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Birthdays In History 1871

1871 Frederick Converse American composer and academic (d. 1940)

1871 Émile Borel French mathematician and politician (d. 1956)

1871 James Craig 1st Viscount Craigavon Irish captain and politician 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 1940)

1871 Nicolae Iorga Romanian historian and politician 34th Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1940)

1871 Dame Gruev Bulgarian educator and activist co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (d. 1906)

1871 Olga Preobrajenska Russian ballerina (d. 1962)

1871 Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic Czech poet writer and literary critic (d. 1951)

1871 Thomas Jaggar American volcanologist (d. 1953)

1871 Friedrich Ebert German lawyer and politician first President of Germany (d. 1925)

1871 Wilhelm Stenhammar Swedish pianist composer and conductor (d. 1927)

1871 Howard Taylor Ricketts American pathologist and physician (d. 1910)

1871 Harry Brearley English inventor (d. 1948)

1871 Maurice Garin Italian-French cyclist (d. 1957)

1871 Boris Galerkin Russian mathematician and engineer (d. 1945)

1871 Rosa Luxemburg Polish-Russian economist and philosopher (d. 1919)

1871 Konstantinos Pallis Greek general and politician Minister Governor-General of Macedonia (d. 1941)

1871 Hans Merensky South African geologist and philanthropist (d. 1951)

1871 Frantz Reichel French rugby player and hurdler (d. 1932)

1871 Schofield Haigh English cricketer and coach (d. 1921)

1871 Louis Perrée French fencer (d. 1924)

1871 Heinrich Mann German author and poet (d. 1950)

1871 Joseph G. Morrison American captain and Nazarene minister (d. 1939)

1871 Piet Aalberse Dutch politician Minister of Labour (d. 1948)

1871 Tom Hayward English cricketer (d. 1939)

1871 F. Melius Christiansen Norwegian-American violinist and conductor (d. 1955)

1871 Stanisław Grabski Polish economist and politician (d. 1949)

1871 Epifanio de los Santos Filipino jurist historian and scholar (d. 1927)

1871 Clarence Hudson White American photographer and educator (d. 1925)

1871 Gyula Kellner Hungarian runner (d. 1940)

1871 Ioannis Metaxas Greek general and politician 130th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1941)

1871 John Millington Synge Irish author poet and playwright (d. 1909)

1871 Lorne Currie French-English sailor (d. 1926)

1871 Seakle Greijdanus Dutch theologian and scholar (d. 1948)

1871 Emiliano Chamorro Vargas President of Nicaragua (d. 1966)

1871 Emmett Dalton American criminal (d. 1937)

1871 Victor Grignard French chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)

1871 Christian Morgenstern German author and poet (d. 1914)

1871 Frank Schlesinger American astronomer and author (d. 1943)

1871 Walter Russell American painter sculptor and author (d. 1963)

1871 Georges Rouault French painter and illustrator (d. 1958)

1871 Clark Voorhees American painter (d. 1933)

1871 Stjepan Radić Croatian lawyer and politician (d. 1928)

1871 Hermanus Brockmann Dutch rower (d. 1936)

1871 Jacob Ellehammer Danish mechanic and engineer (d. 1946)

1871 Alajos Szokolyi Hungarian hurdler jumper and physician (d. 1932)

1871 William McDougall English psychologist and polymath (d. 1938)

1871 William Henry Davies Welsh poet and writer (d.1940)

1871 Hubert Cecil Booth English engineer (d. 1955)

1871 Marcel Proust French novelist critic and essayist (d. 1922)

1871 Doppo Kunikida Japanese journalist author and poet (d. 1908)

1871 Lyonel Feininger German-American painter and illustrator (d. 1956)

1871 Giacomo Balla Italian painter (d.1958)

1871 Sada Yacco Japanese actress and dancer (d. 1946)

1871 Jakob Mändmets Estonian writer and journalist (d. 1930)

1871 John Lester American cricketer and soccer player (d. 1969)

