Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In 1854

Sep 01 Engelbert humperdinck: Germany, opera composer (parisfal)  

Sep 02 Hans jæger: Norwegian writer and political activist  

Sep 08 Willem m van rossum: Dutch cardinal/prefect of propaganda file  

Sep 10 Anton cr dreesmann: German/neth manufacturer (vroom & dreesman)  

Sep 17 David dunbar buick: American automobile pioneer  

Sep 17 Hans muller: Music historian  

Sep 23 Cornelis w lely: Dutch engineer/gov of suriname (1902-05)  

Sep 28 Adam sedgwick: Norwich england, english zoologist (peripatus)  

Sep 29 Martin pluddemann: Composer  

Oct 03 William crawford gorgas: Us, surgeon-gen, help cure yellow fever  

Oct 07 Christiaan r de wet: South africa, boer general (nicholsonsnek)  

Oct 07 Christiaan r de wet: South african rebel leader, politician and general in the boer war  

Oct 10 Jeronimo gimenez y bellido: Composer  

Oct 16 Karl j kautsky: Austrian marxist/socialist  

Oct 16 Oscar wilde: [fingal o'flahertie wills], dublin, (pic of dorian gray)  

Oct 18 Bill murdoch: Cricketer (great pioneer of australian test cricket)  

Oct 18 Solomon a andree: Swedish engineer/balloonist/artic explorer  

Oct 20 Arthur rimbaud: France, poet/adventurer (illuminations)  

Oct 20 Alphonse allais: French author/humorist (pass the bile)  

Oct 24 Hendrik w bakhuis roozeboom: Chemist (heterogenen gleichgewichte)  

Oct 26 C. w. post: American entrepreneur  

Oct 26 August t c kiehl: Dutch actor (pearl of zaandam)  

Oct 27 Sir william smith: Scottish founder of the boys' brigade  

Oct 31 Georg a erman: German egyptologist (grammar of ancient egypt)  

Nov 05 Alphonse desjardins: Founder of the caisses populaires desjardins  

Nov 05 Paul sabatier: French chemist, nobel prize laureate  

Nov 06 John phillip sousa: Wash dc, march king (stars & stripes forever)  

Nov 08 Johannes rydberg: Swedish physicist  

Nov 09 Joseph miroslav weber: Composer  

Nov 13 George whitfield chadwick: Lowell mass, composer (judi van winke)  

Nov 16 Jules van de heuvel: Belgian lawyer/politician  

Nov 17 Louis hg lyautey: French minister of defense (1916-17)  

Nov 21 Benedict xv: [giacomo pgb marques della chiessa], 258th pope (1914-22)  

Nov 27 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)  

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,