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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Birthdate: 23rd January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ogden, Utah, United States
Died: November 26, 1926
Birthdate: 5th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Terre Haute
Died: October 20, 1926
Birthdate: 24th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: August 27, 1937
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio, United States
Died: April 8, 1905
Birthdate: 14th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Primrose
Died: June 18, 1925
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Percival Lowell
(Astronomer, Mathematician)
Birthdate: 13th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Boston
Died: November 12, 1916
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Houston Stewart Chamberlain
(Philosopher)
Birthdate: 9th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Southsea, Hampshire, England
Died: January 9, 1927
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William Mulholland
(Irish-American Self-Taught Civil Engineer Known for Building the Water System of Los Angeles)
Birthdate: 11th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Belfast, Ireland
Died: July 22, 1935
Birthdate: 24th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Utica, New York, United States
Died: October 30, 1912
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King Camp Gillette
(Businessman)
Birthdate: 5th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States
Died: July 9, 1932
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Ernest Chausson
(Composer)
Birthdate: 20th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: June 10, 1899
Birthdate: 24th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lesotho
Died: December 11, 1920
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Robert de Montesquiou
(Poet)
Birthdate: 7th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 11, 1921
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Evelyn De Morgan
(Painter)
Birthdate: 30th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London
Died: May 2, 1919
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William Friese-Greene
(Photographer, Inventor)
Birthdate: 7th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bristol
Died: May 5, 1921
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Paul Deschanel
(Former President of France)
Birthdate: 13th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Schaerbeek, Belgium
Died: April 28, 1922
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Clarence W. Barron
(Publisher)
Birthdate: 2nd July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: October 2, 1928
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William Rutherford Benn
(Journalist and a member of the political Benn family)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Poplar, London, England
Died: 1921 AD
Birthdate: 12th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: August 28, 1914
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Jakub Schikaneder
(Painter)
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)
Birthdate: 10th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bordeaux, France
Died: November 2, 1931
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Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
(Princes)
Birthdate: 12th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kiel, Germany
Died: January 21, 1934
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Clinton Hart Merriam
(Father of Mammalogy)
Birthdate: 5th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: March 19, 1942
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Alice Freeman Palmer
(Educator)
Birthdate: 21st February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Colesville, New York, United States
Died: December 6, 1902
Birthdate: 7th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: United States
Died: November 20, 1938
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William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough
(British Politician and Fencer)
Birthdate: 30th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London, England
Died: January 9, 1945
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Walter Hines Page
(Journalist)
Birthdate: 15th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cary, North Carolina, United States
Died: December 21, 1918
Birthdate: 16th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Tournai, Belgium
Died: December 25, 1898
Birthdate: 15th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Piraeus, Greece
Died: August 18, 1889
Birthdate: 2nd September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Newton, North Carolina, United States
Died: November 27, 1931
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Joseph Wright
(English Philologist and Academic)
Birthdate: 31st October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Idle, Bradford, United Kingdom
Died: February 27, 1930
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)
Birthdate: 14th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: London, England
Died: November 7, 1944
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Henry Nicholas Ridley
(British Botanist, Geologist and Naturalist Known for Establishing the Rubber Industry in the 'Malay Peninsula')
Birthdate: 10th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Harling, England
Died: October 24, 1956
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Theodor Reuss
(Journalist)
Birthdate: 28th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Augsburg, Germany
Died: October 28, 1923
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Léon Teisserenc de Bort
(Meteorologist)
Birthdate: 5th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: January 2, 1913
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Marie-Joseph Lagrange
(Priest)
Birthdate: 7th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bourg-en-Bresse, France
Died: March 10, 1938
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George de Forest Brush
(Painter)
Birthdate: 28th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tennessee, United States
Died: April 24, 1941
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Vlaho Bukovac
(Former Painter probably best known for his 1887 nude Une fleur (A Flower))
Birthdate: 4th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cavtat, Croatia
Died: April 23, 1922
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Emile Verhaeren
(One of the Founders of the School of Symbolism)
Birthdate: 21st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Sint-Amands, Belgium
Died: November 27, 1916
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Mbandzeni
(King of Swaziland)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Swaziland
Died: October 7, 1889
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Chief Mkwawa
(Revolutionary)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Iringa Region, Tanzania
Died: July 19, 1898
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Inukai Tsuyoshi
(Politician, Prime Minister)
Birthdate: 4th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Okayama, Japan
Died: May 15, 1932
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John Randle
(West African doctor who was active in politics in Lagos)
Birthdate: 1st February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Regent, Sierra Leone
Died: February 27, 1928
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Marieta de Veintemilla
(Former Ecuadorian First Lady and a Feminist Author)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Guayaquil, Ecuador
Died: 1907 AD
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Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha
(Diplomat, Politician)
Birthdate: 1st April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lesbos, Greece
Died: 1922 AD
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Inoue Tetsujirō
(Philosopher)
Birthdate: 1st February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Buzen, Japan
Died: December 7, 1944
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Iosif Kotek
(Violinist, Composer Remembered for his association with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Birthdate: 6th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kam'yanets'-Podil's'kyi, Ukraine
Died: January 4, 1885
Birthdate: 4th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Melbourne, Victoria
Died: May 25, 1918
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Mary Cutler Fairchild
(Librarian)
Birthdate: 21st June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dalton, Massachusetts, United States
Died: December 20, 1921