Famous People Born In 1855

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Discover the most famous people born in 1855. The list includes people like Eugene V. Debs, Robert M. La Follette, Sr., James S. Sherman, William Pitt (Architect), Andrew William Mellon and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, inventors, essayists and composers born in 1855. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom and many more countries.
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John Browning
(Firearms Designer)
John Browning
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Listed In: Inventors
Birthdate: 23rd January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ogden, Utah, United States
Died: November 26, 1926
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Eugene V. Debs
(Union Leader)
Eugene V. Debs
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Birthdate: 5th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Terre Haute
Died: October 20, 1926
 3 
Andrew William Mellon
(Industrialist, Philanthropist)
Andrew William Mellon
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Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: 24th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: August 27, 1937
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Sarah E. Goode
(Inventor)
Sarah E. Goode
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Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio, United States
Died: April 8, 1905
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
2
Birthdate: 14th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Primrose
Died: June 18, 1925
 6 
Percival Lowell
(Astronomer, Mathematician)
Percival Lowell
2
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 13th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Boston
Died: November 12, 1916
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Houston Stewart Chamberlain
(Philosopher)
Houston Stewart Chamberlain
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Listed In: Philosophers
Birthdate: 9th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Southsea, Hampshire, England
Died: January 9, 1927
 8 
William Mulholland
(Irish-American Self-Taught Civil Engineer Known for Building the Water System of Los Angeles)
William Mulholland
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Listed In: Civil Engineers
Birthdate: 11th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Belfast, Ireland
Died: July 22, 1935
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James S. Sherman
(27th Vice President of the United States (1909-12))
James S. Sherman
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 24th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Utica, New York, United States
Died: October 30, 1912
 10 
King Camp Gillette
(Businessman)
King Camp Gillette
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Listed In: Investors
Birthdate: 5th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States
Died: July 9, 1932
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Ernest Chausson
(Composer)
Ernest Chausson
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Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 20th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: June 10, 1899
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Olive Schreiner
(Writer)
Olive Schreiner
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Birthdate: 24th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lesotho
Died: December 11, 1920
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Robert de Montesquiou
(Poet)
Robert de Montesquiou
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 7th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 11, 1921
 14 
Evelyn De Morgan
(Painter)
Evelyn De Morgan
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Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 30th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London
Died: May 2, 1919
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William Friese-Greene
(Photographer, Inventor)
William Friese-Greene
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Listed In: Inventors
Birthdate: 7th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bristol
Died: May 5, 1921
 16 
Paul Deschanel
(Former President of France)
Paul Deschanel
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 13th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Schaerbeek, Belgium
Died: April 28, 1922
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Clarence W. Barron
(Publisher)
Clarence W. Barron
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Birthdate: 2nd July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: October 2, 1928
 18 
William Rutherford Benn
(Journalist and a member of the political Benn family)
William Rutherford Benn
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Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Poplar, London, England
Died: 1921 AD
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Anatoly Lyadov
(Composer)
Anatoly Lyadov
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 12th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: August 28, 1914
 20 
Jakub Schikaneder
(Painter)
Jakub Schikaneder
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Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 27th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Prague, Czec Republic
Died: November 15, 1924
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Alexandre Darracq
(French Investor, Engineer, Cycle Manufacturer and Automobile Manufacturer)
Alexandre Darracq
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Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: 10th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bordeaux, France
Died: November 2, 1931
 22 
Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
(Princes)
Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 12th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kiel, Germany
Died: January 21, 1934
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Clinton Hart Merriam
(Father of Mammalogy)
Clinton Hart Merriam
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 5th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: March 19, 1942
 24 
Alice Freeman Palmer
(Educator)
Alice Freeman Palmer
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 21st February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Colesville, New York, United States
Died: December 6, 1902
