1. Martin Lipp (1854)

Poet

His best-known poem, "The Estonian Flag," was turned into a popular Estonian anthem.

2. EW Scripps (1854)

Entrepreneur

EW Scripps is a famous Entrepreneur, who was born on June 18, 1854 in United States. Founder of the self-named E.W. Scripps Company, which evolved into United Press International, and...

3. Benjamin Tucker (1854)

American Anarchist

Editor and publisher of Liberty, an anarchist and individualist periodical that began in Boston and later moved to New York. He was a harsh critic of what he called the...

4. George Eastman (1854)

American Businessman

Founder of the Eastman Kodak company who created what became the world's leading photography company for nearly a century.

5. Thomas R Marshall (1854)

Vice President

American Democratic politician who served as the 28th Vice President of the United States from 1913 to 1921. He was previously the 27th Governor of Indiana from 1909 to 1913.

6. Jacob S. Coxey (1854)

Politician

Jacob S. Coxey is a famous Politician, who was born on April 16, 1854 in United States. Political organizer who led Coxey’s Army on a march to Washington D.C. to...

7. Albert Mechelynck (1854)

Belgian Politician

Liberal politician from Belgium, who worked as a lawyer for the Provincial Court in the late 19th and 20th century.

8. Alice Mary Robertson (1854)

American Politician

Politician from Oklahoma who became the second woman to ever serve in Congress in 1921. She was a strong proponent of Native American issues while she represented Oklahoma's 2nd district....

9. John Philip Sousa (1854)

American Conductor

Known as the American March King, he is remembered for "The Stars and Stripes Forever." His song "Semper Fidelis" became the United States Marine Corps' official march.

10. Lord Edward Carson (1854)

War Hero

Irish statesman and Unionist politician who served in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.

11. Alessandro Mussolini (1854)

Politician

Father of the famous dictator and a militant revolutionary in his own right. 

12. Oscar Wilde (1854)

Irish Writer

Irish playwright, poet, and novelist who is best known for The Importance of Being Earnest and The Picture of Dorian Gray. He is also famous for his memorable, witty epigrams.

13. David Dunbar Buick (1854)

Entrepreneur

David Dunbar Buick is a famous Entrepreneur, who was born on September 17, 1854 in United Kingdom. Scottish-American inventor, mechanic, and entrepreneur who founded the Buick Motor Company. According to...

14. Pope Benedict XV (1854)

Religious Leader

Pope Benedict XV is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on November 21, 1854 in Italy. The head of the Catholic Church during World War I and its immediate...

15. Giovanni Battista Grassi (1854)

Zoologist

Giovanni Battista Grassi is a famous Zoologist, who was born on March 27, 1854 in Italy. Remembered best for his work in the parasitology sub-field of malariology (the study of...

16. Augustus Tolton (1854)

American Priest

Ex-slave who became the first African American priest in the Roman Catholic Church of America. He established St. Monica's Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago.

17. Will White (1854)

American Baseball Player Pitcher

Gained fame as one of the first bespectacled players in baseball.

18. Arthur Rimbaud (1854)

French Poet

French symbolist and decadent poet who is remembered for such works as Le Soleil Etait Encore Chaud and Une Saison en Enfer. His later works include Illuminations and Lettres.

19. Hason Raja (1854)

Poet

Mystic poet, songwriter, and philosopher who earned great posthumous acclaim for his literary work. His collections of songs include Shaukhin Bahar and Hachhan Udas.

20. Benjamin Ide Wheeler (1854)

Teacher

Benjamin Ide Wheeler is a famous Teacher, who was born on July 15, 1854 in United States. Best remembered for serving a twenty-year term as President of the University of...

21. Ned Kelly (1854)

Criminal

Irish Australian outlaw who became a folk hero while fighting against the corrupt government and the police. He became known as the Australian Robin Hood.

22. Charles Radbourn (1854)

Major League Baseball Player

One of baseball's great early day pitchers who in 1884, won the National League triple crown by posting a 1.38 ERA with 441 strikeouts and an MLB record 59 wins.

23. Robert Borden (1854)

8th Prime Minister Of Canada (19

Canadian politician and lawyer who served as the 8th Prime Minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920, during the first World War. He was the last prime minister to be...

24. Edith M. Thomas (1854)

American Poet

American poet known for The Inverted Touch, The Flower From the Ashes, Lyrics and Sonnets, and other works. Her poems, which were published by such popular journals as The Atlantic...

25. CW Post (1854)

Entrepreneur

Creator of the Post brand cereals Grape Nuts, Corn Flakes, and others.

