| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| David Belasco |
Playwright |
25-Jul-1853 |
14-May-1931 |
Madame Butterfly |
| Henri Alexandre Deslandres |
Astronomer |
24-Jul-1853 |
15-Jan-1948 |
Spectroheliograph |
| William Gillette |
Actor |
24-Jul-1853 |
29-Apr-1937 |
Portrayed Sherlock Holmes on the stage |
| Leander Starr Jameson |
Head of State |
9-Feb-1853 |
26-Nov-1917 |
Last Prime Minister of Capetown |
| Philander Knox |
Government |
6-May-1853 |
12-Oct-1921 |
US Secretary of State, 1909-13 |
| Albrecht Kossel |
Scientist |
16-Sep-1853 |
5-Jul-1927 |
Chemistry of tissues and cells |
| Hendrik Lorentz |
Physicist |
18-Jul-1853 |
4-Feb-1928 |
Theory of EM radiation |
| José Martí |
Activist |
28-Jan-1853 |
19-May-1895 |
Cuban hero |
| Bat Masterson |
Government |
26-Nov-1853 |
25-Oct-1921 |
Frontier peace officer |
| Victor H. Metcalf |
Government |
10-Oct-1853 |
20-Feb-1936 |
US Secretary of the Navy, 1906-08 |
| William H. Moody |
Judge |
23-Feb-1853 |
2-Jul-1917 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1906-10 |
| Heike Kamerlingh Onnes |
Physicist |
21-Sep-1853 |
21-Feb-1926 |
Discovered superconductivity |
| Wilhelm Ostwald |
Chemist |
2-Sep-1853 |
4-Apr-1932 |
Physical chemist, investigated catalysis |
| Thomas Nelson Page |
Author |
23-Apr-1853 |
1-Nov-1922 |
In Ole Virginia |
| Lucy Parsons |
Anarchist |
1853 |
7-Mar-1942 |
Anarchist labor organizer |
| Howard Pyle |
Artist |
5-Mar-1853 |
9-Nov-1911 |
Art Nouveau children's book illustrator |
| Cecil Rhodes |
Business |
5-Jul-1853 |
26-Mar-1902 |
De Beers |
| John Frank Stevens |
Engineer |
25-Apr-1853 |
2-Jun-1943 |
Chief engineer of the Panama Canal |
| Elihu Thomson |
Inventor |
29-Mar-1853 |
13-Mar-1937 |
Electric welding and A/C motors |
| Vincent van Gogh |
Painter |
30-Mar-1853 |
29-Jul-1890 |
Troubled and brilliant painter |
