Birthdays Date 1867 | History by KabAstro

Jan 29 Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spanish writer (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse), born in Valencia, Spain (d. 1928)

Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957)

Feb 7 American author (Little House on the Prairie), born in Pepin, Wisconsin

Feb 9 Edward Naylor, British composer and organist, born in Scarborough, England (d. 1934)
Feb 11 August W Messer, German philosopher/educator/psychologist, born in Mainz (d. 1937)
Feb 13 Harold Mahony, Scottish tennis player (Wimbledon 1896), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1905)
Feb 14 Sakichi Toyoda, Japanese inventor and industrialist (Toyota Industries), born in Yamaguchi, Tōtōmi Province (now Kosai, Shizuoka), Japan (d. 1930)
Feb 17 William Cadbury, British chocolate manufacturer (Cadbury), born in Edgbaston, England (d. 1957)
Feb 18 Hedwig Courths-Mahler, German Romantic novelist whose novels sold 80 million copies (Warbride), born in Nebra (d. 1950)
Feb 20 Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (d. 1931)
Feb 21 Otto Hermann Kahn, German-American banker and patron of the arts, organized Metropolitan Opera Company, born in Mannheim, Baden, German Confederation (d. 1934)
Feb 26 Siegfried Passarge, German geographer (Cameroon, South Africa, born in Königsberg, Prussia (d. 1958) [or Nov 28, 1866]
Feb 27 Irving Fisher ' America's greatest economist' (Fisher’s Theory of Interest, Monetarism), born in Saugerties, New York (d. 1947) [1]
Feb 27 Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Swedish composer and music critic, born in Ullånger, Sweden (d. 1942)
Mar 3 Gustav Strube, German-American conductor (Baltimore Symphony, 1916-30), composer (The Captive), and educator (Peabody Conservatory), born in Ballenstadt, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1953)
Mar 5 Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Premier of Quebec (d. 1952)
Mar 10 Hector Guimard, French Art Nouveau architect and designer (entrances to Paris Metros), born in Lyon (d. 1942)

Lillian Wald (1867-1940)

Mar 10 American pioneering nurse and social activist who started American community nursing with the Henry Street Settlement in NYC, born in Cincinnati, Ohio

Mar 15 Lionel Pigot Johnson, British poet and critic (Ireland & Other Poems), born in Broadstairs, Kent (d. 1902)
Mar 15 Will Rossiter, British-American songwriter, music publisher, and composer (as W.R. Williams), born in Wells, England (d. 1954)
Mar 22 Meijer Linnewiel [Prof Cockadorus], Amsterdam famous street hawker, born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands (d. 1934)

Mar 25 Italian cellist and conductor (La Scala, 1898-1908 & 1921-29; Metropolitan Opera, 1908-15; New York Philharmonic, 1926-36; NBC Symphony Orchestra, 1937-41 & 1944-54), born in Parma, Kingdom of Italy

Mar 25 John Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor (Mt Rushmore), born in St. Charles, Idaho Territory (d. 1941)
Mar 27 Edyth Walker, American opera singer, born in Hopewell, New York (d. 1950)

Cy Young (1867-1955)

Mar 29 American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (Cleveland Spiders, Boston Americans; most wins in MLB history 511), born in Gilmore, Ohio

Apr 2 Eugen Sandow, German bodybuilder and circus performer, born in Königsberg, Germany (d. 1925)
Apr 9 Chris Watson, third Prime Minister of Australia (Labour Party), born in Valparaíso, Chile (d. 1941)
Apr 10 George William Russell, Irish nationalist, poet and artist, born in Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland (d. 1935)
Apr 11 John Paulus Lotsy, Dutch botanist and geneticist (Resumptio Genetics), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1931)
Apr 11 Mark Keppel, Superintendent of Los Angeles County Schools (1902-2)8, born in Butte County, California (d. 1928)
Apr 13 Sammy Woods, Australian cricket all-rounder (3 Tests Australia, 3 England, 1 x 50, 10 wickets; Somerset CCC) and rugby union flanker (13 caps England, 5 as captain), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1931)
Apr 16 José de Diego, Puerto Rican patriot and advocate for Puerto Rico's independence from Spain and the U.S., born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico (d. 1918)
Apr 16 Spottiswoode Aitken, Scottish actor (The Birth of a Nation, The Avenging Conscience), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1933)

Wilbur Wright (1867-1912)

