Famous Personalities Born In 1844

Jan 04 Thomas h rollinson: Composer  

Jan 07 Marie-bernarde soubirous: [st bernadette of lourdes], saint/visionary  

Jan 14 Clara kathleen rogers: Composer  

Jan 16 Ismail qemali: Albanian nationalist  

Jan 20 Johan peter selmer: Composer  

Jan 25 Frederick e kitziger: Composer  

Jan 30 Moritz f freiherr von bissing: German gen/gov-gen of belgium (1914-17)  

Feb 01 Eduard adolf strasburger: German botanist (angiospermen)  

Feb 01 Granville stanley hall: Us, psychologist  

Feb 02 Leander schlegel: Composer  

Feb 17 A montgomery ward: Found mail-order business (montgomery ward)  

Feb 18 Willem maris: Dutch painter (hague school)  

Feb 20 Ludwig eduard boltzmann: Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics)  

Feb 20 Joshua slocum: Canadian seaman and adventurer  

Feb 21 Charles-marie widor: Lyons france, composer/prof (paris conservatory)  

Feb 22 Kazamierz julian kratzer: Composer  

Mar 02 Hermanus j a m schaepman: Clergyman/dutch politician  

Mar 04 Josip jurcic: Slovenian writer (10th brother)  

Mar 06 Nicolai rimski-korsakov: Composer (flight of the bumble bee) (ns 3/18)  

Mar 07 Anthony comstock: New canaan ct, anti-vice crusader/philatelist  

Mar 10 Pablo martin m de sarasate y navascuez: Composer (spanish dancing)  

Mar 14 King umberto i: Of italy (1878-1900)  

Mar 15 Bransby cooper: Cricketer (in dhaka batsman in australia's 1st test)  

Mar 18 Nikolai rimsky-korsakov: Tikhvin russia, composer (scheherazade)  

Mar 19 Ulrika "minna" cant-johnstown: Finnish playwright (kovan onnen lapsia)  

Mar 23 Eugene gigout: Composer  

Mar 27 Alophus washington greely: Us, arctic explorer  

Mar 30 Paul m verlaine: France, lyric poet (sagesse bonbeur)  

Mar 31 Andrew lang: Scotland, author (the blue fairy book)  

Apr 06 Joseph ludwig: Composer  

Apr 16 Anatole france: Writer (thaïs, wickerwork woman, nobel 1921)  

Apr 22 Lewis thornton powell: Would-be assassin of secretary of state william h. seward  

May 02 Elijah mccoy: Black inventor, held over 50 patents  

May 03 Richard d'oyly carte: England, opera impresario (ivanhoe)  

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Jan 15 Joseph mazzinghi: Composer,  

Jan 31 Henri gratien: Comte bertrand, french general (b. 1773)  

Feb 04 Willem de clerq: Dutch merchant/literary,  

Feb 15 Henry addington lord sidmouth: Brit premier (1801-04),  

Feb 16 Joseph crosfield: English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792)  

Feb 27 Nicholas biddle: Us lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier,  

Feb 28 Abel p upshur: Secretary of state,  

Feb 29 Thaddaus weigl: Composer,