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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Robert Louis Stevenson(Author of Famous Novels: 'Treasure Island' and 'Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde')
Birthdate: 13th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: December 3, 1894
Birthdate: 5th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Tourville-sur-Arques, France
Died: July 6, 1893
Birthdate: 30th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bulakan, Bulacan, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Died: July 4, 1896
Birthdate: 8th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: St. Louis
Died: August 22, 1904
Birthdate: 12th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Beverly, Massachusetts, United States
Died: November 9, 1924
Birthdate: 27th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hanley, Staffordshire, England
Died: April 15, 1912
Birthdate: 27th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 13, 1924
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Mihai Eminescu
(The National Poet of Romania and a Major Figure of Romanticism)
Birthdate: 15th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Botoșani, Romania
Died: June 15, 1889
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Johnny Ringo
(American Old West outlaw)
Birthdate: 3rd May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Greens Fork, Indiana, United States
Died: July 13, 1882
Birthdate: 5th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Janesville, Wisconsin, United States
Died: October 30, 1919
Birthdate: 5th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Chambers County, Alabama, United States
Died: February 29, 1908
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Hermann Ebbinghaus
(Psychologist, Educationist, University teacher)
Birthdate: 24th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Barmen
Died: February 26, 1909
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Eugen Goldstein
(Physicist)
Birthdate: 5th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Gliwice, Poland
Died: December 25, 1930
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Karl Ferdinand Braun(German Electrical Engineer Who Made Significant Contribution to the Development of Radio and Television Technology)
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)
Birthdate: 14th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russian
Died: November 14, 1908
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: New England
Died: 1924 AD
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)
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)
Birthdate: 4th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Verbania, Italy
Died: December 21, 1928
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Oliver Heaviside
(Mathematician, Physicist, Engineer, Telegraphy)
Birthdate: 18th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Camden Town
Died: February 3, 1925
Birthdate: 12th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: February 5, 1934
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Daniel Chester French
(Sculptor)
Birthdate: 20th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Exeter
Died: October 7, 1931
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Thomas Neill Cream
(Physician)
Birthdate: 27th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Glasgow
Died: November 15, 1892
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Ivan Vazov
(Bulgarian Novelist, Poet and Playwright Best Known for His Novel 'Under the Yoke')
Birthdate: 9th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Sopot, Bulgaria
Died: September 22, 1921
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)
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)
Birthdate: 19th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Providence
Died: July 18, 1935
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Sofia Kovalevskaya
(Mathematician)
Birthdate: 15th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: February 10, 1891
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Antenor Firmin
(Anthropologist)
Birthdate: 18th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cap-Haitien, Haiti
Died: September 19, 1911
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William H. Welch
(Physician)
Birthdate: 8th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Norfolk Historic District, Connecticut, United States
Died: April 30, 1934
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Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
(The Only British Prince to Serve as the Governor General Of Canada)
Birthdate: 1st May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Buckingham Palace, England
Died: January 16, 1942
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Mary Elizabeth Lease
(Writer)
Birthdate: 11th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ridgway, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: October 29, 1933
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Herbert Baxter Adams
(Historian)
Birthdate: 16th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Shutesbury, Massachusetts, United States
Died: July 30, 1901
Birthdate: 24th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ballylongford, Ireland
Died: June 5, 1916
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Georg Elias Müller
(German Experimental Psychologist Who Is Credited with the Theory of Retroactive Interference)
Birthdate: 20th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Grimma, Germany
Died: December 23, 1934
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Sidney Gilchrist Thomas
(Inventor)
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)
Birthdate: 17th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Porvoo, Finland
Died: April 22, 1912
Birthdate: 30th November
Died: 1790 BC
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Mikhail Chigorin
(Chess player)
Birthdate: 12th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Gatchina, Russia
Died: January 25, 1908
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Victoria Benedictsson
(Swedish Author Known for Her Natural and Unpretentious Stories of Swedish Folk Life)
Birthdate: 6th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Trelleborg Municipality, Sweden
Died: July 21, 1888
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Enrico Cecchetti
(Ballet Dancer)
Birthdate: 21st June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: November 13, 1928
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Marie Julie Jahenny
(The mystic of La Fraudais)
Birthdate: 12th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Blain, France
Died: March 4, 1941
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Charlotte E. Ray
(American lawyer)
Birthdate: 13th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: January 4, 1911
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John Milne
(British Geologist and Mining Engineer Who Developed the Modern Seismograph)
Birthdate: 30th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: July 31, 1913
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Bharatendu Harishchandra
(Indian Poet, Writer and Playwright)
Birthdate: 9th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Varanasi, India
Died: January 6, 1885
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Alphonse Pénaud
(French Designer Known for Creating the First Successful Flying Model, Known as the 'Planophore')
Birthdate: 31st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: October 22, 1880
Birthdate: 8th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Itu, São Paulo, Brazil
Died: November 13, 1899
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William Melville
(Police officer)
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)
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)
Birthdate: 15th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Pancevo, Serbia
Died: January 12, 1937