LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edmund Allenby	Military	23-Apr-1861	14-May-1936	Defeated the Turks in WWI
William Bateson	Biologist	8-Aug-1861	8-Feb-1926	Founder of genetics
James M. Beck	Politician	9-Jul-1861	12-Apr-1936	US Solicitor General, 1921-25
Robert Bosch	Business	23-Sep-1861	9-Mar-1942	Founder of Bosch GmbH
Joseph L. Bristow	Politician	22-Jul-1861	14-Jul-1944	US Senator from Kansas, 1909-15
William J. Burns	Government	19-Oct-1861	14-Apr-1932	FBI Director, 1921-24
William M. Butler	Politician	29-Jan-1861	29-Mar-1937	US Senator from Massachusetts, 1924-26
Godfrey Lowell Cabot	Business	26-Feb-1861	2-Nov-1962	Founder of Cabot Corporation
Joseph M. Devine	Politician	15-Mar-1861	31-Aug-1938	Governor of North Dakota, 1898-99
William C. Durant	Business	8-Dec-1861	18-Mar-1947	Founder of General Motors
Albert Fall	Government	26-Nov-1861	30-Nov-1944	US Interior Secy., Teapot Dome Scandal
Henry Gantt	Engineer	1861	23-Nov-1919	Management as a science
Thomas Watt Gregory	Government	6-Nov-1861	26-Feb-1933	US Attorney General, 1914-19
Charles Édouard Guillaume	Physicist	15-Feb-1861	13-Jun-1938	Invented alloys Invar and Elinvar
Louise Imogen Guiney	Poet	7-Jan-1861	2-Nov-1920	A Roadside Harp
Douglas Haig	Military	19-Jun-1861	29-Jan-1928	British Field Marshall in WWI
L. B. Hanna	Politician	9-Aug-1861	23-Apr-1948	Governor of North Dakota, 1913-17
Henry Harland	Novelist	1-Mar-1861	20-Dec-1905	The Cardinal's Snuff-box
John Grier Hibben	Educator	19-Apr-1861	16-May-1933	President, Princeton University, 1912-32
Frederick Hopkins	Scientist	20-Jun-1861	16-May-1947	Discovered vitamins
Victor Horta	Architect	6-Jan-1861	9-Sep-1947	Art Nouveau architect
Arthur E. Kennelly	Physicist	17-Dec-1861	18-Jun-1939	Kennelly-Heaviside layer
Frank O. Lowden	Politician	26-Jan-1861	20-Mar-1943	Governor of Illinois, 1917-21
Aristide Maillol	Sculptor	8-Apr-1861	27-Sep-1944	Sculptor of the female nude
William James Mayo	Doctor	29-Jun-1861	28-Jul-1939	Co-Founder of the Mayo Clinic
Nellie Melba	Singer	19-May-1861	23-Feb-1931	Operatic soprano
James Naismith	Basketball	6-Nov-1861	28-Nov-1939	Inventor of Basketball
Fridtjof Nansen	Explorer	10-Oct-1861	13-May-1930	Polar explorer, Nobel Prize recipient
George W. Norris	Politician	11-Jul-1861	2-Sep-1944	US Senator from Nebraska, 1913-43
Frederic Remington	Sculptor	4-Oct-1861	26-Dec-1909	The Bronco Buster
Jesse W. Reno	Inventor	4-Aug-1861	2-Jun-1947	Invented the escalator
Wilds Preston Richardson	Military	20-Mar-1861	20-May-1929	Brigadier General, invaded Russia
José Rizal	Activist	19-Jun-1861	30-Dec-1896	Philippine national hero
Edith Roosevelt	First Lady	6-Aug-1861	30-Sep-1948	Wife of US President Theodore Roosevelt
James Speyer	Business	22-Jul-1861	31-Oct-1941	New York Banker
Rudolf Steiner	Philosopher	25-Feb-1861	30-Mar-1925	Anthroposophical Society
Nettie Stevens	Biologist	7-Jul-1861	4-May-1912	X and Y chromosomes
Helen Taft	First Lady	2-Jun-1861	22-May-1943	Wife of US President William Howard Taft
Rabindranath Tagore	Poet	7-May-1861	7-Aug-1941	Gitanjali
James Thornton	Songwriter	5-Dec-1861	27-Jul-1938	When You Were Sweet Sixteen
Frederick Jackson Turner	Historian	14-Nov-1861	14-Mar-1932	Frontier Thesis
Herbert Hall Turner	Astronomer	13-Aug-1861	20-Aug-1930	Stellar positions
James K. Vardaman	Government	26-Jul-1861	25-Jun-1930	The Great White Chief
Alfred North Whitehead	Mathematician	15-Feb-1861	30-Dec-1947	Metaphysical mathematician
William Wrigley, Jr.	Business	30-Sep-1861	26-Jan-1932	Chewing gum magnate

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