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

William Harris Ashmead

1855–1908 entomologist, scientific collector, zoologist Philadelphia

William Henry Draper

1855–1933 Anglican priest, hymnwriter

William Hillman Shockley

1855–1925 amateur photographer, botanical collector, botanist, mining engineer, scientific collector New Bedford

William Libbey

1855–1927 anthropologist, archaeologist, geographer, geologist, mountaineer, sport shooter Jersey City

William Mulholland

1855–1935 civil engineer, engineer Belfast

William Oxley Thompson

1855–1933 Cambridge

William Paton Ker

1855–1923 literary critic Glasgow

William S. Benson

1855–1932 military officer Macon

William Sharp

1855–1905 biographer, poet, writer Paisley

William Simpson

1855–1931 physician Glasgow

William Swan Sonnenschein

1855–1931 bibliographer, publisher Islington

William Thompson Sedgwick

1855–1921 microbiologist, university teacher West Hartford

William W. Rucker

1855–1936 judge, lawyer, politician Covington

William Wilson

1855–1921 politician Kendal

William York Macgregor

1855–1923 painter Scotland

Wincenty Lisowski

1855–1918 physician, politician

Winfield S. Withrow

1855–1930 judge, politician Salem

Xenofon Gheorghiu

1855–1928 judge, latinist, literary historian, teacher, writer Iași

Xenos Young Clark

1855–1889 Boston

Yamada Hikohachi

1855–1942 military personnel

Yeend King

1855–1924 painter London

Yervant Voskan

1855–1914 archaeologist, painter, sculptor Istanbul

Yokō Terukichi

b. 1855 newspaper editor, politician Tochigi Prefecture

Yoshimatsu Goseda

1855–1915 painter Edo

Yukteswar Giri

1855–1936 astrologer Serampore

Yulian Kulakovsky

1855–1919 Byzantinist, classical philologist, historian Panevėžys

Zakhariy Mikhailovich Blagonravov

1855–1917 politician Samara Governorate

Zygmunt Librowicz

1855–1918 historian, journalist, writer Warsaw

Ángel Elduayen

1855–1927 politician Madrid

Árpád Hellebrant

1855–1925 librarian Pest

Árpád Horvát

1855–1887 naturalist, physician Pest

Émile Broussais

1855–1943 politician Montmartre

Émile Freymond

1855–1918 romanist, university teacher Wrocław

Émile Goutière-Vernolle

1855–1927 art critic, insurance broker, journalist, lawyer Nancy

Ólafur Halldórsson

1855–1930 lawyer Iceland

Þórhallur Bjarnarson

1855–1916 politician

Ōkoshi Narinori

1855–1923 diplomat

Ōkōchi Terutake

1855–1909 businessperson, politician, teacher

Živojin Mišić

1855–1921 military officer Struganik

ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd Zahrāwī

1855–1916 journal editor, journalist, politician, ulema Homs

Aaron Coolidge Dowse

b. 1856 editor, politician

Achille Locatelli

1856–1935 Catholic priest Seregno

Adalbert von Falk

1856–1944 military personnel Ełk

Adolf Warschauer

1856–1930 historian, university teacher Kępno

Adolph Kastor

b. 1856 businessperson Wattenheim

Agop Babikyan

1856–1909 politician Edirne

Albert L. Whitman

b. 1856 politician

Albert Littlefield

b. 1856 politician

Albert Vojtěch Velflík

1856–1920 civil engineer, general contractor, pedagogue, politician, teacher, technician Kralovice

Albion F. Bemis

b. 1856 politician