Birthdays Date 1880 | History by KabAstro

Manuel Azaña (1880-1940)

Jan 10 Prime Minister of Spain (1931-33) and 2nd President of the Spanish Republic (1936-39), born in Alcalá de Henares, Spain

Jan 11 Elisabeth Achelis, American heiress, writer, and proponent of the 13-month World Calendar, born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 1973)
Jan 11 Rudolf Palm, Curaçaoan pianist and composer, born in Curaçao (d. 1950)

Mack Sennett (1880-1960)

Jan 17 Canadian-American film director and producer (Keystone Kops), born in Richmond, Quebec

Jan 18 Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian-Dutch theoretical physicist (phase transition, Ehrenfest theorem), born in Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1933)
Jan 20 Walter W. Bacon, American politician (d. 1962)
Jan 25 Francis George Scott, Scottish composer (Intuitions), born in Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland (d. 1958)

Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964)

Jan 26 American general in World War II (Pacific theater, Philippines) and Korea, born in Little Rock, Arkansas

Jan 28 Herbert Strudwick, English cricket wicketkeeper (28 Tests, 73 dismissals; Surrey CCC), born in Mitcham, England (d. 1970)
Jan 28 Mary Boland, American comedienne and actress (Ruggles of Red Gap), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1965)
Jan 29 W. C. Fields [William Claude Dukenfield], American actor (Bank Dick), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1946)
Feb 1 Antonio Guarnieri, Italian cellist and opera conductor (La Scala, 1929-50), born in Venice, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1952)
Feb 1 Francesco Balilla Pratella, Italian composer, born in Lugo, Italy (d. 1955)
Feb 8 Franz Marc, German Expressionist painter (co-founder of journal Blaue Reiter), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1916)
Feb 9 Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1959)
Feb 10 Jesse G. Vincent, American engineer (designed 1st V-12 engine, Packard automobiles), born in Charleston, Arkansas (d. 1962)
Feb 12 John Llewellyn Lewis, American union leader (United Mine Workers, 1920-60), born near Lewis, Iowa (d. 1969)
Feb 14 Aida Overton Walker, African-American dancer and singer (In Dahomey, Salome), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1914)
Feb 14 Edgar Bainton, British-Australian composer, born in Hackney, London, England (d. 1956)
Feb 18 Eric De Lamarter, American organist, composer and conductor (Chicago Symphony), born in Lansing, Michigan (d. 1953)
Feb 19 Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and President of Mexico (1920-24), born in Alamos, Mexico (d. 1928)
Feb 19 Arthur Shepherd, American composer, born in Paris, Indiana (d. 1958)
Feb 20 Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French aristocrat and novelist (d. 1923)
Feb 21 Frank Orth, American actor (Boston Blackie, Brothers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1962)
Feb 21 Waldemar Bonsels, German novelist, children's literature writer (Maya the Bee), and outspoken anti-semite, born in Ahrensburg German Empire (d. 1952)
Feb 22 Frigyes Riesz, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1956)
Feb 23 Edgar Istel, German composer, born in Mainz, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire (d. 1948)
Feb 26 Lionel Logue, Australian speech therapist who treated King George VI (The Kings Speech), born in Adelaide (d. 1953)
Feb 27 Angelina Weld Grimke, American journalist, teacher and playwright (Harlem Renaissance), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1958)
Mar 1 Julian Myrick, American tennis promoter (West Side Tennis Club & Forest Hills Stadium), born in Murfreesboro, North Carolina (d. 1969)
Mar 1 Lytton Strachey, English biographer and critic (Benson Medal 1923), born in London (d. 1932)
Mar 3 Anne Cornelis Veth, Dutch cartoonist and art critic, born in Dordrecht, Netherlans (d. 1962)
Mar 3 Florence Auer, American actress (Eradicating Aunty), born in Albany, New York (d. 1962)
Mar 4 Channing Pollock, American playwright and critic (d. 1946)
Mar 10 Mike Jacobs, American boxing promoter (Twentieth Century Sporting Club - Joe Louis' promoter; 3 x $1m fights), born in New York City (d. 1953)
Mar 11 Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenecist (d. 1943)
Mar 12 Henry Drysdale Dakin, British-American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction (d. 1952)
Mar 12 House Peters, British silent film actor (This Is the Life, Kansas Territory), born in Bristol, England (d. 1967)
Mar 14 Oscar [Bachigaloupi] Tourniaire, Dutch actor and director (Pink Kate), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1939)
