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• 1820–1893John TyndallIrish physicistAugust 2
• 1820–1878Anna SewellEnglish novelistMarch 30
• 1820–1887MultatuliDutch writerMarch 2
• 1820–1891George HearstAmerican businessman and politicianSeptember 3
• 1820–1872W. J. M. RankineScottish mechanical engineerJuly 5
• 1820–1891Edmond BecquerelFrench physicistMarch 24
• 1820–1863John F. ReynoldsCareer officer of the United States ArmySeptember 20
• 1820–1881Henri VieuxtempsBelgian composer and violinistFebruary 17
• 1820–1892Afanasy FetRussian poetDecember 5
• 1820–1863Earl Van DornConfederate States Army generalSeptember 17
• 1820–1892Alexander CartwrightBaseball club founding memberApril 17
• 1820–1894Juan N. MéndezPresident of Mexico from 1876 to 1877July 2
• 1820–1889Émile AugierFrench dramatistSeptember 17
• 1820–1885Thomas C. DurantRailroad promoter, financierFebruary 6
• 1820–1890Dion BoucicaultIrish actor and dramatistDecember 26
• 1820–1905Mary LivermoreAmerican journalist, abolitionist and advocate of women's rightsDecember 19
• 1820–1900George GroveEnglish engineer and writerAugust 13
• 1820–1932Katherine PlunketAnglo-Irish aristocrat and botanical illustratorNovember 22
• 1820–1887James Buchanan EadsAmerican civil engineer and inventorMay 23
• 1820–1910Worthington WhittredgeAmerican painterMay 22
• 1820–1895George Frederick RootAmerican songwriterAugust 30
• 1820–1899John William DawsonCanadian geologist and university administratorOctober 13
• 1820–1903Oliver MowatCanadian lawyer and Father of ConfederationJuly 22
• 1820–1884Isaac TodhunterEnglish mathematicianNovember 23
• 1820–1893Samuel BlatchfordUS Supreme Court justice from 1882 to 1893March 9
• 1820–1887William B. WashburnAmerican businessman and politicianJanuary 31
• 1820–1899Joseph WolfGerman natural history artistJanuary 21
• 1820–1901Egide WalschaertsBelgian mechanical engineerJanuary 21
• 1820–1894Edward Augustus InglefieldRoyal Navy Admiral and Arctic expeditionaryMarch 27
• 1820–1897Jean IngelowEnglish poet and novelistMarch 17
• 1820–1902John WhiteakerAmerican politicianMay 4
• 1820–1869Henry Jarvis RaymondAmerican journalist and politicianJanuary 24
• 1820–1890Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau1st Premier of QuebecMay 30
• 1820–1909James Hutchison StirlingBritish philosopherJune 22
• 1820–1889Enrico TamberlikItalian opera singerMarch 16
• 1820–1878George Law CurryAmerican politician and journalistJuly 2
• 1820–1894William H. OsbornAmerican businessmanDecember 21
• 1820–1886James MartinAustralian politicianMay 14
• 1820–1905John BartlettAmerican writer and publisherJune 14
• 1820–1900Lucretia Peabody HaleAmerican author and novelistSeptember 2
• 1820–1892James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of CharlemontBritish politicianOctober 6
• 1820–1890David WilberAmerican politicianOctober 5
• 1820–1891Lorenzo SawyerAmerican judgeMay 23
• 1820–1891John PlankintonAmerican businessman in MilwaukeeMarch 18
• 1820–1905Rachel Brooks GleasonAmerican physicianNovember 27
• 1820–1875Athanase Josué CoquerelFrench theologian & authorJune 16
• 1820–1856Francesco BentivegnaMarch 4
• 1820–1892Andrew Rainsford WetmoreCanadian politicianAugust 16
• 1820–1895John L. StevensAmerican diplomatAugust 1
• 1820–1897George Hendric HoughtonFebruary 1
• 1820–1878Bezalel HaKohenRussian rabbiJanuary 14
• 1820–1882James WhyteAustralian politicianMarch 30