LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Peter Altgeld	Politician	30-Dec-1847	12-Mar-1902	Governor of Illinois, 1893-97
Joachim Andersen	Musician	29-Apr-1847	7-May-1909	Danish flautist and composer for flute
Alexander Graham Bell	Inventor	3-Mar-1847	2-Aug-1922	Inventor of the telephone
Annie Besant	Activist	1-Oct-1847	20-Sep-1933	Theosophist & Social Activist
John Bates Clark	Economist	26-Jan-1847	21-Mar-1938	Philosophy of Wealth
Adolph Coors	Business	4-Feb-1847	5-Jun-1929	Founder of Coors Brewery
Thomas Edison	Inventor	11-Feb-1847	18-Oct-1931	Invented the light bulb
Galileo Ferraris	Physicist	31-Oct-1847	7-Feb-1897	Invented the induction motor
Edwin J. Houston	Inventor	9-Jul-1847	1-Mar-1914	Thomson-Houston Electric Company
Oscar Hammerstein I	Theatre Producer	8-May-1847	1-Aug-1919	Olympia Theatre
Jens Peter Jacobsen	Novelist	7-Apr-1847	30-Apr-1885	Niels Lyhne
Jesse James	Criminal	5-Sep-1847	3-Apr-1882	Bank robber, with James Gang
Henry Demarest Lloyd	Journalist	1-May-1847	28-Sep-1903	Radical reporter
John R. Lynch	Politician	10-Sep-1847	2-Nov-1939	Congressman from Mississippi
Ida McKinley	First Lady	8-Jun-1847	26-May-1907	Wife of US President William McKinley
Archibald Philip Primrose	Head of State	7-May-1847	21-May-1929	UK Prime Minister 1894-95
Joseph Pulitzer	Business	10-Apr-1847	29-Oct-1911	Established the Pulitzer Prize
Albert Pinkham Ryder	Painter	19-Mar-1847	28-Mar-1917	Idyllic American painter
Jacob Schiff	Business	10-Jan-1847	25-Sep-1920	New York banker
Anna Howard Shaw	Activist	14-Feb-1847	2-Jul-1919	National American Women's Suffrage Association
Georges Sorel	Philosopher	2-Nov-1847	29-Aug-1922	Reflections on Violence
Bram Stoker	Author	8-Nov-1847	20-Apr-1912	Dracula
Paul von Hindenburg	Military	2-Oct-1847	2-Aug-1934	President of Germany, 1925-34
Otto Wallach	Chemist	27-Mar-1847	26-Feb-1931	Terpenes and essential oils

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