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Famous People Born in August 1833

  • Aug 3 Auguste Schmidt, German teacher and feminist, born in Breslau, Germany (d. 1902)
  • Aug 5 Carola of Vasa, Queen consort of Saxony, born in Vienna (d. 1907)
  • Aug 7 Powell Clayton, American politician, diplomat, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Delaware County, Pennsylvania (d. 1914)
  • Aug 11 Kido Takayoshi, Japanese politician (d. 1877)
  • Aug 11 Robert Green Ingersoll, NY, author/politician/agnostic (Att Gen-R-Ill)
  • Aug 12 William Price Sanders, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Frankfort, Kentucky (d. 1863)

Benjamin HarrisonBenjamin Harrison (1833-1901)

Aug 20 23rd President of the United States (Republican: 1889-93), born in North Bend, Ohio

Benjamin Harrison
  • Aug 26 Charles Jackson Paine, American railroad executive, soldier, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1916)
  • Aug 28 Edward Burne-Jones, English Pre-Raphaelite painter and designer, born in Birmingham, England (d. 1898)

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