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

Sep 01 Engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer (Parisfal) was born in the year 1854.  

Sep 02 In the year 1854 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 on this day in history.  

Sep 10 On this day in history birth of anton CR Dreesmann, German/Neth manufacturer (Vroom & Dreesman)  

Sep 17 David Dunbar Buick, American automobile pioneer (d.1929) was born in the year 1854.  

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

Sep 23 Cornelis W Lely, Dutch engineer/gov of Suriname (1902-05) was born on this day in history.  

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

Sep 29 Martin Pluddemann, composer was born in the year 1854.  

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 in the year 1854.  

Oct 07 Christiaan R de Wet, South African rebel leader, politician and general in the Boer War was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 10 Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer was born on this day in history.  

Oct 16 Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 16 On this day in history birth of oscar Wilde, [Fingal O'Flahertie Wills], Dublin, (Pic of Dorian Gray)  

Oct 18 In the year 1854 birth of bill Murdoch, cricketer (great pioneer of Australian Test cricket)  

Oct 18 Solomon A Andree, Swedish engineer/balloonist/Artic explorer was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 20 Alphonse Allais, French author/humorist (Pass the Bile) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 20 On this day in history 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 August T C Kiehl, Dutch actor (Pearl of Zaandam) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 26 C. W. Post, American entrepreneur (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 27 Sir William Smith, Scottish founder of the Boys' Brigade (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 31 Georg A Erman, German Egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 05 Alphonse Desjardins, founder of the Caisses populaires Desjardins (d. 1920) was born in the year 1854.  

Nov 05 Paul Sabatier, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941) was born in the year 1854.  

Nov 06 On this day in history birth of john Phillip Sousa, Wash DC, march king (Stars & Stripes Forever)  

Nov 08 Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (d. 1919) was born in the year 1854.  

Nov 09 Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer was born on this day in history.  

Nov 13 In the year 1854 birth of george Whitfield Chadwick, Lowell Mass, composer (Judi Van Winke)  

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 On this day in history birth of benedict XV, [Giacomo PGB marques della Chiessa], 258th Pope (1914-22)  

Nov 27 On this day in history birth of aloys L earl von Aehrenthal, Austrian minister of Foreign affairs  

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Jan 08 On this day in history death of william Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768)  

Jan 09 Filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Jan 18 On this day in history juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies  

Feb 04 Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1854.  

Feb 17 On this day in history hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71  

Mar 06 Caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Mar 11 Willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804) died in the year 1854.  

Apr 06 William Strickland, US architect, dies in the year 1854.