Famous people born in 1854
The best-known people born in 1854, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Oscar WildeIrish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
October 16 · d. 1900
Photo: Napoleon Sarony / Adam Cuerden, Public domain
Henri PoincaréFrench mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)
April 29 · d. 1912
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Benedict XVPope of the Catholic Church from 1914 to 1922
November 21 · d. 1922
Photo: Nicola Perscheid, Public domain
Emil von BehringGerman physiologist who received the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901 for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin
March 15 · d. 1917
Photo: L. Lamarra, Neapel, Public domain
Paul EhrlichJewish-German physician and scientist (1854-1915)
March 14 · d. 1915
Photo: Eduard Blum, CC BY 4.0
Karl KautskyCzech-Austrian Marxist theorist (1854–1938)
October 16 · d. 1938
Photo: Unknown, Public domain
James George FrazerScottish social anthropologist (1854–1941)
January 1 · d. 1941
Photo: Contemporary photograph, Public domain
George EastmanAmerican entrepreneur, inventor and photographer (1854–1932)
July 12 · d. 1932
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Leoš JanáčekCzech composer (1854–1928)
July 3 · d. 1928
Photo: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain
Henri La FontaineBelgian lawyer, politician and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1854-1943)
April 22 · d. 1943
Photo: Atelier photographique Stern, Bruxelles, Public domain- Victoriano Huerta
Mexican military officer and 35th President of Mexico (1850-1916)
December 22 · d. 1916
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January
- January 1 · Petros Protopapadakis, Greek politician (1854–1922)
- January 9 · Jeanette Jerome, American-born British mother of Winston Churchill (1854–1921)
- January 9 · Anna Kuliscioff, Russian feminist revolutionary and doctor (1857–1925)
- January 27 · Alexandru Marghiloman, Romanian statesman (1854-1925)
- January 30 · Stefan Stambolov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1854-1895)
- January 31 · Ludwig von Pastor, German historian and Austrian diplomat (1854-1928)
February
- February 6 · Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa, Italian prince and admiral (1854–1931)
- February 9 · Edward Carson, Baron Carson, Irish politician, barrister and judge (1854-1935)
- February 16 · Charles Webster Leadbeater, British theosophist (1854–1934)
- February 16 · Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia, Grand Duchess of Russia (1854-1912)
- February 17 · Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German manufacturer and politician (1854-1902)
- February 17 · Najaf bey Vazirov, Azerbaijani writer (1854-1926)
March
- March 5 · Ruth Belville, British businesswoman (1854–1943)
- March 14 · Alexandru Macedonski, Wallachian-born Romanian poet, novelist, dramatist and literary critic (1854-1920)
- March 21 · Léo Taxil, French writer (1854–1907)
- March 23 · Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, British statesman and colonial administrator (1854-1925)
- March 27 · Giovanni Battista Grassi, Italian zoologist (1854-1925)
- March 30 · Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza, Austro-Hungarian field marshal
April
- April 1 · Augustine Tolton, American priest (1854–1897)
- April 13 · Richard T. Ely, United States economist and author (1854–1943)
- April 16 · Vicente Casanova y Marzol, Catholic cardinal (1854-1930)
- April 16 · Laurent Tailhade, French poet, satirist, essayist, and translator (1854–1919)
- April 25 · Charles Sumner Tainter, American inventor and businessman (1854–1940)
- April 29 · Paul von Rennenkampf, Russian Tsarist general of Baltic German descent (1854-1918)
May
- May 3 · Joan Alcover Masponcio, Spanish author (1854–1926)
- May 7 · Giuseppe Veronese, Italian mathematician (1854–1917)
- May 11 · Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American precision mechanic and inventor of the Linotype typesetting machine (1854-1899)
- May 14 · Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Russian noble; titled Grand Duchess (1854-1920)
- May 24 · Prince Louis of Battenberg, Nobleman and naval officer (1854–1921)
- May 28 · Germán Riesco, Chilean politician and president (1854-1916)
June
- June 5 · Yehuda Pen, Belarusian artist (1854-1937)
- June 6 · Ante Kovačić, Croatian writer (1854–1889)
- June 13 · Jenny Nyström, Swedish artist (1854–1946)
- June 19 · Alfredo Catalani, Italian operatic composer (1854-1893)
- June 19 · Hjalmar Mellin, Finnish mathematician (1854-1933)
- June 27 · Niels Neergaard, Danish politician (1854-1936)
July
- July 7 · Nikolay Morozov, Russian revolutionary, scientist, writer
- July 15 · Jacek Malczewski, Polish painter (1854–1929)
- July 24 · Konstantin Jireček, Czech historian (1854-1918)
- July 28 · Victor Babeș, Romanian physician (1854–1926)
- July 29 · Georg Michael Anton Kerschensteiner, German educational theorist (1854-1932)
- July 31 · José Canalejas, Spanish politician (1854-1912)
August
- August 2 · Francis Marion Crawford, American novelist, short story writer, essayist (1854-1909)
- August 2 · Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, German princess (1854-1898)
- August 4 · Konstantin Mereschkowski, Russian evolutionary biologist and botanist (1855–1921)
- August 15 · Laurits Andersen Ring, Danish artist (1854-1933)
- August 23 · Moritz Moszkowski, German composer, pianist and teacher (1854–1925)
- August 29 · Joseph Jacobs, Australian folklorist, historian and writer (1854–1916)
September
- September 2 · Hans Jæger, Norwegian anarchist (1854-1910)
- September 6 · Georges Picquart, French general (1854-1914)
- September 10 · Charles Seignobos, French historian (1854-1942)
- September 16 · Zhang Xun, Chinese general (1854-1923)
- September 23 · Cornelis Lely, Dutch civil servant and politician (1854–1929)
- September 27 · Count Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal, Czech nobleman (1854-1912)
October
- October 7 · Christiaan de Wet, Boer general, rebel and politician (1854-1922)
- October 11 · Adela Zamudio, Bolivian writer
- October 18 · Salomon August Andrée, Swedish engineer, balloon pioneer and explorer (1854–1897)
- October 31 · Otto Sverdrup, Norwegian sailor and Arctic explorer (1854-1930)
- October 31 · Adolf Erman, German Egyptologist and lexicographer (1854–1937)
- October 31 · Hermann Oldenberg, German indologist (1854–1920)
November
- November 3 · Vladimir Chertkov, Russian editor (1854–1936)
- November 11 · Clorinda Matto de Turner, Peruvian writer, thinker, politician, journalist, and translator (1854–1909)
- November 17 · Louis-Hubert Lyautey, general and colonial administrator from France (1854-1934)
- November 27 · Gerhard Louis De Geer, Swedish politician (1854-1935)
- November 27 · Johan Ludvig Heiberg, Danish philologist and hellenist (1854-1928)
- November 28 · Dukinfield Henry Scott, British botanist (1854-1934)
December
- December 8 · Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz, Polish painter (1854–1893)
- December 12 · Georges Vacher de Lapouge, French anthropologist (1854–1936)
- December 18 · Stanley Lane-Poole, British orientalist and archaeologist (1854–1931)
- December 19 · Marcel Brillouin, French mathematician and physicist (1854-1948)
- December 21 · Jules Gilliéron, linguist and dialectologist (1854-1926)
- December 29 · Solon Irving Bailey, American astronomer (1854–1931)
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