May 16
Today In History

Birthdays In History 1854

1854 James George Frazer Scottish anthropologist and academic (d. 1941)

1854 Thomas Waddell Irish-Australian politician 15th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1940)

1854 Jennie Jerome American-born wife of Lord Randolph Churchill mother of Sir Winston Churchill (d. 1921)

1854 Ramón Corral Mexican general and politician 6th Vice President of Mexico (d. 1912)

1854 Thomas A. Watson American assistant to Alexander Graham Bell (d. 1934)

1854 Karl Julius Beloch German classical and economic historian (d. 1929)

1854 Eusapia Palladino Italian spiritualist (d. 1918)

1854 David Emmanuel Romanian mathematician and academic (d. 1941)

1854 Aletta Jacobs Dutch physician and suffrage activist (d. 1929)

1854 Friedrich Alfred Krupp German businessman (d. 1902)

1854 Napier Shaw English meteorologist and academic (d. 1945)

1854 Paul Ehrlich German physician and biologist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1915)

1854 John Lane English publisher co-founded The Bodley Head (d. 1925)

1854 Alexandru Macedonski Romanian author and poet (d. 1920)

1854 Thomas R. Marshall American lawyer and politician 28th Vice President of the United States of America (d. 1925)

1854 Emil von Behring German physiologist and physician Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)

1854 Alick Bannerman Australian cricketer and coach (d. 1924)

1854 Maurice Lecoq French target shooter (d. 1925)

1854 Giovanni Battista Grassi Italian physician zoologist and entomologist (d. 1925)

1854 Hugh Massie Australian cricketer (d. 1938)

1854 Lucy Craft Laney American founder of the Haines Normal and Industrial School Augusta Georgia (d. 1933)

1854 Ludwig Levy German architect (d. 1907)

1854 William Stang German-American bishop (d. 1907)

1854 Henri La Fontaine Belgian lawyer and author Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)

1854 Charles Sumner Tainter American engineer and inventor (d. 1940)

1854 Hertha Marks Ayrton Polish-British engineer mathematician and physicist. (d. 1923)

1854 Henri Poincaré French mathematician physicist and engineer (d. 1912)

1854 George Gore American baseball player and manager (d. 1933)

1854 Jack Blackham Australian cricketer (d. 1932)

1854 Ioannis Psycharis Ukrainian-French philologist and author (d. 1929)

1854 George Prendergast Australian politician 28th Premier of Victoria (d. 1937)

1854 Solko van den Bergh Dutch target shooter (d. 1916)

1854 Douglas Cameron Canadian politician 8th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (d. 1921)

1854 Sarah Grand Irish feminist writer (d. 1943)

1854 Charles Algernon Parsons English engineer founded C. A. Parsons and Company (d. 1931)

1854 E. W. Scripps American publisher founded the E. W. Scripps Company (d. 1926)

1854 Alfredo Catalani Italian composer and academic (d. 1893)

1854 Hjalmar Mellin Finnish mathematician and theorist (d. 1933)

1854 Eleanor Norcross American painter (d. 1923)

1854 Robert Laird Borden Canadian lawyer and politician 8th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1937)

1854 Victor Babeș Romanian physician and biologist (d. 1926)

1854 Philomène Belliveau Canadian artist (d. 1940)

1854 Ernest Belfort Bax English barrister journalist philosopher men's rights advocate socialist and historian (d. 1926)

1854 Philippe Gaucher French dermatologist and academic (d. 1918)

1854 Takahashi Korekiyo Japanese accountant and politician 20th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1936)

1854 José Canalejas Spanish academic and politician Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1912)

1854 Arthur Barclay 15th president of Liberia (d. 1938)

1854 Milan I of Serbia (d. 1901)

1854 Moritz Moszkowski Polish-German pianist and composer (d. 1925)

1854 Arnold Fothergill English cricketer (d. 1932)

1854 Engelbert Humperdinck German playwright and composer (d. 1921)

1854 Charles Tatham American fencer (d. 1939)

1854 David Dunbar Buick Scottish-American businessman founded Buick Motor Company (d. 1929)

1854 Patrick Geddes Scottish biologist sociologist geographer and philanthropist (d. 1932)

1854 Karl Kautsky Czech-German journalist philosopher and theologian (d. 1938)

1854 Billy Murdoch Australian cricketer (d. 1911)

1854 Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom Dutch chemist and academic (d. 1907)

1854 C. W. Post American businessman founded Post Foods (d. 1914)

1854 William Alexander Smith Scottish religious leader founded the Boys' Brigade (d. 1914)

1854 Jean-Marie Guyau French philosopher and poet (d. 1888)

1854 Carlo Fornasini Italian micropalaeontologist (d. 1931)

1854 Alphonse Desjardins Canadian journalist and businessman co-founded Desjardins Group (d. 1920)

1854 Paul Sabatier French chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)

1854 Johannes Rydberg Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1919)

1854 Maud Howe Elliott American activist and author (d. 1948)

1854 George Whitefield Chadwick American composer and educator (d. 1931)

1854 Hubert Lyautey French general and politician French Minister of War (d. 1934)

1854 Pope Benedict XV (d. 1922)

1854 Herman Bavinck Dutch philosopher theologian and academic (d. 1921)

1854 Henry B. Guppy English botanist and author (d. 1926)

1854 José Yves Limantour Mexican financier and politician Mexican Secretary of Finance (d. 1935)

1854 Henry Lefroy Australian politician 11th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1930)

1854 Bernard Zweers Dutch composer and educator (d. 1924)

1854 Martin Lipp Estonian pastor and poet (d. 1923)

Alice Mary Robertson

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Born - Jan 02,1854

Died - Jul 01,1931

American

Arthur Rimbaud

Profession - Poet

Born - Oct 20,1854

Died - Nov 10,1891

French

Benedict XV

Profession - Pope

Born - Nov 21,1854

Died - Jan 22,1922

Italian

George Eastman

Profession - Inventor

Born - Jul 12,1854

Died - Mar 14,1932

American

John Philip Sousa

Profession - Composer

Born - Nov 06,1854

Died - Mar 06,1932

American

Leoš Janáček

Profession - Composer

Born - Jul 03,1854

Died - Aug 12,1928

Czech

Oscar Wilde

Profession - Writer

Born - Oct 16,1854

Died - Nov 30,1900

Irish

Robert Borden

Profession - Prime Minister of Canada

Born - Jun 26,1854

Died - Jun 10,1937

Canadian

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