Famous People Born In 1845

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Discover the most famous people born in 1845. The list includes people like Alexander III of Russia, Georg Cantor, Gabriel Fauré, Gabriel Lippmann, Mary Eliza Mahoney and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, mathematicians, emperors & kings and physicists born in 1845. This list includes people from United Kingdom, United States, Russia & France and many more countries.
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Wilhelm Rontgen
(German Mechanical Engineer and Winner of the 1901 Nobel Prize in Physics)
Wilhelm Rontgen
4
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: 27th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lennep, Remscheid, Germany
Died: February 10, 1923
 2 
George I of Greece
(Former King of Greece (1863 - 1916))
George I of Greece
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Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 24th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: March 18, 1913
 3 
Georg Cantor
(Mathematician)
Georg Cantor
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Listed In: Mathematicians
Birthdate: 3rd March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died: January 6, 1918
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Gabriel Fauré
(One of the Major French Composers Associated With the End of Romanticism.)
Gabriel Fauré
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 22nd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Pamiers, France
Died: June 4, 1924
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Isidor Straus
(U.S. House Representative from New York (1894-1895))
Isidor Straus
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Birthdate: 6th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Otterberg, Germany
Died: April 15, 1912
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Alexander III of Russia
(Emperor of Russia (1881 - 1894))
Alexander III of Russia
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Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 10th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: November 1, 1894
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Edmond James de Rothschild
(Businessperson)
Edmond James de Rothschild
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Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: 19th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Died: November 2, 1934
 8 
Mary Eliza Mahoney
(First African-American to Work as a Trained Nurse in the USA)
Mary Eliza Mahoney
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Listed In: Nurses
Birthdate: 16th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: January 4, 1926
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Amadeo I of Spain
(King)
Amadeo I of Spain
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Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 30th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Royal Palace of Turin, Turin, Italy
Died: January 18, 1890
 10 
Robert Wood Johnson I
(Industrialist)
Robert Wood Johnson I
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Listed In: CEOs
Birthdate: 20th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Carbondale, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: February 7, 1910
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Élie Metchnikoff
(Former zoologist best known for his pioneering research in immunology)
Élie Metchnikoff
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Listed In: Zoologists
Birthdate: 15th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ukraine
Died: July 15, 1916
 12 
Arthur MacArthur Jr.
(General)
Arthur MacArthur Jr.
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 2nd June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States
Died: September 5, 1912
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Thomas John Barnardo
(Doctor)
Thomas John Barnardo
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Listed In: Philanthropists
Birthdate: 4th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: September 19, 1905
 14 
Gabriel Lippmann
(French Physicist and Winner of the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physics)
Gabriel Lippmann
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Listed In: Physicists
Birthdate: 16th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bonnevoie, Luxembourg
Died: July 13, 1921
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Nikola Pašić
(Former Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Serbia and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia)
Nikola Pašić
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 18th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Zaječar, Serbia
Died: December 10, 1926
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
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Birthdate: 18th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: May 18, 1922
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Leopold Auer
(Hungarian Composer, Conductor and Violinist)
Leopold Auer
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 7th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Veszprém, Hungary
Died: July 15, 1930
 18 
Henry Sweet
(English Phonetician, Philologist, and Grammarian)
Henry Sweet
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Birthdate: 15th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
Died: April 30, 1912
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Ulises Heureaux
(Politician)
Ulises Heureaux
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 21st October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Died: July 26, 1899
 20 
Al Swearengen
(Entertainment Entrepreneur)
Al Swearengen
2
Birthdate: 8th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Oskaloosa, Iowa, United States
Died: November 15, 1904
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Leung Bik
(Martial artist)
Leung Bik
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Listed In: Martial Artists
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Foshan, China
Died: 1911 AD
 22 
Khwaja Ghulam Farid
(poet)
Khwaja Ghulam Farid
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Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Chachran
Died: 1901 AD
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Paul Vidal de La Blache
(French Geographer Who Pioneered Modern French Geography)
Paul Vidal de La Blache
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Listed In: Geographers
Birthdate: 22nd January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pézenas, France
Died: April 5, 1918
 24 
