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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
William Cullen Bryant
Poet
3-Nov-1794 12-Jun-1878 Editor, The New York Evening Post
Erastus Corning
Business
14-Dec-1794 9-Apr-1872 Railroad baron, Ironmonger, Congressman
Thomas Corwin
Politician
29-Jul-1794 18-Dec-1865 Ohio Governor, Senator, Treasury Secretary
Jacques Amand Deslongchamps
Paleontologist
17-Jan-1794 17-Jan-1867 Discovered Teleosaurus
Edward Everett
Politician
11-Apr-1794 15-Jan-1865 Governor of Massachuetts, 1836-40
Sylvester Graham
Activist
5-Jul-1794 11-Sep-1851 Graham crackers
Robert Cooper Grier
Judge
5-Mar-1794 25-Sep-1870 US Supreme Court Justice, 1846-70
Hans Daniel Hassenpflug
Politician
26-Feb-1794 10-Oct-1862 Hessian anti-constitutionalist
Frank Abney Hastings
Military
1794 1-Jun-1828 Fought in Greek Revolution
Matthew Perry
Military
10-Apr-1794 4-Mar-1858 Opened Japan to the west
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Military
21-Feb-1794 21-Jun-1876 Hero of Tampico
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Business
27-May-1794 4-Jan-1877 Robber baron, richest man in the United States
William Jenkins Worth
Military
1-Mar-1794 7-May-1849 Namesake of Fort Worth, TX




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