Birthdays In History 1872

1872 Alexander Scriabin Russian pianist and composer (d. 1915)

1872 G. W. Pierce American physicist and academic (d. 1956)

1872 Arsen Kotsoyev Russian author and translator (d. 1944)

1872 Henri Büsser French organist composer and conductor (d. 1973)

1872 Paul Langevin French physicist and academic (d. 1946)

1872 Jože Plečnik Slovenian architect designed Plečnik Parliament (d. 1957)

1872 Yuly Aykhenvald Russian literary critic (d. 1928)

1872 Konstantin Bogaevsky Russian painter (d. 1943)

1872 Morris Travers English chemist and academic (d. 1961)

1872 Zane Grey American author (d. 1939)

1872 Lou Criger American baseball player and manager (d. 1934)

1872 Gotse Delchev Bulgarian and Macedonian revolutionary activist (d. 1903)

1872 Johan Pitka Estonian admiral (d. 1944)

1872 Alexandru Vaida-Voevod Romanian politician Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1950)

1872 Anna Held Polish singer (d. 1918)

1872 Horatio Nelson Jackson American race car driver and physician (d. 1955)

1872 Hal Colebatch English-Australian politician 12th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1953)

1872 Sergei Diaghilev Russian ballet manager and critic founded the Ballets Russes (d. 1929)

1872 Samuel Cate Prescott American microbiologist and chemist (d. 1962)

1872 Aleksandër Stavre Drenova Albanian poet rilindas and author of national anthem of Albania (d. 1947)

1872 John Cameron Scottish international footballer and manager (d. 1935)

1872 Alexander Roda Roda Austrian-Croatian journalist and author (d. 1945)

1872 Alice Salomon German social reformer (d. 1948)

1872 Princess Margaret of Prussia (d. 1954)

1872 C. B. Fry English cricketer footballer educator and politician (d. 1956)

1872 Harry Payne Whitney American businessman and lawyer (d. 1930)

1872 Forest Ray Moulton American astronomer and academic (d. 1952)

1872 Hugo Alfvén Swedish composer conductor violinist and painter (d. 1960)

1872 Sidónio Pais Portuguese soldier and politician 4th President of Portugal (d. 1918)

1872 Ichiyō Higuchi Japanese writer (d. 1896)

1872 Willem de Sitter Dutch mathematician physicist and astronomer (d. 1934)

1872 Djemal Pasha Ottoman general (d. 1922)

1872 Marcel Mauss French sociologist and anthropologist (d. 1950)

1872 Anton Korošec Slovenian priest and politician tenth Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 1940)

1872 Elia Dalla Costa Italian cardinal (d. 1961)

1872 Marian Smoluchowski Polish physicist and mountaineer (d. 1917)

1872 Alix of Hesse German princess and Russian empress (d. 1918)

1872 Jan Frans De Boever Belgian painter and illustrator (d. 1949)

1872 Thomas N. Heffron American actor director and screenwriter (d. 1951)

1872 János Szlepecz Slovene priest and author (d. 1936)

1872 Thomas William Burgess English swimmer and water polo player (d. 1950)

1872 Theodore Payne English-American gardener and botanist (d. 1963)

1872 George Carpenter American 5th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1948)

1872 Frank Crowninshield American journalist and art and theatre critic (d. 1947)

1872 Heber Doust Curtis American astronomer (d. 1942)

1872 Louis Blériot French pilot and engineer (d. 1936)

1872 William Duddell English physicist and engineer (d. 1917)

1872 Édouard Herriot French lawyer and politician Prime Minister of France (d. 1957)

1872 Albert Marque French sculptor and doll maker (d. 1939)

1872 Julius Fučík Czech composer and conductor of military bands (d. 1916)

1872 Stanislav Binički Serbian composer conductor and pedagogue. (d. 1942)

1872 Albert Sarraut French journalist and politician 106th Prime Minister of France (d. 1962)

1872 Eric Alfred Knudsen American author lawyer and politician (d. 1957)

1872 Princess Clémentine of Belgium (d. 1955)

1872 George E. Stewart Australian-American colonel Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1946)

1872 Haakon VII of Norway (d. 1957)

1872 Oswaldo Cruz Brazilian physician bacteriologist and epidemiologist founded the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (d. 1917)

