Welcome! Check out today's birthdays, recent birthdays, or our birthday stats.
In the year 1859
328 Notable birthdays
Willem Kloos
Dutch poet.
Born May 6th, 1859 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died March 31st, 1938 at 78 years old in The Hague. [ref]
Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke
American-born french medical doctor (1859-1927).
Born October 15th, 1859 in San Francisco.
Died November 5th, 1927 at 68 years old in Paris.
Adelaide Johnson
American sculptor (1859–1955).
Born September 26th, 1859 in Plymouth.
Died November 10th, 1955 at 96 years old in Washington, D.C..
Charles Diehl
French byzantinist (1859–1944).
Born January 19th, 1859 in Strasbourg. [ref]
Died November 1st, 1944 at 85 years old in Paris.
Joseph Henry Maiden
Anglo-australian botanist (1859-1925).
Born April 25th, 1859 in St John's Wood.
Died November 16th, 1925 at 66 years old in Turramurra.
Leonid Artamonov
Russian noble and explorer (1859–1932).
Born February 25th, 1859 in Ananyevsky Uyezd.
Died January 1st, 1932 at 72 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Wacław Szymanowski
Polish artist, sculptor (1859-1930).
Born August 23rd, 1859 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 1930 at 71 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Max Fiedler
German conductor and composer (1859-1939).
Born December 31st, 1859 in Zittau.
Died December 1st, 1939 at 79 years old in Stockholm.
Frank William Taussig
United states economist (1859-1940).
Born December 28th, 1859 in St. Louis.
Died November 11th, 1940 at 80 years old in Cambridge.
Nikolay Nikanorovich Dubovskoy
Russian artist (1859-1918).
Born December 17th, 1859 in Novocherkassk.
Died February 28th, 1918 at 58 years old in Saint Petersburg.
John Burke
American politician (1859–1937).
Born February 25th, 1859 in Keokuk County.
Died May 14th, 1937 at 78 years old in Rochester.
Frank Dawson Adams
Mcgill university, montreal, canada, geologist and petrologist, who studied the monteregian hills (1859-1942).
Born September 17th, 1859 in Montreal.
Died December 26th, 1942 at 83 years old in Montreal.
Annie Furuhjelm
Finnish politician and journalist, editor.
Born December 11th, 1859 in Sitka. [ref]
Died July 17th, 1937 at 77 years old in Hyvinkää.
Cyriel Buysse
Naturalist author and playwright from flanders, belgium (1859-1932).
Born September 20th, 1859 in Nevele.
Died July 25th, 1932 at 72 years old in Afsnee.
Alfred William Alcock
British military physician and carcinologist (1859–1933).
Born June 23rd, 1859 in Mumbai.
Died March 24th, 1933 at 73 years old in Belvedere.
José Sánchez Guerra
Spanish author (1859-1935).
Born June 28th, 1859 in Córdoba, Cabra. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1935 at 75 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Colin Campbell
American film director and screenwriter (1859-1928).
Born October 11th, 1859 in Scotland.
Died August 26th, 1928 at 68 years old in Hollywood.
Clarence Clark
American tennis player (1859-1937).
Born August 27th, 1859 in Germantown.
Died June 29th, 1937 at 77 years old in Germantown.
Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran
Icelandic writer (1859-1938).
Born December 6th, 1859 in Vallanes.
Died May 21st, 1938 at 78 years old in Reykjavík.
Pierre de Nolhac
French philologist, art historian and poet (1859-1936).
Born December 15th, 1859 in Ambert.
Died January 31st, 1936 at 76 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Bjørn Bjørnson
Norwegian actor and director (1859-1942).
Born November 15th, 1859 in Christiania.
Died May 14th, 1942 at 82 years old in Oslo.
August Enna
Danish composer.
Born May 13th, 1859 in Nakskov.
Died August 3rd, 1939 at 80 years old in Copenhagen.
Robert Bolder
Actor (1859-1937).
Born July 20th, 1859 in London.
Died December 10th, 1937 at 78 years old in Los Angeles.
Raimundo Correia
Brazilian writer and judge (1859-1911).
Born May 13th, 1859 in São Luís.
Died September 13th, 1911 at 52 years old in Paris.
Emil Goeldi
Swiss-brazilian naturalist and zoologist (1859–1917).
Born August 28th, 1859 in Nesslau-Krummenau.
Died July 5th, 1917 at 57 years old in Zürich.
Birthdays 226 to 250 of 328
The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it. Hubert H. Humphrey