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  2. Julia Pastrana - Wikipedia

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    Julia Pastrana (August 1834 – 25 March 1860) was a performer and singer during the 19th century who had hypertrichosis.Pastrana, an indigenous woman from Mexico, was born in 1834, somewhere in the state of Sinaloa. [1]

  3. Betsy Ross - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth Griscom Ross (née Griscom; [1] January 1, 1752 – January 30, 1836), also known by her second and third married names, Ashburn and Claypoole, [1] was an American upholsterer who was credited by her relatives in 1870 [2] with making the second official U.S. flag, [3] accordingly known as the Betsy Ross flag.

  4. Charles Spurgeon - Wikipedia

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    Charles Haddon Spurgeon (19th June 1834 [1] – 31st January 1892) was an English Particular Baptist preacher.Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, to some of whom he is known as the "Prince of Preachers."

  5. Category:Lists of 19th-century people - Wikipedia

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    Chronological list of saints and blesseds in the 19th century; List of state leaders in 19th-century British South Asia subsidiary states; List of state leaders in the 19th century; List of state leaders in the 19th century (1801–1850) List of state leaders in the 19th century (1851–1900) List of state leaders in the 19th-century Holy Roman ...

  6. Blind Tom Wiggins - Wikipedia

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    A full-length biography, The Ballad of Blind Tom, by Deirdre O'Connell was published by Overlook Press in 2009. [8] Andre T. Regan's 2013 documentary, The Last Legal Slave in America, documents the life and times of Blind Tom. The Elton John song "The Ballad of Blind Tom", from his 2013 album The Diving Board, is about Blind Tom.

  7. William James Sidis - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 December 2024. American child prodigy (1898–1944) William James Sidis Sidis at his Harvard graduation (1914) Born (1898-04-01) April 1, 1898 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Died July 17, 1944 (1944-07-17) (aged 46) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Other names John W. Shattuck Frank Folupa Parker Greene Jacob ...

  8. Category:19th-century American people - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "19th-century American people" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 320 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  9. Charles Kingsley - Wikipedia

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    His version of the old Greek stories entitled The Heroes, and Water-babies and Madam How and Lady Why, in which he deals with popular natural history, take high rank among books for children. [6] Kingsley was influenced by Frederick Denison Maurice , and was close to many Victorian thinkers and writers, including the Scottish writer George ...