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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1862 January 1 Birth of Snitz Edwards Hungary; actor (College, Phantom of the Opera). [1] January 8 Birth of Frank Nelson Doubleday publisher/founder (Doubleday and Co). [1] January 17 Birth of John E Akkeringa Dutch painter/etcher. [1] January 23 Birth of David Hilbert Konigsberg East Prussia, mathematician. [1] January 24 Birth of Edith Wharton[-Jones] US, novelist (Ethan Frome, Age of Innocence, House of Mirth). [1] January 29 Birth of Frederick Delius Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha). [1] January 30 Birth of Walter Johannes Damrosch composer. [1] February 5 Birth of Felipe Villanueva y Gutiérrez Mexico, composer. [1] February 7 Birth of Bernard Maybeck US architect (Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco). [1] February 10 Birth of W H "Gobo" Ashley cricketer (7 wickets in one Test for South Africa 1889). [1] February 13 Birth of Karel Weis composer. [1] February 17 Birth of Edward German (Jones) Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer. [1] Birth of Mori Ogai [Mori Rintarô) Japanese author (Maihime/Gan). [1] February 22 Birth of Connie Mack baseball manager (Philadelphia Athletics 1900-1950). [1] Birth of Karen Hulda Garborg[-Bergersen] Norwegian playwright (Mot Solen/Eli). [1] March 2 Birth of John Jay Chapman US advocate/poet/writer (Learning and Other Essays). [1] March 4 Birth of Robert Emden Swiss geologist/astro-physicist (Emden-polytroop). [1] March 8 Birth of Joseph Lee helped develop playgrounds. [1] March 12 Birth of Jane Delano US, nurse/teacher/founder (Red Cross). [1] March 13 Birth of Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov composer. [1] March 14 Birth of Vilhelm FK Bjerknes Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology. [1] March 26 Birth of George William Louis Marshall-Hall composer. [1] March 28 Birth of Aristide Briand France, premier (1909-22) (Nobel Prize 1926). [1] April 2 Birth of Nicholas Murray Butler US, Columbia University president/pacifist (Nobel Prize 1931). [1] April 5 Birth of Louis Ganne composer. [1] April 11 Birth of Charles Evans Hughs 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court (1930-41). [1] Birth of William W Campbell US astronomer/director Lick Observatory. [1] April 14 Birth of Pyotr A Stolypin premier Russia (1906-11). [1] April 25 Birth of Edward Grey English viscount of Fallodon/minister of Foreign affairs. [1] April 29 Birth of Vittorio Mario Vanzo composer. [1] May 1 Birth of Anthony G Kröller entrepreneur/government advisor/husband of Helene Müller. [1] Birth of Marcel Prévost French publisher/writer (Les demis-vierges). [1] May 2 Birth of Marie F M Emmanuel French composer/musicologist (Salamine). [1] May 5 Birth of Max Elskamp Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya). [1] May 15 Birth of Arthur Schnitzler Austria, playwright/novelist (La Ronde). [1] May 18 Birth of Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing German para-psychologist. [1] May 22 Birth of August Cuppens Flemish author/pastor. [1] May 23 Birth of William "Dummy" Hoy professoressional baseball player who lived to 99. [1] May 28 Birth of Henry W Slocum Jr tennis champion (US Open-1888). [1] June 27 Birth of May Irwin US comedienne/singer (A Hot Time in the Old Town). [1] July 14 Birth of Florence Bascom US, first American woman PhD. [1] Birth of Gustav Klimt Austria, Art Nouveau painter. [1] July 16 Birth of Ida B Wells famous African. [1] August 11 Birth of Carrie Jacobs Bond Janesville Wisconsin, songwriter (I Love You Truly). [1] August 16 Birth of Amos Alonzo Stagg football pioneer, inventor (tackling dummy). [1] August 22 Birth of Claude Debussy Saint Germain-en-Laye, composer (La Mer, Clair de lune). [1] August 29 Birth of Maurice Maeterlinck Belgium, Symbolist