Famous people born in 1861
The best-known people born in 1861, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Rabindranath TagoreBengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
May 7 · d. 1941
Photo: Generalstabens litografiska anstalt, Public domain
Fridtjof NansenNorwegian polar explorer and diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1861-1930)
October 10 · d. 1930
Photo: Henry Van der Weyde, Public domain
Alfred North WhiteheadEnglish mathematician and philosopher (1861–1947)
February 15 · d. 1947
Photo: unknown, Public domain
José RizalFilipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)
June 19 · d. 1896
Photo: unknown author, Public domain
Rudolf SteinerAustrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)
February 27 · d. 1925
Photo: Otto Rietmann, Public domain
Mehmed VI36th and last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1918–1922)
January 14 · d. 1926
Photo: anonymous court photographer, Public domain
Georges MélièsFrench filmmaker and illusionist (1861–1938)
December 8 · d. 1938
Photo: Georges Méliès, Public domain
Frederick HopkinsEnglish biochemist
June 20 · d. 1947
Photo: John Palmer Clarke (active 1890-1909), Public domain
Lou Andreas-SalomemGerman-Russian essayist, philosopher, and psychoanalyst (1861–1937)
February 12 · d. 1937
Photo: Hofatelier Elvira, Public domain
Ferdinand I of BulgariaBulgarian ruler (1861–1948)
February 26 · d. 1948
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Italo SvevoItalian writer (1861-1928)
December 19 · d. 1928
Photo: Unknown photographer, Public domain
James NaismithCanadian-American coach; inventor of basketball
November 6 · d. 1939
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Georgy LvovRussian statesman and the first post-imperial prime minister of Russia (1861-1925)
November 2 · d. 1925
Photo: Harris & Ewing, Public domain
Pehr Evind SvinhufvudPresident of Finland (1861–1945)
December 15 · d. 1944
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Victor HortaBelgian architect, designer, publicist, teacher and creator of Art Nouveau (1861–1947)
January 6 · d. 1947
Photo: Gustave Deltour, Public domain- Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
British senior officer during the First World War (1861-1928)
June 19 · d. 1928
Erich von FalkenhaynChief of Germany's General Staff during the first two years of the First World War (1861-1922)
September 11 · d. 1922
Photo: Albert Meyer, Public domain
Robert BoschGerman industrialist, inventor, engineer (1861-1942)
September 23 · d. 1942
Photo: Unknown photographer Unknown photographer, Public domain
Who is your time twin?
Enter your birth date and find out who was exactly your age today on the day you were born.
Find my twinMonth by month
January
- January 1 · Joan Maragall, Spanish Catalan poet, journalist and translator (1860–1911)
- January 3 · William Renshaw, English tennis player (1861–1904)
- January 3 · Ernest Renshaw, English tennis player (1861–1899)
- January 12 · James Mark Baldwin, American philosopher and psychologist (1861–1934)
- January 26 · Louis Anquetin, French painter (1861-1932)
- January 30 · Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke, Swiss linguist (1861-1936)
February
- February 2 · Solomon R. Guggenheim, American businessman and museum founder (1861-1949)
- February 6 · Mykola Zelinsky, Ukrainian chemist (1861–1953)
- February 17 · Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany, German princess (1861-1922)
- February 25 · Santiago Rusiñol i Prats, Catalan author and painter; (1861-1931)
- February 25 · Meir Dizengoff, Zionist politician (1861-1936)
- February 27 · Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, Swedish prince (1861-1951); third son of Oscar II of Sweden and Sophia of Nassau
March
- March 4 · Curt von Bardeleben, German chess player (1861–1924)
- March 9 · Feodor Levinson-Lessing, Russian geologist (1861–1939)
- March 10 · Pauline Johnson, Canadian poet and performer (1861–1913)
- March 14 · Nikola Ivanov, Bulgarian general (1861-1940)
- March 28 · Nasreddine Dinet, French painter (1861-1929)
