Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In 1862

Aug 22 Claude debussy: St germain-en-laye, composer (la mer, clair de lune)  

Aug 26 Herbert booth: American son of william and catherine booth  

Aug 29 Andrew fisher: 5th prime minister of australia  

Aug 29 P m b maurice maeterlinck: Belgium, poet (blue bird, nobel 1911)  

Sep 01 Alphons diepenbrock: Dutch composer [or sept 2]  

Sep 01 Adolphe appia: Swiss set designer/theorist  

Sep 02 Franjo krežma: Croatian violinist  

Sep 11 O. henry: American writer  

Sep 11 Julian byng: British army officer  

Sep 11 O henry: [william sydney porter], short story writer  

Sep 13 Dirk bos: Dutch liberal 2nd member of parliament  

Sep 19 Adeline de walt reynolds: Benton county ia, actress (son of dracula)  

Sep 21 James e. talmage: Lds apostle and author  

Sep 25 Leon boellmann: French organist/composer (variations symphoniques)  

Sep 25 Billy hughes: Seventh prime minister of australia  

Sep 27 Louis botha: Greytown s africa, 1st pm of south africa (1910-19)  

Sep 30 Georgy eduardovich konyus: Composer  

Oct 03 John briggs: Cricketer (mighty england all-rounder late 19th century)  

Oct 04 Edward stratemeyer: American author  

Oct 06 Albert jeremiah beveridge: Us, politician/author (progressive)  

Oct 10 Arthur de greef: Composer  

Oct 13 Mary kingsley: English writer and explorer  

Oct 19 Auguste lumière: Made 1st movie (workers leaving lumière factory)  

Nov 01 Johan wagenaar: Dutch composer/conductor/organist (cyrano)  

Nov 04 Eden phillpotts: England, novelist/poet/playwright (red madymaynes)  

Nov 15 Adolf bartels: German folk art writer  

Nov 15 Gerhart hauptmann: Germany, author (before dawn-nobel 1912)  

Nov 16 Charles thomas biass turner: Cricketer (the "terror")  

Nov 19 Billy sunday: American evangelist  

Nov 20 Willem h vliegen: Dutch typographer/co-founder/chairman (sdap)  

Nov 23 Theo van rysselberghe: Belgian painter (pointillism)  

Nov 23 Alberto williams: Buenos aires argentina, composer (etrerno reposo)  

Nov 25 Ethelbert woodbridge nevin: Composer  

Nov 26 Mark a stein: Archaeologist  

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Jan 01 Mikhail vasilievich ostrogradsky: Russian physicist (b. 1801)  

Jan 05 Joseph frohlich: Composer,  

Jan 10 Samuel colt: Inventor (6 shot revolver),  

Jan 18 John tyler: 10th us pres (1841-45),  

Jan 20 Felix zollicoffer: Gen killed after mistakenly riding into union lines  

Jan 24 James mcintosh: Us confederate brig-gen,  

Feb 03 Jean-baptiste biot: French physicist/astronomer,  

Feb 07 Frantisek jan skroup: Composer,