1850 - 1859
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Birthdays of famous people
Decade 1850 - 1859
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37 Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter (1853–1890)
*March 30th, 1853, Zundert †July 29th, 1890, Auberge Ravoux
69 Robert Koldewey
German archaeologist and architect (1855-1925)
*September 10th, 1855, Blankenburg †February 4th, 1925, Berlin.jpg "Jens Bratlie")
83 Jens Bratlie
13th Prime Minister of Norway
*January 17th, 1856, Nordre Land Municipality †September 15th, 1939, Oslo.jpg "Sigmund Freud")
83 Sigmund Freud
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
*May 6th, 1856, Příbor †September 23rd, 1939, London
75 Paul Herrmann
German classical archaeologist
*December 14th, 1859, Halle (Saale) †August 30th, 1935, Dresden
86 Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American inventor (1856–1943)
*July 10th, 1856, Smiljan †January 7th, 1943, New York City
61 Paul Ehrlich
German physician and scientist
*March 14th, 1854, Strzelin †August 20th, 1915, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
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65 Giacomo Puccini
Italian opera composer (1858–1924)
*December 22nd, 1858, Lucca †November 29th, 1924, City of Brussels
94 George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
*July 26th, 1856, Dublin †November 2nd, 1950, Ayot St Lawrence
60 Theodore Roosevelt
President of the United States from 1901 to 1909
*October 27th, 1858, New York City †January 6th, 1919, Sagamore Hill
46 Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854–1900)
*October 16th, 1854, Dublin †November 30th, 1900, Paris
71 Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician (1859–1930)
*May 22nd, 1859, Edinburgh †July 7th, 1930, CrowboroughAdolf Erman
German Egyptologist and lexicographer (1854-1937)
*October 31st, 1854, Berlin †June 26th, 1937, BerlinEduard Meyer
German historian (1855–1930)
*January 25th, 1855, Hamburg †August 31st, 1930, Berlin
81 Selma Lagerlöf
Swedish writer
*November 20th, 1858, Östra Ämtervik church parish †March 16th, 1940, Östra Ämtervik church parishAdolf Furtwängler
German classical archaeologist (1853-1907)
*June 30th, 1853, Freiburg im Breisgau †October 10th, 1907, AthensKathinka Hedwig Agerskov
Danish painter
*August 8th, 1859, Flensburg †November 23rd, 1890, FrederiksbergErnst Fabricius
German historian, archaeologist and scholar (1857–1942)
*September 6th, 1857, Darmstadt †March 22nd, 1942, Freiburg im BreisgauGeorg Loeschcke
German classical archaeologist (1852-1915)
*June 28th, 1852, Penig †November 26th, 1915, Baden-Baden
Paul Wolters
German classical archaeologist
*September 1st, 1858, Bonn †October 21st, 1936, Munich
58 Henri Poincaré
French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)
*April 29th, 1854, Nancy †July 17th, 1912, Paris
76 Babette von Bülow
German writer (1850-1927)
*September 30th, 1850, Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój †March 8th, 1927, Kühlungsborn
74 Karl von den Steinen
German explorer
*March 7th, 1855, Mülheim an der Ruhr †November 4th, 1929, Kronberg im Taunus
72 William Howard Taft
President of the United States from 1909 to 1913
*September 15th, 1857, Cincinnati †March 8th, 1930, Washington metropolitan area
81 Henri Bergson
French philosopher (1859–1941)
*October 18th, 1859, Paris †January 4th, 1941, Paris
55 Rudolf Diesel
German inventor and mechanical engineer (1858–1913)
*March 18th, 1858, Paris †September 30th, 1913, English Channel
55 Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist (1857-1913)
*November 26th, 1857, Geneva †February 22nd, 1913, Vufflens-le-Château
92 Knut Hamsun
Norwegian novelist (1859–1952)
*August 4th, 1859, Vågå †February 19th, 1952, Grimstad
82 Wilhelm II
German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 to 1918
*January 27th, 1859, Kronprinzenpalais †June 4th, 1941, Huis Doorn
57 L. L. Zamenhof
Polish-Jewish pysician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917)
*December 15th, 1859, Białystok †April 14th, 1917, Warsaw