Birthdays In History 1855

1855 Hubert Bland English businessman (d. 1914)

1855 King Camp Gillette American businessman founded the Gillette Company (d. 1932)

1855 Jacques Damala Greek-French soldier and actor (d. 1889)

1855 Ernest Chausson French composer (d. 1899)

1855 Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies the youngest daughter of King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (d. 1874)

1855 John Browning American weapons designer founded the Browning Arms Company (d. 1926)

1855 Ellen Day Hale American painter and author (d. 1940)

1855 Paul Deschanel Belgian-French politician 11th President of France (d. 1922)

1855 Frank Harris Irish author and journalist (d. 1931)

1855 Jean Jules Jusserand French historian author and diplomat French Ambassador to the United States (d. 1932)

1855 Nishinoumi Kajirō I Japanese sumo wrestler the 16th Yokozuna (d. 1908)

1855 Cesário Verde Portuguese poet and author (d. 1886)

1855 Eduard Birnbaum Polish-born German cantor (d. 1920)

1855 Dorothy Tennant British painter (d. 1926)

1855 William Libbey American target shooter colonel mountaineer geographer geologist and archaeologist (d. 1927)

1855 Alfred E. Hunt American businessman (d. 1899)

1855 Charles Huot Canadian painter and illustrator (d. 1930)

1855 José Malhoa Portuguese painter (d. 1933)

1855 Cecilia Beaux American painter and academic (d. 1942)

1855 Yukteswar Giri Indian guru and educator (d. 1936)

1855 Ella Stewart Udall American telegraphist (d. 1937)

1855 Isabella Ford English author and activist (d. 1924)

1855 Arthur Wing Pinero English actor director and playwright (d. 1934)

1855 George Charles Haité English painter and illustrator (d. 1924)

1855 Robert M. La Follette American lawyer and politician 20th Governor of Wisconsin (d. 1925)

1855 George F. Roesch American lawyer and politician (d. 1917)

1855 Richard Lodge English historian and academic (d. 1936)

1855 Samuel Morris Australian cricketer (d. 1931)

1855 Ludwig Ganghofer German author and playwright (d. 1920)

1855 Ferdinand Tönnies German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1936)

1855 Georg Wilhelm von Siemens German-Swiss businessman (d. 1919)

1855 John Hodges Australian cricketer (d. 1933)

1855 James McGowen Australian politician 18th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1922)

1855 Alfred Wallis English painter and illustrator (d. 1942)

1855 Evelyn De Morgan English painter (d. 1919)

1855 Innokenty Annensky Russian poet and critic (d. 1909)

1855 Ferdinand Hummel German pianist composer and conductor (d. 1928)

1855 William Friese-Greene English photographer director and cinematographer (d. 1921)

1855 Houston Stewart Chamberlain English-German philosopher and author (d. 1927)

1855 Simon-Napoléon Parent Canadian lawyer and politician 12th Premier of Quebec (d. 1920)

1855 Arthur Nikisch Hungarian conductor and academic (d. 1922)

1855 Samad bey Mehmandarov Azerbaijani general and politician 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (d. 1931)

1855 James S. Sherman American lawyer and politician 27th Vice President of the United States (d. 1912)

1855 Paul Bruchési Canadian archbishop (d. 1939)

1855 Henrik Schück Swedish historian author and academic (d. 1947)

1855 Eugene V. Debs American union leader and politician (d. 1926)

1855 Léon Teisserenc de Bort French meteorologist and climatologist (d. 1913)

1855 Nikolaos Triantafyllakos Greek politician Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1939)

1855 Stevan Sremac Serbian author and activist (d. 1906)

1855 Josiah Royce American philosopher (d. 1916)

1855 John Evans English-Australian politician 21st Premier of Tasmania (d. 1943)

1855 Clinton Hart Merriam American zoologist ornithologist entomologist and ethnographer (d. 1942)

1855 August Kitzberg Estonian author and poet (d. 1927)

1855 Giovanni Pascoli Italian poet and scholar (d. 1912)

1855 William Seward Burroughs I American businessman founded the Burroughs Corporation (d. 1898)

1855 Andrew W. Mellon American banker financier and diplomat 49th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1937)

1855 Olive Schreiner South African author and activist (d. 1920)

1855 Ned Hanlan Canadian rower academic and businessman (d. 1908)

1855 Francis Bellamy American minister and author (d. 1931)

1855 Julius Röntgen German-Dutch composer (d. 1932)

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