Famous Personalities Born In 1855

Jan 03 Hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914) was born in the year 1855.  

Jan 05 King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor) was born in the year 1855.  

Jan 10 Peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People) was born in the year 1855.  

Jan 15 On this day in history birth of jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889)  

Jan 20 Amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer was born in the year 1855.  

Jan 21 On this day in history birth of john M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer  

Jan 22 On this day in history birth of ernst Kullak, composer  

Jan 23 On this day in history birth of john Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926)  

Jan 26 On this day in history birth of arthur Hervey, composer  

Jan 28 William Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 13 In the year 1855 birth of paul Deschanel, French President (d. 1922)  

Feb 15 Gustav Hollaender, composer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 17 In the year 1855 birth of otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I)  

Feb 21 On this day in history birth of alice Freeman Palmer, educator (Hall of Fame)  

Feb 25 Cesário Verde, Portuguese poet (d. 1886) was born in the year 1855.  

Feb 25 George Bonnor, cricketer (big-hitting Aussie batter 1880-1888) was born in the year 1855.  

Mar 12 John White, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 13 Percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto) was born in the year 1855.  

Mar 24 On this day in history birth of andrew W Mellon, founder (Mellon Bank)/US Sec of Treasury  

Mar 24 Olive Schreiner, S African writer (Portrait of a South African Woman) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 31 In the year 1855 birth of alfred E. Hunt, founder of Alcoa (d. 1899)  

Apr 09 Gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author/poet was born on this day in history.  

Apr 18 Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen) was born in the year 1855.  

Apr 18 In the year 1855 birth of josef Gruber, composer  

Apr 29 On this day in history birth of anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) [OS]  

Apr 29 In the year 1855 birth of edmund van der Straeten, composer  

May 02 In the year 1855 birth of theodore Moses Tobani, composer  

May 09 Julius Rontgen, composer was born in the year 1855.  

May 10 In the year 1855 birth of anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS]  

May 11 Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) was born in the year 1855.  

May 15 On this day in history birth of eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege)  

May 15 Graf Keyserling, writer was born in the year 1855.  

May 21 In the year 1855 birth of emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes)  

May 24 Arthur Wing Pinero, British playwright was born in the year 1855.  

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Jan 06 Giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779) died in the year 1855.  

Jan 10 Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Jan 25 Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Jan 26 Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808) died in the year 1855.  

Feb 06 Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791) died in the year 1855.  

Feb 20 On this day in history joseph Hume, social reformer, dies  

Feb 23 Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies in the year 1855.  

Mar 02 In the year 1855 nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58