Birthdays In History 1868

1868 S. P. L. Sørensen Danish chemist and academic (d. 1939)

1868 Cai Yuanpei Chinese philosopher academic and politician (d. 1940)

1868 Kantarō Suzuki Japanese admiral and politician 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)

1868 Felix Hoffmann German chemist (d. 1946)

1868 Juventino Rosas Mexican violinist and composer (d. 1894)

1868 Theodore William Richards American chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)

1868 Constance Markievicz Irish revolutionary and first woman elected to the UK House of Commons (d. 1927)

1868 Prince Waldemar of Prussia (d. 1879)

1868 William Allen White American journalist and author (d. 1944)

1868 Edward S. Curtis American ethnologist and photographer (d. 1952)

1868 W. E. B. Du Bois American sociologist historian and activist (d. 1963)

1868 Anna Hofman-Uddgren Swedish actress singer and director (d. 1947)

1868 Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild French financier and polo player (d. 1949)

1868 Émile Chartier French philosopher and journalist (d. 1951)

1868 Emily Murphy Canadian jurist author and activist (d. 1933)

1868 Grace Chisholm Young English mathematician (d. 1944)

1868 Senda Berenson Abbott Lithuanian-American basketball player and educator (d. 1954)

1868 Robert Andrews Millikan American colonel and physicist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)

1868 Dietrich Eckart German journalist and politician (d. 1923)

1868 Bill Lockwood English cricketer (d. 1932)

1868 King Fuad I of Egypt (d. 1936)

1868 Patty Hill American songwriter and educator (d. 1946)

1868 Edmond Rostand French poet and playwright (d. 1918)

1868 Walter Mead English cricketer (d. 1954)

1868 Philippa Fawcett English mathematician and educator (d. 1948)

1868 Akiyama Saneyuki Japanese admiral (d. 1918)

1868 Alfred Henry Maurer American painter (d. 1932)

1868 Mary Rogers Miller American author and educator (d. 1971)

1868 Sandy Herd Scottish golfer (d. 1944)

1868 John Moisant American pilot and engineer (d. 1910)

1868 Lucy Booth English composer (d. 1953)

1868 Georgy Voronoy Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1908)

1868 Gaston Leroux French journalist and author (d. 1927)

1868 Sumner Paine American target shooter (d. 1904)

1868 Horace Elgin Dodge American businessman co-founded Dodge (d. 1920)

1868 Panagis Tsaldaris Greek politician Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1936)

1868 Augusto Pestana Brazilian engineer and politician (d. 1934)

1868 Charlie Taylor American engineer and mechanic (d. 1956)

1868 Aleksa Šantić Bosnian poet and author (d. 1924)

1868 James Connolly Scottish-born Irish rebel leader (d. 1916)

1868 Charles Rennie Mackintosh Scottish painter and architect (d. 1928)

1868 Robert Robinson Taylor American architect (d. 1942)

1868 Jane Avril French model and dancer (d. 1943)

1868 Wallace Clement Sabine American physicist and academic (d. 1919)

1868 Karl Landsteiner Austrian biologist and physician Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)

1868 Anna B. Eckstein German peace activist (d. 1947)

1868 Miklós Horthy Hungarian admiral and politician Regent of Hungary (d. 1957)

1868 Edwin Stephen Goodrich English zoologist and anatomist (d. 1946)

1868 George Ellery Hale American astronomer and journalist (d. 1938)

1868 Henrietta Swan Leavitt American astronomer and academic (d. 1921)

1868 Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1935)

1868 Henri Nathansen Danish director and playwright (d. 1944)

1868 Florence Foster Jenkins American soprano and educator (d. 1944)

1868 Miron Cristea Romanian cleric and politician 38th Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1939)

1868 Constantine I of Greece (d. 1923)

1868 Master C. V. V. Indian philosopher yogi and guru (d. 1922)

1868 Oskar Merikanto Finnish pianist and composer (d. 1924)

1868 Paul Claudel French poet and playwright (d. 1955)

1868 Ladislaus Bortkiewicz Russian-German economist and statistician (d. 1931)

1868 Huntley Wright English actor (d. 1941)

1868 Bernarr Macfadden American bodybuilder and publisher founded Macfadden Publications (d. 1955)

1868 Ellen Roosevelt American tennis player (d. 1954)

1868 Willis R. Whitney American chemist (d. 1958)

1868 Edgar Lee Masters American lawyer author poet and playwright (d. 1950)

1868 Hong Beom-do Korean general and activist (d. 1943)

1868 Henri Bourassa Canadian publisher and politician (d. 1952)

1868 Heinrich Häberlin Swiss judge and politician President of the Swiss National Council (d. 1947)

1868 Seth Weeks American mandolin player composer and bandleader (d. 1953)

1868 Mary Hunter Austin American author poet and critic (d. 1934)

1868 Théodore Botrel French singer-songwriter poet and playwright (d. 1925)

1868 James Alexander Calder Canadian educator and politician Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence (d. 1956)

1868 Louise McKinney Canadian educator and politician (d. 1931)

1868 Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear Argentinian lawyer and politician 20th President of Argentina (d. 1942)

1868 August Horch German engineer and businessman founded Audi (d. 1951)

1868 Mariano Trías Filipino general and politician 1st Vice President of the Philippines (d. 1914)

1868 Ernst Didring Swedish author (d. 1931)

1868 Bertha Knight Landes American academic and politician Mayor of Seattle (d. 1943)

1868 Ernest Swinton British Army officer (d. 1951)

1868 Alexandra David-Néel Belgian-French explorer and author (d. 1969)

1868 Dan Burke American baseball player (d. 1933)

1868 Oskar Kallas Estonian linguist and diplomat (d. 1946)

1868 William Gillies Australian politician 21st Premier of Queensland (d. 1928)

1868 António Cabreira Portuguese polygraph (d. 1953)

1868 John Weir Troy American journalist and politician 5th Governor of the Territory of Alaska (d. 1942)

1868 La Belle Otero Spanish actress singer and dancer (d. 1965)

1868 Felix Hausdorff German mathematician and academic (d. 1942)

1868 Gichin Funakoshi Japanese martial artist and educator founded Shotokan (d. 1957)

1868 Édouard Vuillard French painter and academic (d. 1940)

1868 Emil Racoviță Romanian biologist zoologist and explorer (d. 1947)

1868 Korbinian Brodmann German neurologist and academic (d. 1918)

1868 John Nance Garner American lawyer and politician 32nd Vice President of the United States (d. 1967)

1868 Mary Brewster Hazelton American painter (d. 1953)

1868 Ernest Louis Grand Duke of Hesse (d. 1937)

1868 Jesse Burkett American baseball player coach and manager (d. 1953)

1868 Arnold Sommerfeld German physicist and academic (d. 1951)

1868 Fritz Haber Polish-German chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934)

1868 Harvey Samuel Firestone American businessman founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (d. 1938)

1868 George W. Fuller American chemist and engineer (d. 1934)

1868 Jaan Tõnisson Estonian journalist lawyer and politician 2nd Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1941?)

1868 Charles Harvey Bollman American naturalist (d. 1889)

1868 Emanuel Lasker German chess player mathematician and philosopher (d. 1941)

1868 Ștefan Luchian Romanian painter and illustrator (d. 1917)

1868 Asriel Günzig Moravian rabbi (d. 1931)

1868 Stefan George German poet and translator (d. 1933)

1868 Nicholas II of Russia (d. 1918)

1868 Peter Behrens German architect designed the AEG turbine factory (d. 1940)

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