Leopold II was the second king of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909, and the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908.
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- Camille Saint-Saëns1835 · French composer
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- Adlai Stevenson I1835 · Vice President of the United States from 1893 to 1897
- Samuel Butler1835 · English novelist and critic