Famous people born in 1852
The best-known people born in 1852, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Antoni GaudíCatalan architect (1852–1926)
June 25 · d. 1926
Photo: Pau Audouard Deglaire, Public domain
Antoine Henri BecquerelFrench physicist (1852–1908)
December 15 · d. 1908
Photo: Paul Nadar / Adam Cuerden, Public domain
Albert Abraham MichelsonAmerican physicist (1852–1931)
December 19 · d. 1931
Photo: The original uploader was Bunzil at English Wikipedia ., Public domain
Jacobus Henricus van 't HoffDutch physical and organic chemist (1852-1911)
August 30 · d. 1911
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Emperor MeijiEmperor of Japan from 1867 until 1912
November 3 · d. 1912
Photo: Uchida Kuichi, Public domain
Santiago Ramón y CajalSpanish scientist (1852-1934)
May 1 · d. 1934
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
H. H. AsquithBritish politician; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916 (1852–1928)
September 12 · d. 1928
Photo: Bain News Service, Public domain
Henri MoissanFrench chemist (1852–1907)
September 28 · d. 1907
Photo: sv:Generalstabens litografiska anstalt, Public domain
Joseph JoffreFrench general (1852–1931)
January 12 · d. 1931
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Paul BourgetFrench writer, playwright and critic (1852–1935)
September 2 · d. 1935
Photo: Charles Gallot, Public domain
Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de ConstantFrench politician (1852-1924)
November 22 · d. 1924
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Charles W. FairbanksAmerican politician; Vice President of the United States from 1905 to 1909 (1852–1918)
May 11 · d. 1918
Photo: Harris & Ewing, Public domain
Hipólito Yrigoyenpresident of Argentina (1852-1937)
July 12 · d. 1933
Photo: Alfredo Dalerole, Public domain
Charles Taze RussellFounder of the Bible Student movement (1852–1916)
February 16 · d. 1916
Photo: Mitchell, Public domain- Gojong of the Korean Empire
26th king of Joseon, first emperor of the Korean Empire (1852–1919)
September 8 · d. 1919
- Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf
Field Marshal of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1852–1925)
November 11 · d. 1925
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January
- January 1 · Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist (1852–1903)
- January 2 · Abdülhak Hâmit Tarhan, Turkish playwright and statesperson (1852–1937)
- January 4 · Charles Wagner, French writer (1852–1918)
- January 7 · Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, French painter (1852-1929)
- January 27 · Fulgence Bienvenüe, French civil engineer (1852–1936)
- January 29 · Frederic Hymen Cowen, British pianist, conductor and composer (1852–1935)
February
- February 6 · Vasily Safonov, Russian pianist, teacher, conductor and composer (1852-1918)
- February 6 · C. Lloyd Morgan, British psychologist, originator of Morgan's canon (1852-1936)
- February 20 · Nikolai Garin-Mikhailovsky, Russian writer and engineer (1852–1906)
- February 23 · Dục Đức, fifth emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty (1852–1883)
- February 24 · George Moore, Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist (1852-1933)
- February 26 · John Harvey Kellogg, American physician (1852–1943)
March
- March 1 · Théophile Delcassé, French statesman (1852-1923)
- March 4 · Kristján Jónsson, Icelandic politician (1852-1926)
- March 6 · Joseph Deniker, Russian-French naturalist, librarian and anthropologist (1852-1918)
- March 16 · Kodama Gentarō, Japanese general (1852-1906)
- March 22 · Otakar Ševčík, Czech violinist (1852–1934)
- March 27 · Anna Weber-van Bosse, Dutch phycologist (1852-1942)
April
- April 1 · Edwin Austin Abbey, American illustrator and painter (1852-1911)
- April 11 · Leon Wyczółkowski, Polish painter (1852–1936)
- April 15 · Joseph Freinademetz, Christian missionary in China (1852-1908)
- April 16 · Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema, British artist (1852–1909)
- April 18 · George Clausen, British artist (1852–1944)
- April 23 · László Mednyánszky, Hungarian artist, painter (1852-1919)
May
- May 1 · Calamity Jane, American scout and frontierswoman
- May 4 · Alice Liddell, English woman, basis of the character in "Alice in Wonderland" (1852–1934)
- May 5 · Pietro Gasparri, cardinal of the Catholic Church (1852–1934)
- May 18 · Gertrude Käsebier, American photographer (1852-1934)
- May 30 · Itzhak Peretz, Yiddish language author and playwright (1852–1915)
- May 31 · Francisco Pascasio Moreno, Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)
June
- June 13 · Anna Whitlock, Swedish feminist (1852-1930)
- June 15 · Daniel Burley Woolfall, President of FIFA from 1906 to 1918
- June 18 · János Csernoch, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop of Esztergom and Primate of Hungary (1852-1927)
- June 18 · Charles Kent, British-American actor and film director (1852-1923)
- June 24 · Victor Adler, foreign minister of Austria, editor (1852–1918)
- June 24 · Friedrich Loeffler, German bacteriologist (1852–1915)
July
- July 2 · William Burnside, English mathematician (1852–1927)
- July 3 · Theodore Robinson, American artist (1852-1896)
- July 7 · Vera Figner, Russian political activist (1852-1942)
- July 14 · James Dwight, US tennis player (1852-1917)
- July 20 · Theo Heemskerk, Dutch politician (1852-1932)
- July 25 · Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and, by marriage, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1852–1904)
August
- August 5 · Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal, Portuguese Infanta (1852–1941)
- August 13 · Christian Krohg, Norwegian painter and writer (1852–1925)
- August 21 · Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg, German prince (1852–1925)
- August 23 · Arnold Toynbee, British economic historian (1852–1883)
- August 30 · J. Alden Weir, American artist (1852-1919)
- August 31 · John Neville Keynes, British economist (1852–1949)
September
- September 9 · John Henry Poynting, British physicist (1852-1914)
- September 14 · Simo Matavulj, Serbian writer (1852-1908)
- September 21 · Edmund Blair Leighton, British Romantic painter (1852-1922)
- September 25 · Hans Vaihinger, German philosopher (1852–1933)
- September 28 · John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army (1852-1925)
- September 30 · Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor (1852–1924)
October
- October 1 · Carl Chun, German zoologist (1852–1914)
- October 2 · William O'Brien, Irish nationalist journalist and politician
- October 6 · Bruno Abakanowicz, Polish mathematician (1852-1900)
- October 14 · Otto Binswanger, Swiss psychiatrist (1852-1929)
- October 23 · Jean-Louis Forain, French artist (1852-1931)
- October 31 · Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, American novelist, short story writer, poet, children's author (1852-1930)
November
- November 6 · Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, Russian writer (1852–1912)
- November 7 · Johan Ramstedt, Swedish 20th century prime minister (1852-1935)
- November 10 · Henry van Dyke, American diplomat (1852–1933)
- November 15 · Tevfik Paşa, Khedive of Egypt and Sudan from 1879 to 1892
- November 16 · Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, German noble (1852-1931); Grand Duke from 1900 until 1918
- November 18 · Mikoláš Aleš, Czech illustrator and painter (1852-1913)
December
- December 4 · Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist
- December 5 · Max Wilhelm Carl Weber, German-Dutch zoologist (1852–1937)
- December 14 · Daniel De Leon, American newspaper editor (1852–1914)
- December 14 · Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland, Prince of Sweden and Norway (1852–1854)
- December 17 · Herbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor and theatre manager (1852–1917)
- December 28 · Leonardo Torres Quevedo, Spanish engineer and mathematician (1852-1936)
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