Born in 1853

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• 1853–1932Wilhelm OstwaldGerman chemist and philosopherSeptember 2
• 1853–1917Hussein Kamel of EgyptSultan of Egypt from 1914 to 1917November 21
• 1853–1920Sarada DeviWife of Hindu mysticDecember 22
• 1853–1918Ferdinand HodlerSwiss painterMarch 14
• 1853–1933Alva BelmontAmerican suffragistJanuary 17
• 1853–1911Howard PyleAmerican illustrator and authorMarch 5
• 1853–1933Oskar PotiorekAustro-Hungarian general and officialNovember 20
• 1853–1921Bat MastersonAmerican army scout, lawman, gambler, and journalistNovember 26
• 1853–1927Albrecht KosselGerman biochemist and pioneer in the study of geneticsSeptember 16
• 1853–1906Stanford WhiteAmerican architectNovember 9
• 1853–1921Vladimir KorolenkoRussian writerJuly 27
• 1853–1939Vladimir ShukhovRussian polymath, engineer, scientist and architectAugust 28
• 1853–1925Gregorio Ricci-CurbastroItalian mathematicianJanuary 12
• 1853–1947Ian HamiltonBritish Army officerJanuary 16
• 1853–1937Elihu ThomsonEnglish-American engineer and inventorMarch 29
• 1853–1928Frank DickseeEnglish Victorian painter and illustratorNovember 27
• 1853–1931André MichelinFrench industrialistJanuary 16
• 1853–1920Alexius MeinongAustrian philosopherJuly 17
• 1853–1915Remy de GourmontFrench writerApril 4
• 1853–1917Teresa CarreñoVenezuelan pianist, soprano, composer, and conductorDecember 22
• 1853–1933Émile RouxFrench physicianDecember 17
• 1853–1929André MessagerFrench composer and conductorDecember 30
• 1853–1902John Henry TwachtmanAmerican impressionist painterAugust 4
• 1853–1932Dan BrouthersAmerican baseball playerMay 8
• 1853–1914Jules LemaîtreFrench critic and dramatistApril 27
• 1853–1919Evgraf FedorovRussian mathematician and crystallographerDecember 22
• 1853–1923Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-MeiningenGerman princessSeptember 23
• 1853–1932René BazinFrench novelistDecember 26
• 1853–1926Fred SpofforthAustralian cricketerSeptember 9
• 1853–1932Georgios JakobidesGreek painterJanuary 11
• 1853–1921Sophie ElkanSwedish writer and translatorJanuary 3
• 1853–1909Jacob GordinAmerican dramatistMay 1
• 1853–1920Winthrop M. CraneAmerican politicianApril 23
• 1853–1930Thomas MackenziePrime minister of New Zealand in 1912March 10
• 1853–1927John Drew Jr.19th/20th-century American actorNovember 13
• 1853–1905Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy CavaignacFrench politicianMay 21
• 1853–1931Hara Prasad ShastriIndian Sanskrit scholar and archivistDecember 6
• 1853–1944Helen Magill WhiteAmerican classicist.November 28
• 1853–1919Henning von HoltzendorffImperial German Navy officialJanuary 9
• 1853–1930T. Alexander HarrisonAmerican painterJanuary 17
• 1853–1924Ponnambalam ArunachalamCeylonese civil servantSeptember 14
• 1853–1937Johnston Forbes-RobertsonEnglish actorJanuary 16
• 1853–1942Charles Fitzpatrick20th-century Chief Justice of Canada and Lieutenant Governor of QuebecDecember 19
• 1853–1942Jessie BondEnglish singer and actorJanuary 10
• 1853–1937Hans MolischCzech-Austrian botanistDecember 6
• 1853–1924Anna BayerováCzech medical doctorNovember 4
• 1853–1909Karl August Otto HoffmannGerman botanistOctober 25
• 1853–1929William Turner DannatAmerican artistJuly 9
• 1853–1924August Belmont Jr.American financierFebruary 18
• 1853–1912Frederick CorbettRecipient of the Victoria CrossSeptember 17
• 1853–1923Elizabeth PlankintonAmerican philanthropistJuly 27
• 1853–1917Luther D. BradleyAmerican cartoonistSeptember 29
• 1853–1936Arnoldo SartorioGerman composerMarch 30
• 1853–1924John William KendrickOctober 14
• 1853–1902John Marks MooreAmerican attorney and politicianJanuary 23