1871 John French Sloan American painter and illustrator (d. 1951)

1871 Vernon Louis Parrington American historian and scholar (d. 1929)

1871 William Holman English-Australian politician 19th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1934)

1871 Gustavs Zemgals Latvian politician 2nd President of Latvia (d. 1939)

1871 Guangxu Emperor of China (d. 1908)

1871 Theodore Dreiser American novelist and journalist (d. 1945)

1871 Albert François Lebrun French engineer and politician 15th President of France (d. 1950)

1871 James E. Ferguson American banker and politician 26th Governor of Texas (d. 1944)

1871 J. Reuben Clark American lawyer civil servant and religious leader (d. 1961)

1871 Friedrich Akel Estonian physician and politician Head of State of Estonia (d 1941)

1871 George Hirst English cricketer and coach (d. 1954)

1871 Samuel McLaughlin Canadian businessman and philanthropist founded the McLaughlin Carriage Company (d. 1972)

1871 Charles Collett English engineer (d. 1952)

1871 Scipione Borghese 10th Prince of Sulmona Italian racing driver mountaineer and politician (d. 1927)

1871 Frederick Ruple Swiss-American painter (d. 1938)

1871 Grazia Deledda Italian novelist and poet Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)

1871 Cordell Hull American politician United States Secretary of State Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)

1871 Martha Brookes Hutcheson American landscaper and author (d. 1959)

1871 Georges Gauthier Canadian archbishop (d. 1940)

1871 Johan Oscar Smith Norwegian evangelist founded the Brunstad Christian Church (d. 1943)

1871 Alexander von Zemlinsky Austrian composer conductor and teacher (d. 1942)

1871 Segundo de Chomón Spanish cinematographer director and screenwriter (d.1929)

1871 Guillermo Kahlo German-Mexican photographer (d. 1941)

1871 Buck Freeman American baseball player (d. 1949)

1871 Paul Valéry French poet and philosopher (d. 1945)

1871 Albert Goldthorpe English rugby player and manager (d. 1943)

1871 Florence R. Sabin American medical scientist (d. 1953)

1871 Winston Churchill American author and painter (d. 1947)

1871 Wajed Ali Khan Panni Bengali aristocrat and philanthropist (d. 1936)

1871 William Heard Kilpatrick American pedagogue (d. 1965)

1871 Augusto Weberbauer German naturalist (d. 1948)

1871 William Watt Australian accountant and politician 24th Premier of Victoria (d. 1946)

1871 Giovanni Giorgi Italian physicist and engineer (d. 1950)

1871 Archie MacLaren English cricketer (d. 1944)

1871 Joe Kelley American baseball player and manager (d. 1943)

1871 Emily Carr Canadian painter and author (d. 1945)

1871 Henry Kimball Hadley American composer and conductor (d. 1937)

1871 Afonso Costa Portuguese lawyer and politician 59th Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1937)

1871 Alec Hurley English music hall singer (d. 1913)

1871 John Maxwell American golfer (d. 1906)

1871 Denis Horgan Irish shot putter and weight thrower (d. 1922)

1871 Sydney Chapman English economist and civil servant (d. 1951)

Arthur Griffith

Profession -

Born - Mar 31,1871

Died - Aug 12,1922

Irish

David Beatty

Profession - Admiral

Born - Jan 17,1871

Died - Mar 12,1936

British

Ernest Rutherford

Profession - Scientist

Born - Aug 30,1871

Died - Oct 19,1937

New Zealand

James Weldon Johnson

Profession - Writer

Born - Jun 17,1871

Died - Jun 26,1938

American

Lottie Dod

Profession - Tennis Player

Born - Sep 24,1871

Died - Jun 27,1960

British

Orville Wright

Profession - Aviator

Born - Aug 19,1871

Died - Jan 30,1948

American

Pietro Badoglio

Profession -

Born - Sep 28,1871

Died - Nov 01,1956

Italian

Stephen Crane

Profession - Novelist

Born - Nov 01,1871

Died - Jun 05,1900

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