Born in the 19th Century

Renowned for his extraordinary powers of deduction, attention to detail, and eccentric personality, Sherlock Holmes is celebrated as the world’s…

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stands among the most influential literary figures of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Best…

James Abram Garfield, the 20th President of the United States, was born on 19 November 1831 in a small log…

Rutherford B. Hayes Biography Rutherford Birchard Hayes, the 19th President of the United States, was born on 4 October 1822…

Ulysses S. Grant Biography Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, was born on 27 April 1822…

Andrew Johnson Biography Andrew Johnson, the 17th President of the United States, was born on 29 December 1808 in Raleigh,…

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was born on 12 February 1809 in a one-room log cabin…

Franklin Pierce Biography Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States, was born on 23 November 1804 in Hillsborough,…

Carl Gustav Jung was born on 26 July 1875 in Kesswil, Switzerland. He became one of the most influential figures…

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was born on 2 February 1882 in Rathgar, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. He became one…

Leon Trotsky was born Lev Davidovich Bronstein on 7 November 1879 in Yanovka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire, now part of…

Helen Adams Keller was born on 27 June 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama, United States. She became one of the most…

Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, better known to the world as Mata Hari, was born on 7 August 1876 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands.…

Ernest Hemingway was born on 21 July 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois, and became one of the most influential and…

Alfred Hitchcock, born Alfred Joseph Hitchcock on 13 August 1899 in Leytonstone, Essex, England, is often regarded as one of…

Henry Ford, the pioneering American industrialist who revolutionised the automobile industry and transformed manufacturing, was born on 30 July 1863…