LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Hans Christian Andersen	Author	2-Apr-1805	4-Aug-1875	Danish master of the fairy tale
Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander	Astronomer	22-Mar-1799	17-Feb-1875	Durchmusterung
Georges Bizet	Composer	25-Oct-1838	3-Jun-1875	Carmen
John C. Breckinridge	Politician	21-Jan-1821	17-May-1875	James Buchanan's Vice President
António Feliciano de Castilho	Poet	18-Jan-1800	18-Jun-1875	A noite de Castello
Camille Corot	Painter	16-Jul-1796	22-Feb-1875	French landscape painter
Gérard Paul Deshayes	Geologist	13-May-1797	9-Jun-1875	Mollusques de l'Algérie
Charles Grandison Finney	Religion	29-Aug-1792	16-Aug-1875	Second Awakening
Duff Green	Journalist	15-Aug-1791	10-Jun-1875	The United States Telegraph
Andrew Johnson	Head of State	29-Dec-1808	31-Jul-1875	17th US President, 1865-68
Charles Lyell	Geologist	14-Nov-1797	22-Feb-1875	Principles of Geology
George Pickett	Military	16-Jan-1825	30-Jul-1875	Battle of Gettysburg
Harriet Forten Purvis	Activist	1810	11-Jun-1875	African-American abolitionist
Isaac Merritt Singer	Business	26-Oct-1811	23-Jul-1875	Built a better sewing machine
Alfred Stevens	Sculptor	28-Jan-1818	1-May-1875	Monument to Wellington
Charles Wheatstone	Physicist	6-Feb-1802	19-Oct-1875	Inventor of the telegraph
Henry Wilson	Politician	16-Feb-1812	22-Nov-1875	Vice President under Grant

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