1. Wilhelm Steinitz (1836)

Chess Player

A chess legend who was the first ever, undisputed World Chess Champion.

2. Charles Ingalls (1836)

Pa In Little House On The Prairi

Father of author Laura Ingalls Wilder who wrote the popular Little House on the Prairie book series. He helped organize and was an active member of the Congregational Church in...

3. Baselios Paulose I (1836)

Religious Leader

Baselios Paulose I is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on January 17, 1836 in India. The first Catholicos of the East after its reinstatement in India from 1912...

4. Bret Harte (1836)

Writer

Nineteenth-century author and poet who wrote "The Luck of Roaring Camp" and other California pioneer-themed works. His literary works inspired several films and an opera.

5. Isabella Beeton (1836)

British Cookery Writer

Remembered for her 1861 domestic instructional manual, Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management, this Victorian-era cooking and housekeeping authority also established a weekly ladies' magazine called The Queen.

6. Daniel Owen (1836)

Novelist

Considered the most important nineteenth-century Welsh novelist, Owen famously penned an 1885 Welsh-language work titled Rhys Lewis. His other well-known novels include Enoc Huws and Gwen Tomos.

7. William Gilbert (1836)

Playwright

Famed dramatist and librettist whose comic operettas with composer Arthur Sullivan include The Mikado, H.M.S. Pinafore, and The Pirates of Penzance. As a playwright of non-musical works, he is known for Pygmalion...

8. Henry Billings Brown (1836)

Supreme Court Justice

Henry Billings Brown is a famous Supreme Court Justice, who was born on March 2, 1836 in United States. Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from...

9. Charles Ranhofer (1836)

American Chef

Chef who worked at the famous New York restaurant Delmonico's during the late 19th century.

10. Winslow Homer (1836)

American Artist

Considered one of the most significant nineteenth-century American painters, he is particularly remembered for his watercolors and oil paintings depicting maritime scenes. His best known works include Breezing Up (A...

11. Joseph Wheeler (1836)

Confederate Army General

Military leader and politician who fought in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.

12. Milton Bradley (1836)

American Game Designer

Founder of the Milton Bradley Company, which created international board games like The Checkered Game of Life, Connect Four, Twister, and Yahtzee.

13. Fitz Ludlow (1836)

Autobiographer

An avid traveler and outdoors man, Ludlow was most famous for his semi-autobiographical novel, The Hasheesh Eater, which depicted states of altered consciousness. His other works include The Music Essence...

14. Joseph Chamberlain (1836)

British Businessman Politician A

British statesman who negotiated control in Africa with the European powers and African natives. He was Secretary of State for the UK's Colonies from 1895 to 1903.

15. Arabella Goddard (1836)

British Musician

Internationally known 19th-century English pianist and one of the first recipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society.

16. Andrew Smith Hallidie (1836)

Inventor

Andrew Smith Hallidie is a famous Inventor, who was born on March 16, 1836 in United Kingdom. Remembered for his key role in the development of San Francisco’s Clay Street...

17. Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836)

Poet

Thomas Bailey Aldrich is a famous Poet, who was born on November 11, 1836 in United States. A nineteenth-century American poet, novelist, and editor, he is best known for The...

18. Kalākaua (1836)

Last Reigning King Of The Kingdo

Known as the "Merry Monarch," this nineteenth-century Hawaiian regent was actually elected to his position by the people and legislature of Hawaii following the death of King Lunalilo (who had,...

19. Thomas Crapper (1836)

Industrialist Plumber

English plumber who gave the world modern bathroom fixtures, but did not invent the flush toilet.

20. Josip Stritar (1836)

Slovenian Writer

Late 19th and early 20th-century Slovene writer who became known for his poetry, translations, and plays. His dramatic works include Medeja and Rejenka; his poetry collections include Pesmi and Dunajski...

21. Norman Lockyer (1836)

British Astronomer

English scientist and astronomer who is credited with discovering the gas helium and was the founder of the journal Nature.

22. Charles Goodnight (1836)

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Remembered for herding Texas Longhorns and bison, this western rancher was immortalized in author Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer-Prize winning historical novel Lonesome Dove.

23. Adolf Schwarz (1836)

Austro-hungarian Chess Player

Adolf Schwarz was an Austria-Hungarian chess master. He took 10th in the Vienna 1873 chess tournament. In 1878 he took 2nd behind Louis Paulsen in Frankfurt. In 1879 he took...

24. Lewis Jones (1836)

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25. William Blassingame (1836)

American Politician

Blassingame was a politician serving in the Texas legislature and as a delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention of 1875.