Mar 17 Guillermo Uribe Holguin, Colombian composer, born in Bogotá, Colombia (d. 1971)
Mar 17 Lawrence Oates, English army officer and Antarctic explorer (d. 1912)
Mar 17 Sir Patrick Hastings, British barrister (d. 1952)
Mar 21 Broncho Billy Anderson [Maxwell Aronson], American silent and sound screen actor, the 1st cowboy in a movie (The Great Train Robbery; A Lucky Dog), and studio executive, born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1971) [1]
Mar 21 Hans Hofmann, German-American painter (Search for the Real), born in Weißenburg, Germany (d. 1966)
Mar 21 Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist and historian, born in Riga (d. 1962)
Mar 22 Ernie Quigley, Canadian Basketball HOF official (St. Mary's College, Kansas Uni), basketball umpire (1936 Olympics), MLB umpire (6xWorld Series) & football referee, born in Newcastle, New Brunswick (d. 1960)
Mar 23 Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish politician (d. 1922)
Mar 26 Duncan Hines, American restaurant guide writer (Out of Kentucky Kitchens), born in Bowling Green, Kentucky (d. 1959)
Mar 30 Sean O'Casey, Irish playwright (Juno and the Paycock), born in Dublin (d. 1964)
Apr 1 Agha Petros, Assyrian general (d. 1932)
Apr 2 Harold Weekes, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Columbia University; All American 1901), born in Oyster Bay, New York (d. 1950)
Apr 4 Georg von Trapp, Austrian WWI submarine commander and inspiration for "The Sound of Music" character, born in Zara, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1947)
Apr 10 Frances Perkins, American politician and 1st woman to hold cabinet-level position (Labor 1933-45), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1965)
Apr 10 Mohammed Nadir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1929-33), born in Dehra Dun, British India (d. 1933)
Apr 10 Montague Summers, English clergyman and writer (Malleus Maleficarum), born in Clifton, Bristol, England (d. 1948)
Apr 12 Addie Joss, American Baseball HOF pitcher (perfect game 1908; no hitters 1908, 10; 1.89 career ERA 2nd-lowest in MLB history; career WHIP 0.968 MLB record; Cleveland Bronchos), born in Woodland, Wisconsin (d. 1911)
Apr 13 Charles Christie, Canadian film studio owner, born in London, Ontario, Canada (d. 1955)
Apr 17 Leonard Woolley, British pioneering archaeologist, excavated Royal Cemetery at Ur, born in London (d. 1960)
Apr 18 Sam Crawford, American Baseball HOF outfielder (MLB HR leader 1901, 08; AL RBI leader 1910, 14, 15; MLB record 309 career triples; Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers), born in Wahoo, Nebraska (d. 1968)
Apr 24 Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American inventor, perfected the zipper, born in Ödestugu Parish, Sweden (d. 1954) [1]
Apr 26 Mikhail Fokine, Russian choreographer and founder of modern dance, born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1942)
May 1 Konrad Weiss, German writer and poet (Tantum dic verbo - Heart of Words), born in Gaildorf, Württemberg, German Empire (d. 1940)
May 6 Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, British fieldmarshal, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1959)
May 12 Lincoln Ellsworth, American polar explorer, led 1st transarctic, transantarctic flights, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1951)
May 14 Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971)
May 15 Otto Dibelius, German theologist and bishop (Confessional Church), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1967)
May 16 Julius Tannen, American vaudeville comedian (Great Moment), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1965)
May 17 Pascual de Rogatis, Argentine composer (Huemac; Estampas Argentinas), born in Teora, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1980)
May 21 Pablo Luna, Spanish composer (De España vengo), born in Alhama de Aragón, Spain (d. 1942)
May 21 Tudor Arghezi, Romanian writer (d. 1967)
May 25 Jean Alexandre Barré, French neurologist who helped identify the Guillain-Barré-Strohl syndrome, born in Nantes, France (d. 1967)
May 29 Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (Decline of West), born in Blankenburg, Duchy of Brunswick, German Empire (d. 1936)
Jun 6 William Thomas Cosgrave, Irish politician and Fine Gael party leader (President of the Irish Free State, 1922-32), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1965)
Jun 10 Margit Kaffka, Hungarian writer (Colors and Years), born in Nagykároly (d. 1918)

Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973)

Jun 11 American politician, 1st woman elected to US Congress (R-Montana), women's rights advocate and pacifist, born in Missoula, Montana

