King C. Gillette (1855-1932)
Jan 5 American businessman and inventor of inexpensive and disposable safety razor blades, born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
- Jan 10 Peter J. Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People) (d. 1929)
- Jan 15 Jacques Damala [Aristides Damalas], Greek military officer and actor, born in Piraeus, Greece (d. 1889)
- Jan 20 Ernest Chausson, French Romantic composer (Poème; Solitude dance le bois), born in Paris, France (d. 1899)
- Jan 22 Albert Neisser, German physician who discovered the bacteria that cause gonorrhea and leprosy, born in Schweidnitz, Prussian Empire (d. 1916)
- Jan 22 Ernst Kullak, German pianist, and composer of parlor music, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1914)
- Jan 23 John Moses Browning, American weapons manufacturer, born in Ogden, Utah Territory (d. 1926)
- Jan 26 Arthur Hervey, Irish orchestral and operatic composer, and musicologist, born in Paris, France (d. 1922)
- Jan 28 William Seward Burroughs, American inventor of the 1st workable adding machine, born in rural New York (d. 1898)
- Feb 13 Paul Deschanel, French President (d. 1922)
- Feb 15 Gustav Hollaender, German violinist, conductor, and composer, born in Leobschütz, Germany (d. 1915)
- Feb 17 Aleksander Różycki, Polish pianist, composer, and music teacher, born in Zhitomir, Russian Empire (d. 1915)
- Feb 17 Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey during WWI, born in Stolp, Prussia (d. 1929)
- Feb 19 John Morrill, American baseball first baseman and manager (National League pennant: 1877, 78, 83; Boston Red Caps/Beaneaters), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1932)
- Feb 21 Alice Freeman Palmer, American educator (President of Wesley College), born in Colesville, New York (d. 1902)
- Feb 25 Cesário Verde, Portuguese poet (d. 1886)
- Feb 25 George Bonnor, Australian cricket batsman (17 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 128; NSW CA, Victoria CA), born in Bathurst, Australia (d. 1912)
- Mar 1 Paul Hines, American MLB outfielder (Triple Crown 1878, Providence Grays), born in Virginia (d. 1935)
- Mar 12 John White, American organist and composer based in Germany, born in West Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1902)
Percival Lowell (1855-1916)
Mar 13 American astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto) and founder of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, born in Boston, Massachusetts
Andrew Mellon (1855-1937)
Mar 24 American banker (Mellon Bank), industrialist and Secretary of the Treasury (1921-32), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Mar 24 Olive Schreiner, South African writer (Portrait of a South African Woman), born in Wittebergen, Eastern Cape (d. 1920)
- Mar 27 Alfred Ewing, Scottish Physicist (magnetic properties of metals, hysteresis), born in Dundee, Angus, Scotland (d. 1935)
- Mar 31 Alfred E. Hunt, founder of Alcoa (d. 1899)
- Apr 9 Gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author and poet, born in Kuzmice, Topoľčany District, Slovakia (d. 1889)
- Apr 9 Joseph Hellmesberger Jr., Austrian composer, violinist, and conductor, born in Vienna, Austrian Empire (d. 1907)
- Apr 18 Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen), born in Amsterdam (d. 1946)
- Apr 18 Josef Gruber, Austrian organist and composer, born in Wösendorf in the Wachau (d. 1933)
- Apr 29 Anatoly Liadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake), born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1914)
- Apr 29 Edmund van der Straeten, German composer, born in Düsseldorf, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1934)
- May 1 Cecilia Beaux, American portrait painter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1942)
- May 2 Theodore Moses Tobani, German composer, born in Hamburg, German Confederation (d. 1933)
- May 7 Willie Fernie, Scottish golfer (British Open 1883), born in St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland (d. 1924)
- May 8 John Gates ("Bet-a-million" Gates), American inventor and industrialist who established the market for barbed wire fencing, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1911)
- May 9 Julius Röntgen, German-Dutch composer, born in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1932)
- May 12 Anatoly Lyadov, Russian composer (From the Apocalypse; Bewitched Lake), conductor, and pedagogue (St. Petersburg Conservatory, 1878-1914), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1914)
- May 15 Eduard von Keyserling, Baltic German writer (Dritte Stiege), born in Schloss Tels-Paddern, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1918)
- May 21 Emile Verhaeren, Belgian poet and writer (Les Flammes Hautes), born in Sint-Amands, Belgium (d. 1916)
- May 24 Arthur Wing Pinero, English actor and playwright, born in London (d. 1934)
- Jun 4 Inukai Tsuyoshi, Japanese politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1931-32), born in Niwase, Japan (d. 1932)
- Jun 14 Robert M. La Follette, American lawyer and presidential candidate (Progressive), born in Primrose, Wisconsin (d. 1925)
- Jun 17 Fritz Steinbach, German conductor and composer, born in Grünsfeld, Germany (d. 1916)
- Jun 22 Sam Morris, Australian cricket all-rounder (1 Test; 1st black & of West Indian origin to rep. Australia in a Test), born in Hobart, Australia (d. 1931)
- Jun 23 Maude Valérie White, French-born English composer, born near Dieppe, Normandy (d. 1937)
- Jul 3 Piotr Maszyński, Polish composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1934)
- Jul 7 Ludwig Ganghofer, German writer whose novels were often made into films (Hubertus Castle), born in Kaufbeuren, Bavaria (d. 1920)
- Jul 9 Paul Zilcher, German pianist, composer, and piano teacher, born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany (d. 1943)
- Jul 14 Richard Samuel Hughes, Welsh composer and pianist, born in Aberystwyth, Wales (d. 1893)
