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Born in 1808
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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Salmon P. Chase |
Politician |
13-Jan-1808 |
7-May-1873 |
Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-64 |
| Honoré Daumier |
Artist |
20-Feb-1808 |
11-Feb-1879 |
Caricaturist and satirist |
| Jefferson Davis |
Head of State |
3-Jun-1808 |
6-Dec-1889 |
President of the Confederacy |
| Hamilton Fish |
Politician |
3-Aug-1808 |
7-Sep-1893 |
US Secretary of State, 1869-77 |
| Charles Gleyre |
Painter |
2-May-1808 |
5-May-1874 |
Apocalyptic Vision of St. John |
| Andrew Johnson |
Head of State |
29-Dec-1808 |
31-Jul-1875 |
17th US President, 1865-68 |
| Hugh McCulloch |
Government |
7-Dec-1808 |
24-May-1895 |
Twice US Treasury Secretary |
| Napoleon III |
Royalty |
20-Apr-1808 |
9-Jan-1873 |
Emperor of France, 1852-70 |
| Gérard de Nerval |
Poet |
22-May-1808 |
26-Jan-1855 |
Unbalanced French romantic poet |
| Thomas D. Rice |
Comic |
20-May-1808 |
19-Sep-1860 |
Played "Jim Crow" |
| Lysander Spooner |
Activist |
19-Jan-1808 |
14-May-1887 |
No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority |
| David Friedrich Strauss |
Religion |
27-Jan-1808 |
8-Feb-1874 |
Leben Jesu |
| William Strong |
Judge |
6-May-1808 |
19-Aug-1895 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1870-80 |
| James Van Ness |
Politician |
1808 |
28-Dec-1872 |
Mayor of San Francisco, 1855-56 |
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