An adventurer and wily intellectual, Mark Twain wrote the classic American novels 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.'

• Writer
  (1835–1910)

Andrew Carnegie, a self-made steel tycoon and one of the wealthiest 19th century U.S. businessmen, donated towards the expansion of the New York Public Library.

• Entrepreneur, Business Leader, Philanthropist
  (1835–1919)

Adlai Stevenson was 23rd vice president of the United States (1893–1897) in the Democratic administration of President Grover Cleveland.

• Lawyer, U.S. Vice President
  (1835–1914)

American clergyman Phillips Brooks, ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1860, is best known for authoring the Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem."

• Priest
  (1835–1893)

French composer and organist Camille Saint-Saëns wrote the popular opera Samson et Dalila. He was also wrote poems, essays and plays.

• Playwright, Poet, Pianist, Journalist, Songwriter
  (1835–1921)