W. Bryan, American politician (d. 1945) February 21 – Otto Hermann Kahn, German-born American millionaire, philanthropist (d. 1934) February 27 – Irving Fisher, American economist (d. 1947) March 4 – Charles Pelot Summerall, American general (d. 1955) March 6 – Samuel Franklin Cody, American aviation pioneer (d. 1913) March 19 – Sakichi Toyoda, Japanese inventor, industrialist (d. 1930) March 21 – Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., American theatrical producer (d. 1932) March 25 Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor (d. 1957) Gutzon Borglum, American artist and sculptor (Mount Rushmore) (d. 1941) March 26 – Arnold Theiler, founder of the Onderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute in South Africa (d. 1936) March 29 – Cy Young, American baseball player (d. 1955) April–June April 2 – Eugen Sandow, German-born body builder, circus performer (d. 1925) April 7 – Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist (d. 1953) April 9 – Chris Watson, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1941) April 10 – George William Russell, Irish nationalist, poet and artist (d. 1935) April 13 – Sammy Woods, English cricketer (d. 1931) April 16 – Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer, co-inventor of the airplane with brother Orville (d. 1912) April 23 – Johannes Fibiger, Danish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1928) May 3 – J. T. Hearne, English cricketer (d. 1944) May 7 – Władysław Reymont, Polish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1925) May 14 – Kurt Eisner, German politician, publicist (d. 1919) May 26 – Queen Mary, wife of George V of Great Britain (d. 1953) June 2 – William Goodenough, British admiral (d. 1945) June 4 – Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, 6th President of Finland (d. 1951) June 8 – Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (d. 1959) June 9 – Clarence Geldart, Canadian-American actor (d. 1935) June 17 – Flora Finch, British-American silent film comedian (d. 1940) June 20 – Leon Wachholz, Polish scientist and medical examiner (d. 1942) June 24 – J. Gordon Edwards, American film director (d. 1925) June 28 – Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936) June 30 – Edward L. Beach, Sr., American naval officer, author (d. 1943) July–September July 8 – Käthe Kollwitz, German artist (d. 1945) July 10 – Prince Maximilian of Baden, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929) July 24 – E. F. Benson, English writer (d. 1940) July 27 – Enrique Granados, Spanish composer (d. 1916) July 28 – Charles Dillon Perrine, American-born astronomer