Famous people born in 1866

The best-known people born in 1866, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.

Best known

H. G. Wells
English writer (1866–1946)
September 21 · d. 1946
Photo: George Charles Beresford, Public domain
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866–1925)
November 12 · d. 1925
Photo: 上海波尔照相馆, Public domain
Romain Rolland
French author (1866-1944)
January 29 · d. 1944
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Wassily Kandinsky
avant-garde painter of Russian origin (1866-1944)
December 4 · d. 1944
Photo: 未知上傳者, Public domain
Jacinto Benavente
Spanish writer (1866-1954)
August 12 · d. 1954
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Beatrix Potter
British children's writer and illustrator (1866–1943)
July 28 · d. 1943
Photo: Charles G.Y. King (1854-1937), Public domain
Erik Satie
French composer and pianist (1866-1925)
May 17 · d. 1925
Photo: Sonia y natalia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Benedetto Croce
Italian philosopher (1866-1952)
February 25 · d. 1952
Photo: Mario Nunes Vais, Public domain
Thomas Hunt Morgan
American biologist and professor from Kentucky (1866–1945)
September 25 · d. 1945
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Ramsay MacDonald
British prime minister in 1924 and 1929 to 1935 (1866–1937)
October 12 · d. 1937
Photo: Walter Stoneman, Public domain
Alfred Werner
Swiss chemist Nobel laureate (1866-1919)
December 12 · d. 1919
Photo: Franz Schmelhaus, Zürich, Public domain
Charles Nicolle
French microbiologist (1866–1936)
September 21 · d. 1936
George Gurdjieff
philosopher, mystic, and writer (c. 1866–1877 – 1949)
January 13 · d. 1949
Photo: Janet Flanner-Solita Solano papers., Public domain
Nathan Söderblom
Swedish clergyman and archbishop (1866–1931)
January 15 · d. 1931
Photo: Emil Finn, Public domain
Mykhailo Hrushevskyi
Ukrainian politician and historian (1866–1934)
September 29 · d. 1934
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Ferruccio Busoni
Italian composer, pianist, and conductor (1866–1924)
April 1 · d. 1924
Photo: Varischi & Artico, Public domain
Anne Sullivan
American teacher (1866–1936)
April 4 · d. 1936
Léon Bakst
Russian artist (1866–1924)
February 8 · d. 1924
Ramón María del Valle-Inclán
Spanish author (1866-1936)
October 28 · d. 1936
Antoine Meillet
French linguist (1866–1936)
November 11 · d. 1936
Lev Shestov
Russian existentialist philosopher (1866 – 1938)
February 5 · d. 1938
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Indian political leader and social reformer (1866–1915)
May 9 · d. 1915
Hans von Seeckt
German general (1866-1936)
April 22 · d. 1936
Jeppe Aakjær
Danish poet and novelist (1866–1930)
September 10 · d. 1930
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
British aristocrat (1866-1923)
June 26 · d. 1923
Voltairine de Cleyre
American anarchist writer and feminist
November 17 · d. 1912
Vyacheslav Ivanov
Russian poet, playwright, theatre theorist, translator (1866–1949)
February 28 · d. 1949
Kazys Grinius
Third President of Lithuania from 7 June 1926 until 17 December 1926 (1866-1950)
December 17 · d. 1950
Tristan Bernard
French playwright (1866–1947)
September 7 · d. 1947
Enrique Simonet
Spanish painter (1866-1927)
February 2 · d. 1927

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Month by month

January

January 4 · Ramon Casas, Spanish artist (1866-1932)
January 4 · Joel Hastings Metcalf, American astronomer (1866-1925)
January 13 · Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (1866–1900)
January 19 · Harry Davenport, American actor (1866–1949)
January 20 · Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian writer (1866–1909)
January 25 · Émile Vandervelde, Belgian politician (1866-1938)

February

February 4 · Władysław Podkowiński, Polish artist (1866–1895)
February 19 · Mary Anderson, inventor of the windshield wiper blade (1866–1953)
February 21 · August von Wassermann, German bacteriologist (1866-1925)
February 22 · Jalil Mammadguluzadeh, Azerbaijani writer (1869–1932)
February 22 · Hugh Chisholm, English editor and journalist (1866–1924)
February 24 · Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (1866–1961)

March

March 5 · Älihan Bökeihan, Kazakh statesman, politician, publicist, teacher, writer and environmental scientist who was a founder and led the Alash party (1866–1937)
March 8 · Pyotr Lebedev, Russian Physicist (1866–1912)
March 14 · Alexey Troitsky, Russian chess player (1866-1942)
March 18 · Janis Rozentāls, Latvian painter (1866-1916)
March 21 · Wakatsuki Reijirō, Japanese politician (1866–1949)
March 21 · Antonia Maury, American astronomer (1866–1952)

