Birth year 1844 celebrities

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Birth year 1844

Francis Leon Facts

Francis Leon (born Francis Patrick Glassey; 21 Nov 1844 – after 1883) was a blackface minstrel performer best known for his work as a female impersonator. He was largely responsible for making the prima donna a fixture of blackface minstrelsy.

Virginia Moon Facts

v*rginia Moon was born on September 11, 1844 in v*rginia, USA. She was an actress, known for Robin Hood (1922) and The Spanish Dancer (1923). She died in 1925 in Greenwich Village, New York, USA.Trivia (1)Spy for the Confederate Army during the Civil

Henri Rousseau Facts

Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (May 21, 1844 – September 2, 1910) was a French Post-Impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier (the customs officer), a humorous description of his occupation as a toll co

Cherokee Fisher Facts

William Charles “Cherokee” Fisher (November 1844 – September 26, 1912), was an American baseball pitcher.

Tennessee Celeste Claflin Facts

Tennessee Celeste Claflin (October 26, 1844 – January 18, 1923), also known as Tennie C., was an American suffragist best known as one of the first women to open a Wall Street brokerage firm. She was an advocate of legalized prostitution.

Louis Riel Facts

Louis David Riel (/ˈluːiː riːˈɛl/, 22 October 1844 – 16 November 1885) was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies. He led two resistance movements aga

Nikolai Skrydlov Facts

Nikolai Illarionovich Skrydlov (Russian: Николай Илларионович Скрыдлов), (1 April 1844 – 4 October 1918) was an admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy.

Emanuel Klein Facts

Sophia Tolstaya Facts

Countess Sophia Andreyevna Tolstaya (née Behrs; Russian: Со́фья Андре́евна Толста́я, sometimes Anglicised as Sophia Tolstoy; 22 August 1844 – 4 November 1919), was a Russian diarist and the wife of Russian novelist and thin

Minnie Dean Facts

Williamina “Minnie” Dean (September 2, 1844 – August 12, 1895) was a New Zealander who was found guilty of infanticide and hanged. She was the only woman to receive the death penalty in New Zealand, although several others were sentenced to capital

Gerard Manley Hopkins Facts

Reverend Father Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J. (28 July 1844 – 8 June 1889) was an English poet, Roman Catholic convert, and a Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame established him among the leading Victorian poets. His experimental explorations in pro

Princess Françoise of Orléans Facts

Françoise of Orléans (Françoise Marie Amélie; 14 August 1844 – 28 October 1925) was a member of the House of Orléans and by marriage Duchess of Chartres.