Birthdays In History 1851

1851 William Hall-Jones English-New Zealand politician 16th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1936)

1851 A. B. Frost American author and illustrator (d. 1928)

1851 Jacobus Kapteyn Dutch astronomer and academic (d. 1922)

1851 Giuseppe Allamano Italian Roman Catholic priest (d. 1926)

1851 José Guadalupe Posada Mexican illustrator and engraver (d. 1913)

1851 Spiru Haret Romanian mathematician astronomer and politician 55th Romanian Minister of Internal Affairs (d. 1912)

1851 Alexandros Papadiamantis Greek author and poet (d. 1911)

1851 Frank Avery Hutchins American librarian and educator (d. 1914)

1851 John Sebastian Little American lawyer and politician Governor of Arkansas (d. 1916)

1851 William Mitchell Ramsay Scottish archaeologist and scholar (d. 1939)

1851 Otto Bardenhewer German theologian (d. 1935)

1851 Martinus Beijerinck Dutch microbiologist and botanist (d. 1931)

1851 Ismail Gasprinski Ukrainian educator publisher and politician (d. 1914)

1851 Ruperto Chapí Spanish composer co-founded Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (d. 1909)

1851 Bernardino Machado Portuguese academic and politician 3rd President of Portugal (d. 1944)

1851 Francis Bell New Zealand lawyer and politician 20th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1936)

1851 James Campbell 1st Baron Glenavy Irish lawyer and politician (d. 1931)

1851 Guillaume Bigourdan French astronomer and academic (d. 1932)

1851 José Gautier Benítez Puerto Rican soldier and poet (d. 1880)

1851 Edward Walter Maunder English astronomer and author (d. 1928)

1851 Robert Abbe American surgeon and radiologist (d. 1928)

1851 William Quan Judge Irish occultist and theosophist (d. 1896)

1851 Ponnambalam Ramanathan Sri Lankan lawyer and politician third Solicitor General of Sri Lanka (d. 1930)

1851 Leopoldo Alas Spanish author critic and academic (d. 1901)

1851 Thomas Dewing American painter (d. 1938)

1851 Aristide Bruant French singer and actor (d. 1925)

1851 Anna Laurens Dawes American author and suffragist (d. 1938)

1851 Emile Berliner German-American inventor invented the Gramophone record (d. 1929)

1851 Léon Bourgeois French police officer and politician 64th Prime Minister of France Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1925)

1851 Angelo Moriondo Italian inventor of the espresso machine (d. 1914)

1851 Ture Malmgren Swedish journalist and politician (d. 1922)

1851 Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval French physician and physicist (d. 1940)

1851 Charles Joseph Bonaparte American lawyer and politician 46th United States Attorney General (d. 1921)

1851 Oliver Lodge English physicist and academic (d. 1940)

1851 Billy Midwinter English-Australian cricketer (d. 1890)

1851 Silvanus P. Thompson English physicist engineer and academic (d. 1916)

1851 Charles Bannerman English-Australian cricketer and umpire (d. 1930)

1851 Charles Albert Tindley American minister and composer (d. 1933)

1851 Arthur Evans English archaeologist and academic (d. 1941)

1851 John Murray Australian politician 23rd Premier of Victoria (d. 1916)

1851 Peder Severin Krøyer Norwegian-Danish painter (d. 1909)

1851 Friedrich Schottky Polish-German mathematician and theorist (d. 1935)

1851 George Turner Australian politician 18th Premier of Victoria (d. 1916)

1851 Felix Adler German-American religious leader and educator (d. 1933)

1851 Charles Barrois French geologist and palaeontologist (d. 1939)

1851 Tom Kendall Australian cricketer and journalist (d. 1924)

1851 John Clum American journalist and agent (d. 1932)

1851 Olga Constantinovna of Russia Queen consort of the Hellenes (d. 1926)

1851 John Dillon Irish poet and politician (d. 1927)

1851 Edward Asahel Birge American zoologist and academic (d. 1950)

1851 John Jenkins American-Australian businessman and politician 22nd Premier of South Australia (d. 1923)

1851 Walter Reed American physician and biologist (d. 1902)

1851 Henry Arthur Jones English playwright and critic (d. 1929)

1851 Fanny Searls American biologist (d. 1939)

1851 Ellen Hayes American mathematician and astronomer (d. 1930)

1851 Ferdinand Foch French field marshal (d. 1929)

1851 George Ulyett English cricketer and footballer (d. 1898)

1851 Louise of Sweden (d. 1926)

1851 Charles Dupuy French academic and politician 60th Prime Minister of France (d. 1923)

1851 Charles Dow American journalist and economist (d. 1902)

1851 Chris von der Ahe German-American businessman (d. 1913)

1851 Richard Armstedt German philologist historian and educator (d. 1931)

1851 Minnie Hauk American-Swiss soprano and actress (d. 1929)

1851 Mikhail Albov Russian writer (d. 1911)

1851 John Merle Coulter American botanist (d. 1928)

1851 Margherita of Savoy Italian Queen consort (d. 1926)

1851 Désiré-Joseph Mercier Belgian cardinal and theologian (d. 1926)

1851 John Indermaur British lawyer (d. 1925)

1851 Melvil Dewey American librarian created the Dewey Decimal System (d. 1931)

1851 Mary Tappan Wright American novelist and short story writer (d. 1916)

1851 Thomas Chipman McRae American lawyer and politician 26th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929)

1851 Asa Griggs Candler American businessman and politician 44th Mayor of Atlanta (d. 1929)

1851 Henry Carter Adams American economist and academic (d. 1921)

1851 Durham Stevens American lawyer and diplomat (d. 1908)

1851 James Budd American lawyer and politician 19th Governor of California (d. 1908)

1851 Simon Kahquados Potawatomi political activist (d. 1930)

1851 Alexander Dianin Russian chemist (d. 1918)

1851 Siegmund Lubin Polish-American businessman founded the Lubin Manufacturing Company (d. 1923)

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