| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Charles Francis Adams III |
Government |
2-Aug-1866 |
11-Jun-1954 |
Secretary of the Navy, 1929-33 |
| George Ade |
Author |
9-Feb-1866 |
16-May-1944 |
Fables in Slang |
| Giovanni Agnelli |
Business |
13-Aug-1866 |
16-Dec-1945 |
Founder of Fiat |
| Mary Anderson |
Inventor |
19-Feb-1866 |
27-Jun-1953 |
Inventor of the windshield wiper |
| Jacinto Benavente |
Playwright |
12-Aug-1866 |
14-Jul-1954 |
The Bonds of Interest |
| Sophonisba Breckinridge |
Activist |
1-Apr-1866 |
30-Jul-1948 |
Suffragette and abolitionist |
| Ernest W. Brown |
Astronomer |
29-Nov-1866 |
22-Jul-1938 |
Tables of the Motion of the Moon |
| Gelett Burgess |
Cartoonist |
30-Jan-1866 |
17-Sep-1951 |
Has never seen a purple cow |
| Ferruccio Busoni |
Pianist |
1-Apr-1866 |
27-Jul-1924 |
Fantasia Contrappuntistica |
| Pierce Butler |
Judge |
17-Mar-1866 |
16-Nov-1939 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1923-39 |
| Butch Cassidy |
Criminal |
13-Apr-1866 |
c. 1908 |
Train and bank robber |
| Voltairine de Cleyre |
Anarchist |
17-Nov-1866 |
20-Jun-1912 |
Anarchist without an adjective |
| Benedetto Croce |
Philosopher |
25-Feb-1866 |
20-Nov-1952 |
Philosophy of Spirit |
| Harry Davenport |
Actor |
19-Jan-1866 |
9-Aug-1949 |
Gone with the Wind |
| Herbert Dow |
Business |
26-Feb-1866 |
15-Oct-1930 |
Founder of Dow Chemical |
| Abraham Flexner |
Educator |
13-Nov-1866 |
21-Sep-1959 |
The American College |
| Matthew Henson |
Explorer |
8-Aug-1866 |
9-Mar-1955 |
Possibly first to reach North Pole |
| David F. Houston |
Government |
17-Feb-1866 |
2-Sep-1940 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20 |
| Hiram Johnson |
Politician |
2-Sep-1866 |
6-Aug-1945 |
Governor and Senator from California |
| Wassily Kandinsky |
Artist |
16-Dec-1866 |
13-Dec-1944 |
Abstractionist and theorist |
| Kenesaw Mountain Landis |
Baseball |
20-Nov-1866 |
25-Nov-1944 |
First Commissioner of Baseball |
| Ramsay MacDonald |
Head of State |
12-Oct-1866 |
9-Nov-1937 |
First Labour Prime Minister of UK |
| Antonia Maury |
Astronomer |
21-Mar-1866 |
8-Jan-1952 |
Stellar classification |
| W. B. Maxwell |
Novelist |
1866 |
4-Aug-1938 |
The Ragged Messenger |
| George Barr McCutcheon |
Novelist |
26-Jul-1866 |
23-Oct-1928 |
Brewster's Millions |
| Adolf Meyer |
Psychiatrist |
13-Sep-1866 |
17-Mar-1950 |
Commonsense Psychiatry |
| Thomas H. Morgan |
Scientist |
25-Sep-1866 |
4-Dec-1945 |
Fruit fly chromosomes and heredity |
| Charles Nicolle |
Scientist |
21-Sep-1866 |
28-Feb-1936 |
Found that lice transmit typhus |
| Beatrix Potter |
Artist |
28-Jul-1866 |
22-Dec-1943 |
Peter Rabbit |
| John Ringling |
Business |
31-May-1866 |
2-Dec-1936 |
Ringling Brothers Circus |
| Romain Rolland |
Novelist |
29-Jan-1866 |
30-Dec-1944 |
Jean-Christophe |
| Erik Satie |
Composer |
17-May-1866 |
1-Jul-1925 |
Messe des Pauvres |
| Nathan Söderblom |
Religion |
15-Jan-1866 |
12-Jul-1931 |
Archbishop of Sweden |
| Lincoln Steffens |
Journalist |
6-Apr-1866 |
9-Aug-1936 |
Early muckraking journalist |
| Anne Sullivan |
Educator |
14-Apr-1866 |
20-Oct-1936 |
The Miracle Worker |
| Henry C. Wallace |
Government |
11-May-1866 |
25-Oct-1924 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1921-24 |
| Aby Warburg |
Scholar |
13-Jun-1866 |
26-Oct-1929 |
Founder of the Warburg Institute |
| Fred Wardell |
Business |
30-Mar-1866 |
1952 |
Founder of Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Co. |
| August von Wassermann |
Biologist |
21-Feb-1866 |
16-Mar-1925 |
Syphilis test |
| H. G. Wells |
Author |
21-Sep-1866 |
13-Aug-1946 |
The War of the Worlds |
| Alfred Werner |
Chemist |
12-Dec-1866 |
15-Nov-1919 |
Coordination theory of chemistry |
| Sun Yat-sen |
Head of State |
12-Nov-1866 |
12-Mar-1925 |
President of China, 1911-12 |
