People Born in the 1850s

Discover ancestors and historical figures in our database of 5,608 people with archival photographs and biographical details.

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5,608 people found

René Bazin

1853–1932 journalist, novelist, poet lawyer, university teacher, writer Angers

Richard Koenigs

1853–1921 jurist Dülken

Robert C. Davey

1853–1908 judge, politician New Orleans

Robert Felkin

1853–1926 explorer, missionary, occultist, physician, scientific explorer Beeston

Robert Morris Doyle

1853–1925 military officer

Robert Novák

1853–1915 classical philologist, linguist, philologist, teacher Ledeč nad Sázavou

Roberto Marcora

1853–1911 entrepreneur

Rodmond Roblin

1853–1937 businessperson, politician Prince Edward County

Salvador Maristany i Sensat

1853–1915 ship captain El Masnou

Sam van Eeghen

1853–1934 politician, trader Zeist

Schuyler Merritt

1853–1953 politician New York City

Simon Tsereteli

1853–1931 Marshal of Nobility, aristocrat Kutaisi Governorate

Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet

1853–1923 physician, surgeon, writer Dorchester

Stepan Vladimirovich Lukashevich

1853–1934 politician Zolotonoshsky Uyezd

Stoyan Shivachev

1853–1914 Malko Tarnovo

Sultan Ma'mun Al Rashid Perkasa Alamyah

1853–1924 Labuhan Deli

Sydney Norris Ogden

1853–1907 actuary New York City

Sándor Rejtő

1853–1928 mechanical engineer Košice

Tad Lincoln

1853–1871 Springfield

Teodoro Valfrè di Bonzo

1853–1922 Catholic bishop, Catholic deacon, Catholic priest Cavour

Thao Sri Soonthornat

1853–1930 Battambang Province

Timotheus Anton Christof Josenhans

1853–1929 architect Leonberg

Tom Gregory

1853–1914 journalist, writer

Vasile Lascăr

1853–1907 civil servant, politician Șomănești

Vasile Zottu

1853–1916 military officer Bucharest

Vera Zorina

1853–1903 opera singer

Victor Roger

1853–1903 choreographer, composer, music critic Montpellier

Viggo Bjørnbak

1853–1892 newspaper editor

Vilmos Wolf

1853–1925 editing staff, journalist, lawyer, non-fiction writer Novi Kneževac

Vincent

1853–1915 Christian minister Ušće

Vladimir Shukhov

1853–1939 architect, engineer, inventor, military engineer, photographer, physicist, scientist Grayvoron

Václav Stříbrný

1853–1933 botanical collector, botanist, gardener, horticulturist, school teacher, scientific collector Lidice

Wenceslao Veiga Gadea

1853–1916 journalist, writer Ferrol

Wilhelm Augst

1853–1913 coppersmith, politician Ilshofen

Wilhelm Ostwald

1853–1932 Esperantist, Idist, chemist, inventor, philosopher, physicist, teacher, university teacher, writer Riga

William Cranston Lawton

1853–1941 classical philologist New Bedford

William H. West

1853–1902 performing artist Syracuse

William Hampton Patton

1853–1918 entomologist, zoologist Waterbury

William Hansen Millinge

1853–1921 chemist, director, engineer Copenhagen

William John Johnston

1853–1907 publisher

William John McGee

1853–1912 anthropologist, geologist, inventor Dubuque County

William O. Raymond

1853–1923 historian Woodstock

Xavier de Fourvières

1853–1912 canon, linguist, monk, playwright, preacher, priest, social educator, translator Robion

Zaixun

1853–1901 politician Beijing

Zeger Willem Straatman

1853–1910

Zsigmond Simonyi

1853–1919 Esperantist, linguist, university teacher Veszprém

Álvaro López Mora

1853–1917 politician Santiago de Compostela

Đuro Arnold

1853–1941 philosopher, poet Ivanec

Abel Botelho

1854–1917 diplomat, historian, journalist, novelist, playwright, politician, revolutionary, writer Tabuaço

Abelard E. Wells

b. 1854 politician