| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Edmund Allenby |
Military |
23-Apr-1861 |
14-May-1936 |
Defeated the Turks in WWI |
| William Bateson |
Biologist |
8-Aug-1861 |
8-Feb-1926 |
Founder of genetics |
| James M. Beck |
Politician |
9-Jul-1861 |
12-Apr-1936 |
US Solicitor General, 1921-25 |
| Robert Bosch |
Business |
23-Sep-1861 |
9-Mar-1942 |
Founder of Bosch GmbH |
| Joseph L. Bristow |
Politician |
22-Jul-1861 |
14-Jul-1944 |
US Senator from Kansas, 1909-15 |
| William J. Burns |
Government |
19-Oct-1861 |
14-Apr-1932 |
FBI Director, 1921-24 |
| William M. Butler |
Politician |
29-Jan-1861 |
29-Mar-1937 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1924-26 |
| Godfrey Lowell Cabot |
Business |
26-Feb-1861 |
2-Nov-1962 |
Founder of Cabot Corporation |
| Joseph M. Devine |
Politician |
15-Mar-1861 |
31-Aug-1938 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1898-99 |
| William C. Durant |
Business |
8-Dec-1861 |
18-Mar-1947 |
Founder of General Motors |
| Albert Fall |
Government |
26-Nov-1861 |
30-Nov-1944 |
US Interior Secy., Teapot Dome Scandal |
| Henry Gantt |
Engineer |
1861 |
23-Nov-1919 |
Management as a science |
| Thomas Watt Gregory |
Government |
6-Nov-1861 |
26-Feb-1933 |
US Attorney General, 1914-19 |
| Charles Édouard Guillaume |
Physicist |
15-Feb-1861 |
13-Jun-1938 |
Invented alloys Invar and Elinvar |
| Louise Imogen Guiney |
Poet |
7-Jan-1861 |
2-Nov-1920 |
A Roadside Harp |
| Douglas Haig |
Military |
19-Jun-1861 |
29-Jan-1928 |
British Field Marshall in WWI |
| L. B. Hanna |
Politician |
9-Aug-1861 |
23-Apr-1948 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1913-17 |
| Henry Harland |
Novelist |
1-Mar-1861 |
20-Dec-1905 |
The Cardinal's Snuff-box |
| John Grier Hibben |
Educator |
19-Apr-1861 |
16-May-1933 |
President, Princeton University, 1912-32 |
| Frederick Hopkins |
Scientist |
20-Jun-1861 |
16-May-1947 |
Discovered vitamins |
| Victor Horta |
Architect |
6-Jan-1861 |
9-Sep-1947 |
Art Nouveau architect |
| Arthur E. Kennelly |
Physicist |
17-Dec-1861 |
18-Jun-1939 |
Kennelly-Heaviside layer |
| Frank O. Lowden |
Politician |
26-Jan-1861 |
20-Mar-1943 |
Governor of Illinois, 1917-21 |
| Aristide Maillol |
Sculptor |
8-Apr-1861 |
27-Sep-1944 |
Sculptor of the female nude |
| William James Mayo |
Doctor |
29-Jun-1861 |
28-Jul-1939 |
Co-Founder of the Mayo Clinic |
| Nellie Melba |
Singer |
19-May-1861 |
23-Feb-1931 |
Operatic soprano |
| James Naismith |
Basketball |
6-Nov-1861 |
28-Nov-1939 |
Inventor of Basketball |
| Fridtjof Nansen |
Explorer |
10-Oct-1861 |
13-May-1930 |
Polar explorer, Nobel Prize recipient |
| George W. Norris |
Politician |
11-Jul-1861 |
2-Sep-1944 |
US Senator from Nebraska, 1913-43 |
| Frederic Remington |
Sculptor |
4-Oct-1861 |
26-Dec-1909 |
The Bronco Buster |
| Jesse W. Reno |
Inventor |
4-Aug-1861 |
2-Jun-1947 |
Invented the escalator |
| Wilds Preston Richardson |
Military |
20-Mar-1861 |
20-May-1929 |
Brigadier General, invaded Russia |
| José Rizal |
Activist |
19-Jun-1861 |
30-Dec-1896 |
Philippine national hero |
| Edith Roosevelt |
First Lady |
6-Aug-1861 |
30-Sep-1948 |
Wife of US President Theodore Roosevelt |
| James Speyer |
Business |
22-Jul-1861 |
31-Oct-1941 |
New York Banker |
| Rudolf Steiner |
Philosopher |
25-Feb-1861 |
30-Mar-1925 |
Anthroposophical Society |
| Nettie Stevens |
Biologist |
7-Jul-1861 |
4-May-1912 |
X and Y chromosomes |
| Helen Taft |
First Lady |
2-Jun-1861 |
22-May-1943 |
Wife of US President William Howard Taft |
| Rabindranath Tagore |
Poet |
7-May-1861 |
7-Aug-1941 |
Gitanjali |
| James Thornton |
Songwriter |
5-Dec-1861 |
27-Jul-1938 |
When You Were Sweet Sixteen |
| Frederick Jackson Turner |
Historian |
14-Nov-1861 |
14-Mar-1932 |
Frontier Thesis |
| Herbert Hall Turner |
Astronomer |
13-Aug-1861 |
20-Aug-1930 |
Stellar positions |
| James K. Vardaman |
Government |
26-Jul-1861 |
25-Jun-1930 |
The Great White Chief |
| Alfred North Whitehead |
Mathematician |
15-Feb-1861 |
30-Dec-1947 |
Metaphysical mathematician |
| William Wrigley, Jr. |
Business |
30-Sep-1861 |
26-Jan-1932 |
Chewing gum magnate |
