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70 famous people found
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Emily BRONTE
English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature
1818 - 1848 -
William CAVENDISH-BENTINCK
British Whig and Tory statesman, Chancellor of the University of Oxford and twice Prime Minister of Great Britain
1738 - 1809 -
Charles DICKENS
English writer and social critic
1812 - 1870 -
Lord Byron
English romantic poet and peer
1788 - 1824 -
Charles DARWIN
English naturalist
1809 - 1882 -
James Smithson
English chemist and mineralogist, founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution, which also bears his name
1765 - 1829 -
Lord Randolph CHURCHILL
British statesman, Chancellor of the Exchequer
1849 - 1895 -
Ada LOVELACE
English writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the analytical engine
1815 - 1852 -
John CADBURY
English proprietor and founder of Cadbury, the chocolate business based in Birmingham, England
1801 - 1889 -
Edward SMITH
British naval officer, he was the captain of the RMS Titanic, and perished when the ship sank on its maiden voyage
1850 - 1912 -
Richard WALLACE
English art collector
1818 - 1890 -
Betsy Balcombe
British author, friend of Napoleon I during his exile at Saint Helena
1802 - 1871 -
Florence NIGHTINGALE
English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing
1820 - 1910 -
Henry Sidgwick
English utilitarian philosopher and economist
1838 - 1900 -
William Beckford
English novelist
1760 - 1844 -
Jane AUSTEN
English novelist
1775 - 1817 -
Beauchamp SEYMOUR
British naval commander
1821 - 1895 -
Garnet WOLSELEY
Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army
1833 - 1913 -
Charles CORNWALLIS
British Army officer and colonial administrator
1738 - 1805 -
George BINGHAM
British Army officer
1800 - 1888