Famous People Born In 1859
Discover the most famous people born in 1859. The list includes people like Billy the Kid, John Dewey, Pierre Curie, Henri Bergson, Svante Arrhenius and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include novelists, poets, inventors and political leaders born in 1859. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, France & Germany and many more countries.
Billy the Kid17th November, American
Gunman
John Dewey20th October, American
Philosopher
Alfred Dreyfus9th October, French
Artillery Officer
Pierre Curie15th May, French
Nobel Laureate in Physics
Georges Seurat2nd December, French
Painter
Belle Gunness11th November, Norwegian, American
Serial Killer
Yuan Shikai16th September, Chinese
Former President of the Republic of China
Henri Bergson18th October, French
Philosopher and Writer
Svante Arrhenius19th February, Swedish
Scientist
Wilhelm II27th January, German
Emperor of Germany
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston11th January, British
Former Viceroy of India
Jerome K. Jerome2nd May, British
Writer
Venustiano Carranza29th December, Mexican
Politician
Knut Hamsun4th August, Norwegian
Writer
Sholem Aleichem2nd March, American
Author
Carrie Chapman Catt9th January, American
Women’s Rights Activists
Havelock Ellis2nd February, British
Physician
A. E. Housman26th March, British
Poet
Henry Ossawa Tanner21st June, American
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle22nd May, British, Scottish
Writer & Physician
Anna Ancher18th August, Danish
Painter
Aurel Stodola10th May, Slovak
Engineer
Arthur Conan Doyle22nd May, British
Physician, Writer, Poet, Cricketer, Novelist,
Edmund Husserl8th April, Austrian, Czech, German
Mathematician, Philosopher, University teacher
Dorabji Tata27th August, Indian
Samuel Insull11th November, American
Business Magnate
Walter Camp7th April, American
Football Player
L. L. Zamenhof15th December, Polish
Linguist, Ophthalmologist, Inventor, Poet,
Fusajiro Yamauchi22nd November, Japanese
Entrepreneur
Alexander Stepanovich Popov16th March, Russian
Physicist, Inventor, Engineer
Kenneth Grahame8th March, British
Writer, Novelist, Children's writer
Archibald Gracie IV17th January, American
historian, writer
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John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe5th December, British
Politician, Military personnel
Childe Hassam17th October, American
Painter
Charles Comiskey15th August, American
Baseball player
Katharine Lee Bates12th August, American
poet, writer, university teacher, songwriter
Jean Jaurès3rd September, French
Political leader
Hugo Junkers3rd February, German
Engineer
Florence Kelley12th September, American
Social Reformer
Cass Gilbert29th November, American
architect, painter
Pierre Janet30th May, French
Psychologist
Cecil Sharp22nd November, British
Musician
Victor Herbert1st February, Irish, American
Composer
Théophile Steinlen10th November, Swiss, French
Painter, Illustrator, Poster artist, Sculptor,
Francis Thompson18th December, British
Poet
Lord Curzon11th January, British
Former Viceroy of India
Alexandre Millerand10th February, French
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
Bertha Pappenheim27th February, Austrian, German
Writer, Journalist, Social worker, Feminist
Pavel Milyukov27th January
Diplomat, Historian, Politician, Journalist
Thomas J. Walsh12th June, American
United States senator
Verner von Heidenstam6th July, Swedish
Swedish poet
Samuel Alexander6th January, Australian
British philosopher
John Crawford Crosby15th June, American
Politician, Lawyer, Judge
George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.14th February, American
S.D. Gordon12th August, American