161 Year Old Celebrities

1. Sircharles Aubrey Smith (1863)

Movie Actor

Sircharles Aubrey Smith is a famous Movie Actor, who was born on July 21, 1863 in United Kingdom. English cricket player turned actor who is best known for his performance...

2. George Santayana (1863)

20th-century Spanish-american Ph

Essayist who said, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." He wrote influential works on many subjects.

3. Ernest Thayer (1863)

American Poet

American author and poet best known for his famous poem "Casey at the Bat." He published several of his other humorous poems in the New York Journal.

4. Horatio Parker (1863)

American Composer And Teacher

Former composer and professor of music who taught some of the most memorable faces in music, including Charles Ives.

5. Bob Fitzsimmons (1863)

British Boxer

'The Freckled Wonder' was the first fighter to hold the world boxing championship in three different weight divisions.

6. Edvard Munch (1863)

Norwegian Symbolist Painter Prin

Norwegian artist most famous for painting The Scream and other psychologically themed works. He was a revered member of the Symbolism movement and impacted German Expressionism.

7. Pyotr Kozlov (1863)

Explorer

Russian explorer of Mongolia, Tibet, and the Gobi Desert. In the early 1900s, he uncovered the lost Tangut city of Khara-Khoto.

8. Pierre De Coubertin (1863)

Historian

Pierre De Coubertin is a famous Historian, who was born on January 1, 1863 in France. French academic and historian who founded the International Olympic Committee and helped establish the...

9. Alexander Siloti (1863)

Composer And Pianist

One of the Russia's foremost composers. He was admired by the likes of Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky.

10. Pierina Legnani (1863)

Italian Ballerina

Former ballerina labeled one of the greatest ballerinas of all time.

11. Richard Warren Sears (1863)

Entrepreneur

Founder of the Sears, Roebuck and Company department store franchise with partner Alvah Curtis Roebuck.

12. John Bunny (1863)

Actor

Plump American comedian and silent film actor who is considered to be one of the first modern celebrities. He appeared in a dozen silent films from 1910 to 1915 and...

13. Ralph Adams Cram (1863)

Architect

Ralph Adams Cram is a famous Architect, who was born on December 16, 1863 in United States. Designer of many schools and churches, usually in the Gothic Revival style; honored...

14. Arnold Edward Ortmann (1863)

Zoologist

Arnold Edward Ortmann is a famous Zoologist, who was born on April 8, 1863 in Russia. Naturalist and zoologist whose work focused on invertebrates in the field of malacology. He...

15. Frank Hornby (1863)

English Toy Inventor Businessman

With no formal engineering training, he devised three of the most popular toys in Britain: Meccano, Dinky Toys, and Hornby Model Railways.

16. Isidor Philipp (1863)

French Musician

Heralded musician who had a reputation as a remarkable pedagogue. He consulted with and edited the works of many famous composers.

17. Lucy Lady Duff-gordon (1863)

Titanic Survivor

Lucy Lady Duff-gordon is a famous Titanic Survivor, who was born on June 13, 1863 in United Kingdom. English fashion designer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries who...

18. Samuel Henry Kress (1863)

Entrepreneur

Samuel Henry Kress is a famous Entrepreneur, who was born on July 23, 1863 in United States. Businessman and philanthropist who founded the popular S. H. Kress & Co. five-...

19. Henry Royce (1863)

British Businessman

1st Baronet of Seaton and car designer who co-founded the Rolls-Royce automobile company.

20. Samuel Lipschütz (1863)

Chess Player

Ukrainian born chess player who dominated American chess in the late 19th Century.

21. Deacon McGuire (1863)

American Baseball Player And Coa

The original baseball ironman, he spent 26 seasons as a catcher with a dozen different teams; nicknamed 'The Duke' for his mild-mannered approach to the game.

22. WW Jacobs (1863)

Novelist

Best for his 1902 short story "The Monkey's Paw," Jacobs also penned popular novels such as A Master of Craft.

23. Paul Signac (1863)

French Painter

Neo-Impressionist painter of "Antibes-Morning," "The Bonaventure Pine," "Saint Tropez," "Port St. Tropez," "The Papal Palace," and other pointillist works.

24. Henry van de Velde (1863)

Architect

Henry van de Velde is a famous Architect, who was born on April 3, 1863 in Belgium. A pioneer of Art Nouveau in Belgium and designer of the Boekentoren, the...

25. Aleko Konstantinov (1863)

Novelist

A Bulgarian author famous for creating the popular "Bay Ganyo" character, he is also known for his 1894 work To Chicago and Back.

