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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Charles Follen Adams
Poet
21-Apr-1842 8-Mar-1918 Leedle Yawcob Strauss
George Frederick Baer
Business
26-Sep-1842 26-Apr-1914 Social Darwinist railroad baron
Ambrose Bierce
Author
24-Jun-1842 c. 1914 The Devil's Dictionary
Arrigo Boito
Composer
24-Feb-1842 10-Jun-1918 Mefistofele
Felice Cavallotti
Politician
6-Oct-1842 6-Mar-1898 Italian radical politician
Crazy Horse
Military
c. 1842 5-Sep-1877 Bayonetted in the back
William Barker Cushing
Military
4-Nov-1842 17-Dec-1874 Civil War naval hero
James Dewar
Physicist
20-Sep-1842 27-Mar-1923 Researcher of low temperatures
Charles S. Fairchild
Attorney
30-Apr-1842 24-Nov-1924 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1887-89
John Fiske
Historian
30-Mar-1842 4-Jul-1901 Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy
Antonio Fogazzaro
Novelist
25-Mar-1842 7-Mar-1911 Piccolo mondo antico
Eduard von Hartmann
Philosopher
23-Feb-1842 5-Jun-1906 Philosophy of the Unconscious
Isaias W. Hellman
Business
3-Oct-1842 9-Apr-1920 Los Angeles banker
José María de Heredia
Poet
22-Nov-1842 2-Oct-1905 Les Trophées
William James
Philosopher
11-Jan-1842 26-Aug-1910 The Principles of Psychology
Peter Kropotkin
Anarchist
21-Dec-1842 8-Feb-1921 Libertarian anarchist revolutionary
Sidney Lanier
Poet
3-Feb-1842 7-Sep-1881 Important Southern lyrical poet
Karl von Linde
Engineer
11-Jun-1842 16-Nov-1934 Inventor of refrigeration
Steele MacKaye
Playwright
6-Jun-1842 25-Feb-1894 Founder of New York's Lyceum Theatre
Stéphane Mallarmé
Poet
18-Mar-1842 9-Sep-1898 A Throw of the Dice
Alfred Marshall
Economist
26-Jul-1842 13-Jul-1924 Principles of Economics
Jules Massenet
Composer
12-May-1842 13-Aug-1912 Manon
Karl May
Author
25-May-1842 30-Mar-1912 Bestselling German novelist
Alferd Packer
Criminal
21-Nov-1842 23-Apr-1907 Celebrated cannibal killer
Charles B. Purvis
Doctor
14-Apr-1842 14-Dec-1929 Pioneering African-American physician
Lord Rayleigh
Physicist
12-Nov-1842 30-Jun-1919 Why the sky is blue
Henry Sherwin
Business
27-Sep-1842 26-Jun-1916 Founder of Sherwin-Williams
Charles Emory Smith
Journalist
18-Feb-1842 19-Jan-1908 US Postmaster General, 1898-1902
Arthur Sullivan
Composer
13-May-1842 22-Nov-1900 Gilbert & Sullivan
Josiah Walls
Politician
30-Dec-1842 15-May-1905 Congressman from Florida, 1871-76


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