Famous people born in 1873

The best-known people born in 1873, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.

Best known

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Russian composer, pianist and conductor (1873–1943)
April 1 · d. 1943
Photo: Kubey-Rembrandt Studios, Public domain
Henri Barbusse
French author (1873-1935)
May 17 · d. 1935
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Johannes V. Jensen
Danish author (1873-1950)
January 20 · d. 1950
Photo: Nobel Foundation, Public domain
Colette
French novelist (1873–1954)
January 28 · d. 1954
Photo: Henri Manuel, Public domain
Thérèse of Lisieux
French Discalced Carmelite nun, Doctor of the Church (1873–1897)
January 2 · d. 1897
Photo: Céline Martin, Public domain
Alexis Carrel
French surgeon and biologist
June 28 · d. 1944
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Radoje Domanović
Serbian writer (1873–1908)
February 16 · d. 1908
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Willa Cather
American writer (1873–1947)
December 7 · d. 1947
Photo: Photographer: Aime Dupont Studio, New York, Public domain
Francisco I. Madero
Mexican revolutionary leader and president (1873-1913)
October 30 · d. 1913
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Jules Rimet
founder of association football institutions (1873–1956)
October 14 · d. 1956
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Feodor Chaliapin
Russian opera singer and actor (1873-1938)
February 13 · d. 1938
Photo: Unknown (Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg, France), Public domain
Charles Péguy
French poet, essayist, and editor (1873–1914)
January 7 · d. 1914
Photo: Jean-Pierre Laurens, Public domain
G. E. Moore
English philosopher (1873–1958)
November 4 · d. 1958
Photo: Ray Strachey, born Rachel Pearsall Conn Costelloe (4 June 1887 London – 16 July 1940), Public domain
Valery Bryusov
Russian poet, prose writer, dramatist, translator, critic and historian (1873–1924)
December 13 · d. 1924
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Hans von Euler-Chelpin
Swedish scientist (1873-1964)
February 15 · d. 1964
Photo: Nobel Foundation, Public domain
Alberto Santos-Dumont
Brazilian aviation pioneer (1873-1932)
July 20 · d. 1932
Photo: José Rosael/Hélio Nobre/Museu Paulista da USP, Public domain
Karl Schwarzschild
German physicist, astronomer and mathematician (1873–1916)
October 9 · d. 1916
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Otto Loewi
Jewish-German pharmacologist
June 3 · d. 1961
Photo: Albert Hilscher, Public domain
Lee de Forest
American inventor (1873–1961)
August 26 · d. 1961
Photo: Credit Line: The National Cyclopedia of American Biography, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archive, CC0
Alfred Jarry
French writer (1873–1907)
September 8 · d. 1907
Photo: Atelier Nadar, Public domain
Pavlo Skoropadsky
Ukrainian general (1873-1945)
May 15 · d. 1945
Photo: The original uploader was Irpen at English Wikipedia ., Public domain
Max Reger
German composer, pianist and conductor (1873-1916)
March 19 · d. 1916
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Kyösti Kallio
Finnish politician and 4th President of Finland (1873–1940)
April 10 · d. 1940
Photo: Yle., Public domain
Ejnar Hertzsprung
Danish astronomer and chemist
October 8 · d. 1967
Photo: The Göttingen Observatory photo, courtesy Hartmut Grosser., Public domain
Elena of Montenegro
queen consort of Italy (1900-1946) and Servant of God; mother of Umberto II of Italy
January 8 · d. 1952
Ivanoe Bonomi
Italian prime minister in 1921–22 and 1944–45
October 18 · d. 1951
Spyridon Louis
Greek athlete
January 12 · d. 1940
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy
Turkish poet and writer (1873–1936)
December 20 · d. 1936
Yuly Martov
Russian politician (1873–1923)
November 24 · d. 1923
Alexander Bogdanov
Russian physician, philosopher and revolutionary (1873–1928)
August 22 · d. 1928

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Month by month

January

January 1 · Mariano Azuela, Mexican author and physician (1873–1952)
January 2 · Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and Marxist theorist (1873-1960)
January 7 · Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-American film producer (1873–1976)
January 14 · Moisei Uritsky, Soviet politician (1873-1918)
January 18 · Hayim Nahman Bialik, Hebrew poet, author, and editor (1873–1934)
January 29 · Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Italian explorer (1873-1933)

February

February 4 · Mikhail Prishvin, Russian writer (1873–1954)
February 7 · Thomas Andrews, British businessman and shipbuilder (1873–1912)
February 12 · Barnum Brown, American paleontologist (1873-1963)
February 19 · Louis Feuillade, French film director of the silent era (1873–1925)
February 23 · Liang Chi-chao, Chinese politician, activist and journalist (1873–1929)
February 28 · William McMaster Murdoch, British sailor (1873–1912)

