| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Delia Bacon |
Author |
2-Feb-1811 |
2-Sep-1859 |
Shakespeare-Bacon conspiracist |
| Gamaliel Bailey |
Journalist |
3-Dec-1807 |
5-Jun-1859 |
Anti-slavery publisher |
| George M. Bibb |
Politician |
30-Oct-1776 |
14-Apr-1859 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1844-45 |
| William C. Bouck |
Politician |
7-Jan-1786 |
19-Apr-1859 |
Governor of New York, 1843-45 |
| David C. Broderick |
Politician |
4-Feb-1820 |
16-Sep-1859 |
US Senator from California, 1857-59 |
| John Brown |
Activist |
9-May-1800 |
2-Dec-1859 |
Led the raid on Harpers Ferry |
| Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
Engineer |
9-Apr-1806 |
15-Sep-1859 |
Chief engineer of the Great Western Railway |
| Rufus Choate |
Attorney |
1-Oct-1799 |
13-Jul-1859 |
Attorney and Senator from Massachusetts |
| Thomas De Quincey |
Author |
15-Aug-1785 |
8-Dec-1859 |
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater |
| Henry Hallam |
Historian |
9-Jul-1777 |
21-Jan-1859 |
View of the Middle Ages |
| Edward A. Hannegan |
Politician |
25-Jun-1807 |
25-Feb-1859 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Leigh Hunt |
Poet |
19-Oct-1784 |
28-Aug-1859 |
Story of Rimini |
| Washington Irving |
Author |
3-Apr-1783 |
28-Nov-1859 |
Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay |
Historian |
25-Oct-1800 |
28-Dec-1859 |
History of England |
| Horace Mann |
Educator |
4-May-1796 |
2-Aug-1859 |
Massachusetts education reformer |
| Thomas D. Mutter |
Doctor |
9-Mar-1811 |
16-Mar-1859 |
Surgeon, Mütter Museum benefactor |
| Oscar I |
Royalty |
4-Jul-1799 |
8-Jul-1859 |
King of Sweden and Norway |
| William H. Prescott |
Historian |
4-May-1796 |
28-Jan-1859 |
The Conquest of Mexico |
| Richard Rush |
Diplomat |
29-Aug-1780 |
30-Jul-1859 |
Negotiated the Rush-Bagot Agreement |
| Robert Stephenson |
Engineer |
16-Oct-1803 |
12-Oct-1859 |
Builder of railroad bridges |
| Joseph Sturge |
Activist |
2-Aug-1793 |
14-May-1859 |
Anti-slavery activist |
| Alexis de Tocqueville |
Historian |
29-Jul-1805 |
16-Apr-1859 |
Democracy in America |
| Tantia Topi |
Military |
c. 1819 |
18-Apr-1859 |
Indian Mutiny rebel leader |
| Klemens Wenzel von Metternich |
Diplomat |
15-May-1773 |
11-Jun-1859 |
Influential Austrian ambassador |
| John Walker |
Chemist |
29-May-1781 |
1-May-1859 |
Invented the friction match |
