{--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 in the year 1854.  

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 in the year 1854.  

Sep 17 On this day in history birth of hans Muller, music historian  

Sep 23 In the year 1854 birth of cornelis W Lely, Dutch engineer/gov of Suriname (1902-05)  

Sep 28 On this day in history birth of adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist (Peripatus)  

Sep 29 Martin Pluddemann, composer was born on this day in history.  

Oct 03 William Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever was born on this day in history.  

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

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 Bill Murdoch, cricketer (great pioneer of Australian Test cricket) was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 18 In the year 1854 birth of solomon A Andree, Swedish engineer/balloonist/Artic explorer  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Oct 26 August T C Kiehl, Dutch actor (Pearl of Zaandam) was born in the year 1854.  

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

Oct 27 On this day in history birth of sir William Smith, Scottish founder of the Boys' Brigade (d. 1914)  

Oct 31 In the year 1854 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 Paul Sabatier, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941) was born in the year 1854.  

Nov 06 On this day in history birth of john Phillip Sousa, Wash DC, march king (Stars & Stripes Forever)  

Nov 08 In the year 1854 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 in the year 1854.  

Nov 16 In the year 1854 birth of jules van de Heuvel, Belgian lawyer/politician  

Nov 17 Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 21 On this day in history 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 in the year 1854.  

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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 In the year 1854 juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies  

Feb 04 Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Feb 17 On this day in history hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71  

Mar 06 On this day in history caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80  

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

Apr 06 William Strickland, US architect, dies in the year 1854.