| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| David Belasco |
Playwright |
25-Jul-1853 |
14-May-1931 |
Madame Butterfly |
| W. Murray Crane |
Politician |
23-Apr-1853 |
2-Oct-1920 |
Governor and Senator from Massachusetts |
| Henri Alexandre Deslandres |
Astronomer |
24-Jul-1853 |
15-Jan-1948 |
Spectroheliograph |
| Edward F. Dunne |
Politician |
12-Oct-1853 |
24-May-1937 |
Governor of Illinois, 1913-17 |
| William Gillette |
Actor |
24-Jul-1853 |
29-Apr-1937 |
Portrayed Sherlock Holmes on the stage |
| Leander Starr Jameson |
Head of State |
9-Feb-1853 |
26-Nov-1917 |
Last Prime Minister of Capetown |
| Heike Kamerlingh Onnes |
Physicist |
21-Sep-1853 |
21-Feb-1926 |
Liquefied helium and discovered superconductivity |
| Philander Knox |
Government |
6-May-1853 |
12-Oct-1921 |
US Secretary of State, 1909-13 |
| Albrecht Kossel |
Scientist |
16-Sep-1853 |
5-Jul-1927 |
Chemistry of tissues and cells |
| Lillie Langtry |
Socialite |
13-Oct-1853 |
12-Feb-1929 |
Mistress of future King Edward VII |
| Frederick W. Lehmann |
Attorney |
28-Feb-1853 |
12-Sep-1931 |
US Solicitor General, 1910-12 |
| Hendrik Lorentz |
Physicist |
18-Jul-1853 |
4-Feb-1928 |
Electrons |
| José Martí |
Activist |
28-Jan-1853 |
19-May-1895 |
Cuban hero |
| Bat Masterson |
Government |
26-Nov-1853 |
25-Oct-1921 |
Frontier peace officer |
| Lawrence Maxwell, Jr. |
Attorney |
4-May-1853 |
18-Feb-1927 |
US Solicitor General, 1893-95 |
| Tom McLaury |
Criminal |
30-Jun-1853 |
26-Oct-1881 |
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral |
| Victor H. Metcalf |
Government |
10-Oct-1853 |
20-Feb-1936 |
US Secretary of the Navy, 1906-08 |
| André Michelin |
Business |
16-Jan-1853 |
4-Apr-1931 |
Founder of Michelin Group |
| William H. Moody |
Judge |
23-Feb-1853 |
2-Jul-1917 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1906-10 |
| Wilhelm Ostwald |
Chemist |
2-Sep-1853 |
4-Apr-1932 |
Ostwald's Law of Dilution and Conductivity |
| Thomas Nelson Page |
Author |
23-Apr-1853 |
1-Nov-1922 |
In Ole Virginia |
| Lucy Parsons |
Anarchist |
1853 |
7-Mar-1942 |
Anarchist labor organizer |
| Howard Pyle |
Artist |
5-Mar-1853 |
9-Nov-1911 |
Art Nouveau children's book illustrator |
| Cecil Rhodes |
Business |
5-Jul-1853 |
26-Mar-1902 |
De Beers |
| Henry Roberts |
Politician |
22-Jun-1853 |
1-May-1929 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1905-07 |
| John Frank Stevens |
Engineer |
25-Apr-1853 |
2-Jun-1943 |
Chief engineer of the Panama Canal |
| Elihu Thomson |
Inventor |
29-Mar-1853 |
13-Mar-1937 |
Electric welding and A/C motors |
| Herbert Beerbohm Tree |
Actor |
17-Dec-1853 |
2-Jul-1917 |
Founder, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Vincent van Gogh |
Painter |
30-Mar-1853 |
29-Jul-1890 |
Troubled and brilliant painter |
