Famous People Born In 1869

Discover the most famous people born in 1869. The list includes people like Mahatma Gandhi, Grigori Rasputin, Henri Matisse, Neville Chamberlain, Typhoid Mary and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, political activists, poets and political scientists born in 1869. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & France and many more countries.
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Mahatma Gandhi
(Indian Freedom Fighter who Employed Non-violent Resistance & Known as 'Father of the Nation')
Mahatma Gandhi
224
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 2nd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Porbandar, India
Died: January 30, 1948
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Henri Matisse
(French Visual Artist Known for His Paintings: ‘Woman with a Hat’, 'The Dance', and 'Red Room’)
Henri Matisse
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Birthdate: 31st December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France
Died: November 3, 1954
 3 
Neville Chamberlain
(Prime Minister of the U.K.)
Neville Chamberlain
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 18th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Birmingham
Died: November 9, 1940
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Emma Goldman
(American Anarchist Political Activist and Writer)
Emma Goldman
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Birthdate: 27th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kaunas, Lithuania
Died: May 14, 1940
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Grigori Rasputin
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Birthdate: 21st January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pokrovskoe, Russia
Died: December 30, 1916
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Typhoid Mary
(The First Person to be Identified as an Asymptomatic Carrier of the Pathogenic Bacteria 'Salmonella Typhi')
Typhoid Mary
13
Listed In: Chefs
Birthdate: 23rd September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland
Died: November 11, 1938
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John Heisman
(Coach)
John Heisman
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: 23rd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio
Died: October 3, 1936
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Kasturba Gandhi
(Wife of Mahatama Gandhi)
Kasturba Gandhi
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Birthdate: 11th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Porbandar
Died: February 22, 1944
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Stephen Leacock
(Canadian writer)
Stephen Leacock
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Birthdate: 30th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Swanmore, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Died: March 28, 1944
 10 
Maud of Wales
( Queen of Norway as the Wife of King Haakon VII)
Maud of Wales
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Birthdate: 26th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Died: November 20, 1938
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Andre Gide
(French Author and Winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature)
Andre Gide
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 22nd November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: February 19, 1951
 12 
Josephine Bakhita
(Saint)
Josephine Bakhita
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Listed In: Saints
Birthdate: 10th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Darfur, Sudan
Died: February 8, 1947
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Harvey Cushing
(American Neurosurgeon, Pathologist, Writer and the First Person to Describe Cushing’s Disease)
Harvey Cushing
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Listed In: Neurologists
Birthdate: 8th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died: October 7, 1939
 14 
Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya
(Deputy Minister of Education in the Government of the Soviet Union 1929 – 1938)
Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya
3
Listed In: Revolutionaries
Birthdate: 26th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: February 27, 1939
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Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
(Former King of Italy (1900 – 1946))
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
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Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 11th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Naples, Italy
Died: December 28, 1947
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Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria
(Prince)
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria
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Birthdate: 18th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: August 2, 1955
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Booth Tarkington
(One of Only Four Novelists to Win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction More Than Once)
Booth Tarkington
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 29th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Died: May 19, 1946
 18 
Winsor McCay
(Cartoonist, Animator, Screenwriter, Science fiction writer)
Winsor McCay
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Birthdate: 26th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Canada
Died: July 26, 1934
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Vartapet Komitas
Vartapet Komitas
1
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 26th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kütahya
Died: October 22, 1935
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Lyubov Dostoevskaya
(Writer)
Lyubov Dostoevskaya
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Birthdate: 14th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Dresden, Germany
Died: November 10, 1926
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Liane de Pougy
(Vedette)
Liane de Pougy
0
Listed In: Novelists
Birthdate: 2nd July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: La Flèche, France
Died: December 26, 1950
 22 
Marguerite Steinheil
(Salonnière)
Marguerite Steinheil
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Listed In: Business Women
Birthdate: 16th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Beaucourt, France
Died: July 17, 1954
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Felix Salten
(Austro-Hungarian Writer and Literary Critic)
Felix Salten
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Birthdate: 6th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Pest, Budapest, Hungary
Died: October 8, 1945
 24 
Nicolae Paulescu
(Romanian Scientist Known for His Research on 'Insulin' and His Anti-Semitic Writings)
Nicolae Paulescu
1
