1. William R. Day (1849)

American Judge

Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1903 to 1922.

2. Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849)

Children's Author

Frances Hodgson Burnett is a famous Children's Author, who was born on November 24, 1849 in United Kingdom. Author of the famed children’s book, The Secret Garden, which was published...

3. Hallie Quinn Brown (1849)

Teacher

Hallie Quinn Brown is a famous Teacher, who was born on March 10, 1849 in United States. African-American educator and writer who founded the Colored Women’s League of Washington D.C....

4. Vjekoslav Klaic (1849)

Historian

A turn-of-the-century historian and author, he is best known for his five-volume History of the Croats. Also the editor of the Croatian cultural magazine Vienac, he further promoted Croatian culture...

5. Charles F. Brush (1849)

Entrepreneur

Charles F. Brush is a famous Entrepreneur, who was born on March 17, 1849 in United States. 19th-century inventor who changed the world forever by creating street lights. According to...

6. William Ernest Henley (1849)

Poet

William Ernest Henley is a famous Poet, who was born on August 23, 1849 in United Kingdom. British poet, editor, and literary critic whose best-known work is his Victorian poem...

7. Luther Burbank (1849)

American Botanist Horticulturist

American botanist, horticulturist and a pioneer in agricultural science who developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 55-year career. Some of these strains include the Shasta...

8. Henrietta Edwards (1849)

Canadian Feminist

Remembered for her more than three decades of leadership of the Canadian Laws Governing Women and Children organization, Edwards also co-founded the National Council of Women of Canada and the...

9. Clara Shortridge Foltz (1849)

Lawyer

Clara Shortridge Foltz is a famous Lawyer, who was born on July 16, 1849 in United States. Indiana-born attorney who became the first woman to practice law on the West...

10. Harry Kellar (1849)

American Magician

Considered The Dean of Magicians, he performed extensively on five different continents.

11. John Hunn (1849)

Politician

American politician and member of the Republican party who served as Governor of Delaware from 1901 to 1905. He was notably the first Governor to allow women to be admitted...

12. James Whitcomb Riley (1849)

American Poet

A Nineteenth-century author of dialect works and children's poetry, he is particularly known for poems such as "Little Orphant Annie" and "The Raggedy Man." The former work was the inspiration...

13. William Osler (1849)

Pathologist Physician Educator B

Medical doctor who was one of the four founders of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

14. Benjamin Holt (1849)

Entrepreneur

American business owner who invented the first crawler-type tread tractor. He founded the Holt Manufacturing Company with his brothers.

15. Stanislaus Joyce (1849)

Memoirist

The brother of author James Joyce, he inspired several of his famous sibling's literary characters. He published his memoir, Recollections of James Joyce, in 1950.

16. Jacob Riis (1849)

American Journalist

Danish American journalist and photographer who tried to alleviate the bad living conditions of impoverished New Yorkers through his writing and photography. Throughout New York there are several parks and...

17. Edmund Barton (1849)

First Prime Minister Of Australi

19th century political figure who served as the 1st Prime Minister of Australia from 1901 to 1903. He also represented Hunter in Australian Parliament and was the Minister for External...

18. Emma Lazarus (1849)

American Poet

New York-born poet known for her 1883 sonnet "The New Colossus," which was engraved on the base of the Statue of Liberty. She also published a multi-part poem called "Epochs."

19. Bertha Benz (1849)

Automobile Pioneer With Husband

German woman widely remembered for being the wife of Karl Benz, who is credited with inventing the first modern automobile. In August 1888, she became the first person ever to...

20. Elizabeth Harrison (1849)

Teacher

Remembered best as the founder of the Chicago Kindergarten Training School (now National Louis University), this pioneer of early childhood education penned such books as Some Silent Teachers, Montessori and...

21. August Strindberg (1849)

Swedish Playwright Writer And Pa

Author, playwright, and poet who wrote the modern novel The Red Room. He is considered to be the father of modern Swedish literature.

22. Ivan Rendić (1849)

Croatian Sculptor

Sculptor known for his statues and monuments honoring famous Croatians.

23. William Thomas Stead (1849)

Journalist

Journalistic icon and newspaper editor best known for his influential series of articles titled "The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon." He is credited with pioneering the way in which media...

24. Charles Betts Galloway (1849)

Religious Leader

Charles Betts Galloway is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on September 1, 1849 in United States. American religious leader who was elected Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church,...

25. Ivan Pavlov (1849)

Biologist

Russian scientist who studied conditioned response in organisms, most famously by making his dog salivate every time he rang a bell. He won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine...

26. Sarah Orne Jewett (1849)

Novelist

Sarah Orne Jewett is a famous Novelist, who was born on September 3, 1849 in United States. An American novelist and short story writer known for the coastal Maine settings...