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Edwin H. Hall
Edwin H. Hall
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Listed In: Physicists
Birthdate: 7th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: United States
Died: November 20, 1938
 26 
William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough
(British Politician and Fencer)
William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: 30th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London, England
Died: January 9, 1945
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Walter Hines Page
(Journalist)
Walter Hines Page
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Birthdate: 15th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cary, North Carolina, United States
Died: December 21, 1918
 28 
Georges Rodenbach
(Poet)
Georges Rodenbach
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 16th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Tournai, Belgium
Died: December 25, 1898
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Jacques Damala
(Actor)
Jacques Damala
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Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 15th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Piraeus, Greece
Died: August 18, 1889
 30 
Hoke Smith
(Attorney)
Hoke Smith
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 2nd September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Newton, North Carolina, United States
Died: November 27, 1931
 31 
Joseph Wright
(English Philologist and Academic)
Joseph Wright
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Birthdate: 31st October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Idle, Bradford, United Kingdom
Died: February 27, 1930
 32 
August Spies
(Editor)
August Spies
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Listed In: Editors
Birthdate: 10th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Landecker Berg, Schenklengsfeld, Germany
Died: November 11, 1887
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Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
(Politician)
Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
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Birthdate: 14th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: London, England
Died: November 7, 1944
 34 
Henry Nicholas Ridley
(British Botanist, Geologist and Naturalist Known for Establishing the Rubber Industry in the 'Malay Peninsula')
Henry Nicholas Ridley
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Birthdate: 10th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Harling, England
Died: October 24, 1956
 35 
Theodor Reuss
(Journalist)
Theodor Reuss
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Listed In: Journalists
Birthdate: 28th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Augsburg, Germany
Died: October 28, 1923
 36 
Léon Teisserenc de Bort
(Meteorologist)
Léon Teisserenc de Bort
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Listed In: Meteorologists
Birthdate: 5th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: January 2, 1913
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Marie-Joseph Lagrange
(Priest)
Marie-Joseph Lagrange
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 7th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bourg-en-Bresse, France
Died: March 10, 1938
 38 
George de Forest Brush
(Painter)
George de Forest Brush
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Birthdate: 28th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tennessee, United States
Died: April 24, 1941
 39 
Vlaho Bukovac
(Former Painter probably best known for his 1887 nude Une fleur (A Flower))
Vlaho Bukovac
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Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 4th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cavtat, Croatia
Died: April 23, 1922
 40 
Emile Verhaeren
(One of the Founders of the School of Symbolism)
Emile Verhaeren
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Birthdate: 21st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Sint-Amands, Belgium
Died: November 27, 1916
 41 
Mbandzeni
(King of Swaziland)
Mbandzeni
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Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Swaziland
Died: October 7, 1889
 42 
Chief Mkwawa
(Revolutionary)
Chief Mkwawa
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Listed In: Revolutionaries
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Iringa Region, Tanzania
Died: July 19, 1898
 43 
Inukai Tsuyoshi
(Politician, Prime Minister)
Inukai Tsuyoshi
1
Listed In: Prime Ministers
Birthdate: 4th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Okayama, Japan
Died: May 15, 1932
 44 
John Randle
(West African doctor who was active in politics in Lagos)
John Randle
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Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: 1st February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Regent, Sierra Leone
Died: February 27, 1928
 45 
Marieta de Veintemilla
(Former Ecuadorian First Lady and a Feminist Author)
Marieta de Veintemilla
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Listed In: Feminists
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Guayaquil, Ecuador
Died: 1907 AD
 46 
Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha
(Diplomat, Politician)
Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1st April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lesbos, Greece
Died: 1922 AD
 47 
Inoue Tetsujirō
(Philosopher)
Inoue Tetsujirō
0
Listed In: Philosophers
Birthdate: 1st February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Buzen, Japan
Died: December 7, 1944
 48 
Iosif Kotek
(Violinist, Composer Remembered for his association with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Iosif Kotek
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 6th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kam'yanets'-Podil's'kyi, Ukraine
Died: January 4, 1885
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William Pitt (Architect)
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Birthdate: 4th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Melbourne, Victoria
Died: May 25, 1918
 50 
Mary Cutler Fairchild
(Librarian)
Mary Cutler Fairchild
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Listed In: Educators
Birthdate: 21st June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dalton, Massachusetts, United States
Died: December 20, 1921