Famous People Born In 1862
Discover the most famous people born in 1862. The list includes people like Gustav Klimt, Claude Debussy, O. Henry, Ida B. Wells, David Hilbert and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, poets, novelists and playwrights born in 1862. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & France and many more countries.
Joseph Merrick5th August, British
Elephant Man
Gustav Klimt14th July, Austrian
Painter
Claude Debussy22nd August, French
Composer
O. Henry11th September, American
Short Story Writer
Ida B. Wells16th July, American
Journalist
Edith Wharton24th January, American
Writer
George Washington Vanderbilt II14th November, American
Art Collector
David Hilbert23rd January, German
Mathematician
Hawley Harvey Crippen11th September, American
Homeopath & Killer of His Wife
Charles M. Schwab18th February, American
American Steel Magnate & Businessman
Hilma af Klint26th October, Swedish
Painter
Billy Sunday19th November, American
Homer Plessy17th March, American
Activist
Philipp Lenard7th June, German
Physicist
Frederick Delius29th January, British
Composer
Aristide Briand28th March, French
Prime Minister
William Henry Bragg2nd July, British
Nobel Prize Winner in Physics
Ugyen Wangchuck30th November, Bhutanese
The First Druk Gyalpo (King of Bhutan)
Nicholas Murray Butler2nd April, American
Philosopher, Educator
A. C. Benson24th April, British
English essayist
Allvar Gullstrand5th June, Swedish
Ophthalmologist
Auguste Lumière19th October, French
Inventor of cinematograph
J. Bruce Ismay12th December, British
Businessman
Charles Evans Hughes11th April, American
Politician
Connie Mack22nd December, American
Baseball Player
Connie Mack22nd December, American
Famous Baseball Players
Pyotr Stolypin14th April, German, Russian
politician
Amos Alonzo Stagg16th August, American
Athlete
Louis Botha27th September, South African
Politician
Billy Hughes25th September, Australian
Politician, Diplomat
Louis Barthou25th March, French
Politician
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Arthur Schnitzler15th May, Austrian
Writer, Playwright, Physician, Screenwriter,
Allauddin Khan30th November, Bangladeshi
musician, composer, music educator
Johanna van Gogh-Bonger4th October
Art collector
Maurice Maeterlinck29th August, Belgian
Writer, Poet, Philosopher, Essayist, Playwright,
Loie Fuller15th January, American
Actor, Lighting designer, Choreographer, Artist,
Julius Rosenwald12th August, American
Businessman
Edward Stratemeyer4th October, American
Publisher
Gustav Ritter von Kahr29th November, German
Politician, Judge, Jurist, Lawyer
Andrew Fisher29th August, Australian
Politician, Diplomat, Trade unionist
Josephus Daniels18th May, American
Newspaper Editor
Gerhart Hauptmann15th November, German, Polish
Playwright, Poet, Writer, Novelist,
James Clark McReynolds3rd February, American
Attorney General
Herbert Baker9th June, British
Architect, Screenwriter
Gurazada Apparao21st September, Indian
author, poet
Mary Kingsley13th October, British
Writer
Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy11th September, British
Governor General
Albert J. Beveridge6th October, American
Politician
Henry Newbolt6th June, British
Poet
Okakura Kakuzō14th February, Japanese
Art critic
Emilio Salgari21st August, Italian
Italian writer
Oscar Underwood6th May, American
Politician
Maurice Barrès19th August, French
Novelist
Carolyn Wells18th June, American
Writer
Silvio Gesell17th March, German
Economist, Merchant, Politician, Entrepreneur,
Georges Feydeau8th December, French
Playwright
Bernard Maybeck7th February, American
Architect
Henri Pirenne23rd December, Belgian
medievalist, historian, university teacher
Vilhelm Bjerknes14th March, Norwegian
Physicist
Edvard Westermarck20th November, Finnish
Philosopher
Siegbert Tarrasch5th March, German, Polish
Chess player
Duncan Campbell Scott2nd August, Canadian
Poet, Writer, Civil servant
William Wallace Campbell11th April, American
Astronomer
John R. Commons13th October, American
Economist
Alexander Guchkov14th October, Russian
Politician
David George Hogarth23rd May, British
Archaeologist
Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet22nd July, Scottish
Florence Bascom14th July, American
Geologist
Friedrich Meinecke30th October, German
Historian
Eugen Ehrlich14th September, Austrian, Ukrainian
Sociologist
R. Austin Freeman11th April, British
Writer
Hermann Gunkel23rd May, German
Biblical scholar
Eden Phillpotts4th November, British
Writer
Walter Damrosch30th January, German, Polish, American
Conductor
Adolphe Appia1st September, Swiss
Swiss architect
May Irwin27th June, Canadian
Actress
Carrie Jacobs-Bond11th August, American
Singer
Theodor Boveri12th October, German
Biologist
Maironis2nd November, Lithuanian
Poet
Edward German17th February, British
Musician
Nonpareil Dempsey15th December, Irish, American
Boxer
Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich30th July, Russian, Russian
Military commander
Hawley Crippen30th November
Niko Pirosmanashvili5th May, Georgian
Painter
Sir Aurel Stein26th November, Hungarian, British
Archaeologist
Théo Van Rysselberghe23rd November, Belgian
Painter
Alexander George Sutherland25th March, British
Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker23rd November, Canadian