Jane Addams co-founded one of the first settlements in the United States, the Hull House in Chicago, Illinois, and was named a co-winner of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize.
1860-1935
Sir James Matthew Barrie was a Scottish dramatist, best known for writing the play Peter Pan.
1860-1937
Lizzie Borden is best known for her arrest and trial for the 1892 axe murders of her father and stepmother. She was acquitted in 1893.
1860-1927
1860-1925
Anton Chekhov is best known for his short stories and plays, including The Proposal, The Wedding and The Anniversary.
1860-1904
Willem Einthoven was a physiologist who discovered the electrical properties of the heart and developed the EKG.
1860-1927
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a prominent American sociologist, writer and lecturer, best known for her semi-autobiographical short story The Yellow Wallpaper.
1860-1935
1860-1961
1860-1924
Journalist Theodor Herzl responded to the anti-Semitism he witnessed while covering the Dreyfus Affair by starting the World Zionist Organization.
1860-1904
W.K. Kellogg founded the Kellogg Company, which makes cereal products that have become popular around the world.
1860-1951
Juliette Gordon Low is the founder of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America.
1860-1927
1860-1941
Austrian composer and conductor Gustav Mahler became popular in the late 19th century for his emotionally charged and subtly orchestrated symphonies.
1860-1911
1860-1936
Annie Oakley was a renowned markswoman and star who worked for years with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
1860-1926
Ignacy Paderewski was a world famous concert pianist who also became Poland’s first prime minister in 1919.
1860-1941
1860-1914
1860-1927