- March 29 · Paul Ranson, French painter and writer (1861–1909)
April
- April 1 · Katō Tomosaburō, Japanese admiral (1861-1923)
- April 6 · Stanislas de Guaita, French writer (1861-1897)
- April 18 · Eduard I, Duke of Anhalt, Last ruling Duke of Anhalt (1861-1918)
- April 20 · Hermann Muthesius, German architect (1861-1927)
- April 22 · István Tisza, Hungarian politician (1861–1918)
- April 23 · Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, British Army general (1861-1936)
May
- May 3 · Lev Sternberg, Russian and Soviet ethnographer (1861-1927)
- May 11 · Frederick Russell Burnham, father of scouting; military scout; soldier of fortune; oil man; writer; rancher (1861–1947)
- May 17 · Maxime Maufra, French painter (1861-1918)
- May 19 · Nellie Melba, Australian opera singer (1861–1931)
- May 20 · Henry Gantt, American engineer (1861-1919)
- May 23 · József Rippl-Rónai, Hungarian artist (1861-1927)
June
- June 2 · Helen Herron Taft, First Lady of the United States from 1909 to 1913
- June 10 · Pierre Duhem, French physicist and historian of science (1861-1916)
- June 11 · Émile Grumiaux, French archer (1861-1932)
- June 22 · Maximilian von Spee, German admiral (1861–1914)
- June 22 · Félix Fénéon, French anarchist and art critic (1861-1944)
- June 26 · Krikor Zohrab, Armenian writer, politician and opinion journalist (1861-1915)
July
- July 7 · Nettie Stevens, American geneticist (1861–1912)
- July 13 · Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal, Grand Duchess consort and regent of Luxembourg (1861-1942)
- July 18 · Kadambini Ganguly, Indian physician (1862–1923)
- July 18 · Lucien Simon, French painter (1861-1945)
- July 20 · Nobu Shirase, Japanese explorer of the Antarctic (1861-1946)
- July 24 · Anton Arensky, Russian composer, pianist and professor of music
August
- August 2 · Prafulla Chandra Ray, Bengali chemist, educationist, poet, historian, industrialist and philanthropist (1861–1944)
- August 4 · Michel Verne, French writer (1861–1925)
- August 9 · John William Godward, English painter (1861-1922)
- August 9 · Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer (1861-1942)
- August 11 · Paul Matschie, German zoologist (1861–1926)
- August 12 · Luigi Galleani, Italian anarchist (1861–1931)
September
- September 3 · Elin Danielson-Gambogi, Finland Swedish painter (1861–1919)
- September 11 · Juhani Aho, Finnish author and journalist (1861–1921)
- September 15 · M. Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer, scholar, statesman and the Diwan of Mysore (1861-1962)
- September 23 · Draga Mašin, Queen of Serbia (1861-1903)
- September 24 · Walter Simons, German politician and judge (1861-1937)
- September 24 · Bhikaiji Cama, Indian activist (1861-1936)
October
- October 1 · Anna Brigadere, Latvian writer (1861–1933)
- October 4 · Frederic Remington, American painter and sculptor (1861-1909)
- October 4 · Walter Rauschenbusch, United States Baptist theologian (1861–1918)
- October 16 · John Bagnell Bury, Anglo-Irish historian and classical scholar (1861–1927)
- October 16 · Richard Sears, American tennis player (1861-1943)
- October 24 · Alexey Kaledin, Russian general (1861-1918)
November
- November 2 · Maurice Blondel, French philosopher (1861-1949)
- November 10 · Robert T. A. Innes, British astronomer (1861–1933)
- November 10 · Amy Levy, British poet, novelist, writer (1861–1889)
- November 10 · Roberto Bracco, Italian writer (1861-1943)
- November 14 · Frederick Jackson Turner, American historian (1861-1932)
- November 29 · Spiro Samara, Greek composer (1861-1917)
December
- December 5 · Konstantin Korovin, Russian artist (1861–1939)
- December 14 · Jurji Zaydan, Lebanese novelist, journalist, editor and teacher (1861-1914)
- December 20 · Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian artist (1861–1926)
- December 25 · Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian educator and politician
- December 26 · Emil Wiechert, German geophysicist and seismologist (1861-1928)
- December 29 · Kurt Hensel, German mathematician (1861–1941)
People from Wikidata (CC0), photos from Wikimedia Commons; each photo shows its author and licence.