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Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
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Sarah Bernhardt
French stage actress, painter and sculptor (1844–1923)
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Anatole France
French writer (1844–1924)
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Paul Verlaine
French poet (1844-1896)
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Carl Benz
German automotive and engine designer and manufacturer (1844–1929)
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian composer (1844–1908)
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Ilya Repin
Russian-empire painter of Ukrainian birth (1844-1930)
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Ludwig Boltzmann
Austrian physicist and philosopher (1844–1906)
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Mary Cassatt
American painter and printmaker (1844—1926)
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Umberto I of Italy
king of Italy (1844-1900)
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Mehmed V
35th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1909–1918)
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Henri Rousseau
French painter (1844–1910)
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Bernadette Soubirous
French saint (1844–1879)
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Klas Pontus Arnoldson
Swedish politician (1844-1916)
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Alexandra of Denmark
Queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910 (1844–1925)
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Menilek II
Emperor of Ethiopia and King of Shewa (1844-1913)
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ʻAbdu'l-Bahá
'''ʻAbdu'l-Bahá (; Persian: , ;, 23 May 1844 – 28 November 1921), born ʻAbbás''' (, ), was the eldest son of Baháʼu'lláh, founder of the Bahá’í Faith, who designated him to be his successor and head of the Baháʼí Faith from 1892 until 1921. ʻAbdu'l-Bahá was later cited as the last of three "central figures" of the religion, along with Baháʼu'lláh and the Báb, and his writings and authenticated talks are regarded as sources of Baháʼí sacred literature.
Friedrich Ratzel thumbnail
Friedrich Ratzel
German geographer and ethnographer (1844–1904)
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Garret Hobart
vice president of the United States from 1897 to 1899
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Thomas Eakins
American painter (1844–1916)
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Peter I of Serbia
Serbian noble (1844–1921); King of Serbia from 1903 to 1918
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Louis Riel
Métis leader in Canada (1844–1885)
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Muhammad Ahmad ibn ʿAbdallah
Religious leader in the Sudan, self-proclaimed as the Mahdi (1844-1885)
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Pablo de Sarasate
Spanish violinist and composer (1844–1908)
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Ismail Kemal
Prime Minister of Albania (1844-1919)
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Charles-Marie Widor
French organist and composer (1844–1937)
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Minna Canth
Finnish writer, editor
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Gerard Manley Hopkins
English poet (1844–1889)
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Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1893 to 1900 (1844–1900)
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Adolf Engler
German botanist (1844-1930)
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Vasily Polenov
Russian artist (1844-1927)
Friedrich Miescher thumbnail
Friedrich Miescher
Swiss biochemist (1844-1895)
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Julius Wellhausen
German theologian and orientalist (1844–1918)
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Andrew Lang
Scottish poet, novelist and literary critic (1844–1912)
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Sophia Tolstaya
Russian writer (1844–1919)
Catherine Breshkovsky
Russian politician (1844–1934)
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Detlev von Liliencron
German lyric poet and novelist (1844–1909)
Karl Lueger
Austrian politician (1844-1910)
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Edward Carpenter
English utopian socialist, poet and activist (1844–1929)
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Edmonia Lewis
African American sculptor (1844–1907)
Mihály Munkácsy
Hungarian painter (1844-1900)
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Sanford B. Dole
American judge (1844-1926)
George W. De Long
American polar explorer (1844–1881)
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Charles-Émile Reynaud
French inventor
Henry J. Heinz
American businessman (1844-1919)
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Eduard Strasburger
Polish-German botanist (1844–1912)
Konstantin Savitsky
Russian artist (1844-1905)
Édouard Branly
French physicist (1844-1940)
Robert Themptander
Swedish 19th century prime minister (1844-1897)
Wilhelm Leibl
German artist (1844–1900)
Patrick Manson
Scottish parasitologist (1844-1922)
Joshua Slocum
American navigator and maritime writer (1844-1909)
Max Noether
German mathematician (1844–1921)
Marie Spartali Stillman
Pre-Raphaelite artist (1844-1927)
Édouard Drumont
French journalist and writer (1844–1917)
Victorine Meurent
French painter, model for painters (1844-1927)
Simon Gregorčič
Slovenian poet (1844–1906)
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William Wilson
British journalist, swimming instructor and coach, originator of the game of water polo (1844–1912)
Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman
President of Argentina (1844-1909)
Carl Hagenbeck
German animal trader, manager of "Völkerschauen" (human zoos) and zoo director (1844–1913)