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Famous People Born in March 1858

  • Mar 1 Georg Simmel, German philosopher and sociologist, born in Berlin, Prussia (d. 1918)
  • Mar 7 Nikolai Artzibushev, Russian composer, born in Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire (d. 1937)
  • Mar 13 Maximilien Luce, French painter, born in Paris (d. 1941)
  • Mar 15 Liberty Hyde Bailey, American botanist, horticulturalist and writer (Hortus), born in South Haven, Michigan (d. 1954)
  • Mar 16 Bud Fowler, American Baseball HOF executive (earliest known African-American player in organized pro baseball), born in Fort Plain, New York (d. 1913)

Rudolf Diesel (1858-1913)

Mar 18 French-born German engineer who invented the diesel engine, born in Paris

  • Mar 23 Ludwig Quidde, German politician and pacifist (Nobel Peace Prize 1927), born in Bremen (d. 1941)
  • Mar 27 Peter C. Lutkin, American composer, born in Thomp­son­ville, Wis­con­sin (d. 1931)
  • Mar 30 Siegfried Alkan, German composer, born in Dillingen, Saarland, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1941)