poet (Nobel Prize 1911). [1] September 11 Birth of O Henry pen name of William Sidney Porter, short story writer. [1] October 6 Birth of Albert Jeremiah Beveridge US, politician/author (Progressive). [1] October 19 Birth of Auguste Lumière made first movie (Workers Leaving Lumière Factory). [1] November 4 Birth of Eden Phillpotts England, novelist/poet/playwright (Red Madymaynes). [1] November 15 Birth of Gerhart Hauptmann Germany, writer (Before Dawn-Nobel Prize 1912). [1] November 23 Birth of Alberto Williams Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Etrerno Reposo). [1] December 3 Birth of Jules Renkin Belgian jurist/minister/premier (1931-32). [1] December 7 Birth of Paul Adam French writer (La Bataille d'Uhde). [1] December 8 Birth of Georges Feydeau French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's). [1] December 9 Birth of Karel Kovarovic composer. [1] December 12 Birth of Daniel Halévy French historian/writer (La fin des notables). [1] December 14 Birth of Alexander V Amfiteatrov Russian/French/Italian writer. [1] Birth of John M Acket Dutch literary (Grammatic Conceptions). [1] December 16 Birth of Eugène Demolder Belgian writer (Sous la robe). [1] December 22 Birth of Connie Mack Hall of Fame baseball executive/manager (Philadelphia Athletics 1900-1950). [1] December 23 Birth of Henri Pirenne Belgian historian (History of Belgium). [1] December 26 Birth of Alexander V Amfiteatrov Russian/French/Italian writer. [1] 1863 January 1 Birth of Aleko Konstantinov Bulgarian writer (To Chicago and Back). [1] Birth of Baron Pierre de Coubertin France; reviver of the Olympic games. [1] January 2 Birth of Lucia Zarate became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at age 17). [1] January 5 Birth of Konstantin Stanislavsky Russian actor/director/methodist. [1] January 8 Birth of Paul Scheerbart [Bruno Küfer], German writer (The Seasnake). [1] January 12 Birth of Vivekananda Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer. [1] January 14 Birth of Pieter Oosterlee Dutch educator. [1] January 15 Birth of Adolph Goldschmidt German historian. [1] Birth of Wilhelm Marx in Cologne, Germany; Chancellor of the Weimar Republic, founder and first president of the Catholic Schools Organization. [1] [37] January 17 Birth of David Lloyd George (L-Prime Minister-Britain, 1916-22). [1] Birth of Henry Charles Tonking composer. [1] Birth of Konstantin S Stanislavski Russia, director (Stanislavski Method). [1] January 19 Birth of Werner Sombart German fascist (Juden und das Wirtschaftsleben). [1] January 31 Birth of F Henri Berz French existentialist philosopher (Revue the Synthesis). [1] February 5 Birth of Armand Parent composer. [1] February 7 Birth of Mieczyslaw Soltys composer. [1] February 9 Birth of Anthony Hope [Hopkins] London, novelist. [1] February 19 Birth of Augusto Bernardino Leguía y Salcedo President of Perú (1908, 1919). [1] Birth of Emanuel Moor composer. [1] February 23 Birth of Franz von Stuck German painter (Der Krieg). [1] March 11 Birth of Andrew Stoddart cricketer (My Dear Victorious Stod). [1] Birth of Wobbe de Vries Dutch linguist. [1] March 12 Birth of Adolf A Wolfschoon Curaçao, poet. [1] Birth of Gabriele D'Annunzio Italy, writer/military hero (The Intruder). [1] March 20 Birth of Ernesto Nazareth composer. [1] March 21 Birth of Hugo Kaun composer. [1] March 23 Birth of Godfried CE van Daalen Dutch General/Governor of Atjeh. [1] March 26 Birth of Henry Royce founder (Rolls-Royce Limited in 1884). [1] March 27 Birth of Sir Henry Royce automobile founder (Rolls-Royce). [1] April 2 Birth of Henry C Van de Velde Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau). [1] April 12 Birth of Raul d'Avila Pompeia Brazilian writer (Boarding School). [1] April 17 In Weston-super-Mare, England, Augustus Love born. [53] Birth of Johannes P Boskaljon Curaçao