Welcome! Check out today's birthdays, recent birthdays, or our birthday stats.
In the year 1859
362 Notable birthdays
Louis Boutan
French biologist, photographer and zoologist (1859–1934).
Born March 6th, 1859 in Versailles.
Died April 6th, 1934 at 75 years old in Tigzirt.
Josef Bohuslav Foerster
Czech composer and educator (1859–1951).
Born December 30th, 1859 in Prague.
Died May 29th, 1951 at 91 years old in Nový Vestec.
Emanuel Nobel
Swedish oil baron (1859–1932).
Born June 10th, 1859 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1932 at 72 years old in Jakob parish. [ref]
Otto Warburg
German botanist (1859-1938).
Born July 20th, 1859 in Hamburg.
Died February 10th, 1938 at 78 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Alfred William Pollard
British author and bibliographer (1859–1944).
Born August 14th, 1859 in London.
Died March 8th, 1944 at 84 years old in Wimbledon.
Vittorio Sella
Italian photographer (1859–1943).
Born August 28th, 1859 in Biella. [ref]
Died August 12th, 1943 at 83 years old in Biella. [ref]
Diana Abgar
Armenia ambassador (1859–1937).
Born October 12th, 1859 in Yangon.
Died July 8th, 1937 at 77 years old in Yokohama.
Kosta Khetagurov
Ossetian poet (1859-1906).
Born October 15th, 1859 in Nar.
Died April 1st, 1906 at 46 years old in Selo imeni Kosta Khetagurova.
William Wrede
German lutheran theologian (1859–1906).
Born May 10th, 1859 in Bücken.
Died November 23rd, 1906 at 47 years old in Wrocław.
Nathaniel Lord Britton
American botanist and geologist (1859-1934).
Born January 15th, 1859 in New Dorp.
Died June 25th, 1934 at 75 years old in New York City.
Julius Klengel
German musician (1859-1933).
Born September 24th, 1859 in Leipzig.
Died October 27th, 1933 at 74 years old in Leipzig.
Frank J. Cannon
United states senator from utah.
Born January 25th, 1859 in Salt Lake City.
Died July 25th, 1933 at 74 years old in Denver.
Pandeli Evangjeli
Albanian politician (1859-1949).
Born January 6th, 1859 in Korçë.
Died September 14th, 1949 at 90 years old in Korçë.
John Tengo Jabavu
South african xhosa newspaper editor (1859-1921).
Born January 11th, 1859 in Fort Beaufort.
Died September 10th, 1921 at 62 years old in Alice.
Paul Passy
French linguist (1859-1940).
Born January 13th, 1859 in Versailles.
Died March 21st, 1940 at 81 years old in Bourg-la-Reine.
Alexander Stepanovich Popov
Russian physicist.
Born March 16th, 1859 in Krasnoturyinsk.
Died January 13th, 1906 at 46 years old in Saint Petersburg (cerebral hemorrhage).
Édouard-Alfred Martel
French cave explorer (1859–1938).
Born July 1st, 1859 in Pontoise.
Died June 3rd, 1938 at 78 years old in Saint-Thomas-la-Garde.
Alfred Hettner
German geomorphologist (1859–1941).
Born August 6th, 1859 in Dresden.
Died August 31st, 1941 at 82 years old in Heidelberg.
Ernesto Cesaro
Italian mathematician (1859-1906).
Born March 12th, 1859 in Naples.
Died September 12th, 1906 at 47 years old in Torre Annunziata (drowning).
Sarala Roy
Indian educationalist.
Born November 26th, 1859 in Kolkata.
Died June 29th, 1946 at 86 years old
Victor Loret
French egyptologist (1859-1946).
Born September 1st, 1859 in Paris.
Died February 3rd, 1946 at 86 years old in 7th arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
Kost Levytsky
Ukrainian politician (1859-1941).
Born November 17th, 1859 in Tysmenytsia. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1941 at 81 years old in Lviv.
Petros Protopapadakis
Greek politician (1854–1922).
Born December 31st, 1859 in Naxos Island.
Died November 28th, 1922 at 62 years old in Goudi (gunshot wound).
Stefan Toshev
Bulgarian general (1859-1924).
Born December 30th, 1859 in Stara Zagora.
Died November 27th, 1924 at 64 years old in Plovdiv.
Josephine Silone Yates
American chemist.
Born November 15th, 1859 in Mattituck.
Died September 3rd, 1912 at 52 years old in Kansas City.
Birthdays 176 to 200 of 362
The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity. Lucius Annaeus Seneca