- January 22
- Birth of Hjalmar Schacht; president of German Reichsbank/minister of Economics. [1]
- February 7
- Birth of Julius Curtius; German minister of Foreign affairs (1929-). [1]
- February 17
- Birth of Henri Vandeputte; Belgian author/poet (L'homme Jeune). [1]
- February 18
- Birth of Betsy Ranucci-Beckmann [Theodora]; Dutch author/actress (Dead Water). [1]
- February 19
- Birth of Louis François-Marie Aubert; French composer (Habanera). [1]
- February 26
- Birth of Carel S Adama van Scheltema; Dutch poet/writer (socialism). [1]
- March 5
- Birth of Malcolm D Whitman; tennis champion (US Open-1898). [1]
- March 10
- Birth of David Mendes Chumaceiro in Curaçao; poet (Crisálidas). [1]
- March 12
- Birth of Wilhelm Frick; German protector of Bohemia/Moravia. [1]
- March 17
- Birth of Albert P Hahn; Dutch political cartoonist (People/Nutcracker). [1]
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- March 18
- Birth of Clem Hill; cricket player (all-time great Australian batsman). [1]
- March 25
- Birth of Alphonse de Châteaubriant; French writer (Instantanés aux Pays-Bas). [1]
- April 2
- Birth of Arnold Schering; German musicologist (Humor, Heldentum, Tragik). [1]
- April 19
- Birth of Ole Evinrude; inventor (outboard marine engine). [1]
- May 26
- Birth of Jean Schlumberger; French writer (La Mort de Sparte). [1]
- Birth of Sadao Araki; Japanese general/minister of War (1931-34). [1]
- June 3
- Birth of Raoul Dufy in France; Fauvist painter (The Palm). [1]
- June 4
- Birth of Heinrich Wieland; German chemist (bile acids-Nobel Prize 1927). [1]
- June 18
- Birth of James Montgomery Flagg; illustrator "I want you" US recruiting poster. [1]
- June 19
- Birth of Charles Coburn in Macon, Georgia, USA; actor (Academy Award-1943, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes). [1]
- July 2
- Birth of Hermann Hesse in Switzerland; novelist/poet (Steppenwolf, Nobel Prize 1946) (dies 1962). [1] [5]
- July 27
- Birth of Ernö (Ernst von) Dohnányi in Hungary; composer (Message to Posterity). [1]
- September 16
- Birth of James J. Jeans in England; physicist/mathematician/cosmologist/astrophysicist (Mysterious Universe). [1]
- September 25
- Birth of Plutarco Elías Calles; Mexican revolutionary, president (1924-28). [1]
- October 18
- Birth of Florence Dahl Walrath; humanitarian, founded Cradle society. [1]
- October 25
- Birth of Henry Norris Russell; astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram). [1]
- November 24
- Birth of Alben W Barkley in Graves County, Kentucky, USA; 35th US Vice President-Democrat (1949-53). [1]
- December 14
- Birth of Lieven Duvosel; Flemish music writer/composer (Leiecyclys). [1]
- December 18
- Birth of Max Pallenberg in Austria; actor (Brave Suender)/husband of Fritzi Massary. [1]
1878
- January 1
- Birth of François Ambrosiny; French dancer/choreograph (L'oiseau enchanté). [1]
- January 4
- Birth of Alfred Edgar Coppard in England; writer (Black Dogs and Other Stories). [1]
- January 6
- Birth of Carl Sandburg; US poet/biographer of Abraham Lincoln (The People, Yes). [1]
- January 11
- Birth of Theodorus Pangalos; Greek General, dictator (1926). [1]
- January 12
- Birth of Ferenc Molnár in Budapest, Hungary; playwright (The Play's The Thing, A Pal Utrai Fiuk). [1]
- January 16
- Birth of Harry [Henry Dewitt] Carey in Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Informer, Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force). [1]
- Birth of Robert Garbe; German poet (Görniek). [1]
- January 17
- Birth of Oscar Apfel in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Abraham Lincoln, Inspiration, Before Dawn). [1]
- January 20
- Birth of Finlay Currie in Scotland; actor (Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Avengers). [1]
- January 21
- Birth of Egon Friedell in Austria; journalist/actor/writer (Der Partylowe). [1]
- January 22
- Birth of Constance Collier in Windsor, England; actress/writer (Kitty, Whirlpool). [1]
