Birthdays In History 1873

1873 Antonie Pannekoek Dutch astronomer and theorist (d. 1960)

1873 Thérèse of Lisieux French nun and saint (d. 1897)

1873 Ichizō Kobayashi Japanese businessman and art collector founded the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (d. 1957)

1873 Charles Péguy French poet and journalist (d. 1914)

1873 Adolph Zukor Hungarian-American film producer co-founded Paramount Pictures (d. 1976)

1873 Iuliu Maniu Romanian lawyer and politician 32nd Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1953)

1873 Hayim Nahman Bialik Ukrainian-Austrian journalist author and poet (d. 1934)

1873 Thomas Curtis American sprinter and hurdler (d. 1944)

1873 John Flanagan Irish-American hammer thrower (d. 1938)

1873 Algernon Maudslay English sailor (d. 1948)

1873 Jack O'Neill Irish-American baseball player (d. 1935)

1873 George Orton Canadian runner and hurdler (d. 1958)

1873 John Callan O'Laughlin American soldier and journalist (d. 1949)

1873 Spyridon Louis Greek runner (d. 1940)

1873 Johannes V. Jensen Danish author poet and playwright Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)

1873 Arturo Labriola Italian revolutionary syndicalist (d. 1959)

1873 Dmitry Ushakov Russian philologist and lexicographer (d. 1942)

1873 Leo Fall Austrian composer (d. 1925)

1873 Konstantin von Neurath German politician and diplomat 13th German Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1956)

1873 Étienne Desmarteau Canadian shot putter and discus thrower (d. 1905)

