Famous Personalities Born In 1854

Jan 01 James frazer: Britain, anthropologist/author (the golden bough)  

Jan 06 Sherlock holmes: Mycroft, fictional detective (via arthur conan doyle)  

Jan 09 Jennie jerome: American society beauty and mother of winston churchill  

Jan 10 Peter gast: Composer  

Jan 18 Thomas a watson: Needed by bell, inventor assistant (telephone)  

Jan 29 Willem pc knuttel: Dutch bibliographer/librarian  

Feb 09 Edward carson: 1st baron carson, lawyer/leader (irish unionist party)  

Feb 09 Aletta [henriette] jacobs: 1st dutch female physician  

Feb 16 Oscar fetras: Composer  

Feb 17 Friedrich a krupp: German arms manufacturer  

Feb 20 Louis f m van westerhoven: Actor/singer/opera director (youth)  

Feb 24 Franz courtens: Flemish painter (golden rain)  

Feb 28 Juliusz zarebski: Composer  

Mar 04 Sir napier shaw: British meteorologist  

Mar 08 Tom felix horan: Cricketer (ireland pioneering aust all-rounder)  

Mar 14 Thomas riley marshall: (d) 28th vp (1913-21)  

Mar 14 John lane: British publisher  

Mar 14 Paul ehrlich: Germany, bacteriologist (nobel-1908)  

Mar 14 Alexandru macedonski: Romanian writer  

Mar 15 Emil adolf von behring: German physician; nobel laureate  

Mar 21 Alick a c bannerman: Cricketer (bro of charles, australia 1878-1893)  

Mar 23 Alfred milner: Giessen germany, british governor (cape colony)  

Mar 26 Braulio dueno colon: Composer  

Mar 31 Dugald clerk: Inventor (2-stroke motorcycle engine)  

Apr 01 Bill traylor: American artist  

Apr 05 Vicente goicoechea errasti: Composer  

Apr 09 Seaborn m denson: Composer  

Apr 10 Jozef m t orelio: Baritone  

Apr 11 Hugh massie: Cricketer (australian batsman of the 1880's)  

Apr 13 Richard t ely: Us economist (hard times)  

Apr 21 Wladyslaw rzepko: Composer  

Apr 21 Eusapia palladino: Napolitanse with parergische phenomenons  

Apr 21 William stang: Roman catholic bishop  

Apr 22 Henri-marie lafontaine: Belgium, international lawyer (nobel 1913)  

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Jan 08 William carr beresford: 1st viscount beresford, british general and politician (b. 1768)  

Jan 09 Filippo traetta: [philip trajetta], ital composer,  

Jan 18 Juda turo: American philanthropist,  

Feb 04 Carl ludwig cornelius westenholz: Composer,  

Feb 17 Hugues f r de lamennais: French priest/writer,  

Mar 06 Caspar gc reinwardt: German/dutch biologist,  

Mar 11 Willard richards: American religious leader (b. 1804)  

Apr 06 William strickland: Us architect,