Famous People Born In 1864

Discover the most famous people born in 1864. The list includes people like Nellie Bly, George Washington Carver, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, John Jacob Astor IV, Alfred Stieglitz and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, novelists, journalists and poets born in 1864. This list includes people from Germany, United States, France & United Kingdom and many more countries.
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George Washington Carver
(American Agricultural Scientist and Inventor Who Promoted Alternative Crops to Cotton and Methods to Prevent Soil Depletion)
George Washington Carver
39
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 31st December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Diamond, Missouri, United States
Died: January 5, 1943
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John Jacob Astor IV
(Businessman, Investor, and Founder of the ‘Waldorf-Astoria Hotel’)
John Jacob Astor IV
12
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: 13th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rhinebeck Village, Rhinebeck, New York, United States
Died: April 15, 1912
 3 
Nellie Bly
(Journalist and Writer Known for Her Record-Breaking Trip Around the World in 72 Days)
Nellie Bly
33
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 5th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Cochrans Mills, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: January 27, 1922
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
(French Painter, Printmaker, and Illustrator, Known for His Work ‘At the Moulin Rouge’ and ‘La Toilette’)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
8
Listed In: Illustrators
Birthdate: 24th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Albi, France
Died: September 9, 1901
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Max Weber
(Sociologist)
Max Weber
10
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 21st April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Erfurt, Germany
Died: June 14, 1920
 6 
Richard Georg Strauss
(Considered a Leading Composer of The Late Romantic & Early Modern Eras)
Richard Georg Strauss
6
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 11th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: September 8, 1949
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Apolinario Mabini
(Filipino Revolutionary and the 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines)
Apolinario Mabini
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 23rd July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Talaga, Tanauan, Philippines
Died: May 13, 1903
 8 
Banjo Paterson
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Birthdate: 17th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Orange
Died: February 5, 1941
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Camille Claudel
(French Sculptor Known for Her Work: ‘The Waltz’ and ‘The Mature Age’)
Camille Claudel
2
Listed In: Sculptors
Birthdate: 8th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Fère-en-Tardenois, France
Died: October 19, 1943
 10 
Alfred Stieglitz
(Photographer)
Alfred Stieglitz
0
Birthdate: 1st January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Hoboken
Died: July 13, 1946
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Frances Cleveland
(First Lady of the United States (1886-89, 1893-97))
Frances Cleveland
4
Listed In: First Ladies
Birthdate: 21st July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Buffalo, New York, United States
Died: October 29, 1947
 12 
Alois Alzheimer
(Psychiatrist, Neuropathologist)
Alois Alzheimer
7
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: 14th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Marktbreit
Died: December 19, 1915
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Roger Casement
(British Diplomat Known as ‘Father of Twentieth-Century Human Rights Investigations')
Roger Casement
5
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 1st September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Sandycove, Ireland
Died: August 3, 1916
 14 
Breaker Morant
(Writer)
Breaker Morant
1
Listed In: Soldiers
Birthdate: 9th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: England
Died: February 27, 1902
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Miguel de Unamuno
1
Birthdate: 29th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bilbao
Died: December 31, 1936
 16 
Princess Stéphanie of Belgium
(Crown Princess of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia)
Princess Stéphanie of Belgium
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Birthdate: 21st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium
Died: August 23, 1945
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John Francis Dodge
(Entrepreneur, Businessperson)
John Francis Dodge
0
Birthdate: 25th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Michigan
Died: January 14, 1920
 18 
Hermann Minkowski
(German Mathematician and Professor Who Created and Developed the Geometry of Numbers)
Hermann Minkowski
0
Listed In: Mathematicians
Birthdate: 22nd June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kaunas, Lithuania
Died: January 12, 1909
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Charles Marion Russell
(Sculptor, Illustrator, Painter, Writer)
Charles Marion Russell
1
Birthdate: 19th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: St. Louis
Died: October 24, 1926
 20 
William S. Hart
(Actor)
William S. Hart
0
Birthdate: 6th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Newburgh, New York, United States
Died: June 23, 1946
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Anagarika Dharmapala
(Writer)
Anagarika Dharmapala
13
Listed In: Saints
Birthdate: 17th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Matara, Sri Lanka
Died: April 29, 1933
 22 
Maurice Leblanc
(French Novelist Known as the Creator of the Fictional Gentleman Thief and Detective ‘Arsène Lupin')
Maurice Leblanc
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 11th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rouen, France
Died: November 6, 1941
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Elinor Glyn
(Former novelist and scriptwriter who specialised in romantic fiction, which was considered scandalous for its time, although her works are relatively tame by modern standards)