27. Henry Clay Frick (1849)

Entrepreneur

Henry Clay Frick is a famous Entrepreneur, who was born on December 19, 1849 in United States. Late 19th and early 20th-century entrepreneur who headed both the Carnegie Steel Company...

28. Basil Zaharoff (1849)

Greek Arms Dealer

Arms dealer and financier who pioneered fully automatic machine guns and submarines and backed early efforts at flight.

29. Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849)

Painter

Abbott Handerson Thayer is a famous Painter, who was born on August 12, 1849 in United States. Painter, teacher, and naturalist known for his landscapes, portraits, and artwork of animals....

30. John William Waterhouse (1849)

Painter

English painter known for working first in the Academic style, and later for embracing the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's style and subject matter. He produced 118 paintings, and often depicted women from...

31. Archibald Grimké (1849)

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Archibald Henry Grimké was an American lawyer intellectual journalist diplomat and community leader in the 19th and early 20th centuries. A graduate of freedmen's schools Lincoln University and Harvard Law...

32. Robert Dennis (1849)

Athletics (sport) Competitor

Robert Henry Dennis III is a former Liberian sprinter. Dennis was once the Liberian National Record holder in the 200 meter Fairfax Virginia in 1998. He is currently an attorney...

33. Robert Henry Barnes (1849)

British-new Zealand Chess Player

Robert Henry Barnes was a British–New Zealand chess player. In 1880 he lost a match to Eugene Delmar in New York.

34. Daniel Yarnton Mills (1849)

British Chess Player

Daniel Yarnton Mills was a Scottish chess master. He has won the Scottish Chess Championships on eight occasions and was British Amateur Champion in 1890.

35. John Hartley (1849)

Actor

36. Murphy J. Foster (1849)

American Politician

Murphy James Foster Sr. was a Louisiana politician who served two terms as the 31st Governor of Louisiana from 1892 to 1900. Foster's adoption of the Louisiana Constitution of...

37. Charles Mickle (1849)

Canadian Politician

Charles Julius Mickle was a politician in Manitoba Canada. He was a provincial cabinet minister for three years and on two occasions served as the leader of the Liberal Party...

38. George L. Rives (1849)

American Politician

George Lockhart Rives served as United States Assistant Secretary of State 1887 to 1889. He also wrote the two volume book The United States and Mexico 1821-1848: A History of...

39. Jean-Marie Bayol (1849)

French Physician

Jean-Marie Bayol was a French army doctor colonial administrator and politician.

40. Jeremiah D. Botkin (1849)

American Politician

Jeremiah Dunham Botkin was a U. S.

41. William Atkinson Jones (1849)

American Politician

Atkinson Jones was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1891 to 1918 from the first district of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

42. John W. Leedy (1849)

American Politician

John Whitnah Leedy was the 14th Governor of Kansas. He was born near Bellville Ohio in Richland County to Samuel Keith and Margaret Leedy the fifth of six children. His...

43. Louis-Georges Desjardins (1849)

Canadian Politician

Louis-Georges Desjardins was a Canadian journalist and politician. Born in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli Canada East the son of François Roy dit Desjardins and Clarisse Miville dit Deschênes Desjardins was educated at the...

44. Lord Randolph Churchill (1849)

British Politician

Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill PC was a British statesman. He was the third son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough and his wife Lady Frances Vane. He was the father...

45. José Manuel Pando (1849)

President Of Bolivia

José Manuel Inocencio Pando Solares was President of Bolivia between October 1899 and August 1904. Born in Luribay he studied medicine joined the army during the War of the Pacific...

46. Joseph Chaumié (1849)

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Joseph Chaumié was a French politician Senator for Lot-et-Garonne from 1897 until his death. Joseph Chaumié was born in Agen Lot-et-Garonne into a family of modest means. He studied law...

47. Robert Wyche Davis (1849)

American Politician

Robert Wyche Davis was a United States Representative from Florida. Born near Albany Georgia Davis attended public schools. He enlisted in 1863 in the Fifth Georgia Regiment of the Confederate...

48. Leverett George DeVeber (1849)

Canadian Politician Active In Pr

Leverett George DeVeber was a Canadian politician who served as Member of the Legislative Assemblies of Alberta and the Northwest Territories minister in the government of Alberta and member...

49. Terence V. Powderly (1849)

American Mayor

Terence Vincent Powderly was an Irish-American politician and labor union leader best known as head of the Knights of Labor in the late 1880s. A lawyer he was elected mayor...

50. Robert E. Moore (1849)

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Robert Emmett Moore was an American politician who served as seventh Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska from 1895-97. He also served as 11th mayor of Lincoln Nebraska from 1883-85.