{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1854

Sep 01 In the year 1854 birth of engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer (Parisfal)  

Sep 02 On this day in history birth of hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (d. 1910)  

Sep 08 Willem M van Rossum, Dutch cardinal/prefect of Propaganda File was born in the year 1854.  

Sep 10 In the year 1854 birth of anton CR Dreesmann, German/Neth manufacturer (Vroom & Dreesman)  

Sep 17 David Dunbar Buick, American automobile pioneer (d.1929) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 17 In the year 1854 birth of hans Muller, music historian  

Sep 23 In the year 1854 birth of cornelis W Lely, Dutch engineer/gov of Suriname (1902-05)  

Sep 28 On this day in history birth of adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist (Peripatus)  

Sep 29 In the year 1854 birth of martin Pluddemann, composer  

Oct 03 On this day in history birth of william Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever  

Oct 07 Christiaan R de Wet, South Africa, Boer General (Nicholsonsnek) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 07 On this day in history birth of christiaan R de Wet, South African rebel leader, politician and general in the Boer War  

Oct 10 On this day in history birth of jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer  

Oct 16 In the year 1854 birth of karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist  

Oct 16 In the year 1854 birth of oscar Wilde, [Fingal O'Flahertie Wills], Dublin, (Pic of Dorian Gray)  

Oct 18 Bill Murdoch, cricketer (great pioneer of Australian Test cricket) was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 18 Solomon A Andree, Swedish engineer/balloonist/Artic explorer was born on this day in history.  

Oct 20 On this day in history birth of alphonse Allais, French author/humorist (Pass the Bile)  

Oct 20 In the year 1854 birth of arthur Rimbaud, France, poet/adventurer (Illuminations)  

Oct 24 On this day in history birth of hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom, chemist (Heterogenen Gleichgewichte)  

Oct 26 On this day in history birth of august T C Kiehl, Dutch actor (Pearl of Zaandam)  

Oct 26 On this day in history birth of c. W. Post, American entrepreneur (d. 1914)  

Oct 27 In the year 1854 birth of sir William Smith, Scottish founder of the Boys' Brigade (d. 1914)  

Oct 31 In the year 1854 birth of georg A Erman, German Egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt)  

Nov 05 Alphonse Desjardins, founder of the Caisses populaires Desjardins (d. 1920) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 05 Paul Sabatier, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 06 In the year 1854 birth of john Phillip Sousa, Wash DC, march king (Stars & Stripes Forever)  

Nov 08 On this day in history birth of johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (d. 1919)  

Nov 09 In the year 1854 birth of joseph Miroslav Weber, composer  

Nov 13 George Whitfield Chadwick, Lowell Mass, composer (Judi Van Winke) was born in the year 1854.  

Nov 16 In the year 1854 birth of jules van de Heuvel, Belgian lawyer/politician  

Nov 17 In the year 1854 birth of louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17)  

Nov 21 Benedict XV, [Giacomo PGB marques della Chiessa], 258th Pope (1914-22) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 27 Aloys L earl von Aehrenthal, Austrian minister of Foreign affairs was born on this day in history.  

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Jan 08 William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768) died in the year 1854.  

Jan 09 On this day in history filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77  

Jan 18 Juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 04 On this day in history carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66  

Feb 17 Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Mar 06 On this day in history caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80  

Mar 11 On this day in history death of willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804)  

Apr 06 In the year 1854 william Strickland, US architect, dies