Famous People Born in January 1864

Jan 1 Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer/art dealer (Camera Work), born in Hoboken, New Jersey

Jan 1 Qi Baishi, Chinese painter famous for whimsical and playful watercolor paintings, born in Xiangtan, China (d. 1957)

Jan 5 Bob Caruthers, American baseball player, born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1911)

Jan 6 Ban Johnson, American baseball executive, founder and President of the American League, born in Norwalk, Connecticut (d. 1931)

Jan 10 George Washington Carver, African-American agricultural scientist (studied the peanut), born in Diamond Grove, Missouri [or Jul 12] (d. 1943)

Jan 10 Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1931)
Jan 11 Thomas Dixon, US attorney/playwright (Flaming Sword)
Jan 13 Wilhelm K W Wien, German physicist (Nobel 1911)
Jan 15 Frances Benjamin Johnston, American photographer, born in Grafton West Virginia (d. 1952)
Jan 16 Frank Bacon, American playwright, actor and author (Lightnin'), born near Yuba City, California (d. 1922)
Jan 17 Lucien Herr, French intellectual and librarian (École Normale Supérieure), born in Altkirch, Haut-Rhin, France (d. 1926)
Jan 24 Marguerite Durand, French feminist leader (d. 1936)
Jan 25 Julije Kempf, Croatian historian & writer, born in Požega, Croatia (d. 1934)
Jan 28 Herbert Akroyd Stuart, English engineer - inventor of the first compression ignition engine (d. 1927)
Jan 29 Adolf Philipp, composer