Editing 1854 in science (section)

==Births==
* January 27 – [[George Alexander Gibson]] (died [[1913 in science|1913]]), [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[physician]] and [[geologist]].
* January 29 – [[Fred Baker (physician)|Fred Baker]] (died [[1938 in science|1938]]), [[Americans|American]] physician and naturalist.
* February 9 – [[Aletta Jacobs]] (died [[1929 in science|1929]]), [[Dutch people|Dutch]] physician and women's suffrage activist.
* March 4 – [[Napier Shaw]] (died [[1945 in science|1945]]), [[English people|English]] [[meteorologist]].
* March 15 – [[Emil Adolf von Behring]] (died [[1917 in science|1917]]), [[German people|German]] [[physiologist]], winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] in 1901.
* March 31 – [[Dugald Clerk]] (died [[1932 in science|1932]]), Scottish [[mechanical engineer]].
* April 28 – [[Hertha Marks Ayrton|Phoebe Marks, ''later'' Hertha Ayrton]] (died [[1923 in science|1923]]), English [[electrical engineer]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Catharine M. C.|last=Haines|title=International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950|location=Santa Barbara|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2001|isbn=978-1-57607-090-1|page=12}}</ref>
* April 29 – [[Henri Poincaré]] (died [[1912 in science|1912]]),  [[French people|French]] [[mathematician]].
* May 11 – [[Ottmar Mergenthaler]] (died [[1899 in science|1899]]), German-born inventor.
* June 13 – [[Charles Algernon Parsons]] (died [[1931 in science|1931]]), [[British people|British]] inventor of the [[steam turbine]].
* July 12 – [[George Eastman]] (suicide 1932), [[Americans|American]] [[Photography|photographic]] inventor.
* July 23 – [[Birt Acres]] (died [[1918 in science|1918]]), [[United States|American]]-born cinematographic inventor.
* July 28 – [[Victor Babeș]] (died [[1926 in science|1926]]), Austrian-born [[Romanians|Romanian]] physician and [[bacteriologist]].
* October 3 – [[Hermann Struve]] (died [[1920 in science|1920]]), [[Russia]]n-born [[astronomer]].