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Grigore Alexandrescu

Romanian poet (1810–1885)

William Henry Vanderbilt

American businessman and philanthropist (1821–1885)

Julius Benedict

German-born composer and conductor (1804–1885)

Catholic cardinal (1810–1885)

French engraver, painter, and playwright (1812-1885)

Juan Bautista Topete

Prime Minister of Spain (1821-1885)

Sidney Gilchrist Thomas

British inventor (1850-1885)

Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae

Danish archaeologist, historian, politician and second director of the National Museum of Denmark (1821-1885)

Rosa Vercellana

mistress of the King of Italy (1833-1885)

Danish mathematician and astronomer (1801–1885)

Romanian politician (1816–1885)

French engineer and businessman (1815–1885)

Nísia Floresta

Brazilian writer (1810–1885)

Amédée Courbet

French admiral (1827–1885)

Antoni Edward Odyniec

Polish Romantic-era poet (1804–1885)

Justo Rufino Barrios

Guatemalan President (1835-1885)

American politician (1810-1885)

Italian poet, translator and librettist (1798-1885)

Canadian writer (1803–1885)

James W. Marshall

American cabinetmaker,doctor of the California Gold Rush (1810-1885)

Bernhard Horwitz

German-British chess player (1807–1885)

Prince August of Württemberg

German prince and general (1813–1885)

Prince Adolf of Auersperg

Austrian politician (1821-1885)

Joseph Alfred Serret

French mathematician (1819–1885)

Harry Smith Parkes

British diplomat (1828-1885)

Karamchand Uttamchand Gandhi

Father of Mahatma Gandhi

British writer (1803–1885)

Mariano Ospina Rodríguez

Colombian politician (1805–1885); President of Colombia from 1857 to 1861

Bharatendu Harishchandra

Indian writer (1850-1885)

Wilhelm Camphausen

German artist (1818-1885)

James Edward Alexander

Scottish soldier, traveller and author (1803-1885)

William Benjamin Carpenter

English biologist (1813–1885)

American writer (1819-1885)

Ludwig Bohnstedt

German architect (1822–1885)

Gaudenzio Marconi

Italian-Swiss photographer

Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis

German prince (1862-1885)

Fleeming Jenkin

Scottish engineer (1833-1885)

Benjamin B. Hotchkiss

American engineer (1826–1885)

Alfred Meissner

Austrian writer (1822–1885)

Vicente Cerna Sandoval

Guatemalan president (1815-1885)

Théodore Ballu

French architect (1817-1885)

Leopold Damrosch

German American conductor and composer (1832-1885)

German musician (1827-1885)

German writer and musicologist (1831–1885)

Friedrich Johannes Jacob Celestin von Schwarzenberg

Cardinal and theologist (1809-1885)

Ranbir Singh I of Kashmir

Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir (1830-1885)

Swedish composer, conductor, pianist, and music teacher (1831-1885)

French mycologist (1815-1885)

Próspero Fernández Oreamuno

Costa Rican politician (1834-1885)

Charles Philippe Robin

French biologist (1821-1885)

Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg

Dutch politician (1826-1885)

Thérèse Couderc

Co-founder of the Sisters of Cenacle

Alexandre Mouton

American politician (1804-1885)

Abdul Momin of Brunei

Sultan of Brunei (1788-1885)

Catholic cardinal (1816-1885)

Ferdinand Minding

German-Russian mathematician (1806–1885)

Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein

Prussian army officer (1797-1885)

Johann Jacob Baeyer

German geodesist (1794–1885)

Martin R. Delany

United States Army officer and physician, abolitionist, journalist, and writer (1812–1885)

Gregor von Helmersen

Baltic German geologist (1803–1885)

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