Famous People Born In 1850

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Discover the most famous people born in 1850. The list includes people like Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, Kate Chopin, Samuel Gompers, Ella Wheeler Wilcox and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include poets, novelists, journalists and political leaders born in 1850. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, France & Germany and many more countries.
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 1 
Robert Louis Stevenson
(Author of Famous Novels: 'Treasure Island' and 'Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde')
Robert Louis Stevenson
19
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 13th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: December 3, 1894
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Guy de Maupassant
(French Short Story Writer and Naturalist )
Guy de Maupassant
26
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 5th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Tourville-sur-Arques, France
Died: July 6, 1893
Marcelo H. del Pilar
7
Birthdate: 30th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bulakan, Bulacan, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Died: July 4, 1896
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Kate Chopin
(Author)
Kate Chopin
2
Birthdate: 8th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: St. Louis
Died: August 22, 1904
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Henry Cabot Lodge
(United States Senator from Massachusetts (1893-1924))
Henry Cabot Lodge
4
Birthdate: 12th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Beverly, Massachusetts, United States
Died: November 9, 1924
 6 
Edward Smith
(Captain of the RMS Titanic)
Edward Smith
3
Birthdate: 27th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hanley, Staffordshire, England
Died: April 15, 1912
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Samuel Gompers
(Labor leader, Cigar Maker)
Samuel Gompers
2
Birthdate: 27th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 13, 1924
 8 
Mihai Eminescu
(The National Poet of Romania and a Major Figure of Romanticism)
Mihai Eminescu
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 15th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Botoșani, Romania
Died: June 15, 1889
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Johnny Ringo
(American Old West outlaw)
Johnny Ringo
5
Listed In: Murderers
Birthdate: 3rd May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Greens Fork, Indiana, United States
Died: July 13, 1882
 10 
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
(Poet and Mystic Rosicrucian)
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
4
Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 5th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Janesville, Wisconsin, United States
Died: October 30, 1919
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Pat Garrett
(Lawman)
Pat Garrett
5
Birthdate: 5th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Chambers County, Alabama, United States
Died: February 29, 1908
 12 
Hermann Ebbinghaus
(Psychologist, Educationist, University teacher)
Hermann Ebbinghaus
1
Listed In: Psychologists
Birthdate: 24th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Barmen
Died: February 26, 1909
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Eugen Goldstein
(Physicist)
Eugen Goldstein
0
Listed In: Physicists
Birthdate: 5th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Gliwice, Poland
Died: December 25, 1930
 14 
Karl Ferdinand Braun
(German Electrical Engineer Who Made Significant Contribution to the Development of Radio and Television Technology)
Karl Ferdinand Braun
0
Birthdate: 6th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Fulda, Germany
Died: April 20, 1918
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Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia
(Navy officer)
Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia
0
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 14th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russian
Died: November 14, 1908
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Orison Swett Marden
(Inspirational Author)
Orison Swett Marden
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Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: New England
Died: 1924 AD
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Lawrence Hargrave
(Inventor & Explorer)
Lawrence Hargrave
2
Listed In: Explorers
Birthdate: 29th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Greenwich
Died: July 14, 1915
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Lafcadio Hearn
(Irish Writer, Translator, and Teacher Who Introduced the Culture and Literature of Japan to the West)
Lafcadio Hearn
1
Listed In: Educators
Birthdate: 27th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lefkada, Greece
Died: September 26, 1904
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Luigi Cadorna
(Italian Military General Known for His Failure during World War I)
Luigi Cadorna
0
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 4th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Verbania, Italy
Died: December 21, 1928
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Oliver Heaviside
(Mathematician, Physicist, Engineer, Telegraphy)
Oliver Heaviside
1
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: 18th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Camden Town
Died: February 3, 1925
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William Morris Davis
(American Geographer, Geologist. Meteorologist, and Geomorphologist)
William Morris Davis
2
Birthdate: 12th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: February 5, 1934
 22 
Daniel Chester French
(Sculptor)
Daniel Chester French
1
Listed In: Sculptors
Birthdate: 20th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Exeter
Died: October 7, 1931
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Thomas Neill Cream
(Physician)
Thomas Neill Cream
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Birthdate: 27th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Glasgow
Died: November 15, 1892
 24 
Ivan Vazov
(Bulgarian Novelist, Poet and Playwright Best Known for His Novel 'Under the Yoke')
Ivan Vazov
