Born in 1844

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• 1844–1896Paul VerlaineFrench poetMarch 30
• 1844–1910Henri RousseauFrench painterMay 21
• 1844–1921Peter I of SerbiaLast king of Serbia (r. 1903–18); first king of Yugoslavia (r. 1918–21)June 29
• 1844–1924Anatole FranceFrench author and journalistApril 16
• 1844–1885Louis RielMétis leader in CanadaOctober 22
• 1844–1899Garret HobartVice President of the United States from 1897 to 1899June 3
• 1844–1921ʻAbdu'l-BaháHead of the Baháʼí Faith from 1892 to 1921May 23
• 1844–1889Gerard Manley HopkinsEnglish poet and Catholic priestJuly 28
• 1844–1916Thomas EakinsAmerican artistJuly 25
• 1844–1919Henry J. HeinzAmerican businessmanOctober 11
• 1844–1919Ismail QemaliFounder and 1st Prime Minister of AlbaniaJanuary 16
• 1844–1908Pablo de SarasateSpanish violinist and composerMarch 10
• 1844–1924G. Stanley HallAmerican psychologist and educatorFebruary 1
• 1844–1929Edward CarpenterEnglish poet and academicAugust 29
• 1844–1937Charles-Marie WidorFrench organist and composerFebruary 21
• 1844–1897Minna CanthFinnish writer and social activistMarch 19
• 1844–1909Joshua Slocum19th-century Canadian-American seaman; first to circumnavigate the world soloFebruary 20
• 1844–1865Lewis PowellAmerican soldier and conspiratorApril 22
• 1844–1927Marie Spartali StillmanEnglish painterMarch 10
• 1844–1934Cassius Marcellus CoolidgeAmerican painterSeptember 18
• 1844–1881George W. De LongAmerican polar explorerAugust 22
• 1844–1916Klas Pontus ArnoldsonSwedish author, journalist, politician and committed pacifistOctober 27
• 1844–1930Robert BridgesBritish poetOctober 23
• 1844–1935Adolphus GreelyAmerican polar explorer and army generalMarch 27
• 1844–1906Womesh Chunder BonnerjeeIndian politicianDecember 29
• 1844–1924Emily RueteSayyidaAugust 30
• 1844–1901Richard D'Oyly CarteEnglish theatre manager and producerMay 3
• 1844–1929Elijah McCoyCanadian inventor and engineerMay 2
• 1844–1900Dankmar AdlerAmerican architectJuly 3
• 1844–1930William Archibald SpoonerOxford donJuly 22
• 1844–1909Detlev von LiliencronGerman lyric poet and novelistJune 3
• 1844–1927Philip WicksteedEnglish economistOctober 25
• 1844–1909Miguel Ángel Juárez5th President of ArgentinaSeptember 29
• 1844–1934Francis William ReitzSouth African politician and statesmanOctober 5
• 1844–1890John Boyle O'ReillyIrish poet, journalist, author and activistJune 28
• 1844–1916John J. LoudAmerican lawyer and inventorNovember 2
• 1844–1922Richard Theodore GreenerAmerican lawyerJanuary 30
• 1844–1908Paul TaffanelFrench flautist, conductor and instructorSeptember 16
• 1844–1929Gustave SchlumbergerFrench historian and numismatistOctober 17
• 1844–1926Sanford B. DoleAmerican judge and Hawaii politicianApril 23
• 1844–1914Franz Xavier WernzDecember 4
• 1844–1896James Henry GreatheadEnglish mechanical and civil engineerAugust 6
• 1844–1930Robert StoutPremier of New Zealand (1884, 1884–1887)September 28
• 1844–1881Arthur O'ShaughnessyBritish poetMarch 14
• 1844–1913William LyneAustralian politicianApril 6
• 1844–1938Stefan DrzewieckiPolish engineer and inventorJuly 26
• 1844–1929Henri BergerPrussian-Hawaiian musical artistAugust 4
• 1844–1911Auguste Michel-LévyFrench geologistAugust 7
• 1844–1907John SeeAustralian politicianOctober 14
• 1844–1921Félix ArnaudinMay 30
• 1844–1906Oscar von GebhardtGerman Lutheran theologianJune 22
• 1844–1932Henry Eyster JacobsAmerican religious educator, Biblical commentator and Lutheran theologianNovember 10
• 1844–1893William H. IllingworthSeptember 20
• 1844–1918Abel HoadleyAustralian confectionerSeptember 10
• 1844–1921Ernest MyersBritish poet, Classicist and authorOctober 13
• 1844–1908Thomas-Alfred BernierCanadian politicianAugust 15
• 1844–1919Edward PulsfordAustralian politicianSeptember 29