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

Peter Martin Cornelius Rybner

1855–1929 composer, music educator, pianist, university teacher Copenhagen

Peter Ross Calvert

1855–1931 architect, painter, photographer Pudsey

Peter Østbye

1855–1943 philologist, translator Nittedal

Petko Frangov

1855–1931 Eastern Orthodox priest, ethnographer, playwright, revolutionary, writer Byala cherkva

Phan Thị Điều

1855–1906

Philip Smidth

1855–1938 architect Rønnede

Philipp Pauli

1855–1935 physician

Phoebe Rowe

1855–1898 missionary

Piero Strozzi Majorca Renzi, 7th Prince of Forano

1855–1907 politician Florence

Pierre Chappuis

1855–1916 physicist Bremblens

Pierre Ernest Ballue

1855–1928 painter Descartes

Pierre Famin

1855–1922 cartographer, military personnel former 1st arrondissement of Paris

Pieter van Romburgh

1855–1945 botanist, chemist, civil servant, university teacher Leiden

Princess Tadako

1855–1923 aristocrat

Pyotr Bazilevsky

1855–1920 chamberlain

Pyotr Dyakonov

1855–1908 scientist Oryol

Pyotr Gnedich

1855–1925 linguist, playwright, short story writer, translator, writer Saint Petersburg

Pádraig Ó Séaghdha

1855–1928 civil servant, writer Gortbrack

Quido Bělský

1855–1909 architect, entrepreneur, master builder, politician Prague

Rafael Comenge

1855–1934 journalist, politician, writer Alberic

Rafael López Gutiérrez

1855–1924 politician Tegucigalpa

Ralph P. Quarles

1855–1921 judge

Ray W. Jones

1855–1919 politician Remsen

Raymond Berniolle

1855–1928 politician

Reginald Walsh

1855–1932 Catholic priest, theologian, writer Dublin

Regnar Westenholz

1855–1925 large estate owner, politician Mattrup

Ricardo Monasterio

1855–1937 librettist Zamora

Richard Bartholdt

1855–1932 Esperantist, politician Schleiz

Richard Fischer

1855–1926 politician Kaufbeuren

Richard Gillar

1855–1939 choir director Hlučín

Richard Neuhauss

1855–1915 anthropologist, ethnologist, meteorologist, photographer, physician Blankenfelde-Mahlow

Richard R. Wright

1855–1947 banker, educator, university president Dalton

Richard Sahla

1855–1931 composer, conductor Graz

Robert Edwin Bush

1855–1939 cricketer, explorer Redland

Robert Fleischhacker

1855–1937 paleontologist Graz

Robert Gemmell Hutchison

1855–1936 painter Edinburgh

Robert Milne Murray

1855–1904 surgeon, teacher

Robert Walker Maury

1855–1903

Robert William Wilcox

1855–1903 military personnel, politician Maui

Robert Wrey

1855–1917 military personnel

Robert Y. Thomas, Jr.

1855–1925 lawyer, politician Logan County

Robert von Balajthy

1855–1924 actor, stage actor Vienna

Robert von Weinzierl

1855–1909 archaeologist Bílý Újezd

Roberto Guastalla

1855–1912 painter Parma

Rockwood Hoar

1855–1906 lawyer, politician Worcester

Rodolfo Gambini

1855–1928 painter Arluno

Rodolphe Lindt

1855–1909 chocolatier, entrepreneur Bern

Roman Zawiliński

1855–1932 anthropologist, dictionary author, ethnographer, linguist, secondary school teacher, slavist Brzeziny, Podkarpackie Voivodeship

Rosa Heckscher

1855–1944

Rowland Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley

1855–1935 London