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
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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
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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
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Ned Kelly(Australian Bushranger, Gang Leader and Convicted Police-Murderer)
Birthdate: 30th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Beveridge, Australia
Died: November 11, 1880
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
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
Birthdate: 22nd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Mărășești, Romania
Died: February 11, 1901
Birthdate: 1st January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Glasgow
Died: May 7, 1941
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
Birthdate: 14th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ludwigslust Palace, Ludwigslust, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Confederation
Died: September 6, 1920
Birthdate: 17th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dartmouth
Died: June 22, 1939
Birthdate: 31st March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: August 17, 1938
Birthdate: 13th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London, England
Died: February 11, 1931
Birthdate: 7th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Smithfield, South Africa
Died: February 3, 1922
Birthdate: 11th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rochester, New York, United States
Died: February 5, 1897
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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
Birthdate: 28th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Aylmer, Ontario Aylmer, Ontario, Canada
Died: October 31, 1926
Birthdate: 1st April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Benton, Alabama, United States
Died: October 23, 1949
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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: 31st January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Died: July 19, 1895
Birthdate: 16th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Prague, Czechia
Died: October 17, 1938
Birthdate: 18th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rushville, Illinois, United States
Died: March 12, 1926
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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
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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
Birthdate: 26th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Grand Pré, Canada
Died: June 10, 1937
Birthdate: 4th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Fort Dodge
Died: November 1, 1924
Birthdate: 17th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Nancy, France
Died: July 27, 1934
Birthdate: 4th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Buzău, Romania
Died: May 10, 1925
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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
Birthdate: 24th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Graz, Austria
Died: September 11, 1921
Birthdate: 1st April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ralls County, Missouri, United States
Died: July 9, 1897
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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: 14th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Fulton County, Illinois, United States
Died: February 18, 1886
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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
Birthdate: 15th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ławice
Died: March 31, 1917
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Kerman, Iran
Died: August 12, 1896
Birthdate: 2nd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bagni di Lucca, Italy
Died: April 9, 1909
Birthdate: 13th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
Died: April 4, 1931
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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
Birthdate: 19th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lucca, Italy
Died: August 7, 1893
Birthdate: 27th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Edo
Died: February 26, 1936
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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
Birthdate: 6th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Strasbourg, France
Died: January 19, 1914