Birth Date between 1862-01-01 and 1862-12-31 (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)

1. O. Henry

Writer | You're Fired

O. Henry was an American writer whose short stories are known for wit, wordplay and clever twist endings. He wrote nearly 600 stories about life in America.

He was born William Sidney Porter on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina. His father, Algernon Sidney Porter, was a medical ...

2. Adeline De Walt Reynolds

Actress | The Human Comedy

She survived the death of her husband in 1905, the San Francisco earthquake in 1906 and raising four children with no money. In 1926, when she was 64 she became one of the most mature freshman ever to enter the University of California. She graduated 6 years later with her B.A. degree. In 1940 she ...

3. Claude Debussy

Soundtrack | Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Claude Debussy was born in St. Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, France. His father was a salesman and kept a china shop. His mother was a seamstress. Some traumatizing events in his childhood caused him a depression and he never spoke about his early years. Later he could not compose without having his...

4. Edith Wharton

Writer | The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton (née Jones) was an American novelist and short story writer from New York City. She had insider knowledge of New York's upper class, which she realistically portrayed in her works. In 1921, Wharton became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She won the award for her...

5. M.R. James

Writer | The Runes

Born in 1862, Montague Rhodes James developed a reading habit at an early age, preferring to stay in the library than with friends. He took this with him when he went to study at Eton and then at the King's College, Cambridge, where he became assistant in classical archaeology at the Fitzwilliam ...

6. Auguste Lumière

Producer | Londres, alerte de pompiers: film Lumière n° 246

Although it is his brother Louis Lumière who is generally acclaimed as the "father of the cinema", Auguste Lumiere also made a major contribution towards the development of the medium, first by helping with the invention and construction of the cinematographe (the world's first camera and ...

7. Arthur Schnitzler

Writer | Eyes Wide Shut

Arthur Schnitzler was born on May 15, 1862 in Vienna, Austrian Empire [now Austria]. He was a writer, known for Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Il cavaliere, la morte e il diavolo (1983) and Lili. He was previously married to Olga Gussmann. He died on October 21, 1931 in Vienna, Austria.

8. William Holden

Actor | Weary River

William Holden was born on May 22, 1862 in Rochester, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Weary River (1929), Dance, Fools, Dance (1931) and Holiday (1930). He was previously married to Louise Osborne. He died on March 3, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

9. Justus D. Barnes

Actor | The Declaration of Independence

Justus D. Barnes was born on October 2, 1862 in Little Falls, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Declaration of Independence (1911), The Star of Bethlehem (1912) and A Beauty Parlor Graduate (1913). He died on February 6, 1946 in Weedsport, New York, USA.

10. Mrs. Leslie Carter

Actress | DuBarry

Mrs. Leslie Carter was born on June 10, 1862 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for DuBarry (1915), The Heart of Maryland (1915) and The Lifeguardsman (1916). She was previously married to Louis Payne and Leslie Carter. She died on November 13, 1937 in Santa Monica, ...

11. Rudolph Schildkraut

Actor | The King of Kings

Rudolph Schildkraut was born on April 27, 1862 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was an actor, known for The King of Kings (1927), Pals in Paradise (1926) and Schlemihl (1915). He was previously married to Ernestine Weinstein. He died on July 15, 1930 in Los Angeles, ...

12. May Irwin

Actress | The Kiss

Born in Whitby, Ontario, May Irwin started her performing career at a young age, when she began a singing act with her younger sister Flora in 1874. The act was popular, and Irwin began working as an actress when she was 21 years old. She found success and was appearing in a Broadway show called "...

13. Frank Beal

Actor | The Big Diamond Robbery

Frank Beal was born on September 11, 1862 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was a director and actor, known for The Big Diamond Robbery (1929), The Inside of the White Slave Traffic (1913) and The Devil, the Servant and the Man (1912). He was previously married to Louise Lester. He died on December 20, ...

