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- Clara Barton was born on 25 December 1821 in North Oxford, Massachusetts, USA. Clara died on 12 April 1912 in Glen Echo, Maryland, USA.
- William Booth was born on 10 April 1829 in Nottingham, England, UK. He was married to Catherine Mumford. He died on 20 August 1912 in London, England, UK.
- Felix Dahn was born on 9 February 1834 in Hamburg, Germany. He was a writer, known for The Last Roman (1968) and Kampf um Rom II - Der Verrat (1969). He was married to Therese Freiin Droste zu Hülshoff and Sophie Fries. He died on 3 February 1912 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland].
- Aleksei Sergeevich Suvorin was born on 11 September 1834 in Korshevo, Bobrov Uyezd, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire [now Voronezh Oblast, Russia]. He died on 11 August 1912 in Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire [now Pushkin, St. Petersburg, Russia].
- Whitelaw Reid was born on 27 October 1837 in Xenia, Ohio, USA. He was married to Elisabeth Mills. He died on 15 December 1912 in London, England, UK.
- Louis Holstein-Ledreborg was born on 10 June 1839 in Hocberg, Württemberg, Germany. He was married to Henriette Frederikke Alexandrine Ingeborg de Løvenørn. He died on 1 March 1912 in Ledreborg, Lejre, Denmark.
- Eduardo Blanco was born on 25 December 1839 in Caracas, Venezuela. He was a writer, known for El bandido de Aragua (1975) and Venezuela Heroica (1968). He died on 30 June 1912 in Caracas, Venezuela.
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Giulio Ricordi was born on 19 December 1840 in Milan, Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Empire [now Lombardy, Italy]. He was a writer, known for Beautiful But Dangerous (1955), The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006) and The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977). He died on 6 June 1912 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.- Karl May was born on 25 February 1842 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Kingdom of Saxony [now Saxony, Germany]. He was a writer, known for Auf den Trümmern des Paradieses (1920), Caravan of Death (1920) and Durch die Wüste (1936). He was married to Klara Plöhn and Emma Pollmer. He died on 30 March 1912 in Radebeul, Kingdom of Saxony [now Saxony], Germany.
- Pierre Berton was born on 6 March 1842 in Paris. He was a writer, known for Zaza (1923), Zaza (1915) and Zazà (1944). He died on 23 October 1912 in Paris, France.
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Jules Massenet was born on 12 May 1842 in Saint-Etienne, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France. He is known for Marathon Man (1976), Tau (2018) and Transamerica (2005). He was married to Louise-Constance de Gressy. He died on 13 August 1912 in Paris, France.- Daniel M. Ransdell was born on 15 June 1842. He died on 28 November 1912.
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Carl David af Wirsén was born on 9 December 1842 in Vallentuna, Stockholms län, Sweden. Carl David af is known for The Hunters (1996), Miraklet i Viskan (2015) and Suddenly (2006). Carl David af died on 12 June 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden.- King Frederik VIII was born on 3 June 1843 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was married to Dronning Louise. He died on 14 May 1912 in Hamburg, Germany.
- Benjamin P. Lamberton was born on 24 February 1844 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 9 June 1912 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Isidor Straus was born on 6 February 1845 in Otterberg, Palatinate, Kingdom of Bavaria [now Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany]. He was married to Rosalie Ida Straus. He died on 15 April 1912 in North Atlantic Ocean.
- Arthur MacArthur was born on 2 June 1845 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. He was married to Mary Pinkney Hardy. He died on 5 September 1912 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- Will Carleton was born on 21 October 1845 in Lenawee County, Hudson, Michigan, USA. He was a writer, known for Over the Hill to the Poorhouse (1920), Over the Hill (1931) and Jeo eondeokeul neomeoseo (1960). He died on 18 December 1912 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
- Sophus Neumann was born on 18 June 1846. He was an actor, known for Sophus Neumann fortæller Eventyret om 'Sommerfuglen' (1906). He died on 6 June 1912.
- Zikmund Winter was born on 27 December 1846 in Prague-Staré Mesto, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. Zikmund was a writer, known for Wildschütz Jennerwein. Herzen in Not (1930), Nezbedný bakalár (1946) and Rozina, the Love Child (1945). Zikmund died on 12 June 1912 in Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria, Germany.
- Boleslaw Prus (real name Aleksander Glowacki), 1847-1912, writer and journalist; played critical role in modernizing the Polish novel; co-creator of Polish Realism; humoresques, novellas, short stories: Klopoty babuni (Grandmother's Troubles, 1874), Powracajaca fala (The Returning Wave, 1880), Antek (1881), Kamizelka (The Vest, 1882), novelistic sketches incl. Anielka (1880), the touching tale of a child and poor people wronged by fate or social conditions; novels with a permanent place in Polish literature: Placowka (The Outpost, 1886), the first naturalistic novel, a depiction of agrarian colonization; Lalka (The Doll, 1890), epic panorama of Warsaw life 1878-79; socially engaged Emancypantki (The Emancipationists, 1894); historical-political portrayal of ancient Egypt in Faraon (Pharoah, 1897); wealth of journalism in the Warsaw press: Kroniki (Weekly Chronicles, 1953-70).
