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<html> <head> <title>Born in 1847</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Born in 1847 LISTS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_grunk"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/811/000082565/">John Peter Altgeld</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Dec-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Mar-1902</tt></td> <td>Governor of Illinois, 1893-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/197/000179657/">Joachim Andersen</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-May-1909</tt></td> <td>Danish flautist and composer for flute</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/851/000026773/">Alexander Graham Bell</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Mar-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Aug-1922</tt></td> <td>Inventor of the telephone</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/299/000098005/">Annie Besant</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Sep-1933</tt></td> <td>Theosophist & Social Activist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/537/000113198/">John Bates Clark</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jan-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Mar-1938</tt></td> <td>Philosophy of Wealth</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/339/000164844/">Adolph Coors</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jun-1929</tt></td> <td>Founder of Coors Brewery</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/333/000022267/">Thomas Edison</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Feb-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Oct-1931</tt></td> <td>Invented the light bulb</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/320/000112981/">Galileo Ferraris</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Feb-1897</tt></td> <td>Invented the induction motor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/424/000169914/">Edwin J. Houston</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jul-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Mar-1914</tt></td> <td>Thomson-Houston Electric Company</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/257/000205639/">Oscar Hammerstein I</a></td> <td><center>Theatre Producer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Aug-1919</tt></td> <td>Olympia Theatre</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/794/000097503/">Jens Peter Jacobsen</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Apr-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Apr-1885</tt></td> <td>Niels Lyhne</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/865/000095580/">Jesse James</a></td> <td><center>Criminal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Sep-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Apr-1882</tt></td> <td>Bank robber, with James Gang</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/674/000205059/">Henry Demarest Lloyd</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-May-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Sep-1903</tt></td> <td>Radical reporter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/853/000137442/">John R. Lynch</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Sep-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1939</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Mississippi</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/597/000128213/">Ida McKinley</a></td> <td><center>First Lady</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jun-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-May-1907</tt></td> <td>Wife of US President William McKinley</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/441/000092165/">Archibald Philip Primrose</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-May-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-May-1929</tt></td> <td>UK Prime Minister 1894-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/193/000085935/">Joseph Pulitzer</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Apr-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Oct-1911</tt></td> <td>Established the Pulitzer Prize</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/889/000084637/">Albert Pinkham Ryder</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Mar-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Mar-1917</tt></td> <td>Idyllic American painter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/214/000134809/">Jacob Schiff</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jan-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Sep-1920</tt></td> <td>New York banker</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/705/000206087/">Anna Howard Shaw</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Feb-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jul-1919</tt></td> <td>National American Women's Suffrage Association</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/768/000196180/">Georges Sorel</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Aug-1922</tt></td> <td>Reflections on Violence</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/840/000031747/">Bram Stoker</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Nov-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Apr-1912</tt></td> <td>Dracula</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/752/000092476/">Paul von Hindenburg</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Aug-1934</tt></td> <td>President of Germany, 1925-34</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/215/000099915/">Otto Wallach</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Mar-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1931</tt></td> <td>Terpenes and essential oils</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=105531" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/558/000001555/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/558/1555/s1555.jpg" width=128> Texas Pacific Group</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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