Born in 1856

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• 1856–1915Frederick Winslow TaylorAmerican mechanical engineerMarch 20
• 1856–1921Theobald von Bethmann HollwegChancellor of the German Empire from 1909 to 1917November 29
• 1856–1925H. Rider HaggardEnglish adventure novelistJune 22
• 1856–1924Louis SullivanAmerican architectSeptember 3
• 1856–1922Andrey MarkovRussian mathematicianJune 14
• 1856–1918Georgi PlekhanovRussian Marxist theorist and philosopherDecember 11
• 1856–1919Alfred DeakinAustralian statesmanAugust 3
• 1856–1941Louis BrandeisUS Supreme Court justice from 1916 to 1939November 13
• 1856–1916Ivan FrankoUkrainian poet and writerAugust 27
• 1856–1952Pedro LascuráinPresident of Mexico for 45 minutes in 1913May 8
• 1856–1926Emil KraepelinGerman psychiatristFebruary 15
• 1856–1937Frank B. KelloggAmerican lawyer and statesmanDecember 22
• 1856–1915Keir HardieScottish socialist and founder of the British Labour PartyAugust 15
• 1856–1910Mikhail VrubelRussian artistMarch 17
• 1856–1929Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of RussiaRussian grand duke and generalNovember 18
• 1856–1921Hara TakashiPrime Minister of Japan from 1918 to 1921February 9
• 1856–1920Svetozar BoroevićAustro-Hungarian field marshalDecember 13
• 1856–1927Carl RungeGerman mathematician and physicistAugust 30
• 1856–1927Ahad Ha'amHebrew-language essayist, poet, and critic of early ZionismAugust 18
• 1856–1910Henri-Edmond CrossFrench Neo-Impressionist painterMay 20
• 1856–1942Louis Franchet d'EspèreyFrench general during World War IMay 25
• 1856–1910Granville WoodsAmerican inventorApril 23
• 1856–1929José Batlle y OrdóñezUruguayan politicianMay 21
• 1856–1941Émile PicardFrench mathematicianJuly 24
• 1856–1953Sergei WinogradskyUkrainian and Russian microbiologistSeptember 1
• 1856–1941Christian SindingNorwegian composerJanuary 11
• 1856–1894Thomas Joannes StieltjesDutch mathematicianDecember 29
• 1856–1910Jean MoréasGreek poet, essayist, and art criticApril 15
• 1856–1941John LaveryIrish painterMarch 20
• 1856–1922Thomas E. WatsonAmerican politicianSeptember 5
• 1856–1925William MasseyPrime minister of New Zealand from 1912 to 1925March 26
• 1856–1915William WillettBritish builderAugust 10
• 1856–1917Matthias ZurbriggenSwiss mountaineerMay 15
• 1856–1931Daniel Hale WilliamsAmerican cardiologistJanuary 18
• 1856–1915Karl LamprechtGerman historianFebruary 25
• 1856–1924Robert NivelleFrench artillery general officerOctober 15
• 1856–1912Anton AškercSlovenian poet and Roman Catholic priestJanuary 9
• 1856–1928Eddie Foy19th- and 20th-century American actorMarch 9
• 1856–1937Colin Campbell CooperAmerican painterMarch 8
• 1856–1930Joseph WardPrime Minister of New Zealand (1906–1912, 1928–1930)April 26
• 1856–1923Kate Douglas WigginAmerican writerSeptember 28
• 1856–1909Giuseppe MartucciItalian composerJanuary 6
• 1856–1940Harriot Stanton BlatchAmerican writer and suffragistJanuary 20
• 1856–1902Pud GalvinAmerican baseball playerDecember 25
• 1856–1936Dragutin Gorjanović-KrambergerCroatian paleontologist, geologist and archaeologistOctober 25
• 1856–1909Jakub Bart-ĆišinskiSorbian writerAugust 20
• 1856–1938Frederick William Vanderbilt19th and 20th-century American businessmanFebruary 2
• 1856–1917Diamond Jim BradyAmerican businessmanAugust 12
• 1856–1937Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of AllingtonBritish politicianApril 12
• 1856–1929Bramwell BoothGeneral of The Salvation ArmyMarch 8
• 1856–1930Henry Chapman MercerArcheologist and designer in the USJune 24
• 1856–1903Arthur ShrewsburyEnglish cricketerApril 11
• 1856–1883George CoulthardAustralian sportsmanAugust 1
• 1856–1904Aparicio SaraviaUruguayan politician and military leaderAugust 16
• 1856–1934Thomas Anstey GuthrieEnglish authorAugust 8
• 1856–1917Fredericus van Rossum du ChattelDutch painterFebruary 10
• 1856–1929Louis MarshallAmerican lawyer and Jewish leaderDecember 14
• 1856–1889Charles LerouxAmerican balloonist and parachutistOctober 31
• 1856–1940Mathias ZdarskyAlpine skierFebruary 25
• 1856–1905Makar YekmalyanArmenian composerFebruary 2