View source for 1880s

==People==

===Politics===
* [[Eugène Borel]], Director Universal Postal Union
* [[Louis Curchod]], Director International Telecommunication Union
* Henri Morel, Secretary-general World Intellectual Property Organization
* [[Gustave Moynier]], President International Committee of the Red Cross
* [[Heinrich von Wild|Heinrich Wild]], President World Meteorological Organization
* [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]], President of Turkey 

===Sports figures===
* [[Cap Anson]]
* [[Moses Fleetwood Walker]]
* [[John L. Sullivan]]
* [[Jim Adams (baseball)|Jim Adams]]
* [[John Ake]]
* [[Pete Browning]]
* [[William Ahearn]]

===Famous and infamous personalities===
* [[Wyatt Earp]], lawman 
* [[Morgan Earp]], lawman
* [[Virgil Earp]], lawman
* [[Doc Holliday]], outlaw and gunfighter, friend of [[Wyatt Earp]]
* [[Tom McLaury]], [[Wild West]], outlaw, cowboy, cattle rustler
* [[Frank McLaury]], ranch hand, outlaw
* [[Billy Claiborne]], outlaw Cowboy, gunfighter
* [[Curly Bill Brocius]], outlaw Cowboy, rustler
* [[Buffalo Bill]], scout, bison and buffalo hunter, founder of ''Buffalo Bill's Wild West''
* [[Billy the Kid]], a.k.a. [[Henry McCarty]], [[Wild West]], outlaw, murderer
* [[Ignacy Hryniewiecki]], assassin of [[Tsar Alexander II of Russia]]
* [[Robert Ford (outlaw)|Bob Ford]], [[Wild West]], outlaw, murderer of [[Jesse James]]
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