14. Carl Goetz

Actor | Die Büchse der Pandora

Carl Goetz was born on April 10, 1862 in Vienna, Austrian Empire [now Austria]. He was an actor, known for Pandora's Box (1929), Tom Sawyer (1917) and Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen (1920). He died on August 15, 1932 in Vienna, Austria.

15. Georges Feydeau

Writer | Ooh La La!

Georges Feydeau was born on December 8, 1862 in Paris, France. He was a writer, known for Ooh La La! (1968), The Girl from Maxim's (1933) and La vida en broma (1950). He was previously married to Marie-Anne Carolus-Duran. He died on June 5, 1921 in Paris, France.

16. Annie Elizabeth Crook

Annie Elizabeth Crook was born in 1863 on London daughter of William Crook and Sarah Annie Quordisman (or Quatermane). Her father William, son of William and Sarah Crook, was baptized on October 24th 1830 and was from Eton, Berkshire, England. Her mother Sarah Annie was born around 1839. Annie's ...

17. Albert Gran

Actor | 7th Heaven

Albert Gran was born on August 4, 1862 in Bergen, Norway. He was an actor, known for 7th Heaven (1927), Employees' Entrance (1933) and More Pay - Less Work (1926). He died on December 16, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

18. Harry Lonsdale

Actor | The Ne'er Do Well

Harry Lonsdale was born on December 6, 1862 in Worcester, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Ne'er Do Well (1915), Rebecca the Jewess (1913) and The Garden of Allah (1916). He was previously married to Alice Lonnon [Perkins] (stage actress). He died on February 8, 1939 in Los Angeles, ...

19. Gerhart Hauptmann

Writer | Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage

Gerhart Hauptmann was born on November 15, 1862 in Obersalzbrunn, Lower Silesia, Germany [now Szczawno-Zdrój, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was a writer and actor, known for Faust (1926), Rose Bernd (1919) and Atlantis (1913). He was previously married to Margarete Marschalk and Marie Thienemann. He ...

20. Fred Huntley

Actor | What Every Woman Knows

Fred Huntley was born on August 29, 1862 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for What Every Woman Knows (1921), The Ne'er Do Well (1915) and Fighting Blood (1916). He was previously married to Laura. He died on November 1, 1931 in Hollywood, California, USA.

21. Ludwig Fulda

Writer | Two-Faced Woman

Ludwig Fulda was born on July 15, 1862 in Frankfurt am Main, Free City of Frankfurt [now Hesse, Germany]. He was a writer, known for Two-Faced Woman (1941), The Lost Paradise (1917) and Schwert und Herd (1916). He was previously married to Helene Anna Klara Grinwalszky and Ida Theumann. He died on ...

22. Gustav Klimt

Writer | Nytka

Gustav Klimt was born on July 14, 1862 in Baumgarten, Austria. He was a writer, known for Nytka (2011) and Bir Resim Bir Hikaye (2019). He died on February 6, 1918 in Vienna, Austria.

23. Marie Tempest

Actress | Mrs. Plum's Pudding

Marie Tempest was born on July 15, 1862 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Mrs. Plum's Pudding (1915), Yellow Sands (1938) and English Nell (1900). She was previously married to W. Graham Brown, Cosmo Gordon Lennox and Alfred E. Izard. She died on October 15, 1942 in London, ...

24. Jules-Eugène Legris

Actor | Tom Tight et Dum-Dum

Jules-Eugène Legris was born in 1862. He was an actor, known for Jack Jaggs and Dum Dum (1903), The Spiritualist Photographer (1903) and The Mystical Flame (1903). He died in 1926.

25. Wallace McCutcheon

Director | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Wallace McCutcheon was born in 1862 in New York, USA. He was a director and cinematographer, known for 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea (1905), The Nihilist (1905) and How They Rob Men in Chicago (1900). He was previously married to Mira West. He died on October 3, 1918 in Brooklyn, New York City, New...

