Andrew Johnson succeeded Abraham Lincoln as president, and was the first president of the United States to be impeached.

• U.S. President
  (1808–1875)

Henry Wilson was a prominent abolitionist and Massachusetts politician who became the 18th U.S. vice president under Ulysses S. Grant.

• Editor, U.S. Vice President, U.S. Representative
  (1812–1875)

Isaac Merritt Singer, of Singer Manufacturing Company, invented an affordable sewing machine for use in the home and manufactured it with partner Edward Clark.

• Inventor
  (1811–1875)

Charles Kingsley, a 19th century priest and writer who worked under Queen Victoria, is known for novels like Yeast, Alton Locke and Hypatia.

• Priest, Writer
  (1819–1875)

Camille Corot was an influential 19th century French painter who is best known for his landscape paintings. His artistic style inspired many Impressionists.

• Painter
  (1796–1875)

French composer Georges Bizet is best known for the realistic opera Carmen, a work that established itself as the model of opéra comique.

• Songwriter
  (1838–1875)

William Backhouse Astor was the second son of John Jacob Astor and became the richest man in the U.S. upon his father's death.

• (1792–1875)

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author best known for writing children's stories including "The Little Mermaid" and "The Ugly Duckling."

• Author
  (1805–1875)

Jean-Francois Millet was a French painter who is well known for his paintings of peasants and the labors of rural life.

• Painter
  (1814–1875)