Ernest Renshaw (1861-1899)
Jan 3 British tennis player and Wimbledon singles (1888) and with twin brother William doubles champion (1884-86, 1888-89), born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
- Jan 3 William Renshaw, British tennis player and Wimbledon singles (1881-86, 1889 and with twin brother Ernest doubles champion (1884-86, 1888-89), born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England (d. 1904)
- Jan 5 Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, Austrian violinist and composer (Kaleidoscope), born in Graz, Austria (d. 1928)
- Jan 6 George Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian, born in London (d. 1940)
- Jan 6 Victor Horta, Belgium architect, founder of Art Nouveau movement (Hôtel Tassel), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1947)
- Jan 12 James Mark Baldwin, American philosopher and psychologist, born in Columbia, South Carolina (d. 1934)
- Jan 13 Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)
- Jan 14 Mehmed VI Vahideddin, Last sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1918-22), born at Dolmabahçe Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1926)
- Jan 14 Wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf), born in Cunewalde, Germany (d. 1903)
- Jan 18 Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist (alumino-thermic process), born in Berlin, Prussia (d. 1923)
- Jan 18 Raymond Huntington Woodman, American organist, choirmaster (Brooklyn First Presbyterian Church, 1880–1941), and hymn composer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1943)
- Jan 22 Karel Stecker, Czech organist, pedagogue, and composer of organ and sacred music, born on Kosmanos, Bohemia, Austrian Empire (d. 1918)
- Jan 30 Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler [Martin Karl Löffler], German-American violinist and composer, born in Schöneberg, Germany (d. 1935)
- Feb 2 Solomon R. Guggenheim, American businessman and philanthropist (Guggenheim Museum NYC), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1949)
- Feb 12 Jim McLaughlin, American Hall of Fame thoroughbred jockey (Kentucky Derby 1881, Preakness Stakes 1885, 6 x Belmont Stakes), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1927)
- Feb 12 Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German author (Im Kampf um Gott), born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 193)
Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947)
Feb 15 British mathematician and philosopher (Adventures of Ideas), born in Ramsgate, England
- Feb 15 Halford John Mackinder, British geographer (Britain and the British Seas), born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England (d. 1947)
- Feb 17 Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. 1922)
- Feb 21 Pierre de Bréville, French composer, author and professor (Une histoire du théâtre lyrique en France), born in Bar-le-Duc, Meuse (d. 1949)
- Feb 26 Ferdinand I, 1st tsar of modern Bulgaria (1908-18), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1948)
- Feb 27 Rudolph Steiner, Austrian-born spiritualist (founder of doctrine of anthroposophy), born in Kraljevic, Austria (d. 1925)
Pauline Johnson (1861-1913)
Mar 10 Canadian poet, writer and performer (The White Wampum), born on The Native Reserve, Upper Canada [1]
- Mar 19 Lomer Gouin, Canadian politician (Premier of Quebec, 1905-20), born in Saint-Charles-des-Grondines, Canada East (d. 1929)
- Mar 23 Uchimura Kanzō, Japanese religious writer and pacifist (How I Became a Christian), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1930)
- Mar 30 Gratton Hanley "Grat" Dalton, American outlaw of the Old West (The Dalton Gang), born in Lawrence, Kansas (d. 1892)
- Apr 9 Charles Holroyd, English artist and curator, Director of the National Gallery (1906-16), born in Potternewton, Leeds (d. 1917)
- Apr 15 Bliss Carman, Canadian poet, born in Fredericton, New Brunswick (d. 1929)
- Apr 16 Isaac Murphy, American jockey (won 628 races), born in Clark County, Kentucky (d. 1896)
- Apr 19 Edward Vermeulen, Flemish writer, born in Beselare, Belgium (d. 1934)
- Apr 23 Edmund Allenby, Viscount Allenby, British Fieldmarshal, General at Battle of Megiddo, born in Brackenhurst, England (d. 1936)
- Apr 25 Marco Enrico Bossi, Italian concert organist, composer and teacher, born in Salò, Lombardy, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1925)
- Apr 27 Georgy Catoire, Russian composer, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1926)
- Apr 27 Johan Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes-Digte), born in Øsløs, Thisted, Denmark (d. 1936)
- Apr 27 William Arms Fisher, American composer, librettist (Going Home), musicologist, and educator, born in San Francisco, California (d. 1948)
- May 3 Emmett Dalton, American outlaw of the Old West (The Dalton Gang), born in Belton, Missouri (d. 1937)
Motilal Nehru (1861-1931)
May 6 Indian lawyer and freedom fighter, born in Agra, British India
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
May 7 Indian philosopher, poet, writer (Nobel Prize for Literature 1913), born in Calcutta, British India
- May 11 Frederick Russell Burnham, American scout and adventurer whose friendship with Baden-Powell inspired the founding of the international scouting movement, born in Tivoli, a Dakota Sioux Indian reservation in modern-day Minnesota, (d. 1947)
