Born in 1872

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• 1872–1898Aubrey BeardsleyEnglish illustrator and authorAugust 21
• 1872–1939Zane GreyAmerican novelistJanuary 31
• 1872–1958Maurice GamelinFrench generalSeptember 20
• 1872–1965Helena RubinsteinPolish and American businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropistDecember 25
• 1872–1936Louis BlériotFrench aviator, inventor and engineerJuly 1
• 1872–1929Sergei DiaghilevRussian art critic and impresarioMarch 31
• 1872–1922Djemal PashaOttoman military leaderMay 6
• 1872–1945Emil HáchaCzechoslovak politicianJuly 12
• 1872–1946Paul LangevinFrench physicistJanuary 23
• 1872–1954Princess Margaret of PrussiaLandgravine of HesseApril 22
• 1872–1951Kijūrō ShideharaPrime Minister of Japan from 1945 to 1946September 13
• 1872–1950Marcel MaussFrench sociologist and anthropologistMay 10
• 1872–1956Wilhelm MiklasPresident of Austria from 1928 to 1938October 15
• 1872–1953Maude AdamsAmerican actress and stage designerNovember 11
• 1872–1906Paul Laurence DunbarAfrican-American writerJune 27
• 1872–1918John McCraeCanadian poet and physicianNovember 30
• 1872–1967Norman AngellBritish politician and Nobel LaureateDecember 26
• 1872–1957Jože PlečnikSlovenian architectJanuary 23
• 1872–1962Archduke Joseph August of AustriaArchduke of AustriaAugust 9
• 1872–1957Édouard HerriotFrench Radical politicianJuly 5
• 1872–1896Ichiyō HiguchiJapanese writerMay 2
• 1872–1955Princess Clémentine of BelgiumPrincess NapoléonJuly 30
• 1872–1903Gotse DelchevMacedonian Bulgarian revolutionaryFebruary 4
• 1872–1946Harlan F. StoneChief Justice of the United States from 1941 to 1946October 11
• 1872–1942Richard WillstätterGerman chemistAugust 13
• 1872–1916Julius FučíkCzech military bandmaster and composerJuly 18
• 1872–1934Willem de SitterDutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomerMay 6
• 1872–1956Max BeerbohmEnglish writer and caricaturistAugust 24
• 1872–1918Sidónio PaisPresident of Portugal in 1918May 1
• 1872–1912Henry Tingle WildeChief Officer of RMS TitanicSeptember 21
• 1872–1945Lucille La VerneAmerican actressNovember 7
• 1872–1960Hugo AlfvénSwedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painterMay 1
• 1872–1933RanjitsinhjiIndian cricketer and Maharaja of Nawanagar, (present day [[Jamnagar]]),September 10
• 1872–1953Abdullah Yusuf AliIndian-British barristerApril 14
• 1872–1918Anna HeldBroadway stage performerMarch 19
• 1872–1940Michael Joseph SavagePrime Minister of New Zealand from 1935 to 1940March 23
• 1872–1906Harry Nelson PillsburyAmerican chess playerDecember 5
• 1872–1962Albert SarrautFrench politicianJuly 28
• 1872–1917Marian SmoluchowskiPolish physicistMay 28
• 1872–1936V. O. Chidambaram PillaiIndian freedom fighterSeptember 5
• 1872–1940Anton KorošecYugoslav politicianMay 12
• 1872–1956C. B. FryEnglish sportsman and writerApril 25
• 1872–1942Heber Doust CurtisAmerican astronomerJune 27
• 1872–1936Mikhail KuzminRussian poet, musician and novelistOctober 18
• 1872–1945Max EhrmannAmerican writer, poet, and attorneySeptember 26
• 1872–1910Reginald DohertyBritish tennis playerOctober 14
• 1872–1950Alexandru Vaida-VoevodAustro-Hungarian-born Romanian politicianFebruary 27
• 1872–1947Aleksandër Stavre DrenovaAlbanian poet, writer and activistApril 11
• 1872–1957Tanguturi PrakasamChief Minister of Andhra State from 1953 to 1954August 23
• 1872–1952Mary Engle PenningtonAmerican bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineerOctober 8
• 1872–1940Robert MaillartSwiss civil engineer and bridge designerFebruary 6
• 1872–1961Camille GuérinFrench veterinarian, bacteriologist, immunologistDecember 22
• 1872–1919Adolf SchmalAustrian fencer and cyclistSeptember 18
• 1872–1936Clara ButtBritish singerFebruary 1
• 1872–1961Elia Dalla CostaItalian Roman Catholic prelate and cardinalMay 14
• 1872–1941Jaan TeemantEstonian lawyer and politicianSeptember 24
• 1872–1950Bill BurgessBritish swimmerJune 15
• 1872–1956Lorenzo PerosiItalian composerDecember 21
• 1872–1917Oswaldo CruzBrazilian physician and bacteriologistAugust 5
• 1872–1944Johan PitkaEstonian military personnelFebruary 19