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Elijah McCoy
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Elijah McCoy
Entrepreneur, Engineer, Inventor / 1844 - 1929
Elijah McCoy was a 19th century African-American inventor best known for inventing lubrication devices used to make train travel more efficient.
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Sarah Bernhardt
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- Famous Libras
- Famous Actresses
Sarah Bernhardt
Film Actress, Theater Actress / 1844 - 1923
Perhaps the most famous actress of all time, Sarah Bernhardt is regarded as one of the finest actors of the 19th century, appearing on the stage and in some of the earliest films ever produced.
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Karl Benz
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- Famous Sagittarians
- Famous Inventors
Karl Benz
Entrepreneur, Engineer, Inventor / 1844 - 1929
German mechanical engineer Karl Benz designed and built the first practical automobile powered by an internal-combustion engine.
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St Bernadette of Lourdes
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- Famous Saints
St Bernadette of Lourdes
Saint / 1844 - 1879
St. Bernadette of Lourdes was best known as a saint who received visions from the Virgin Mary in a cave near Lourdes. Pope Pius XI canonized her as a saint in 1933.
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Henri Rousseau
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- Famous Painters
- Famous Artists
Henri Rousseau
Painter / 1844 - 1910
Henri Rousseau was a self-taught French painter who was ridiculed during his lifetime but was later given the title of artistic genius.
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Sarah Winnemucca
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- Famous People Named Sarah
- Famous People Born in 1844
Sarah Winnemucca
Activist, Journalist / 1844 - 1891
Sarah Winnemucca was a member of the Native American Paiutes nation, an activist for her people and the first Native woman to publish in the English language.
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