Hverjir fæddust árið 1846

American frontiersman and showman who founded Buffalo Bill's Wild West, a spectacle that popularized the image of the American Old West

Uruguayan-born French poet whose sole works, <i>Les Chants de Maldoror</i> and <i>Poésies</i>, became a major influence on Surrealism

Polish writer, novelist, journalist, and philanthropist, Nobel Prize laureate known for historical novels like <em>Quo Vadis</em> and the Trilogy series

American inventor and entrepreneur who revolutionized railway safety with the air brake and pioneered alternating current electricity