LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Isaac Albéniz	Composer	29-May-1860	18-May-1909	Iberia
Joachim Andersen	Musician	29-Apr-1847	7-May-1909	Danish flautist and composer for flute
F. Marion Crawford	Novelist	2-Aug-1854	9-Apr-1909	Whosoever Shall Offend
Geronimo	Military	16-Jun-1829	17-Feb-1909	The last Indian to surrender
John Goode	Politician	27-May-1829	14-Jul-1909	Congressman from Virginia, 1875-81
Edward Everett Hale	Author	3-Apr-1822	10-Jun-1909	The Man Without a Country
William Torrey Harris	Educator	10-Sep-1835	5-Nov-1909	US Commissioner of Education
Ethan A. Hitchcock	Business	19-Sep-1835	9-Apr-1909	US Interior Secretary, 1899-1907
Friedrich von Holstein	Politician	24-Apr-1837	8-May-1909	Ran the German foreign office
Oliver O. Howard	Military	8-Nov-1830	26-Oct-1909	Headed the Freedmen's Bureau
Ito Hirobumi	Government	14-Oct-1841	26-Oct-1909	Began the modernization of Japan
Sarah Orne Jewett	Author	3-Sep-1849	24-Jun-1909	The Country of the Pointed Firs
Leopold II	Royalty	9-Apr-1835	17-Dec-1909	King of Belgium, 1865-1909
George L. Lilley	Politician	3-Aug-1859	21-Apr-1909	Governor of Connecticut, 1909
George Meredith	Novelist	12-Feb-1828	18-May-1909	The Egoist
Hermann Minkowski	Mathematician	22-Jun-1864	12-Jan-1909	Minkowski space
Simon Newcomb	Astronomer	12-Mar-1835	11-Jul-1909	Nautical Almanac
Rufus Wheeler Peckham	Judge	8-Nov-1838	24-Oct-1909	US Supreme Court Justice, 1896-1909
Frederic Remington	Sculptor	4-Oct-1861	26-Dec-1909	The Bronco Buster
John K. Richards	Attorney	15-Mar-1856	1-Mar-1909	US Solicitor General, 1897-1903
Algernon Charles Swinburne	Poet	5-Apr-1837	10-Apr-1909	Masochist Victorian poet
Alfred P. Swineford	Politician	14-Sep-1836	26-Oct-1909	Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1885-89
John Millington Synge	Playwright	16-Apr-1871	24-Mar-1909	The Playboy of the Western World
Carroll D. Wright	Sociologist	25-Jul-1840	20-Feb-1909	The Industrial Evolution of the United States

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