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In the year 1862
348 Notable birthdays
Joseph Merrick
Man with severe deformities known as the elephant man.
Born August 5th, 1862 in Leicester.
Died April 11th, 1890 at 27 years old in Whitechapel.
Gustav Klimt
Austrian symbolist painter (1862-1918).
Born July 14th, 1862 in Baumgarten. [ref]
Died February 6th, 1918 at 55 years old in Altes AKH (stroke). [ref]
Claude Debussy
French composer (1862-1918).
Born August 22nd, 1862 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1918 at 55 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Ida B. Wells
African-american civil rights activist (1862–1931).
Born July 16th, 1862 in Holly Springs. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1931 at 68 years old in Chicago (uremia). [ref]
O. Henry
American short story writer (1862–1910).
Born September 11th, 1862 in Greensboro.
Died June 5th, 1910 at 47 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
J. Bruce Ismay
Chairman of white star shipping line (1862–1937).
Born December 12th, 1862 in Crosby.
Died October 17th, 1937 at 74 years old in Mayfair (stroke, thrombosis).
Edith Wharton
American writer and designer (1862–1937).
Born January 24th, 1862 in New York City. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1937 at 75 years old in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt (stroke). [ref]
Robert Ford
American outlaw (1862-1892).
Born January 31st, 1862 in Ray County.
Died June 8th, 1892 at 30 years old in Creede (gunshot wound).
David Hilbert
German mathematician (1862–1943).
Born January 23rd, 1862 in Kaliningrad.
Died February 14th, 1943 at 81 years old in Göttingen.
Charles Evans Hughes
American jurist; chief justice of the united states from 1930 to 1941 (1862–1948).
Born April 11th, 1862 in Glens Falls.
Died August 27th, 1948 at 86 years old in Osterville (pneumonia).
Hilma af Klint
Swedish artist (1862–1944).
Born October 26th, 1862 in Solna.
Died October 21st, 1944 at 81 years old in Danderyd (traffic collision).
Hawley Harvey Crippen
American executed homeopath (1862–1910).
Born September 11th, 1862 in Coldwater.
Died November 23rd, 1910 at 48 years old in HM Prison Pentonville (hanging). [ref]
Connie Mack
American baseball manager and owner (1862–1956).
Born December 22nd, 1862 in East Brookfield.
Died February 8th, 1956 at 93 years old in Philadelphia.
Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Countess of strathmore and kinghorne (1862-1938); mother of queen elizabeth the queen mother; maternal grandmother of elizabeth ii.
Born September 11th, 1862 in London.
Died June 23rd, 1938 at 75 years old in London (myocardial infarction).
Kadambini Ganguly
Indian physician.
Born July 18th, 1862 in Bhagalpur.
Died October 3rd, 1923 at 61 years old in Kolkata.
M. R. James
20th century british author, medievalist scholar and provost.
Born August 1st, 1862 in Dover. [ref]
Died June 12th, 1936 at 73 years old in Eton. [ref]
Charles M. Schwab
American steel magnate (1862–1939).
Born February 18th, 1862 in Williamsburg.
Died September 19th, 1939 at 77 years old in New York City.
Billy Sunday
American evangelist and baseball player (1862-1935).
Born November 19th, 1862 in Ames.
Died November 6th, 1935 at 72 years old in Chicago.
Sarah Chapman
Leader of the 1888 bryant & may matchgirls' strike (1862-1945).
Born October 31st, 1862 in Mile End.
Died November 27th, 1945 at 83 years old in Bethnal Green.
Pyotr Stolypin
Russian politician (1862–1911).
Born April 14th, 1862 in Dresden.
Died September 5th, 1911 at 49 years old in Kyiv.
Johanna van Gogh-Bonger
Dutch artist and art collector, widow of theo van gogh (1863-1925).
Born October 4th, 1862 in Amsterdam.
Died September 2nd, 1925 at 62 years old in Amsterdam.
Philipp Lenard
German physicist (1862-1947).
Born June 7th, 1862 in Bratislava. [ref]
Died May 20th, 1947 at 84 years old in Messelhausen. [ref]
Prince Henry of Prussia
Prussian prince and admiral (1862-1929).
Born August 14th, 1862 in Berlin.
Died April 20th, 1929 at 66 years old in Gut Hemmelmark (esophageal cancer).
Louis Botha
South african general and politician (1862-1919).
Born September 27th, 1862 in Greytown.
Died August 27th, 1919 at 56 years old in Pretoria (influenza, 1918-1920 flu pandemic).
Frederick Delius
English composer (1862–1934).
Born January 29th, 1862 in Bradford.
Died June 10th, 1934 at 72 years old in Grez-sur-Loing (syphilis).
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