– Thomas de Hartmann, Russian composer (d. 1956) September 22 Ben Chifley, 16th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1951) Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-born motion picture actor, director (d. 1957) September 25 – Mineichi Koga, Japanese admiral (d. 1944) September 27 – Harry Blackstone Sr., American magician and illusionist (d. 1965) October October 3 – Sophie Treadwell, American playwright, journalist (d. 1970) October 7 – Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962) October 11 – François Mauriac, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970) October 19 – Charles E. Merrill, American banker, co-founder of Merrill Lynch (d. 1956) October 24 – Rachel Katznelson-Shazar, Zionist political figure, wife of third President of Israel (d. 1975) October 28 – Per Albin Hansson, 2-time prime minister of Sweden (d. 1946) October 30 – Ezra Pound, American poet (d. 1972) November November 1 – Anton Flettner, German aviation engineer, inventor (d. 1961) November 2 – Harlow Shapley, American astronomer (d. 1972) November 5 – Will Durant, American philosopher, writer (d. 1981) November 8 – Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (d. 1946) November 9 (October 28 (O.S.)) – Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet (d. 1922) November 11 – George S. Patton, American general (d. 1945) November 15 – Frederick Handley-Page, British aviation pioneer, aircraft company founder (d. 1962) November 26 – Heinrich Brüning, Chancellor of Germany 1930-1932 (d. 1970) November 30 Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (d. 1960) Ma Zhanshan, Chinese general (d. 1950) December December 2 – George Minot, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1950) December 13 – Mario Talavera, Mexican songwriter (d. 1960) December 19 John Lavarack, Australian general, Governor of Queensland (1946-1957) (d. 1957) King Oliver, American jazz musician (d. 1938) Date unknown Geza von Hoffmann, Austrian-Hungarian eugenicist and writer (d. 1921) Alessandro Tonini, Italian aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer and manufacturer (d. 1932) Deaths January–June January 11 – Mariano Ospina Rodríguez, President of Colombia (b. 1805) January 13 – Schuyler Colfax, 17th Vice President of the United States (b. 1823) January 26 – Charles "Chinese" Gordon, British general (killed in battle) (b. 1833) February 1 – Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, British inventor (b. 1850) February 7 – Iwasaki Yataro, Japanese industrialist, Founder of Mitsubishi (b. 1835) February 8 – Nikolai Severtzov, Russian explorer, naturalist (b. 1827) February 19 – José María Pinedo, Argentinian naval commander (b. 1795) March 12 – Próspero Fernández Oreamuno, President of Costa