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Bram Stoker was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1847, and gained fame for his novel "Dracula" about an aristocratic vampire in Transylvania. The sequel, "Dracula's Guest," was not published for 17 years after the publication of "Dracula," two years after Stoker's death. Stoker also wrote "The Mystery of the Sea" and "Famous Imposters." He was the stage manager for actor Sir Henry Irving and wrote "Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving," after Irving's death.- Writer
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George Grossmith was born on 9 December 1847 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Time Machine (2002), Six (1964) and Wilson (1944). He died on 1 March 1912 in Folkestone, Kent, England, UK.- James Otis Kaler was born on 19 March 1848 in Winterport, Maine, USA. James Otis was a writer, known for Circus Days (1923), Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960) and The Magical World of Disney (1954). James Otis was married to Amy L. Scamman. James Otis died on 11 December 1912 in Portland, Maine, USA.
- Alexandre Bisson was born on 9 April 1848 in Briouze, Orne, France. He was a writer, known for Madame X (1966), Madame X (1937) and Madame X (1929). He died on 27 January 1912 in Paris, France.
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He started to study at the Uppsala University but dropped out to pursue an economically unstable career as a journalist. In 1872 he published the first of his many masterpieces, 'Mäster Olof'. In 1874 he got a position at the Royal Library in Stockholm, which enabled him to marry 'Siri von Essen'. He published his novel 'Röda rummet' in 1879, a novel critical towards the press, the church, the publishers, the parliament and the state departments. With it he started the realism of the 1880s in Swedish literature. By the middle of the 1880s he had enemies everywhere and moved to Switzerland. With his novels 'Giftas' his hostility towards women increased, partly as a result of marital problems. His spoof of the holy communion lead to charges of blasphemy. At the end of the 1880s he wrote several novels about life in the archipelago, for example the successful novel 'Hemsöborna'. At the beginning of the 1890s he was briefly married to the Austrian 'Frida Uhl'. After the divorce he moved to Paris and studied ocultism and alchemy. He suffered from a psychological crisis. In 1901 he married actress Harriet Bosse for whom he wrote the play that he himself considered his best, 'Ett drömspel'. Today he is today considered one of Sweden's most important writers.- Rosalie Ida Straus was born on 6 February 1849 in Worms, Grand Duchy of Hesse [now Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany]. She was married to Isidor Straus. She died on 15 April 1912 in North Atlantic Ocean.
- Robert Barr was born on 16 September 1849 in Scotland, UK. Robert was a writer, known for The King's Move in the City (1914) and The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971). Robert died on 21 October 1912 in England, UK.
- Alexander Duff was born on 10 November 1849 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He was married to Princess Louise. He died on 29 January 1912 in Aswan, Egypt.
- E.J. Smith was born on 27 January 1850 in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was married to Sarah Eleanor Smith. He died on 15 April 1912 in North Atlantic Ocean.
- Frederick D. Grant was born on 30 May 1850. He was married to Ida Marie Honore. He died on 11 April 1912 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Jan Blockx was born on 25 January 1851 in Antwerp, Belgium. He was a composer, known for Waar het groeide (1956). He died on 26 May 1912 in Kapelenbos, Flanders, Belgium.
- Born in a tiny village Haimanalele, next to Ploesti town in Romanian province of Muntenia (Valahia), in a family of actors (both parents and his two uncles - his father's brothers - were actors). He had no formal education, works at some newspapers, then as a clerk. At age of 20 start writing and publishing some short comedy stories and fantasies. In a short period between 1878 and 1884 he wrote his most important plays : A Stormy Night, Mr. Leonida, Carnival Stories, A Lost Letter. In 1988 become the director of the National Theater, and later, after receiving a nice fortune from a rich relative, he moves with all his family to Berlin, Germany, where he died on 10 June 1912.
- Anton von Perfall was born on 11 December 1853 in Landsberg am Lech, Kingdom of Bavaria [now Bavaria, Germany]. He was a writer, known for Die Finsternis und ihr Eigentum (1915) and Die Hexe von Norderoog (1919). He was married to Magda Irschick. He died on 3 November 1912 in Schliersee, Bavaria, Germany.
- Giovanni Pascoli was born on 31 December 1855 in San Mauro Pascoli, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was a writer, known for Cavallina storna (1953), Quest'atomo opaco del male (2015) and Tutto un bel giardino (2015). He died on 6 April 1912 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo was born on 3 November 1856 in Santander, Spain. He was a writer, known for El verdugo (1948). He died on 2 May 1912 in Santander, Spain.