March

March 10 · Jakob Wassermann, German writer (1873-1934)
March 17 · Margaret Bondfield, British feminist and trade unionist (1873–1953)
March 24 · Sidney Reilly, Russian-born adventurer and secret agent (1873–1925)
March 24 · Édouard Claparède, Swiss neurologist & pedagogue (1873-1940)
March 25 · Rudolf Rocker, German anarcho-syndicalist writer and activist (1873-1958)
March 29 · Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and physicist (1873–1941)

April

April 22 · Ellen Glasgow, Novelist, short story writer (1873–1945)
April 23 · Arnold van Gennep, French ethnographer and folklorist (1873–1957)
April 24 · Theodor Körner, Soldier, mayor of Vienna, federal president of Austria (1873-1957)
April 25 · Walter de la Mare, English poet and fiction writer (1873–1956)
April 25 · Félix d'Hérelle, French microbiologist, the discoverer and founder of bacteriophages and bacteriophage therapy (1873–1949)
April 27 · Robert Wiene, German film director (1873–1938)

May

May 3 · Richard von Kühlmann, German diplomat and industrialist (1873-1948)
May 10 · Richard Wilhelm, German sinologist, theologian and missionary (1873–1930)
May 17 · Dorothy Richardson, British writer (1873–1957)
May 21 · Hans Berger, German neurologist (1873–1941)
May 29 · Rudolf Tobias, Estonian composer (1873-1918)
May 29 · Nikolay Bauman, Russian revolutionary (1873–1905)

June

June 7 · Franz Weidenreich, German anatomist (1873–1948)
June 8 · José Martínez Ruiz, Spanish novelist, essayist and literary critic (1873–1967)
June 13 · Antun Gustav Matoš, Croatian writer (1873–1914)
June 16 · Rosa Sensat, Spanish teacher
June 24 · Hugo Simberg, Finnish painter (1873-1917)
June 29 · Leo Frobenius, German ethnologist and archaeologist (1873–1938)

July

July 1 · Alice Guy-Blaché, French film director (1873–1968)
July 7 · Sándor Ferenczi, Hungarian psychoanalyst (1873–1933)
July 10 · E. D. Morel, British politician (1873-1924)
July 10 · Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich, Russian revolutionary (1873-1955)
July 12 · Oscar von Sydow, Swedish 20th century prime minister (1873-1936)
July 28 · Louisa Garrett Anderson, British physician and feminist (1873–1943)

August

August 1 · Gabriel Terra, president of Uruguay (1873-1942)
August 4 · Joseph Paul-Boncour, French politician and diplomat (1873–1972)
August 4 · Dámaso Berenguer, 1st Count of Xauen, Spanish general and politician (1873-1953)
August 13 · Christian Rakovsky, Soviet diplomat (1873-1941)
August 13 · Józef Haller, Polish general (1873–1960)
August 20 · Eliel Saarinen, Finnish-American architect (1873-1950)

September

September 9 · Max Reinhardt, Austrian-American theater director and actor (1873-1943)
September 13 · Konstantinos Carathéodory, Greek mathematician (1873-1950)
September 15 · Otto Wels, German politician (1873-1939)
September 16 · Ricardo Flores Magón, Mexican anarchist and social reform activist (1874–1922)
September 22 · Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, American author (1873–1958)
September 23 · Solomea Krushelnytska, Ukrainian opera singer (1872–1952)

October

October 8 · Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect (1873-1949)
October 8 · Ma Barker, American mother of several criminals and Barker Gang leader (1873–1935)
October 14 · Ray Ewry, American track and field athlete (1873–1937)
October 15 · Elena Stasova, Russian revolutionary, soviet politician (1873–1966)
October 26 · Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (1873–1942)
October 26 · A.K. Fazlul Huq, Bengali-Pakistani statesman and jurist (1873–1962)

November

November 5 · Edwin Flack, Australian middle distance runner and tennis player (1873-1935)
November 10 · Henri Rabaud, French composer (1873-1949)
November 16 · W. C. Handy, American blues composer and musician (1873–1958)
November 20 · Ramón Castillo, former President of Argentina (1873-1944)
November 22 · Leo Amery, British politician and journalist (1873-1955)
November 23 · Jukums Vācietis, Soviet army commander (1873-1938)

December

December 1 · Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch politician (1873-1936)
December 7 · Viktor Chernov, Russian politician (1873–1952)
December 14 · Joseph Jongen, Belgian organist and composer (1873–1953)
December 17 · Ford Madox Ford, English writer and publisher (1873-1939)
December 19 · Alphonse Kirchhoffer, French fencer (1873–1913)
December 30 · Al Smith, American statesman and governor (1873–1944)

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