| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Jeremiah S. Black |
Attorney |
10-Jan-1810 |
19-Aug-1883 |
US Attorney General, 1857-60 |
| William Chambers |
Publisher |
16-Apr-1800 |
20-May-1883 |
W. & R. Chambers, Ltd. |
| Henri, Comte de Chambord |
Royalty |
29-Sep-1820 |
24-Aug-1883 |
Pretender to the French throne |
| Gustave Doré |
Engraver |
6-Jan-1832 |
23-Jan-1883 |
Book illustrator on steelplate |
| George Moses Horton |
Poet |
c. 1797 |
c. 1883 |
The Hope of Liberty |
| Victor de Laprade |
Poet |
13-Jan-1812 |
13-Dec-1883 |
Les Muses d'État |
| Edouard Manet |
Painter |
23-Jan-1832 |
30-Apr-1883 |
French Realist/Impressionist painter |
| Karl Marx |
Economist |
5-May-1818 |
14-Mar-1883 |
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto |
| Lydia Pinkham |
Business |
9-Feb-1819 |
17-May-1883 |
Herbal supplements for "ladies' problems" |
| James T. Rapier |
Politician |
13-Nov-1837 |
31-May-1883 |
Congressman from Alabama, 1873-75 |
| J. Marion Sims |
Doctor |
25-Jan-1813 |
13-Nov-1883 |
Father of gynecology |
| Alexander Hamilton Stephens |
Politician |
11-Feb-1812 |
4-Mar-1883 |
Confederate Vice President |
| Sojourner Truth |
Activist |
c. 1797 |
26-Nov-1883 |
Abolitionist, former slave |
| Ivan Turgenev |
Author |
9-Nov-1818 |
3-Sep-1883 |
Fathers and Sons |
| Richard Wagner |
Composer |
22-May-1813 |
13-Feb-1883 |
Ride of the Valkyries |
| Matthew Webb |
Swimmer/Diver |
18-Jan-1848 |
24-Jul-1883 |
First to swim the English Channel |
| Albert M. Winn |
Politician |
1810 |
26-Aug-1883 |
First mayor of Sacramento |