1872 Archduke Joseph August of Austria (d. 1962)

1872 William Manuel Johnson American bassist (d. 1972)

1872 Richard Willstätter German-Swiss chemist and academic Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1942)

1872 Sri Aurobindo Indian guru poet and philosopher (d. 1950)

1872 Aubrey Beardsley English author and illustrator (d. 1898)

1872 Tanguturi Prakasam Indian lawyer and politician 1st Chief Minister of Andhra (d. 1957)

1872 Max Beerbohm English essayist parodist and caricaturist (d. 1956)

1872 V. O. Chidambaram Pillai Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1936)

1872 Horace Rice Australian tennis player (d. 1950)

1872 James William McCarthy American judge (d. 1939)

1872 Ranjitsinhji Indian cricketer (d. 1933)

1872 Kijūrō Shidehara Japanese politician and diplomat 44th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1951)

1872 John Olof Dahlgren Swedish-American soldier Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1963)

1872 Carl Friedberg German-Italian pianist and educator (d. 1955)

1872 Adolf Schmal Austrian fencer and cyclist (d. 1919)

1872 Maurice Gamelin French general (d. 1958)

1872 Henry Tingle Wilde English chief officer on the RMS Titanic (d. 1912)

1872 Jaan Teemant Estonian lawyer and politician 7th State Elder of Estonia (d. 1941)

1872 Max Ehrmann American poet and lawyer (d. 1945)

1872 Mary Engle Pennington American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer (d. 1952)

1872 Dionysios Kasdaglis Egyptian-Greek tennis player (d. 1931)

1872 Harlan F. Stone American lawyer and jurist 12th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1946)

1872 Ralph Vaughan Williams English composer and educator (d. 1958)

1872 Leon Leonwood Bean American hunter businessman and author founded L.L.Bean (d. 1967)

1872 Reginald Doherty English tennis player (d. 1910)

1872 Wilhelm Miklas Austrian educator and politician 3rd President of Austria (d. 1956)

1872 August Nilsson Swedish pole vaulter shot putter and tug of war competitor (d. 1921)

1872 Walter Buckmaster English polo player and businessman co-founded Buckmaster & Moore (d. 1942)

1872 Mikhail Kuzmin Russian poet and author (d. 1936)

1872 Peter O'Connor Irish long jumper (d. 1957)

1872 Louis Dewis Belgian-French painter (d. 1946)

1872 Lucille La Verne American actress (d. 1945)

1872 Leonora Speyer American poet and violinist (d. 1956)

1872 Bohdan Lepky Ukrainian author and poet (d. 1941)

1872 Maude Adams American actress (d. 1953)

1872 David I. Walsh American lawyer and politician 46th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1947)

1872 William Fay Irish actor and producer (d. 1947)

1872 John M. Lyle Irish-Canadian architect and educator designed the Royal Alexandra Theatre (d. 1945)

1872 Robert Maysack American gymnast and triathlete (d. 1960)

1872 Arthur Charles Hardy Canadian lawyer and politician Canadian Speaker of the Senate (d. 1962)

1872 William Haselden English cartoonist (d. 1953)

1872 Harry Nelson Pillsbury American chess player (d. 1906)

1872 Arthur Henry Adams Australian journalist and author (d. 1936)

1872 René Bull British illustrator and photographer (d. 1942)

1872 Anton Denikin Russian general (d. 1947)

1872 Trevor Kincaid Canadian-American zoologist and academic (d. 1970)

1872 Lorenzo Perosi Italian priest and composer (d. 1956)

1872 Albert Payson Terhune American journalist and author (d. 1942)

1872 Camille Guérin French veterinarian and bacteriologist (d. 1961)

1872 Frederick Semple American golfer and tennis player (d. 1927)

1872 Helena Rubinstein Polish-American businesswoman and philanthropist (d. 1965)

1872 Norman Angell English journalist academic and politician Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)

1872 Fred Marriott American race car driver (d. 1956)

1872 Clara Butt English opera singer (d. 1936)

1872 Jerome F. Donovan American lawyer and politician (d. 1949)

1872 Robert Maillart Swiss engineer designed the Salginatobel Bridge and Schwandbach Bridge (d. 1940)

1872 Ben Harney American pianist and composer (d. 1938)

1872 Frank Cooper Australian politician 25th Premier of Queensland (d. 1949)

1872 Abdullah Yusuf Ali Indian-English scholar and translator (d. 1953)

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