Birthdate: 30th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
Died: July 17, 1931
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Rudolf Otto
(German Theologian and One of the Most Influential Scholars of Religion in the Early Twentieth Century)
Rudolf Otto
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Birthdate: 25th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Peine, Germany
Died: March 6, 1937
 26 
Alice Hamilton
(Toxicologist, Pathologist, University teacher, Physician)
Alice Hamilton
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Listed In: Pathologists
Birthdate: 27th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Fort Wayne
Died: September 22, 1970
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Gustav Vigeland
(Sculptor)
Gustav Vigeland
1
Listed In: Sculptors
Birthdate: 11th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Mandal
Died: March 12, 1943
 28 
Prince George of Greece and Denmark
(Second son and child of George I of Greece and Olga Konstantinovna of Russia)
Prince George of Greece and Denmark
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 24th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Mon Repos Estate, Corfu, Greece
Died: November 25, 1957
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Algernon Henry Blackwood
(Broadcaster)
Algernon Henry Blackwood
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 14th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Shooter's Hill, Kent, England
Died: December 10, 1951
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Calouste Gulbenkian
(businessperson, entrepreneur)
Calouste Gulbenkian
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Birthdate: 23rd March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Üsküdar
Died: July 20, 1955
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Robbie Ross
(Canadian-British Journalist, Art Dealer, and Art Critic)
Robbie Ross
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Birthdate: 25th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Tours, France
Died: October 5, 1918
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Hovhannes Tumanyan
(Poet)
Hovhannes Tumanyan
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Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 19th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Lori Province, Armenia
Died: March 23, 1923
 33 
Arthur Rostron
(Sailor)
Arthur Rostron
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Listed In: Sailors
Birthdate: 14th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bolton
Died: November 4, 1940
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Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
(Scottish Physicist, Meteorologist and Winner of the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics)
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 14th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Glencorse, Scotland
Died: November 15, 1959
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Stanisław Wyspiański
(Polish Playwright, Painter and Poet)
Stanisław Wyspiański
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 15th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kraków, Poland
Died: November 28, 1907
 36 
Prince Baudouin of Belgium
(Eldest Son of Prince Philippe of Belgium, Count of Flanders)
Prince Baudouin of Belgium
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Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 3rd June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium
Died: January 23, 1891
 37 
Bogd Khan
(Mongolian head of state)
Bogd Khan
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Litang, Sichuan, Qing Dynasty
Died: May 20, 1924
 38 
Philip de László
(Painter)
Philip de László
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Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 30th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: November 22, 1937
 39 
Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia
(Military personnel)
Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia
1
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 7th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Borjomi, Georgia
Died: July 18, 1918
 40 
Robert S. Woodworth
(Psychologist)
Robert S. Woodworth
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Listed In: Psychologists
Birthdate: 17th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Belchertown, Massachusetts, United States
Died: July 4, 1962
 41 
Howard Thurston
(One of the Most Popular Magicians of His Time)
Howard Thurston
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Listed In: Magicians
Birthdate: 20th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Died: April 13, 1936
 42 
Kid Nichols
(Baseball manager)
Kid Nichols
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Listed In: Baseball Players
Birthdate: 14th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Died: April 11, 1953
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Siegfried Wagner
(Composer)
Siegfried Wagner
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 6th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Tribschen, Lucerne, Switzerland
Died: August 4, 1930
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Bill Haywood
(Activist)
Bill Haywood
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Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 4th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, United States
Died: May 18, 1928
 45 
Else Lasker-Schüler
(German Poet and Playwright Famous for Her Bohemian Lifestyle in Berlin and Her Poetry)
Else Lasker-Schüler
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 11th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Elberfeld, Wuppertal, Germany
Died: January 22, 1945
 46 
Michael von Faulhaber
(German Catholic Prelate Who Served as Archbishop of Munich)
Michael von Faulhaber
0
Listed In: Priests
Birthdate: 5th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Röthlein, Germany
Died: June 12, 1952
 47 
Bamba Sutherland
(Last surviving member of the family that had ruled the Sikh Empire in the Punjab)
Bamba Sutherland
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Listed In: Noblewomen
Birthdate: 29th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England
Died: March 10, 1957
 48 
Iulia Hasdeu
(Poet)
Iulia Hasdeu
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Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 14th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
Died: September 29, 1888
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Ramón Menéndez Pidal
(Spanish Historian and Philologist)
Ramón Menéndez Pidal
0
Birthdate: 13th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: A Coruña, Spain
Died: November 14, 1968
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Valdemar Poulsen
(Engineer)
Valdemar Poulsen
0
Birthdate: 23rd November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: July 23, 1942