29 Romain Rolland, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1944) Frank Tudor, Australian politician (d. 1922) February 1 – Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare profession activist (d. 1924) February 2 – Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter (d. 1927) February 9 – George Ade, American writer, newspaper columnist and playwright (d. 1944) February 18 – Janko Vukotić, Montenegrin general (d. 1927) February 26 – Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian chemical industrialist (d. 1930) March 5 – Arthur Leopold Busch, English-born American submarine pioneer (d. 1956) March 7 – Hans Fruhstorfer, German lepidopterist (d. 1922) March 15 – Matthew Charlton, Australian politician (d. 1948) March 19 – Emilio De Bono, Italian general and fascist activist (d. 1944) March 21 – James Harbord, American general (d. 1947) April–June April 1 – Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist and composer (d. 1924) April 3 – J. B. M. Hertzog, Boer General and 3rd Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1942) April 8 – Alfred Allen, American actor (d. 1947) April 13 – Butch Cassidy, American outlaw (k. 1908) April 14 – Anne Sullivan, American tutor of Helen Keller (d. 1936) April 17 – Ernest Starling, English physiologist (d. 1927) April 21 – Josefa Toledo de Aguerri, Nicaraguan pioneer educator (d. 1962) April 22 – Hans von Seeckt, German general (d. 1936) April 24 – Ishii Kikujirō, Japanese diplomat (d. 1945) May 10 – Richard H. Jackson, American four-star admiral (d. 1971) May 17 – Erik Satie, French composer (d. 1925) May 22 – Charles F. Haanel, American New Thought author and businessman (d. 1949) June 4 – Miina Sillanpää, Finnish politician (d. 1952) June 26 George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier of Egyptian excavations (d. 1923) Josef Swickard, German actor (d. 1940) July–September July 6 – Charles Mangin, French general (d. 1925) July 9 – Macklyn Arbuckle, American actor (d. 1931) July 13 – La Goulue, French dancer (d. 1929) July 25 – Frederick Blackman, English plant physiologist (d. 1947) July 27 – António José de Almeida, 6th President of Portugal and 64th Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1929) July 28 – Beatrix Potter, English children's author (Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck) (d. 1943) August 2 – Adrien de Gerlache, Belgian naval officer and explorer (d. 1934) August 4 – Gheorghe Mărdărescu, Romanian general and politician (d. 1938) August 6 – Chief Thunderbird, Native American actor (d. 1946) August 8 – Matthew Henson, African-American explorer