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 9th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Sopot, Bulgaria
Died: September 22, 1921
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Charles Richet
(Physiologist)
Charles Richet
2
Listed In: Physiologists
Birthdate: 25th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 4, 1935
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Frances Xavier Cabrini
(Italian-American Catholic Religious Sister and Founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus)
Frances Xavier Cabrini
1
Listed In: Saints
Birthdate: 15th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Italy
Died: December 22, 1917
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Annie Smith Peck
(mountaineer, university teacher)
Annie Smith Peck
0
Listed In: Mountaineers
Birthdate: 19th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Providence
Died: July 18, 1935
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Sofia Kovalevskaya
(Mathematician)
Sofia Kovalevskaya
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 15th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: February 10, 1891
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Antenor Firmin
(Anthropologist)
Antenor Firmin
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 18th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cap-Haitien, Haiti
Died: September 19, 1911
 30 
William H. Welch
(Physician)
William H. Welch
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 8th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Norfolk Historic District, Connecticut, United States
Died: April 30, 1934
 31 
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
(The Only British Prince to Serve as the Governor General Of Canada)
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1st May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Buckingham Palace, England
Died: January 16, 1942
 32 
Mary Elizabeth Lease
(Writer)
Mary Elizabeth Lease
0
Birthdate: 11th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ridgway, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: October 29, 1933
 33 
Herbert Baxter Adams
(Historian)
Herbert Baxter Adams
1
Birthdate: 16th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Shutesbury, Massachusetts, United States
Died: July 30, 1901
 34 
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
(British Army Officer and Colonial Administrator)
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
4
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 24th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ballylongford, Ireland
Died: June 5, 1916
 35 
Georg Elias Müller
(German Experimental Psychologist Who Is Credited with the Theory of Retroactive Interference)
Georg Elias Müller
0
Listed In: Psychologists
Birthdate: 20th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Grimma, Germany
Died: December 23, 1934
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Sidney Gilchrist Thomas
(Inventor)
Sidney Gilchrist Thomas
0
Listed In: Inventors
Birthdate: 16th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: London, England
Died: February 1, 1885
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Siri von Essen
(Former Actress who appeared in a number of plays that the Swedish dramatist and writer August Strindberg wrote specifically for her)
Siri von Essen
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 17th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Porvoo, Finland
Died: April 22, 1912
 38 
Amenemhat IV
(Pharaoh)
Amenemhat IV
0
Birthdate: 30th November
Died: 1790 BC
 39 
Mikhail Chigorin
(Chess player)
Mikhail Chigorin
0
Listed In: Chess Players
Birthdate: 12th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Gatchina, Russia
Died: January 25, 1908
 40 
Victoria Benedictsson
(Swedish Author Known for Her Natural and Unpretentious Stories of Swedish Folk Life)
Victoria Benedictsson
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 6th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Trelleborg Municipality, Sweden
Died: July 21, 1888
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Enrico Cecchetti
(Ballet Dancer)
Enrico Cecchetti
2
Listed In: Dancers
Birthdate: 21st June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: November 13, 1928
 42 
Marie Julie Jahenny
(The mystic of La Fraudais)
Marie Julie Jahenny
0
Birthdate: 12th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Blain, France
Died: March 4, 1941
 43 
Charlotte E. Ray
(American lawyer)
Charlotte E. Ray
0
Listed In: Lawyers
Birthdate: 13th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: January 4, 1911
 44 
John Milne
(British Geologist and Mining Engineer Who Developed the Modern Seismograph)
John Milne
1
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: 30th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: July 31, 1913
 45 
Bharatendu Harishchandra
(Indian Poet, Writer and Playwright)
Bharatendu Harishchandra
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 9th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Varanasi, India
Died: January 6, 1885
 46 
Alphonse Pénaud
(French Designer Known for Creating the First Successful Flying Model, Known as the 'Planophore')
Alphonse Pénaud
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 31st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: October 22, 1880
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Almeida Junior
1
Birthdate: 8th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Itu, São Paulo, Brazil
Died: November 13, 1899
 48 
William Melville
(Police officer)
William Melville
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 25th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sneem
Died: February 1, 1918
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Shiv Narayan Agnihotri
(Indian Hindu Social Reformer Who Emerged as a Leading Member of the Brahmo Samaj)
Shiv Narayan Agnihotri
0
Listed In: Social Reformers
Birthdate: 20th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Akbarpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died: April 3, 1929
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Đorđe Vajfert
(Serbian Industrialist Who Was Also the Governor of the National Bank of Serbia)
Đorđe Vajfert
0
Birthdate: 15th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Pancevo, Serbia
Died: January 12, 1937