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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Irving Babbitt
Philosopher
2-Aug-1865 15-Jul-1933 Early leader of Neohumanism
William E. Borah
Politician
29-Jun-1865 19-Jan-1940 US Senator from Idaho, 1907-40
James Henry Breasted
Archaeologist
27-Aug-1865 2-Dec-1935 A History of Egypt
Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Actor
9-Feb-1865 10-Apr-1940 Pygmalion
Edith Cavell
Victim
4-Dec-1865 12-Oct-1915 British nurse, shot by the Germans
Marcus A. Coolidge
Politician
6-Oct-1865 23-Jan-1947 US Senator from Massachusetts, 1931-37
Charles G. Dawes
Politician
27-Aug-1865 23-Apr-1951 US Vice President, 1925-29
Paul Dukas
Composer
1-Oct-1865 17-May-1935 The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Ezra Fitch
Business
21-Sep-1865 16-Jun-1930 Abercrombie & Fitch
James Rudolph Garfield
Politician
17-Oct-1865 24-Mar-1950 US Secretary of the Interior, 1907-09
King George V
Royalty
3-Jun-1865 20-Jan-1936 King of England, 1910-1936
Aleksandr Glazunov
Composer
29-Jul-1865 21-Mar-1936 Raymonda
Frederic W. Goudy
Typographer
8-Mar-1865 11-May-1947 Designer of Garamond and Goudy fonts
Jacques-Salomon Hadamard
Mathematician
8-Dec-1865 17-Oct-1963 Prime number theorem
Arthur Harden
Chemist
12-Oct-1865 17-Jun-1940 Enzymes of sugar fermentation
Warren G. Harding
Head of State
2-Nov-1865 2-Aug-1923 29th US President, 1921-23
Charles K. Harris
Songwriter
1-May-1865 22-Dec-1930 After The Ball
Robert Henri
Painter
25-Jun-1865 12-Jul-1929 Art Students League of New York
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley
Religion
25-Aug-1865 17-Mar-1943 Archbishop of Westminster, 1935-43
Wilford B. Hoggatt
Politician
11-Sep-1865 26-Feb-1938 Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1906-09
William Joynson-Hicks
Politician
23-Jun-1865 8-Jun-1932 UK Home Secretary, 1924-29
Rudyard Kipling
Author
30-Dec-1865 18-Jan-1936 The Jungle Book
Edward B. Marks
Songwriter
28-Nov-1865 17-Dec-1945 My Mother Was a Lady
A. E. W. Mason
Novelist
7-May-1865 22-Nov-1948 The Four Feathers
Charles Horace Mayo
Doctor
19-Jul-1865 26-May-1939 Co-Founder of the Mayo Clinic
George B. McClellan, Jr.
Politician
23-Nov-1865 30-Nov-1940 Mayor of New York City, 1904-09
Frank Merriam
Politician
22-Dec-1865 25-Apr-1955 Governor of California, 1934-39
John R. Mott
Activist
25-May-1865 31-Jan-1955 Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient
Carl Nielsen
Composer
9-Jun-1865 3-Oct-1931 The Four Temperaments
William Lyon Phelps
Critic
2-Jan-1865 21-Aug-1943 Essays on Modern Novelists
John S. Plaskett
Astronomer
17-Nov-1865 17-Oct-1941 Plaskett's star
Friend Richardson
Politician
1-Dec-1865 6-Sep-1943 Governor of California, 1923-27
Granville Ryrie
Military
1-Jul-1865 2-Oct-1937 Soldier, High Commissioner to the UK
Edward Terry Sanford
Judge
23-Jul-1865 8-Mar-1930 US Supreme Court Justice, 1923-30
Philipp Scheidemann
Head of State
26-Jul-1865 29-Nov-1939 German Chancellor, 1919
Wilbur Scoville
Scientist
1865 1942 Scoville heat units
Jean Sibelius
Composer
8-Dec-1865 20-Sep-1957 The Swan of Tuonela
Howard Sutherland
Politician
8-Sep-1865 12-Mar-1950 US Senator from West Virginia, 1917-23
Arthur Symons
Poet
28-Feb-1865 22-Jan-1945 English symbolist poet
Wilfrid Voynich
Activist
31-Oct-1865 19-Mar-1930 Voynich manuscript
May Whitty
Actor
19-Jun-1865 29-May-1948 Night Must Fall
William Butler Yeats
Poet
13-Jun-1865 28-Jan-1939 The Land of Heart's Desire
Pieter Zeeman
Physicist
25-May-1865 9-Oct-1943 Discovered Zeeman Effect
Richard Zsigmondy
Chemist
1-Apr-1865 23-Sep-1929 Ultramicroscope




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