LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James Gordon Bennett	Publisher	1-Sep-1795	1-Jun-1872	Founder, The New York Herald
Sir John Bowring	Author	17-Oct-1792	23-Nov-1872	4th Governor of Hong Kong
Sir Henry Bulwer	Diplomat	13-Feb-1801	23-May-1872	Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
George Catlin	Painter	26-Jul-1796	23-Dec-1872	Portraitist painted Native Americans
Erastus Corning	Business	14-Dec-1794	9-Apr-1872	Railroad baron, Ironmonger, Congressman
Ludwig Feuerbach	Philosopher	28-Jul-1804	13-Sep-1872	Das Weses des Christentums
Jim Fisk	Business	1-Apr-1834	6-Jan-1872	Business partner of Jay Gould
Edwin Forrest	Actor	9-Mar-1806	12-Dec-1872	19th. c. American actor
Théophile Gautier	Poet	30-Aug-1811	23-Dec-1872	The Hashish-Eaters' Club
Horace Greeley	Author	3-Feb-1811	29-Nov-1872	The Tribune
Franz Grillparzer	Playwright	15-Jan-1791	21-Jan-1872	Der Traum, ein Leben
Henry W. Halleck	Military	16-Jan-1815	9-Jan-1872	Commander of US Army, 1862-64
Moritz Hartmann	Poet	15-Oct-1821	13-May-1872	German patriotic poet
Johannes Carsten Hauch	Poet	12-May-1790	4-Mar-1872	Valdemar Seir
Benito Juárez	Head of State	21-Mar-1806	18-Jul-1872	President of Mexico, 1861-72
Charles James Lever	Novelist	31-Aug-1806	1-Jun-1872	Charles O'Malley
Frederick Denison Maurice	Religion	29-Aug-1805	1-Apr-1872	19th c. Anglican theologian
Giuseppe Mazzini	Activist	22-Jun-1805	10-Mar-1872	Italian patriot, agitator
George Gordon Meade	Military	31-Dec-1815	6-Nov-1872	Accomplished Union Army general
Samuel F. B. Morse	Inventor	27-Apr-1791	2-Apr-1872	Telegraph inventor and publicist
Sara Payson Willis Parton	Columnist	9-Jul-1811	10-Oct-1872	Columnist Fanny Fern
Ann Preston	Doctor	1-Dec-1813	18-Apr-1872	Woman's Medical College and Woman's Hospital
William Henry Seward	Politician	16-May-1801	10-Oct-1872	Mastermind behind Seward's Folly
Thomas Sully	Painter	19-Jul-1783	5-Nov-1872	19th c. American portrait painter
James Van Ness	Politician	1808	28-Dec-1872	Mayor of San Francisco, 1855-56
W. C. Wentworth	Government	1790	20-Mar-1872	Australian patriot

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