LISTS

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Amelia Jenks Bloomer	Activist	27-May-1818	30-Dec-1894	Bloomers
George Boole	Mathematician	2-Nov-1815	8-Dec-1864	Inventor of Boolean Algebra
Satyendra Nath Bose	Physicist	1-Jan-1894	4-Feb-1974	Bose-Einstein condensates
James Boswell	Author	29-Oct-1740	19-May-1795	The Life of Samuel Johnson
Charles Boyle	Military	1676	28-Aug-1731	4th Earl of Orrery
Anthony Comstock	Activist	7-Mar-1844	21-Sep-1915	New York Society for the Suppression of Vice
Louis Daguerre	Inventor	18-Nov-1787	10-Jul-1851	Invented Daguerreotype photography
Marquis de Sade	Author	2-Jun-1740	2-Dec-1814	120 Days of Sodom
Euclid	Mathematician	c. 365 BC	c. 275 BC	Father of geometry
R. Buckminster Fuller	Architect	12-Jul-1895	1-Jul-1983	Futurist, invented the geodesic dome
Luigi Galvani	Doctor	9-Sep-1737	4-Dec-1798	Explored bioelectical phenomena
Elbridge Gerry	Politician	17-Jul-1744	23-Nov-1814	Patron saint of Gerrymandering
Sylvester Graham	Activist	5-Jul-1794	11-Sep-1851	Graham crackers
John Maynard Keynes	Economist	5-Jun-1883	21-Apr-1946	Father of Keynesian economics
Charles Macintosh	Chemist	29-Dec-1766	25-Jul-1843	Invented the raincoat
John Loudon McAdam	Inventor	21-Sep-1756	26-Nov-1836	Macadam method of roads
Franz Anton Mesmer	Paranormal	23-May-1734	5-Mar-1815	Proponent of Animal Magnetism
Ernesto Miranda	Criminal	9-Mar-1941	31-Jan-1976	Miranda v. Arizona
Osman I	Royalty	1258	1326	Founder of the Ottoman Empire
Joseph P. Overton	Activist	4-Jan-1960	30-Jun-2003	The Overton Window
Charles Ponzi	Criminal	3-Mar-1882	18-Jun-1949	Get-rich-quick schemes
Vidkun Quisling	Politician	18-Jul-1887	24-Oct-1945	Norwegian president, Nazi collaborator
Thomas D. Rice	Comic	20-May-1808	19-Sep-1860	Played "Jim Crow"
Charles Richter	Scientist	26-Apr-1900	30-Sep-1985	Groundbreaking seismologist
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch	Novelist	27-Jan-1836	9-Mar-1895	Venus in Furs
Rick Santorum	Politician	10-May-1958		US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1995-2007
Henry Shrapnel	Inventor	3-Jun-1761	13-Mar-1842	Explosive artillery shell
William Archibald Spooner	Educator	22-Jul-1844	29-Aug-1930	Spoonerisms
Vespasian	Royalty	15-Dec-37 AD	24-Jun-79 AD	Roman Emperor, 69-79 AD
Amerigo Vespucci	Explorer	9-Mar-1454	22-Feb-1512	American eponym

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