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Famous People Born in 1859
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
Billy the Kid
Baby-faced outlaw of the 19th-century American West
Curie, Pierre
(
May 15
)
The scientist husband of Marie Curie
Dewey, John
(
October 20
)
Pragmatist educator of the early 20th century
Doyle, Arthur Conan
(
May 22
)
The creator of Sherlock Holmes
Dreyfus, Alfred
(
October 9
)
The French captain wrongly accused of treason in 1894
Kaiser Wilhelm II
(
January 27
)
The ruler of Germany during World War I
Zamenhof, Ludwig Lazarus
(
December 15
)
The inventor of the language Esperanto
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