April

April 3 · James Barry Munnik Hertzog, Boer general (1866-1942)
April 7 · Erik Ivar Fredholm, Swedish mathematician (1866–1927)
April 12 · Princess Viktoria of Prussia, Prussian princess (1866-1929)
April 13 · Butch Cassidy, American Old West outlaw (1866–1908)
April 13 · Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia, Russian grand duke and naval officer (1866-1933); fifth son of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia and Princess Cecilie of Baden; brother-in-law of Tsar Nicholas II
April 17 · Ernest Starling, British physiologist (1866–1927)

May

May 2 · Paul Kretschmer, German linguist (1866–1956)
May 5 · Ants Laikmaa, Estonian painter (1866-1942)
May 9 · Elizabeth Magie, American board game designer (1866–1948)
May 12 · Leopold Mandić, 20th‑century Croatian Capuchin priest, Catholic saint, apostle of Christian unity and patron of confessors
May 12 · Gustav Adolf von Götzen, German explorer, diplomat and colonial administrator (1866–1910)
May 17 · Julian Marchlewski, Polish politician, editor (1866-1925)

June

June 4 · Miina Sillanpää, Finnish politician, editor (1866-1952)
June 7 · Ernest William Hornung, British writer (1866–1921)
June 13 · Aby Warburg, German art historian and cultural theorist (1866–1929)
June 21 · Lena Rice, Irish tennis player (1866–1907)
June 23 · José María Caro Rodríguez, Chilean cardinal of the Catholic church (1866–1958)
June 25 · Eloísa Díaz, Chile's first female physician (1866-1950)

July

July 3 · Ambroise Vollard, French art dealer (1866–1939)
July 6 · Charles Mangin, French general (1866–1925)
July 11 · Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (1866-1953)
July 12 · Louise Weber, can-can dancer from France
July 23 · Francesco Cilea, Italian composer (1866-1950)
July 26 · Princess Milica of Montenegro, Montenegrin princess and Grand Duchess of Russia (1866-1951)

August

August 2 · Adrien de Gerlache, Belgian explorer (1866–1934)
August 8 · Matthew Henson, American explorer (1866–1955)
August 13 · Giovanni Agnelli, Italian entrepreneur (1866–1945)
August 14 · Charles-Jean de la Vallée Poussin, Belgian mathematician (1866–1962)
August 17 · Asaf Jah VI of Hyderabad, King of Hyderabad (1866–1911)
August 31 · Elizabeth von Arnim, British-Australian novelist (1866–1941)

September

September 1 · James John Corbett, American boxer (1866-1933)
September 2 · Hiram Johnson, California governor (1911-17) and senator (1917-45)
September 3 · J. M. E. McTaggart, British philosopher (1866-1925)
September 12 · Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, British politician (1866-1941)
September 13 · Adolf Meyer, Swiss-American psychiatrist (1866-1950)
September 20 · George Coșbuc, Romanian poet, translator, teacher and journalist (1866-1918)

October

October 6 · Reginald Fessenden, Canadian radio pioneer (1866–1932)
October 20 · Kazimierz Twardowski, Polish philosopher, psychologist and logician (1866–1938)
October 20 · Gustav Cassel, Swedish economist (1866–1945)
October 26 · Ignacy Daszyński, Polish politician (1866-1936)
October 29 · Antonio Luna, Philippine researcher, reformist, military general and statesman (1866–1899)
October 29 · Sam Eyde, Norwegian engineer and businessman (1866-1940)

November

November 7 · Paul Lincke, German composer (1866–1946)
November 15 · Cornelia Sorabji, Indian barrister, writer, and social reformer; first female graduate from Bombay University, first woman to study law at Oxford University; first Indian national to study at a British university (1866-1954)
November 17 · Lola Mora, Argentine sculptor (1866–1936)
November 21 · Sigbjørn Obstfelder, Norwegian writer (1866–1900)
November 29 · Ernest William Brown, English-American astronomer and mathematician
November 30 · Robert Broom, South African doctor and paleontologist (1866–1951)

December

December 12 · Andrey Lyapchev, Bulgarian politician (1866-1933)
December 14 · Roger Fry, English artist and art critic (1866–1934)
December 17 · Mario García Menocal, Cuban statesman; president of Cuba (1866-1941)
December 18 · Holger Nielsen, Danish sportsman (1866–1955)
December 21 · Maud Gonne, Irish revolutionary and activist (1866-1953)
December 28 · Danylo Zabolotny, Ukrainian and Soviet epidemiologist, President of AS of the USSR (1866–1929)

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