composer/conductor. [1] April 18 Birth of Felix Blumenfeld composer. [1] April 19 Birth of Felix Blumenfeld composer. [1] April 22 Birth of Cornelis A J van Dishoeck Dutch publisher. [1] April 26 Birth of Arno Holz writer. [1] Birth of Charles Haslewood Shannon lithographer/painter. [1] April 29 Birth of William Randolph Hearst; publisher (San Francisco Examiner, Seattle Post-Intelligencer) (dies 1951). [1] [5] May 5 Birth of Frederik A Stoett linguist (Dutch Proverbs). [1] May 12 Birth of Charles Bordes composer. [1] May 28 Birth of Georg Adler German state economist. [1] May 31 Birth of Francis E Younghusband British journalist/explorer. [1] June 2 Birth of Felix Weingartner in Germany; conductor (Zara, Dalmatia). [1] June 29 Birth of James Harvey Robinson Illinois, historian (Ordeal of Civilization). [1] July 13 Birth of Emma Mary Wooley educator (Mary Anna Wells). [1] July 21 Birth of C Aubrey Smith London England; actor (Prisoner of Zenda). [1] July 30 Birth of Henry Ford Dearborn Township, Michigan, auto maker (Ford). [1] August 16 Birth of Gabriel Pierné Metz France, composer (Edith). [1] September 13 Birth of Arthur Henderson Britain, socialist/disarmament worker (Nobel Prize 1934). [1] October 9 Birth of Alexander Siloti Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof (Moscow Cons 1888-91). [1] October 16 Birth of Sir Austen Chamberlain British Foreign Secretary (Nobel Prize 1925). [1] October 19 Birth of John Huston Finley Illinois, editor (New York Times (1937-38)). [1] November 14 Birth of Leo Baekeland Belgian chemist (Bakelite). [1] November 21 Birth of Arthur Quiller-Couch editor (Oxford Book of English Verse). [1] November 30 Birth of Andres Bonifacio leader of 1896 Philippine revolt against Spain. [1] December 2 Birth of Gustav Wohlgemuth composer. [1] December 5 Birth of Paul P Painlevé French Prime Minister (1917, 1925), mathematician. [1] December 7 Richard Sears is born (dies 1914). [5] Birth of John Ebenezer West composer. [1] Birth of Pietro Mascagni Italian composer/fascist (Cavalleria Rusticana). [1] Birth of Svetolik Rankovic Serbian writer (Forest King). [1] December 11 Birth of Annie Jump Cannon US, stellar spectroscopist (Harvard-classification). [1] December 12 Birth of Edvard Munch Norway, painter/print maker (The Scream). [1] December 13 Birth of Johannes Weiss German New Testament scholar. [1] December 15 Birth of Arthur D Little US, chemist (patented rayon). [1] Birth of Paul [Prudent] Painlevé French mathematician/minister/premier. [1] December 16 Birth of George Santayana Spain, philosopher/poet/humanist (Last Puritan). [1] Birth of Ralph Adams Cram US, gothic architect (Cathedral of Saint John the Divine New York City). [1] December 17 Birth of Ion Vidu composer. [1] December 18 Birth of Franz Ferdinand archduke of Austria (Sarajevo/WWI). [1] December 22 Birth of Ch'i Pai-shih China, traditional Chinese painter. [1] Birth of Jean-Baptiste Marchand Thoissey France, soldier/explorer (Sudan). [1] December 25 Birth of E Fernández Arbós Spanish violinist/conductor/composer. [1] December 31 Birth of Alfredo Panzini Italian author (Dizionario Moderno). [1] 1864 January 1 Birth of Alfred Stieglitz US photographer-father of modern photography/art dealer (Camera Work). [1] January 6 Birth of Ban Johnson Norwalk Connecticut, baseball founder (American League). [1] January 11 Birth of Thomas Dixon US attorney/playwright (Flaming Sword). [1] January 13 Birth of Wilhelm Wien in Gaffken, Germany; physicist, won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1911. [1] [37] January 16 Birth of Frank Bacon actor/author (Lightnin). [1] January 17 Birth of Lucien Herr France, scientist (Corresp entre Schiller et Schiller). [1] January 29 Birth of Adolf Philipp composer. [1] February 5 Birth of Carl Tieke composer. [1] February 6 Birth of John Henry Mackay Scottish/German