1

James A. Garfield (1831-1881)

US President

2

Mary Seacole (1805-1881)

Memoirist

3

Marie Laveau (1801-1881)

Religious Leader

4

Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881)

Novelist

5

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)

Composer

6

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)

Politician

7

Jim Bridger (1804-1881)

Explorer

8

Thomas A. Scott (1823-1881)

Business Executive

9

Sophie Daguin (1801-1881)

Dancer

10

Ambrose Burnside (1824-1881)

War Hero

11

Alexander II (1818-1881)

Emperor

12

Lewis Morgan (1818-1881)

Anthropologist

13

David Alter (1807-1881)

Inventor

14

Sidney Lanier (1842-1881)

Poet

15

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)

Philosopher

16

Ansel Briggs (1806-1881)

Politician

17

Eli Perry (1799-1881)

Politician

18

James Starley (1831-1881)

Entrepreneur

19

Jane Digby (1807-1881)

Princess

20

Nathan Clifford (1803-1881)

Supreme Court Justice

21

Romolo Gessi (1831-1881)

Explorer

22

Jenny Von Westphalen (1814-1881)

Non-Fiction Author

23

Máximo Jerez (1818-1881)

Politician

24

Samuel Palmer (1805-1881)

Painter

25

Nikolai Rubinstein (1835-1881)

Pianist

26

George D. Watt (1812-1881)

Religious Leader

27

Henry Philip Tappan (1805-1881)

Teacher

28

Billy the Kid (1859-1881)

Criminal

29

Tom McLaury (1853-1881)

Criminal

30

Frank McLaury (1848-1881)

Criminal