Horace Mann (1796-1859)
Politician
1
John Brown (1800-1859)
War Hero
2
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859)
Engineer
3
Washington Irving (1783-1859)
Novelist
4
Alexander Vonhumboldt (1769-1859)
Explorer
5
Allan Robertson (1815-1859)
Golfer
6
Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859)
7
Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798-1859)
8
Sydney, Lady Morgan (1781-1859)
9
Robert Stephenson (1803-1859)
10
William H. Prescott (1796-1859)
Historian
11
Isaac Thomas (1784-1859)
12
Bettina Von Arnim (1785-1859)
13
Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859)
14
Louis Spohr (1784-1859)
Composer
15
Thomas Dequincey (1785-1859)
Essayist
16
Carl Adolph Agardh (1785-1859)
Religious Leader
17
Celebrities Born in 1859
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