May 16
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Birthdays In History 1876

1876 Wilhelm Pieck German carpenter and politician 1st President of the German Democratic Republic (d. 1960)

1876 William Hurlstone English pianist and composer (d. 1906)

1876 Elmer Flick American baseball player (d. 1971)

1876 Thomas Hicks American runner (d. 1952)

1876 Fevzi Çakmak Turkish field marshal and politician Prime Minister of the Turkish Provisional Government (d. 1950)

1876 Jack London American novelist and journalist (d. 1916)

1876 Claude Buckenham English cricketer and footballer (d. 1937)

1876 Frank Hague American lawyer and politician 30th Mayor of Jersey City (d. 1956)

1876 Wakashima Gonshirō Japanese sumo wrestler the 21st Yokozuna (d. 1943)

1876 Dragotin Kette Slovenian poet and author (d. 1899)

1876 Josef Hofmann Polish-American pianist and composer (d. 1957)

1876 Otto Diels German chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954)

1876 Havergal Brian English composer (d. 1972)

1876 Ernie McLea Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1931)

1876 Paula Modersohn-Becker German painter (d. 1907)

1876 Arthur Edward Moore New Zealand-Australian politician 23rd Premier of Queensland (d. 1963)

1876 Fritz Buelow German-American baseball player and umpire (d. 1933)

1876 G. M. Trevelyan English historian and academic (d. 1962)

1876 Constantin Brâncuși Romanian-French sculptor painter and photographer (d. 1957)

1876 Henri de Baillet-Latour Belgian businessman (d. 1942)

1876 James A. Gilmore American businessman and baseball executive (d. 1947)

1876 Pope Pius XII (d. 1958)

1876 Léon-Paul Fargue French poet and author (d. 1947)

1876 Theodore Hardeen Hungarian-American magician (d. 1945)

1876 Thomas Inskip 1st Viscount Caldecote English lawyer and politician 8th Lord Chief Justice of England (d. 1947)

1876 Elisabeth Moore American tennis player (d. 1959)

1876 Anna Hyatt Huntington American sculptor (d. 1973)

1876 Carl Ruggles American composer and painter (d. 1971)

1876 Felix Jacoby German philologist (d. 1959)

1876 Payne Whitney American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1927)

1876 Walter Tewksbury American runner and hurdler (d. 1968)

1876 Ziya Gökalp Turkish sociologist poet and activist (d. 1924)

1876 Thakin Kodaw Hmaing Burmese poet writer and political leader (d. 1964)

1876 Irving Baxter American high jumper and pole vaulter (d. 1957)

1876 William of Wied prince of Albania (d. 1945)

1876 Kate Richards O'Hare American Socialist Party activist and editor (d. 1948)

1876 Ioannis Georgiadis Greek fencer (d. 1960)

1876 Friedrich Traun German sprinter and tennis player (d. 1908)

1876 Borisav Stanković Serbian author (d. 1927)

1876 Margaret Anglin Canadian actress director and producer (d. 1958)

1876 Tomáš Baťa Czech businessman founded Bata Shoes (d. 1932)

1876 Maurice de Vlaminck French painter and poet (d. 1958)

1876 Fay Moulton American sprinter football player coach and lawyer (d. 1945)

1876 Paul Henry Irish painter (d. 1958)

1876 Ivane Javakhishvili Georgian historian and academic (d. 1940)

1876 Róbert Bárány Austrian-Swedish otologist and physician Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)

1876 Georg Lurich Estonian wrestler and strongman (d. 1920)

1876 Arthur Moeller van den Bruck German historian and author (d. 1925)

1876 Erich Raeder German admiral (d. 1960)

1876 Jacob Nicol Canadian publisher lawyer and politician (d. 1958)

1876 Ernst Felle German rower (d. 1959)

1876 Nicola Romeo Italian engineer and businessman (d. 1938)

1876 Orso Mario Corbino Italian physicist and politician (d. 1937)

1876 Ivan Cankar Slovenian poet and playwright (d. 1918)

1876 Fred Conrad Koch American biochemist and endocrinologist (d. 1948)

1876 Julius Klinger Austrian painter and illustrator (d. 1942)

1876 Percy Perrin English cricketer (d. 1945)

1876 Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski Polish journalist and author (d. 1945)

