1. Oton Iveković (1869)

Croatian Painter

Painter who incorporated historical and religious themes into his work. His works became the means by which Croatians were able to visualize their heritage.

2. Albert F. Polk (1869)

Politician

Albert F. Polk is a famous Politician, who was born on October 11, 1869 in United States. Lawyer, politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S....

3. Grigori Rasputin (1869)

Politician

Russian mystic and advisor to Czar Nicholas II's wife Alexandra Fedorovna. The Russian people often blamed him for Russia's misfortunes at the beginning of the 20th century and many historians...

4. Charley Grapewin (1869)

American Actor

Early 20th-century actor who played Uncle Henry in The Wizard of Oz. His other films include 1933's Pilgrimage, 1938's Of Human Hearts, and 1944's Follow the Boys.

5. Laurence Binyon (1869)

English Poet Dramatist And Art S

British poet, playwright, and scholar who is best known for his 1914 poem "For the Fallen." His other poetic works include Winnowing Fan, London Visions, and The Madness of Merlin....

6. Leon Douglass (1869)

American Inventor And Film Maker

Revolutionized the art of picture and sound recordings. He had patents on the phonograph and nearly 50 other important inventions.

7. Emilio Aguinaldo (1869)

Filipino General Politician And

Filipino revolutionary leader who served as the 1st President of the Philippines from 1899 to 1901. He led his country in the Philippine Revolution and the Spanish-American War.

8. Alfred Hill (1869)

Composer

Educator and conductor known for his 12 symphonies, eight operas, 17 string quartets, two cantatas, and 72 piano pieces. His works included "The Moon's Golden Horn" and "The Weird Flute."...

9. Elliot P. Joslin (1869)

Doctor

Elliot P. Joslin is a famous Doctor, who was born on June 6, 1869 in United Kingdom. Diabetes specialist who created the Diabetes Self-Management Education technique, which allowed patients to...

10. Bertram Goodhue (1869)

American Architect

Designed the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Also designed the Cheltenham and Merrymount typefaces.

11. Booth Tarkington (1869)

American Novelist

A Pulitzer Prize-winner and one of the most popular novelists of his time, he wrote The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. His other works include Clarence: A Comedy in Four...

12. Howard Thurston (1869)

American Magician

A world famous magician who had a show so large that it took up eight train wagons when moving from venue to venue.

13. J Frank Duryea (1869)

Entrepreneur

J Frank Duryea is a famous Entrepreneur, who was born on October 8, 1869 in United States. Famous as the co-inventor of the United States’ very first gasoline-operated automobile, Duryea...

14. Alice Hamilton (1869)

American Toxicologist

Harvard University professor known for her pioneering work in the fields of occupational health and toxicology.

15. Kasturba Gandhi (1869)

Wife Of Mohandas Karamchand Gand

Famous as the wife of Indian Independence Movement leader Mahatma Gandhi, she also had a prominent career as a political activist.

16. David Fairchild (1869)

American Botanist

Botanist who introduced to the U.S. thousands of new plants and crops like soybeans and nectarines.

17. Henri Matisse (1869)

Painting Printmaking Sculpture D

French modernist artist well known for his paintings 'Woman with a Hat,' 'The Dance,' and 'Red Room.' Along with Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp, he developed the use of plastic...

18. Rihard Jakopič (1869)

Slovenian Painter

Influential Slovene Impressionist painter, patron of arts, and theoretician. He joined the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts from its founding in 1938.

19. Fritz Pregl (1869)

Austrian Chemist

An Austrian chemist who was a pioneer in quantitative organic microanalysis. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1923 for his work, which improved the combustion train technique for...

20. Albert Kahn (1869)

Architect

Most influential industrial architect of his day; known as the architect of Detroit. Pioneered the use of reinforced concrete in lieu of wood in walls, roofs, and supports. He applied...

21. Henry Schwartz (1869)

Politician

American politician and member of the Democratic party who served as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming from 1937 to 1943. He also served on the National Mediation Board from 1943...

22. John Heisman (1869)

American Football Player And Coa

Legendary American athlete and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. His legacy lives on through the Heisman Trophy, which is awarded annually to the season's most outstanding college football player.

23. Carl Rungius (1869)

German-american Wildlife Artist

Famous as America's first successful wildlife painter, he is remembered for realist oil paintings such as "Wary Game" (1909) and "The Days of Bison Millions (Looking West Toward the Wyoming...

24. Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas (1869)

Lithuanian Writer

Lithuanian writer and Roman Catholic priest who helped to establish the Party of National Progress. His short fiction work, Sin at Easter and Other Stories, was translated into English by...

25. Else Lasker-Schüler (1869)

Jewish German Poet And Playwrigh

German-Jewish poet and playwright known for Meine Wunder and other expressionist works. Her best-known play, Die Wupper, was performed in Berlin in 1919.

26. Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869)

Poet

Edwin Arlington Robinson is a famous Poet, who was born on December 22, 1869 in United States. Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose best-known works include The Children of the Night...

27. George Grant Elmslie (1869)

Architect

George Grant Elmslie is a famous Architect, who was born on February 20, 1869 in United Kingdom. Prairie School architect who was a partner in the firm, Purcell & Elmslie....

28. Eugene Manlove Rhodes (1869)

Novelist

Eugene Manlove Rhodes is a famous Novelist, who was born on January 19, 1869 in United States. An American writer of cowboy fiction, he is known for such works as...

29. Ogden Hammond (1869)

Politician

U.S. Ambassador to Spain under Calvin Coolidge from 1925 to 1929. He was with his wife on board the ocean liner RMS Lusitania when it was torpedoed and sunk by a German...

30. Zinaida Gippius (1869)

Russian Poet Playwright And Shor

Russian symbolist poet, fiction writer, and dramatist whose poetic works include The Shining Ones and Poems. Her short story collections include Mirrors and New People.

31. Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869)

Political Wife

Wife of Bolshevik revolutionary Vladimir Lenin who she married in 1898. She was also in charge of Soviet education from 1929 to 1939.

32. William Hultz Walker (1869)

Chemist

Chemist who was the chair of industrial chemistry at MIT. He helped write the first American textbook of chemical engineering, Principles of Chemical Engineering, which was published in 1924 and...

33. Óscar Carmona (1869)

President Of Portugal

The 11th President of Portugal from 1926 to 1951 who was formerly Portugal's Minister of War in 1923.

34. Irving T. Bush (1869)

Entrepreneur

Irving T. Bush is a famous Entrepreneur, who was born on July 12, 1869 in United States. Businessman who helped construct the Bush Terminal in New York and commissioned landmark...

35. Henry Keller (1869)

Painter

American watercolor painter and art teacher known for his association with the Cleveland School of Art.

36. Henry Nash (1869)

Teacher

Nineteenth-century cowboy, teacher, and miner who belonged to the famous Rough Riders volunteer military unit. He spent his last years teaching school in the Philippines.

37. Hovhannes Tumanyan (1869)

Armenian Poet

Remembered for works such as The Capture of Tmkaberd, Anush, and Nazar the Brave, this acclaimed 19th and early 20th-century poet, novelist, and writer of fairy tales and ballads was...

38. Edwin Lutyens (1869)

English Architect

Dubbed "the greatest British architect," he played a role in designing and building New Delhi in India, known as Lutyens' Delhi. Collaborated with Sir Herbert Baker on the India Gate....

39. Algernon Blackwood (1869)

English Short Story Writer And N

English horror and fantasy writer who published his most famous ghost story collection, Incredible Adventures, in 1914. His most famous individual stories include "The Willows" and "The Wendigo"; his novels...

40. Bo Bergman (1869)

Swedish Writer

Swedish author influenced by the Decadent Movement and known for Marionetterna and other deterministic works. He also worked as a literary critic and newspaper writer for such publications as Ord...

41. William Vaughn Moody (1869)

United States Dramatist And Poet

Playwright and poet whose most successful works for the stage include "The Great Divide" and "The Faith Healer."

42. Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869)

Religious Leader

Joseph Franklin Rutherford is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on November 8, 1869 in United States. Remembered for developing much of the doctrine and organizational and educational protocol...

43. Ducky Holmes (1869)

American Baseball Player

Baseball's bad boy who negated his fine hitting with a terrible attitude that sparked feuds and shifted him from team to team.

44. Gustav Vigeland (1869)

Norwegian Sculptor

Norwegian sculptor associated with the Vigeland Sculpture Arrangement, where he made 212 bronze and granite sculptures.

45. Daniel Sutherland (1869)

American Politician

Remembered as a 1920s delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Alaska Territory, this Canadian-born Republican politician also had a business career in the mining and fishing...

46. Kid Nichols (1869)

American Baseball Player

Hall of Fame pitcher who was one of the most dominant of his era and the youngest, for the time, to earn 300 wins. He spent the bulk of his...

47. Nig Cuppy (1869)

American Baseball Player

Number two starter for the Cleveland Spiders, behind Cy Young, who kept the team competitive in the 1890s.

48. Tommy Corcoran (1869)

Baseball Player

Slick fielding MLB shortstop and second baseman in the early years of the sport, played defensively without a glove.

49. Brand Whitlock (1869)

American Diplomat

Attorney, Independent politician, and four-term Mayor of Toledo, Ohio. Also a journalist, he wrote for The Chicago Herald during the early 1890s.

50. Charlotte Mew (1869)

British Poet

Late 19th and early 20th-century English poet whose work spans the genres of Modernism and Victorian-era poetry. Her best-known poems include "On the Asylum Road," "In Nunhead Cemetery," and "The...