| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Leon Abbett |
Politician |
8-Oct-1836 |
4-Dec-1894 |
Twice Governor of New Jersey |
| Thomas Bailey Aldrich |
Poet |
11-Nov-1836 |
19-Mar-1907 |
The Story of a Bad Boy |
| Russell A. Alger |
Government |
27-Feb-1836 |
24-Jan-1907 |
McKinley's Secretary of War, 1897-99 |
| Lawrence Alma-Tadema |
Painter |
8-Jan-1836 |
25-Jun-1912 |
Classicist painter |
| Mily Balakirev |
Composer |
21-Dec-1836 |
16-May-1910 |
Russian nationalist composer |
| Thomas M. Bayne |
Politician |
14-Jun-1836 |
16-Jun-1894 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
| Sir Walter Besant |
Author |
14-Aug-1836 |
9-Jun-1901 |
All Sorts and Conditions of Men |
| Milton Bradley |
Business |
8-Nov-1836 |
30-May-1911 |
Board games |
| Henry Billings Brown |
Judge |
2-Mar-1836 |
4-Sep-1913 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1891-1906 |
| Henry Campbell-Bannerman |
Head of State |
7-Sep-1836 |
22-Apr-1908 |
UK Prime Minister, 1905-08 |
| Joseph Gurney Cannon |
Politician |
7-May-1836 |
12-Nov-1926 |
Speaker of the House, 1903-11 |
| Joseph Chamberlain |
Politician |
8-Jul-1836 |
3-Jul-1914 |
British pol revered in Birmingham |
| Léo Delibes |
Composer |
21-Feb-1836 |
16-Jan-1891 |
Lakmé |
| Henri Fantin-Latour |
Painter |
14-Jan-1836 |
25-Aug-1904 |
French painter and printmaker |
| John W. Foster |
Diplomat |
2-Mar-1836 |
15-Mar-1917 |
US Secretary of State, 1892-93 |
| Lyman J. Gage |
Business |
28-Jun-1836 |
26-Jan-1927 |
US Treasury Secretary, 1897-1902 |
| W. S. Gilbert |
Composer |
18-Nov-1836 |
29-May-1911 |
Gilbert & Sullivan |
| Jay Gould |
Business |
27-May-1836 |
2-Dec-1892 |
Railroad baron owned Union Pacific |
| T. H. Green |
Philosopher |
7-Apr-1836 |
26-Mar-1882 |
Prolegomena to Ethics |
| Andrew Smith Hallidie |
Inventor |
16-Mar-1836 |
24-Apr-1900 |
Designed the first cable car system |
| Bret Harte |
Author |
25-Aug-1836 |
5-May-1902 |
Master of the western short story |
| Winslow Homer |
Painter |
24-Feb-1836 |
30-Sep-1910 |
Maritime painter, Eight Bells |
| George A. Jenks |
Attorney |
25-Mar-1836 |
10-Feb-1908 |
US Solicitor General, 1886-89 |
| Sir Edward Poynter |
Painter |
20-Mar-1836 |
26-Jul-1919 |
British Neo-Classical painter |
| Leopold von Sacher-Masoch |
Novelist |
27-Jan-1836 |
9-Mar-1895 |
Venus in Furs |
| Frederick A. O. Schwarz |
Business |
18-Oct-1836 |
17-May-1911 |
Founder of FAO Schwarz |
| Alfred P. Swineford |
Politician |
14-Sep-1836 |
26-Oct-1909 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1885-89 |
| Lewis Waterman |
Inventor |
20-Nov-1836 |
1-May-1901 |
Fountain pen |