May 20
Today In History

Birthdays In History 1864

1864 Clara Emilia Smitt Swedish doctor and author (d. 1928)

1864 Bob Caruthers American baseball player and manager (d. 1911)

1864 Prince Albert Victor Duke of Clarence and Avondale (d. 1892)

1864 Vladimir Steklov Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1926)

1864 Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1931)

1864 Thomas Dixon Jr. American minister lawyer and politician (d. 1946)

1864 Wilhelm Wien German physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)

1864 Israel Zangwill British author (d. 1926)

1864 Marguerite Durand French actress journalist and activist (d. 1936)

1864 Gaetano Giardino Italian soldier and Marshal of Italy (d. 1935)

1864 Julije Kempf Croatian historian and author (d. 1934)

1864 József Pusztai Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (d. 1934)

1864 Richard Arman Gregory British astronomer (d. 1952)

1864 Arthur Collins American baritone singer (d. 1933)

1864 Miina Härma Estonian organist composer and conductor (d. 1941)

1864 Louis Bouveault French chemist (d. 1909)

1864 Jozef Murgaš Slovak priest botanist and painter (d. 1929)

1864 Banjo Paterson Australian journalist author and poet (d. 1941)

1864 Jules Renard French author and playwright (d. 1910)

1864 Eemil Nestor Setälä Finnish linguist and politician Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1935)

1864 David W. Taylor American admiral architect and engineer (d. 1940)

1864 W. H. R. Rivers English anthropologist neurologist ethnologist and psychiatrist (d. 1922)

1864 Alice Tegnér Swedish organist composer and educator (d. 1943)

1864 Alexej von Jawlensky Russian-German painter (d. 1941)

1864 Joseph Baptista Indian engineer lawyer and politician (d. 1930)

1864 Charles Marion Russell American painter and sculptor (d. 1926)

1864 Franz Oppenheimer German-American sociologist and economist (d. 1943)

1864 Emil Kellenberger Swiss target shooter (d. 1943)

1864 William Bate Hardy English biologist and academic (d. 1934)

1864 Carlos Deltour French rower and rugby player (d. 1920)

1864 Johanna Elberskirchen German author and activist (d. 1943)

1864 Rose Talbot Bullard American medical doctor and professor (d. 1915)

1864 Richard Harding Davis American journalist and author (d. 1916)

1864 Anna Jarvis American founder of Mother's Day (d. 1948)

1864 Louis Richardet Swiss target shooter (d. 1923)

1864 Ante Trumbić Croatian lawyer and politician 27th Mayor of Split (d. 1938)

1864 Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (d. 1945)

1864 Willy Stöwer German author and illustrator (d. 1931)

1864 William O'Connor American fencer (d. 1939)

1864 Otto Erich Hartleben German poet and playwright (d. 1905)

1864 Ransom E. Olds American businessman founded Oldsmobile and REO Motor Car Company (d. 1950)

1864 Jeanne Bérangère French actress (d. 1928)

1864 Ninian Comper Scottish architect (d. 1960)

1864 Frank Chapman American ornithologist photographer and author (d. 1945)

1864 Rudolf Kjellén Swedish political scientist and academic (d. 1922)

1864 Dwight B. Waldo American historian and academic (d. 1939)

1864 Alois Alzheimer German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (d. 1915)

1864 Heinrich Wölfflin Swiss historian and critic (d. 1945)

1864 Hermann Minkowski German mathematician and academic (d. 1909)

1864 Walther Nernst German chemist and physicist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)

1864 Frederick Bligh Bond English architect and archaeologist (d. 1945)

1864 Stephan Krehl German composer (d. 1924)

1864 Austin Chapman Australian businessman and politician 4th Australian Minister for Defence (d. 1926)

1864 John Jacob Astor IV American colonel and businessman (d. 1912)

1864 Marie Tempest English actress and singer (d. 1942)

1864 Philip Snowden 1st Viscount Snowden English politician Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1937)

1864 Fiammetta Wilson English astronomer (d. 1920)

1864 Erik Axel Karlfeldt Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)

1864 Ruggero Oddi Italian physiologist and anatomist (d. 1913)

1864 Apolinario Mabini Filipino lawyer and politician 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines (d. 1903)

