Famous people born in 1856
The best-known people born in 1856, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Sigmund FreudAustrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
May 6 · d. 1939
Photo: Max Halberstadt, Public domain
Nikola TeslaSerbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
July 10 · d. 1943
Photo: Napoleon Sarony, Public domain
Woodrow Wilson28th President of the United States (1913–1921)
December 28 · d. 1924
Photo: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain
George Bernard ShawIrish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
July 26 · d. 1950
Photo: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain
Joseph John ThomsonBritish physicist (1856-1940)
December 18 · d. 1940
Photo: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain
Philippe PétainFrench military and political leader (1856–1951)
April 24 · d. 1951
Photo: Imprimerie Draeger à Montrouge en région parisienne, Public domain
Ivan FrankoUkrainian poet and writer (1856–1916)
August 27 · d. 1916
Photo: M. Nikopoli, Public domain
L. Frank BaumAmerican author of children's books (1856–1919)
May 15 · d. 1919
Photo: George Steckel, Public domain
H. Rider HaggardEnglish adventure novelist (1856–1925)
June 22 · d. 1925
Photo: Unknown (Bain News Service, publisher), Public domain
Theobald von Bethmann HollwegGerman politician (1856–1921)
November 29 · d. 1921
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Booker T. WashingtonAfrican-American educator, author, orator, and advisor (1856-1915)
April 5 · d. 1915
Photo: Frances Benjamin Johnston, Public domain
John Singer SargentAmerican painter (1856–1925)
January 12 · d. 1925
Photo: James E. Purdy, Public domain
Louis SullivanAmerican architect (1856-1924)
September 3 · d. 1924
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Bal Gangadhar TilakIndian nationalist leader, writer and journalist (1856–1920)
July 23 · d. 1920
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Elbert Green HubbardAmerican writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher
June 19 · d. 1915
Photo: Aalejandro1995, Public domain
Frank B. KelloggAmerican politician (1856-1937)
December 22 · d. 1937
Photo: Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress, Public domain
Frederick Winslow TaylorAmerican mechanical engineer (1856–1915)
March 20 · d. 1915
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Alfred DeakinAustralian politician (1856–1919)
August 3 · d. 1919
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Andrey MarkovRussian mathematician
June 14 · d. 1922
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Emil KraepelinGerman psychiatrist (1856–1926)
February 15 · d. 1926
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
- Robert Nivelle
French general who participated in the First World War (1856–1924)
October 15 · d. 1924
- Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia
Russian general (1856-1929); son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich the Elder and Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg
November 18 · d. 1929
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January
- January 9 · Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac, Serbian composer (1856-1914)
- January 9 · Anton Aškerc, Slovenian writer (1856–1912)
- January 11 · Christian Sinding, Norwegian composer (1856–1941)
- January 27 · Edward Bagnall Poulton, evolutionary biologist (1856–1943)
- January 29 · Aleksander Brückner, Polish linguist and lexicographer (1856–1939)
- January 31 · Hermann von François, German general (1856–1933)
February
- February 12 · Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Austro-Hungarian general (1856-1941)
- February 17 · J.-H. Rosny aîné, Belgian writer (1856–1940)
- February 18 · Sofia Rusova, Ukrainian writer and activist
- February 21 · Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect (1856-1934)
- February 25 · Enrico Ferri, criminologist (1856-1929)
- February 25 · Karl Lamprecht, German historian (1856–1915)
March
- March 4 · Toru Dutt, Bengali poet and translator (1856–1877)
- March 7 · Matilde Serao, Italian journalist and writer, editor (1856–1927)
- March 9 · Tom Roberts, Australian artist (1856-1931)
- March 11 · Stepa Stepanović, Serbian field marshal (1856-1929)
- March 15 · Waldemar Haffkine, bacteriologist (1856–1930)
