| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Robert Adams, Jr. |
Politician |
26-Feb-1849 |
1-Jun-1906 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
| Edmund Barton |
Head of State |
18-Jan-1849 |
7-Jan-1920 |
First Prime Minister of Australia |
| Charles F. Brush |
Inventor |
17-Mar-1849 |
15-Jun-1929 |
Street lights |
| Luther Burbank |
Botanist |
7-Mar-1849 |
11-Apr-1926 |
Botanist and plant breeder |
| Frances Hodgson Burnett |
Novelist |
24-Nov-1849 |
29-Oct-1924 |
Little Lord Fauntleroy |
| Lord Randolph Churchill |
Politician |
13-Feb-1849 |
24-Jan-1895 |
Father of Winston Churchill |
| William R. Day |
Judge |
17-Apr-1849 |
9-Jul-1923 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1903-22 |
| John Ambrose Fleming |
Engineer |
29-Nov-1849 |
19-Apr-1945 |
Invented the vacuum tube |
| Murphy J. Foster |
Politician |
12-Jan-1849 |
12-Jun-1921 |
Governor and Senator from Louisiana |
| Henry Clay Frick |
Business |
19-Dec-1849 |
2-Dec-1919 |
Robber baron, Johnstown flood |
| William Jay Gaynor |
Politician |
1849 |
10-Sep-1913 |
NYC mayor, shot in throat |
| John W. Griggs |
Politician |
10-Jul-1849 |
28-Nov-1927 |
Governor of New Jersey, 1896-98 |
| W. E. Henley |
Poet |
23-Aug-1849 |
11-Jul-1903 |
Invictus |
| John Hopkinson |
Engineer |
27-Jul-1849 |
27-Aug-1898 |
English electrical engineer |
| Sarah Orne Jewett |
Author |
3-Sep-1849 |
24-Jun-1909 |
The Country of the Pointed Firs |
| John W. Kern |
Politician |
20-Dec-1849 |
17-Aug-1917 |
US Senator from Indiana, 1911-17 |
| Saionji Kinmochi |
Government |
23-Oct-1849 |
24-Nov-1940 |
Twice Prime Minister of Japan |
| Emma Lazarus |
Poet |
22-Jul-1849 |
19-Nov-1887 |
The New Colossus |
| Georg Luger |
Inventor |
6-Mar-1849 |
22-Dec-1923 |
Invented the Luger pistol |
| Charles Nagel |
Government |
9-Aug-1849 |
5-Jan-1940 |
US Secy. of Commerce & Labor, 1909-13 |
| Max Nordau |
Critic |
29-Jul-1849 |
23-Jan-1923 |
Zionist and cultural critic, Degeneration |
| William Osler |
Doctor |
12-Jul-1849 |
29-Dec-1919 |
Father of psychosomatic medicine |
| Ivan Pavlov |
Scientist |
14-Sep-1849 |
27-Feb-1936 |
Conditioned reflexes |
| Armand Peugeot |
Business |
26-Mar-1849 |
2-Jan-1915 |
Built the first Peugeot automobiles |
| Jacob A. Riis |
Journalist |
3-May-1849 |
26-May-1914 |
How the Other Half Lives |
| James Whitcomb Riley |
Poet |
7-Oct-1849 |
22-Jul-1916 |
The Hoosier Poet |
| W. T. Stead |
Journalist |
5-Jul-1849 |
15-Apr-1912 |
Editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, 1883-89 |
| August Strindberg |
Playwright |
22-Jan-1849 |
14-May-1912 |
Röda Rummet |
| Bernhard von Bulow |
Head of State |
3-May-1849 |
28-Oct-1929 |
German Chancellor, 1900-09 |
| Alfred von Tirpitz |
Military |
19-Mar-1849 |
6-Mar-1930 |
German admiral, pushed U-boats |
| John William Waterhouse |
Painter |
6-Apr-1849 |
10-Feb-1917 |
British Pre-Raphaelite painter |
