Birthdays In History 1866

1866 Gilbert Murray Australian-English playwright and scholar (d. 1957)

1866 William G. Conley American educator and politician 18th Governor of West Virginia (d. 1940)

1866 Vasily Kalinnikov Russian bassoon player and composer (d. 1901)

1866 Nathan Söderblom Swedish archbishop historian and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)

1866 Harry Davenport American stage and film actor (d. 1949)

1866 Jaan Poska Estonian lawyer and politician 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1920)

1866 John Cady American golfer (d. 1933)

1866 Romain Rolland French historian author and playwright Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1944)

1866 Gelett Burgess American author poet and critic (d. 1951)

1866 Enrique Simonet Spanish painter and academic (d. 1927)

1866 Domhnall Ua Buachalla Irish politician 3rd and last Governor-General of the Irish Free State (d. 1963)

1866 Moses Gomberg Ukrainian-American chemist and academic (d. 1947)

1866 Billy Hamilton American baseball player and manager (d. 1940)

1866 Carl Westman Swedish architect designed the Stockholm Court House and Röhsska Museum (d. 1936)

1866 Benedetto Croce Italian philosopher and politician (d. 1952)

1866 Vyacheslav Ivanov Russian poet and playwright (d. 1949)

1866 Fred A. Busse American lawyer and politician 39th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1914)

1866 Eugène Cosserat French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1931)

1866 Matthew Charlton Australian miner and politician (d. 1948)

1866 Pierce Butler American lawyer and jurist (d. 1939)

1866 Antonia Maury American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1952)

1866 Jack Boyle American baseball player and umpire (d. 1913)

1866 Fred Karno English producer and manager (d. 1941)

1866 John Allan Australian politician 29th Premier of Victoria (d. 1936)

1866 William Blomfield New Zealand cartoonist and politician (d. 1938)

1866 Ferruccio Busoni Italian pianist composer and conductor (d. 1924)

1866 Ève Lavallière French actress (d. 1929)

1866 Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau Canadian cardinal (d. 1931)

1866 Bernard O'Dowd Australian journalist author and poet (d. 1953)

1866 José de Diego Puerto Rican journalist lawyer and politician (d. 1918)

1866 Ernest Starling English physiologist and academic (d. 1927)

1866 Maurice Raoul-Duval French polo player (d. 1916)

1866 Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel American pioneer dentist (d. 1936)

1866 Thomas B. Thrige Danish businessman (d. 1938)

1866 Erik Satie French pianist and composer (d. 1925)

1866 John Ringling American entrepreneur; one of the founders of the Ringling Brothers Circus (d. 1936)

1866 Jack O'Connor American baseball player and manager (d. 1937)

1866 George Howells Broadhurst English-American director and manager (d. 1952)

1866 Miina Sillanpää Finnish journalist and politician (d. 1952)

1866 Germanos Karavangelis Greek-Austrian metropolitan (d. 1935)

1866 James Burns English cricketer (d. 1957)

1866 Eloísa Díaz Chilean doctor and Chile's first female physician (d. 1950)

1866 George Herbert 5th Earl of Carnarvon English archaeologist and banker (d. 1923)

1866 Bartholomeus Roodenburch Dutch swimmer (d. 1939)

1866 Albert Gottschalk Danish painter (d. 1906)

1866 Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1953)

1866 Juliette Wytsman Belgian painter (d. 1925)

1866 Carlos Schwabe Swiss Symbolist painter and printmaker (d. 1926)

1866 Francesco Cilea Italian composer and academic (d. 1950)

1866 Frederick Blackman English physiologist and academic (d. 1947)

1866 António José de Almeida Portuguese physician and politician 6th President of Portugal (d. 1929)

1866 Albertson Van Zo Post American fencer (d. 1938)

1866 Carl Harries German chemist and academic (d. 1923)

1866 Harry Trott Australian cricketer (d. 1917)

1866 Matthew Henson American explorer (d. 1955)

1866 Jacinto Benavente Spanish playwright Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954)

1866 Henrik Sillem Dutch target shooter mountaineer and jurist (d. 1907)

1866 Giovanni Agnelli Italian businessman founded Fiat S.p.A. (d. 1945)

1866 Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin Belgian mathematician and academic (d. 1962)

1866 Italo Santelli Italian fencer (d. 1945)

1866 Mahbub Ali Khan Asaf Jah VI Indian 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (d. 1911)

1866 Mahboob Ali Khan 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (d. 1911)

1866 James J. Corbett American boxer (d. 1933)

1866 Charles Vintcent South African cricketer and rugby player (d. 1943)

1866 Tristan Bernard French author and playwright (d. 1947)

1866 Jeppe Aakjær Danish author and poet (d. 1930)

1866 Freeman Freeman-Thomas 1st Marquess of Willingdon English cricketer and politician 13th Governor General of Canada (d. 1941)

1866 Georg Voigt German lawyer and politician Mayor of Marburg (d. 1927)

1866 Charles Nicolle French-Tunisian microbiologist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)

1866 Thomas Hunt Morgan American biologist geneticist and embryologist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1945)

1866 Eurosia Fabris Italian saint (d. 1932)

1866 Mykhailo Hrushevskyi Ukrainian historian academic and politician (d. 1934)

1866 Swami Abhedananda Indian mystic and philosopher (d. 1939)

1866 Josephine Sabel American singer and comedian (d. 1945)

1866 Reginald Fessenden Canadian engineer and academic invented radiotelephony (d. 1932)

1866 Wlodimir Ledóchowski Polish-Austrian religious leader 26th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1942)

1866 Thomas Armat American mechanic and inventor (d. 1948)

1866 Norbert Klein Bishop of Brno (d. 1933)

1866 Georg Schumann German composer (d. 1952)

1866 Antonio Luna Filipino general and politician (d. 1899)

1866 Harry Staley American baseball player (d. 1910)

1866 Herbert Austin 1st Baron Austin English businessman founded the Austin Motor Company (d. 1941)

1866 Martha Annie Whiteley English chemist and mathematician (d. 1956)

1866 Abraham Flexner American educator founded the Institute for Advanced Study (d. 1959)

1866 Cornelia Sorabji Indian lawyer social reformer and writer (d. 1954)

1866 Voltairine de Cleyre American author and activist (d. 1912)

1866 Henry Daglish Australian politician 6th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1920)

1866 Maria Letizia Bonaparte daughter of Prince Napoléon Bonaparte (d. 1926)

1866 Sigbjørn Obstfelder Norwegian poet and author (d. 1900)

1866 Konishiki Yasokichi I Japanese sumo wrestler the 17th Yokozuna (d. 1914)

1866 Andrey Lyapchev Bulgarian politician Prime Minister of Bulgaria (d. 1933)

1866 Harry Burleigh American singer-songwriter (d. 1949)

1866 John Beresford Irish polo player (d. 1944)

1866 Traian Demetrescu Romanian poet and author (d. 1896)

1866 Louis Bolk Dutch anatomist and biologist (d. 1930)

1866 Alfred Werner Swiss chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)

1866 Roger Fry English painter and critic (d. 1934)

1866 Wassily Kandinsky Russian-French painter and theorist (d. 1944)

1866 Kazys Grinius Lithuanian physician and politician third President of Lithuania (d. 1950)

1866 Maud Gonne Irish nationalist and political activist (d. 1953)

1866 Agda Meyerson Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (d. 1924)

1866 Karl Sapper German linguist and explorer (d. 1945)

1866 Lev Shestov Russian philosopher (d. 1938)

1866 Gopal Krishna Gokhale Indian economist and politician (d. 1915)

1866 Anne Sullivan American educator (d. 1936)

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