{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1862

Aug 22 Claude Debussy, St Germain-en-Laye, composer (La Mer, Clair de lune) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 26 On this day in history birth of herbert Booth, American son of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1926)  

Aug 29 Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 29 In the year 1862 birth of p M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911)  

Sep 01 On this day in history birth of adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist  

Sep 01 In the year 1862 birth of alphons Diepenbrock, Dutch composer [or Sept 2]  

Sep 02 In the year 1862 birth of franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist (d. 1881)  

Sep 11 On this day in history birth of julian Byng, British army officer (d. 1935)  

Sep 11 In the year 1862 birth of o Henry, [William Sydney Porter], short story writer  

Sep 11 O. Henry, American writer (d. 1910) was born in the year 1862.  

Sep 13 On this day in history birth of dirk Bos, Dutch liberal 2nd Member of parliament  

Sep 19 Adeline De Walt Reynolds, Benton County IA, actress (Son of Dracula) was born in the year 1862.  

Sep 21 James E. Talmage, LDS apostle and author (d. 1933) was born in the year 1862.  

Sep 25 Billy Hughes, seventh Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1952) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 25 On this day in history birth of leon Boellmann, French organist/composer (Variations Symphoniques)  

Sep 27 Louis Botha, Greytown S Africa, 1st PM of South Africa (1910-19) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 30 On this day in history birth of georgy Eduardovich Konyus, composer  

Oct 03 John Briggs, cricketer (mighty England all-rounder late 19th century) was born in the year 1862.  

Oct 04 Edward Stratemeyer, American author (d. 1930) was born in the year 1862.  

Oct 06 Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive) was born in the year 1862.  

Oct 10 In the year 1862 birth of arthur De Greef, composer  

Oct 13 Mary Kingsley, English writer and explorer (d. 1900) was born in the year 1862.  

Oct 19 On this day in history birth of auguste Lumière, made 1st movie (Workers Leaving Lumière Factory)  

Nov 01 In the year 1862 birth of johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer/conductor/organist (Cyrano)  

Nov 04 In the year 1862 birth of eden Phillpotts, England, novelist/poet/playwright (Red Madymaynes)  

Nov 15 In the year 1862 birth of adolf Bartels, German folk art writer  

Nov 15 In the year 1862 birth of gerhart Hauptmann, Germany, author (Before Dawn-Nobel 1912)  

Nov 16 In the year 1862 birth of charles Thomas Biass Turner, cricketer (the "Terror")  

Nov 19 In the year 1862 birth of billy Sunday, American evangelist (d. 1935)  

Nov 20 Willem H Vliegen, Dutch typographer/co-founder/chairman (SDAP) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 23 Alberto Williams, Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Etrerno Reposo) was born in the year 1862.  

Nov 23 Theo van Rysselberghe, Belgian painter (pointillism) was born in the year 1862.  

Nov 25 Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer was born on this day in history.  

Nov 26 Mark A Stein, archaeologist was born on this day in history.  

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Jan 01 In the year 1862 death of mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)  

Jan 05 On this day in history joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81  

Jan 10 In the year 1862 samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47  

Jan 18 On this day in history john Tyler, 10th US pres (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71  

Jan 20 In the year 1862 death of felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines  

Jan 24 On this day in history james McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33  

Feb 03 In the year 1862 jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87  

Feb 07 Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1862.