Famous People Born In 1861
Discover the most famous people born in 1861. The list includes people like Rabindranath Tagore, Jose Rizal, James Naismith, Rudolf Steiner, Madan Mohan Malaviya and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include philosophers, political leaders, military leaders and novelists born in 1861. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, France & India and many more countries.
Rabindranath Tagore7th May, Indian
Poet and Author
H. H. Holmes16th May, American
Serial Killer
Motilal Nehru6th May, Indian
Political Leader
James Naismith6th November, Canadian, American
Invented Basketball
Rudolf Steiner25th February, Croatian
Philosopher, social reformer, architect and
Mehmed VI14th January, Turkish
Last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig19th June, British
Military Leader
Madan Mohan Malaviya25th December, Indian
Politician & Educationist
Alfred North Whitehead15th February, British, American
Mathematician, Philosopher
Edith Roosevelt6th August, American
Former First Lady of the United States
Nellie Melba19th May, Australian
Opera Singer
Jose Rizal19th June, Filipino
Prafulla Chandra Ray2nd August, Indian
Chemist
Helen Herron Taft2nd June, American
First Lady of the United States
Edith Cowan2nd August, Australian
Social Campaigner
George W. Norris11th July, American
Former US Senator
William James Mayo29th June, American
Physician and Surgeon
Frederick Gowland Hopkins20th June, British
English biochemist
Charles Édouard Guillaume15th February, Swiss
Discoverer of Invar and Elinvar
Amy Levy10th November, British
Poet, Novelist, Essayist
Louis Anquetin26th January, French
Painter
H. H. Holmes16th May, American
Criminal, Serial killer
Josephine Earp30th November, American
actor
Georges Méliès8th December, French
Actor, Film director, Animator, Film editor,
Omar Mukhtar20th August, Libyan
Ruler of Senussi Zawiyas
Maximilian von Spee22nd June, German
Navy officer
Fridtjof Nansen10th October, Norwegian
Zoologist, Polar explorer, Diplomat, Explorer,
Lou Andreas-Salomé12th February, German, Russian
Psychoanalyst
William C. Durant8th December, American
Entrepreneur
Ferdinand I of Bulgaria26th February, German
Ruler
Erich von Falkenhayn11th September, German, Polish
Politician, Officer
Continue Reading Below
Frederic Remington4th October, American
Sculptor, Writer, Painter
Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby23rd April, British
Politician, Diplomat, Officer, Philosopher
Robert Bosch23rd September, Austrian, German
Entrepreneur, Inventor, Artisan
Frederick Jackson Turner14th November, American
Historian, Writer
Frederick Russell Burnham11th May, American
Explorer, Writer
Georgy Lvov2nd November, Russian
statesman, politician
Henry Gantt20th May, American
Engineer
Chung Ling Soo2nd April, American
Stage magician
Victor Horta6th January, Belgian
Architect
John William Godward9th August, British
Painter
Nettie Stevens7th July, American
Geneticist
Walter Rauschenbusch4th October, American
Theologian
Italo Svevo19th December, Italian
Writer, Playwright, Translator, Businessperson,
Pierre Duhem10th June, French
Historian
Armando Diaz5th December, Italian
General
Aristide Maillol8th December, French
Sculptor, Painter, Engraver
Luigi Facta16th November, Italian
Prime Minister of Italy
William Bateson8th August, British
Biologist
Anton Arensky12th July, Russian
composer, conductor, music educator, university
James Mark Baldwin12th January, French, American
Philosopher, Psychologist, University teacher
James Mooney10th February, American
Ethnographer
Ernestine Schumann-Heink15th June, Austrian, German, American
Contralto
Dorothy Dix18th November, American
Journalist
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud15th December, Finnish
Lawyer
Antoine Bourdelle30th October, French
Sculptor, Painter
Isaac Burns Murphy1st January, American
American jockey
Maurice Blondel2nd November, French
Philosopher
Norman Triplett1st October, American
psychologist
William Wrigley, Jr.30th September, American
Industrialist
Peter Cooper Hewitt5th May, American
Electrical Engineer
Bliss Carman15th April, Canadian
Poet
Ralph Modjeski27th January, Polish, American
Civil Engineer
Cyrus Edwin Dallin22nd November, American
American sculptor
Reginald Wingate25th June, Scottish
General
George Tyrrell6th February, Irish
Theologian
Pauline Johnson10th March, Canadian
Albert Bacon Fall26th November, American
United States Senator
Halford John Mackinder15th February, British
Geographer, academic, politician
J.B. Bury16th October, Irish
Historian
Michael Sadler3rd July, British
Historian
James A. Naismith30th November, Canadian
Coach, Inventor
Solomon Guggenheim2nd February, American
Businessman