Birth year 1859 celebrities
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Gus Leonard (4 February 1859 – 27 March 1939) was a French-born American film actor. He appeared in nearly 190 films between 1916 and 1937.
David L. Orr (September 29, 1859 – June 2, 1915) was a first baseman in Major League Baseball from 1883 through 1890. Orr played most of his career in the American Association for the New York Metropolitans (1883–1887), Brooklyn Bridegrooms (1888
Lucy Isabella Buckstone (September 1857 – 17 March 1893) was an English actress born to a noted British stage family. She was perhaps best remembered for her portrayals of Annette in the Leopold Davis Lewis drama The Bells, and Lucy Ormond in Peril
Josephine Silone Yates (1852 or November 15, 1859 – September 3, 1912), trained in chemistry, was one of the first black teachers hired at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, and, upon her promotion, the first black woman to head a coll
Samuel Marx, born Simon Marx according to his birth certificate (October 23, 1859 – May 10, 1933) was the husband of Minnie Marx, and father of the Marx Brothers.
William Frederick Krieg (January 29, 1859 – March 25. 1930) was a Major League Baseball player from 1884 to 1887. He won three batting titles in the minor leagues.
Yuan Shikai (16 September 1859 – 6 June 1916) was a Chinese general, politician and “emperor”, famous for his influence during the late Qing Dynasty, his role in the events leading up to the abdication of the last Qing Emperor, his autocratic rule
Henry Havelock Ellis, known as Havelock Ellis (2 February 1859 – 8 July 1939), was an English physician, writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer who studied human sexuality. He was co-author of the first medical textbook in English on
Thomas Jefferson Sullivan (1859 – October 13, 1909) was a catcher in Major League Baseball. Nicknamed “Sleeper” and “Old Iron Hands”, Sullivan played for the National League’s Buffalo Bisons, the American Association’s St. Louis Brown Stockings and
Ethel Charlotte Pedley (19 June 1859 – 6 August 1898) was an Australian author and musician.
Lionel H. “Leo” Smith (May 13, 1859 in Brooklyn, NY – August 30, 1935 in Brooklyn, NY) was a Major League Baseball shortstop. He played for the Rochester Broncos in 1890.
Edward Kimball (June 26, 1859 – January 4, 1938) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 63 films between 1912 and 1936. Like many older actors of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, he enjoyed a varied stage career on and off Broadwa