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

Sep 01 Engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer (Parisfal) was born in the year 1854.  

Sep 02 On this day in history 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 In the year 1854 birth of anton CR Dreesmann, German/Neth manufacturer (Vroom & Dreesman)  

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

Sep 17 On this day in history 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 in the year 1854.  

Oct 10 Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 16 In the year 1854 birth of karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist  

Oct 16 On this day in history birth of oscar Wilde, [Fingal O'Flahertie Wills], Dublin, (Pic of Dorian Gray)  

Oct 18 In the year 1854 birth of bill Murdoch, cricketer (great pioneer of Australian Test cricket)  

Oct 18 Solomon A Andree, Swedish engineer/balloonist/Artic explorer was born on this day in history.  

Oct 20 On this day in history birth of alphonse Allais, French author/humorist (Pass the Bile)  

Oct 20 Arthur Rimbaud, France, poet/adventurer (Illuminations) was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 24 In the year 1854 birth of hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom, chemist (Heterogenen Gleichgewichte)  

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

Oct 26 C. W. Post, American entrepreneur (d. 1914) was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 27 Sir William Smith, Scottish founder of the Boys' Brigade (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 31 On this day in history birth of georg A Erman, German Egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt)  

Nov 05 On this day in history birth of alphonse Desjardins, founder of the Caisses populaires Desjardins (d. 1920)  

Nov 05 In the year 1854 birth of paul Sabatier, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)  

Nov 06 In the year 1854 birth of john Phillip Sousa, Wash DC, march king (Stars & Stripes Forever)  

Nov 08 On this day in history birth of johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (d. 1919)  

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 on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1854 birth of benedict XV, [Giacomo PGB marques della Chiessa], 258th Pope (1914-22)  

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 William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768) died on this day in history.  

Jan 09 In the year 1854 filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77  

Jan 18 On this day in history juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies  

Feb 04 Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1854.  

Feb 17 Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Mar 06 Caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80 in the year 1854.  

Mar 11 In the year 1854 death of willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804)  

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