26. Edward Bok (1863)

Journalist

A longtime editor of the Ladies' Home Journal, he helped to shape American tastes at the turn of the 20th century.

27. Franz Ferdinand (1863)

Politician

Archduke of Austria whose assassination in 1914 by Serbian nationalists sparked the First World War. He was an avid trophy hunter, and records from his lifetime indicate that he had...

28. William Randolph Hearst (1863)

Newspaper Publisher

Wealthy newspaper publisher and journalism pioneer who unwillingly served as the inspiration for Citizen Kane from 1941.

29. Constantin Stanislavski (1863)

Russian Actor And Theatre Direct

Russian theatre actor known for popularizing the "Stanislavski method" of acting, otherwise known simply as "method" acting. He wrote several books including "An Actor Prepares" and his autobiography "My Life...

30. Wilbert Robison (1863)

Baseball Manager

'Uncle Robbie' was a Hall of Fame player and manager of the Orioles.

31. Annie Jump Cannon (1863)

Astronomer

Annie Jump Cannon is a famous Astronomer, who was born on December 11, 1863 in United States. American astronomer who greatly impacted contemporary stellar classification when she created the Harvard...

32. Felix Blumenfeld (1863)

Ukrainian Musician

Influential Russian musician and teacher who had many famous pupils. He introduced the works of his contemporaries to the public.

33. George Julian Zolnay (1863)

Sculptor

George Julian Zolnay is a famous Sculptor, who was born on July 4, 1863 in Romania. Hungarian-American sculptor who was called the sculptor of the Confederacy. He created a statue...

34. Arthur Machen (1863)

Welsh Short Story Writernovelist

A Welsh author and translator with a mystic, gothic bent, he wrote The Great God Pan and The Hill of Dreams. His other supernaturally-themed works include The Shining Pyramid and...

35. Leo Baekeland (1863)

American Chemist

Chemist who invented the first synthetic plastic, which he called Bakelite.

36. Andres Bonifacio y Decastro (1863)

Politician

Andres Bonifacio y Decastro is a famous Politician, who was born on November 30, 1863 in Philippines. Often called the Father of the Philippine Revolution, he founded the Katipunan- the...

37. Charles Ringling (1863)

Comedian

Circus showman who was one of seven original Ringling Brothers who owned the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He served the circus by being in charge of production.

38. Charles Martin Hall (1863)

Inventor

American inventor and chemist who developed an inexpensive way to make aluminum. His work brought the metal into widespread commercial use, the first since the prehistoric discovery of iron.

39. Joaquín Sorolla (1863)

Spanish Painter

Spanish painter who is known for his work in portraits, landscapes, and social and historical themes. His works include Portrait of Dr. Simarro at the microscope and A Research.

40. Rudolfs Blaumanis (1863)

Poet

A master of Latvian realism, he is known for his plays, poems, and translations, as well as for his journalistic work. He published his debut work in the German language;...

41. Gene Stratton-Porter (1863)

Novelist

Naturalist, photographer, and author whose popular novel, A Girl of the Limberlost, was adapted into a film. Her other novels include The Harvester (1911), Michael O'Halloran (1915), and The Keeper...

42. Swami Vivekananda (1863)

Religious Leader

Indian spiritual leader who helped to establish Hinduism as a major world religion by conducting hundreds of public and private classes, in which he explained the doctrines of Hindu philosophy...

43. Paul Walden (1863)

Russian Chemist

Russian chemist who published the influential History of Chemistry book in 1949. He also invented a synthetic chemical reaction called Walden Inversion.

44. Casey Jones (1863)

American Railroad Engineer

Railroad engineer for the Illinois Central Railroad who was killed when his passenger train, the Cannonball Express, crashed into a stalled freight train on a rainy night in Vaughan, Mississippi....

45. John Goodall (1863)

English Footballer And Manager

Forward who played for the English national team from 1888-1898 and was also a player-manager for Watford.

46. Richard Hopkins (1863)

Chess Player

One of the first recognized chess prodigies in the world, who is perhaps best known for innovating the Hopkins Gambit.

47. Kelly Miller (1863)

Essayist

Remembered for his numerous racial equality-themed essays and articles, as well as for his book Out of the House of Bondage, this Washington, D.C.-based journalist, author, and prominent African-American intellectual...

48. Henry Ford (1863)

Founder Of The Ford Motor Compan

Founder of Ford Motor Company who developed the assembly-line process for mass production. One of his first cars was the Model T.

49. George Barber (1863)

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50. W.W. Jacobs (1863)

Writer

Jacobs was an English author of mainly comic fiction. He wrote occasional horror stories and is best remembered for "The Monkey's Paw. " He was born in Wapping, London on...

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