LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Louis Braille	Inventor	4-Jan-1809	6-Jan-1852	Reading system for the blind
Kit Carson	Explorer	24-Dec-1809	23-May-1868	Frontiersman and Indian agent
Samuel Crowther	Religion	c. 1809	31-Dec-1891	African missionary bishop
Benjamin Robbins Curtis	Judge	4-Nov-1809	15-Sep-1874	US Supreme Court Justice, 1851-57
Charles Darwin	Naturalist	12-Feb-1809	19-Apr-1882	Proposed theory of evolution via natural selection
David Einhorn	Religion	1809	1879	Jewish reform movement
William Ewart Gladstone	Head of State	29-Dec-1809	19-May-1898	Four times UK Prime Minister
Nikolai Gogol	Author	19-Mar-1809	21-Feb-1852	Dead Souls, The Overcoat
Hannibal Hamlin	Politician	27-Aug-1809	4-Jul-1891	Lincoln's first Vice President
Oliver Wendell Holmes	Author	29-Aug-1809	7-Oct-1894	The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
Abraham Lincoln	Head of State	12-Feb-1809	15-Apr-1865	16th US President, 1861-65
Cyrus McCormick	Inventor	15-Feb-1809	13-May-1884	Invented grain harvester
Felix Mendelssohn	Composer	3-Feb-1809	4-Nov-1847	Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
Richard Monckton Milnes	Poet	19-Jun-1809	11-Aug-1885	Poetry for the People
Benjamin Peirce	Mathematician	4-Apr-1809	10-Jun-1880	Idempotent and nilpotent
Albert Pike	Military	29-Dec-1809	2-Apr-1891	Confederate general, Freemason
Edgar Allan Poe	Author	19-Jan-1809	7-Oct-1849	The Raven
Alfred Lord Tennyson	Poet	6-Aug-1809	6-Oct-1892	The Charge of the Light Brigade
Robert Charles Winthrop	Politician	12-May-1809	16-Nov-1894	Speaker of the 30th Congress

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