- March 18 · Alexander Izvolsky, Russian diplomat (1856-1919)
April
- April 6 · Maurice Sarrail, French general (1856–1929)
- April 6 · Carl Axel Magnus Lindman, Swedish botanist (1856-1928)
- April 7 · Muhammad ʿAbdallah Hasan, emir of Diiriye Guure and his Dervish Kingdom (1856-1920)
- April 15 · Jean Moréas, Greek writer (1856–1910)
- April 23 · Granville Tailer Woods, American inventor
- April 26 · Henry Morgenthau, American diplomat (1856–1946)
May
- May 2 · Vasily Rozanov, Russian philosopher (1856-1919)
- May 5 · William Wallace Denslow, American illustrator and caricaturist (1856–1915)
- May 12 · Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper, German botanist (1856–1901)
- May 20 · Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (1856–1910)
- May 21 · José Batlle y Ordóñez, president of Uruguay in 1903-1907 and 1911-1915 (1856-1929)
- May 25 · Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Marshal of France (1856-1942)
June
- June 2 · Paul von Jankó, Hungarian musician (1856-1919)
- June 4 · Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen, Austrian archduke (1856-1936)
- June 9 · A. D. Gordon, Russian-Jewish philosopher, worker, and educator
- June 14 · Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, Indian Islamic scholar and reformer, regarded as a founder of the Barelvi movement (1856–1921)
- June 14 · Dimitar Blagoev, Bulgarian politician (1856–1924)
- June 17 · Franz Roubaud, Russian artist (1856-1928)
July
- July 7 · Georg von der Marwitz, German general (1856–1929)
- July 12 · Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Austrian Imperial and Royal
- July 12 · Ernesto Schiaparelli, Italian egyptologist (1856-1928)
- July 15 · Charles Frohman, American theatrical producer (1856–1915)
- July 21 · Wilhelm Geiger, German Orientalist and historian (1856–1943)
- July 30 · Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane, British politician (1856-1928)
August
- August 6 · Apollinary Vasnetsov, Russian artist (1856-1933)
- August 12 · Eduardo Dato, Spanish author (1856-1921)
- August 15 · Keir Hardie, Scottish socialist and labour leader (1856–1915)
- August 18 · Ahad Ha'am, Russian Hebrew essayist and thinker (1856–1927)
- August 20 · Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, Sorbian-language poet, writer and playwright (1856–1909)
- August 30 · Carl David Tolmé Runge, German mathematician and physicist (1856–1927)
September
- September 1 · John Redmond, Irish politician (1856–1918)
- September 13 · Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian microbiologist (1856-1953)
- September 23 · Karl Krumbacher, German byzantinist (1856–1909)
- September 23 · William Archer, Scottish critic and translator (1856–1924)
- September 27 · Carl Peters, German colonialist, politician, and author (1856-1918)
- September 28 · Kate Douglas Wiggin, American writer (1856-1923)
October
- October 14 · Vernon Lee, Essayist, short-story writer, activist (1856-1935)
- October 19 · Edmund Beecher Wilson, American zoologist, geneticist (1856–1939)
- October 24 · Yu Kil-chun, Korean independence activist (1856–1914)
- October 25 · Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, Croatian archaeologist and geologist (1856–1936)
- October 27 · Kenyon Cox, American artist (1856-1919)
- October 28 · Anna Elizabeth Klumpke, American portrait and genre painter (1856-1942)
November
- November 3 · Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo, Spanish scholar (1856–1912)
- November 5 · Semyon Alapin, Russian chess player (1856-1923)
- November 21 · Jens Christian Christensen, Danish politician (1856–1930)
- November 22 · Heber J. Grant, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1856-1945)
- November 25 · Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev, Russian composer, pianist, music theorist and teacher (1856–1915)
- November 27 · Belisario Porras Barahona, President of Panama (1856-1942)
December
- December 10 · Karolina Widerström, Swedish gynecologist (1856–1949)
- December 13 · Svetozar Boroević, Austro-Hungarian field marshal
- December 23 · James Buchanan Duke, American businessman (1856-1925)
- December 27 · Naftali Herz Imber, Jewish poet, writer (1856–1909)
- December 29 · Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, mathematician (1856–1894)
- December 31 · Wojciech Kossak, Polish painter (1856–1942)
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