- January 23
- Birth of Oton Zupancic; Slovenian poet (Zimzelen pod Snegom). [1]
- January 26
- Birth of A W "Dave" Nourse; cricket player ("Grand Old Man" of South African cricket). [1]
- January 28
- Birth of Walter Kollo [Kollodziepski]; German composer (Der Juxbaron). [1]
- February 2
- Birth of Christian Gauss; educator/writer (Phi Beta Kappa award namesake). [1]
- February 3
- Birth of Joseph Gordon Coates; Prime Minister of New Zealand (1925-28). [1]
- February 5
- Birth of André-Gustave Citroën in France; auto maker (Citroën). [1]
- February 8
- Birth of Martin Buber; German/Israeli philosopher/theologist (Ich und Du). [1]
- February 16
- Birth of Selim Palmgren; Finnish pianist/composer/conductor (Peter Schlemihl). [1]
- March 10
- Birth of Karel van de Woestijne; Flemish writer/poet (God at Sea). [1]
- March 14
- Birth of Carel T Scharten; Dutch poet/writer (Forces of the Future). [1]
- March 15
- Birth of Hanson Carter; cricket player (Yorkshire Aussie wicketkeeper of early 20th century). [1]
- March 16
- Birth of Clemens A Graaf von Galen; cardinal/bishop of Munster/anti-Nazi. [1]
- Birth of Henry B Walthall in Shelby City, Alabama, USA; actor (Birth of a Nation, Klondike). [1]
- Birth of Reza Sjah Pahlawi [Reza Chan]; shah of Iran. [1]
- March 25
- Birth of Henry graaf de Baillet-Latour; Belgian President of International Olympic Committee (1925-42). [1]
- March 31
- Birth of Arthur John Johnson AKA Jack Johnson in Galveston, Texas, USA; heavyweight boxing champion (1908-1915). [1] [1302.37]
- April 1
- Birth of Carl Sternheim; German playwright (Hyperion/Tabula Rasa). [1]
- April 7
- Birth of C M M Hathorn; cricket player (South African Test centurion in 1905-06). [1]
- Birth of Jozef C Bittremieux; Flemish theologist (Virgin and Mother of God). [1]
- April 16
- Birth of R E "Tip" Foster; cricket player (287 on debut England versus Australia Sydney Cricket Ground 1903). [1]
- April 26
- Birth of Ethel Griffies; actress (Billy Liar, Birds, We Live Again). [1]
- April 28
- Birth of Lionel [Herbert Blythe] Barrymore in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; actor (A Free Soul, David Cooperfield, Dr Kildare). [1]
- May 10
- Birth of Gustav Stresemann; German chancellor (1923, Nobel Prize 1926). [1]
- May 16
- Birth of Taylor Holmes in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely). [1]
- May 17
- Birth of Conway Tearle; US actor (Klondike Annie, Should Ladies Behave?). [1]
- May 21
- Birth of Glenn Hammond Curtiss; American inventor (hydroplane). [1]
- Birth of Louis L H de Visser; Dutch Member of Parliament (CPN). [1]
- May 24
- Birth of Lillian Moller Gilbreth; engineer (CIOS Gold Medal-1954). [1]
- May 25
- Birth of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson; actor (Stormy Weather, Little Colonel). [1] [5]
- June 1
- Birth of John Masefield in England; 15th poet laureate (Salt-Water Ballads). [1]
- June 5
- Birth of Francisco (Pancho) Villa in Mexico; revolutionary/guerrilla leader (dies 1923). [1] [5]
- June 19
- Birth of James M Kilroe; priest of Saint Mary Star of the Sea, in the Bronx, New York, USA. [1]
- July 6
- Birth of Eino Leino in Finland; poet/playwright/novelist (Elámän Koreus). [1]
- July 9
- Birth of H.V. Kaltenborn in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; newscaster (Who Said That?). [1]
- July 24
- Birth of Lord Edward Dunsany in Ireland; dramatist/poet (Mirage Water). [1]
- July 29
- Birth of Don Marquis in Illinois, USA; journalist/poet (archy and mehitabel). [1]
- August 2
- Birth of Princess Ingeborg of Sweden. [1]
- August 19
- Birth of Manuel Quezon; first president of Philippine Commonwealth (1935-42). [1]
- August 28
- Birth of George Hoyt Whipple; US astrophysicist (Nobel Prize-1934). [1]
- September 20
- Birth of Upton Sinclair; novelist (Jungle). [1]
- September 22
- Birth of Shigeru Yoshida; Japanese Prime Minister (most of 1946-54). [1]
- October 18
