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Famous people born in 1864

The best-known people born in 1864, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.

Best known

  1. Max Weber
    Max Weber

    German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist (1864–1920)

    April 21 · d. 1920

    Photo: Ernst Gottmann, Public domain
  2. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
    Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

    French painter and illustrator (1864–1901)

    November 24 · d. 1901

    Photo: Paul Sescau, Public domain
  3. Wilhelm Wien
    Wilhelm Wien

    German physicist (1864-1928)

    January 13 · d. 1928

    Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
  4. Richard Strauss
    Richard Strauss

    German composer and orchestra director (1864–1949)

    June 11 · d. 1949

    Photo: Franz Leximeliaman, Public domain
  5. Miguel de Unamuno
    Miguel de Unamuno

    Spanish poet (1864-1936)

    September 29 · d. 1936

    Photo: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain
  6. Erik Axel Karlfeldt
    Erik Axel Karlfeldt

    Swedish poet (1864–1931)

    July 20 · d. 1931

    Photo: Anders Zorn, Public domain
  7. Walther Hermann Nernst
    Walther Hermann Nernst

    German physical chemist and physicist (1864–1941)

    June 25 · d. 1941

    Photo: Smithsonian Institution, No restrictions
  8. Yun Ch'iho
    Yun Ch'iho

    Korean independence activist (1864-1945)

    December 26 · d. 1945

    Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
  9. Hermann Minkowski
    Hermann Minkowski

    German mathematician and physicist (1864–1909)

    June 22 · d. 1909

    Photo: Hermann Minkowski, Public domain
  10. Jules Renard
    Jules Renard

    French author (1864-1910)

    February 22 · d. 1910

    Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
  11. Nellie Bly
  12. George Washington Carver
    George Washington Carver

    African American botanist and inventor (1864-1943)

    January 1 · d. 1943

    Photo: not listed, Public domain
  13. Eleftherios Venizelos
    Eleftherios Venizelos

    Greek politician, former Prime Minister of Greece (1864–1936)

    August 23 · d. 1936

    Photo: Photoprint copyrighted by Harris & Ewing (No known restrictions on publication), Public domain
  14. Soh Jaipil
    Soh Jaipil

    Korean-American independence activist and journalist (1864–1951)

    January 7 · d. 1951

    Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
  15. Alois Alzheimer
    Alois Alzheimer

    German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (1864–1915)

    June 14 · d. 1915

    Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
  16. Robert Cecil
    Robert Cecil

    lawyer, politician and diplomat in the United Kingdom (1864-1958)

    September 14 · d. 1958

    Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
  17. Maurice Leblanc
  18. Alfred Hermann Fried
    Alfred Hermann Fried

    Austrian Jewish pacifist, publicist, journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1864–1921)

    November 11 · d. 1921

    Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
  19. Frank Wedekind
    Frank Wedekind

    German playwright (1864-1918)

    July 24 · d. 1918

    Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
  20. Camille Claudel
    Camille Claudel

    French sculptor (1864–1943)

    December 8 · d. 1943

    Photo: Plombelec, CC BY-SA 4.0
  21. Branislav Nušić
  22. Henri de Régnier
    Henri de Régnier

    French poet (1864-1936)

    December 28 · d. 1936

    Photo: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain
  23. Nikolai Marr

    Georgian ethnologist and linguist (1864–1934)

    January 6 · d. 1934

  24. Alfred Stieglitz

    American photographer (1864–1946)

    January 1 · d. 1946

  25. Stefan Żeromski

    Polish writer (1864-1925)

    October 14 · d. 1925

  26. Ricarda Huch

    German writer (1864–1947)

    July 18 · d. 1947

  27. Alexej von Jawlensky

    Russian painter (1865–1941)

    March 25 · d. 1941

  28. Frances Cleveland

    First Lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889 and 1893 to 1897

    July 21 · d. 1947

  29. Ethel Lilian Voynich

    British writer and musician (1864–1960)

    May 11 · d. 1960

  30. Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine

    Grand Duchess of Russia (1864–1918)

    November 1 · d. 1918

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  • July 3 · Hedwig Rosenbaum, Bohemian tennis player
  • July 11 · Peter Deunov, Christian philosopher, Teacher of Esoteric Christianity (1864–1944)
  • July 13 · John Jacob Astor IV, American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel (1864–1912)
  • July 22 · Apolinario Mabini, Prime Minister of the Philippines in 1899
  • July 23 · Edwin Hedley, American rower (1864-1947)
  • July 25 · Tanaka Giichi, Japanese general (1864-1929)

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October

  • October 5 · Arthur Zimmermann, German diplomat (1864–1940)
  • October 8 · Kikunae Ikeda, Japanese chemist (1864–1936)
  • October 15 · Anna Haava, Estonian poet and translator (1864-1957)
  • October 17 · Robert Lansing, American politician (1864-1928)
  • October 17 · Elinor Glyn, British novelist and scriptwriter (1864-1943)
  • October 19 · Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and politician (1864-1928)

November

  • November 9 · Paul Sérusier, French painter (1864–1927)
  • November 9 · Dmitri Ivanovsky, Russian virologist (1864-1920)
  • November 22 · Rukhmabai, one of the first practicing women doctors in colonial India.
  • November 26 · Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (1864-1910)
  • November 26 · Herman Gorter, Dutch poet and communist (1864–1927)
  • November 28 · James Allen, British philosophical writer (1864–1912)

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