Famous People Born In 1856
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Discover the most famous people born in 1856. The list includes people like Nikola Tesla, Sigmund Freud, Woodrow Wilson, J. J. Thomson, George Bernard Shaw and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, inventors, physicists and journalists born in 1856. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, India & Russia and many more countries.
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Nikola Tesla(Inventor, Engineer & Futurist, Who Obtained Over 300 Patents)
Birthdate: 10th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Smiljan, Croatia
Died: January 7, 1943
Birthdate: 6th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: PÅ™Ãbor, Czechia
Died: September 23, 1939
Birthdate: 28th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Staunton, Virginia, United States
Died: February 3, 1924
4
Booker T. Washington(American Educator Who was the Dominant Leader of the African-American Community Between 1890 and 1915)
Birthdate: 5th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Westlake Corner, Virginia, United States
Died: November 14, 1915
Birthdate: 26th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Portobello, Dublin, Ireland
Died: November 2, 1950
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J. J. Thomson(British Physicist Who is Credited With the Discovery of the Electron)
Birthdate: 18th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Died: August 30, 1940
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L. Frank Baum(Best Known for His Children's Books Like 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' and its Sequels)
Birthdate: 15th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Chittenango, New York, United States
Died: May 6, 1919
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak(Indian Independence Activist and One Third of the 'Lal Bal Pal' Triumvirate)
Birthdate: 23rd July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Maharashtra, India
Died: September 1, 1920
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John Singer Sargent(American Expatriate Artist and One of the Leading Portrait Painters of His Generation)
Birthdate: 12th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: April 14, 1925
Birthdate: 6th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Cresson, Pennsylvania
Died: February 20, 1920
Birthdate: 3rd September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Boston
Died: April 14, 1924
Birthdate: 20th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: March 21, 1915
Birthdate: 3rd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Melbourne
Died: October 7, 1919
Birthdate: 13th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Died: October 5, 1941
Birthdate: 22nd June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bradenham, England
Died: May 14, 1925
Birthdate: 14th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bareilly
Died: October 28, 1921
Birthdate: 18th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: August 4, 1931
Birthdate: 23rd April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Died: January 30, 1910
Birthdate: 7th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Mount Pleasant, Ohio, United States
Died: May 11, 1924
Birthdate: 27th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Forbidden City, Beijing, China
Died: January 12, 1875
Birthdate: 15th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Neustrelitz, Germany
Died: October 7, 1926
Birthdate: 11th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ripon
Died: May 8, 1947
Birthdate: 12th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York City, United States
Died: April 13, 1917
Birthdate: 21st March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Thomasville, Georgia, United States
Died: April 26, 1940
Birthdate: 14th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Ryazan, Russia
Died: July 20, 1922
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Andrew Watson(World's first black person to play association football at international level)
Birthdate: 24th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Demerara, Guyana
Died: March 8, 1921
Birthdate: 18th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: January 5, 1929
Birthdate: 27th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Nahuievychi, Ukraine
Died: May 28, 1916
Birthdate: 22nd December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Potsdam
Died: December 21, 1937
Birthdate: 10th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died: October 14, 1932
Birthdate: 19th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bloomington, Illinois, United States
Died: May 7, 1915
Birthdate: 20th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Belfast, Ireland
Died: January 10, 1941
Birthdate: 20th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chempazhanthy, Thiruvananthapuram, India
Died: September 20, 1928
Birthdate: 12th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ancona, Italy
Died: December 9, 1941
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Keir Hardie(Former Leader of the Labour Party of the United Kingdom (1906 - 1908))
Birthdate: 15th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Newhouse, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died: September 26, 1915
Birthdate: 24th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 11, 1941
Birthdate: 15th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tulle
Died: March 23, 1924
Birthdate: 29th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hohenfinow, Germany
Died: January 1, 1921
Birthdate: 9th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Dorchester
Died: September 14, 1931
Birthdate: 1st September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: County Wexford
Died: March 6, 1918
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Vernon Lee(British Writer Known for Her Supernatural Fiction and Her Work on Aesthetics)
Birthdate: 14th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Died: February 13, 1935
Birthdate: 19th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Sparta, USA
Died: November 27, 1946
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Navsari, India
Died: 1926 AD
Birthdate: 15th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Sandusky, Ohio, United States
Died: May 7, 1915
Birthdate: 19th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: January 22, 1933
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Henri-Edmond Cross(Former painter most acclaimed as a master of Neo-Impressionism and he played an important role in shaping the second phase of that movement)
Birthdate: 20th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Douai, Nord, France
Died: May 16, 1910
Birthdate: 10th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Farnham, Surrey, England
Died: March 4, 1915
Birthdate: 20th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: November 20, 1940
Birthdate: 15th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Morioka, Iwate, Japan
Died: November 4, 1921
Birthdate: 8th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Halifax, United Kingdom
Died: June 16, 1929