Elinor Glyn
0
Birthdate: 17th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Saint Helier, Jersey
Died: September 23, 1943
 24 
James Allen
(Writer)
James Allen
0
Birthdate: 28th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Leicester, England
Died: January 12, 1912
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Herbert Macaulay
(Nigerian Politician Who Was Known as the Father of Nigerian Nationalism)
Herbert Macaulay
3
Birthdate: 14th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Lagos Colony, Nigeria
Died: May 7, 1946
 26 
Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine
(German Princess Who Married Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia and Eventually Became a Nun)
Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine
4
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1st November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bessungen, Darmstadt, Germany
Died: July 18, 1918
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Ransom Eli Olds
(Automotive designer)
Ransom Eli Olds
3
Birthdate: 3rd June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Geneva, Ohio, United States
Died: August 26, 1950
 28 
Walther Nernst
(Physicist and Chemist)
Walther Nernst
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 25th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Wąbrzeźno
Died: November 18, 1941
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Isabelo de los Reyes
(Co-Founder of the Philippine Independent Church 'Iglesia Filipina Independiente')
Isabelo de los Reyes
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 7th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Vigan
Died: October 10, 1938
 30 
Maggie Lena Draper Walker
(Entrepreneur)
Maggie Lena Draper Walker
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: 15th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Died: December 15, 1934
 31 
Dmitri Ivanovsky
(Russian Botanist, the Co-Discoverer of Viruses and One of the Founders of Virology)
Dmitri Ivanovsky
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 28th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Gdov, Russia
Died: June 20, 1920
 32 
Eleuthérios Venizélos
(Former Prime Minister of Greece Who Served Eight-Terms Between 1910 to 1933)
Eleuthérios Venizélos
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 23rd August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Mournies, Greece
Died: March 18, 1936
 33 
Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah
(9th Ruler of Kuwait)
Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah
0
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Kuwait
Died: February 23, 1921
 34 
Ban Johnson
(Baseball player)
Ban Johnson
0
Listed In: Baseball Players
Birthdate: 5th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Norwalk, Ohio, United States
Died: March 28, 1931
 35 
Louis Lumière
(Inventor of Cinematographer)
Louis Lumière
0
Listed In: Inventors
Birthdate: 5th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Besançon, France
Died: June 6, 1948
 36 
Philip Snowden, Viscount Snowden
(Politician)
Philip Snowden, Viscount Snowden
1
Birthdate: 18th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cowling, England
Died: May 15, 1937
 37 
Princess Zorka of Montenegro
(Aristocrat)
Princess Zorka of Montenegro
1
Birthdate: 23rd December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Cetinje, Principality of Montenegro Montenegro
Died: March 16, 1890
 38 
William, Prince of Hohenzollern
(Prince)
William, Prince of Hohenzollern
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Birthdate: 7th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Schloss Benrath, Düsseldorf, Germany
Died: October 22, 1927
 39 
Arthur Zimmermann
(German Diplomat and Politician)
Arthur Zimmermann
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 5th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Olecko
Died: June 6, 1940
 40 
Thomas Dixon Jr.
(Politician)
Thomas Dixon Jr.
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 11th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Shelby, North Carolina, United States
Died: April 3, 1946
 41 
Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman
(Sultan)
Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman
0
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 8th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Mumbai, India
Died: October 4, 1913
 42 
Jules Renard
(Author and member of the Académie Goncourt)
Jules Renard
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 22nd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Châlons-du-Maine, Mayenne, France
Died: May 22, 1910
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Branislav Nušić
(Playwright)
Branislav Nušić
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 20th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Belgrade
Died: January 19, 1938
 44 
Johan Halvorsen
(Composer)
Johan Halvorsen
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 15th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Drammen, Norway
Died: December 4, 1935
 45 
Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
(Lawyer)
Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
1
Listed In: Lawyers
Birthdate: 14th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London, England
Died: November 24, 1958
 46 
Qi Baishi
(Chinese Painter)
Qi Baishi
0
Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 1st January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Xiangtan, China
Died: September 16, 1957
 47 
George Washington Crile
(American Surgeon Known for Co-founding the Cleveland Clinic)
George Washington Crile
0
Listed In: Surgeons
Birthdate: 11th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Chili, Ohio, United States
Died: January 7, 1943
 48 
Alexej von Jawlensky
(Russian Expressionist Painter)
Alexej von Jawlensky
0
Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 26th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Torzhok, Russia
Died: March 15, 1941
 49 
Ethel Voynich
(Novelist)
Ethel Voynich
2
Listed In: Novelists
Birthdate: 11th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ballintemple, Cork, Ireland
Died: July 27, 1960
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Marthe de Florian
(Socialite)
Marthe de Florian
0
Listed In: Socialites
Birthdate: 9th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: August 29, 1939