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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 1 
Oscar Wilde
(One of the Greatest Playwrights of the 'Victorian Era')
Oscar Wilde
67
Listed In: Writers
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’)
Arthur Rimbaud
2
Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 20th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Charleville-Mézières, France
Died: November 10, 1891
 3 
John Philip Sousa
(Conductor, Composer)
John Philip Sousa
4
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 6th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Died: March 6, 1932
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George Eastman
(Inventor of Roll Film)
George Eastman
9
Birthdate: 12th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Waterville
Died: March 14, 1932
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Henri Poincare
(French Polymath and Mathematician Known as One of the Founders of the 'Field of Topology')
Henri Poincare
3
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 29th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nancy, France
Died: July 17, 1912
 6 
Paul Ehrlich
(Scientist)
Paul Ehrlich
2
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: 14th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Strzelin, Poland
Died: August 20, 1915
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Lady Randolph Churchill
(Socialite, Mother of Winston Churchill)
Lady Randolph Churchill
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 9th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Cobble Hill, New York, United States
Died: June 29, 1921
 8 
C. W. Post
(Nutritionist)
C. W. Post
1
Listed In: Nutritionists
Birthdate: 26th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Springfield, Illinois, United States
Died: May 9, 1914
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Engelbert Humperdinck
(Composer)
Engelbert Humperdinck
2
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 1st September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Siegburg, Germany
Died: September 27, 1921
 10 
Leos Janacek
(One of the Most Important Czech Composers of the 20th Century)
Leos Janacek
2
Listed In: Composers
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))
Milan I of Serbia
0
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
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')
David Dunbar Buick
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Birthdate: 17th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Arbroath, Angus, Scotland
Died: March 5, 1929
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Aletta Jacobs
(Physician)
Aletta Jacobs
0
Listed In: Feminists
Birthdate: 9th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Sappemeer, Netherlands
Died: August 10, 1929
 14 
Charles Algernon Parsons
(Anglo-Irish Engineer Best Known for His Invention of the 'Compound Steam Turbine')
Charles Algernon Parsons
0
Birthdate: 13th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London, England
Died: February 11, 1931
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Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
(Queen)
Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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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)
Benjamin Tucker
2
Birthdate: 17th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dartmouth
Died: June 22, 1939
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Charles Radbourn
(Baseball player)
Charles Radbourn
1
Listed In: Baseball Players
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)
Christiaan de Wet
1
Listed In: Leaders
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))
Robert Borden
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 26th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Grand Pré, Canada
Died: June 10, 1937
 20 
James George Frazer
(Anthropologist, Writer, Historian, Mythographer)
James George Frazer
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Birthdate: 1st January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Glasgow
Died: May 7, 1941
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Bill Traylor
(Artist)
Bill Traylor
0
Birthdate: 1st April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Benton, Alabama, United States
Died: October 23, 1949
 22 
Stefan Stambolov
(9th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1887 - 1894))
Stefan Stambolov
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 31st January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Died: July 19, 1895
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Emil Adolf von Behring
(German physiologist)
Emil Adolf von Behring
1
Listed In: Physiologists
Birthdate: 15th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ławice
Died: March 31, 1917
 24 
Charles Vance Millar
(Lawyer, Businessperson)
Charles Vance Millar
0
Listed In: Lawyers
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')
Hertha Ayrton
0
Birthdate: 28th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Died: August 26, 1923
 26 
Henri La Fontaine
(Socialist, Senator, and Nobel Peace Prize Winner)
Henri La Fontaine
0
Birthdate: 22nd April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium
Died: May 14, 1943
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Percy French
(Songwriter)
Percy French
1
Birthdate: 1st May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Roscommon, Ireland
Died: January 24, 1920
 28 
Bill Tilghman
(Politician)
Bill Tilghman
1
Listed In: Cinematographers
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')
Patrick Geddes
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 2nd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died: April 17, 1932
 30 
E. W. Scripps
(Publisher)
E. W. Scripps
0
Birthdate: 18th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rushville, Illinois, United States
Died: March 12, 1926
 31 
Johannes Rydberg
(Swedish Physicist Known for Devising the Rydberg Formula to Describe the Wavelengths of Photons)
Johannes Rydberg
0
Listed In: Physicists
Birthdate: 8th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Halmstad, Sweden
Died: December 28, 1919
 32 
Takahashi Korekiyo
(Politician, Accountant, Economist)
Takahashi Korekiyo
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 27th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Edo
Died: February 26, 1936
 33 
William C. Gorgas
(United States Army Physician and 22nd Surgeon General of the U.S. Army)
William C. Gorgas
0
Listed In: Surgeons
Birthdate: 3rd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Toulminville, Alabama, United States
Died: July 3, 1920
 34 
Johan Ludvig Heiberg
(Philologist)
Johan Ludvig Heiberg
0
Birthdate: 27th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Denmark
Died: January 4, 1928
 35 
Joseph Jacobs
(Literary critic, Literary historian, Folklorist, Historian, Children's writer)
Joseph Jacobs
1
Listed In: Historians
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')
Dugald Clerk
0
Birthdate: 31st March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Died: November 12, 1932
 37 
Albert Edelfelt
(One of the Founders of the Realist Art Movement in Finland)
Albert Edelfelt
0
Birthdate: 21st July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Porvoo, Finland
Died: August 18, 1905
 38 
Alexandru Marghiloman
(Statesman)
Alexandru Marghiloman
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 4th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Buzău, Romania
Died: May 10, 1925
 39 
Victor Babeș
(Romanian Bacteriologist Who is Regarded as the Co-Founder of Modern Microbiology)
Victor Babeș
0
Listed In: Bacteriologists
Birthdate: 28th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: October 19, 1926
 40 
Prince Louis of Battenberg
(Admiral)
Prince Louis of Battenberg
5
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 24th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Graz, Austria
Died: September 11, 1921
 41 
Paul von Rennenkampf
(Commander of the Vilna Military District)
Paul von Rennenkampf
0
Listed In: Military Leaders
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)
Takamine Jōkichi
0
Birthdate: 3rd November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Takaoka, Toyama, Japan
Died: July 22, 1922
 43 
Karl Kautsky
(Czech-Austrian Journalist, Philosopher, and Marxist Theorist)
Karl Kautsky
0
Birthdate: 16th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Prague, Czechia
Died: October 17, 1938
 44 
George Whitefield Chadwick
(Composer)
George Whitefield Chadwick
0
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 13th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
Died: April 4, 1931
 45 
Alfredo Catalani
(Composer)
Alfredo Catalani
0
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 19th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lucca, Italy
Died: August 7, 1893
 46 
Bradley A. Fiske
(Innovator)
Bradley A. Fiske
0
Birthdate: 13th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lyons, New York, United States
Died: April 6, 1942
 47 
Frank Andrew Munsey
(Author)
Frank Andrew Munsey
1
Birthdate: 21st August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Mercer, Maine, United States
Died: December 22, 1925
 48 
Charles Sumner Tainter
(Inventor)
Charles Sumner Tainter
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Birthdate: 25th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Watertown, Massachusetts
Died: April 20, 1940
 49 
Alphonse Allais
(Writer, Poet, Journalist, Screenwriter, Painter, Science fiction writer, Composer, Comedian)
Alphonse Allais
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 20th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Honfleur
Died: October 28, 1905
 50 
Paul Sabatier
(Chemist)
Paul Sabatier
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 5th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Carcassonne, France
Died: August 14, 1941