1. Leland Stanford (1824)

American Politician

Former California governor who founded what became Stanford University. He was president of both the Southern Pacific and Central Pacific railroads.

2. Alexandre Dumas Jr. (1824)

Playwright

Alexandre Dumas Jr. is a famous Playwright, who was born on July 27, 1824 in France. French author and playwright who is best known for his novel-turned-melodrama, Camille. Known as...

3. Ambrose Burnside (1824)

Union Army General

Union Army soldier who fought in the Civil War and was defeated in the Battle of Fredericksburg.

4. Thomas Stonewall Jackson (1824)

War Hero

Civil War Confederate commander who fought alongside Robert E. Lee and became an icon of heroic action and tactical fighting after his death.

5. Carl Reinecke (1824)

German Composer Conductor And Pi

Influential and versatile musician remembered for his flute sonata "Undine." He composed nearly 300 published works.

6. William Burnham Woods (1824)

Supreme Court Justice

William Burnham Woods is a famous Supreme Court Justice, who was born on August 3, 1824 in United States. Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from...

7. Phoebe Cary (1824)

American Writer

Spiritual, feminist poet who is remembered for her 1867 collection Poems of Faith, Hope and Love. Her later works include Ballads for Little Folk and The Last Poems of Alice...

8. Bedřich Smetana (1824)

Czech Composer

The father of Czech music. He was remembered for "The Battered Bride," an opera, and "Má vlast," a symphonic cycle.

9. Thomas J Henderson (1824)

Politician

Thomas J Henderson is a famous Politician, who was born on November 29, 1824 in United States. American politician who served in the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois Senate...

10. George MacDonald (1824)

Scottish Journalist Novelist

Scottish fantasy author who inspired the likes of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. His best known works include Phantastes, The Princess and the Goblin, and Lilith.

11. Jesse Driskill (1824)

Entrepreneur

Remembered for constructing the famous and allegedly haunted Driskill Hotel, which is Austin, Texas's oldest hotel and a National Register of Historic Places-designated site, Driskill eventually lost his fortune and...

12. William Morris Hunt (1824)

Cartoonist

Japanese cartoonist known for his popular Ginga (Silver Fang) manga series. He won the 1987 Shogakukan Manga Award.

13. William Allingham (1824)

Poet

Irish poet, editor, and author who is most known for his Diary and for his poem "The Faeries." Also an editor, he began working for Fraser's Magazine in 1874.

14. Emmanuel Frémiet (1824)

French Artist

French sculptor who created a sculpture of Joan of Arc in Paris and the monument to Ferdinand de Lesseps in Suez.

15. Peter Cornelius (1824)

German Composer And Writer

Carl August Peter Cornelius was a German composer writer about music poet and translator.

16. Stonewall Jackson (1824)

Confederate Army General

Thomas Jonathan Stonewall Jackson was a Confederate general during the American Civil War and one of the best-known Confederate commanders after General Robert E. Lee. His military career includes the...

17. James Merritt Ives (1824)

American Artist

James Merritt Ives was an American lithographer bookkeeper and businessman. He oversaw the business and financial side of the firm Currier and Ives which he co-managed with his business partner...

18. William Walker (1824)

American Filibuster, Physician,

19. Max Bezzel (1824)

German Chess Player

Max Friedrich William Bezzel was a German chess composer who created the eight queens puzzle in 1848.

20. Moses Springer (1824)

Canadian Politician

Moses Springer was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Waterloo North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1881. He was also...

21. John Weinland Killinger (1824)

American Politician

John Weinland Killinger was a Republican member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. John W. Killinger was born in Annville Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools of...

22. David M. Key (1824)

United States Postmaster General

David McKendree Key was a Democratic U. S. Senator from Tennessee from 1875 to 1877 as well as the U. S. Postmaster General under President Hayes and a United States...

23. Francis Egerton (Royal Navy officer) (1824)

Royal Navy Admiral

Admiral Francis Egerton known as Francis Leveson-Gower until 1833 was a British naval commander and politician. Egerton was the second son of Francis Egerton 1st Earl of Ellesmere younger son...

24. George T. Anthony (1824)

American Governor Of Kansas

George Tobey Anthony was seventh Governor of Kansas and was a second cousin of famous suffragette Susan B. Anthony. Anthony was born to Quakers on a farm outside the town...

25. John Tyler Morgan (1824)

United States Politician And Con

John Tyler Morgan was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War a six-term U. S. senator from the state of Alabama after the war and...

26. Francis K. Shattuck (1824)

Mayor Of Oakland California

s Kittredge Shattuck was the most prominent civic leader in the early history of Berkeley California and played an important role in the creation and government of Alameda County as...

27. Robert T. Van Horn (1824)

American Politician

Robert Thompson Van Horn was a lawyer the owner and publisher of The Kansas City Enterprise mayor of Kansas City Missouri during the parts of the Civil War member of...

