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Born in 1850

356 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Ferdinando Fontana

    librettist, translator

    1850–1919 · aged 69

    January 30 · 1850

    Source: SNAC

  2. Betzy Akersloot-Berg

    painter

    1850–1922 · aged 72

    December 16 · 1850

    Source: KulturNav

  3. Witold Zglenicki

    philanthropist, engineer

    1850–1904 · aged 54

    January 6 · 1850

    No external source identified

  4. Alfred Louis Delattre

    anthropologist, archaeologist

    1850–1932 · aged 81

    June 26 · 1850

    Source: Léonore database

  5. Fernand Foureau

    botanical collector, geographer

    1850–1914 · aged 63

    October 17 · 1850

    Source: Léonore database

  6. Nielsine Nielsen

    feminist, physician

    1850–1916 · aged 66

    June 10 · 1850

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon

  7. Bernhard Alexander

    philosopher, university teacher

    1850–1927

    April 13 · 1850

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  8. Fred Morley

    cricketer

    1850–1884 · aged 33

    December 16 · 1850

    No external source identified

  9. Zdenko Hans Skraup*

    chemist, university teacher

    Date disputed

    March 3 · 1850

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  10. Adolf Rosenberg

    art historian, writer

    1850–1906 · aged 56

    January 30 · 1850

    Source: WorldCat Entities

  11. Carl Robert

    archaeologist, art historian

    1850–1922 · aged 71

    March 8 · 1850

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  12. Agda Montelius

    philanthropist, women's rights activist

    1850–1920 · aged 70

    April 23 · 1850

    Source: Sveriges dödbok

  13. Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre

    university teacher, naturalist

    1850–1928

    July 14 · 1850

    Source: BnF authorities

  14. Agostino Richelmy

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1850–1923 · aged 72

    November 29 · 1850

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  15. Iver Holter

    conductor, composer

    1850–1941 · aged 90

    December 13 · 1850

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  16. Ida Baccini

    journalist, children's writer

    1850–1911 · aged 60

    May 16 · 1850

    Source: Dizionario degli scrittori italiani contemporanei pseudonimi: 1900-1975

  17. Martin N. Johnson

    politician, lawyer

    1850–1909 · aged 59

    March 3 · 1850

    Source: Find a Grave

  18. Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1850–1930 · aged 80

    January 17 · 1850

    Source: Find a Grave

  19. Sophie Keller

    opera singer

    1850–1929 · aged 78

    November 14 · 1850

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, 3rd edition

  20. Rosario de Acuña

    poet, writer

    1850–1923 · aged 72

    November 1 · 1850

    Source: improntaeditorial.com

  21. Emmy Achté

    opera singer

    1850–1924 · aged 74

    November 14 · 1850

    No external source identified

  22. William Richardson Linton

    botanist, Anglican priest

    1850–1908

    April 2 · 1850

    No external source identified

  23. Friedrich Karl Ginzel

    astronomer

    1850–1926 · aged 76

    February 23 · 1850

    Source: Persons of Indian Studies

  24. Max Lenz

    medievalist, historian

    1850–1932 · aged 81

    June 13 · 1850

    Source: BnF authorities

  25. Hermann Müller

    naturalist, oenologist

    1850–1927 · aged 76

    October 21 · 1850

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  26. Karl Budde

    Protestant theologian, Hebrew Bible scholar

    1850–1935 · aged 84

    April 13 · 1850

    Source: Marburger Professorenkatalog

  27. Charles Grandmougin

    writer, librettist

    1850–1930 · aged 80

    January 17 · 1850

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  28. Ivan Vasil'evich Mushketov

    explorer, university teacher

    1850–1902 · aged 52

    January 22 · 1850

    No external source identified

  29. Wilhelm Klein*

    classical archaeologist, art historian

    Date disputed

    November 20 · 1850

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  30. Ladislav Stroupežnický

    dramaturge, playwright

    1850–1892 · aged 42

    January 6 · 1850

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  31. Hildegard Thorell

    painter

    1850–1930 · aged 79

    May 22 · 1850

    Source: RKDartists

  32. Francesco Ragonesi

    nuncio, Catholic priest

    1850–1931 · aged 80

    December 21 · 1850

    No external source identified

  33. Mariette Rousseau

    botanical collector, mycologist

    1850–1926 · aged 75

    March 20 · 1850

    Source: Naming names: the first women taxonomists in mycology

  34. Hermann Zumpe

    musician, general music director

    1850–1903 · aged 53

    April 9 · 1850

    Source: SNAC

  35. Spencer Le Marchant Moore

    explorer, scientific illustrator

    1850–1931 · aged 80

    November 1 · 1850

    No external source identified

  36. Odo Reuter

    writer, poet

    1850–1913 · aged 63

    April 28 · 1850

    Source: Biographies of the Entomologists of the World

  37. Sergei Alferaki

    zoologist, ornithologist

    1850–1918

    1850

    Source: Biodiversity Heritage Library

  38. Sophie von Adelung

    painter, playwright

    1850–1927 · aged 77

    March 11 · 1850

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  39. Franciszek Rychnowski

    mechanical engineer, chemist

    1850–1929

    October 3 · 1850

    No external source identified

  40. Luigi Giuseppe Lasagna

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1850–1895 · aged 45

    March 4 · 1850

    No external source identified

  41. Carl Salemann

    literary historian, university teacher

    1850–1916 · aged 66

    January 9 · 1850

    No external source identified

  42. Alfred Morel-Fatio

    linguist, archaeologist

    1850–1924 · aged 74

    January 9 · 1850

    Source: Léonore database

  43. Babette von Bülow

    writer, playwright

    1850–1927 · aged 76

    September 30 · 1850

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  44. Porfiry Krylov

    botanical collector, scientific collector

    1850–1931 · aged 81

    August 13 · 1850

    Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia

  45. Pellegrino Matteucci

    explorer, traveler

    1850–1881 · aged 30

    October 12 · 1850

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  46. Geesje Mesdag-van Calcar

    art collector, painter

    1850–1936 · aged 85

    July 2 · 1850

    Source: RKDartists

  47. Giuseppe Mori

    Catholic priest

    1850–1934 · aged 84

    January 24 · 1850

    No external source identified

  48. Aleksey Afanas'ev

    painter

    1850–1920

    December 12 · 1850

    No external source identified

  49. Friedrich Lüthi

    sport shooter

    1850–1913 · aged 62

    December 19 · 1850

    No external source identified

  50. Frédéric Bataille

    botanist, writer

    1850–1946 · aged 95

    July 17 · 1850

    Source: La France savante

  51. Arthur Meyer

    botanist, naturalist

    1850–1922 · aged 72

    March 17 · 1850

    No external source identified

  52. Adelina Lopes Vieira

    teacher, playwright

    1850–1923 · aged 72

    September 20 · 1850

    No external source identified

  53. Pauline Chaponnière-Chaix

    nurse, suffragist

    1850–1934 · aged 84

    November 1 · 1850

    Source: lonsea.de

  54. Emil Ábrányi*

    writer, journalist

    Date disputed

    December 31 · 1850

    Source: Magyar életrajzi lexikon

  55. Arsène Vermenouze

    writer, poet

    1850–1910 · aged 59

    September 26 · 1850

    Source: BnF authorities

  56. John McGraw

    politician, lawyer

    1850–1910 · aged 59

    October 4 · 1850

    Source: Find a Grave

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