Famous People Born In 1860

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Discover the most famous people born in 1860. The list includes people like M. Visvesvaraya, Lizzie Borden, Anton Chekhov, Jane Addams, Gustav Mahler and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, artists, lawyers and journalists born in 1860. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany and many more countries.
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Anton Chekhov
(One of the Greatest Writers of All Time)
Anton Chekhov
16
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 29th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Taganrog, Russia
Died: July 15, 1904
 2 
John J. Pershing
(Former Military Officer Who Served as the Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces During World War I)
John J. Pershing
9
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 13th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Laclede, Missouri, United States
Died: July 15, 1948
 3 
Gustav Mahler
(One of the Most Frequently Performed and Recorded of All Composers)
Gustav Mahler
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 7th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Czeh Republic
Died: May 18, 1911
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Lizzie Borden
(American Woman Tried and Acquitted of the August 4, 1892 Axe Murders of Her Father and Stepmother)
Lizzie Borden
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Birthdate: 19th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Fall River, Massachusetts, United States
Died: June 1, 1927
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Jane Addams
(Reformer and Social Activist Who Became the First American Woman to be Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize)
Jane Addams
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Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 6th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cedarville, Illinois, U.S.
Died: May 21, 1935
Sir James Matthew Barrie
9
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 9th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland
Died: June 19, 1937
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William Jennings Bryan
(41st United States Secretary of State (1913 - 1915))
William Jennings Bryan
5
Birthdate: 19th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Salem, Illinois, United States
Died: July 26, 1925
 8 
Will Keith Kellogg
(Founder of the Kellogg Company)
Will Keith Kellogg
5
Birthdate: 7th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Battle Creek
Died: October 6, 1951
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Charles Curtis
(Former Vice President of the United States)
Charles Curtis
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Birthdate: 25th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Topeka
Died: February 8, 1936
 10 
Alphonse Mucha
1
Birthdate: 24th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Ivancice, Czechia
Died: July 14, 1939
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M. Visvesvaraya
(Civil Engineer)
M. Visvesvaraya
41
Listed In: Civil Engineers
Birthdate: 15th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Muddenahalli, Chikballapur, Kingdom of Mysore (now in Karnataka)
Died: April 14, 1962
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Listed In: Sociologists
Birthdate: 3rd July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut
Died: August 17, 1935
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Klara Hitler
(Mother of Adolf Hitler)
Klara Hitler
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Listed In: Family Members
Birthdate: 12th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Spital, Austria
Died: December 21, 1907
 14 
Annie Oakley
(Sharpshooter)
Annie Oakley
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Birthdate: 13th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Darke County, Ohio, United States
Died: November 3, 1926
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Grandma Moses
(Painter, Illustrator)
Grandma Moses
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Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 7th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: New York
Died: December 13, 1961
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Herman Hollerith
(Father of modern automatic computation)
Herman Hollerith
2
Listed In: Inventors
Birthdate: 29th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Buffalo
Died: November 17, 1929
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Ignacy Jan Paderewski
(Former Prime Minister of Poland, Pianist)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 6th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kurylivka, Ukraine
Died: June 29, 1941
Princess Charlotte of Prussia
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Birthdate: 24th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New Palace, Potsdam, Germany
Died: October 1, 1919
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Ellen Wilson
(Former First Lady of the United States)
Ellen Wilson
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Birthdate: 15th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia, United States
Died: August 6, 1914
 20 
Hugo Wolf
(Austrian Composer Known for His Art Songs)
Hugo Wolf
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Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 13th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
Died: February 22, 1903
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Willem Einthoven
(Inventor of the first practical ECG)
Willem Einthoven
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Birthdate: 21st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Semarang
Died: September 29, 1927
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Walter Sickert
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Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 31st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Munich
Died: January 22, 1942
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Soapy Smith
0
Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 2nd November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Georgia
Died: July 8, 1898
Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia
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Birthdate: 25th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Marmorpalais, Potsdam, Germany
Died: March 14, 1917
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James Ensor
(Belgian Expressionist Painter)
James Ensor
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Birthdate: 13th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ostend, Belgium
Died: November 19, 1949
 26 
Isaac Levitan
(One of the Best Classical Russian Landscape Painters of the 19th Century )
Isaac Levitan
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Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 30th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kibartay, Lithuania
Died: August 4, 1900
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Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia
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Birthdate: 28th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Peterhof, Saint Petersburg, Empire of Russia
Died: March 11, 1922
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Jigoro Kano
(International sports pioneer who founded the martial art of judo and was the first Asian member of the International Olympic Committee.)
