LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Herbert Baxter Adams	Historian	16-Apr-1850	30-Jul-1901	Coined the term political science
Ferdinand Braun	Physicist	6-Jun-1850	20-Apr-1918	Early developer of radio
Robert S. Brookings	Business	22-Jan-1850	15-Nov-1932	Brookings Institution
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini	Religion	15-Jul-1850	22-Dec-1917	Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
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
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
Lafcadio Hearn	Author	27-Jun-1850	26-Sep-1904	Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation
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
Charles Richet	Scientist	26-Aug-1850	4-Dec-1935	Studied anaphylaxis and ectoplasm
Augusto Righi	Physicist	27-Aug-1850	8-Jun-1920	Electromagnetic waves
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

Do you know something we don't?
Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile

Copyright ©2008 Soylent Communications