Apr 16 American aviator (Wright Brothers), born in Millville, Indiana

Apr 23 Simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher and writer (For the Young Ones), born in Amsterdam (d. 1924)
Apr 24 Fannie Thomas, American who became the oldest known American at her death (113 years 273 days at death), born in Denver, Illinois (d. 1981)
Apr 25 Jean Demoor, Belgian physician and physiologist, born in Etterbeek, Belgium (d. 1941)
May 3 Jack Hearne, English cricket spin bowler (12 Tests, 49 wickets; England's first hat-trick vs Australia 1899), born in Chalfont St Giles, England (d. 1944)
May 4 Dynam-Victor Fumet, French composer and organist, born in Toulouse, France (d. 1949)
May 5 T. Tertius Noble, English composer, born in Bath, England (d. 1953)
May 7 Philippine "Pine" Belder [Mary de Klerk], Flemish actress (Hope of Blessing), born in Amsterdam (d. 1961)
May 10 Jim Kelly, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (Australian 1896-1905), born in Port Melbourne, Australia (d. 1938)
May 12 Hugh Trumble, Australian cricket spin bowler and captain (32 Tests, 141 wickets; 2 x Test hat-tricks), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1938)
May 13 Frank Brangwyn, Welsh painter, muralist and cartoonist (Official War Artist First World War), born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 1956)
May 14 Kurt Eisner, German socialist politician, revolutionary and journalist (President of the People's State of Bavaria 1918-19), born in Berlin, Prussia (d. 1919)
May 17 Gerrit Mannoury, Dutch mathematician and philosopher, born in Wormerveer, Netherlands (d. 1956)
May 21 Désiré Pâque, Belgian organist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1939)
May 21 J. J. Ferris, Australian cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 61 wickets, BB 7/37; NSWCA, Gloucestershire CCC), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1900)
May 26 Mary of Teck, Queen of Great Britain and consort of George V, born in Kensington Palace, London (d. 1953)
May 27 Arnold Bennett, English novelist (Anna of the Five Towns), born in Hanley, Staffordshire, England (d. 1931)
May 30 Arthur Vining Davis, American industrialist and CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), born in Sharon, Massachusetts (d. 1962)

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867-1951)

Jun 4 Finnish general and 6th President of Finland (1944-46), born in Askainen, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire

Jun 6 David Abercrombie, Abercrombie & Fitch founder, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1931)
Jun 7 Luigi Maurizio Tedeschi, Italian composer, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1944)

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)

Jun 8 American architect (Guggenheim) recognized as "the greatest American architect of all time", born in Richland Center, Wisconsin

Jun 11 Charles Fabry, French physicist, discoverer of ozone layer in upper atmosphere, born in Marseille, France (d. 1945)
Jun 15 Konstantin Balmont, Russian writer, born in Gumnishchi, Shuya (d. 1945)
Jun 17 Henry Lawson, Australian writer and poet (n the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses), born in Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia (d. 1922)
Jun 17 John Robert Gregg, Irish-American inventor of a shorthand system Gregg Shorthand, born in Rockcorry, Ireland (d. 1948)
Jun 19 Frank Iredale, Australian cricketer (Australian batsman 1894-99), born in Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia (d. 1926)
Jun 28 Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer (Six Characters in Search of An Author-Nobel 1934), born in Agrigento, Sicily, Italy (d. 1936)
Jun 28 William Courtleigh, Canadian actor (The Birth of Character, Ashes, The Nightingale), born in Guelph, Ontario (d. 1930)
Jul 2 Herbert Prior, British actor (Caught Short, Slave of Desire), born in Oxfordshire, England (d. 1954)
Jul 4 Stephen Mather, American industrialist and conservationist (organized US National Park Service), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1930)

A. E. Douglass (1867-1962)

Jul 5 American astronomer and inventor of dendrochronology (tree-ring dating), born in Windsor, Vermont

