Famous People Born In 1856
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.
Sigmund Freud6th May, Austrian
Neurologist
Nikola Tesla10th July, Austrian, American
Inventor, Father of Radio
Woodrow Wilson28th December, American
28th U.S. President
Booker T. Washington5th April, American
George Bernard Shaw26th July, Irish
Playwright
Philippe Pétain24th April, French
Marshal of France
Bal Gangadhar Tilak23rd July, Indian
Indian teacher
John Singer Sargent12th January, Italian, American
Artist
Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi14th June, Indian
Islamic Scholar, Reformer
J. J. Thomson18th December, British
Physicist, Nobel Prize Winner
Louis Brandeis13th November, American
Former Lawyer & US Supreme Court Associate Justice
Narayana Guru20th August, Indian
Spiritual Leader, Social Reformer
Louis Sullivan3rd September, American
Pioneering Architect
Robert Peary6th May, American
Explorer
H. Rider Haggard22nd June, British
Writer
Alfred Deakin3rd August, Australian
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Daniel Hale Williams18th January, American
Surgeon
Emil Kraepelin15th February, German
Psychiatrist
Henry Ossian Flipper21st March, American
Military Leader
Frank B. Kellogg22nd December, American
Lawyer, Politician
Granville Woods23rd April, American
Inventor
Asai Chu22nd July, Japanese
Painter
L. Frank Baum15th May, American
Writer
Harry Gordon Selfridge11th January, British
business magnate
Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata30th November, Indian
Aviator
Frederick Winslow Taylor20th March, American
Tennis player, Engineer, Economist, Golfer,
Tongzhi Emperor27th April, Chinese
James Buchanan Duke23rd December, American
Entrepreneur
Elbert Hubbard19th June, American
Journalist, Philosopher, Publisher, Writer
Andrey Markov14th June, Russian
Mathematician
Georgi Plekhanov29th November, Russian
Revolutionary
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Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg29th November, German
Politician, Jurist
Mikhail Vrubel5th March, Russian
painter, sculptor
Mabel Loomis Todd10th November, American
Editor
Wovoka30th November, American
Religious leader
Diamond Jim Brady12th August, American
Businessman
Robert Nivelle15th October, French
Military personnel
Tom Roberts9th March, Australian
Artist, Painter
John Redmond1st September, Irish
Politician
Frank Harris14th February, Northern Irish
Journalist
Charles Frohman15th July, American
Producer
Hara Takashi9th February, Japanese
politician, writer, journalist, diplomat
William Willett10th August, British
Inventor
Mahmud Shevket Pasha30th November, Turkish
Statesman
Carl Peters27th September, German
Explorer
Daniel Guggenheim9th July, American
Industrialist and philanthropist
Ivan Franko27th August, Ukrainian
Poet
Sergei Taneyev25th November, Russian
composer, musicologist, music educator, music
Henri-Edmond Cross20th May, French
painter
Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane30th July, British, Scottish
Statesman
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg29th November, German
President, Chancellor
William Massey26th March, Northern Irish
Prime minister of New Zealand
José Batlle y Ordóñez21st May, Uruguayan
Politician
A. Lawrence Lowell13th December, American
Educator
Eddie Foy Sr.9th March, American
Actor
Sergei Winogradsky1st September, French, Russian
Microbiologist
Hendrik Petrus Berlage21st February, Netherlands Antilles
Architect
Vernon Lee14th October, French, British
Writer
William Rainey Harper24th July, American
Academic Leader
Kate Douglas Wiggin28th September, American
Writer, Children's writer, Teacher
Edmund Beecher Wilson19th October, American
Geneticist
Harriot Stanton Blatch20th January, American
Writer
Tom Mann15th April, British
Public Speaker
Elisabeth Marbury19th June, American
Literary agent
Vasily Rozanov2nd May, Russian
Writer
Jean Moréas15th April, Greek
Poet
Peter Henry Emerson13th May, British
Photographer
Timothy Thomas Fortune3rd October, American
Orator
Eduardo Dato12th August, Spanish
Political Leader
Louis D. Brandeis13th November, American
Judge
A. D. Gordon9th June, Ukrainian
Political Leader
Kenyon Cox27th October, American
Painter
Alexander Izvolsky18th March, Russian
Diplomat
Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper12th May, German
Botanist
Louise Blanchard Bethune21st July, American
Architect
Edward Goodrich Acheson9th March, American
Inventor
Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo3rd November, Spanish
Scholar
Edward Channing15th June, American
Historian
Louis Marshall14th December, American
Lawyer
George Adam Smith19th October, British
Theologian
Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore14th October
Writer
Robert Stanley Weir15th November, Canadian
Judge
Matilde Serao7th March, Italian
Journalist
Robert Kajanus2nd December, Finnish
Conductor
Frederic Eugene Ives17th February, American
Inventor
Felix Mottl24th August, Austrian
Conductor
D. A. Thomas26th March, Welsh
Industrialist
Karl Lamprecht25th February, German
Historian
Lizette Woodworth Reese9th January, American
Poet
Reuben Archer Torrey28th January, American
Rudolf Stammler19th February, German
Philosopher
Harold Frederic19th August, American
Journalist
Grace Hoadley Dodge21st May, American
Philanthropist
Otto Brahm5th February, German
Literary Critic