Famous People Born In 1863

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Discover the most famous people born in 1863. The list includes people like Swami Vivekananda, Henry Ford, William Randolph Hearst, Edvard Munch, David Lloyd George and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, psychologists, sociologists and philosophers born in 1863. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & France and many more countries.
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Henry Ford
(The Founder of the ‘Ford Motor Company’)
Henry Ford
37
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: 30th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Springwells Township, Michigan, United States
Died: April 7, 1947
 2 
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
(The person whose assassination sparked the First World War)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
16
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 18th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Graz, Austria
Died: June 28, 1914
 3 
Edvard Munch
(Norwegian Painter Best Known for His Works: ‘The Scream’, ‘Madonna’ and ‘The Sick Child’)
Edvard Munch
33
Birthdate: 12th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ådalsbruk, Norway
Died: 1944 AD
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William Randolph Hearst
(Newspaper Baron)
William Randolph Hearst
18
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 29th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: August 14, 1951
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Andres Bonifacio
(Filipino Revolutionary)
Andres Bonifacio
19
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 30th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tondo
Died: May 10, 1897
 6 
George Santayana
(Regarded as One of the Most Important Thinkers of the First Half of the 20th Century)
George Santayana
3
Birthdate: 16th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: September 26, 1952
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Pierre de Coubertin
(Father of the Modern Olympic Games)
Pierre de Coubertin
4
Listed In: Educators
Birthdate: 1st January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris
Died: September 2, 1937
 8 
Konstantin Stanislavski
(Co-founder of ‘Moscow Art Theatre’ and Developer of Stanislavski's System of Acting)
Konstantin Stanislavski
1
Birthdate: 17th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: August 7, 1938
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Louis Cyr
(Strongman)
Louis Cyr
0
Listed In: Strongmen
Birthdate: 10th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville, Canada
Died: November 10, 1912
 10 
Leo Baekeland
(Chemist & Inventor)
Leo Baekeland
3
Birthdate: 14th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
Died: February 23, 1944
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Nicholas Black Elk
(Traditional Healers)
Nicholas Black Elk
6
Birthdate: 1st December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Powder River, Wyoming, United States
Died: August 19, 1950
 12 
Paul Signac
(French Neo-Impressionist Painter Who Developed the Painting Technique Called 'Pointillism')
Paul Signac
4
Birthdate: 11th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: August 15, 1935
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Annie Jump Cannon
(Astronomer)
Annie Jump Cannon
5
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 11th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Dover
Died: April 13, 1941
 14 
David Lloyd George
(Former Chancellor of the Exchequer)
David Lloyd George
17
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 17th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Chorlton-on-Medlock
Died: March 26, 1945
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Mary Church Terrell
(African-American Suffragist, Civil Rights Activist)
Mary Church Terrell
2
Birthdate: 23rd September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Died: July 24, 1954
 16 
Bob Fitzsimmons
(British Professional Boxer Who was the Sport’s First Three-Division World Champion)
Bob Fitzsimmons
1
Listed In: Boxers
Birthdate: 26th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Helston, England
Died: October 22, 1917
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George Herbert Mead
(Philosopher)
George Herbert Mead
1
Birthdate: 27th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States
Died: April 26, 1931
 18 
Richard Warren Sears
(Businessman)
Richard Warren Sears
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: 7th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Stewartville, Minnesota, United States
Died: September 28, 1914
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Henry Royce
(British Engineer and Co-founder of the 'Rolls-Royce')
Henry Royce
1
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: 27th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Alwalton, Huntingdonshire, England
Died: April 22, 1933
 20 
Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii
(Chemist)
Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii
0
Listed In: Chemists
Birthdate: 30th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Murom
Died: September 27, 1944
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Swami Vivekananda
(Indian Monk & Philosopher Who Introduced the Vedanta and Yoga to the Western World)
Swami Vivekananda
146
Birthdate: 12th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Died: July 4, 1902
 22 
Joaquín Sorolla
(Spanish Valencian Painter Best Known for His Depictions of Beach and Water Scenes)
Joaquín Sorolla
2
Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 27th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Valencia, Spain
Died: August 10, 1923
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Arthur Machen
(Welsh Author Best Known for His Influential Supernatural, Fantasy, and Horror Fiction)
Arthur Machen
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 3rd March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Caerleon, Monmouthshire, Wales