Jun 15 Mahlon Hamilton, American actor (Honky Tonk, High School Girl, Mississippi), born at Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1960)
Jun 15 Osami Nagano, Japanese admiral who served as the navy's commander-in-chief in WWII (1941-44), born in Kōchi, Japan (d. 1947)
Jun 17 Carl Van Vechten, American writer famous for the controversial novel "Nigger Heaven", born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (d. 1964)
Jun 19 Jóhann Sigurjónsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung), born in Laxamýri, Iceland (d. 1919)
Jun 21 Arnold Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician, born in Alma, Wisconsin (d. 1961)
Jun 21 Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, British civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician and banker, born in Hampstead, London (d. 1941)
Jun 26 Natalia Brassova, Russian noblewoman, wife of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, born in Perovo, Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1952)

Helen Keller (1880-1968)

Jun 27 American political activist, author (The Story of My Life) and lecturer, who was the 1st deaf-blind person to earn a BA, born in Tuscumbia, Alabama

Jun 29 Harry Frazee, American MLB team owner (Boston Red Sox), born in Peoria, Illinois (d. 1929)
Jun 29 Ludwig Beck, German general (July 20th plot), born in Biebrich, Germany (d. 1944)
Jul 2 Albert Szirmai, Hungarian operetta composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1967)
Jul 3 Carl Schuricht, German conductor and composer, born in Gdańsk, Poland (d. 1967)
Jul 4 George Mullin, American baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers; no-hitter 1912), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 1944)
Jul 4 Pat Rooney, American vaudevillian and actor (Night Club), born in New York City (d. 1962)
Jul 5 Jan Kubelik, Czech composer and violinist, born in Michle, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1940)

Otto Frederick Rohwedder (1880-1960)

Jul 7 American engineer (invented the bread-slicing machine), born in Davenport, Iowa

Jul 12 Tod Browning, American film director (Dracula), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1962)
Jul 18 Otto Vrieslander, German composer, born in Münster, Germany (d. 1950)
Jul 20 Hermann von Keyserling, Baltic German social philosopher and writer, born in Könno, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (d. 1946) [OS 8 July]
Jul 21 Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak politician, French general and astronomer (d. 1919)

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)

Jul 24 Swiss-American composer (Schelomo; Israel; Avodath Hakodesh), and educator (UC Berkeley, 1941-52), born in Geneva, Switzerland

Jul 24 Kristian Hellström, Swedish athlete (Olympic bronze 1,500m 1906) and executive (first Secretary-General International Association of Athletics Federations 1913-14), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1946)
Jul 26 Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian politician and statesman, born in Yelisavetgrad, Russian Empire (d. 1951)
Jul 27 Jack Doscher, American baseball pitcher (1st son of a major leaguer to play MLB), born in Troy, New York (d. 1971)
Jul 27 Joe Tinker, American Baseball HOF shortstop (World Series 1907, 08 Chicago Orphans/Cubs) and manager (Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs), born in Muscotah, Kansas (d. 1948)
Jul 30 Robert R. McCormick, American editor and publisher (Chicago Tribune), born in Chicago (d. 1955)
Jul 31 Munshi Premchand [Dhanpat Rai], Indian author, born in Lamhi, Benares State, British India (d. 1936)
Aug 5 Gertrude E Durden Rush, American composer, and playwright (Black Girls Burden), born in Navasota, Texas (d. 1962)
Aug 6 Hans Moser, Austrian actor (Hello Service Man, Once Upon a Time), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1964)
Aug 7 Ernst Laqueur, Dutch chemist and psychologist (sexual hormones), born near Breslau, Germany (d. 1947)
Aug 8 Earle Page, Australian politician (d. 1961)
Aug 10 Clarence Cameron White, American concert violinist, and composer (Ouanga!), born in Clarksville, Tennessee (d. 1960)
Aug 10 Robert L. Thornton, American businessman, philanthropist, and Mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. 1964)
Aug 11 Frederick Jerome Work, African-American composer, arranger (The Jubilee Singers), and music publisher, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1942)
Aug 12 Christy Mathewson, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (World Series 1905, 21; Triple Crown 1905, 08; NL wins leader 1905, 07, 08, 10; 2 x no-hitters; NY Giants), born in Factoryville, Pennsylvania (d. 1925)
Aug 12 Marguerite "John" Radclyffe-Hall, English poet and author (The Well of Loneliness), born in Bournemouth, England (d. 1943)
Aug 14 Fred Alexander, American tennis player (Australasian C'ship 1908, 5-time US Indoor winner), born in Sea Bright, New Jersey (d. 1969)
Aug 17 Leo Ascher, Austrian-American operetta composer (Hoheit tanzt Walzer (Her Highness Dances the Waltz); Der Soldat der Marie (Marie's Soldier)), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1942)
Aug 17 Percy Sherwell, South African cricket wicketkeeper and captain (13 Tests, 1 x 100, 36 dismissals; Transvaal), born in Isipingo, South Africa (d. 1948)
Aug 21 Johan H. Westerveld, Dutch WW II resistance fighter and leader of Order Service (OD), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1942)
Aug 22 George Herriman, American cartoonist (Krazy Kat), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1944)
Aug 22 Gorch Fock [Johann Wilhelm Kinau], German author and poet, born in Finkenwerder, Hamburg, Germany (d. 1916)
Aug 23 Alexander Grin, Russian novelist (Jessie and Morgiana), born in Vyatka, Kirov Oblast, Russia (d. 1932)
Aug 24 André Cheron [Duval], French-American silent and sound screen character actor (The King of Kings; Anna Karenina; Wife vs. Secretary), born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France (d. 1952)
Aug 24 Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn, Scottish baron and diplomat (d. 1964)
Aug 25 Robert E. Stolz, Austrian composer and conductor, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1975)
Aug 26 Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet and art critic (coined the term 'Cubism'), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1918)
Aug 29 Marie-Louise Meilleur, French Canadian supercentenarian lived past 117, born in Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada (d. 1998)

Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880-1962)

Aug 31 Queen of the Netherlands (1890-1948), born in Noordeinde Palace, The Hague, Netherlands

Sep 4 Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo) (d. 1946)
Sep 6 Jean-Louis Pisuisse, Dutch cabaret singer and comedian ("M'n Eerste" - "My First"; "The French Governess"), born in Vlissingen, Netherlands (d. 1927)
Sep 7 Attilio Brugnoli, Italian pianist and composer, born in Rome (d. 1937)
Sep 7 Kurt von Wolfurt, German composer, born in Lettin (d. 1957)
Sep 8 Roelof Kranenburg, Dutch social democratic chairman (1st Chamber), born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1956)

H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)

Sep 12 American newspaperman and critic (Prejudices, Smart Set), born in Baltimore, Maryland

Sep 14 Archie Hahn, American athlete (Olympic gold 60m, 100m, 200m 1904), born in Dodgeville, Wisconsin (d. 1955)
Sep 14 Benjamin (Fedchenkov), Bishop of the Russian Church and Orthodox missionary, born in Russian Empire (d. 1961)
Sep 14 Paul Fechter, German writer (Der Zauberer Gottes), born in Elbing, West Prussia (d. 1958)
Sep 16 Alfred Noyes, British poet and essayist (Loom of Years, Highwayman), born in Wolverhampton, England (d. 1958)
Sep 17 Désiré Inghelbrecht, French composer, conductor and writer, born in Paris, France (d. 1965)
Sep 20 Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, born in Parma, Italy (d. 1968)
Sep 20 Louise Peete, American convicted serial killer, born in Bienville, Louisiana (d. 1947)
Sep 22 Asser B. Kleerekoper, Dutch journalist, translator, and politician (Second Chamber of Parliament- (SDAP), 1914-32), born in Tiel, Netherlands (d. 1943)
Sep 22 Christabel Pankhurst, English suffragist, daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, born in Manchester, England (d. 1958)
Sep 23 John Boyd Orr, Scottish physician (Nobel Peace Prize 1949 - Father of the Food and Agriculture Organization), born in Kilmaurs, Scotland (d. 1971) [1]
Sep 28 Ralph Flanders, American politician (Senator-Vermont 1946-59), born in Barnet, Vermont (d. 1970)
Oct 2 George Alexander Russell, American organist, composer and the first Frick Professor of Music for Princeton University, born in Franklin, Tennessee (d. 1953)

Damon Runyon (1880-1946)

Oct 4 American journalist and writer (Guys & Dolls-based on his work), born in Manhattan, Kansas

Oct 4 Young Corbett II (William J. Rothwell), American boxer (world featherweight champion 1901-02), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1927)
Oct 6 Julia Culp, Dutch mezzo-soprano, born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1970)
Oct 7 Jaume Pahissa, Spanish-Catalan composer (Gala Placidia; Aurora de esperanza), and musicologist, born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1969)
Oct 8 Ernest Douwes Dekker, Indo-Dutch nationalist and founder of National-India Party, born in Pasuruan, Malang, Indonesia (d. 1950)
Oct 12 (James) Healey Willan, British-Canadian organist, composer, and educator, born in Balham, London, England (d. 1968)
Oct 12 Louis Hémon, French novelist (Maria Chapdelaine), born in Brest, France (d. 1913)
Oct 13 Sasha Chorny [Alexander Mikhailovich Glikberg], Russian poet, born in Odessa, Russian Empire (d. 1932)
Oct 14 Vilhelm Ekelund, Swedish poet and writer (Sak och sken) (d. 1940)
Oct 21 Reggie Spooner, English cricket batsman (10 Tests; dual cricket/rugby union international), born in St Helens, Lancashire (d. 1961)
Oct 21 Viking Eggeling, Swedish artist/filmmaker (Symphonie Diagonale), born in Lund, Sweden (d. 1925)
Oct 23 Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress (Banjo; David Copperfield; The Invisible Man), born in Belfast, Ireland (d. 1959)
Oct 26 Andrei Bely [Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev], Russian writer (Petersburg), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1934)
Oct 29 Abram F. Joffe, Russian physicist (crystal), born in Romny, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1960)
Oct 30 Sara Allgood, Irish-American stage and screen actress (Peg o' My Heart; Blackmail; How Green Was My Valley), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1950)