26. George Arbuthnot (politician) (1836)

British Politician

Col. George Arbuthnot of Norton Court Gloucester DL JP MP was a British politician.

27. George Spalding (1836)

Union United States Army Officer

George Spalding was a politician from the U. S. state of Michigan.

28. Adolf Lieben (1836)

Austrian Chemist

Adolf Lieben was an Austrian Jewish chemist. He was born in Vienna as son of Ignatz Lieben. He studied at the University of Vienna University of Heidelberg and Paris and...

29. George L. Shoup (1836)

American Politician

George Laird Shoup was the first Governor of Idaho serving a short time after statehood in 1890 before becoming one of the state's first United States Senators.

30. Vaughan Hanning Vaughan-Lee (1836)

British Politician

Vaughan Hanning Vaughan-Lee was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1882. Vaughan-Lee was born Lee the son of John Lee Lee of...

31. Washington Gladden (1836)

American Pastor

shington Gladden was a leading American Congregational pastor and early leader in the Social Gospel movement. He was a leading member of the Progressive Movement serving for two years as...

32. Walter Beatty (1836)

Canadian Politician

Beatty was an Ontario land surveyor and political figure. He represented Leeds in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 1904 as a Conservative member. He was born in...

33. Byron M. Cutcheon (1836)

United States Army Medal Of Hono

Byron Mac Cutcheon was an American Civil War officer Medal of Honor recipient and politician from the U. S. state of Michigan.

34. Samuel Swinfin Burdett (1836)

American Politician

Samuel Swinfin Burdett was a U. S. Representative from Missouri. Born in The Old Manse Broughton Astley bordering Sutton-in-the-Elms Leicestershire England where his father was Minister at the Baptist Chapel.

35. George Wheler (mill owner) (1836)

Canadian Politician

George Wheler was a mill owner and political figure in Ontario Canada. He represented Ontario North from 1878 to 1882 and Ontario West from 1882 to 1884 as a Liberal...

36. Charles Augustus Semlin (1836)

Canadian Politician

Charles Augustus Charlie Semlin was a British Columbia politician and rancher. Born near Barrie Upper Canada Semlin worked there as a schoolteacher until 1862 when he moved to British Columbia...

37. William R. Myers (1836)

American Politician

Ralph Myers was a U. S. Representative from Indiana.

38. Leonidas C. Houk (1836)

American Congressman For Tenness

Leonidas Campbell Houk was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 2nd congressional district of Tennessee. Between 1878 and 1891 Houk was...

39. Lewis Randle Starkey (1836)

British Politician

Lewis Randle Starkey was a British Conservative politician. He was the eldest son of John Starkey of Spring Lodge Huddersfield and his wife Sarah Anne daughter of Joseph Armitage a...

40. Gustave Fould (1836)

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41. Clement Warner (1836)

American Politician

Colonel Clement Edson Warner was a Wisconsin farmer and officer in the American Civil War who served two years as a Unionist member of the Wisconsin State Senate and one...

42. John W. Moon (1836)

American Politician

John Wesley Moon was a politician from the U. S. state of Michigan. Moon was born in Wayne County Michigan near Ypsilanti and attended the common schools. As a youth...

43. Sakamoto Ryōma (1836)

Japanese Samurai

Sakamoto Ryōma was a prominent figure in the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate during the Bakumatsu period in Japan. One of his most noted accomplishments during this period was...

44. Nicholas E. Worthington (1836)

American Politician

Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington was a U. S.

45. Adán Cárdenas (1836)

President Of Nicaragua

Adán Cárdenas del Castillo was a Nicaraguan politician and doctor. He also served as the President of Nicaragua between 1 March 1883 and 1 March 1887. He was a member...

46. Remigio Morales Bermúdez (1836)

President Of Peru

Remigio Morales Bermúdez was president of Peru from 1890 to 1894. His predecessor until 1890 was Andrés Avelino Cáceres his successor was Justiniano Borgoño in 1894. He died while still...

47. Cyrus D. Prescott (1836)

American Politician

Cyrus Dan Prescott was a U. S.

48. Daniel-Jérémie Décarie (1836)

Canadian Politician

Daniel-Jérémie Décarie was a Canadian politician. Born in Montreal the son of Jérémie Descary and Apolline Gougeon Décarie was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district...

49. Piet Cronjé (1836)

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Pieter Arnoldus Cronjé commonly known as Piet Cronjé was a general of the South African Republic's military forces during the Anglo-Boer wars of 1880-1881 and 1899-1902. Born in the Cape...

50. Samuel Thomas Alexander (1836)

Businessman In The Agricultural

Samuel Thomas Alexander co-founded a major agricultural and transportation business in the Kingdom of Hawaii.