Jul 8 Kathe Kollwitz, German print maker and sculptor (Bauernkrieg), born in Königsberg, Prussia (d. 1945)
Jul 10 Finley Peter Dunne, American journalist and humorist (Mr Dooley), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1936)
Jul 10 Maximilian, Prince of Baden, German chancellor (Oct-Nov 1918), born in Baden-Baden, Germany (d. 1929)
Jul 15 Maggie L. Walker, African-American teacher and businesswoman (1st female Bank President), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1934)
Jul 24 Edward Frederic Benson, English novelist, born in Wellington College, Berkshire, England (d. 1940)
Jul 24 Fred Tate, English cricket spin bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Sussex CCC) and coach (Derbyshire CCC), born in Brighton, England (d. 1943)
Jul 24 Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet, born in Apopa, El Salvador (d. the same day 1908)
Jul 25 Alexander Rummler, American painter, born in Dubuque, Iowa (d. 1959)
Jul 25 Max Dauthendey, German painter and author (Ewige Hochzeit), born in Würzburg, Germany (d. 1918)
Jul 27 Enrique Granados, Spanish concert pianist, and composer (Goyescas), born in Lérida, Spain (d. 1916)
Jul 28 Charles Dillon Perrine, American-born astronomer working in Argentina, born in Steubenville, Ohio (d. 1951)
Jul 31 Sebastian S. Kresge, American merchant and philanthropist (Kmart), born in Bald Mountain, Pennsylvania (d. 1966)
Aug 1 William Orlamond, Danish actor (Flesh and the Devil, The Wind), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1957)
Aug 2 Ernest Dowson, British poet (Decorations in Verse and Prose), born in Lee, London (d. 1900)
Aug 2 Frank Alvord Perret, American volcanologist renowned for his research at Vesuvius, Etna, Stromboli and Kilauea, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1943)

Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947)

Aug 3 British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37), born in Bewdley, England

Aug 4 Jake Beckley, American Baseball HOF first baseman (23,767 putouts MLB record; career .308 hitter; Pittsburgh Alleghenys/Pirates; NY Giants; Cincinnati Reds; St. Louis Cardinals), born in Hannibal, Missouri (d. 1918)
Aug 5 Jacob Ruppert Jr., American Baseball HOF executive (owner New York Yankees 1915-39; signed Babe Ruth; built Yankee Stadium), born in New York City (d. 1939)
Aug 7 Emil Nolde [Hansen], German painter and graphic artist, born in Nolde, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1956)
Aug 11 Hobart Bosworth, American actor (Woman of Affairs, Big Parade), born in Marietta, Ohio (d. 1943)
Aug 11 Joe Weber, American vaudeville comedian, singer (Weber and Fields), and theatrical producer, born in New York City (d. 1942)
Aug 12 Edith Hamilton, American classicist (Mythology), born in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, German Confederation (d. 1963)
Aug 13 Rudolf Georg Binding, German songwriter and writer (Legenden Der Zeit), born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1938)
Aug 13 William Alexander Craigie, Scottish lexicographer (Skotlands Rimur), born in Dundee, Scotland (d. 1957)
Aug 14 Cupid Childs, American baseball player, born in Calvert County, Maryland (d. 1912)
Aug 14 John Galsworthy, English author (Forsyte Saga-Nobel 1932), born in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England (d. 1933)
Aug 16 Antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (Só), born in Porto, Portugal (d. 1900)
Aug 22 Charles Francis Jenkins, American Inventor (altimeter, automobile self-starter, and early television pioneer), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 1934)
Aug 22 Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist, born in Aarau, Switzerland (d. 1939)
Aug 23 Marcel Schwob, French writer and journalist (Le Croisade des Enfants), born in Chaville, France (d. 1905)
Aug 25 James W. Gerard, American jurist and diplomat, born in Geneseo, New York (d. 1951)
Aug 28 Umberto Giordano, Italian composer, chiefly of opera (was Andrea Chénier; Fedora; La cena delle beffe), born in Foggia, Apulia, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1948)

Amy Beach (1867-1944)

Sep 5 American pianist and composer (Gaelic Symphony), born in Henniker, New Hampshire