- May 12 Ivan Caryll [Félix Tilkin], Belgian composer of operetta and musical comedy (The Shop Girl; The Spring Chicken; The Pink Lady), born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1921)
H. H. Holmes (1861-1896)
May 16 American serial killer associated with 27 deaths, born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire
Nellie Melba (1861-1931)
May 19 Australian operatic soprano and face of the Australian 100 dollar note, born in Richmond, Victoria, Australia
- May 27 Victoria Earle Matthews, American author and activist, born in Fort Valley, Georgia (d. 1907)
- May 31 Emily Bissell, American welfare worker and founder of Christmas Seals, born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 1948)
- Jun 9 Floris Verster [van Wulverhorst], Dutch painter, cartoonist and etcher, born in Leiden, Netherlands (d. 1927)
- Jun 10 Joseph Cuypers, Dutch architect (St Bavo, Haarlem), born in Roermond, the Netherlands (d. 1949)
- Jun 10 Pierre Duhem, French naturalist, philosopher and historian, born in Paris (d. 1916)
- Jun 11 Sigismund Vladislavovich Zaremba, Ukrainian-Russian composer, born in Zhytomyr, Ukraine (d. 1915)
- Jun 12 William Attewell, English cricket bowler (England in 10 Tests 1884-1891), born in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 1927)
- Jun 15 Ernestine Schumann-Heink (née Rössler), Austrian-American contralto (Bayreuth Festival, 1896-1914; Metropolitan Opera, 1899-1932), born in Libeň, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1936)
- Jun 16 Scato Gocko de Vries, Dutch paleographer and librarian (d. 1937)
- Jun 17 Omar Bundy, U.S. Army general (Spanish–American War in Cuba), born in New Castle, Indiana (d. 1940)
- Jun 17 Pete Browning, American baseball outfielder (AA batting champion 1882, 85 Louisville Eclipse/Colonels; Player's League batting champion 1890 Cleveland Infants), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1905)
- Jun 17 Sidney Jones, British conductor and composer (The Geisha, A Gaiety Girl), born in Islington, London (d. 1946)
- Jun 18 José Trindade Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os Meus Amores), born in Mogadouro, Portugal (d. 1908)
Douglas Haig (1861-1928)
Jun 19 British fieldmarshal (Sudan, WWI), nicknamed "Butcher Haig" due to mass casualties under his command during the Battle of the Somme, born in Charlotte Square, Edinburgh
José Rizal (1861-1896)
Jun 19 Filipino nationalist and novelist ('Noli Me Tángere', 'El Filibusterismo'), born in Calamba City, Laguna, Philippines
- Jun 20 Arthur Battelle Whiting, American composer and teacher, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1936)
- Jun 20 Frederick Gowland Hopkins, British biochemist (Nobel Prize 1929), born in Eastbourne, England (d. 1947)
- Jun 22 Maximilian von Spee, German admiral (Commander of the East Asia Squadron during WWI), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1914)
- Jun 29 William James Mayo, American surgeon and co-founder (Mayo Clinic in Minnesota), born in Le Sueur, Minnesota (d. 1939)
- Jul 1 John Clarkson, American Baseball HOF pitcher (Triple Crown 1889; no-hitter 1885; 3 × NL wins leader; 3 × NL strikeout leader; Chicago White Stockings, Boston Beaneaters), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1909)
- Jul 1 Samuel D. Riddle, American thoroughbred owner (Man 'o War, War Admiral), born in Glen Riddle, Pennsylvania (d. 1951)
- Jul 3 Peter Jackson, Australian heavyweight boxer (International Boxing Hall of Fame), born in Christiansted, US Virgin Islands (d. 1901)
- Jul 7 Nettie Stevens, American geneticist (discovered sex chromosomes), born in Cavendish, Vermont (d. 1912) [1]
- Jul 11 George W. Norris, U.S. Senator noted for his advocacy of political reform and of public ownership of hydroelectric-power plants, born in Sandusky, Ohio (d. 1944)
- Jul 12 Anton Arensky, Russian composer, born in Novgorod, Russia (d. 1906)
- Jul 23 Alexander Willem Frederik Idenburg, Dutch politician of the Anti Revolutionary Party and Governor-General of Dutch Indies (1909-16), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1935)
- Jul 25 Andrew Cowper Lawson, Scottish-Canadian Geologist who was the first person to identify and name the San Andreas Fault, born in Anstruther, Scotland (d. 1952)
- Jul 29 Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, 1st wife of Theodore Roosevelt, born in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (d. 1884)
- Jul 29 Sergei Sazonov, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (1910-16), born in Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1927)
- Aug 1 Sammy Jones, Australian cricket batsman (12 Tests; NSW, Queensland, Auckland), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1951)
- Aug 2 Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray, Bengali chemist (founder of Bengal Chemicals And Pharmaceuticals), born in Khulna, British India (d. 1944)
Edith Roosevelt (1861-1948)
Aug 6 US First Lady and wife of Teddy Roosevelt, born in Norwich, Connecticut
- Aug 8 William Bateson, English biologist (originator of term "genetics"), born in Whitby, England (d. 1926)
- Aug 9 Wilhelm Berger, German composer, pianist and conductor, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1911)