28. John Noble Goodwin (1824)

American Politician

John Noble Goodwin was a United States attorney and politician who served as the first Governor of Arizona Territory. He was also a Congressman from Maine and served as Arizona...

29. Francis Mellus (1824)

unknow

s Mellus brother of Henry Mellus was a Los Angeles County Supervisor and a successful California business man. Francis Mellus born in Salem Massachusetts was a younger brother of Henry...

30. Robert S. Stevens (1824)

American Politician

Robert S. Stevens was an American bank president railroad executive lawyer Kansas State Senator and U. S. Representative from New York.

31. Mary Elizabeth Bliss (1824)

American First Lady (1824-1909)

Mary Elizabeth Taylor Bliss born Mary Elizabeth Taylor was the youngest of the five daughters of President Zachary Taylor and Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor. In 1848 after her father was...

32. Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky (1824)

Russian Diplomat

Prince Alexey Borisovich Lobanov-Rostovsky was a Russian statesman probably best remembered for having concluded the Li-Lobanov Treaty with China and for his publication of the Russian Genealogical Book. Descended...

33. John Mott-Smith (1824)

Hawaiian Politician

John Mott-Smith was the first dentist to set up a permanent practice in the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was also a politician newspaper editor and diplomat.

34. John Scott (Iowa politician) (1824)

American Politician

John Scott was an American politician businessman lawyer and soldier. Born in Jefferson County Ohio Scott taught school in Ohio and Kentucky. He studied law in Ohio and was admitted...

35. Sydenham Elnathan Ancona (1824)

American Politician

Sydenham Elnathan Ancona was a Democratic member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Sydenham E. Ancona was born near Lititz Pennsylvania. He moved to Berks County Pennsylvania...

36. Andrew Barclay Walker (1824)

British Brewer And Philanthropis

Sir Andrew Barclay Walker 1st Baronet was a brewer and Liverpool Councillor. He was born at Auchinflower Ayrshire and was educated at Ayr Academy and at the Liverpool Institute. He...

37. Charles Doty (1824)

American Politician

Charles Doty was a Wisconsin pioneer surveyor United States military officer and state legislator. Born in Green Bay Michigan Territory Doty was trained to be a civil engineer and surveyor....

38. Alfred William Lamb (1824)

American Politician

Alfred William Lamb was a U. S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Stamford New York Lamb moved with his parents to Ralls County Missouri in 1836. He attended Doctor Ely's...

39. William Cauldwell (1824)

American Politician

Cauldwell was a 19th-century newspaper publisher of the New York Sunday Mercury. He has been called the Father of Sunday Journalism and also served in the New York State Senate.

40. Benjamin Franklin Whittemore (1824)

Union Army Chaplain And American

Benjamin Franklin Whittemore was a U. S. Representative from South Carolina.

41. William Dunbar Holder (1824)

Confederate Army Officer And Pol

Dunbar Holder was a prominent Confederate politician. He was born in Franklin County Tennessee but later moved to Mississippi. He served in the state legislature in 1853 and was a...

42. William Heilman (1824)

American Politician

Heilman was a U. S.

43. Robert Wilkinson Furnas (1824)

Governor Of Nebraska

Robert Wilkinson Furnas was the second Governor of Nebraska. Furnas was born near Troy Ohio and attended public school. He worked as a farmer printer tinsmith insurance salesman and postmaster....

44. Charles James Monk (1824)

British Politician

Charles James Monk was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1857 and 1885. Monk was born at Peterborough the son of Rt. Rev. James...

45. Giovanni de Ciotta (1824)

Hungarian Politician

Giovanni de Ciotta was the first-born son of Lorenzo de Ciotta and Luisa de Adamich daughter of the foremost Fiuman merchant and father of modernisation in Fiume Andrea Lodovico de...

46. Cyrus G. Luce (1824)

American Politician

Cyrus Gray Luce was the 21st Governor of the US state of Michigan.

47. Levi D. Jarrard (1824)

American Politician

Levi Dalrymple Jarrard was a New Jersey businessman and politician who served as a New Jersey State Senator Collector of Middlesex County New Jersey and Postmaster of New Brunswick New...

48. Amasa Norcross (1824)

American Politician

Amasa Norcross was a U. S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Rindge New Hampshire Norcross attended the common schools and Appleton Academy New Ipswich New Hampshire. He studied law was...

49. William Theophilus Dortch (1824)

American Politician

Theophilus Dortch was a prominent North Carolina and Confederate States of America politician and lawyer.

50. Matthew Deady (1824)

American Politician

Matthew Paul Deady was a politician and jurist in the Oregon Territory and the state of Oregon of the United States. He served on the Oregon Supreme Court from 1853...