Famous People Born In 1859
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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.
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Birthdate: 22nd May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Scotland
Died: July 7, 1930
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Wilhelm II(German Emperor and King of Prussia (1888 - 1918))
Birthdate: 27th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: June 4, 1941
Birthdate: 20th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Burlington, Vermont, United States
Died: June 1, 1952
Birthdate: 15th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: April 19, 1906
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Georges Seurat(French Post-Impressionist Artist Who Devised the Painting Techniques Known as 'Chromoluminarism' and 'Pointillism')
Birthdate: 2nd December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: March 29, 1891
Birthdate: 2nd May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Caldmore, United Kingdom
Died: June 14, 1927
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Fusajiro Yamauchi
(Japanese Entrepreneur Best Remembered as the Founder of 'Nintendo')
Birthdate: 22nd November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kyoto
Died: January 1, 1940
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Henri Bergson(French Philosopher and Winner of the 1927 Nobel Prize in Literature)
Birthdate: 18th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: January 4, 1941
Birthdate: 26th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Fockbury, England
Died: April 30, 1936
Birthdate: 29th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Cuatrociénegas Municipality, Mexico
Died: May 21, 1920
Birthdate: 1st January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Mandalay, Myanmar
Died: December 19, 1916
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Carrie Chapman Catt(American Women's Suffrage Leader Who Successfully Campaigned for Passing of the ‘Nineteenth Amendment’)
Birthdate: 9th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ripon
Died: March 9, 1947
Birthdate: 19th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Vik
Died: October 2, 1927
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Edmund Husserl(German Philosopher, Mathematician and Founder of Phenomenology)
Birthdate: 8th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Prostějov, Czechia
Died: April 27, 1938
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Katharine Lee Bates
(poet, writer, university teacher, songwriter)
Birthdate: 12th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Falmouth
Died: September 28, 1929
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Jean Jaurès
(French Socialist Leader )
Birthdate: 3rd September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Castres, France
Died: July 31, 1914
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Florence Kelley
(American Social and Political Reformer and the Pioneer of the Term 'Wage Abolitionism')
Birthdate: 12th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: February 17, 1932
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Alexander Stepanovich Popov
(Russian Physicist Who Was One of the First Persons to Invent a Radio Receiving Device)
Birthdate: 16th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Krasnoturinsk, Russia
Died: January 13, 1906
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Knut Hamsun(One of the Most Influential Norwegian Writers & Winner of the 1920 Nobel Prize in Literature.)
Birthdate: 4th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Lom Municipality, Norway
Died: February 19, 1952
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Charles Comiskey
(American Major League Baseball Player and Founding Owner of the 'Chicago White Sox')
Birthdate: 15th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: October 26, 1931
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L. L. Zamenhof
(Linguist, Ophthalmologist, Inventor, Poet, Translator, Esperantist, Physician, Writer, Bible translator)
Birthdate: 15th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Białystok
Died: April 14, 1917
Birthdate: 21st June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: May 25, 1937
Birthdate: 13th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Mandalay, Myanmar
Died: November 24, 1925
Birthdate: 17th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dorchester
Died: August 27, 1935
Birthdate: 11th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Died: July 16, 1938
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Dorabji Tata
(Key figure in the history and development of the Tata Group)
Birthdate: 27th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Died: June 3, 1932
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Pierre Janet
(Psychologist)
Birthdate: 30th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: February 24, 1947
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Cass Gilbert
(architect, painter)
Birthdate: 29th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Zanesville
Died: May 17, 1934
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Saad Zaghloul
(Prime Minister)
Birthdate: 1st July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, Egypt
Died: August 23, 1927
Birthdate: 18th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Skagen, Denmark
Died: April 15, 1935
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Pavel Milyukov
(Russian Liberal Politician and Former Member of the Russian State Duma (1906 - 1917))
Birthdate: 27th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: March 31, 1943
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Théophile Steinlen
(French Art Nouveau Painter and Printmaker)
Birthdate: 10th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Lausanne, Switzerland
Died: December 13, 1923
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Henry Gauthier-Villars
(Writer)
Birthdate: 8th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Villiers-sur-Orge, France
Died: January 12, 1931
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James Kenneth Stephen
(Poet)
Birthdate: 25th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: London, England
Died: February 3, 1892
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Charles August Lindbergh
(Politician, Lawyer)
Birthdate: 20th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: May 24, 1924
Birthdate: 18th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Preston, England
Died: November 13, 1907
Birthdate: 8th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: December 17, 1945
Birthdate: 2nd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Croydon
Died: July 8, 1939
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Christian von Ehrenfels
(Philosopher)
Birthdate: 20th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: September 8, 1932
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Prince Oscar Bernadotte
(Prince)
Birthdate: 15th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: October 4, 1953
Birthdate: 14th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lielsesava, Latvia
Died: March 14, 1927
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John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe
(Royal Navy officer)
Birthdate: 5th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Southampton, England
Died: November 20, 1935
Birthdate: 17th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Barranquitas, Puerto Rico
Died: November 15, 1916
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Verner von Heidenstam
(Swedish Poet and Novelist Who Received the 1916 Nobel Prize in Literature)
Birthdate: 6th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Olshammar
Died: May 20, 1940
Birthdate: 10th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Liptovský Mikuláš
Died: December 25, 1942
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Ellen Gates Starr
(American Social Reformer and Activist)
Birthdate: 19th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Laona Township, Illinois, United States
Died: February 10, 1940
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Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant
(Prince)
Birthdate: 12th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Royal Castle of Laeken, Laeken, Brussels, Belgium
Died: January 22, 1869
Birthdate: 16th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Aalborg, Denmark
Died: November 15, 1935
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Sergei Lyapunov
(Composer)
Birthdate: 30th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Yaroslavl, Russia
Died: November 8, 1924
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Maurice-Georges Paléologue
(French diplomat and writer)
Birthdate: 13th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: November 21, 1944