- Aug 10 Almroth Wright, English bacteriologist (one of 1st vaccines for typhoid), born in Yorkshire England (d. 1947)
- Aug 14 Bion J. Arnold, American electrical engineer and inventor, born in Casnovia, Michigan (d. 1942)
- Sep 10 Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and ceramist (Trold, der vejrer kristenblod), born in Vejen, Denmark (d. 1941)
- Sep 11 Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and writer (Panu, Tuomio), born in Lapinlahti, Finland (d. 1921)
- Sep 17 Owen Seaman, British poet and editor (Punch), born in Shrewsbury, England (d. 1936)
- Sep 20 Herbert Putnam, American Librarian of Congress, born in New York City (d. 1955)
- Sep 23 Robert Bosch, German engineer, inventor (automotive ignition device), and industrialist, born in Albeck, Kingdom of Württemberg (now Germany) (d. 1942)
- Sep 28 Amélie of Orléans, Queen of Portugal, wife of Carlos I, born in Twickenham, London (d. 1951)
- Sep 28 Pedro De Cordoba, American actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur), born in New York City (d. 1950)
- Sep 30 William Wrigley Jr., American industrialist (Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company), and owner of MLB Chicago Cubs, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1932)
- Oct 4 Frederic Remington, American artist and sculptor of American West, born in Canton, New York (d. 1909)
- Oct 4 João Marcelino Arroio, Portuguese composer (Amor de Perdiçâo), born in Porto, Portugal (d. 1930)
- Oct 8 Theodore Roberts, American actor (Roaring Road, 10 Commandments), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1928)
Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930)
Oct 10 Norwegian Arctic explorer and advocate for refugees (Nobel Peace Prize 1922), born in Store Frøen, Christiania
Richard Sears (1861-1943)
Oct 26 American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1881-87), born in Boston, Massachusetts
James Naismith (1861-1939)
Nov 6 Canadian-American physical educator and inventor (basketball, football helmet), born in Almonte, Ontario
- Nov 7 Jeff Milton, American lawman, born in Marianna, Florida (d. 1947)
- Nov 10 Robert T. A. Innes, Scottish astronomer (Proxima Centauri), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1933)
- Nov 14 Frederick Jackson Turner, American historian and educator (known for his "frontier thesis"), born in Portage, Wisconsin (d. 1932)
- Nov 16 Václav Suk, Czech-born Russian composer and violinist, born in Kladno, Bohemia (d. 1933)
- Nov 18 Dorothy Dix [Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer], American journalist and columnist, born in Woodstock, Tennessee (d. 1951)
- Nov 22 Ranavalona III, Queen of Madagascar (1883-1897) last sovereign of Madagascar, born in Amparibe, Madagascar (d. 1917)
- Nov 23 Konstantin Korovin, Russian painter (d. 1939)
- Nov 24 João da Cruz, Brazilian poet, born in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil (d. 1898)
Albert B. Fall (1861-1944)
Nov 26 American Senator (R-New Mexico 1912-21) and US Secretary of the Interior (1921-23), convicted for his part in the Teapot Dome scandal, born in Frankfort, Kentucky
- Nov 30 Franz Gailliard, Belgian painter (Zeustempel in Athens), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1932)
- Nov 30 Ludwig Thuille, Austrian composer (sextet for piano and wind quintet), born in Bozen, Tyrol (now Bozano, Italy) (d. 1907)
- Dec 4 Lillian Russell [Helen Leonard], American singer and actress (Great Mogul), born in Clinton, Iowa (d. 1922)
- Dec 5 Armando Diaz, Italian marshal and minister of War (1922-24), born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1928)
- Dec 8 Aristide Maillol, French painter and sculptor (Seated Woman), born in Banyuls-sur-Mer, Roussillon, France (d. 1944)
- Dec 8 George Méliès, French early filmmaker (A trip to the Moon), born in Paris (d. 1938)
- Dec 8 William C. Durant, American industry pioneer, founded General Motors, Frigidaire, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1947)
- Dec 15 Charles Duryea, American inventor (Duryea Motor Wagon Company, first auto built in the US), born in Canton, Illinois (d. 1938)
- Dec 16 Antonio de La Gandara, French painter (d. 1917)
- Dec 17 Fritz Volbach, German conductor, musicologist and composer (Raffael), born in Wipperfürth, Germany (d. 1940)
- Dec 18 Lionel Monckton, British composer (Edwardian musical comedy), born in London, England (d. 1924)
- Dec 19 Constance Garnett, English translator of Russian (first to translate Chekhov and Dostoevsky into English), born in Brighton England (d. 1946)
- Dec 19 Italo Svevo, Italian writer (La Coscienza di Zeno), born in Trieste, Austrian Empire (d. 1928)
- Dec 20 Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter, born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (d. 1926)
- Dec 22 Erich Schaeder, German theologist (Theocentric Theology), born in Clausthal, Germany (d. 1936)
- Dec 25 Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian founder of Banaras Hindu University (d. 1946)
- Dec 26 Friedrich Engel, German mathematician (group theory), born in Lugau, Saxony, German Federation (d. 1941)
- Dec 27 William Chatterton, English cricket batsman (1 Test, HS 48; Derbyshire CCC) and soccer forward (Derby County FC), born in Thornsett, England (d. 1913)
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