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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Henry Cullen Adams
Politician
28-Nov-1850 9-Jul-1906 Congressman from Wisconsin, 1903-06
Herbert Baxter Adams
Historian
16-Apr-1850 30-Jul-1901 Coined term political science
Charles H. Aldrich
Attorney
28-Aug-1850 13-Apr-1929 US Solicitor General, 1892-93
Edward Bellamy
Author
26-Mar-1850 22-May-1898 Looking Backward
Eduard Bernstein
Politician
6-Jan-1850 18-Dec-1932 Evolutionary Socialism
Ferdinand Braun
Physicist
6-Jun-1850 20-Apr-1918 Rectifier effect in semiconductors
Robert S. Brookings
Business
22-Jan-1850 15-Nov-1932 Brookings Institution
Andrew H. Burke
Politician
15-May-1850 17-Nov-1918 Governor of North Dakota, 1891-93
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Religion
15-Jul-1850 22-Dec-1917 Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
Champ Clark
Politician
7-Mar-1850 2-Mar-1921 Speaker of the US House, 1911-19
Mihai Eminescu
Poet
15-Jan-1850 15-Jun-1889 The greatest Romanian poet
Eugene Field
Journalist
2-Sep-1850 4-Nov-1895 A Little Book of Western Verse
Daniel Chester French
Sculptor
20-Apr-1850 7-Oct-1931 Lincoln Memorial
Pat Garrett
Government
5-Jun-1850 29-Feb-1908 Killed Billy the Kid
Eugen Goldstein
Physicist
5-Sep-1850 25-Dec-1930 Cathode rays
Samuel Gompers
Labor Leader
27-Jan-1850 13-Dec-1924 First President of the AFL
Peter Paul Halajian
Business
1850 1927 Candy maker
John W. Hanes
Business
3-Feb-1850 22-Sep-1903 Hosiery magnate
Lafcadio Hearn
Author
27-Jun-1850 26-Sep-1904 Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation
Oliver Heaviside
Engineer
18-May-1850 3-Feb-1925 Kennelly-Heaviside layer
Horatio Herbert Kitchener
Military
24-Jun-1850 5-Jun-1916 Field Marshal, Secretary of State for War
Henry Cabot Lodge
Politician
12-May-1850 9-Nov-1924 US Senator from Massachusetts, 1893-1924
Tomas Masaryk
Head of State
7-Mar-1850 14-Sep-1937 Czech President, 1920-35
Guy de Maupassant
Author
5-Aug-1850 6-Jul-1893 French short story writer
Octave Mirbeau
Novelist
16-Feb-1850 16-Feb-1917 Le Jardin des supplices
Bill Nye
Columnist
25-Aug-1850 22-Feb-1896 Bill Nye and Boomerang
Richard Joshua Reynolds
Business
20-Jul-1850 29-Jul-1918 Founder of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Charles Richet
Scientist
26-Aug-1850 4-Dec-1935 Studied anaphylaxis and ectoplasm
Augusto Righi
Physicist
27-Aug-1850 8-Jun-1920 Electromagnetic waves
Johnny Ringo
Criminal
3-May-1850 13-Jul-1882 Old West gunslinger
Edward Smith
Victim
27-Jan-1850 15-Apr-1912 Captain of the RMS Titanic
A. G. Spalding
Baseball
2-Sep-1850 9-Sep-1915 Baseball player, owner, and manufacturer
Robert Louis Stevenson
Author
13-Nov-1850 3-Dec-1894 Treasure Island
Oscar S. Straus
Diplomat
23-Dec-1850 3-May-1926 Thrice Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
William H. Welch
Scientist
8-Apr-1850 30-Apr-1934 Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Poet
5-Nov-1850 30-Oct-1919 Poems of Passion


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