African-American jockey Isaac Burns Murphy repeatedly won the Kentucky Derby and was posthumously inducted into the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame.
1861-1896
1861-1947
1861-1948
Solomon R. Guggenheim was an American business magnate and art lover who provided the initial collection and name for the Guggenheim Museum.
1861-1949
H.H. Holmes was the alias of one of America's first serial killers. During the 1893 Columbian Exposition, he lured victims into his elaborate "murder castle."
1861-1896
Aristide Maillol was a French artist, mostly known as a sculptor of monumental statues of female nudes.
1861-1944
James Naismith invented tha game of basketball in 1891.
1861-1939
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1861-1948
Lillian Russell was a singer and actress who first made her mark in the 1881 film Grand Mogul.
1861-1922
Rudolf Steiner was a lecturer and founder of anthroposophy. His works attempted to find a synthesis between science and mysticism.
1861-1925
Helen Taft was a schoolteacher, political adviser and U.S. First Lady who was the wife of President William Howard Taft.
1861-1943
1861-1947
1861-1912