author/poet (Anarchists). [1] February 7 Birth of Arthur Collins singer/comedian (Peerless Quartet). [1] Birth of Ricardo Castro Herrera composer. [1] February 14 Birth of Israel Zangwill England, Jewish author/Zionist (Children of Ghetto). [1] Birth of Robert E Park US, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man). [1] February 17 Birth of Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson New South Wales Australia, poet (Waltzing Matilda). [1] February 19 Birth of Aritius S Talma Dutch minister of Agriculture (Work Law of 1911). [1] February 22 Birth of Jules Renard France, writer (Poil de Carotte). [1] March 1 Birth of Rebecca Lee first black woman to get a medical degree. [1] March 14 Birth of [John] Casey Jones; railroad engineer (Ballad of Casey Jones) (dies 1900). [1] (1863 [5]) March 15 Birth of Johan Halvorsen composer. [1] Birth of Leslie Stuart composer. [1] March 18 Birth of Karl M Lybeck Finnish/Swedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten). [1] March 23 Birth of Hjalmar Borgstrom composer. [1] March 30 Birth of Franz Oppenheimer German sociologist/politician. [1] April 1 Birth of Marie Jungius Dutch fairy tale writer. [1] April 10 Birth of Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert German pianist/composer (Golem). [1] Birth of Tully Marshall Nevada City California. [1] April 18 Birth of Richard Harding Davis US, journalist/author (In The Fig). [1] April 21 Birth of Max Weber German sociologist/economist/historian (Ancient Judaism). [1] April 22 Birth of Phil May Wortley Yorkshire, cartoonist. [1] April 24 Birth of George Alting van Geusau Director-General (PTT)/Dutch Minister of War (1918-20). [1] April 28 Birth of William F A Ellison Irish clergyman/director (Armagh Observatory). [1] April 30 Birth of Frans Netscher Dutch writer/journalist (Studies of nude model). [1] May 14 Birth of Eleanor Everest Freer composer. [1] May 18 Birth of Jan P Veth Bayern, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer/art historian. [1] May 19 Birth of Carl Ethan Akeley US, naturalist, developed animal mount process. [1] May 23 Birth of Louis Glass composer. [1] May 29 Birth of A H Borgesius Dutch amateur astronomer. [1] May 31 Birth of Albert J M Bakker Dutch actor (Teun the night watch). [1] June 3 Birth of Ransom Eli Olds auto (Oldsmobile) and truck (REO) manufacturer. [1] June 11 Birth of Richard Strauss München Germany, composer (Till Eulenspiegel). [1] June 14 Birth of Alois Alzheimer Germany, psychiatrist/pathologist (Alzheimer Disease). [1] June 25 Birth of Walther Hermann Nernst Prussian physical chemist (Nobel Prize 1920). [1] July 9 Birth of Franz Miller becomes first Train Murderer. [1] July 12 Birth of George Washington Carver; agricultural scientist. [1] (January 1 [5]) July 20 Birth of Erik Karlfeldt Sweden, poet (Nobel Prize 1918-refused; 1931-posthumous). [1] July 21 Birth of Frances Folsom Cleveland first lady. [1] September 1 Birth of Sir Roger David Casement Ireland, martyr (Irish Republican Army). [1] September 14 Birth of Lord Cecil of Chelwood United Kingdom, help form League of Nations (Nobel Prize 1937). [1] October 5 Birth of Louis Lumière with brother Auguste made first motion picture in 1895. [1] October 17 Birth of Elinor Glyn British novelist (3 Weeks). [1] November 11 Birth of Alfred Hermann Fried Germany, pacifist (Nobel Prize 1911). [1] November 24 Birth of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec France, painter (At the Moulin Rouge). [1] December 3 Birth of Herman Heijermans Jr Dutch writer (Kamertjeszonde, Diamond City). [1] December 9 Birth of Sidney Homer composer. [1] December 17 Birth of John Felix August Korling composer. [1] December 19 Birth of Adolf Sandberger composer. [1] December 30 Birth of Alessandro Longo composer. [1] December 31 Birth of Robert G Aitken US astronomer (Binary Stars). [1]