1. Dan Brouthers (1858)

Major League Baseball Player

Dominated 19th-century baseball by winning 5 batting titles and 2 home run titles during his career which spanned from 1879 to 1904.

2. Max Planck (1858)

German Physicist Nobel Laureate

German scientist who developed the Quantum theory of physics, which he won the Nobel Prize in Physics for in 1918. His research into theoretical physics changed how we understood atomic...

3. Bipin Chandra Pal (1858)

Civil Rights Leader

Bipin Chandra Pal is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on November 7, 1858 in India. A part of the “Lal Bal Pal” triumvirate which initiated the uprising...

4. Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858)

Inventor

Jagadish Chandra Bose is a famous Inventor, who was born on November 30, 1858 in India. A Bengali scientist who was a pioneer in the study of radio and microwave...

5. Juan Vucetich (1858)

Anthropologist And Police Offici

Anthropologist and police official who made the first positive identification of a criminal using fingerprints.

6. Julia Lathrop (1858)

Civil Rights Leader

She served as the director of the United States Children's Bureau from 1912 to 1921, and devoted herself to children's welfare and lowering infant morality rates.

7. Paul Dresser (1858)

Composer

Composer of numerous songs including On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away, My Gal Sal, and The Blue and the Gray.

8. Adolph Ochs (1858)

American Newspaper Publisher For

Owner of the New York Times who laid the groundwork for modern journalism.

9. Émile Durkheim (1858)

French Sociologist Philosopher

French sociologist who is widely considered to be the father of modern sociology. He established the first European department of sociology, became France's first sociology professor, and published a variety...

10. Beatrice Potter Webb (1858)

Activist

English Baroness, socialist reformer, and economic theorist who helped to form the Fabian Society.

11. Chester Greenwood (1858)

Entrepreneur

American inventor most famous for having invented the modern earmuffs in 1873. He was a shrewd businessman and owned patents on a variety of other inventions, including a steel tooth...

12. Omar Mukhtar (1858)

War Hero

Remembered for his almost two decades of work for the cause of Libyan resistance against Italian rule, Mukhtar was executed by the Italian military in the early 1930s.

13. Pandita Ramabai (1858)

Social Worker Scholar

Famous for championing the causes of female education and emancipation, Ramabai is also remembered for her scholarly contributions to the study of Sanskrit.

14. George Lyon (1858)

Golfer

Former Canadian golfer who won eight Canadian Amateur Championships and took gold at the 1904 Olympics.

15. AG Daniells (1858)

Religious Leader

AG Daniells is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on September 28, 1858 in United States. Notable Seventh-day Adventist minister who was the longest serving President of the General...

16. Mary Harrison McKee (1858)

Political Wife

Daughter of President Benjamin Harrison and wife Caroline Scott, who served as First Lady of the United States after her mother died from 1892 to 1893.

17. Selma Lagerlöf (1858)

Writer

A Swedish author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, she is best known for her Wonderful Adventures of Nils book series. Her other literary works include The Changeling,...

18. Vincas Kudirka (1858)

Poet

Vincas Kudirka is a famous Poet, who was born on December 31, 1858 in Lithuania. Lithuanian writer and medical doctor who wrote both the music and the lyrics to “Tautiska...

19. Theodore Roosevelt (1858)

26th President Of The United Sta

The 26th president of the United States and one of the earliest leaders of the Progressive Movement. He was the first president to win a Nobel Peace Prize. 

20. Alonzo Herndon (1858)

American Businessman

Famous for founding and heading the successful Atlanta Family Life Insurance Company, he is also remembered as the city of Atlanta's first African-American millionaire.

21. Florence Balcombe (1858)

Wife Of Bram Stoker

Best remembered as the wife of Dracula author Bram Stoker, this Irishwoman destroyed numerous copies of the 1922 movie Nosferatu in retribution for the filmmakers' refusal to acknowledge that they had...

22. Franz Boas (1858)

America Anthropologist

German-American anthropologist and a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology." He argued that culture developed historically through the interactions of groups of people...

23. Joseph Burr Tyrrell (1858)

Geologist

Geologist and cartographer who discovered the bones of the Albertosaurus dinosaur in Alberta's Badlands in 1884 and managed the Kirkland Lake Gold mine in Ontario.

24. Mahlon Pitney (1858)

American Politician

Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1912 to 1922. He was libertarian in his opinions.

25. Emmeline Pankhurst (1858)

English Suffragist

Leader of the British suffragette movement who was instrumental in gaining women the right to vote in England. She was listed as one of the 100 Most Important People of...

