Question: The elephant that appeared in the short film Electrocuting an Elephant was born circa what year?

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Chen Shu-chu: Chen Shu-chu (, born circa 1951) is a vegetable vendor and philanthropist from Taitung in southeastern Taiwan.  She gives generously with her modest incomes.  She said "Money serves its purpose only when it is used for those who need it and always be happy when she helped others."  She was selected as one of the Time 100 for year 2010 in the Heroes category.  She is also one of the 48 heroes of Philanthropy by Forbes Asia. " Reader's Digest" also honors her as the winner of 2010 Asian of the year.  In 2012, she also was selected as one of the Ramon Magsaysay Award winners

Topsy (elephant): Topsy (circa 1875 – January 4, 1903) was a female Asian elephant put to death at a Coney Island, New York amusement park by electrocution in January 1903.

Clyde Browne: Clyde Browne (born circa 1953) is a retired Guyanese footballer who was best known for his time playing for the Clemson Tigers men's soccer program.  During his four years of NCAA eligibility, Browne won the Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year each year.  To date, no other player in ACC history has achieved such an honor.  Browne played for the Guyana national football team.

Helen Lee (director): Helen Lee (Korean: 헬렌 리 ; born circa 1965) is a Korean-Canadian film director.  Born in Seoul, South Korea, she emigrated to Canada at the age of four and grew up in Scarborough, Ontario.  Interested in film at a young age, she took film studies at the University of Toronto and, later, New York University.  While in university she was influenced by gender and minority theories, as reflected in her first film, the short "Sally's Beauty Spot" (1990).  While continuing her studies she produced two more films before taking a five-year hiatus to live in Korea beginning in 1995.  After her return, she released another short film and her feature film debut, "The Art of Woo" (2001).  She continues to produce short films, although at a reduced rate.  Lee's films often deal with gender and racial issues, reflecting the state of East Asians in modern society; a common theme in her work is sexuality, with several films featuring interracial relationships.

Harris Savides: Harris Savides (September 28, 1957 – October 9, 2012) was an American cinematographer.  Notable films include Gus Van Sant's "young death" trilogy ("Gerry", "Elephant", and "Last Days"), and the Van Sant films "Milk", "Finding Forrester", and "Restless"; David Fincher's "The Game", "Zodiac", and the opening title sequence in "Seven"; Martin Scorsese's short film "The Key to Reserva"; Wong Kar Wai's short film "The Follow"; Ridley Scott's "American Gangster"; Woody Allen's "Whatever Works"; Sofia Coppola's "Somewhere" and "The Bling Ring"; Noah Baumbach's "Greenberg" and "Margot at the Wedding"; and John Turturro's "Illuminata".

Myra MacPherson: Myra MacPherson (born circa 1935) is an American author, biographer, and journalist known for her books and articles about politics, the Vietnam War, feminism, and death and dying.  Although her work has appeared in a number of publications, she had a long affiliation with "The Washington Post" newspaper.  She was hired in 1968 by "Post" executive editor Ben Bradlee to write for the paper's Style section, and remained with the "Post" for over two decades until 1991.  While there, she profiled the Watergate criminals and wrote a series on Vietnam veterans that led to her 1984 book "Long Time Passing: Vietnam and the Haunted Generation".  It was the first trade book to examine post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and, according to Vietnam expert Arnold R. Isaacs, one of the first to "break the long national silence" about the war.

George Little (New Brunswick politician): George Little (born circa 1937) is a retired high school English teacher and former leader of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party (NDP).  He is also the author of many published poems and short stories; his book of short stories, The Many Deaths of George Robertson, was published by Goose Lane Editions in 1994

Graham Deakin: Graham Deakin (born circa 1950, Chelmsford, Essex, England) is an English rock drummer, who was the main drummer for John Entwistle's touring band, Ox, from 1972 until 1977.  Deakin had a short spell with The Flys following his departure from Ox.

Elephant (1989 film): Elephant is a 1989 British short film directed by Alan Clarke and produced by Danny Boyle.  The film is set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles and its title comes from Bernard MacLaverty's description of the conflict as "the elephant in our living room" — a reference to the collective denial of the underlying social problems of Northern Ireland.  Produced by BBC Northern Ireland, it first screened on BBC2 in 1989.  The film was first conceived by Boyle, who was working as a producer for BBC Northern Ireland at the time.

Electrocuting an Elephant: Electrocuting an Elephant (also known as Electrocution of an Elephant) is a 1903 American, short, black-and-white, silent documentary film of the killing of the elephant Topsy by electrocution at a Coney Island amusement park.  It was produced by the Edison film company (part of the Edison Manufacturing Company) and is believed to have been shot by Edwin S. Porter or Jacob Blair Smith.

Supporting paragraphs: Electrocuting an Elephant Topsy (elephant)
Answer: 1875