
25-Jun-1860 |
18-Feb-1956 |
Louise |
Anton Chekhov |
Playwright |
17-Jan-1860 |
15-Jul-1904 |
Playwright and short story writer |
Charles Chree |
Astronomer |
5-May-1860 |
12-Aug-1928 |
Geomagnetic phenomena |
Ralph Connor |
Author |
13-Sep-1860 |
31-Oct-1937 |
Canadian pulp author, Black Rock |
Joseph Cook |
Head of State |
7-Dec-1860 |
30-Jul-1947 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1913-14 |
Charles Curtis |
Politician |
25-Jan-1860 |
8-Feb-1936 |
US Vice President, 1929-33 |
Harry M. Daugherty |
Government |
26-Jan-1860 |
12-Oct-1941 |
US Attorney General, 1921-24 |
William K. L. Dickson |
Inventor |
3-Aug-1860 |
28-Sep-1935 |
Motion picture camera |
Cleveland H. Dodge |
Business |
1860 |
1926 |
Woodrow Wilson's financier and advisor |
Willem Einthoven |
Scientist |
21-May-1860 |
28-Sep-1927 |
Invented the electrocardiograph |
James Ensor |
Painter |
13-Apr-1860 |
19-Nov-1949 |
Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889 |
Niels Ryberg Finsen |
Doctor |
15-Dec-1860 |
25-Sep-1904 |
Light therapy for lupus |
Hamlin Garland |
Author |
14-Sep-1860 |
4-Mar-1940 |
A Son of the Middle Border |
Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
Activist |
3-Jul-1860 |
17-Aug-1935 |
Women and Economics |
John Scott Haldane |
Doctor |
3-May-1860 |
14-Mar-1936 |
Breathing regulated by CO2 |
Florence Harding |
First Lady |
15-Aug-1860 |
21-Nov-1924 |
Wife of US President Warren G. Harding |
Theodor Herzl |
Activist |
2-May-1860 |
3-Jul-1904 |
Lead Zionist |
Herman Hollerith |
Inventor |
29-Feb-1860 |
17-Nov-1929 |
Invented the punchcard |
H. H. Holmes |
Criminal |
16-May-1860 |
7-May-1896 |
The Devil in the White City |
George A. Hormel |
Business |
4-Dec-1860 |
5-Jun-1946 |
Founder of Hormel Foods Corporation |
Ishi |
Oddity |
c. 1860 |
25-Mar-1916 |
Last of an extinct tribe |
Pauline Johnson |
Poet |
10-Mar-1860 |
7-Mar-1913 |
Mohawk Canadian poet and actress |
Jigoro Kano |
Sports Figure |
28-Oct-1860 |
4-May-1938 |
Founder of Judo |
Will Keith Kellogg |
Business |
7-Apr-1860 |
6-Oct-1951 |
Corn flakes and Rice Krispies |
William Kemmler |
Criminal |
9-May-1860 |
6-Aug-1890 |
First man executed by electric chair |
Barney Kroger |
Business |
24-Jan-1860 |
21-Jul-1938 |
Founder of Kroger grocery empire |
Jules Laforgue |
Poet |
16-Aug-1860 |
20-Aug-1887 |
Pessimistic poet who inspired T. S. Eliot |
Juliette Gordon Low |
Activist |
31-Oct-1860 |
18-Jan-1927 |
Founder of Girl Scouts of the USA |
Edward MacDowell |
Composer |
18-Dec-1860 |
23-Jan-1908 |
American piano composer |
Charles MacVeagh |
Attorney |
6-Jun-1860 |
4-Dec-1931 |
US Ambassador to Japan, 1925-28 |
Gustav Mahler |
Composer |
7-Jul-1860 |
18-May-1911 |
Das Lied von der Erde |
H. W. Massingham |
Journalist |
25-May-1860 |
27-Aug-1924 |
Radical English journalist |
James H. McGraw |
Publisher |
17-Dec-1860 |
21-Feb-1948 |
Co-Founder of the McGraw-Hill Companies |
Harriet Monroe |
Poet |
23-Dec-1860 |
26-Sep-1936 |
Founder of Poetry magazine |
Grandma Moses |
Painter |
7-Sep-1860 |
13-Dec-1961 |
Painter began at age 77 |
James A. O'Gorman |
Politician |
5-May-1860 |
17-May-1943 |
US Senator from New York, 1911-17 |
Annie Oakley |
Performance Artist |
13-Aug-1860 |
3-Nov-1926 |
Little Sure Shot |
Ignace Paderewski |
Pianist |
18-Nov-1860 |
29-Jun-1941 |
Polish pianist and composer |
Boies Penrose |
Politician |
1-Nov-1860 |
31-Dec-1921 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1897-1921 |
John J. Pershing |
Military |
13-Sep-1860 |
15-Jul-1948 |
General of the Armies of the United States |
Mario Pieri |
Mathematician |
22-Jun-1860 |
1-Mar-1913 |
Italian geometer |
William Pigott |
Business |
27-Jun-1860 |
19-Jul-1929 |
Pacific Car & Foundry |
Sir Charles G. D. Roberts |
Poet |
10-Jan-1860 |
26-Nov-1943 |
Earth's Enigmas |
Frederick Rolfe |
Author |
22-Jul-1860 |
25-Oct-1913 |
Baron Corvo |
Charles Edward Russell |
Author |
25-Sep-1860 |
23-Apr-1941 |
The Greatest Trust in the World |
Lillian Russell |
Actor |
4-Dec-1860 |
6-Jun-1922 |
Turn of the century actress, suffragette |
John G. Sargent |
Government |
13-Oct-1860 |
5-Mar-1939 |
US Attorney General, 1925-29 |
Elmer Sperry |
Inventor |
12-Oct-1860 |
10-Jun-1930 |
Gyroscopic compass |
D'Arcy Thompson |
Biologist |
2-May-1860 |
21-Jun-1948 |
On Growth and Form |
Andrew Volstead |
Politician |
31-Oct-1860 |
20-Jan-1947 |
Legislated enforcement of Prohibition |
Louis Wain |
Painter |
5-Aug-1860 |
4-Jul-1939 |
The Man Who Drew Cats |
John W. Weeks |
Politician |
11-Apr-1860 |
12-Jul-1926 |
US Secretary of War, 1921-25 |
Ellen Wilson |
First Lady |
15-May-1860 |
6-Aug-1914 |
First wife of US President Woodrow Wilson |
Owen Wister |
Author |
14-Jul-1860 |
21-Jul-1938 |
The Virginian |
Hugo Wolf |
Composer |
13-Mar-1860 |
22-Feb-1903 |
19th century German songwriter |
Hubert Work |
Government |
3-Jul-1860 |
14-Dec-1942 |
US Interior Secretary, 1923-28 |
Fusajiro Yamauchi |
Business |
22-Nov-1860 |
Jan-1940 |
Founder of Nintendo |