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Grover Cleveland
Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, serving from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. He was the first U.S. president to serve nonconsecutive terms and the first Democrat elected president after the American Civil War.
Henri Becquerel
French physicist (1852–1908)
Empress Dowager Cixi
Chinese empress (1835–1908)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian composer (1844–1908)
Radoje Domanović
Serbian writer (1873–1908)
Edmondo de Amicis
Italian writer (1846-1908)
Wilhelm Busch
German painter, poet and cartoonist (1832–1908)
Randal Cremer
English politician (1828–1908)
Machado de Assis
Brazilian writer
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
Indian religious leader (1835–1908)
Carlos I of Portugal
King of Portugal from 1889 to 1908 (1863–1908)
Guangxu Emperor
Chinese emperor (1871-1908)
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
British Prime Minister from 1905 to 1908 (1836–1908)
Dimitrios Vikelas
Greek businessman and writer; president of the International Olympic Committee (1835-1908)
Pablo de Sarasate
Spanish violinist and composer (1844–1908)
François Coppée
French poet and novelist (1842–1908)
Mikhail Chigorin
Russian chess player
Victorien Sardou
French dramatist (1831-1908)
Jonas Lie
Norwegian novelist (1833–1908)
Ouida
Maria Louise Ramé (1 January 1839 – 25 January 1908), going by the name Marie Louise de la Ramée and known by the pseudonym Ouida ( ), was an English novelist. Ouida wrote more than 40 novels, as well as short stories, children's books and essays. Moderately successful, she lived a life of luxury, entertaining many of the literary figures of the day.
Antonio Starabba di Rudinì
Prime Minister of Italy (1839-1908)
Butch Cassidy
American Old West outlaw (1866–1908)
Tomás Estrada Palma
Cuban politician (1835–1908); President of Cuba (1902–1906)
Joseph Maria Olbrich
Austrian architect (1867–1908)
Edward MacDowell
American composer (1860–1908)
Sidney Paget
English illustrator
Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Grand Duke of Tuscany (1835-1908)
Ludovic Halévy
French writer (1834–1908)
Qasim Amin
Egyptian writer, judge and social reformer (1863–1908)
Svatopluk Čech
Czech poet, publicist and bookwriter (1846–1908)
Holger Drachmann
Poet and painter (1846-1908)
Friedrich Traun
German tennis player (1876-1908)
Enomoto Takeaki
Japanese admiral, cabinet minister (1836-1908)
Eduard Zeller
German philosopher and theologian (1814-1908)
Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia
Russian grand duke
Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal
Portuguese crown prince (1887-1908)
Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev
Russian politician (1832-1908)
Giovanni Fattori
Italian painter and engraver (1825-1908)
Andrew Graham
Irish astronomer
Cut Nyak Dhien
Indonesian guerrilla leader against the Dutch (1850–1908)
Sundance Kid
American train robber (1867–1908)
Pat Garrett
American sheriff (1850–1908)
Joel Chandler Harris
American journalist, children's writer (1848–1908)
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
British politician and Governor General of Canada (1841–1908)
Nicolás Salmerón
Prime Minister of Spain (1838-1908)
Henry Bird
English chess player (1830–1908)
William Edward Ayrton
English physicist and electrical engineer (1847-1908)
Richard Gerstl
Austrian artist (1883-1908)
Doppo Kunikida
Japanese writer and journalist (1871–1908)
Milovan Glišić
Serbian writer (1847–1908)
Rūdolfs Blaumanis
Latvian writer, journalist and playwright (1863–1908)
Abraham Goldfaden
Russian-born Jewish poet and playwright (1840–1908)
Georgy Voronoy
Ukrainian mathematician from Russian empire
Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević
Croatian poet (1865–1908)
Karl Möbius
German zoologist and ecologist (1825-1908)
Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten
German botanist (1817–1908)
Harriet Hosmer
American sculptor (1830–1908)
Simo Matavulj
Serbian writer (1852-1908)
John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow
British colonial governor (1860-1908)
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French scientist (1816–1908)