| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Claude Bernard |
Doctor |
12-Jul-1813 |
10-Feb-1878 |
French physiologist |
| William Cullen Bryant |
Poet |
3-Nov-1794 |
12-Jun-1878 |
Editor, The New York Evening Post |
| George Cruikshank |
Artist |
27-Sep-1792 |
1-Feb-1878 |
English caricaturist |
| Charles-François Daubigny |
Painter |
15-Feb-1817 |
19-Feb-1878 |
French painter of landscapes, ducks |
| Victor Emmanuel II |
Royalty |
14-Mar-1820 |
9-Jan-1878 |
King of Italy, Sardinia |
| Joseph Henry |
Physicist |
17-Dec-1797 |
13-May-1878 |
Discovered electromagnetic induction |
| George Henry Lewes |
Philosopher |
18-Apr-1817 |
28-Nov-1878 |
The Problems of Life and Mind |
| Julius Robert Mayer |
Physicist |
25-Nov-1814 |
20-Mar-1878 |
Studied thermodynamics |
| Pope Pius IX |
Religion |
13-May-1792 |
7-Feb-1878 |
Declared himself infallible |
| Henri-Victor Regnault |
Chemist |
21-Jul-1810 |
19-Jan-1878 |
Properties of gases |
| Ede Szigligeti |
Playwright |
8-Mar-1814 |
19-Jan-1878 |
Leading Hungarian dramatist |
| Bayard Taylor |
Author |
11-Jan-1825 |
19-Dec-1878 |
Europe seen with Knapsack |
| Boss Tweed |
Politician |
3-Apr-1823 |
12-Apr-1878 |
Boss of Tammany Hall |
| Richard Upjohn |
Architect |
22-Jan-1802 |
16-Aug-1878 |
Gothic revivalist, Trinity Church |
| Benjamin F. Wade |
Politician |
27-Oct-1800 |
2-Mar-1878 |
US Senator from Ohio, 1851-69 |
| Jonathan Walker |
Activist |
22-Mar-1799 |
30-Apr-1878 |
The Man with the Branded Hand |
| Henry Wells |
Business |
12-Dec-1805 |
10-Dec-1878 |
Co-Founder of Wells Fargo, American Express |
