LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edwin A. Abbott	Author	20-Dec-1838	12-Oct-1926	Flatland
William Bateson	Biologist	8-Aug-1861	8-Feb-1926	Founder of genetics
Henry S. Boutell	Politician	14-Mar-1856	11-Mar-1926	Congressman from Illinois, 1897-1911
Emmet D. Boyle	Politician	26-Jul-1879	3-Jan-1926	Governor of Nevada, 1915-23
Olympia Brown	Activist	5-Jan-1835	23-Oct-1926	Lady preacher and suffragette
John Browning	Inventor	23-Jan-1855	26-Nov-1926	Best gun designer of all time
Luther Burbank	Botanist	7-Mar-1849	11-Apr-1926	Botanist and plant breeder
Joseph Gurney Cannon	Politician	7-May-1836	12-Nov-1926	Speaker of the House, 1903-11
Mary Cassatt	Painter	22-May-1843	14-Jun-1926	American impressionist, lived in Paris
Eugene V. Debs	Labor Leader	5-Nov-1855	20-Oct-1926	Labor leader ran for President five times
Cleveland H. Dodge	Business	1860	1926	Woodrow Wilson's financier and advisor
Sanford Ballard Dole	Politician	23-Apr-1844	9-Jun-1926	Governor of Hawaii, 1900-03
Felix Dzerzhinsky	Government	11-Sep-1877	20-Jul-1926	The Black Pope of Bolshevism
Francis Edgeworth	Mathematician	8-Feb-1845	13-Feb-1926	Pure Theory of Taxation
Charles William Eliot	Educator	20-Mar-1834	22-Aug-1926	President, Harvard University, 1869-1909
Rudolf Eucken	Philosopher	5-Jan-1846	14-Sep-1926	Individual and Society
Konstantin Fehrenbach	Head of State	11-Jan-1852	26-Mar-1926	German Chancellor 1920-21
Antoni Gaudi	Architect	25-Jun-1852	10-Jun-1926	La Sagrada Família
Albert W. Gilchrist	Politician	15-Jan-1858	15-May-1926	Governor of Florida, 1909-13
Camillo Golgi	Scientist	7-Jul-1843	21-Jan-1926	Structure of the nervous system
Harry Houdini	Magician	24-Mar-1874	31-Oct-1926	Best-known magician and debunker
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes	Physicist	21-Sep-1853	21-Feb-1926	Liquefied helium and discovered superconductivity
Paul Kammerer	Biologist	17-Aug-1880	23-Oct-1926	Proponent of Lamarckian inheritance
Alexander C. King	Attorney	7-Dec-1856	25-Jul-1926	US Solicitor General, 1918-20
Emil Kraepelin	Psychiatrist	15-Feb-1856	7-Oct-1926	Manic depression and schizophrenia
Robert Todd Lincoln	Politician	1-Aug-1843	26-Jul-1926	US Secretary of War, 1881-85
Joseph McKenna	Judge	10-Aug-1843	21-Nov-1926	US Supreme Court Justice, 1898-1925
Claude Monet	Painter	14-Nov-1840	5-Dec-1926	The Water Lilies
Annie Oakley	Performance Artist	13-Aug-1860	3-Nov-1926	Little Sure Shot
Gustav Otto	Business	12-Jan-1883	28-Feb-1926	Founder of BMW and Flottweg AG
Alton B. Parker	Judge	14-May-1852	10-May-1926	Chief Judge, NY Court of Appeals, 1898-1904
Rainer Maria Rilke	Poet	04-Dec-1875	29-Dec-1926	Duino Elegies, Sonnets to Orpheus
E. W. Scripps	Publisher	18-Jun-1854	12-Mar-1926	Founder of UPI
Oscar S. Straus	Diplomat	23-Dec-1850	3-May-1926	Thrice Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
Rudolph Valentino	Actor	6-May-1895	23-Aug-1926	Latin lover of the silent film era
John W. Weeks	Politician	11-Apr-1860	12-Jul-1926	US Secretary of War, 1921-25
Israel Zangwill	Playwright	14-Feb-1864	1-Aug-1926	Children of the Ghetto

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