May 09
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Birthdays In History 1875

1875 Alexandros Diomidis Greek banker and politician 145th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1950)

1875 Gustav Flatow German gymnast (d. 1945)

1875 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney American sculptor and art collector founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (d. 1942)

1875 Issai Schur German mathematician and academic (d. 1941)

1875 Reinhold Glière Russian composer and academic (d. 1956)

1875 Albert Schweitzer French-German physician and philosopher Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)

1875 Thomas Burke American sprinter coach and journalist (d. 1929)

1875 Leonor Michaelis German biochemist and physician (d. 1949)

1875 Florencio Sánchez Uruguayan journalist and playwright (d. 1910)

1875 Paul E. Kahle German orientalist (d. 1964)

1875 Fritz Kreisler Austrian-American violinist and composer (d. 1962)

1875 Ludwig Prandtl German physicist and engineer (d. 1953)

1875 Erkki Melartin Finnish composer (d. 1937)

1875 Jeanne Calment French super-centenarian oldest verified person ever (d. 1997)

1875 Vladimir Filatov Russian-Ukrainian ophthalmologist and surgeon (d. 1956)

1875 Mihály Károlyi Hungarian politician President of Hungary (d. 1955)

1875 Enrique Larreta Argentinian historian and author (d. 1961)

1875 Harry Lawson Australian politician 27th Premier of Victoria (d. 1952)

1875 Zhang Zuolin Chinese warlord (d. 1928)

1875 Max Abraham Polish-German physicist and academic (d. 1922)

1875 Albert Marquet French painter (d. 1947)

1875 Thomas Xenakis Greek-American gymnast (d. 1942)

1875 William Donne English cricketer and captain (d. 1942)

1875 Mistinguett French actress and singer (d. 1956)

1875 Pierre Monteux Sephardic Jewish French-American viola player and conductor (d. 1964)

1875 Albert I of Belgium (d. 1934)

1875 Jacques Futrelle American journalist and author (d. 1912)

1875 Ray Lyman Wilbur American physician academic and politician 31st United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1949)

1875 Aleksander Tõnisson Estonian general and politician 5th Estonian Minister of War (d. 1941)

1875 Frederick Fane Irish-born English cricketer (d. 1960)

1875 Rafael Sabatini Italian-English novelist and short story writer (d. 1950)

1875 Dave Hall American runner (d. 1972)

1875 Bill Hoyt American pole vaulter (d. 1951)

1875 Charles Holden English architect designed the Bristol Central Library (d. 1960)

1875 Hendrik Offerhaus Dutch rower (d. 1953)

1875 Alfred P. Sloan American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1966)

1875 Robert Garrett American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1961)

1875 Frederick Cuming English cricketer (d. 1942)

1875 Giovanni Gentile Italian philosopher and academic (d. 1944)

1875 Rosa May Billinghurst British suffragette and women's rights activist (d.1953)

1875 Charles Stewart Mott American businessman and politician 50th Mayor of Flint Michigan (d. 1973)

1875 Ernst Enno Estonian poet and author (d. 1934)

1875 Henry Hallett Dale English pharmacologist and physiologist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)

1875 Paul Neumann Austrian swimmer and physician (d. 1932)

1875 Herman Smith-Johannsen Norwegian-Canadian skier (d. 1987)

1875 Reginald Punnett English geneticist statistician and academic (d. 1967)

1875 Forrest Reid Irish novelist literary critic and translator (d. 1947)

1875 Henri Lebesgue French mathematician and academic (d. 1941)

1875 Joseph Weil American con man (d. 1976)

1875 Ferdinand Sauerbruch German surgeon and academic (d. 1951)

1875 Mary McLeod Bethune American educator and activist (d. 1955)

1875 Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám Hungarian politician (d. 1973)

1875 H. M. Brock British painter and illustrator (d. 1960)

1875 Alice Dunbar Nelson American poet and activist (d. 1935)

1875 Charles Gondouin French rugby player and tug of war competitor (d. 1947)

1875 Jim Corbett Indian hunter environmentalist and author (d. 1955)

1875 Ernesta Di Capua Italian botanist and explorer (d. 1943)

1875 Antonio Machado Spanish poet and academic (d. 1939)

1875 Jacques Villon French painter (d. 1963)

1875 Arthur Bernardes Brazilian lawyer and politician 12th President of Brazil (d. 1955)

1875 Albert Ketèlbey English pianist composer and conductor (d. 1959)

1875 Mstislav Dobuzhinsky Russian-Lithuanian painter and illustrator (d. 1957)

1875 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor English pianist violinist and composer (d. 1912)

1875 William Eccles English physicist and engineer (d. 1966)

1875 Eugene Lanceray Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1946)

1875 John Buchan 1st Baron Tweedsmuir Scottish-Canadian historian and politician 15th Governor General of Canada (d. 1940)

1875 Katharine McCormick American biologist philanthropist and activist (d. 1967)

1875 Leonardo De Lorenzo Italian flute player and educator (d. 1962)

1875 Edgar Rice Burroughs American author (d. 1950)

1875 Ferdinand Porsche Austrian-German engineer and businessman founded Porsche (d. 1951)

1875 Edward Francis Hutton American businessman and financier co-founded E. F. Hutton & Co. (d. 1962)

1875 George Hewitt Myers American forester and philanthropist (d. 1957)

1875 Matsunosuke Onoe Japanese actor and director (d. 1926)

1875 Tomás Burgos Chilean philanthropist (d. 1945)

1875 Matthias Erzberger German publicist and politician (d. 1921)

1875 Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis Lithuanian painter and composer (d. 1911)