1876 William Stanier English engineer (d. 1965)

1876 Isaac Heinemann German-Israeli scholar and academic (d. 1957)

1876 Alexandre Tuffère Greek-French triple jumper (d. 1958)

1876 Alfred L. Kroeber American-French anthropologist and ethnologist (d. 1960)

1876 William Sealy Gosset English chemist and statistician (d. 1937)

1876 William Carr American rower (d. 1942)

1876 Edward Anthony Spitzka American anatomist and author (d. 1922)

1876 Nigel Gresley Scottish-English engineer (d. 1941)

1876 Willem Hendrik Keesom Dutch physicist and academic (d. 1956)

1876 Pascual Díaz y Barreto Mexican archbishop (d. 1936)

1876 T. J. Ryan Australian politician 19th Premier of Queensland (d. 1921)

1876 Harriet Brooks Canadian physicist and academic (d. 1933)

1876 Wilhelm Cuno German businessman and politician Chancellor of Germany (d. 1933)

1876 Ralph Barton Perry American philosopher and academic (d. 1957)

1876 Alexandros Papanastasiou Greek sociologist and politician Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1936)

1876 Joseph Fielding Smith American religious leader 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1972)

1876 Otto Blumenthal German mathematician and academic (d. 1944)

1876 Maria Ouspenskaya Russian-American actress and acting teacher (d. 1949)

1876 Pingali Venkayya Indian geologist designed the Flag of India (d. 1963)

1876 Giovanni Giuriati Italian lawyer and politician (d. 1970)

1876 John Scaddan Australian politician 10th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1934)

1876 Mary Ritter Beard American historian and activist (d. 1958)

1876 Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly Indian-Syrian priest founded the Sisters of the Destitute (d. 1929)

1876 Mary Roberts Rinehart American author and playwright (d. 1958)

1876 Alexander I of Serbia (d. 1903)

1876 Stylianos Gonatas Greek colonel and politician 111th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1966)

1876 Ivan Bilibin Russian illustrator and stage designer (d. 1942)

1876 Charles F. Kettering American engineer and businessman founded Delco Electronics (d. 1958)

1876 Kim Koo South Korean politician 6th President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (d. 1949)

1876 Harriet Shaw Weaver English journalist and activist (d. 1961)

1876 Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb German field marshal (d. 1956)

1876 John Macleod Scottish physician and physiologist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)

1876 Francesco Buhagiar Maltese politician 2nd Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1934)

1876 C. J. Dennis Australian poet and author (d. 1938)

1876 Inez Knight Allen Mormon missionary and Utah politician (d. 1937)

1876 Frank Chance American baseball player and manager (d. 1924)

1876 Hugh D. McIntosh Australian businessman (d. 1942)

1876 Stan Rowley Australian sprinter (d. 1924)

1876 Sherwood Anderson American novelist and short story writer (d. 1941)

1876 Bruno Walter German-American pianist composer and conductor (d. 1962)

1876 Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Bengali novelist (d. 1938)

