2016: David Bowie
Now how about going back to 1850 for the next round…?
1850:…?
1850: Zachary Taylor, President of the U.S.
1851: Louis Daguerre, photographer and artist
1852: Louis Braille, inventor of the Braille alphabet.
1853: Christian Doppler, mathematician
The Doppler effect is named after him.
1854: Nicolas Bravo, President of Mexico, helped it gain independence from Spain
1855: Emperor Nicholas I of Russia
1856: William Palmer, AKA “Palmer the Poisoner.” Convicted and hung for one murder… and suspected in many other fatal poisonings.
And mentioned in a Sherlock Holmes story, I think.
1857: Parley P. Pratt
A Mormon leader, murder victim, and Mitt Romney’s great-great-grandfather: Parley P. Pratt - Wikipedia
1858: Dred Scott
1859: Alexis de Tocqueville
1860: Charles Goodyear
1861: Prince Albert
1862: John Tyler, former U.S president
1863: Stonewall Jackson
1864: John “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance!” Sedgwick
1865: Abraham Lincoln
1866: George Everest.
1867: Emperor Maximilian
1868: Léon Foucault, inventor of the Foucault pendulum.