November 26 – Norbert Wiener, American mathematician (d. 1964) November 27 – Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (d. 1989) November 29 – Lucille Hegamin, American singer, entertainer (d. 1970) December 3 – Deiva Zivarattinam, Indian politician (d. 1975) December 5 Charles Robberts Swart, 1st State President of South Africa (d. 1982) Philip K. Wrigley, American business, sports executive (d. 1977) December 7 – Freddie Adkins, British cartoonist (d. c. 1986) December 8 E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, creator of Popeye (d. 1938) James Thurber, American cartoonist, writer (d. 1961) Florbela Espanca, Portuguese poet (d. 1930) December 10 William Sydney Marchant, British colonial official (d. 1953) Edward Milford, Australian general (d. 1972) December 15 – Felix Stump, American admiral (d. 1972) December 17 Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (d. 1979) Willem Schermerhorn, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1977) December 20 – Sir Robert Menzies, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1978) December 22 – Edwin Linkomies, Finnish Prime Minister (d. 1963) December 23 – Arthur Gilligan, English cricket captain (d. 1976) December 24 – Georges Guynemer, French World War I fighter ace (d. 1917) December 26 – Jean Toomer, American poet (d. 1967) Date unknown Tawfik Abu Al-Huda, 4-Time Prime Minister of Jordan (d. 1956) Constantin Constantiniu, Romanian general (d. 1971) Demetrio Galán Bergua, Spanish physician, humanist and journalist (d. 1970) Riad Al Solh, 2-Time Prime Minister of Lebanon (d. 1951) Deaths January–June January 1 – Heinrich Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857) January 13 – Nadezhda von Meck, Russian patron of Peter Tchaikovsky (b. 1831) January 20 – Robert Halpin, Irish mariner and transoceanic cable layer (b. 1836) January 28 – Elise Hwasser, Swedish actress (b. 1831) February 4 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian instrument maker, inventor of the saxophone (b. 1814) February 5 – Auguste Vaillant, French anarchist (b. 1861) (executed) February 6 – Maria Deraismes, French feminist (b. 1828) February 8 – Robert Michael Ballantyne, Scottish novelist (b. 1825) February 11 – Margaret Henley, English inspiration for the name Wendy in Peter Pan (b. 1888) February 12 – Hans von Bülow, German conductor, pianist and composer (b. 1830) February 14 – Myra Bradwell, American lawyer, political activist, (b. 1831) John T. Ford, American theatre manager (b. 1829) February 15 – May Brookyn, American actress (b. 1854/1859) February 21 – Gustave Caillebotte, French painter (b. 1848) February 27 Hilarión Daza, President of Bolivia (assassinated) (b. 1840) Carl Schmidt, Baltic German chemist (b.