1873 Thomas Andrews Irish shipbuilder and businessman designed the RMS Titanic (d. 1912)

1873 Feodor Chaliapin Russian opera singer (d. 1938)

1873 Hans von Euler-Chelpin German-Swedish biochemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)

1873 Radoje Domanović Serbian journalist and author (d. 1908)

1873 Liang Qichao Chinese journalist philosopher and scholar (d. 1929)

1873 William Green American union leader and politician (d. 1952)

1873 Guy Wetmore Carryl American journalist and poet (d. 1904)

1873 John H. Trumbull American colonel and politician 70th Governor of Connecticut (d. 1961)

1873 Olav Bjaaland Norwegian skier and explorer (d. 1961)

1873 Madame Sul-Te-Wan American actress (d. 1959)

1873 Jakob Wassermann German-Austrian soldier and author (d. 1934)

1873 Max Reger German pianist composer and conductor (d. 1916)

1873 Ernest Lawson Canadian-American painter (d. 1939)

1873 Rudolf Rocker German-American author and activist (d. 1958)

1873 Dorothea Bleek South African-German anthropologist and philologist (d. 1948)

1873 John Geiger American rower (d. 1956)

1873 Tullio Levi-Civita Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1941)

1873 Sergei Rachmaninoff Russian pianist composer and conductor (d. 1943)

1873 Joseph Rheden Austrian astronomer (d. 1946)

1873 John McGraw American baseball player and manager (d. 1934)

1873 Edward Lawson English soldier Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1955)

1873 John W. Davis American lawyer and politician 14th United States Solicitor General (d. 1955)

1873 Sydney Barnes English cricketer (d. 1967)

1873 Ellen Glasgow American author (d. 1945)

1873 Walter de la Mare English poet short story writer and novelist (d. 1956)

1873 Howard Garis American author creator of the Uncle Wiggily series of children's stories (d. 1962)

1873 Jurgis Baltrušaitis Lithuanian poet critic and translator (d. 1944)

1873 Pavlo Skoropadskyi German-Ukrainian general and politician Hetman of Ukraine (d. 1945)

1873 J. E. H. MacDonald English-Canadian painter (d. 1932)

1873 Oskari Tokoi Finnish socialist and the Chairman of the Senate of Finland (d. 1963)

1873 Henri Barbusse French author and journalist (d. 1935)

1873 Dorothy Richardson English author and journalist (d. 1957)

1873 Hans Berger German neurologist and academic (d. 1941)

1873 Olaf Gulbransson Norwegian painter and illustrator (d. 1958)

1873 Rudolf Tobias Estonian organist and composer (d. 1918)

1873 Otto Loewi German-American pharmacologist and psychobiologist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)

1873 Nictzin Dyalhis American author (d.1942)

1873 Karin Swanström Swedish actress director and producer (d. 1942)

1873 Filippo Silvestri Italian entomologist and academic (d. 1949)

1873 Alexis Carrel French surgeon and biologist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1944)

1873 Leo Frobenius German ethnologist and archaeologist (d. 1938)

1873 Alice Guy-Blaché French-American film director producer and screenwriter (d. 1968)

1873 Andrass Samuelsen Faroese politician 1st Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1954)

1873 Dimitrios Maximos Greek banker and politician 140th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1955)

1873 Alberto Santos-Dumont Brazilian pilot (d. 1932)

1873 Ramaprasad Chanda Indian archaeologist and historian (d. 1942)

1873 John A. Sampson American gynecologist and academic (d. 1946)

1873 Fred Stone American actor and producer (d. 1959)

1873 Eliel Saarinen Finnish architect and academic co-designed the National Museum of Finland (d. 1950)

1873 Alexander Bogdanov Russian physician and philosopher (d. 1928)

1873 Lee de Forest American engineer and academic invented the Audion tube (d. 1961)

1873 Lily Poulett-Harris Australian cricketer and educator (d. 1897)

1873 Cornelius Vanderbilt III American general and engineer (d. 1942)

1873 Alfred Jarry French author and playwright (d. 1907)

1873 David O. McKay American religious leader 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1970)

1873 Max Reinhardt Austrian-born American theater and film director (d. 1943)

1873 Constantin Carathéodory German mathematician and author (d. 1950)

1873 Sidney Olcott Canadian-American actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 1949)

1873 Ferenc Szisz Hungarian race car driver (d. 1944)

1873 Papa Jack Laine American drummer and bandleader (d. 1966)

1873 María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui Cuban pianist and composer (d. 1957)

1873 Wacław Berent Polish author and translator (d. 1940)

1873 Vithalbhai Patel Indian legislator and political leader (d. 1933)

1873 Stephen Warfield Gambrill American lawyer and politician (d. 1924)

1873 Pelham Warner English cricketer and manager (d. 1963)

1873 Lucien Mérignac French fencer (d. 1941)

1873 Ejnar Hertzsprung Danish chemist and astronomer (d. 1967)

1873 Alexey Shchusev Russian architect and academic designed Lenin's Mausoleum (d. 1949)

1873 Carl Flesch Hungarian violinist and educator (d. 1944)

1873 Karl Schwarzschild German physicist and astronomer (d. 1916)

1873 Charles Rudolph Walgreen American pharmacist and businessman founded Walgreens (d. 1939)

1873 Georgios Kafantaris Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1946)

1873 Ivanoe Bonomi Italian lawyer and politician 25th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1951)

1873 Bart King American cricketer (d. 1965)

1873 Nellie McClung Canadian author and suffragist (d. 1951)

1873 Gustaf John Ramstedt Finnish linguist and diplomat (d. 1950)

1873 Rama Tirtha Indian philosopher and educator (d. 1906)

1873 William D. Coolidge American physicist and engineer (d. 1975)

1873 E. T. Whittaker British mathematician and physicist (d. 1956)

1873 A. K. Fazlul Huq Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician 5th Pakistani Minister of Interior (d. 1962)

1873 Thorvald Stauning Danish union leader and politician 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1942)

1873 Francisco I. Madero Mexican businessman and politician 33rd President of Mexico (d. 1913)

1873 Kyōka Izumi Japanese author poet and playwright (d. 1939)

1873 Edwin Flack Australian tennis player and runner (d. 1935)

1873 Otfrid Foerster German neurologist and surgeon (d. 1941)

1873 Henri Rabaud French conductor and composer (d. 1949)

1873 Sara Josephine Baker American physician and academic (d. 1945)

1873 Elizabeth McCombs the first woman elected to the Parliament of New Zealand (d. 1935)

1873 Ramón Castillo Argentine politician (d. 1944)

1873 William Coblentz American physicist (d. 1962)

1873 Georges Caussade French composer (d. 1936)

1873 Daniel Gregory Mason American composer and music critic (d. 1953)

1873 Leo Amery Indian-English journalist and politician Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1955)

1873 Johnny Tyldesley English cricketer (d. 1930)

1873 Julius Martov Russian politician (d. 1923)

1873 Herbert Roper Barrett English tennis player (d. 1943)

1873 Albert Henry Krehbiel American painter and illustrator (d. 1945)

1873 Fred Herd Scottish golfer (d. 1954)

1873 Suzan Rose Benedict American mathematician and academic (d. 1942)

1873 Božena Benešová Czech author and poet (d. 1936)

1873 Willa Cather American novelist short story writer and poet (d. 1947)

1873 George Blewett Canadian philosopher author and academic (d. 1912)

1873 Josip Plemelj Slovenian mathematician and academic (d. 1967)

1873 Ford Madox Ford English novelist poet and critic (d. 1939)

1873 Francis Burton Harrison American general and politician 6th Governor-General of the Philippines (d. 1957)

1873 Alphonse Kirchhoffer French fencer (d. 1913)

1873 Kan'ichi Asakawa Japanese historian author and academic (d. 1948)

1873 Mehmet Akif Ersoy Turkish poet academic and politician (d. 1936)

1873 Otto Frederick Hunziker Swiss-American agriculturalist and educator (d. 1959)

1873 Thomas Wass English cricketer (d. 1953)

1873 Al Smith American lawyer and politician 42nd Governor of New York (d. 1944)

1873 Konstantin Konik Estonian surgeon and politician 19th Estonian Minister of Education (d. 1936)

1873 Monty Noble Australian cricketer (d. 1940)

1873 John Barry Irish soldier Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1901)

1873 Kyösti Kallio Finnish farmer banker and politician 4th President of Finland (d. 1940)

1873 Elena Alistar Bessarabian politician (d. 1955)

1873 Anton Cermak Czech-American captain and politician 44th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1933)

1873 James Harcourt English character actor (d. 1951)

Famous US Presidents