Famous People Born in October 1859

Oct 3 Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (Les Misérables, Thérèse Raquin), born near Vigevano, Italy (d. 1924)

Oct 9 French Jewish artillery officer (Dreyfus Affair), born in Mulhouse, France

Oct 14 Camille Chevillard, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1923)
Oct 15 Jaime de Magalhães Lima, Portuguese author and poet (Salmos do Prisoneiro), born in Vera Cruz, Portugal (d. 1936)
Oct 16 Henryk Pachulski, Polish pianist, composer, and educator (Moscow Conservatory, 1886-1917), born in Łazy, Poland (d. 1921)
Oct 17 William "Buck" Ewing, American Baseball HOF catcher (NL home run leader 1883 NY Giants; Cincinnati Reds) and manager (NY Giants, Cincinnati Reds), born in Hoagland, Ohio (d. 1906)
Oct 18 Henri Bergson, French philosopher (Creative Evolution-Nobel 1927)
Oct 18 Paolo Orsi, Rovereto, Italian Archaeologist (Sicilian excavations)
Oct 20 George Studd, English cricket batsman (4 Tests; Middlesex), born in Netheravon, Wiltshire, England (d. 1945)

Oct 20 American philosopher, educational theorist and writer (learn by doing), born in Burlington, Vermont

Oct 25 Hélène Swarth, Dutch author (Lonely Flowers), born in Amsterdam (d. 1941)
Oct 26 Arthur Friedheim, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1932)
Oct 26 Frank Selee, American Baseball HOF manager (5 x NL C'ship Boston Beaneaters; Chicago Orphans/Cubs), born in Amherst, New Hampshire (d. 1909)
Oct 29 Charles Ebbets, American sports executive (co-owner of Brooklyn Dodgers 1897-1902), born in NYC, New York (d. 1925)
Oct 30 Karl von Stürgkh, Austrian nobleman and politician (Prime Minister, 1911-16), born in Graz, Austrian Empire (d. 1916)