1860 - 1869
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Birthdays of famous people
Decade 1860 - 1869
78 Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
*October 2nd, 1869, Porbandar †January 30th, 1948, Gandhi Smriti
72 Eduard Norden
German classical philologist and historian (1868–1941)
*September 21st, 1868, Emden †July 13th, 1941, Zürich
66 Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
*November 7th, 1867, Warsaw †July 4th, 1934, Sancellemoz
80 Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
*May 7th, 1861, Kolkata †August 7th, 1941, Kolkata
84 Henri Matisse
French artist (1869–1954)
*December 31st, 1869, Le Cateau-Cambrésis †November 3rd, 1954, Nice
44 Anton Chekhov
Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)
*January 29th, 1860, Taganrog †July 2nd, 1904, BadenweilerEustace Miles
British real tennis player
*September 22nd, 1868, Hampstead †December 20th, 1948, London_before_1907-05.jpg "Gustav Mahler")
50 Gustav Mahler
Austrian late-Romantic composer (1860–1911)
*July 7th, 1860, Kaliště †May 18th, 1911, Vienna
55 Emanuel Hegenbarth
German painter (1868-1923)
*January 14th, 1868, Česká Kamenice †July 18th, 1923, Dresden
78 Romain Rolland
French author (1866-1944)
*January 29th, 1866, Clamecy †December 30th, 1944, Vézelay
57 Franz Boll
German classical scholar and historian of astrology (1867–1924)
*July 1st, 1867, Rothenburg ob der Tauber †July 3rd, 1924, HeidelbergUlrich Wilcken
German historian (1862–1944)
*December 18th, 1862, Szczecin †December 10th, 1944, Baden-BadenJoseph Déchelette
French archaeologist and prehistorian
*January 8th, 1862, Roanne †October 3rd, 1914, Nouvron-VingréKarl Hampe
German historian of medieval age (1869-1936)
*February 3rd, 1869, Bremen †February 14th, 1936, HeidelbergFerdinand Noack
German classical archaeologist and classical philologist (1865-1931)
*December 31st, 1865, Burgholzhausen vor der Höhe †September 21st, 1931, BerlinBálint Kuzsinszky
Archaeologist, museologist, numismatist
*November 6th, 1864, Subotica †August 23rd, 1938, Budapest
81 André Gide
French author and Nobel laureate (1869–1951)
*November 22nd, 1869, Paris †February 19th, 1951, Paris
81 Pietro Mascagni
Italian composer known for operas (1863–1945)
*December 7th, 1863, Livorno †August 2nd, 1945, Rome
70 Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
*December 30th, 1865, Mumbai †January 18th, 1936, London
75 Karl Landsteiner
Austrian biologist, physician and Nobel Prize laureate
*June 14th, 1868, Vienna †June 26th, 1943, New York City
74 Gabriele D'Annunzio
Italian writer, poet, playwright, soldier and politician (1863-1938)
*March 12th, 1863, Pescara †March 1st, 1938, Gardone Riviera
95 W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
*February 23rd, 1868, Great Barrington †August 27th, 1963, Accra
57 Nellie Bly
American journalist
*May 5th, 1864, Burrell Township †January 27th, 1922, New York City
69 Luigi Pirandello
Italian dramatist, novelist, short story writer, and poet, Nobel Prize for Literature laureate (1867-1936)
*June 28th, 1867, Agrigento †December 10th, 1936, Rome
86 Paul Claudel
French diplomat, poet and playwright (1868-1955)
*August 6th, 1868, Villeneuve-sur-Fère †February 23rd, 1955, Paris
83 Gerhart Hauptmann
German dramatist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912 (1862-1946)
*November 15th, 1862, Szczawno-Zdrój †June 6th, 1946, Jagniątków
77 George Arliss
English actor, author, playwright and filmmaker (1868–1946)
*April 10th, 1868, London †February 5th, 1946, London
80 Leo Baekeland
Belgium American inventor (1863-1944)
*November 14th, 1863, Ghent †February 23rd, 1944, Beacon
50 Edmond Rostand
French poet and dramatist (1868–1918)
*April 1st, 1868, Marseille †December 2nd, 1918, Paris
73 William Butler Yeats
Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939)
*June 13th, 1865, Sandymount †January 28th, 1939, Menton
Frank Lloyd Wright
American architect (1867-1959)
*June 8th, 1867, Richland Center †April 9th, 1959, Phoenix
50 Nicholas II of Russia
Emperor of Russia from 1894 to 1917
*May 6th, 1868, Pushkin †July 17th, 1918, Yekaterinburg
46 Jules Renard
French author (1864-1910)
*February 22nd, 1864, Châlons-du-Maine †May 22nd, 1910, Bucharest
74 Jane Addams
American activist, sociologist and writer (1860–1935)
*September 6th, 1860, Cedarville †June 21st, 1935, Chicago