Famous people from 1812

Answer 1

Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928) - Poet and novelist, among his notable works are Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure. He played the Accordion. Louis Braille (1809 - 1852) - A French educator who invented "Braille", a method of writing and printing named after him which enabled the blind to read through the use of their hands. He was blinded when he was three due to an accident but he was an excellent organist. Alexander Graham Bell (1847 - 1922) - He invented the telephone before he turned 30. His training and education came chiefly from his family and he is mostly self-taught. He reportedly played the piano.

Answer 2

John Jacob Astor, Honus Wagner, Bert Williams, Charlie Chaplin, Enrico Caruso, Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, Jack Johnson, George V, Czar Nicholas II, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Jack London, Robert Scott, Woodrow Wilson, G.W. Carver, Henry Ford, J. Bruce Ismay, Jim Thorpe, Ty Cobb, W.E.B. DuBois, William Booth, Arthur Conan Doyle, Irving Berlin, J.D. Rockefeller ...