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In the year 1872
415 Notable birthdays
Blaise Diagne
Senegalese politician (1872-1934).
Born October 13th, 1872 in Gorée.
Died May 11th, 1934 at 61 years old in Cambo-les-Bains.
Eugène Marais
South african lawyer, naturalist, poet and writer (1871–1936).
Born January 9th, 1872 in Pretoria.
Died March 29th, 1936 at 64 years old in Pelindaba (gunshot wound).
Kid McCoy
American boxer (1872-1940).
Born October 13th, 1872 in Rush County.
Died April 18th, 1940 at 67 years old in Detroit.
Sidónio Pais
Assassinated portuguese president (1872-1918).
Born May 1st, 1872 in Caminha.
Died December 14th, 1918 at 46 years old in Lisbon (shot to the head).
Clara Butt
British singer (1872-1936).
Born February 1st, 1872 in Southwick.
Died January 23rd, 1936 at 63 years old in Oxfordshire (cancer).
Harry Nelson Pillsbury
American chess player (1872-1906).
Born December 5th, 1872 in Somerville.
Died June 17th, 1906 at 33 years old in Philadelphia (syphilis).
Vladimir Arsenyev
Russian and soviet explorer, ethnographer and writer (1872-1930).
Born September 10th, 1872 in Saint Petersburg.
Died September 4th, 1930 at 57 years old in Vladivostok (bronchopneumonia).
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand, Hereditary Grand Duke of Tuscany
Austrian archduke and tuscan heir (1872-1942).
Born May 24th, 1872 in Salzburg.
Died August 28th, 1942 at 70 years old in Vienna.
Mikhail Tsvet
Russian-italian botanist (1872-1919).
Born May 14th, 1872 in Asti. [ref]
Died June 26th, 1919 at 47 years old in Voronezh. [ref]
Marcel Renault
French racing driver.
Born May 14th, 1872 in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Died May 26th, 1903 at 31 years old in Payré (traffic collision).
Richard Willstätter
German chemist (1872–1942).
Born August 13th, 1872 in Karlsruhe. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 1942 at 69 years old in Muralto (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Peter O'Connor
Irish athlete (1872–1957).
Born October 24th, 1872 in Cumbria. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1957 at 85 years old in Waterford.
Eleanor Rathbone
Member of british parliament, women's rights campaigner (1872-1946).
Born May 12th, 1872 in London.
Died January 2nd, 1946 at 73 years old in London.
Marian Smoluchowski
Polish physicist.
Born May 28th, 1872 in Vienna, Mödling, Vorderbrühl.
Died September 5th, 1917 at 45 years old in Kraków (dysentery).
Albert Sarraut
French politician (1872-1962).
Born July 28th, 1872 in Bordeaux. [ref]
Died November 26th, 1962 at 90 years old in Paris. [ref]
Émile Henry
French anarchist (1872–1894).
Born September 26th, 1872 in Barcelona.
Died May 21st, 1894 at 21 years old in Paris (decapitation).
Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium
Belgian royal (1872–1958).
Born October 18th, 1872 in Brussels metropolitan area.
Died January 6th, 1958 at 85 years old in Namur.
Mehdi Frashëri
Albanian politician (1872-1963).
Born February 28th, 1872 in Frashër.
Died May 25th, 1963 at 91 years old in Rome.
Barbu Știrbey
Romanian politician (1872–1946).
Born November 4th, 1872 in Buftea.
Died March 24th, 1946 at 73 years old in Bucharest.
Karekin Pastermadjian
Armenian nationalist activist and politician (1872–1923).
Born February 9th, 1872 in Erzurum. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1923 at 51 years old in Geneva.
William Rothenstein
British painter, printmaker, draughtsman, lecturer and writer on art (1872-1945).
Born January 29th, 1872 in Bradford.
Died February 14th, 1945 at 73 years old in London.
Ralph Lewis
American actor (1872-1937).
Born October 28th, 1872 in Englewood.
Died December 4th, 1937 at 65 years old in Los Angeles (traffic collision).
Zhang Lan
Chinese politician and revolutionary.
Born April 2nd, 1872 in Lianchi Town.
Died February 9th, 1955 at 82 years old in Beijing Hospital.
Key Pittman
American politician (1872-1940).
Born September 18th, 1872 in Vicksburg.
Died November 10th, 1940 at 68 years old in Reno (myocardial infarction).
Theodor Lessing
German philosopher (1872–1933).
Born February 8th, 1872 in Hanover.
Died August 31st, 1933 at 61 years old in Mariánské Lázně. [ref]
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