26. Moritz Moszkowski (1854)

Composer

Acclaimed late 19th-century musician and educator who was of the Schumann school. He was appreciated by Polish composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski.

27. Otto Sverdrup (1854)

Norwegian Sailor And Arctic Expl

Explorer who, along with Fridtjof Nansen, went on an expedition across Greenland.

28. Jacek Malczewski (1854)

Polish Artist

Revered Polish painter whose work combined Symbolism with themes of Polish patriotism and martyrdom.

29. Charlie Bennett (1854)

Major League Baseball Player

American baseball catcher who led all National League catchers in fielding percentage 7 times from 1881 to 1891.

30. Paul Klengel (1854)

German Musician

Multi-instrumentalist who mastered the violin and the piano and who was also a composer and respected conductor, editor, and arranger.

31. Sara Roosevelt (1854)

Mother Of Franklin D Roosevelt

This New York-born woman was the mother of thirty-second United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt. She voted for her son and only child in three separate presidential elections.

32. James George Frazer (1854)

Anthropologist

Scottish anthropologist who made a large impact on the development of mythology and studies of relative faith. His most famous book, The Golden Bough, which he wrote in 1890, documents...

33. Lucy Craft Laney (1854)

Teacher

Lucy Craft Laney is a famous Teacher, who was born on April 13, 1854 in United States. Georgia-based teacher who, in 1883, opened the first grade school for African-American children....

34. Nathan Matthews Jr. (1854)

Politician

Nathan Matthews Jr. is a famous Politician, who was born on March 28, 1854 in United States. Massachusetts politician who held office as the thirty-third Mayor of Boston in the...

35. John Lind (1854)

Politician

After serving a six-year term as a Minnesota second district member of the United States House of Representatives, this Swedish-born politician held office for two years as Governor of Minnesota...

36. Bat Masterson (1854)

Journalist

Old western lawman and gambler who became famous as a sports reporter for the New York Morning Telegraph.

37. George Franklin Barber (1854)

Architect

Residential architect who marketed his domestic designs through mail-order catalogs; dominated the late Victorian era within the United States. His designs peppered the entire country--all 50 states--and could also be...

38. John Lind (politician) (1854)

American Politician

John Lind was an American politician.

39. Alfred Gilbert (1854)

British Artist

Sir Alfred Gilbert was an English sculptor and goldsmith who enthusiastically experimented with metallurgical innovations. He was a central — if idiosyncratic — participant in the New Sculpture movement that...

40. Helen Nicol (1854)

Canadian Baseball Player

Helen Nicol is a Canadian former baseball pitcher who played from 1943 through 1952 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3 120 lb. Nicol batted and...

41. John Rahm (1854)

Amateur Golfer

John B. Rahm was an American golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in Virginia. In 1904 he was part of the American team which won...

42. Leslie Balfour-Melville (1854)

Rugby Union Player Tennis Player

Leslie Melville Balfour-Melville born Leslie Melville Balfour was an outstanding all-round Scottish amateur sportsman. The finest moment in his sporting career was on 29 July 1882. As captain opening batsman...

43. Martin Bier (1854)

German Chess Player

Martin Bier was a German chess master. He won at Wesselburen 1879 took 4th at Leipzig 1879 took 7th at Braunschweig 1880 tied for 13-14th at Nuremberg 1883 took 18th...

44. David Graham Baird (1854)

American Chess Player

David Graham Baird was an American chess master. He was the brother of John Washington Baird who was also an American chess master. A writer in the New York Times...

45. Louis Uedemann (1854)

American Chess Player

Louis Uedemann was an American chess master. He twice won the U. S. Open Chess Championship at Excelsior 1900 and Excelsior 1902. He developed a code that was later refined...

46. Isidor Gunsberg (1854)

Chess Player

Isidor Arthur Gunsberg was a chess player best known for narrowly losing the 1891 World Chess Championship match to Wilhelm Steinitz.

47. Arnold Schottländer (1854)

German Chess Player

Arnold Schottländer was a German chess master. Born in Münsterberg Silesia he was one of the chess pupils of Adolf Anderssen.

48. Louis van Vliet (1854)

Dutch Chess Player

Louis van Vliet was a Dutch chess master.

49. C. S. Hyman (1854)

Canadian Politician

Charles Smith Hyman PC was a Canadian businessman and notable politician and sportsman.

50. Alfred P. Thom (1854)

American Lawyer

Alfred Pembroke Thom was a railroad lawyer a civic leader of Norfolk Virginia a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901 and a president of The Virginia Bar Association.