Émile Baudot
(French Telegraph Engineer and Inventor of the First Means of Digital Communication Baudot Code)
Émile Baudot
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Listed In: Inventors
Birthdate: 11th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Magneux, France
Died: March 28, 1903
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Prince Ernest Augustus, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale
(Prince)
Prince Ernest Augustus, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale
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Birthdate: 21st September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hanover, Germany
Died: November 14, 1923
 26 
Zemaite
(Writer)
Zemaite
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Listed In: Educators
Birthdate: 31st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bukantė , Kaunas County, Lithuania
Died: December 7, 1921
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Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(Prince)
Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 8th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Château d'Eu, Eu, France
Died: September 14, 1907
 28 
Quanah Parker
(Leader)
Quanah Parker
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Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Elk Valley
Died: February 24, 1911
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Ahmet Tevfik Pasha
(Former Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire)
Ahmet Tevfik Pasha
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 11th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Istanbul, Turkey
Died: October 8, 1936
 30 
William Muldoon
(Athlete)
William Muldoon
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Listed In: Wrestlers
Birthdate: 25th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Caneadea, New York, United States
Died: June 3, 1933
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Infanta Antonia of Portugal
(Princess)
Infanta Antonia of Portugal
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Birthdate: 17th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Belém Palace, Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal Portugal
Died: December 27, 1913
 32 
Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
(Princess)
Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
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Birthdate: 17th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Sigmaringen, Germany
Died: November 26, 1912
 33 
Walter Crane
(Painter, Illustrator)
Walter Crane
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Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 15th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Liverpool
Died: March 14, 1915
 34 
Béhanzin
(Eleventh King of Dahomey)
Béhanzin
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Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Benin
Died: December 10, 1906
 35 
John Sparrow David Thompson
(4th Prime Minister of Canada)
John Sparrow David Thompson
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 10th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Halifax, Canada
Died: December 12, 1894
 36 
Ludwig II of Bavaria
(King of Bavaria (1864 - 1886))
Ludwig II of Bavaria
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Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 25th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Nymphenburg Palace, Munich, Germany
Died: June 13, 1886
 37 
Hasan Tahsin Pasha
(Senior Ottoman Military Officer Who Served in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897)
Hasan Tahsin Pasha
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Çarshovë, Albania
Died: 1918 AD
 38 
Théophile Ferré
(Revolutionary figure)
Théophile Ferré
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 6th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: November 28, 1871
 39 
George Darwin
(British Barrister, Astronomer and the Second Son of Naturalist Charles Darwin)
George Darwin
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 9th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Down House, Downe, Kent, England
Died: December 7, 1912
 40 
Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg
(Princess)
Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg
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Birthdate: 1st April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: May 4, 1925
 41 
Richard Seddon
(15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (1893 - 1906) )
Richard Seddon
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 22nd June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Eccleston, England
Died: June 10, 1906
 42 
Douglas Freshfield
(Lawyer)
Douglas Freshfield
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 27th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, England
Died: February 9, 1934
 43 
Antonin Mercie
(Sculptor)
Antonin Mercie
1
Listed In: Sculptors
Birthdate: 30th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Toulouse, France
Died: December 12, 1916
 44 
Nellie Cashman
(Restaurateur)
Nellie Cashman
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 25th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Midleton, County Cork, Ireland
Died: January 4, 1925
 45 
Ludwig III of Bavaria
(Last King of Bavaria, reigning from 1913 to 1918)
Ludwig III of Bavaria
1
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 7th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: October 18, 1921
 46 
William Kingdon Clifford
(Mathematician)
William Kingdon Clifford
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 4th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Exeter, England
Died: March 3, 1879
 47 
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth
(Economist, Statistician, Lawyer, Mathematician)
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth
0
Birthdate: 8th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: County Longford
Died: February 13, 1926
 48 
Wilhelm Pfeffer
(Noted for His Work on Osmotic Pressure and Inventing ‘Pfeffer Zelle’)
Wilhelm Pfeffer
0
Listed In: Botanists
Birthdate: 9th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Grebenstein, Germany
Died: January 31, 1920
 49 
Edward Douglass White
(Politician)
Edward Douglass White
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 3rd November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Thibodaux, Louisiana, United States
Died: May 19, 1921
 50 
Gonville Bromhead
(Military personnel)
Gonville Bromhead
2
Listed In: Soldiers
Birthdate: 29th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Versailles
Died: February 9, 1891