26. Emilio Salgari

Writer | I misteri della giungla nera

Emilio Salgari was born on August 21, 1862 in Verona, Austrian Empire [now Verona, Veneto, Italy]. He was a writer, known for Mystery of the Black Jungle (1954), Carthage in Flames (1960) and The Black Pirate (1944). He was previously married to Ida Peruzzi. He died on April 25, 1911 in Turin, ...

27. Ogai Mori

Writer | Sanshô dayû

Ogai Mori was born on February 17, 1862 in Tsuwano, Shimane, Japan. He was a writer, known for Sansho the Bailiff (1954), Takasebune (1930) and Takasebune (1988). He was previously married to Mori Shigeru and Akamatsu Toshiko. He died on July 9, 1922 in Tokyo, Japan.

28. Ferris Hartman

Director | A Phantom Husband

Ferris Hartman was born on June 12, 1862 in Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA. He was a director and writer, known for A Phantom Husband (1917), A Laundry Clean-Up (1917) and The Stone Age (1917). He was previously married to Josephine Davies. He died on September 1, 1931 in San Francisco, California, ...

29. Marco Praga

Soundtrack | Two Lovers

Marco Praga was born on June 20, 1862 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He was a writer, known for Two Lovers (2008), L'amico (1921) and The Unknown Woman (2006). He died on January 31, 1929 in Varese, Lombardy, Italy.

30. Loie Fuller

Director | Le lys de la vie

Loie Fuller was born on January 15, 1862 in Hinsdale, Illinois, USA. She was an actress and director, known for Le lys de la vie (1920), Danse serpentine (1897) and Programme Nadar (1896). She died on January 1, 1928 in Paris, France.

31. Frederick Delius

Soundtrack | Crush

Frederick Delius was born on January 29, 1862 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Crush (2001), A Village Romeo and Juliet (1992) and The Yearling (1946). He was previously married to Helene Jelka Rosen. He died on June 10, 1934 in Grez-sur-Loing, Seine-et-Marne, ...

32. Edward Elkas

Actor | The Blue Bird

Edward Elkas was born on February 8, 1862 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Blue Bird (1918), Les Misérables (1917) and For the Honor of the Crew (1915). He was previously married to Helene Soltesz. He died on December 17, 1933 in St. Albans, New York, USA.

33. Gilbert Parker

Writer | The Lodge in the Wilderness

Sir Gilbert Parker--the popular Canadian novelist, short-story writer and poet who rose from backwoods obscurity to the seats of the mighty in the British Empire--was born on November 23, 1862, in Camden East, Addington, Ontario, to Royal Army Capt. J. Parker and his wife. After attending school in...

34. Luke Cosgrave

Actor | The Light That Failed

Luke Cosgrave was born on August 6, 1862 in Ballaghdreen, County Mayo, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]. He was an actor, known for The Light That Failed (1923), Merton of the Movies (1924) and Welcome Home (1925). He died on June 28, 1949 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

35. Carrie Clark Ward

Actress | Daddy-Long-Legs

Carrie Clark Ward was born on January 9, 1862 in Virginia City, Nevada, USA. She was an actress, known for Daddy-Long-Legs (1919), A Fool and His Money (1925) and Old Lady 31 (1920). She was previously married to Sedley Brown. She died on February 6, 1926 in Hollywood, California, USA.

36. Connie Mack

Self | The Baseball Revue of 1917

Connie Mack was born on December 22, 1862 in East Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA. He was previously married to Katherine Holahan and Margaret Hogan. He died on February 8, 1956 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

37. Felipe Villanueva

Soundtrack | Una joven de 16 años

Felipe Villanueva was born on February 5, 1862 in Tecámac, Mexico, Mexico. He was a composer, known for Una joven de 16 años (1963), Mala Leche (2004) and El fiscal de hierro 3 (1992). He died on May 28, 1863 in Mexico City, Mexico.