Died: December 15, 1947
 24 
Gabriele D'Annunzio
(Former Member of Italian Chamber of Deputies (1897-1900))
Gabriele D'Annunzio
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 12th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Pescara, Italy
Died: March 1, 1938
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Margaret Murray
(Anthropologist, Archaeologist, Egyptologist)
Margaret Murray
1
Birthdate: 13th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kolkata
Died: November 13, 1963
 26 
Constantine P. Cavafy
(Greek Poet, Journalist and Civil Servant )
Constantine P. Cavafy
2
Birthdate: 29th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Alexandria, Egypt
Died: April 29, 1933
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Austen Chamberlain
(First Lord of the Admiralty (1931))
Austen Chamberlain
0
Birthdate: 16th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Birmingham, England
Died: March 16, 1937
 28 
William Gillette
(Actor)
William Gillette
0
Birthdate: 24th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Died: April 29, 1937
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Alexandre Yersin
(Discoverer of Yersinia Pestis)
Alexandre Yersin
6
Listed In: Bacteriologists
Birthdate: 22nd September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Aubonne, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
Died: March 1, 1943
 30 
Charles Martin Hall
2
Listed In: Inventors
Birthdate: 6th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Thompson Township, Ohio, United States
Died: December 27, 1914
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Vladimir Vernadsky
(Russian Mineralogist and One of the Founders of Geochemistry, Radiogeology and Biogeochemistry)
Vladimir Vernadsky
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 12th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: January 6, 1945
 32 
Pietro Mascagni
(Composer)
Pietro Mascagni
1
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 7th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Livorno, Italy
Died: August 2, 1945
 33 
Jessie Willcox Smith
(Illustrator)
Jessie Willcox Smith
0
Listed In: Illustrators
Birthdate: 6th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: May 3, 1935
 34 
Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon
(Fashion Designer and Widely Acknowledged Innovator in Couture Styles)
Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon
0
Birthdate: 13th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London, England
Died: April 20, 1935
 35 
Gene Stratton-Porter
(Author)
Gene Stratton-Porter
0
Birthdate: 17th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Lagro, Indiana, U.S
Died: December 6, 1924
 36 
Hugo Münsterberg
(Psychologist, University teacher, Philosopher)
Hugo Münsterberg
0
Birthdate: 1st June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Gdańsk
Died: December 16, 1916
 37 
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
(Princess)
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
4
Birthdate: 5th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Died: September 24, 1950
 38 
Casey Jones
(Railroad Worker)
Casey Jones
3
Birthdate: 14th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kentucky, United States
Died: April 30, 1900
 39 
Reinhard Scheer
(Admiral)
Reinhard Scheer
0
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 30th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Obernkirchen, Germany
Died: November 26, 1928
 40 
Arthur Henderson
(Politician)
Arthur Henderson
0
Birthdate: 13th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Glasgow
Died: October 20, 1935
 41 
Charles Pathé
(French Film Producer and Businessman Who Pioneered the Development of the Motion Picture)
Charles Pathé
0
Birthdate: 26th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Chevry-Cossigny, France
Died: December 25, 1957
 42 
Werner Sombart
(German Economist and Sociologist Known for Coining the Term ‘Late Capitalism')
Werner Sombart
0
Birthdate: 19th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ermsleben, Falkenstein, Germany
Died: May 18, 1941
 43 
Ellen Churchill Semple
(American Geographer Who Made Immense Contributions to the Development of Geography as Discipline in the US)
Ellen Churchill Semple
1
Listed In: Geographers
Birthdate: 8th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Died: May 8, 1932
 44 
Kelly Miller
(American mathematician)
Kelly Miller
0
Listed In: Mathematicians
Birthdate: 18th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Winnsboro, South Carolina, United States
Died: December 29, 1939
 45 
Essad Pasha Toptani
(Former Prime Minister of Albania)
Essad Pasha Toptani
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Tirana, Albania
Died: June 13, 1920
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Charles Edward Ringling
(Former Circus showman who was one of seven original Ringling Brothers who owned the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus)
Charles Edward Ringling
0
Birthdate: 2nd December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: McGregor, Iowa, United States
Died: December 3, 1926
 47 
Samuel P. Bush
(Businessperson)
Samuel P. Bush
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: 4th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Orange, USA
Died: February 8, 1948
 48 
Kate Kelly
(Ned Kelly's sister)
Kate Kelly
0
Listed In: Family Members
Birthdate: 12th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Beveridge, Australia
Died: September 30, 1898
 49 
Paul Painlevé
(Former Prime Minister of France (September 1917 – November 1917, April 1925 – November 1925) and Mathematician)
Paul Painlevé
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 5th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: October 29, 1933
 50 
Alexander Siloti
(Pianist)
Alexander Siloti
0
Listed In: Pianists
Birthdate: 9th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kharkiv, Ukraine
Died: December 8, 1945