26. John Lawrence Sullivan (1858)

Boxer

Recognized as the first Heavyweight Champion of gloved boxing and as the last heavyweight champion of bare-knuckle boxing.

27. Columba Marmion (1858)

Irish Monk

Irish monk who was the third abbot of Maredsous Abbey, a monastery in Belgium.

28. János Fadrusz (1858)

Hungarian Sculptor

Hungarian sculptor who was a celebrated artist for his many important public commissions. He sculpted two statues for the Hungarian Palace of Justice.

29. Chancellor Olcott (1858)

American Actor And Musician

Best known for writing the song When Irish Eyes Are Smiling and for his Broadway shows.

30. Giacomo Puccini (1858)

Italian Composer

Italian composer of operas 'La Boheme' and 'Madama Butterfly.' He was considered second only to Giuseppe Verdi in his day. He pioneered the verismo style.

31. E Nesbit (1858)

Children's Author

Political activist and English children's author who is remembered for The Wouldbegoods, The Story of the Treasure Seekers, and other works. Born Edith Nesbit, she wrote under the gender-neutral pen...

32. Edward Marshall Hall (1858)

British Politician

Known as The Great Defender, he became an excellent public speaker, a skill that obviously won him many cases in the courtroom.

33. William D. Boyce (1858)

Entrepreneur

Newspaper and magazine publisher and founder of the Boy Scouts of America.

34. DeWolf Hopper (1858)

American Actor

Noted entertainer of the early radio era who was at his best when performing Casey at Bat, the legendary baseball poem.

35. Mihajlo Pupin (1858)

Physicist

Serbian physicist who was a founding member of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, an early incarnation of NASA. His inventions allowed for long-distance telephone communication for the first time.

36. Lorrin A. Thurston (1858)

Politician

Lorrin A. Thurston is a famous Politician, who was born on July 31, 1858 in United States. Leader of the Hawaiian faction that argued for a U.S. annexation of the...

37. Charles W. Chestnutt (1858)

Novelist

Charles W. Chestnutt is a famous Novelist, who was born on June 20, 1858 in United States. An American author and political activist, he wrote novels dealing with the theme...

38. Eleonora Duse (1858)

Actress

This late 19th and early 20th-century stage actress was lauded by playwrights George Bernard Shaw and Anton Chekhov and was a favorite performer of United States President Grover Cleveland.

39. Rudolf Diesel (1858)

German Engineer And Inventor Of

German engineer who built his eponymous internal combustion engine.

40. Edward House (1858)

Politician

Remembered best as Woodrow Wilson's unofficial, highly influential adviser during both the Democratic politician's 1912 presidential campaign and his subsequent World War I-era political and diplomatic negotiations, House played a...

41. Christiaan Eijkman (1858)

Dutch Physician

He accidentally discovered vitamins while researching a neurological disease.

42. Benjamin Kidd (1858)

Philosopher

Influential philosopher who wrote in his essay Social Evolution that religion aids in human group survival.

43. Frantz Seimetz (1858)

Painter

Impressionism-influenced landscape and portrait painter of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

44. Bertram Windle (1858)

British Archaeologist

British anatomist, archaeologist and scientist who rose to prominence in the early 1900s. He published a number of books and essays throughout his career, including the book The Church and...

45. Beatrice Webb (1858)

British Historian

Martha Beatrice Webb Baroness Passfield was an English sociologist economist socialist labor historian and social reformer. Her husband Sidney became Baron Passfield in 1929. Along with her husband and numerous...

46. Joseph Tyrrell (1858)

Canadian Geologist

Joseph Burr Tyrrell was a Canadian geologist cartographer and mining consultant. He discovered dinosaur bones in Alberta's Badlands and coal around Drumheller in 1884. Canada's Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology...

47. Edith Nesbit (1858)

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48. Samuel Ryder (1858)

Entrepreneur

Samuel Ryder was an English businessman entrepreneur golf enthusiast and golf promoter. He originated the idea of selling garden seeds in penny packets and built a very successful business on...

49. Bonar Law (1858)

Prime Minister Of The United Kin

Andrew Bonar Law commonly called Bonar Law was a British Conservative Party statesman and Prime Minister. Born in the colony of New Brunswick he is the only British Prime Minister...

50. Richard Field Conover (1858)

American Tennis Player Lawyer Re

Richard Field Conover was an American tennis player lawyer and real estate manager.