- Birth of James Truslow Adams; historian (Founding of New England (Pulitzer Prize 1921)). [1]
- November 1
- Birth of Carlos Saavedra Lamas in Buenos Aires, Argentina; jurist (Nobel Peace Prize 1936). [1]
- November 17
- Birth of Grace Abbott in Grand Island, Nebraska, USA; social worker (US Children Bureau). [1]
- December 1
- Birth of Arthur B Spingarn; US NAACP-chairman (1940-65). [1]
- December 7
- Birth of Akiko Yosano in Japan; poet (Tangled Hair). [1]
- December 9
- Birth of Géza Révész; Hungarian/Dutch psychologist (Talent and Genius). [1]
- December 18
- Birth of Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili AKA Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin in Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire; General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee (1922-1953), Premier of the Soviet Union (1941-1953), Marshal of the Soviet Union (1943-1945) (dies 1953). [5]
- December 25
- Birth of W Starling Burgess; yacht designer (America Cup's Enterprise). [1]
- December 26
- Birth of Isaiah Bowman; US geography/co-founder (Geographical Review). [1]
- December 29
- Birth of Felix M Abel; French bible scholar (Jérusalem Nouvelle). [1]
- December 31
- Birth of Horacio Quiroga; Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro). [1]
1879
- January 1
- Birth of Edward M Forster in London, England; novelist (Howard's End, Passage to India). [1]
- Birth of Edward Dillon in New York City, New York, USA; actor/director (Young Ironsides, The Golden West). [1]
- Birth of Emile Argand; Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory). [1]
- Birth of Ernest Jones; British psychoanalyst (Life and Work of Sigmund Freud). [1]
- Birth of Paul Porcasi in Palermo, Sicily, Italy; actor (Say It Again, I'll Remember April). [1]
- Birth of William Fox in Tulchva, Hungary; US film pioneer (Nickelodeon). [1]
- January 2
- Birth of Johannes L "Jan" Walch; Dutch literary (Grimaces). [1]
- Birth of Pieter Tesch; Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands). [1]
- January 15
- Birth of Ernest Thesiger in London, England; actor (Bride of Frankenstein, Ghoul). [1]
- January 18
- Birth of Henri-Honoré Giraud; French General / member of parliament. [1]
- January 19
- Birth of Marie Koenen; author/wife of Felix Rutten (Wassend Cereal). [1]
- January 26
- Birth of Ludovicus H [Lode] Baekelmans; Flemish (stage)author (Tille). [1]
- February 5
- Birth of Edward Rigby in England; actor (Star Look Down, Young and Innocent). [1]
- February 17
- Birth of Dorothy Canfield Fisher; US novelist (Book of the Month Club). [1]
- February 22
- Birth of Johannes Brønsted; Danish physical chemist (acid-base reactions). [1]
- February 23
- Birth of Agnes Arber; English biologist/philosopher (Mind and the Eye). [1]
- February 24
- Birth of Herman Teirlinck; Belgian writer (Sun). [1]
- February 26
- Birth of Frank Bridge; English violinist/composer/conductor/tutor of B Britten. [1]
- March 5
- Birth of Walter Long; actor (Moby Dick, Sheik, Sea Devils, Dragnet Patrol). [1]
- March 8
- Birth of Otto Hahn; German physicist/chemist (Nobel Prize 1944, radiothorium/actinium, co-discoverer-nuclear fission). [1]
- March 11
- Birth of Niels Bjerrum; Danish chemist (ph tests). [1]
- March 14
- Birth of Albert Einstein in Ulm, Germany; physicist (E=mc^2 / Theory of Relativity, Nobel Prize for Physics 1921 for work on photoelectric effects). [1] [5] [129] [1061.333]
- March 15
- Birth of Gerrit J Heering; Dutch theologist (Fall of Christianity). [1]
- March 19
- Birth of Joseph Haas; German (opera) composer (Tobias Wunderlich). [1]
- March 27
- Birth of Edward Steichen; pioneered American photography. [1]
- April 11
- Birth of Leendert Round; Dutch sculptor (entrance Rotterdam Zoo). [1]
- April 12
- Birth of Frederick G Melcher; US publisher/editor/founded children book week. [1]
- April 14
- Birth of James Branch Cabell; American novelist/essayist (Restless Heads). [1]
- April 19
- Birth of Richard Scheibe; German sculptor (Adler mit Hakenkreuz). [1]
