1856 Births
- Freud, Sigmund (6 May)
- Haggard, H. Rider (22 June)
- Lascurain, Pedro
- Pétain, Henri Philippe (24 April)
- Peary, Robert E. (6 May)
- Shaw, George Bernard (26 July)
- Tesla, Nikola (10 July)
- Washington, Booker T. (5 April)
- Wilson, Woodrow (28 December)