1875 Edmund Gwenn English-American actor (d. 1959)

1875 Pattie Ruffner Jacobs American suffragist (d. 1935)

1875 Dr. Atl Mexican painter (d. 1964)

1875 Aleister Crowley English magician and author (d. 1947)

1875 Len Braund English cricketer coach and umpire (d. 1955)

1875 Théodore Monbeig French Catholic missionary and botanist (d. 1914)

1875 David van Embden Dutch economist and politician (d. 1962)

1875 Gilbert N. Lewis American chemist and academic (d. 1946)

1875 Konstantin Yuon Russian painter and set designer (d. 1958)

1875 Carolyn Sherwin Bailey American author and educator (d. 1961)

1875 Arthur Birkett British cricketer (d. 1941)

1875 Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor Turkish-Canadian journalist (d. 1966)

1875 Marie of Romania (d. 1938)

1875 Eugene Meyer American businessman and publisher (d. 1954)

1875 Vallabhbhai Patel Indian lawyer freedom fighter and politician 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (d. 1950)

1875 Emīls Dārziņš Latvian composer and conductor (d. 1910)

1875 Gregorio del Pilar Filipino general and politician (d. 1899)

1875 Jakob Schaffner Swiss author and activist (d. 1944)

1875 Mikhail Kalinin Russian civil servant and politician 1st Head of State of The Soviet Union (d. 1946)

1875 Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg German diplomat (d. 1944)

1875 Anatoly Lunacharsky Russian journalist and politician (d. 1933)

1875 Julius Lenhart Austrian gymnast (d. 1962)

1875 Myron Grimshaw American baseball player (d. 1936)

1875 Otto Strandman Estonian lawyer and politician 2nd Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1941)

1875 Max Meldrum Scottish-Australian painter and educator (d. 1955)

1875 Agnes Forbes Blackadder Scottish medical doctor (d. 1964)

1875 Joe Corbett American baseball player and coach (d. 1945)

1875 Rainer Maria Rilke Austrian-Swiss poet and author (d. 1926)

1875 Arthur Currie Canadian general (d. 1933)

1875 Albert Bond Lambert American golfer and pilot (d. 1946)

1875 Evelyn Underhill English mystic and author (d. 1941)

1875 Frederik Buch Danish actor and screenwriter (d. 1925)

1875 Harry Miller American engineer (d. 1943)

1875 Yehuda Leib Maimon Moldovan-Israeli rabbi and politician (d. 1962)

1875 Emilio Jacinto Filipino journalist and activist (d. 1899)

1875 Matt McGrath Irish-American hammer thrower (d. 1941)

1875 Mileva Marić Serbian physicist (d. 1948)

1875 Carter G. Woodson American historian and author founded Black History Month (d. 1950)

1875 Grace Marie Bareis American mathematician (d. 1962)

1875 Émile Wegelin French rower (d. 1962)

1875 Francis Aveling Canadian psychologist and priest (d. 1941)

1875 Theodor Innitzer Austrian cardinal (d. 1955)

1875 Julián Carrillo Mexican violinist composer and conductor (d. 1965)

1875 Leonid Gobyato Russian general (d. 1915)

1875 William Burns Canadian lacrosse player (d. 1953)

1875 George Clawley English footballer (d. 1920)

1875 Vladimir Vidrić Croatian poet and lawyer (d. 1909)

Carl Jung

Profession -

Born - Jul 26,1875

Died - Jun 06,1961

Swiss

D. W. Griffith

Profession - Director

Born - Jan 22,1875

Died - Jul 23,1948

American

Edgar Wallace

Profession - Novelist

Born - Apr 01,1875

Died - Feb 10,1932

English

Gerd von Rundstedt

Profession - General

Born - Dec 12,1875

Died - Jan 24,1953

German

Harriet Quimby

Profession - Aviator

Born - May 11,1875

Died - Jul 01,1912

American

Hiram Bingham

Profession - Archaeologist

Born - Nov 19,1875

Died - Jun 06,1956

American

Ibn Saud

Profession -

Born - Jan 15,1875

Died - Nov 09,1953

Saudi

James Cash Penney

Profession -

Born - Sep 16,1875

Died - Feb 12,1971

American

James J. Jeffries

Profession - Boxer

Born - Apr 15,1875

Died - Mar 03,1953

American

Laurence Doherty

Profession - Tennis Player

Born - Oct 08,1875

Died - Aug 21,1919

British

Maurice Ravel

Profession - Composer

Born - Mar 07,1875

Died - Dec 28,1937

French

Sardar Patel

Profession -

Born - Oct 31,1875

Died - Dec 15,1950

Indian

Syngman Rhee

Profession -

Born - Mar 26,1875

Died - Jul 19,1965

South Korean

Thomas Mann

Profession - Novelist

Born - Jun 06,1875

Died - Aug 12,1955

German

Walter Chrysler

Profession - Automobile Pioneer

Born - Apr 02,1875

Died - Aug 18,1940

American

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