| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Maurice Barrès |
Novelist |
19-Aug-1862 |
4-Dec-1923 |
Cult of the Self |
| William Bragg |
Physicist |
2-Jul-1862 |
12-Mar-1942 |
Analyzed crystal structures |
| Aristide Briand |
Politician |
28-Mar-1862 |
7-Mar-1932 |
WWI French Prime Minister |
| Constantin Brunner |
Philosopher |
27-Aug-1862 |
17-Aug-1937 |
German Jewish philosopher |
| Nicholas Murray Butler |
Educator |
2-Apr-1862 |
7-Dec-1947 |
President of Columbia University, 1901-45 |
| William W. Campbell |
Astronomer |
11-Apr-1862 |
14-Jun-1938 |
Stellar Motions |
| John Jay Chapman |
Essayist |
2-Mar-1862 |
4-Nov-1933 |
Essayist, founder of The Nursery |
| Carl Charlier |
Astronomer |
1-Apr-1862 |
5-Nov-1934 |
Motion and the Distribution of the Stars |
| George B. Cortelyou |
Politician |
26-Jul-1862 |
23-Oct-1940 |
US Treasury Secretary, 1907-09 |
| Wilbur L. Cross |
Politician |
10-Apr-1862 |
5-Oct-1948 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1931-39 |
| Walter Damrosch |
Conductor |
30-Jan-1862 |
22-Dec-1950 |
Conductor, popularizer of music |
| Josephus Daniels |
Government |
18-May-1862 |
15-Jan-1948 |
Secretary of the Navy, 1913-21 |
| Claude Debussy |
Composer |
22-Aug-1862 |
25-Mar-1918 |
French Impressionist composer |
| Frederick Delius |
Composer |
29-Jan-1862 |
10-Jun-1934 |
Over the Hills and Far Away |
| Frank Doubleday |
Business |
8-Jan-1862 |
30-Jan-1934 |
Publisher |
| Robert Emden |
Mathematician |
4-Mar-1862 |
8-Oct-1940 |
Stellar structure |
| Andrew Fisher |
Head of State |
29-Aug-1862 |
22-Oct-1928 |
Former Prime Minister of Australia |
| Walter Lowrie Fisher |
Government |
4-Jul-1862 |
9-Nov-1935 |
US Interior Secretary, 1911-13 |
| Robert Ford |
Criminal |
31-Jan-1862 |
8-Jun-1892 |
Shot and killed Jesse James |
| Walter S. Goodland |
Politician |
22-Dec-1862 |
12-Mar-1947 |
Governor of Wisconsin, 1943-47 |
| Allvar Gullstrand |
Doctor |
5-Jun-1862 |
28-Jul-1930 |
Ophthalmologist, refraction of light in the eye |
| Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane |
Author |
27-May-1862 |
24-Dec-1937 |
Descartes: His Life and Times |
| Hjalmar Hammarskjöld |
Head of State |
4-Feb-1862 |
12-Oct-1953 |
Prime Minister of Sweden, 1914-17 |
| Gerhart Hauptmann |
Playwright |
15-Nov-1862 |
6-Jun-1946 |
Die Weber |
| O. Henry |
Author |
11-Sep-1862 |
5-Jun-1910 |
The Gift of the Magi |
| David Hilbert |
Mathematician |
23-Jan-1862 |
14-Feb-1943 |
Hilbert Space |
| Billy Hughes |
Head of State |
25-Sep-1862 |
28-Oct-1952 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1915-23 |
| Charles Evans Hughes |
Politician |
11-Apr-1862 |
27-Aug-1948 |
US Chief Justice, Presidential Candidate |
| M. R. James |
Author |
1-Aug-1862 |
12-Jun-1936 |
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary |
| Gustav Klimt |
Painter |
14-Jul-1862 |
6-Feb-1918 |
Founder of the Vienna Sezession |
| Philipp Lenard |
Physicist |
7-Jun-1862 |
20-May-1947 |
Investigations of cathode rays |
| Auguste Lumière |
Inventor |
19-Oct-1862 |
10-Apr-1954 |
Co-Inventor of motion pictures |
| Connie Mack |
Baseball |
22-Dec-1862 |
8-Feb-1956 |
Manager of the Philadelphia Athletics |
| Maurice Maeterlinck |
Playwright |
29-Aug-1862 |
6-May-1949 |
Pelléas et Mélisande |
| James C. McReynolds |
Judge |
3-Feb-1862 |
24-Aug-1946 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1914-41 |
| Joseph Merrick |
Oddity |
5-Aug-1862 |
11-Apr-1890 |
The Elephant Man |
| Andrew J. Montague |
Politician |
3-Oct-1862 |
24-Jan-1937 |
Governor and Congressman from Virginia |
| Julius Rosenwald |
Business |
12-Aug-1862 |
6-Jan-1932 |
Sears executive and Good Samaritan |
| Arthur Schnitzler |
Playwright |
15-May-1862 |
21-Oct-1931 |
Reigen |
| Charles M. Schwab |
Business |
18-Feb-1862 |
19-Sep-1939 |
Founder of Bethlehem Steel |
| Edward Shortt |
Politician |
10-Mar-1862 |
10-Nov-1935 |
UK Home Secretary, 1919-22 |
| Lennington Small |
Politician |
16-Jun-1862 |
17-May-1936 |
Governor of Illinois, 1921-29 |
| Reed Smoot |
Politician |
10-Jan-1862 |
9-Feb-1941 |
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act |
| Amos Alonzo Stagg |
Football |
16-Aug-1862 |
17-Mar-1965 |
Mr. Football |
| Billy Sunday |
Religion |
19-Nov-1862 |
6-Nov-1935 |
Baseball evangelist |
| George Sutherland |
Judge |
25-Mar-1862 |
18-Jul-1942 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1922-38 |
| Claude A. Swanson |
Politician |
31-Mar-1862 |
7-Jul-1939 |
Governor and Senator from Virginia |
| Oscar W. Underwood |
Politician |
6-May-1862 |
25-Jan-1929 |
US Senator from Alabama, 1915-27 |
| Ida B. Wells-Barnett |
Activist |
16-Jul-1862 |
25-Mar-1931 |
Civil rights advocate |
| Edvard Westermarck |
Anthropologist |
20-Nov-1862 |
3-Sep-1939 |
The Origin & Development of Moral Ideas |
| Edith Wharton |
Novelist |
24-Jan-1862 |
11-Aug-1937 |
The Age of Innocence |
| William B. Wilson |
Government |
2-Apr-1862 |
25-May-1934 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1913-21 |