Jigoro Kano
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Listed In: Martial Artists
Birthdate: 10th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hyogo, Japan
Died: May 4, 1938
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Lillian Russell
(Former Actress, Singer known for her beauty and style, as well as for her voice and stage presence)
Lillian Russell
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Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 4th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Clinton, Iowa, United States
Died: June 6, 1922
Sunanda Kumariratana
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Birthdate: 10th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bangkok, Thailand
Died: May 31, 1880
 31 
Dan Leno
(Comedian)
Dan Leno
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Birthdate: 20th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Somers Town, London England
Died: October 31, 1904
 32 
Charles Studd
(British Cricketer)
Charles Studd
1
Listed In: Cricketers
Birthdate: 2nd December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Spratton, England
Died: July 16, 1931
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Mary J Rathbun
(Zoologist)
Mary J Rathbun
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Listed In: Zoologists
Birthdate: 11th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Buffalo, New York, United States
Died: April 4, 1943
 34 
Leonard Wood
(Politician, Military personnel)
Leonard Wood
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 9th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Winchester, New Hampshire, United States
Died: August 7, 1927
 35 
Edward MacDowell
(Composer and Pianist)
Edward MacDowell
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Birthdate: 18th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: January 23, 1908
 36 
William Kennedy Dickson
(Inventor, Film director, Film producer, Cinematographer, Actor, Photographer, Engineer)
William Kennedy Dickson
0
Birthdate: 3rd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: France
Died: September 28, 1935
 37 
René Lalique
(Designer)
René Lalique
1
Listed In: Designers
Birthdate: 6th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ay, Marne, France
Died: May 1, 1945
 38 
Douglas Hyde
(Former President of Ireland)
Douglas Hyde
1
Listed In: Presidents
Birthdate: 17th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Castlerea
Died: July 12, 1949
 39 
Eduard Buchner
(Nobel Laureate in Chemistry)
Eduard Buchner
1
Listed In: Chemists
Birthdate: 20th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Munich
Died: August 13, 1917
 40 
Anders Zorn
(One of the Best Portrait Painters in Europe at the End of the 19th Century)
Anders Zorn
1
Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 18th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Mora, Sweden
Died: August 22, 1920
 41 
Hjalmar Branting
(Former Prime Minister of Sweden Who Served for Three Terms Between 1920 and 1924)
Hjalmar Branting
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 23rd November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: February 24, 1925
 42 
Niels Ryberg Finsen
1
Birthdate: 15th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Died: September 24, 1904
 43 
Juliette Gordon Low
(Philanthropist)
Juliette Gordon Low
0
Birthdate: 31st October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia, United States
Died: January 17, 1927
 44 
Victor L. Berger
(Politician)
Victor L. Berger
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 28th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Austria-Hungary
Died: August 7, 1929
 45 
Jens Jensen
(Landscape Architect)
Jens Jensen
0
Birthdate: 13th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Dybbl, Denmark
Died: October 1, 1951
 46 
Vito Volterra
(Mathematician)
Vito Volterra
0
Listed In: Mathematicians
Birthdate: 3rd May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ancona
Died: October 11, 1940
 47 
Ernest Thompson Seton
(American Author, Wildlife Artist, Founder of the 'Woodcraft Indians' and Founding Pioneer of the 'Boy Scouts of America')
Ernest Thompson Seton
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 14th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: South Shields, County Durham, England
Died: October 23, 1946
 48 
Henrietta Szold
(Zionist leader)
Henrietta Szold
0
Birthdate: 21st December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died: February 13, 1945
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Elmer Ambrose Sperry
(American Inventor and Entrepreneur Who Invented 'Gyrocompass')
Elmer Ambrose Sperry
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Birthdate: 12th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cincinnatus, New York, United States
Died: June 16, 1930
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Waldemar Haffkine
(Bacteriologists)
Waldemar Haffkine
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 15th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Odesa, Ukraine
Died: October 26, 1930