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

Ivan Franko

1856–1916 cultural historian, economist, journalist, literary critic, playwright, poet, politician, short story writer, translator, translator of Adam Mickiewicz, writer Nahuievychi

Ivan Kiferle

1856–1943 musician, teacher Borovnica

J. E. Dodson

1856–1931 stage actor

J. M. Robertson

1856–1933 economist, journalist, philosopher, politician, sociologist Isle of Arran

Jakub Diamand

1856–1935 lawyer Lviv

James A. Maney

1856–1920 military officer Nashville

James Driscoll

b. 1856 politician

James Franklin Devendorf

1856–1934 real estate developer Lowell

James Main Dixon

1856–1933 biographer, editor, lexicographer, linguist, literary critic, philosopher Renfrewshire

James Nicol Dunn

1856–1919 journalist Kincardineshire

James Speed

1856–1925 cricketer, lawyer, politician Whanganui

James Walter Spalding

1856–1931 Byron

James Whitmore

1856–1923 Merchant Richmond, Virginia

Jan Visser jr.

1856–1938 art educator, draftsperson, environmental artist, graphic artist, lithographer, painter, sculptor Groningen

Janey Tetary

1856–1884 indentured servant, women's rights activist Patna district

Janus Kuiper

1856–1951 skipper Den Helder

Jean Gounod

1856–1935 painter Paris

Jean Moréas

1856–1910 essayist, literary critic, novelist, poet, writer Athens

Jean-François Gonon

1856–1926 chansonnier Saint-Étienne

Jeremiah F. Donovan

b. 1856 politician

Jirjis Hammam

1856–1921 lexicographer, teacher, writer Al-Choueir

Joana Batista Minks

1856–1945 Hollabrunn

Joaquim da Graça Correia e Lança

1856–1900 military personnel Freguesia de Santa Luzia

Joe Byrne

1856–1880 bushranger Beechworth

Johan Olof Edström

1856–1921 vicar Arnäs parish

Johanna Katrine Jensen

1856–1912 Farsund Municipality

Johannes Wilhelm Colenbrander

1856–1918

John A. Kelleher

b. 1856 politician Cambridge

John Abeel Weekes

1856–1939

John B. Locke

b. 1856 politician

John Cooper Winslow

1856–1890 lawyer Watertown

John F. Cronan

b. 1856 politician Boston

John F. Farrar

b. 1856 politician

John F. Hutchinson

1856–1904 politician Brookline

John M. Lupton

1856–1921 politician

John O. Sheatz

1856–1922 manager, politician Lehigh County

John Oren Reed

1856–1916 physicist

John Q. A. Pettengill

b. 1856 politician

John Temple Graves

1856–1925 editor Willington

John W. Johnson

b. 1856 politician

Joseph Charles Perry

b. 1856 politician

Joseph Henry Lumpkin

1856–1916 judge

Joseph M. Mundil

1856–1945 banker, businessperson, notary public, postmaster, weaver Františky

Joseph S. Gates

b. 1856 politician

Joseph T. Mannix

1856–1932 politician Boston

Joshua H. Jones

1856–1932 Christian minister, educator South Carolina

José Augusto Vieira

1856–1890 writer Valença

José Rodríguez Carracido

1856–1928 chemist, politician Santiago de Compostela

José dos Reis Fisher

1856–1929 Catholic priest, politician Angra do Heroísmo

João Batista das Neves

1856–1910 military personnel Diamantino