Famous people born in 1847
Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker was a master diction writer who created the popular character Dracula, with his masterpiece of the same name
Otto Wallach
Otto Wallach was a German chemist who won the 1910 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work on alicyclic compounds
Millicent Fawcett
Millicent Fawcett was a British reformer, feminist and intellectual
Kate Sheppard
Kate Sheppard was a social activist and an important leader of the women’s suffrage movement in New Zealand
Joseph Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer was one of the most prominent US journalists and publisher of his times
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-American scientist and inventor, referred to as ‘Father of the Telephone’
Anna Howard Shaw
Anna Howard Shaw was a leader of the women's suffrage movement in the United States
Thomas Edison
One of the leading inventors of the USA, Thomas Edison was a multitalented personality
Jesse James
Jesse James was a legendary American outlaw, gang leader, murderer and bank robber
Annie Besant
Annie Besant was a women’s rights activist, theosophist and Indian nationalist