Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In 1856

Apr 12 William m conway: English historian/explorer (spitzbergen)  

Apr 22 [marie] louise hens: Flemish actress (two orphans)  

Apr 24 Henri pobj pétain: French marshal (verdun/vichy regime)  

Apr 26 Sir joseph ward: 17th prime minister of new zealand  

May 06 Sigmund freud: Austria, cigar smoker, father of psychology  

May 06 Robert edwin peary: Us, arctic explorer (north pole-apr 6 1909)  

May 13 Peter henry emerson: 1st to promote photography as an independent art  

May 13 Tom o'rourke: American boxing manager  

May 15 Lyman frank baum: Ny, children's book author (wizard of oz)  

May 20 Henri e cross [delacroix]: French painter  

May 25 Louis franchet d'espèrey: French general  

May 26 George templeton strong: Composer  

Jun 08 Natalia janotha: Composer  

Jun 14 Andrey markov: Russia, mathematician (markov chain)  

Jun 19 Elbert hubbard: Us, editor/publisher/author (message to garcia)  

Jun 22 Henry rider haggard: Author (king solomon's mine, she, dawn)  

Jun 30 Gerrit kalff: Writer (history of dutch writers)  

Jul 06 Edward anseele: Belgian minister of rail/ptt  

Jul 07 George hearne: Cricketer (brother of frank & alec, test for england)  

Jul 09 Daniel guggenheim: Us (guggenheim museum)  

Jul 10 Nikola tesla: Croatian physicist, electrical engineer and inventor, developed alternating current and the tesla coil  

Jul 15 Owen dunell: Cricketer (south africa's 1st test captain)  

Jul 21 Louise blanchard bethune: 1st us woman architect  

Jul 21 Harry a p eyres: British diplomat (constantinople, albania)  

Jul 23 Bal gangadhar tilak: British-indian hindi leader  

Jul 23 Arthur h bird: Composer  

Jul 24 Charles Émile picard: French mathematician  

Jul 26 George bernard shaw: Dublin ire, dramatist (pygmalion-nobel 1925)  

Jul 30 Richard b haldane: British viscount/lord-chancellor (life of a smith)  

Aug 01 George coulthard: Former australian rules footballer and cricketer  

Aug 03 Alfred deakin: 2nd prime minister of australia  

Aug 10 Paul geisler: Composer  

Aug 12 "diamond jim" brady: American financier  

Aug 15 J keir hardie: 1st labour representative in british parliament  

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Jan 05 Pierre j david: [david d'angers], french sculptor,  

Jan 11 Nikolai i nadezjdin: Russian archaeologist,  

Jan 12 Ľudovít Štúr: Slovak politician, author of slovak language, (b. 1815)  

Jan 16 Thaddeus william harris: American naturalist (b. 1795)  

Jan 17 Thomas attwood walmisley: Composer,  

Jan 24 Rabbi yechezkel of kuzmir: Polish hasidic leader (b. 1775)  

Feb 08 Agostino bassi: Italian entomologist (b. 1773)  

Feb 17 Heinrich heine: German poet,