Famous people born in 1872

The best-known people born in 1872, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.

Best known

Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
July 16 · d. 1928
Photo: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain
Bertrand Russell
British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)
May 18 · d. 1970
Photo: Bassano Ltd, Public domain
Calvin Coolidge
president of the United States from 1923 to 1929
July 4 · d. 1933
Photo: Harris & Ewing, Public domain
Aurobindo Ghosh
Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist (1872–1950)
August 15 · d. 1950
Photo: Rudolf 1922, Public domain
Piet Mondrian
Dutch painter (1872–1944)
March 7 · d. 1944
Photo: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain
A. Kollontaĭ
Soviet revolutionary, ambassador, diplomat, feminist
March 31 · d. 1952
Photo: Unknown (Sovfoto), Public domain
Alexander Scriabin
Russian composer and pianist (1872–1915)
January 6 · d. 1915
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Léon Blum
French politician (1872–1950)
April 9 · d. 1950
Photo: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain
Haakon VII of Norway
King of Norway from 1905 to 1957 (1872–1957)
August 3 · d. 1957
Photo: National Library of Norway, No restrictions
Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Empress consort of Russia (1872–1918)
June 6 · d. 1918
Photo: Boasson and Eggler St. Petersburg Nevsky 24. Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain
Richard Willstätter
German chemist (1872–1942)
August 13 · d. 1942
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Norman Angell
English politician (1872–1967)
December 26 · d. 1967
Photo: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain
Anton Denikin
Russian military and political leader (1872–1947)
December 16 · d. 1947
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
George Gurdjieff
philosopher, mystic, and writer (c. 1866–1877 – 1949)
November 28 · d. 1949
Photo: Janet Flanner-Solita Solano papers., Public domain
Paul Langevin
French physicist, philosopher of science and pedagogue (1872-1946)
January 23 · d. 1946
Photo: Henri Manuel, CC BY 4.0
Louis Blériot
French aviator, inventor and engineer (1872–1936)
July 1 · d. 1936
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Pío Baroja
Spanish writer (1872-1956)
December 28 · d. 1956
Photo: not stated, Public domain
Johan Huizinga
Dutch cultural historian (1872–1945)
December 7 · d. 1945
Photo: Unknown photographer, Public domain
Édouard Herriot
French Radical politician (1872–1957)
July 5 · d. 1957
Photo: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain
Sergei Diaghilev
Russian art critic and impresario (1872–1929)
March 31 · d. 1929
Marcel Mauss
French sociologist and anthropologist (1872-1950)
May 10 · d. 1950
Photo: Société des Amis du Centre d'Études Sociologiques (SACES), CC0
Georgy Vasil'evič Chicherin
Marxist revolutionary and Soviet politician
November 24 · d. 1936
Photo: Georg Pahl, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Charles Greeley Abbot
American astrophysicist and the 5th Secretary of the Smithsonian (1872–1973)
May 31 · d. 1973
Photo: Bachrach, Public domain
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English composer (1872-1958)
October 12 · d. 1958
Photo: James Bacon and Sons, Leeds, Public domain
Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar
The sixth Shah of Iran Qajar (1907–1909)
June 21 · d. 1925
Photo: Abdollah Mirza Qajar, Public domain
Maurice Gamelin
French military officer (1872–1958)
September 20 · d. 1958
Djemal Pasha
Turkish general and politician (1872-1922)
May 6 · d. 1922
Emil Hácha
Czech politician, political prisoner, lawyer, translator and judge (1872-1945)
July 12 · d. 1945
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Willem de Sitter
Dutch cosmologist (*1872 – †1934)
May 6 · d. 1934
Aubrey Beardsley
British illustrator and author (1872–1898)
August 21 · d. 1898

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Month by month

January

January 15 · Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (1872–1944)
January 22 · Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, Prince of Greece and Denmark (1872-1938)
January 23 · Jože Plečnik, Slovenian architect
January 24 · Morris Travers, English chemist (1872–1961)
January 28 · Otto Braun, German politician (1872-1955)
January 31 · Zane Grey, American novelist (1872–1939)

February

February 1 · Paul Fort, French poet and playwright (1872–1960)
February 4 · Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary (1872–1903)
February 5 · Selma Rıza, Turkish journalist (1872–1931)
February 8 · Pyotr Chardynin, Russian dilm director, screenwriter (1873–1934)
February 8 · Theodor Lessing, German philosopher (1872–1933)
February 27 · Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Prime Minister of Romania (1872-1950)

