Famous people born in 1851
The best-known people born in 1851, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Ferdinand FochFrench marchal and military theorist (1851–1929)
October 2 · d. 1929
Photo: R. Melcy, Public domain
Léon BourgeoisFrench statesman (1851-1925)
May 29 · d. 1925
Photo: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain
Arthur EvansBritish archaeologist and scholar (1851–1941)
July 8 · d. 1941
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY 4.0
Eugen von Böhm-BawerkAustrian economist (1851-1914)
February 12 · d. 1914
Photo: Josef Löwy, Public domain- Jacobus Kapteyn
Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the Milky Way and as the first discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation (1851-1922)
January 19 · d. 1922
- Infanta Isabel, Countess of Gergenti
Spanish princess; eldest daughter of Queen Isabella II and Francis, Duke of Cádiz
December 20 · d. 1931
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January
- January 3 · Viggo Johansen, Danish painter (1851-1935)
- January 7 · George Abraham Grierson, Irish linguistic scholar and civil servant (1851–1941)
- January 8 · Gérard Leman, Belgian general (1851–1920)
- January 14 · Ernst Hartwig, German astronomer (1851-1923)
- January 14 · Rainer Ludwig Claisen, German chemist best known for his work with condensations of carbonyls and sigmatropic rearrangements (1851–1930)
- January 16 · Stephan Burián von Rajecz, Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs of Austria-Hungary (1851-1922)
February
- February 12 · Anna Yesipova, Russian pianist (1851-1914)
- February 12 · Randi Blehr, President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights
- February 13 · George Brown Goode, American ichthyologist (1851-1896)
- February 15 · Spiru Haret, Romanian mathematician, astronomer and politician (1851–1912)
- February 26 · Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn, Austrian politician
- February 27 · James Churchward, British occult writer (1851–1936)
March
- March 4 · Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek short-story writer (1851–1911)
- March 6 · Václav Brožík, Czech painter and professor (1851-1901)
- March 12 · Charles Chamberland, French microbiologist (1851-1908)
- March 16 · Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Italian princess (1851-1938)
- March 19 · Frederick Francis III, German Grand Duke (1851–1897)
- March 27 · Ruperto Chapí, Spanish composer (1851–1909)
April
- April 1 · Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, German prince (1851–1928)
- April 6 · Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer (1851–1932)
- April 12 · Edward Walter Maunder, English astronomer studying sunspots
- April 20 · Spyridon Lambros, Greek historian, university professor and politician (1851-1919)
- April 20 · Torakusu Yamaha, Founder of Yamaha (1851–1916)
- April 20 · Eduardo Acevedo, Uruguayan writer, politician and journalist (1853-1921)
May
- May 6 · Aristide Bruant, French cabaret singer, comedian, and nightclub owner (1851–1925)
- May 7 · Axel Harnack, Baltic German mathematician (1851–1888)
- May 13 · Laza Lazarević, Serbian writer (1851–1891)
- May 15 · Herbert Lawford, Scottish tennis player (1851–1925)
- May 21 · Stanisław Witkiewicz, Polish artist, writer and architect (1851-1915)
- May 23 · Luis Ricardo Falero, Spanish painter (1851–1896)
June
- June 1 · Petros Duryan, Armenian poet (1851-1872)
- June 8 · Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, French physicist and physician (1851–1940)
- June 9 · Charles Joseph Bonaparte, American lawyer (1851–1921)
- June 11 · Mary Augusta Ward, British novelist (1851-1920)
- June 16 · Georg Jellinek, German philosopher (1851-1911)
- June 16 · Ekaterine Gabashvili, Georgian writer (1851–1938)
July
- July 9 · Berthold Englisch, Austrian chess player (1851–1897)
- July 10 · Samuel Wendell Williston, American paleontologist (1851–1918)
- July 12 · Juan Gualberto González, President of Paraguay (1851-1912)
- July 13 · Sergey Stepnyak-Kravchinsky, Russian revolutionary (1851–1895)
- July 27 · Guillermo Billinghurst, President of Peru (1851-1915)
- July 28 · Theodor Lipps, German philosopher (1851-1914)
August
- August 13 · Felix Adler, German-American professor of political and social ethics, rationalist, and lecturer (1851-1933)
- August 20 · Abraham Berge, 15th Prime Minister of Norway (1851–1936)
- August 22 · Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz, Polish painter (1851-1916)
- August 25 · Prince Alexander, Prince of Orange, Dutch Royal Heir (1851-1884)
- August 26 · Émile Boirac, French philosopher, parapsychologist, promoter of Esperanto and writer (1851–1917)
- August 28 · Ivan Tavčar, Slovenian writer and politician (1851-1923)
September
- September 8 · Maksim Kovalevsky, Ukrainian sociologist (1851-1916)
- September 12 · Arthur Schuster, Anglo-German physicist (1851-1934)
- September 13 · Walter Reed, American physician and medical researcher (1851–1902)
- September 15 · Manuel Curros Enríquez, Spanish author (1851-1908)
- September 18 · Emma Albani, Canadian opera soprano (1847-1930)
- September 20 · Henry Stephens Salt, British writer and social reformer (1851–1939)
October
- October 5 · Thomas Pollock Anshutz, American painter and teacher (1851-1912)
- October 9 · Arturo Colautti, Italian journalist and writer (1851-1914)
- October 16 · Frederick H. Gillett, American politician (1851–1935)
- October 30 · Leonhard Hess Stejneger, biologist (1851-1943)
- October 31 · Prince Alfred, 3rd Prince of Windisch-Grätz, Czech member of Czech council (1851-1927)
- October 31 · Aghorenath Chattopadhyay, Indian educationalist (1851–1915)
November
- November 5 · Edward Robert Hughes, British artist (1851-1914)
- November 6 · Charles Dow, American journalist (1851–1902)
- November 10 · Francis Maitland Balfour, British biologist (1851–1882)
- November 27 · Friedrich Sixt von Armin, German general (1851–1936)
- November 28 · Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, British politician and Governor General of Canada (1851-1917)
- November 30 · Andrea Costa, Italian politician (1851-1910)
December
- December 16 · Theo de Meester, Dutch politician (1851-1919)
- December 17 · Otto Schott, German chemist, glass technologist, and inventor (1851–1935)
- December 20 · Thérèse Schwartze, Dutch painter (1851-1918)
- December 24 · Édouard de Castelnau, French general (1851–1944)
- December 26 · Melchior Treub, Dutch botanist (1851-1910)
- December 30 · Asa Griggs Candler, American mayor and businessman (1851-1929)
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