biologist and physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1943) July–September July 2 – Traian Moșoiu, Romanian general and politician (d. 1932) July 4 – Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer (d. 1921) July 12 – Stefan George, German poet (d. 1933) July 14 – Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist, writer, spy and administrator (d. 1926) July 15 – Nobuyoshi Mutō, Japanese field marshal and ambassador (d. 1933) July 17 – Mikhail Bakhirev, Russian admiral (d. 1920) July 19 – Florence Foster Jenkins, American socialite and amateur operatic soprano (d. 1944) July 20 – Patriarch Miron of Romania, 38th Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1939) July 24 – Princess Srivilailaksana The Princess of Suphanburi daughter of King Chulalongkorn of Siam and Chao Chom Manda Pae Bunnag (d.1904) July 28 – Theodor Wulf, German physicist and Jesuit (d. 1946) August 5 – Oskar Merikanto, Finnish composer (d. 1924) August 6 – Paul Claudel, French poet, dramatist and diplomat (d. 1955) August 7 – Martin Wetzer, Finnish general (d. 1954) August 10 – Hugo Eckener, German dirigible engineer, Commander of Graf Zeppelin I (d. 1954) August 23 – Edgar Lee Masters, American poet, biographer and dramatist (d. 1950) August 26 – Charles Stewart, Premier of Alberta (d. 1946) September 1 – Henri Bourassa, Canadian politician and publisher (d. 1952) September 6 – Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss politician, member of the Federal Council (d. 1947) September 17 – James Alexander Calder, Canadian politician (d. 1956) September 22 – John T. Raulston, American state judge (Scopes Monkey Trial) (d. 1956) October–December October 4 – Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, President of Argentina (d. 1942) October 15 – J. B. Johnson, American attorney and politician (d. 1940) October 21 – Ernest Swinton, British Army general (d. 1951) October 24 – Alexandra David-Néel, French explorer (d. 1969) October 30 – António Cabreira, Portuguese polygraph (d. 1953) November 7 – Delfim Moreira, Brazilian president (d. 1920) November 8 – Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (d. 1942) November 9 – Marie Dressler, Canadian actress (d. 1934) November 17 – Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist (d. 1918) November 23 – Mary Brewster Hazelton, American portrait painter (d. 1953) December 5 – Arnold Sommerfeld, German theoretical physicist (d. 1951) December 9 – Fritz Haber, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934) December 19 – Eleanor H. Porter, American novelist (d. 1920) December 20 – Arturo Alessandri, Chilean statesman, 3-Time President of Chile