1864 Elsie Inglis Scottish surgeon and suffragette (d. 1917)

1864 Eleftherios Venizelos Greek lawyer jurist and politician 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1936)

1864 Hermann Weingärtner German gymnast (d. 1919)

1864 Akashi Motojiro Japanese general (d. 1919)

1864 Carl Correns German botanist and geneticist (d. 1933)

1864 Robert Cecil 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood English lawyer and politician Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)

1864 Prince Sigismund of Prussia (d. 1866)

1864 Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky Ukrainian writer (d. 1913)

1864 James Tancred English admiral (d. 1943)

1864 Andrej Hlinka Slovak priest and politician (d. 1938)

1864 Miguel de Unamuno Spanish philosopher and author (d. 1936)

1864 Louis Lumière French director and producer (d. 1948)

1864 Ozias Leduc Canadian painter and educator (d. 1955)

1864 Reginald Dyer British brigadier general (d. 1927)

1864 T. Frank Appleby American businessman and politician (d. 1924)

1864 Kamini Roy British India's first female graduate Bengali poet social activist and feminist writer (d. 1933)

1864 Elinor Glyn English author screenwriter and producer (d. 1943)

1864 James F. Hinkle American banker and politician 6th Governor of New Mexico (d. 1951)

1864 John Francis Dodge American businessman co-founded the Dodge Company (d. 1920)

1864 Toktogul Satylganov Kyrgyz Akyn poet and singer (d. 1933)

1864 Adolfo Camarillo Mexican-American rancher and philanthropist (d. 1958)

1864 Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1918)

1864 Alfred Hermann Fried Austrian journalist and activist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1921)

1864 James Cannon Jr. American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South (d. 1944)

1864 Percy Cox British Indian Army officer (d. 1937)

1864 Henry Bourne Joy American businessman (d. 1936)

1864 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec French painter and illustrator (d. 1901)

1864 Edward Higgins English 3rd General of the Salvation Army (d. 1947)

1864 James Allen English author and poet (d. 1912)

1864 Lindley Miller Garrison American lawyer and politician 46th United States Secretary of War (d. 1932)

1864 Herman Heijermans Dutch author and playwright (d. 1924)

1864 William S. Hart American actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 1946)

1864 Camille Claudel French illustrator and sculptor (d. 1943)

1864 Emil Seidel American woodcarver and politician 36th Mayor of Milwaukee (d. 1947)

1864 Yun Chi-ho Korean activist and politician (d. 1945)

1864 Hermann-Paul French painter and illustrator (d. 1940)

1864 Robert Grant Aitken American astronomer and academic (d. 1951)

1864 Charles W. Nash American businessman founded Nash Motors (d. 1948)

1864 John Henry Mackay Scottish-German philosopher and author (d. 1933)

1864 Richard Rushall British businessman (d. 1953)

1864 Eugen d'Albert Scottish-German pianist and composer (d. 1932)

Alexander Gretchaninov

Profession - Composer

Born - Oct 25,1864

Died - Jan 03,1956

American

Alfred Stieglitz

Profession - Photographer

Born - Jan 01,1864

Died - Jul 13,1946

American

Ban Johnson

Profession - Founder Of Baseball

Born - Jan 06,1864

Died - Mar 28,1931

American

Eleftherios Venizelos

Profession -

Born - Aug 11,1864

Died - Mar 18,1936

Greek

Frank Wedekind

Profession - Actor

Born - Jul 24,1864

Died - Mar 09,1918

German

George Washington Carver

Profession - Scientist

Born - Jan 10,1864

Died - Jan 05,1943

American

Max Weber

Profession - Economist

Born - Apr 21,1864

Died - Jun 14,1920

German

Qi Baishi

Profession - Painter

Born - Jan 01,1864

Died - Sep 16,1957

Chinese

Richard Strauss

Profession - Composer

Born - Jun 11,1864

Died - Sep 08,1949

German

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