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Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician, 1st President of the South African Republic (died…
Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (died 1886)
Heinrich Göbel, German-American mechanic and engineer (died 1893)
Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician, Governor of Senegal (died 1889)
John Albion Andrew, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1867)
Louis Gerhard De Geer, Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (died 1896)
Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, 16th and 19th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 1897)
José María Castro Madriz, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, 1st President of Costa Rica (died 1892)
Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, English engineer, designed the Forth Bridge (died 1898)
Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president (died 1862)
Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician (died 1874)
Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian businessman and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance (died 1893)
Charles-Denis Bourbaki, French general (died 1897)
George Henry Thomas, American general (died 1870)
Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (died 1893)
Edward Tompkins, American lawyer and politician (died 1872)
Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (died 1881)
Edward John Eyre, English explorer and politician, Governor of Jamaica (died 1901)
William J. Hardee, American general (died 1873)