Birthdays In History 1862

1862 Matthew Nathan English soldier and politician 13th Governor of Queensland (d. 1939)

1862 Frank Nelson Doubleday American publisher founded the Doubleday Publishing Company (d. 1934)

1862 Carrie Derick Canadian botanist and geneticist (d. 1941)

1862 David Hilbert German mathematician and academic (d. 1943)

1862 Frank Shuman American inventor and engineer (d. 1918)

1862 Frederick Delius English composer (d. 1934)

1862 Walter Damrosch German-American conductor and composer (d. 1950)

1862 Émile Coste French fencer (d. 1927)

1862 Cornelius McKane American physician educator and hospital founder (d. 1912)

1862 James Clark McReynolds American lawyer and judge (d. 1946)

1862 Édouard Estaunié French novelist (d. 1942)

1862 Mori Ōgai Japanese general author and poet (d. 1922)

1862 Charles M. Schwab American businessman co-founded Bethlehem Steel (d. 1939)

1862 John Jay Chapman American lawyer author and poet (d. 1933)

1862 Jacob Robert Emden Swiss astrophysicist and meteorologist (d. 1940)

1862 Siegbert Tarrasch German chess player and theoretician (d. 1934)

1862 Paul Prosper Henrys French general (d. 1943)

1862 Vilhelm Bjerknes Norwegian physicist and meteorologist (d. 1951)

1862 Martha P. Falconer American social reformer (d. 1941)

1862 Silvio Gesell Belgian merchant and economist (d. 1930)

1862 Eugène Jansson Swedish painter (d. 1915)

1862 Nathaniel Reed American criminal (d. 1950)

1862 Jelena Dimitrijević Serbian short story writer novelist poet traveller social worker feminist and polyglot (d. 1945)

1862 Arturo Berutti Argentinian composer (d. 1938)

1862 Adolfo Müller-Ury Swiss-American painter (d. 1947)

1862 Nicholas Murray Butler American philosopher and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)

1862 Louis Ganne French conductor (d. 1923)

1862 Leo Stern English cellist (d. 1904)

1862 William Wallace Campbell American astronomer and academic (d. 1938)

1862 Charles Evans Hughes American lawyer and politician 44th United States Secretary of State (d. 1948)

1862 Tomitaro Makino Japanese botanist (d. 1957)

1862 Edmund C. Tarbell American painter and educator (d. 1938)

1862 Marcel Prévost French novelist and playwright (d. 1941)

1862 Arthur Schnitzler Austrian author and playwright (d. 1931)

1862 Margaret Fountaine English lepidopterist and diarist (d.1940)

1862 Mirza Alakbar Sabir Azerbaijani philosopher and poet (d. 1911)

1862 Allvar Gullstrand Swedish ophthalmologist and optician Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)

1862 Henry Newbolt English historian author and poet (d. 1938)

1862 Philipp Lenard Slovak-German physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)

1862 Mrs. Leslie Carter American actress (d. 1937)

1862 John Ulric Nef Swiss-American chemist and academic (d. 1915)

1862 Carolyn Wells American novelist and poet (d. 1942)

1862 Damrong Rajanubhab Thai historian and author (d. 1943)

1862 May Irwin Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 1938)

1862 William Henry Bragg English physicist chemist and mathematician Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1942)

1862 George Nuttall American-British bacteriologist (d. 1937)

1862 Horatio Caro English chess master (d. 1920)

1862 Florence Bascom American geologist and educator (d. 1945)

1862 Gustav Klimt Austrian painter and illustrator (d. 1918)

1862 Cosmo Duff-Gordon Scottish fencer (d. 1931)

1862 Nikolai Yudenich Russian general (d. 1933)

1862 Joseph Merrick English man with severe deformities (d. 1890)

1862 Henri Le Sidaner French painter (d. 1939)

1862 Victoria of Baden (d. 1931)

1862 Amos Alonzo Stagg American baseball player and coach (d. 1965)

1862 Emilio Salgari Italian journalist and author (d. 1911)

1862 Zonia Baber American geographer and geologist (d. 1956)

1862 Herbert Booth Canadian songwriter and bandleader (d. 1926)

1862 Franjo Krežma Croatian violinist and composer (d. 1881)

1862 Edgar Speyer American-English financier and philanthropist (d. 1932)

1862 Julian Byng 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy English field marshal and politician 12th Governor General of Canada (d. 1935)

1862 Hawley Harvey Crippen American physician (d. 1910)

1862 Carl Eytel German-American painter and illustrator (d. 1925)

1862 James E. Talmage English-American religious leader and author (d. 1933)

1862 Anastasios Charalambis Greek lieutenant and politician Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1949)

1862 Léon Boëllmann French organist and composer (d. 1897)

1862 Billy Hughes English-Australian carpenter and politician 7th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1952)

1862 Johnny Briggs English cricketer and rugby player (d. 1902)

1862 Edward Stratemeyer American author and publisher (d. 1930)

1862 Albert J. Beveridge American historian and politician (d. 1927)

1862 Mary Kingsley English explorer and author (d. 1900)

1862 Mehmet Esat Bülkat Ottoman general (d. 1952)

1862 Auguste Lumière French director and producer (d. 1954)

1862 Johan Wagenaar Dutch organist and composer (d. 1941)

1862 Henry George Jr. American journalist and politician (d. 1916)

1862 Rasmus Rasmussen Norwegian actor and director (d. 1932)

1862 Gigo Gabashvili Georgian painter and educator (d. 1936)

1862 Charles Turner Australian cricketer (d. 1944)

1862 Billy Sunday American baseball player and evangelist (d. 1935)

1862 Georges Palante French philosopher and sociologist (d. 1925)

1862 Edvard Westermarck Finnish philosopher and sociologist (d. 1939)

1862 Ethelbert Nevin American pianist and composer (d. 1901)

1862 Gustaf Söderström Swedish tug of war competitor shot putter and discus thrower (d. 1958)

1862 John Henry Leech English entomologist (d. 1900)

1862 Paul Adam French author (d. 1920)

1862 Georges Feydeau French playwright (d. 1921)

1862 Frank Weston Benson American painter and educator (d. 1951)

1862 Josephus Daniels American publisher and politician 41st United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1948)

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