- April 20
- Birth of Robert Lynd; Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of Ignorance). [1]
- April 26
- Birth of Owen Williams Richardson in England; physicist (Nobel Prize 1928). [1]
- April 29
- Birth of Thomas Beecham in England; composer, founded London Philharmonic. [1]
- May 5
- Birth of Symon Petlyura; leader Ukraine (pogroms). [1]
- May 19
- Birth of Lord Waldorf Astor in England; second viscount (Conservative)/publisher (London Observer). [1]
- Birth of Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor; US/England's feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor. [1]
- May 22
- Birth of Hendrik Heyman; Belgian minister of Nÿverheid/mayor. [1]
- Birth of Warwick Armstrong; cricket player (Big Ship Great Aussie skipper 1920-21). [1]
- May 25
- Birth of W Maxwell Aitken; Lord Beaverbrook, Canada/English banker. [1]
- May 27
- Birth of Lucile Watson; actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance). [1]
- May 30
- Birth of Colin Blythe; cricket player (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WWI). [1]
- July 1
- Birth of Léon Jouhaux in France; socialist, cofounded United Nations's ILO (Nobel Prize 1951). [1]
- July 5
- Birth of Dwight Filley Davis; donated tennis' Davis Cup. [1]
- Birth of Wanda A Landowska in Warsaw, Poland; harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne). [1]
- July 9
- Birth of Ottorino Respighi in Bologna, Italy; composer (Pines of Rome). [1]
- July 10
- Birth of Dr Harry Nicholls in Holmes, Pennsylvania, USA; crystallized vitamin A. [1]
- August 8
- Birth of Emiliano Zapata; Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader. [1]
- August 15
- Birth of Ethel Barrymore in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Constant Wife, Corn is Green). [1]
- September 14
- Birth of Margaret Sanger; feminist/nurse/birth control proponent. [1]
- October 2
- Birth of Wallace Stevens in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA; poet (Ideas of Order). [1]
- October 7
- Birth of Joe Hill in Jevla, Sweden; organizer (IWW)/songwriter (Union Scab)/martyr. [1]
- November 4
- Birth of Will Rogers in Oologah Indian Territory (Oklahoma); humorist. [1] [457]
- November 7
- Birth of Leon Trotsky; Russian revolutionary leader/writer (Diary in Exile). [1]
- November 10
- Birth of Nicholas Vachel Lindsay; US poet (General William Booth enters Heaven). [1]
- Birth of Vachel Lindsay in Springfield, Illinois, USA; poet (Johnny Appleseed). [1]
- November 15
- Birth of Lewis Stone in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Prisoner of Zenda). [1]
- December 7
- Birth of Rudolf Friml; Czechoslovakian/US composer (Bohemian suite). [1]
- December 8
- Birth of Paul Klee; Swiss/German painter/tutor (Bauhaus). [1]
- December 12
- Birth of Friedrich Christiansen; German commander Wehrmacht Netherlands. [1]
- Birth of Laura Hope Crews; US actress (Camille, Gone With the Wind). [1]
- December 15
- Birth of Rudolf von Laban; Czechoslovakian/German choreographer (modern dance). [1]
- December 16
- Birth of William Duncan in Scotland; actor (Thunder Trail). [1]
- December 18
- Birth of Paul Klee in Switzerland; abstract painter (Twittering Machine). [1] [5]
- December 19
- Birth of Beals C Wright; tennis champion (US Open-1905). [1]
- December 21
- Birth of Theodore Limperg; business economist (substitute value). [1]
- December 22
- Birth of Ralph Hawtrey in Buckinghamshire, England; economist (multiplier). [1]
- Birth of Stanislas Bizot; French world checker champion (1925). [1]
- December 27
- Birth of Robert Greig in Australia; actor (Horse Feathers). [1]
- Birth of Sydney Greenstreet in Sandwich, England; actor (The Maltese Falcon). [1]
- December 29
- Birth of Billy Mitchell; aviation hero general (WWI). [1]
- December 30
- Birth of Sri Ramana Maharshi; Hindu philosopher/yogi (Maharshi Research Institute). [1]
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