Alfred Wegener (1880-1930)

Nov 1 German polar researcher, geophysicist and meteorologist (continental drift), born in Berlin

Nov 1 Grantland Rice, American sportswriter (New York Herald Tribune 1914-30, Colliers 1925-37), born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee (d. 1954)
Nov 1 Karel Paul van der Mandele, Dutch financier and director (Rotterdam Bank), born in Delft, Netherlands (d. 1975)
Nov 1 Sholem Asch [Szalom Asz], Polish-Jewish-American novelist and playwright (East River; Three Cities), born in Kutno, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (d. 1957)
Nov 2 John Foulds, British cellist, musicologist, and composer (World Requiem; Three Mantras), born in Hulme, Manchester, England (d. 1939)
Nov 3 Edward Barrett, Irish heavyweight wrestler and all-round sportsman (Olympic gold tug-of-war 1908), born in Ballyduff, County Kerry (d. 1932)
Nov 3 Raffaele Casimiri, Italian musicologist and composer, born in Gualdo Tadino, Italy (d. 1943)
Nov 6 Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-American writer and novelist (Pietje Bell, Kruimeltje), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1959)

Robert Musil (1880-1942)

Nov 6 Austrian writer (Mann ohne Eigenschaften), born in Klagenfurt, Austria

Nov 9 Rudolf Karel, Czech composer (Three Hairs of the Wise Old Man), born in Pilseň, Czech Republic (d. 1945)
Nov 10 Aart A. van Schelven, Dutch church historian (Willem of Orange) (d. 1954)
Nov 10 Jacob Epstein, American-English sculptor (Adam, Jacob & the Angel), born in New York City (d. 1959)
Nov 14 Eugene O'Brien, American actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), born in Boulder, Colorado (d. 1966)
Nov 20 George McBride, American baseball shortstop (AL fielding leader 1912-15 Washington Senators) and manager (Washington Senators 1921), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1973)
Nov 21 Franz Hessel, German writer, born in Szczecin, Poland (d. 1941)
Nov 25 Elsie J. Oxenham, British children's author (Abbey Series), born in Southport, Lancashire, England (d. 1960)
Nov 25 Leonard Woolf, English author and husband of Virginia Woolf, born in London (d. 1969)
Nov 28 Alexander Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat), born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1921)
Nov 28 Marinus van Meel, Dutch aviator and aircraft manufacturer, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1958)
Nov 30 Herbert Jones, British thoroughbred jockey (British Triple Crown [Diamond Jubilee] 1900; 8 x British Classic Race wins), born in Epsom, England (d. 1951)
Dec 1 Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (openings theorist), born in Stawiski, Congress Poland (d. 1961)
Dec 3 Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (commander in the German occupation of Austria, invasions of Poland, France, and Russia during WWII), born in Cüstrin, Province of Brandenburg, German Empire (d. 1945)
Dec 4 Garfield Wood, American inventor, motorboat builder and racer (world water speed record x 5; first to travel over 100 mph on water), born in Mapleton, Iowa (d. 1971)
Dec 5 Alexander Schmuller, Russian-Dutch violinist and conductor, born in Mazyr, Belarus (d. 1933)
Dec 10 Fred Immler, German actor (Zapata's Gang, Madame DuBarry), born in Germany (d. 1965)
Dec 19 Nemesio Otaño, Spanish organist, choral director, educator, and composer (Basque Suite), born in Azcoitia, Spain (d. 1956) [1]
Dec 24 Johnny Gruelle, American cartoonist, children's book writer and creator of Raggedy Ann, born in Arcola, Illinois (d. 1939)
Dec 28 Christian Frederik Leipoldt, South African physician, writer and poet, born in Worcester, South Africa (d. 1947)
Dec 29 Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, French composer (Ophellia), born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1952)
Dec 30 Alfred Einstein, German-American musicologist and nephew of Albert Einstein, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1952)