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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Abdu'l-Bahá
Religion
23-May-1844 28-Nov-1921 Baha'i leader
Alexandra of Denmark
Royalty
1-Dec-1844 20-Nov-1925 Queen Alexandra, Consort of Edward VII
Klas Pontus Arnoldson
Journalist
27-Oct-1844 20-Feb-1916 Helped to cleave Norway and Sweden
Karl Benz
Inventor
25-Nov-1844 4-Apr-1929 Invented the automobile
Sarah Bernhardt
Actor
22-Oct-1844 26-Mar-1923 French theatre actress
Ludwig Boltzmann
Physicist
20-Feb-1844 5-Sep-1906 Atoms and molecules
Robert Bridges
Poet
23-Oct-1844 21-Apr-1930 Prometheus the Firegiver
George W. Cable
Author
12-Oct-1844 31-Jan-1925 Old Creole Days
Richard D'Oyly Carte
Theatre Producer
3-May-1844 3-Apr-1901 English opera and theatre impresario
Anthony Comstock
Activist
7-Mar-1844 21-Sep-1915 New York Society for the Suppression of Vice
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge
Painter
18-Sep-1844 13-Jan-1934 Painted dogs playing poker
Sanford Ballard Dole
Politician
23-Apr-1844 9-Jun-1926 Governor of Hawaii, 1900-03
Robert Dollar
Business
20-Mar-1844 16-May-1932 Grand Old Man of the Pacific
Thomas Eakins
Painter
25-Jul-1844 25-Jun-1916 Realist painter, The Gross Clinic
Anatole France
Novelist
16-Apr-1844 13-Oct-1924 French novelist
Ned Harrigan
Actor
26-Oct-1844 6-Jun-1911 Harrigan & Hart
Henry J. Heinz
Business
11-Oct-1844 14-May-1919 Founder of Heinz Foods
Garret A. Hobart
Politician
3-Jun-1844 21-Nov-1899 Vice President under McKinley
Marcus H. Holcomb
Politician
28-Nov-1844 5-Mar-1932 Governor of Connecticut, 1915-21
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Poet
28-Jul-1844 8-Jun-1889 Defeated the tyranny of poetic meter
Andrew Lang
Author
31-Mar-1844 20-Jul-1912 Scottish man of letters, historian, author
Horace Harmon Lurton
Judge
26-Feb-1844 12-Jul-1914 US Supreme Court Justice, 1910-14
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosopher
15-Oct-1844 25-Aug-1900 God is dead
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Composer
6-Mar-1844 8-Jun-1908 The Flight of the Bumblebee
Henri Rousseau
Painter
21-May-1844 2-Sep-1910 French painter of the exotic
David Hyrum Smith
Relative
17-Nov-1844 29-Aug-1904 Son of Joseph Smith
William Archibald Spooner
Educator
22-Jul-1844 29-Aug-1930 Spoonerisms
Paul Taffanel
Musician
16-Sep-1844 22-Nov-1908 Flautist, French Flute School
Umberto I
Royalty
14-Mar-1844 29-Jul-1900 King of Italy, 1878-1900
Paul Verlaine
Poet
30-Mar-1844 8-Jan-1896 Leader of symbolist poetry movement
Aaron Montgomery Ward
Business
17-Feb-1844 7-Dec-1913 Founded Montgomery Ward company
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
Novelist
31-Aug-1844 28-Jan-1911 The Story of Avis
Charles-Marie Widor
Composer
21-Feb-1844 12-Mar-1937 Toccata
Ivan Osipovich Yarkovsky
Physicist
24-May-1844 22-Jan-1902 Yarkovsky effect
Cole Younger
Criminal
15-Jan-1844 21-Mar-1916 The brains of the James-Younger Gang




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