38. Edward O'Connor

Actor | The Gilded Kidd

Edward O'Connor was born on February 20, 1862 in Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]. He was an actor, known for The Gilded Kidd (1914), Kathleen Mavourneen (1919) and Cecilia of the Pink Roses (1918). He died on May 15, 1932 in New York City, New York, USA.

39. Maurice Barrès

Writer | Le jardin sur l'Oronte

Maurice Barrès was born on August 17, 1862 in Charmes-sur-Moselles, France. He was a writer, known for Le jardin sur l'Oronte (1925), Lorraine! (1994) and Correspondances (1953). He died on December 4, 1923 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.

40. J. Bruce Ismay

Self | Animated Weekly, No. 8

J. Bruce Ismay was born on December 12, 1862 in Crosby, England, UK. He died on October 17, 1937 in Mayfair, London, England, UK.

41. Valerian Gunia

Actor | Khanuma

Valerian Gunia was born on January 21, 1862 in Eki, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire [now Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Republic of Georgia]. He was an actor and writer, known for Khanuma (1926), Daisi (1971) and The Murder of General Gryaznov (1921). He died on July 31, 1938 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR,...

42. H. Reeves-Smith

Actor | The Return of Sherlock Holmes

H. Reeves-Smith was born on May 17, 1862 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929), No More Women (1924) and Three Weeks (1924). He was previously married to Clara Gertrude White. He died on January 29, 1938 in Elwell, Surrey, England, ...

43. Burr McIntosh

Actor | Way Down East

Burr McIntosh born William Burr McIntosh in Ohio in 1862. Son of the President of public utility and Cleveland Gas Coal Company William Ambrose. Burr was educated at Lafayette College in Princeton where he became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity in 1884. became a star on Broadway stage, perhaps...

44. Wilhelm Meyer-Förster

Writer | The Student Prince

Wilhelm Meyer-Förster was born on June 12, 1862 in Hanover, Kingdom of Hanover [now Lower Saxony, Germany]. He was a writer, known for The Student Prince (1954), Old Heidelberg (1915) and Alt Heidelberg (1923). He was previously married to Elsbeth. He died on March 17, 1934 in Heringsdorf, ...

45. Eva Thatcher

Actress | The Law Forbids

Eva Thatcher was born on March 14, 1862 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. She was an actress, known for The Law Forbids (1924), Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery (1914) and A Friendly Husband (1923). She died on September 28, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

46. Florence L. Barclay

Writer | The Mistress of Shenstone

Florence L. Barclay was born on December 2, 1862 in Surrey, England, UK. She was a writer, known for The Mistress of Shenstone (1921), El rosario (1944) and Tuya en cuerpo y alma (1945). She was previously married to Rev. Charles W. Barclay. She died on March 1, 1921.

47. Edwin Milton Royle

Writer | The Squaw Man

Edwin Milton Royle was born on March 2, 1862 in Lexington, Missouri, USA. He was a writer, known for The Squaw Man (1914), The Unwritten Law (1916) and The Struggle Everlasting (1918). He was previously married to Selena Fetter (1860-1955). He died on February 16, 1942 in New York City, New York, ...

48. Otis Turner

Director | The Black Box

Otis Turner was born on November 29, 1862 in Fairfield, Indiana, USA. He was a director and writer, known for The Black Box (1915), The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908) and A Youth of Fortune (1916). He was previously married to Etta French. He died on March 28, 1918 in Los Angeles, California, ...

49. Richard Morris

Actor | The Spirit of the USA

Richard Morris was born on January 3, 1862 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Spirit of the USA (1924), Granny (1913) and The Sea Lion (1921). He died on October 11, 1924 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

50. Eric Hudson

Actor | Romeo and Juliet

Eric Hudson was born on November 23, 1862 in Nottingham, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Romeo and Juliet (1916), Man's Enemy (1914) and Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917). He died on October 4, 1918 in New York City, New York, USA.