Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In 1854

Sep 01 Engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer (Parisfal) was born in the year 1854.  

Sep 02 In the year 1854 birth of hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (d. 1910)  

Sep 08 Willem M van Rossum, Dutch cardinal/prefect of Propaganda File was born in the year 1854.  

Sep 10 In the year 1854 birth of anton CR Dreesmann, German/Neth manufacturer (Vroom & Dreesman)  

Sep 17 David Dunbar Buick, American automobile pioneer (d.1929) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 17 Hans Muller, music historian was born on this day in history.  

Sep 23 In the year 1854 birth of cornelis W Lely, Dutch engineer/gov of Suriname (1902-05)  

Sep 28 On this day in history birth of adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist (Peripatus)  

Sep 29 On this day in history birth of martin Pluddemann, composer  

Oct 03 On this day in history birth of william Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever  

Oct 07 Christiaan R de Wet, South Africa, Boer General (Nicholsonsnek) was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 07 Christiaan R de Wet, South African rebel leader, politician and general in the Boer War was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 10 In the year 1854 birth of jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer  

Oct 16 Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist was born on this day in history.  

Oct 16 Oscar Wilde, [Fingal O'Flahertie Wills], Dublin, (Pic of Dorian Gray) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 18 In the year 1854 birth of bill Murdoch, cricketer (great pioneer of Australian Test cricket)  

Oct 18 In the year 1854 birth of solomon A Andree, Swedish engineer/balloonist/Artic explorer  

Oct 20 Alphonse Allais, French author/humorist (Pass the Bile) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 20 On this day in history birth of arthur Rimbaud, France, poet/adventurer (Illuminations)  

Oct 24 On this day in history birth of hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom, chemist (Heterogenen Gleichgewichte)  

Oct 26 August T C Kiehl, Dutch actor (Pearl of Zaandam) was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 26 On this day in history birth of c. W. Post, American entrepreneur (d. 1914)  

Oct 27 In the year 1854 birth of sir William Smith, Scottish founder of the Boys' Brigade (d. 1914)  

Oct 31 Georg A Erman, German Egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 05 On this day in history birth of alphonse Desjardins, founder of the Caisses populaires Desjardins (d. 1920)  

Nov 05 In the year 1854 birth of paul Sabatier, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)  

Nov 06 John Phillip Sousa, Wash DC, march king (Stars & Stripes Forever) was born in the year 1854.  

Nov 08 Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (d. 1919) was born in the year 1854.  

Nov 09 On this day in history birth of joseph Miroslav Weber, composer  

Nov 13 George Whitfield Chadwick, Lowell Mass, composer (Judi Van Winke) was born in the year 1854.  

Nov 16 On this day in history birth of jules van de Heuvel, Belgian lawyer/politician  

Nov 17 Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 21 In the year 1854 birth of benedict XV, [Giacomo PGB marques della Chiessa], 258th Pope (1914-22)  

Nov 27 In the year 1854 birth of aloys L earl von Aehrenthal, Austrian minister of Foreign affairs  

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Jan 08 William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768) died in the year 1854.  

Jan 09 Filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Jan 18 In the year 1854 juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies  

Feb 04 Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Feb 17 Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Mar 06 Caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80 in the year 1854.  

Mar 11 On this day in history death of willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804)  

Apr 06 In the year 1854 william Strickland, US architect, dies