Friedrich Nietzsche15th October, German
Philosopher
Alexandra of Denmark1st December, British
Queen of Great Britain (1901-1910)
Bernadette Soubirous7th January, French
Saint
Louis Riel22nd October, Canadian
Politician
Mehmed V2nd November, Turkish
Ottoman King
Sarah Bernhardt22nd October, French
Actress
Menelik II17th August, Ethiopian
Emperor of Ethiopia
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov18th March, Russian
Composer
Ludwig Boltzmann20th February, Austrian
Physicist
Karl Benz25th November, German
Entrepreneur
Umberto I of Italy14th March, Italian
King
Mary Cassatt22nd May, American
Painter
Paul Verlaine30th March, French
Poet
Muhammad Ahmad12th August, Sudanese
Religious Leader
Garret Hobart3rd June, American
24th Vice President of the U.S.A
Anatole France16th April, French
Writer
Thomas Eakins25th July, American
Painter
Andrew Lang31st March, Scottish
Poet, Novelist, Literary Critic
Belle Boyd9th May, American
Confederate Spy in the American Civil War
Ada Cambridge21st November, Australian
Australian-English writer
Elijah McCoy2nd May, Canadian
American-Canadian inventor
Henry J. Heinz11th October, American
Businessperson
Henri Rousseau21st May, French
Painter, Visual artist, Artist
Ilya Repin24th July, Russian
painter, sculptor, essayist, artist,
Peter I of Yugoslavia11th July, Serbian
King
Gerard Manley Hopkins28th July, British
Poet, Writer
Jenny Longuet1st May, French
Journalist
Adam Worth30th November, German
art thief
Abdur Rahman Khan30th November, Afghan
Emir of Afghanistan
Sanford Ballard Dole23rd April, American
Lawyer
Constance Kent6th February, British
nurse
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Edward Carpenter29th August, British
Poet, Philosopher, Writer
Pablo de Sarasate10th March, Spanish
Composer, Violinist
Joshua Slocum20th February, Canadian
Seaman
Anthony Comstock7th March, American
Political writer
G. Stanley Hall1st February, American
Psychologist, Science writer
Sarah Winnemucca30th November, American
Writer
Karl Lueger24th October, Austrian
Politician, Lawyer
Friedrich Miescher13th August, Swiss
Biologist, Biochemist, University teacher
Richard Theodore Greener30th January, American
Educator
Friedrich Ratzel30th August, German
Biologist, Geopolitician, Geographer, Zoologist,
Victorine Meurent18th February, French
Painter, Art model
Minna Canth19th March, Finnish
Writer
Harvey Washington Wiley18th October, American
American chemist
Robert Bridges23rd October, British
Poet
Charles-Marie Widor21st February, French
Composer, Organist, Music arranger, Music
Richard D'Oyly Carte3rd May, British
Talent agent
Julius Wellhausen17th May, German
Theologian, Hebraist, Arabist, Biblical scholar,
Adolphus Greely27th March, American
Army Officer
Edouard Drumont3rd May, French
Journalist
Marie Spartali Stillman10th March, British
Painter, Model
John Henry Patterson13th December, American
Industrialist
Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon12th July, French
Prince
Carl Hagenbeck10th June, German
Merchant
George W. De Long22nd August, American
Navy officer
George W. Cable12th October, American
Novelist
Charles-Émile Reynaud8th December, French
Draughtsperson, Photographer, Film director,
Arthur O'Shaughnessy14th March, British
Poet
Catherine Breshkovsky25th January, Russian
Political figure
Sir Patrick Manson3rd October, Scottish
Physician
Dankmar Adler3rd July, American
Architect
Eduard Adolf Strasburger1st February, German, Polish
Professor
Wilbur Olin Atwater3rd May, American
Chemist
James Henry Greathead6th August, British, South African
Civil Engineer
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward31st August, American
Author
Horace Harmon Lurton26th February, American
Judge
Wilhelm Leibl23rd October, German
Painter
Edward Harrigan26th October, Irish, American
Actor
Manuel González Prada5th January, Peruvian
Politician
Philip Wicksteed25th October, British
Economist
Adolf Engler25th March, German, Polish
Botanist
Samuel Barnett8th February, British
Canon
Lujo Brentano18th December, German
Economist
Robert Stout28th September, New Zealander, Scottish
Prime minister
Anna Lea Merritt13th September, American
Artist
Wu Changshuo12th September, Chinese
Painter
Sheng Xuanhuai4th November, Chinese
Official
May Wright Sewall27th May, American
Reformer
Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy3rd August, French
Archaeologist
Verney Lovett Cameron1st July, British
Traveler
Klas Pontus Arnoldson27th October, Swedish
Politician, Journalist, Writer, Non-fiction writer
John Harebri16th May, British
Actor
Detlev von Liliencron3rd June, German
Poet
Camille Lemonnier24th March, Belgian
Writer
Gabriel Monod7th August, French
Historian
Lauder Brunton14th March, Scottish
Physician
Auguste Michel-Lévy7th August, French
Geologist
Herman Schaepman2nd March, Dutch
Priest
Antoine-Alfred Marche15th February, French
Naturalist
Numa Droz27th January, Swiss
Politician
William Gilson Farlow17th December, American
Botanist
Andrew Coyle Bradley12th February, American
Lawyer, Judge