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26th U.S. President
Emmeline Pankhurst4th July, British
Leader of the British Suffragette Movement
Max Planck23rd April, German
Physicist
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Physicist
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Composer
Franz Boas9th July, American
Anthropologist
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Inventor of Diesel Engine
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Social Reformer and Educator
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Author, Educator
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Physician
Emile Durkheim15th April, French
Sociologist & Philosopher
Edmond Aman-Jean13th January, French
French symbolist painter
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Physicist
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Unknown Prime Minister
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Boxer
Alessandro Moreschi11th November
Singer, Opera singer
Gustaf V of Sweden16th June, Swedish
King
Georg Simmel1st March, German
Philosopher, Sociologist, University teacher
E. Nesbit15th August, British
Author
Selma Lagerlöf20th November, Swedish
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Writer
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Robber
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Violinist
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Sociologist
Edward M. House26th July, American
Diplomat
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda7th January, Russian
Lexicographer
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Painter
Prince Valdemar of Denmark27th October, Danish
Military personnel
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Entrepreneur
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Catherine Radziwill30th March, Polish
Writer
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Civil engineer
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Ethel Smyth22nd April, British
Composer
Kang Youwei19th March, Chinese, Taiwanese
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Giuseppe Peano27th August, Italian
Mathematician, Philosopher, University teacher
Carter Glass4th January, American
Politician
Gustav Stickley9th March, American
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Entrepreneur
Mahlon Pitney5th February, American
Former Associate Justice of U.S Supreme Court
Wolfgang Kapp24th July, German, American
Civil Servant
Horace Smith-Dorrien26th May, British
Autobiographer, Military personnel
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Surgeon, Writer, Gynaecologist, University teacher
Gaetano Mosca1st April, Italian
Political scientist
Marie Bashkirtseff24th November, Ukrainian, Russian
Sculptor
Lovis Corinth21st July, German, Russian
Painter, Sculptor, University teacher, Graphic
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Prime minister
Giovanni Segantini15th January, Swiss
Painter
Dan Brouthers8th May, American
Baseball player
Lorrin A. Thurston31st July, American
Lawyer
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria21st August, Austrian
Prince
Henry Watson Fowler10th March, British
Lexicographer
Fernand Khnopff12th September, Belgian
Painter, Sculptor, Photographer, Philosopher,
Harry Johnston12th June, British
Botanist
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Admiral
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Psychologist
Jan Toorop20th December
Painter, Graphic artist, Decorative arts
Maximilien Luce13th March, French
Painter
Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich of Russia22nd August, Russian
John A. Hobson6th July, British
Economist
Eugène Dubois28th January
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Operatic soprano
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Politician, Trade unionist
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Geologist
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Theatre Director
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Politician, Journalist
Remy de Gourmont4th April, French
Poet
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Writer
Michael Hainisch15th August, Austrian
Politician
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Poet
Claude Montefiore30th November, British
Religious leader
Medardo Rosso21st June, French, Italian
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David Samuel Margoliouth17th October, British
Orientalist
Tobias Matthay19th February, British
Pianist
André Antoine31st January, French
Actor
William Henry Pickering15th February, American
Astronomer
Arthur Sifton26th October, Canadian
Politician, Judge, Lawyer
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Actor
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Social worker
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Soprano
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Kuno Meyer20th December, German
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British metallurgist
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Albrecht Penck25th September, German
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