Famous People Born In 1854
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Discover the most famous people born in 1854. The list includes people like Oscar Wilde, Arthur Rimbaud, Henri Poincare, George Eastman, Paul Ehrlich and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include composers, political leaders, poets and journalists born in 1854. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, France & Germany and many more countries.
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Oscar Wilde(One of the Greatest Playwrights of the 'Victorian Era')
Birthdate: 16th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: November 30, 1900
2
Arthur Rimbaud(French Poet Known for His Works: ‘The Drunken Boat’, ‘A Season in Hell’ and ‘Illuminations’)
Birthdate: 20th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Charleville-Mézières, France
Died: November 10, 1891
Birthdate: 6th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Died: March 6, 1932
Birthdate: 12th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Waterville
Died: March 14, 1932
5
Henri Poincare(French Polymath and Mathematician Known as One of the Founders of the 'Field of Topology')
Birthdate: 29th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nancy, France
Died: July 17, 1912
Birthdate: 14th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Strzelin, Poland
Died: August 20, 1915
Birthdate: 9th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Cobble Hill, New York, United States
Died: June 29, 1921
Birthdate: 26th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Springfield, Illinois, United States
Died: May 9, 1914
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Engelbert Humperdinck
(Composer)
Birthdate: 1st September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Siegburg, Germany
Died: September 27, 1921
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Leos Janacek(One of the Most Important Czech Composers of the 20th Century)
Birthdate: 3rd July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hukvaldy, Czechia
Died: August 12, 1928
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Milan I of Serbia
(King of Serbia (1882 - 1889))
Birthdate: 22nd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Mărășești, Romania
Died: February 11, 1901
12
David Dunbar Buick
(American Inventor Best Known for Founding the 'Buick Motor Company')
Birthdate: 17th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Arbroath, Angus, Scotland
Died: March 5, 1929
Birthdate: 9th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Sappemeer, Netherlands
Died: August 10, 1929
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Charles Algernon Parsons
(Anglo-Irish Engineer Best Known for His Invention of the 'Compound Steam Turbine')
Birthdate: 13th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London, England
Died: February 11, 1931
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Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
(Queen)
Birthdate: 14th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ludwigslust Palace, Ludwigslust, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Confederation
Died: September 6, 1920
16
Benjamin Tucker
(Journalist, Philosopher, Economist, Translator, Anarchist)
Birthdate: 17th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dartmouth
Died: June 22, 1939
17
Charles Radbourn
(Baseball player)
Birthdate: 11th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rochester, New York, United States
Died: February 5, 1897
18
Christiaan de Wet
(Boer General, Rebel Leader and Politician)
Birthdate: 7th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Smithfield, South Africa
Died: February 3, 1922
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Robert Borden
(8th Prime Minister of Canada (1911 - 1920))
Birthdate: 26th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Grand Pré, Canada
Died: June 10, 1937
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James George Frazer
(Anthropologist, Writer, Historian, Mythographer)
Birthdate: 1st January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Glasgow
Died: May 7, 1941
Birthdate: 1st April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Benton, Alabama, United States
Died: October 23, 1949
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Stefan Stambolov
(9th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1887 - 1894))
Birthdate: 31st January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Died: July 19, 1895
Birthdate: 15th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ławice
Died: March 31, 1917
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Charles Vance Millar
(Lawyer, Businessperson)
Birthdate: 28th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Aylmer, Ontario Aylmer, Ontario, Canada
Died: October 31, 1926
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Hertha Ayrton
(British Engineer, Mathematician, Physicist and Inventor Known for Her Work With the 'Electric Arcs')
Birthdate: 28th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Died: August 26, 1923
Birthdate: 22nd April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium
Died: May 14, 1943
Birthdate: 1st May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Roscommon, Ireland
Died: January 24, 1920
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Bill Tilghman
(Politician)
Birthdate: 4th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Fort Dodge
Died: November 1, 1924
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Patrick Geddes
(Scottish Biologist, Sociologist and Pioneering Town Planner Who Coined the Term 'Conurbation')
Birthdate: 2nd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died: April 17, 1932
Birthdate: 18th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rushville, Illinois, United States
Died: March 12, 1926
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Johannes Rydberg(Swedish Physicist Known for Devising the Rydberg Formula to Describe the Wavelengths of Photons)
Birthdate: 8th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Halmstad, Sweden
Died: December 28, 1919
32
Takahashi Korekiyo
(Politician, Accountant, Economist)
Birthdate: 27th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Edo
Died: February 26, 1936
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William C. Gorgas
(United States Army Physician and 22nd Surgeon General of the U.S. Army)
Birthdate: 3rd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Toulminville, Alabama, United States
Died: July 3, 1920
34
Johan Ludvig Heiberg
(Philologist)
Birthdate: 27th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Denmark
Died: January 4, 1928
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Joseph Jacobs
(Literary critic, Literary historian, Folklorist, Historian, Children's writer)
Birthdate: 29th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Sydney
Died: January 30, 1916
36
Dugald Clerk
(Scottish Engineer Known for Designing the World’s First Successful 'Two-Stroke Engine')
Birthdate: 31st March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Died: November 12, 1932
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Albert Edelfelt
(One of the Founders of the Realist Art Movement in Finland)
Birthdate: 21st July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Porvoo, Finland
Died: August 18, 1905
38
Alexandru Marghiloman
(Statesman)
Birthdate: 4th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Buzău, Romania
Died: May 10, 1925
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Victor Babeș
(Romanian Bacteriologist Who is Regarded as the Co-Founder of Modern Microbiology)
Birthdate: 28th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: October 19, 1926
40
Prince Louis of Battenberg
(Admiral)
Birthdate: 24th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Graz, Austria
Died: September 11, 1921
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Paul von Rennenkampf
(Commander of the Vilna Military District)
Birthdate: 29th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Rapla County, Estonia
Died: April 1, 1918
42
Takamine Jōkichi
(Japanese Chemist Who Was the First Person to Isolate Epinephrine in 1901)
Birthdate: 3rd November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Takaoka, Toyama, Japan
Died: July 22, 1922
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Karl Kautsky
(Czech-Austrian Journalist, Philosopher, and Marxist Theorist)
Birthdate: 16th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Prague, Czechia
Died: October 17, 1938
44
George Whitefield Chadwick
(Composer)
Birthdate: 13th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
Died: April 4, 1931
45
Alfredo Catalani
(Composer)
Birthdate: 19th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lucca, Italy
Died: August 7, 1893
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Bradley A. Fiske
(Innovator)
Birthdate: 13th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lyons, New York, United States
Died: April 6, 1942
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Frank Andrew Munsey
(Author)
Birthdate: 21st August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Mercer, Maine, United States
Died: December 22, 1925
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Charles Sumner Tainter
(Inventor)
Birthdate: 25th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Watertown, Massachusetts
Died: April 20, 1940
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Alphonse Allais
(Writer, Poet, Journalist, Screenwriter, Painter, Science fiction writer, Composer, Comedian)
Birthdate: 20th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Honfleur
Died: October 28, 1905
Birthdate: 5th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Carcassonne, France
Died: August 14, 1941