March

March 3 · Vilhelms Purvītis, Latvian artist (1872-1945)
March 6 · Johan Bojer, Norwegian author (1872–1959)
March 20 · Karin Michaëlis, Danish journalist and author (1872–1950)
March 23 · Michael Joseph Savage, first Labour Prime Minister of New Zealand (1872-1940)
March 25 · Tōson Shimazaki, Japanese writer (1872–1943)
March 31 · Arthur Griffith, Irish politician and writer, founder of Sinn Féin (1871–1922)

April

April 4 · Henry Bataille, French writer, artist, printmaker (1872–1922)
April 11 · Aleksander Stavre Drenova, Albanian poet (1872–1947)
April 12 · Georges Urbain, French chemist, painter, sculptor and composer (1872–1938)
April 22 · Princess Margaret of Prussia, German imperial princess, Prussian princess (1872–1954); youngest child of Frederick III, German Emperor, and Victoria, Princess Royal
April 28 · Carl Bonde, equestrian (1872-1957)
April 29 · Forest Ray Moulton, American astronomer and mathematician of the XXth century (1872–1952)

May

May 1 · Sidónio Pais, assassinated Portuguese president (1872–1918)
May 1 · Hugo Alfvén, Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter (1872-1960)
May 2 · Ichiyō Higuchi, Japanese writer
May 3 · Park Jung-yang, Korean Joseon dynasty and Japanese-ruled Korean bureaucrat, politician, liberalism and social activists (1872-1959)
May 12 · Anton Korošec, Austrian member of Austrian empire council (1872-1940)
May 14 · Mikhail Tsvet, Russian-Italian botanist (1872-1919)

June

June 3 · Habibullah Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1901-1919)
June 8 · Wilhelm Ohnesorge, Nazi German minister (1872-1962)
June 19 · Juho Vennola, Finnish economist and politician (1872-1938)
June 23 · Luigi Orione, Italian Catholic saint, priest, social advocate and religious founder (1872-1940)
June 27 · Heber Doust Curtis, American astronomer (1872-1942)
June 27 · Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (1872–1906)

July

July 4 · Eugenie Schwarzwald, Austrian educator and writer (1872-1940)
July 6 · Princess Maria, Duchess of Calabria, Bavarian and Two Sicilian Royal (1872-1954)
July 18 · Julius Fucik, Czech composer (1872–1916)
July 23 · Edward Adrian Wilson, English polar explorer, ornithologist, natural historian, physician and artist (1872–1912)
July 28 · Albert Sarraut, French politician (1872-1962)
July 30 · Clémentine of Belgium, Princess Napoléon, Belgian princess (1872-1955)

August

August 9 · Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Archduke of Austria (1872-1962)
August 12 · Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, British princess (1872–1956)
August 17 · Traian Vuia, Romanian aviation pioneer (1872–1950)
August 19 · Théophile de Donder, Belgian physicist (1872–1957)
August 24 · Max Beerbohm, English writer (1872-1956)
August 31 · Mathilde Kschessinska, Russian ballet dancer and princess

September

September 10 · Vladimir Arsenyev, Russian and Soviet explorer, ethnographer and writer (1872-1930)
September 13 · Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese politician (1872-1951)
September 18 · Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (1872–1919)
September 23 · Solomea Krushelnytska, Ukrainian opera singer (1872–1952)
September 24 · Jaan Teemant, Estonian lawyer and politician (1872–1940)
September 26 · Ottokar Czernin, Czech diplomat and politician (1872–1932)

October

October 6 · Carl Gustaf Ekman, Swedish 20th century prime minister (1872-1945)
October 8 · Kristine Bonnevie, Norwegian biologist and Norway's first female professor (1872–1948)
October 10 · Dimitrios Kasdaglis, British tennis player of Greek origin, resident in Egypt (1872-1931)
October 14 · Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (1872–1910)
October 15 · Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, First Lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921
October 15 · Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian politician; President (1928–1938)

November

November 4 · Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian writer
November 7 · Lucille La Verne, American actress (1872–1945)
November 8 · Feliciano Viera, president of Uruguay (1872-1927)
November 11 · Maude Adams, American actress (1872–1953)
November 25 · Robert de Flers, French playwright, opera librettist, and journalist (1872–1927)
November 30 · John McCrae, Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I (1872-1918)

December

December 5 · Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player (1872-1906)
December 10 · Ludwig Klages, German psychologist and philosopher (1872–1956)
December 12 · Heinrich Vogeler, German painter (1872–1942)
December 21 · Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer (1872–1956)
December 22 · Camille Guérin, French veterinarian and scientist (1872-1961)
December 25 · Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropist

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