Queen Victoria24th May, British
Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Albert, Prince Consort26th August, German, British
Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Husband of Queen
Walt Whitman31st May, American
Poet & humanist
George Eliot22nd November, British
Author and Novelist
Herman Melville1st August, American
John Ruskin8th February, British
Art Critic and Painter
Allan Pinkerton25th August, British, American, Scottish
American Detective
Gustave Courbet10th June, French
Painter
George V of Hanover27th May, German
King
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Former New York State Senator
Abner Doubleday26th June, American
Military Leader
Thomas A. Hendricks7th September, American
21st Vice President of the U.S.A.
Charles Kingsley12th June, British
Priest
Christopher Latham Sholes14th February, American
Inventor of the QWERTY Keyboard
William A. Wheeler30th June, American
19th Vice President of the U.S.A
Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet13th August, British
Mathematician
Léon Foucault18th September, French
Physicist
Edwin Drake29th March, American
Businessman
Clara Wieck Schumann13th September, German
Musician & Composer
Otto Wilhelm von Struve7th May, German
Astronomer
Clara Schumann13th September, German
Pianist, Composer, Music educator
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Politician
Maria II of Portugal4th April, Brazilian, Portuguese
Queen of Portugal
Jacques Offenbach20th June, German, French
Composer, Cellist, Conductor, Impresario
Julia Ward Howe27th May, American
Songwriter, poet
Prince George, Duke of Cambridge26th March, German
Field marshal
Joseph Bazalgette28th March, British
Civil engineer
Elias Howe9th July, American
Inventor, Engineer
James Russell Lowell22nd February, American
Poet, Diplomat, Essayist, Writer, Literary critic,
William T. G. Morton9th August, American
Dentist
Shishunala Sharif30th November, Indian
poet, teacher
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Theodor Fontane30th December, German
Pharmacist, Writer, Poet, Historian, Translator,
William Worrall Mayo31st May, British, American
Chemist, Politician, Gynaecologist, Editor
Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst31st March, German, Prussian
Prime Minister
Franz von Suppé18th April, Austrian, Croatian
Composer
Alexander Crummell3rd March, American
Minister
Hippolyte Fizeau23rd September, French
Physicist, Astronomer
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes18th April, Cuban
Revolutionary
Cyrus West Field30th November, American
Businessman
Martin Johnson Heade11th August, American
Painter
Roger Fenton28th March, British
Photographer
Gottfried Keller19th July, Swiss
Swiss poet
Philip Schaff1st January, Swiss, American
Church historian, Translator, Theologian,
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius17th September, South African
President
Stanisław Moniuszko5th May, Polish
Composer
Théodore Chassériau20th September, French
Painter
Arthur Hugh Clough1st January, British
Poet
John Bidwell5th August, American
Soldier
William Powell Frith9th January, British
Painter
John Couch Adams5th June, British
Mathematician, Astronomer, University teacher
Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck10th October, British
Statesman
Alfred Escher20th February, Swiss
Swiss Politician
Felice Orsini10th December, Italian
Revolutionary
Isaac Mayer Wise29th March, Czech
Rabbi
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Inventor
Carlotta Grisi28th June, Italian
Ballet dancer
William Wetmore Story12th February, American
Poet
E. R. Squibb4th July, American
Inventor
Butrus al-Bustani30th November, Lebanese
Writer
Johan Jongkind3rd June, Dutch
Painter
Francis McClintock8th July, British
Explorer
Abe Masahiro3rd December, Japanese
Chief Senior Councillor
André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri28th March, French
Photographer
Annibale de Gasparis9th November, Italian
Astronomer
George Salmon25th September, British
Mathematician
E. D. E. N. Southworth26th December, American
Author
Agenor, duc de Gramont14th August, French
Diplomat
Susan Warner11th July, American
Author
Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke6th July, German
Physician
Josiah Gilbert Holland24th July, American
Poet, Author, Novelist, Writer, Journalist
Louise Otto-Peters26th March, German
Journalist, Writer
Thomas Dunn English29th June, American
Politician
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Politician
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Civil Engineer
Isaac Hecker18th December, American
Priest
Klaus Groth24th April, German
Poet
George N. Barnard23rd December, American
Photographer
Anna Cora Mowatt5th March, French, American
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William Rogers24th November, British
Educator
Henri Harpignies28th June, French
Painter
Clément Juglar15th October, French
Doctor
Friedrich von Bodenstedt22nd April, German
Author
Lucile Grahn30th June, Danish
Ballerina
Meïr Aron Goldschmidt26th October, Danish
Publisher
Friedrich Theodor von Frerichs24th March, German
Physician
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Writer
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Statesman
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Inventor
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Historian
Lydia E. Pinkham9th February, American
Businesswoman
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Prime minister
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Politician
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Musician
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Poet