Famous Personalities Born In 1847

Jan 04 Hendrik goeman borgesius: Dutch politician  

Jan 20 W r pettiford: Founder (alabama penny savings bank)  

Feb 02 Jules francois blasini: Curacaos pianist/composer  

Feb 07 Ernst franck: German composer/conductor  

Feb 08 Hugh price hughes: English social reformer  

Feb 10 A n hornby: Cricketer (pioneering england test batsman)  

Feb 11 Thomas alva edison: Milan ohio, lit up your life (held 1200 patents)  

Feb 14 Maria pia of italy: Queen of portugal  

Feb 14 Anna howard shaw: Us, suffragette  

Feb 15 Robert fuchs: Composer  

Feb 16 Ludwig philipp scharwenka: German composer (album polonaise)  

Feb 25 John watson: Canada, philosopher (objective idealism)  

Feb 27 Ellen alice terry: Coventry engl, actress/director (imperial theatre)  

Mar 03 Alexander graham bell: Scotland, inventor (telephone)  

Mar 04 Karl bayer: Austrian chemist  

Mar 08 Karl von bach: German engineer (maschinenelemente)  

Mar 10 Kate sheppard: New zealand suffragist  

Mar 14 Antonio de castro alves: Brazilian poet (espumas flutuantes)  

Mar 19 Constantin dimitrescu: Composer  

Mar 23 Alexandru d xenopol: Romania, historian  

Mar 27 Otto wallach: Germany, chemist (nobel 1910)  

Mar 31 Jarolslaw zielinski: Composer  

Mar 31 Yegor ivanovich zolotarev: Russian mathematician  

Apr 01 Gavriil musicescu: Composer  

Apr 01 Jules-nicolas crevaux: French explorer (south america)  

Apr 07 J p jacobsen: Writer  

Apr 09 Francesco paolo tosti: Composer  

Apr 10 Charles swinnerton heap: Composer  

Apr 10 Joseph pulitzer: Hungary, publisher (st louis post-dispatch, ny world)  

Apr 13 Cornelis pijnacker hordijk: Gov-gen (neth east-indies)  

Apr 16 Hans auer: Swiss architect,  

May 07 Archibald primrose: Earl of rosebery (lib), british pm (1894-95)  

May 10 Wilhelm killing: German mathematician  

May 13 Johannes haarklou: Composer  

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Jan 11 Caroline von wolzogen [von lengefeld]: German author,  

Jan 14 Gov bent: 5 others in us occupation, killed by revolt in new mexico  

Jan 22 Georges-julien sieber: Composer,  

Feb 15 Germinal pierre dandelin: Belgian mathematician (b. 1794)  

Feb 17 William collins: Landscape painter,  

Mar 28 Mariano rodriguiz de ledesma: Composer,  

Mar 29 Auguste de polignac: Premier france,  

Apr 23 Erik gustaf geijer: Composer,