- Jul 16 C. F. Abdy Williams, British organist, composer, and musicologist, born in Dawlish, England (d. 1923)
- Jul 19 Emil Paur, Austrian conductor (Boston Symphony; New York Philharmonic; Pittsburgh Symphony; Berlin State Opera), born in Czernowitz, Austria (d. 1932)
- Jul 25 Edward Solomon, English pianist and composer, chiefly of operettas, born in Lambeth, London, England (d. 1895)
- Jul 26 Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher, born in Oldenswort, Germany (d. 1936)
- Jul 30 James E. Kelly, American sculptor "Sculptor of American History", born in New York City (d. 1933)
- Aug 3 Joe Hunter, English cricket wicket-keeper (5 Tests, 11 dismissals; Yorkshire CCC), born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England (d. 1891)
- Aug 11 Dick Pilling, English cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests, 14 dismissals; Lancashire CCC), born in Old Warden, England (d. 1891)
- Aug 11 John Hodges, Australian cricket fast bowler (2 Tests [first 2 played], 6 wickets; Victoria), born in London, England (d. 1933)
- Aug 18 Alfred Wallis, English artist and mariner, born in Devonport, Devon, England (d. 1942)
- Aug 20 Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet and interpreter (Laodania), born in Omsk, Russian Empire (d. 1909) [NS Sept 1]
- Aug 31 Stefan Surzynski, Polish conductor and composer, born in Srem, Poland (d. 1919)
- Sep 1 Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet, critic and interpreter, born in Omsk, Russian Empire (d. 1909)
- Sep 6 Ferdinand Hummel, German composer, born in Berlin, Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1928)
- Sep 7 William Friese-Greene, British photographer and inventor (motion pictures), born in Bristol, England (d. 1921)
- Sep 9 Anthony Francis Lucas, Croatian-American oil exploration pioneer, born in Split, Austria-Hungary (d. 1921)
- Sep 9 Houston Stewart Chamberlain, British-German philosopher (wrote works about political philosophy and natural science), born in Southsea, Hampshire, England (d. 1927)
- Sep 12 Jacobus of Looy, Dutch writer and painter (Death of My Cat), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1930)
- Sep 12 Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian politician and 12th Premier of Quebec (1900-05), born in Beauport, Quebec City (d. 1920)
- Sep 28 Thomas Frederick Tout, British historian (Manchester school of historiography), born in London, England (d. 1929)
- Sep 29 Michele Esposito, Italian composer who worked in Ireland, born in Castellamare di Stabia (d. 1929)
- Oct 8 Gustav Ehrismann, German author and expert on the German language, born in Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg (d. 1941)
- Oct 12 Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor (Berlin Philharmonic), born in Mosonszentmiklós, Hungary (d. 1922)
- Oct 12 August Sauer, Austrian literature historian (Euphorion), born in Wiener Neustadt, Austria (d. 1926)
- Oct 14 George Edwardes, British composer (Gaiety Girl), born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England (d. 1915)
- Oct 16 Camille Looten, French=Flemish priest and literature historian (Flemish committee of France), born in Noordpeene, Belgium (d. 1944)
- Oct 16 Samedbey Mehmandarov, Russian general (d. 1931)
- Oct 24 James S. Sherman, 27th Vice President of the United States (1909-1912), born in Utica, New York (d. 1912)
- Oct 28 Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Russian botanist (more than 300 new types of fruit), born in Vershino estate, Russia (d. 1935)
- Oct 29 Paul Bruchési, French Canadian Catholic archbishop of Montreal, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1939)
- Nov 1 Guido Adler, Bohemian-Austrian musicologist (Still in the Music), born in Eibenschütz, Moravia, Austrian Empire (d. 1942)
- Nov 5 Eugene V. Debs, American labor leader and Socialist presidential candidate, born in Terre Haute, Indiana (d. 1926)
- Nov 5 Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (discovered the stratosphere), born in Paris, France (d. 1913)
- Nov 6 Ezra Seymour Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist, born in Kenton County, Kentucky (d. 1942)
- Nov 6 Iosif Kotek, Russian composer and violinist, born in Kamenets-Podolsk, Ukraine (d. 1885)
- Nov 7 Edwin Hall, American physicist (discovered Hall effect), born in Gorham, Maine (d. 1938)
- Nov 13 Daniel François Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist and banker, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1927)
- Nov 19 Billy Bates, English cricket all-rounder (15 Tests, 5 x 50, 50 wickets, BB 7/28, hat-trick 1883; Yorkshire CCC), born in Huddersfield, England (d. 1900)
- Nov 20 Josiah Royce, American philosopher (Conception of Immortality), born in Grass Valley, California (d. 1916)
- Nov 23 Frank Friday Fletcher, American Naval Admiral (Medal of Order for Battle of Veracruz), born in Oskaloosa, Iowa (d. 1928)
- Nov 30 Willem Treub, Dutch economist and politician, born in Voorschoten, Netherlands (d. 1931)
- Dec 5 Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist and ornithologist, born in New York City (d. 1942)
- Dec 10 Henry Nicholas Ridley, British botanist (Malay Peninsula rubber industry), born in West Harling, Norfolk, England (d. 1956)
- Dec 11 Julian Edwards, American composer, born in Manchester, England (d. 1910)
- Dec 23 Alan Gray, British composer (Trinity College), born in York, England (d. 1935)
- Dec 26 Arnold Mendelssohn, German composer, born in Ratibor, Province of Silesia (now Poland) (d. 1933)
- Dec 27 Paul Ehrenreich, German ethnologist and mythologist, born in Berlin (d. 1914)
- Dec 30 Heinrich Hart, German writer (Song of Humanity), born in Wesel, Westphalia (d. 1906)
- Dec 31 Giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist & poet, born in San Mauro Pascoli, Italy (d. 1912)
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30-39
40-49
50-59
80-89
Over 90