Sep 7 Albert Bassermann, German actor (Foreign Correspondent, Madame Curie), born in Mannheim, Baden, German Confederation (d. 1952)
Sep 7 Camilo Pessanha, Portuguese poet (Clepsydra), and Chinese translator, born in Coimbra, Portugal (d. 1926) [1]
Sep 7 Evan Williams, American oratorio tenor, born in Mineral Ridge, Ohio (d. 1918)
Sep 7 J. P. Morgan, Jr. [John Pierpont Morgan, Jr], American financier and son of J.P. Morgan, Sr., (J.P. Morgan & Co.), born in Irvington, New York (d. 1943)
Sep 14 Charles Dana Gibson, American illustrator (Gibson Girl), born in Roxbury, Massachusetts (d. 1944)
Sep 19 Arthur Rackham, English book illustrator (Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rip van Winkle), born in London, England (d. 1939)
Sep 21 Henry L. Stimson, American statesman (46th United States Secretary of State), born in New York City (d. 1950)
Sep 25 Yevgeny Miller [Eugen Ludwig Müller], Baltic German general and a leader of the anticommunist White Army during and after the Russian Civil War, born in Dünaburg, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1939)
Sep 27 Rosa Lewis, English chef and owner (Cavandish Hotel London), born in Leyton, Essex (d. 1952)
Sep 28 Hiranuma Kiichirō, 24th Prime Minister of Japan, born in Tsuyama, Japan (d. 1952)
Oct 3 Pierre Bonnard, French painter and illustrator, born in Fontenay-aux-Roses, Hauts-de-Seine, France (d. 1947)
Oct 6 Victor Barton, English cricket batsman (1 Test, HS 23; Kent CCC, Hampshire CCC) and soccer goalkeeper (Southampton), born in Netley, England (d. 1906)
Oct 14 Masaoka Shiki, Japanese haiku & tanka poet and diarist (Salt Water Ballads), born in Matsuyama, Japan (d. 1902)
Oct 20 Fini Henriques, Danish composer and violinist (Vølund Smed), born in Frederiksberg, Denmark (d. 1940)
Oct 24 Franco Leoni, Italian composer, born in Milan (d. 1949)
Oct 25 Józef Dowbór-Muśnicki, Polish general, serving with the Imperial Russian and then Polish armies, born in Stary Garbów, Poland (d. 1937)
Oct 30 Ed Delahanty, American Baseball HOF left fielder (NL batting champion 1899; NL home run leader 1893, 96; 3 × NL RBI leader; Philadelphia Phillies), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1903)
Nov 3 Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg, German composer, born in Bad Schachen, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1944)
Nov 4 Tomasz Arciszewski, 31st Prime Minister of Poland, 3rd Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile in London (1944-47), born in Sierzchowy, Piotrków Governorate, Congress Poland (d. 1955)
Nov 6 Marie Bregendahl, Danish author (Holger Hauge og hans Hustru), born in Fly, Denmark (d. 1940)

Marie Curie (1867-1934)

Nov 7 Polish-French scientist who discovered radium and the 1st woman to win a Nobel Prize (1903, 1911), born in Warsaw, Poland

Nov 8 Ilmari Krohn, Finnish composer, born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 1960)
Nov 20 Vicente Ripollés, Spanish composer, born in Castellón de la Plana, Spain (d. 1943)
Nov 21 Vladimir Ipatieff, Russian-American chemist, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1952)
Nov 27 Charles Koechlin, French composer (The Jungle Book), born in Paris (d. 1950)
Nov 27 Margaret Ruthven Lang, American composer (Irish Love Song), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1972)
Dec 5 Antti Aarne, Finnish folklorist, born in Pori, Finland (d. 1925)

Józef Piłsudski (1867-1935)

Dec 5 Father of the Second Polish Republic who served as its Chief of State (1918-22), Marshall of Poland and later its de facto leader (1926-35), born in Zułów, Russian Empire

Dec 13 Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian explorer and scientist (nominated 7 times for Nobel Prize), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 1917)
Dec 16 Amy Carmichael, missionary in Dohnavur, India (d. 1951)
Dec 18 Antoon van Welie, Dutch painter, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1956)
Dec 20 Pudge Heffelfinger, American College Football Hall of Fame guard (3 x All American, Yale; first professional player 1892) and coach (Cal, Lehigh, Minnesota), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1954)
Dec 21 John Winter Thompson, American organist, born in Michigan (d. 1951)
Dec 22 František Xaver Šalda, Czechoslovakian literary critic, born in Liberec, Czech Republic (d. 1937)
Dec 22 Joseph Maria Olbrich, Austrian architect (Wiener Sezession), born in Opava, Czech Republic (d. 1908)
Dec 22 Wilhelm Groener, German soldier and politician, born in Ludwigsburg, Germany (d. 1939)

Madam C. J. Walker (1867-1919)

Dec 23 African American entrepreneur (First American self-made female millionaire, Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company), born in Delta, Louisiana

Dec 24 Kantaro Suzuki, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan, born in Noda, Japan (d. 1948)
Dec 24 Manuel de Oliveira Lima, Brazilian writer and diplomat, born in Pernambuco, Brazil (d. 1928)
Dec 25 Alfred Kerr [Kempner], German-British writer, born in Breslau, Silesia (d. 1948)
Dec 30 Simon Guggenheim, American businessman and philanthropist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1941)