Famous people born in 1850

Best known

1. 
   Guy de Maupassant

   French writer (1850-1893)

   August 5 · d. 1893

   Photo: Nadar, Public domain
2. 
   Robert Louis Stevenson

   Scottish novelist and poet (1850–1894)

   November 13 · d. 1894

   Photo: Henry Walter Barnett, Public domain
3. 
   Karl Ferdinand Braun

   German physicist (1850–1918)

   June 6 · d. 1918

   Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
4. 
   Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

   Czechoslovak politician, statesman, sociologist and philosopher; first Czechoslovak president (1850–1937)

   March 7 · d. 1937

   Photo: Státní grafická škola v Praze / Karel Novák (1875–1950), Public domain
5. 
   Sofia Kovalevskaya

   19th-century Russian mathematician

   January 15 · d. 1891

   Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
6. Mihai Eminescu

   Romanian poet, novelist and journalist (1850-1889)

   January 15 · d. 1889

7. 
   Charles Richet

   French physiologist and parapsychologist (1850-1935)

   August 26 · d. 1935

   Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
8. 
   Eduard Bernstein

   German politician and theorist (1850–1932)

   January 6 · d. 1932

   Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
9. 
   Ivan Vazov

   Bulgarian writer and poet (1850-1921)

   July 9 · d. 1921

   Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
10. 
    Oliver Heaviside

    electrical engineer, mathematician and physicist (1850–1925)

    May 18 · d. 1925

    Photo: Original uploader was SuperGirl at en.wikipedia, Public domain
11. 
    Pierre Loti

    French writer (1850-1923)

    January 14 · d. 1923

    Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
12. 
    Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

    Irish officer and colonial administrator in the British Army (1850–1916)

    June 24 · d. 1916

    Photo: Harris & Ewing, Inc., Public domain
13. 
    Kate Chopin

    American author (1850–1904)

    February 8 · d. 1904

    Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
14. 
    Edward Smith

    captain of the RMS Titanic (1850–1912)

    January 27 · d. 1912

    Photo: EJ_Smith.jpg : unknown derivative work: Materialscientist, Public domain
15. 
    Henry Louis Le Châtelier

    French chemist (1850–1936)

    October 8 · d. 1936

    Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
16. 
    Lafcadio Hearn

    Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West (1850–1904)

    June 27 · d. 1904

    Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
17. 
    Hermann Ebbinghaus

    German psychologist (1850-1909)

    January 24 · d. 1909

    Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
18. 
    Hipólito Yrigoyen

    president of Argentina (1852-1937)

    July 13 · d. 1933

    Photo: Alfredo Dalerole, Public domain
19. Mikhail Chigorin

    Russian chess player

    November 12 · d. 1908

20. Edward Bellamy

    American author and socialist (1850–1898)

    March 26 · d. 1898

21. Victoriano Huerta

    Mexican military officer and 35th President of Mexico (1850-1916)

    December 22 · d. 1916

22. Luigi Cadorna

    Italian general (1850-1928)

    September 4 · d. 1928

23. Marcelo H. del Pilar

    Filipino writer, lawyer, and journalist (1850–1896)

    August 30 · d. 1896

24. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

    British prince (1850–1942), Governor General of Canada from 1911 to 1916

    May 1 · d. 1942

25. William Morris Davis

    American geographer (1850–1934)

    February 12 · d. 1934

26. Sami Frashëri

    Albanian writer, philosopher, playwright and activist (1850–1904)

    June 1 · d. 1904

27. Frances Xavier Cabrini

    Italian-American Catholic nun, misionary and saint (1850-1917)

    July 15 · d. 1917

28. Ignaz Goldziher

    Hungarian orientalist, scholar (1850-1921)

    June 22 · d. 1921

29. Kiyoura Keigo

    Japanese politician (1850-1942)

    March 27 · d. 1942

30. Lluís Domènech i Montaner

    Catalan architect (1850–1923)

    December 21 · d. 1923

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