* Hungarian pianist, composer, romancer, and was one of Europe's first great celebrities. Women swooned at his performances and fought over the white gloves he tossed into the audience at the end of his performances.
* This Prussian prince was a instrumental force in the movement for unification of Germany. He served as chancellor of Germany from 1871 to 1890 and oversaw the rise of Germany as a powerful nationalistic state.
* This man was a British author and statesman who twice served as Prime Minister of England during the reign of Queen Victoria. He was instrumental in the expansion of the British Empire.
* This man was also a British statesman who served four times as Prime Minister during Queen Victoria's reign. He became a Liberal and was responsible for many reforms in British government.
* This 19th century American woman was an author, social reformer and abolitionist. She was instrumental in shaping public opinion about slavery as a moral issue paving the way to the Civil War.
* This American Civil War general commanded the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the Ohio and, in another sense, is remembered for the close shaves he didn't have.
* French composer known primarily for his operas. One, 'Carmen' may be the most performed in history.
* Another French Composer, also known for his operas, but is well known for his lavishly orchestrated, romantic and powerful 'Symphonie Fantastique'
* This man of aristocratic origins became the Emperor of Mexico, perhaps the only emperor in the Western Hemisphere in modern days.
* British explorer and missionary in Africa, discovered and named Victoria falls, opposed the Portugese slave trade in East Africa, died in Africa but is buried in Westminster Abbey.
* A Dutch painter, now known for his revolutionary approach to painting, spent most of his adult life near poverty depending on his brother for support, never sold a painting during his life, and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
* An American writer brought up as a Unitarian later became a prime exponent of Transcendentalism. He wrote prolifically about an intuitive personal relation between Man and God, and about intellectual and moral attitudes.
* This Southern sympathizing actor, a member of a famous family of actors of the time, committed a murder that shook the world.
* This French author is perhaps best known for his work 'La Dame aux Camelias' known in English as 'Camille' which served as the plot for Verdi's opera 'La Traviata'.
* This German political philosopher and activist was the prime thinker behind a social and political movement which has influenced the world for more than a hundred years.
* This African-American was a former slave who became a militant force for abolitionism before the Civil {War;} and a promoter of African-American regiments during the Civil {War;} and a voice for racial equality after the Civil War.
* U.S. writer and physician. He taught anatomy and worked to prevent contagiouis diseases. As a writer, he is known for his 'Autocrat of the Breakfast Table' and poems such as 'The Chambered Nautulus'.
* U.S. writer author of one of the best known American novels of the 19th century (or any other, for that matter). It is a 'whale' of a book.
* An American icon for 'Outlaw', this man was a 'raider' during the American Civil War, then robbed banks and trains, and was finally shot by one of his own compatriots.
* New French Leader Withdraws France from NATO!