- Herman Bang was born on 20 April 1857 in Adserballe, Alsen, Denmark. He was a writer, known for Michael (1924), 4 Devils (1928) and The Four Devils (1911). He died on 29 January 1912 in Ogden, Utah, USA.
- Léon Gandillot was born on 25 January 1862 in Paris, France. He was a writer, known for Ferdinand le noceur (1935), Les femmes collantes (1920) and Les femmes collantes (1938). He died on 22 September 1912 in Paris, France.
- Fitzroy Morgan was born on 11 February 1862 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Tally Ho! (1901). He died on 23 October 1912 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK.
- Vilém Mrstík was born on 14 May 1863 in Jimramov, Moravia, Austria [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Pohádka máje (1926), Marysa (1935) and Pohádka máje (1940). He was married to Bozena Pacasová. He died on 2 March 1912 in Diváky, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic].
- John Jacob Astor was born on 13 July 1864 in Rhinebeck, New York, USA. He was married to Madeleine Talmadge Force and Ava Willing. He died on 15 April 1912 in North Atlantic Ocean.
- Homer Davenport was born on 8 March 1867 in Silverton, Oregon, USA. He was an actor, known for Homer Davenport, the Cartoonist (1900) and Homer Davenport, the Cartoonist (1900). He died on 2 May 1912.
- Wilbur Wright was born on 16 April 1867 in Indiana, USA. He died on 30 May 1912 in Dayton, Ohio, USA.
- Ferruccio Garavaglia was born on 1 May 1868 in San Zenone Po, Italy. He was an actor, known for Othello (1909), Rigoletto (1910) and Romeo and Juliet (1912). He was married to Adele Garavaglia. He died on 29 April 1912 in Naples, Italy.
- English explorer who commanded two Antarctic expeditions, 1901-04 and 1910-12. Born to John and Hannah Scott. Born into a naval family he became a cadet at the age of 13 and entered the navy in 1882. He married famous English sculptor, Kathleen Bruce in 1908. His son Peter was born in 1909. In 1910 he set for antarctica on the ship Terra Nova. With Scott on the final expedition were Edward Wilson (1872-1912), Laurence Oates, H R Bowers, and E Evans. The Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge was founded in 1920 out of funds donated by the public following Scott's death, as a memorial to him and his companions. It houses a small museum and library, and carries out research into all aspects of the Antarctic and Arctic regions. On 18 January 1912 he reached the South Pole, shortly after the Norwegian Roald Amundsen, but on the return journey he and his companions died in a blizzard only a few miles from their base camp. His journal was recovered and published in 1913.
- Viktor Cholnoky was born on 23 December 1868 in Veszprém, Hungary. Viktor was a writer, known for A hamu alatt (1981). Viktor died on 5 June 1912 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Harry Cashman born in America in 1870, became well-known in the theatre from the 1890's. tall, stocky wavy haired performer who starred and supported in many comedy and drama films for the Chicago based Essanay Film Company in 1911-12, often played Father's or Chief of Police often teamed with Francis X. Bushman until his death in 1912 from pneumonia.
- Gus Ruhlin was born on 8 January 1872 in Canton, Ohio, USA. He died on 13 February 1912 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Edward Adrian Wilson was born on 23 July 1872 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK. He died on 29 March 1912 in Antarctica.
- Mace Greenleaf began as a stage actor starring and supporting in many popular plays, perhaps his best known roles was as Herbert, the King's Forrester in 'The Prisoner of Zenda' in the 1890's and in 1898 played Mr. Hunston in Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'Trelawny of the Wells' at the Lyceum Theatre in New York, other Broadway performances was in 'The Pride of Jennico' with James K. Hackett at the Citerion Theatre in 1900 and played Myrtle May's lover in 'The Parish Priest'. Over the first decade of the new century played starring roles in stock companies all over America, he returned to Broadway in 1905 to play the Prince of Wales in the romantic musical 'Edmond Burke'. In 1911 he joined the film industry where he would star in at least 20 drama movies, making his debut in The Golden Rule (1911) co-starring James Kirkwood at the Reliance Film Co. He is perhaps best known as Dr. Earl Headley in Alice Guy Blache's Falling Leaves (1912) for the Solax Film Co in 1912. His last film before his sudden death from pneumonia age 38 was in The Girl in the Arm-Chair (1912) with Blanche Cornwall. In 1906 Mace married Lucy Banning in Santa Ana, California, Lucy came from a very wealthy family they owned Catalina Island, she left Mace in 1910 for the son of prominent judge, Mace divorced his beautiful wife on the ground of desertion, Lucy was known as something of a free spirit and often scandalized 'polite society' with the number of men in her life.