1876 Marvin Hart American boxer (d. 1931)

1876 James Scullin Australian journalist and politician 9th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1953)

1876 Carleton Ellis American inventor and chemist (d. 1941)

1876 André Tardieu French journalist and politician 67th Prime Minister of France (d. 1945)

1876 Moshe Zvi Segal Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 1968)

1876 Edith Abbott American economist social worker and author (d. 1957)

1876 Ghulam Bhik Nairang Indian poet lawyer and politician (d. 1952)

1876 Florence Eliza Allen American mathematician and suffrage activist (d. 1960)

1876 Ernest Lapointe Canadian lawyer and politician 18th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 1941)

1876 Louis Tancred South African cricketer (d. 1934)

1876 Frederick Montague 1st Baron Amwell English lieutenant and politician (d. 1966)

1876 Rube Waddell American baseball player (d. 1914)

1876 Jimmy Sinclair South African cricketer and rugby player (d. 1913)

1876 Hippolyte Aucouturier French road cyclist (d. 1944)

1876 Mordecai Brown American baseball player coach and manager (d. 1945)

1876 Mihkel Pung Estonian lawyer and politician 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1941)

1876 Franz Schlegelberger German judge and politician Reich Ministry of Justice (d. 1970)

1876 Saya San Burmese monk and activist (d. 1931)

1876 H.B. Warner English actor (d. 1958)

1876 Natalie Clifford Barney American poet and playwright (d. 1972)

1876 Stephen Alencastre American bishop and missionary (d. 1940)

1876 Charlie Townsend English cricketer and lawyer (d. 1958)

1876 Victor Hémery French racing driver (d. 1950)

1876 Tatyana Afanasyeva Russian-Dutch mathematician and theorist (d. 1964)

1876 Rudolf Koch German designer (d. 1934)

1876 Olav Duun Norwegian author and educator (d. 1939)

1876 Percival Proctor Baxter American lawyer and politician 53rd Governor of Maine (d.1969)

1876 Emil Beyer American gymnast and triathlete (d. 1934)

1876 Manuel de Falla Spanish pianist and composer (d. 1946)

1876 Walter Burley Griffin American architect and urban planner designed Canberra (d. 1937)

1876 Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1936)

1876 Bert Vogler South African cricketer (d. 1946)

1876 Nellie Tayloe Ross American educator and politician 14th Governor of Wyoming (d. 1977)

1876 Yusuf Akçura Tatar-Turkish activist and ideologue of Turanism (d. 1935)

1876 Fred Duesenberg German-American businessman co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company (d. 1932)

1876 Berton Churchill Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1940)

1876 Alvin Kraenzlein American hurdler and runner (d. 1928)

1876 Bernard Friedberg Austrian-Israeli scholar and author (d. 1961)

1876 Jack Lang Australian lawyer and politician 23rd Premier of New South Wales (d. 1975)

1876 Filippo Tommaso Marinetti Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (d. 1944)

1876 Muhammad Ali Jinnah Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (d. 1948)

1876 Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus German chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959)

1876 Pablo Casals Catalan cellist and conductor (d. 1973)

1876 Lionel Tertis English violist (d. 1975)

1876 Henry Blogg English fisherman and sailor (d. 1954)

1876 13th Dalai Lama (d. 1933)

1876 Max Jacob French poet painter and critic (d. 1944)

1876 Alphaeus Philemon Cole American artist engraver and etcher (d. 1988)

1876 Hermann Müller German journalist and politician 12th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1931)

1876 Cecil Chubb English barrister and one time owner of Stonehenge (d. 1934)

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Born - Jan 12,1876

Died - Jan 21,1948

Italian

Harry Ford Sinclair

Profession -

Born - Jul 06,1876

Died - Nov 10,1956

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Konrad Adenauer

Profession -

Born - Jan 05,1876

Died - Apr 19,1967

German

Mata Hari

Profession - Dancer

Born - Aug 07,1876

Died - Oct 15,1917

Dutch

Mohammed Ali Jinnah

Profession -

Born - Dec 25,1876

Died - Sep 11,1948

Pakistani

Pius XII

Profession - Pope

Born - Mar 02,1876

Died - Oct 09,1958

Italian

Willis Carrier

Profession - Engineer

Born - Nov 26,1876

Died - Oct 07,1950

American

Zitkála-Šá

Profession - Writer

Born - Feb 22,1876

Died - Jan 26,1938

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