LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Henry Cullen Adams	Politician	28-Nov-1850	9-Jul-1906	Congressman from Wisconsin, 1903-06
Herbert Baxter Adams	Historian	16-Apr-1850	30-Jul-1901	Coined term political science
Charles H. Aldrich	Attorney	28-Aug-1850	13-Apr-1929	US Solicitor General, 1892-93
Edward Bellamy	Author	26-Mar-1850	22-May-1898	Looking Backward
Eduard Bernstein	Politician	6-Jan-1850	18-Dec-1932	Evolutionary Socialism
Ferdinand Braun	Physicist	6-Jun-1850	20-Apr-1918	Rectifier effect in semiconductors
Robert S. Brookings	Business	22-Jan-1850	15-Nov-1932	Brookings Institution
Andrew H. Burke	Politician	15-May-1850	17-Nov-1918	Governor of North Dakota, 1891-93
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini	Religion	15-Jul-1850	22-Dec-1917	Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
Champ Clark	Politician	7-Mar-1850	2-Mar-1921	Speaker of the US House, 1911-19
Mihai Eminescu	Poet	15-Jan-1850	15-Jun-1889	The greatest Romanian poet
Eugene Field	Journalist	2-Sep-1850	4-Nov-1895	A Little Book of Western Verse
Daniel Chester French	Sculptor	20-Apr-1850	7-Oct-1931	Lincoln Memorial
Pat Garrett	Government	5-Jun-1850	29-Feb-1908	Killed Billy the Kid
Eugen Goldstein	Physicist	5-Sep-1850	25-Dec-1930	Cathode rays
Samuel Gompers	Labor Leader	27-Jan-1850	13-Dec-1924	First President of the AFL
Peter Paul Halajian	Business	1850	1927	Candy maker
John W. Hanes	Business	3-Feb-1850	22-Sep-1903	Hosiery magnate
Lafcadio Hearn	Author	27-Jun-1850	26-Sep-1904	Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation
Oliver Heaviside	Engineer	18-May-1850	3-Feb-1925	Kennelly-Heaviside layer
Horatio Herbert Kitchener	Military	24-Jun-1850	5-Jun-1916	Field Marshal, Secretary of State for War
Henry Cabot Lodge	Politician	12-May-1850	9-Nov-1924	US Senator from Massachusetts, 1893-1924
Tomas Masaryk	Head of State	7-Mar-1850	14-Sep-1937	Czech President, 1920-35
Guy de Maupassant	Author	5-Aug-1850	6-Jul-1893	French short story writer
Octave Mirbeau	Novelist	16-Feb-1850	16-Feb-1917	Le Jardin des supplices
Bill Nye	Columnist	25-Aug-1850	22-Feb-1896	Bill Nye and Boomerang
Richard Joshua Reynolds	Business	20-Jul-1850	29-Jul-1918	Founder of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Charles Richet	Scientist	26-Aug-1850	4-Dec-1935	Studied anaphylaxis and ectoplasm
Augusto Righi	Physicist	27-Aug-1850	8-Jun-1920	Electromagnetic waves
Johnny Ringo	Criminal	3-May-1850	13-Jul-1882	Old West gunslinger
Edward Smith	Victim	27-Jan-1850	15-Apr-1912	Captain of the RMS Titanic
A. G. Spalding	Baseball	2-Sep-1850	9-Sep-1915	Baseball player, owner, and manufacturer
Robert Louis Stevenson	Author	13-Nov-1850	3-Dec-1894	Treasure Island
Oscar S. Straus	Diplomat	23-Dec-1850	3-May-1926	Thrice Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
William H. Welch	Scientist	8-Apr-1850	30-Apr-1934	Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Ella Wheeler Wilcox	Poet	5-Nov-1850	30-Oct-1919	Poems of Passion

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