Famous people born in 1855
The best-known people born in 1855, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Percival LowellAmerican astronomer (1855-1916)
March 13 · d. 1916
Photo: Unknown (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain
Ferdinand TönniesGerman sociologist, economist and philosopher (1855–1936)
July 26 · d. 1936
Photo: Ferdinand Urbahns, Public domain
Paul Deschanel11th President of the French Republic (1855–1922)
February 13 · d. 1922
Photo: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain
John Browningfirearms designer of the United States (1855-1926)
January 23 · d. 1926
Photo: unknown/Browning, Public domain
Ivan MichurinRussian botanist (1855-1935)
October 27 · d. 1935
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
James S. ShermanAmerican politician and Vice President of the United States from 1909 to 1912 (1855–1912)
October 24 · d. 1912
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Eugene V. DebsAmerican labor and political leader (1855–1926)
November 5 · d. 1926
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain- Eleanor Marx
English writer, translator, activist, and daughter of Karl Marx (1855–1898)
January 16 · d. 1898
- Andrew W. Mellon
American diplomat, banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, and art collector (1855–1937)
March 24 · d. 1937
- Alexandros Zaimis
Greek politician, former president of the Hellenic Republic (1855–1936)
November 21 · d. 1936
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January
- January 6 · Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová, Slovak writer (1855-1939), editor
- January 13 · Otto Lehmann, German physicist (1855–1922)
- January 19 · Marianne Stokes, Austrian artist (1855-1927)
- January 22 · Albert Neisser, German physician (1855-1916)
- January 24 · Frank Hadow, British tennis player (1855-1946)
- January 25 · Eduard Meyer, German ancient historian, Egyptologist and ancient orientalist (1855–1930)
February
- February 11 · Erik Werenskiold, Norwegian artist (1855-1938)
- February 11 · Ellen Day Hale, American Impressionist painter (1855-1940)
- February 14 · Christian Bohr, Danish physician (1855-1911)
- February 18 · Marie Stritt, German feminist, editor (1855–1928)
- February 24 · Emma Lampert Cooper, American artist (1855-1920)
- February 26 · Karl Bulla, German-Russian photographer (1855-1929)
March
- March 5 · Archduchess Sophie Friederike of Austria, Austrian Imperial and Royal (1855–1857)
- March 7 · Marie-Joseph Lagrange, French theologian (1855–1938)
- March 14 · Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, British aristocrat (1855-1944); father of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother; maternal grandfather of Elizabeth II
- March 15 · C. V. Boys, British physicist (1855-1944)
- March 23 · Franklin Henry Giddings, American economist (1855–1931)
- March 27 · Alfred Ewing, British physicist and engineer (1855-1935)
April
- April 1 · Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha, Ottoman statesman and imperial administrator (1855–1922)
- April 1 · Agnes Repplier, American essayist (1855–1950)
- April 9 · Josef Hellmesberger, Austrian musician (1855–1907)
- April 21 · Pavlos Kountouriotis, Greek admiral and politician ,former president of the Hellenic Republic (1855–1935)
- April 23 · Marco Fidel Suárez, President of Colombia
- April 27 · Séverine, French anarchist, journalist and feminist (1855–1929)
May
- May 1 · Cecilia Beaux, American artist (1855-1942)
- May 7 · Oskar von Miller, German engineer (1855–1934)
- May 14 · Eduard von Keyserling, Baltic German writer (1855–1918)
- May 24 · Arthur Wing Pinero, British writer (1855-1934)
- May 26 · Vittoria Aganoor, Armeno-italian poet
- May 29 · David Bruce, Australian-British physician, pathologist and microbiologist (1855–1931)
June
- June 1 · Gustave Geffroy, French writer (1855–1926)
- June 1 · Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin, Austrian general (1855-1925)
- June 1 · Edward Angle, American dentist (1855–1930)
- June 23 · Lidiya Tseraskaya, Russian astronomer (1855–1931)
- June 27 · Etelka Gerster, Hungarian soprano and voice teacher (1855–1920)
- June 28 · Theodor Reuss, German singer
July
- July 4 · Vlaho Bukovac, Croatian painter (1855-1922)
- July 7 · Ludwig Ganghofer, German writer (1855–1920)
- July 16 · Rodolphe Lindt, Swiss chocolate manufacturer and inventor (1855-1909)
- July 18 · Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt, prince (1855–1886)
- July 20 · Pierre Puiseux, French astronomer (1855-1928)
- July 28 · Louisine Havemeyer, American art collector (1855-1929)
August
- August 9 · Jean Lorrain, French Symbolist poet and novelist (1855–1906)
- August 24 · Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal, Austrian and Portuguese royal (1855–1944)
- August 25 · Hugo von Pohl, German admiral (1855–1916)
- August 26 · Lidia Poët, Italian lawyer
- August 28 · Narayana Guru, Indian spiritual leader and social reformer (1856–1928)
- August 28 · Swarnakumari Devi, Indian writer, editor, essayist, poet, novelist, musician and social worker (1855/1856-1932)
September
- September 1 · Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet, critic and translator (1855–1909)
- September 1 · Eugène Boch, Belgian painter (1855-1941)
- September 10 · Robert Koldewey, German archaeologist and architect (1855-1925)
- September 10 · Albert Frederick Mummery, English mountaineer and author (1855–1895)
- September 14 · Princess Marie of Prussia, Prussian princess (1855–1888)
- September 27 · Paul Appell, French mathematician (1855-1930)
October
- October 12 · Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor (1855-1922)
- October 12 · Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, then Titular Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1855-1934)
- October 16 · Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani general (1856–1931)
- October 23 · Hsu Shih-chang, President of the Republic of China (1855–1939)
- October 26 · Komura Jutarō, Japanese diplomat (1855–1911)
- October 28 · Jacques Curie, French physicist (1855–1941)
November
- November 1 · Guido Adler, Moravianian-Austrian musicologist and writer (1855–1941)
- November 4 · Frederick Orpen Bower, British botanist (1855–1948)
- November 6 · Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French climatologist (1855–1913)
- November 12 · Amandus Adamson, Estonian sculptor (1855-1929)
- November 16 · Tommaso Tittoni, Prime Minister of Italy (1855-1931)
- November 20 · Josiah Royce, American philosopher (1855–1916)
December
- December 5 · Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist and ornithologist (1855-1942)
- December 6 · Ottilia Adelborg, Swedish artist and writer (1855-1936)
- December 8 · Vladimir Gilyarovsky, Russian journalist and writer (1855-1935)
- December 10 · Henry Nicholas Ridley, English botanist and geologist (1855–1956)
- December 28 · Juan Zorrilla de San Martín, Uruguayan poet (1855–1931)
- December 28 · Emmanuel Drake del Castillo, French botanist (1855-1904)
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