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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
William Boyd Allison
Politician
2-Mar-1829 4-Aug-1908 US Senator from Iowa, 1873-1908
Chester A. Arthur
Head of State
5-Oct-1829 18-Nov-1886 21st US President, 1881-85
Black Bart
Criminal
c. 1829 ? Old West bandit and poet
Auguste Beernaert
Diplomat
26-Jul-1829 6-Oct-1912 Belgian Prime Minister, Nobel recipient
William W. Belknap
Government
22-Sep-1829 13-Oct-1890 US Secretary of War, impeached
Theodor Billroth
Doctor
26-Apr-1829 6-Feb-1894 Viennese surgeon
Laura Dewey Bridgman
Oddity
21-Dec-1829 24-May-1889 Blind deaf mute
Roscoe Conkling
Politician
30-Oct-1829 18-Apr-1888 US Senator from New York, 1867-81
Shelby M. Cullom
Politician
22-Nov-1829 28-Jan-1914 Governor and Senator from Illinois
Geronimo
Military
16-Jun-1829 17-Feb-1909 The last Indian to surrender
Patrick Gilmore
Composer
25-Dec-1829 24-Sep-1892 The Father of The American Band
John Goode
Politician
27-May-1829 14-Jul-1909 Congressman from Virginia, 1875-81
Antonio Guzmán Blanco
Head of State
20-Feb-1829 28-Jul-1899 President of Venezuela, 1870-88
Asaph Hall
Astronomer
15-Oct-1829 22-Nov-1907 Discovered the moons of Mars
John Percival Jones
Politician
27-Jan-1829 12-Nov-1912 US Senator from Nevada, 1873-1903
Friedrich August Kekulé
Chemist
7-Sep-1829 13-Jul-1896 Theory of chemical structure
John Mercer Langston
Politician
14-Dec-1829 15-Nov-1897 First black Congressman elected from Virginia
John Everett Millais
Painter
8-Jun-1829 13-Aug-1896 British Pre-Raphaelite painter
S. Weir Mitchell
Novelist
15-Feb-1829 4-Jan-1914 The Case of George Dedlow
Laurence Oliphant
Author
1829 23-Dec-1888 Scientific Religion
Oscar II
Royalty
21-Jan-1829 8-Dec-1907 King of Sweden and Norway
Franz Reuleaux
Mathematician
30-Sep-1829 20-Aug-1905 Father of modern kinematics
Anton Rubinstein
Pianist
16-Nov-1829 8-Nov-1894 The Tower of Babel
Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys
Painter
1-May-1829 25-Jun-1904 Pre-Raphaelite British painter
James Sheakley
Politician
24-Apr-1829 10-Dec-1917 Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1893-97
Levi Strauss
Business
26-Feb-1829 26-Sep-1902 Blue jeans
Manuel Tamayo y Baus
Playwright
15-Sep-1829 20-Jun-1898 Lances de Honor
Charles Dudley Warner
Author
12-Sep-1829 20-Oct-1900 Harper's editorialist




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