{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1854

Sep 01 In the year 1854 birth of engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer (Parisfal)  

Sep 02 In the year 1854 birth of hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (d. 1910)  

Sep 08 Willem M van Rossum, Dutch cardinal/prefect of Propaganda File was born on this day in history.  

Sep 10 Anton CR Dreesmann, German/Neth manufacturer (Vroom & Dreesman) was born in the year 1854.  

Sep 17 David Dunbar Buick, American automobile pioneer (d.1929) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 17 In the year 1854 birth of hans Muller, music historian  

Sep 23 On this day in history birth of cornelis W Lely, Dutch engineer/gov of Suriname (1902-05)  

Sep 28 Adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist (Peripatus) was born in the year 1854.  

Sep 29 In the year 1854 birth of martin Pluddemann, composer  

Oct 03 William Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 07 Christiaan R de Wet, South Africa, Boer General (Nicholsonsnek) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 07 Christiaan R de Wet, South African rebel leader, politician and general in the Boer War was born on this day in history.  

Oct 10 In the year 1854 birth of jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer  

Oct 16 Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 16 Oscar Wilde, [Fingal O'Flahertie Wills], Dublin, (Pic of Dorian Gray) was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 18 On this day in history birth of bill Murdoch, cricketer (great pioneer of Australian Test cricket)  

Oct 18 Solomon A Andree, Swedish engineer/balloonist/Artic explorer was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 20 Alphonse Allais, French author/humorist (Pass the Bile) was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 20 On this day in history birth of arthur Rimbaud, France, poet/adventurer (Illuminations)  

Oct 24 Hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom, chemist (Heterogenen Gleichgewichte) was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 26 On this day in history birth of august T C Kiehl, Dutch actor (Pearl of Zaandam)  

Oct 26 On this day in history birth of c. W. Post, American entrepreneur (d. 1914)  

Oct 27 In the year 1854 birth of sir William Smith, Scottish founder of the Boys' Brigade (d. 1914)  

Oct 31 Georg A Erman, German Egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt) was born in the year 1854.  

Nov 05 Alphonse Desjardins, founder of the Caisses populaires Desjardins (d. 1920) was born in the year 1854.  

Nov 05 Paul Sabatier, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941) was born in the year 1854.  

Nov 06 John Phillip Sousa, Wash DC, march king (Stars & Stripes Forever) was born in the year 1854.  

Nov 08 Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (d. 1919) was born in the year 1854.  

Nov 09 Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer was born on this day in history.  

Nov 13 George Whitfield Chadwick, Lowell Mass, composer (Judi Van Winke) was born in the year 1854.  

Nov 16 Jules van de Heuvel, Belgian lawyer/politician was born in the year 1854.  

Nov 17 In the year 1854 birth of louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17)  

Nov 21 Benedict XV, [Giacomo PGB marques della Chiessa], 258th Pope (1914-22) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 27 Aloys L earl von Aehrenthal, Austrian minister of Foreign affairs was born on this day in history.  

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Jan 08 On this day in history death of william Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768)  

Jan 09 Filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77 in the year 1854.  

Jan 18 Juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies in the year 1854.  

Feb 04 On this day in history carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66  

Feb 17 In the year 1854 hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71  

Mar 06 Caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Mar 11 On this day in history death of willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804)  

Apr 06 On this day in history william Strickland, US architect, dies