Born in 1859

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• 1859–1925George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of KedlestonViceroy of India from 1899 to 1905January 11
• 1859–1927Svante ArrheniusSwedish scientistFebruary 19
• 1859–1920Venustiano CarranzaPresident of Mexico from 1914 to 1920December 29
• 1859–1927Jerome K. JeromeEnglish writer and humoristMay 2
• 1859–1916Sholem AleichemYiddish author and playwrightMarch 2
• 1859–1932Kenneth GrahameScottish writerMarch 8
• 1859–1943Alexandre MillerandFrench lawyer and statesmanFebruary 10
• 1859–1947Carrie Chapman CattAmerican social reformer and suffragistJanuary 9
• 1859–1935Hugo JunkersGerman aviation pioneerFebruary 3
• 1859–1936A. E. HousmanEnglish classicist and poetMarch 26
• 1859–1935John Jellicoe, 1st Earl JellicoeRoyal Navy Admiral of the FleetDecember 5
• 1859–1916Thibaw MinKing of Burma from 1878 to 1885January 1
• 1859–1905Aleksandr PopovRussian physicistMarch 16
• 1859–1935Childe HassamAmerican painterOctober 17
• 1859–1896George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.American civil engineerFebruary 14
• 1859–1933Francesc MaciàCatalan politicianSeptember 21
• 1859–1947Sidney Webb, 1st Baron PassfieldEnglish socialist economistJuly 13
• 1859–1929Katharine Lee BatesAmerican poet, author, and professor; writer of "America the Beautiful"August 12
• 1859–1937Henry Ossawa TannerAmerican painterJune 21
• 1859–1925Walter CampAmerican football player and coachApril 7
• 1859–1936Bertha PappenheimAustrian-Jewish feministFebruary 27
• 1859–1909Francisco Ferrer19th and 20th-century Catalan anarchist and educationistJanuary 10
• 1859–1934Cass GilbertAmerican architectNovember 24
• 1859–1924Victor HerbertIrish-American composerFebruary 1
• 1859–1919Adolf HurwitzGerman mathematicianMarch 26
• 1859–1943Kostis PalamasGreek poetJanuary 13
• 1859–1925Fanny Bullock WorkmanAmerican mountaineerJanuary 8
• 1859–1938Samuel AlexanderAustralian-born British philosopherJanuary 6
• 1859–1949Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of BavariaPhysician and generalOctober 22
• 1859–1935Mikhail Ippolitov-IvanovRussian composerNovember 19
• 1859–1924Cecil SharpEnglish folklorist and song collectorNovember 22
• 1859–1925Johan JensenDanish mathematician and engineerMay 8
• 1859–1931Charles ComiskeyAmerican baseball player, manager, team ownerAugust 15
• 1859–1927Paul César HelleuFrench painterDecember 17
• 1859–1932William Alden SmithAmerican politicianMay 12
• 1859–1906Ernesto CesàroItalian mathematicianMarch 12
• 1859–1935Tsubouchi ShōyōJapanese author and playwrightMay 22
• 1859–1960Christopher HornsrudNorwegian politicianNovember 15
• 1859–1936Gustave KahnFrench Symbolist poet and art criticDecember 21
• 1859–1932Christian von EhrenfelsAustrian philosopherJune 20
• 1859–1932Emanuel NobelSwedish oil baronJune 10
• 1859–1930Akiyama YoshifuruJapanese generalFebruary 9
• 1859–1912Charles Brantley AycockAmerican politicianNovember 1
• 1859–1940Édouard MichelinFrench industrialistJune 23
• 1859–1933Julius KlengelGerman musicianSeptember 24
• 1859–1943Vittorio SellaItalian photographer and mountaineerAugust 28
• 1859–1944William StephensAmerican politicianDecember 26
• 1859–1905Vjenceslav NovakCroatian writerSeptember 11
• 1859–1945Rettamalai SrinivasanIndian scheduled caste activist and politicianJuly 7
• 1859–1938Abbie PrattAmerican golferMarch 21
• 1859–1938Lida HowellAmerican archerAugust 28
• 1859–1886William Bliss BakerAmerican artistNovember 27
• 1859–1939Willy HessGerman violinistJuly 14
• 1859–1927George GiffenAustralian cricketerMarch 27
• 1859–1923Michael Joseph OwensAmerican inventorJanuary 1
• 1859–1929I. L. Patterson18th Governor of OregonSeptember 17
• 1859–1935Reinhold SeebergGerman Lutheran theologianApril 5
• 1859–1942Frank Dawson AdamsCanadian geologistSeptember 17
• 1859–1946John L. BatesAmerican politicianSeptember 18
• 1859–1940Philippe Bunau-VarillaFrench engineer and lobbyistJuly 26