Famous People Born In 1872
Discover the most famous people born in 1872. The list includes people like Bertrand Russell, Calvin Coolidge, Piet Mondrian, Emily Davison, Roald Amundsen and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, philosophers, novelists and non-fiction writers born in 1872. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, France & Russia and many more countries.
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Birthdate: 4th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Plymouth, Vermont, United States
Died: January 5, 1933
Birthdate: 18th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Trellech, Monmouthshire, Wales
Died: February 2, 1970
Birthdate: 29th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Amersfoort, Netherlands
Died: January 31, 1944
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Roald Amundsen(Norwegian Explorer Who was the First to Reach the South Pole)
Birthdate: 16th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Borge, Norway
Died: June 18, 1928
Birthdate: 6th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Darmstadt, Germany
Died: July 17, 1918
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Emily Davison(English Suffragette Who Fought for Votes for Women in Britain in the Early 20th Century)
Birthdate: 11th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England
Died: June 8, 1913
Birthdate: 12th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Down Ampney, England
Died: August 26, 1958
Birthdate: 28th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: South Australia
Died: February 7, 1967
Birthdate: 15th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Wytheville, Virginia, United States
Died: December 28, 1961
Birthdate: 31st January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Zanesville, Ohio, USA
Died: October 23, 1939
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William Desmond Taylor(Director and Actor Known for His Films: ‘The Diamond from the Sky’, ‘A Woman Scorned’ and ‘Ben Blair’)
Birthdate: 26th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Carlow, Ireland
Died: February 1, 1922
Birthdate: 30th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hluboká nad Vltavou
Died: June 1, 1945
Birthdate: 21st August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Brighton, England
Died: March 16, 1898
Birthdate: 27th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Baltimore
Died: September 25, 1960
Birthdate: 20th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: San Francisco
Died: February 2, 1957
Birthdate: 11th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Died: July 17, 1953
Birthdate: 27th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio, United States
Died: February 9, 1906
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Mathilde Kschessinska
(Russian Ballerina and the First Russian Dancer to Master 32 Consecutive 'Fouettés en Tournant')
Birthdate: 31st August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ligovo, Russia
Died: December 6, 1971
Birthdate: 9th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris
Died: March 30, 1950
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Anna Held(French-Polish Actress and Singer Best Known for Her Revues 'The Ziegfeld Follies')
Birthdate: 19th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Died: August 12, 1918
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Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark
(Prince)
Birthdate: 22nd January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Athens, Greece
Died: February 8, 1938
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Learned Hand(Former United States Judge and Judicial Philosopher)
Birthdate: 27th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Albany
Died: August 18, 1961
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Louis Blériot
(Aviator, Engineer, Inventor, Aerospace engineer)
Birthdate: 1st July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cambrai
Died: August 2, 1936
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Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein
(Writer)
Birthdate: 12th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cumberland Lodge, Old Windsor
Died: December 8, 1956
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Habibullah Khan
(Emir of Afghanistan from 1901 to 1919)
Birthdate: 3rd June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Tashkent
Died: February 20, 1919
Birthdate: 18th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New Town, Prague, Czech Republic
Died: September 25, 1916
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Albert C. Barnes
(Chemist)
Birthdate: 2nd January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: July 24, 1951
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Edward Gordon Craig
(Actor, Director, Illustrator, Scenographer, Painter)
Birthdate: 16th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Stevenage
Died: July 29, 1966
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Sergei Diaghilev
(Russian Art Critic, Ballet Impresario and Founder of the 'Ballets Russes')
Birthdate: 31st March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chudovsky District, Russia
Died: August 19, 1929
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Willie Keeler
(Baseball player)
Birthdate: 3rd March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Died: January 1, 1923
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John McCrae
(Poet and Soldier Best Known as the Author of War Memorial Poem 'In Flanders Fields')
Birthdate: 30th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Died: January 28, 1918
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Frank Worsley
(Sailor, Explorer)
Birthdate: 22nd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Akaroa, New Zealand
Died: February 1, 1943
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Leon Leonwood Bean
(Inventor)
Birthdate: 13th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Greenwood, Maine, United States
Died: February 5, 1967
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Joseph Taylor Robinson
(Politician)
Birthdate: 26th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
Died: July 14, 1937
Birthdate: 11th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Chesterfield, New Hampshire, United States
Died: April 22, 1946
Birthdate: 23rd January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Died: January 7, 1957
Birthdate: 29th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Died: April 15, 1912
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Paul Langevin
(Physicist, Professor, Chemist, Philosopher of science, Educationist, Non-fiction writer)
Birthdate: 23rd January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris
Died: December 19, 1946
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William Heath Robinson
Birthdate: 31st March
Sun Sign: Aries
Died: September 13, 1944
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Edward Adrian Wilson
(Explorer, Ornithologist, Painter, Scientist)
Birthdate: 23rd July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cheltenham
Died: March 29, 1912
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Otto Braun
(Former Prime Minister of Prussia Who Held the Office for 3-Terms Between 1920 and 1932)
Birthdate: 28th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kaliningrad, Russia
Died: December 15, 1955
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Marcel Mauss
(French Sociologist and Anthropologist Best Known for His Work on Social Exchange and Gift-Giving)
Birthdate: 10th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Épinal, Vosges, France
Died: February 10, 1950
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William Monroe Trotter
(Editor)
Birthdate: 7th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chillicothe, Ohio, United States
Died: April 7, 1934
Birthdate: 15th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Died: December 5, 1950
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Abdullah Yusuf Ali
(Translator)
Birthdate: 14th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Mumbai
Died: December 10, 1953
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José Sanjurjo
(Officer, Military personnel)
Birthdate: 28th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Pamplona
Died: July 20, 1936
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Addison Mizner
(Architect)
Birthdate: 12th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Benicia
Died: February 5, 1933
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Georgy Chicherin
(Revolutionary)
Birthdate: 24th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died: July 7, 1936
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A. Mitchell Palmer
(50th United States Attorney General)
Birthdate: 4th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: White Haven, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: May 11, 1936
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Albert Payson Terhune
(Author)
Birthdate: 21st December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, United States
Died: February 18, 1942