| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Svante Arrhenius |
Chemist |
19-Feb-1859 |
2-Oct-1927 |
Explored electrolytic conductivity |
| Henri Bergson |
Philosopher |
18-Oct-1859 |
4-Jan-1941 |
L'Évolution Créatrice |
| Billy the Kid |
Criminal |
23-Nov-1859 |
14-Jul-1881 |
Frontier outlaw |
| Florian Cajori |
Historian |
28-Feb-1859 |
14-Aug-1930 |
A History of Mathematics |
| Walter Camp |
Football |
7-Apr-1859 |
14-Mar-1925 |
Father of American football |
| Venustiano Carranza |
Head of State |
29-Dec-1859 |
21-May-1920 |
President of Mexico, 1917-20 |
| Pierre Curie |
Physicist |
15-May-1859 |
19-Apr-1906 |
Early investigator of radiation |
| George Nathaniel Curzon |
Government |
11-Jan-1859 |
20-Mar-1925 |
Created the Kingdom of Jordan |
| John Dewey |
Educator |
20-Oct-1859 |
1-Jun-1952 |
Pragmatist philosopher, education reformer |
| Arthur Conan Doyle |
Novelist |
22-May-1859 |
7-Jul-1930 |
Creator of Sherlock Holmes |
| Alfred Dreyfus |
Victim |
9-Oct-1859 |
12-Jul-1935 |
Dreyfus Affair scapegoat |
| William F. Durand |
Engineer |
5-Mar-1859 |
9-Aug-1958 |
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics |
| Havelock Ellis |
Biologist |
2-Feb-1859 |
8-Jul-1939 |
Studies in the Psychology of Sex |
| William L. Emmet |
Engineer |
10-Jul-1859 |
26-Sep-1941 |
All-electric warships |
| George Ferris |
Engineer |
14-Feb-1859 |
22-Nov-1896 |
Ferris Wheel |
| Knut Hamsun |
Novelist |
4-Aug-1859 |
19-Feb-1952 |
Norwegian novelist, Sult |
| Verner von Heidenstam |
Author |
6-Jul-1859 |
20-May-1940 |
The Charles Men |
| Victor Herbert |
Composer |
1-Feb-1859 |
24-May-1924 |
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life |
| A. E. Housman |
Poet |
26-Mar-1859 |
30-Apr-1936 |
A Shropshire Lad |
| Edmund Husserl |
Philosopher |
8-Apr-1859 |
26-Apr-1938 |
Phenomenological philosopher |
| J. Franklin Jameson |
Historian |
19-Sep-1859 |
28-Sep-1937 |
Dictionary of United States History |
| Pierre Janet |
Psychologist |
30-May-1859 |
24-Feb-1947 |
Founder of Automatic Psychology |
| Jean Jaurès |
Politician |
3-Sep-1859 |
31-Jul-1914 |
French socialist leader |
| Jerome K. Jerome |
Author |
2-May-1859 |
14-Jun-1927 |
Three Men in a Boat |
| Samuel A. Kendall |
Politician |
1-Nov-1859 |
8-Jan-1933 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
| Basil King |
Novelist |
26-Feb-1859 |
22-Jun-1928 |
The Inner Shrine |
| George P. Lawrence |
Politician |
19-May-1859 |
21-Nov-1917 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
| Jacques Loeb |
Doctor |
7-Apr-1859 |
11-Feb-1924 |
Investigator of artificial parthenogenesis |
| Oscar Mayer |
Business |
29-Mar-1859 |
11-Mar-1955 |
Oscar Mayer Meats, Inc. |
| Maurice Prendergast |
Painter |
10-Oct-1859 |
1-Feb-1924 |
American Post-Impressionist watercolorist |
| Georges Seurat |
Painter |
2-Dec-1859 |
29-Mar-1891 |
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte |
| Theobald Smith |
Scientist |
31-Jul-1859 |
10-Dec-1934 |
Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| Kaiser Wilhelm |
Head of State |
27-Jan-1859 |
4-Jun-1941 |
Last of the German emperors |
