Famous birthdays by year
Famous People Born in 1867
Born in 1867? Meet the well-known people who share your birth year, from the biggest names to the ones you might not expect, month by month.
Turning 159 in 2026 · Chinese zodiac: Year of the Rabbit
The 1860s
The most famous people born in 186725
1867–1934Marie Curie
Pioneer of radioactivity who discovered polonium and radium and became the first person to win Nobel Prizes in two sciences
Photo: Henri Manuel · Public domain
1867–1959Frank Lloyd Wright
American architect who designed Fallingwater and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, pioneering organic architecture
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1867–1936Luigi Pirandello
Italian playwright of Six Characters in Search of an Author who questioned reality on stage and won the Nobel Prize in Literature
Photo: Agence de presse Meurisse · Public domain
1867–1933John Galsworthy
English novelist of The Forsyte Saga, a family chronicle that became a famous TV series, and a Nobel laureate
Photo: Unknown author · Public domain
1867–1948Edgar de Wahl
Baltic German teacher and linguist who created Occidental, the international auxiliary language now called Interlingue
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1867–1925Władysław Reymont
Nobel Prize-winning Polish novelist of the early twentieth century
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1867–1935Józef Piłsudski
Polish statesman and military leader who restored national independence
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1867–1951Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Military leader and former President of Finland
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Born in 1867, month by month
- January
- Emily Greene Balch (January 8) · Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist and lifelong pacifist
- Rubén Darío (January 18) · Nicaraguan poet who founded the modernismo literary movement
- Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (January 29) · Spanish novelist whose books were adapted into major Hollywood films
- February
- Laura Ingalls Wilder (February 7) · Author of the Little House on the Prairie children's book series
- Natsume Sōseki (February 9) · Japanese novelist regarded as a pioneer of modern literature
- March
- Arturo Toscanini (March 25) · Italian conductor known for his perfectionism and photographic memory
- April
- Johannes Fibiger (April 23) · Danish scientist and winner of the Nobel Prize for medicine
- May
- Władysław Reymont (May 7) · Nobel Prize-winning Polish novelist of the early twentieth century
- Mary of Teck (May 26) · Queen consort of King George V and Empress of India
- Arnold Bennett (May 27) · Prolific English novelist known for his stories of the Potteries
- June
- Konstantin Balmont (June 3) · Major figure of the Silver Age of Russian symbolist poetry
- Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (June 4) · Military leader and former President of Finland
- Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8) · American architect who designed Fallingwater and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, pioneering organic architecture
- Luigi Pirandello (June 28) · Italian playwright of Six Characters in Search of an Author who questioned reality on stage and won the Nobel Prize in Literature
- July
- Käthe Kollwitz (July 8) · German artist known for her powerful etchings and sculptures
- Prince Maximilian of Baden (July 10) · German statesman who served as the last Imperial Chancellor
- August
- Stanley Baldwin (August 3) · Conservative politician who served three terms as British Prime Minister
- Emil Nolde (August 7) · German Expressionist painter noted for his intense use of colour
- John Galsworthy (August 14) · English novelist of The Forsyte Saga, a family chronicle that became a famous TV series, and a Nobel laureate
- Edgar de Wahl (August 23) · Baltic German teacher and linguist who created Occidental, the international auxiliary language now called Interlingue
- September
- Felix Salten (September 6) · Austrian author of the 1923 novel Bambi, a Life in the Woods
- October
- Pierre Bonnard (October 3) · Post-impressionist painter known for his colourful and decorative scenes
- November
- Marie Curie (November 7) · Pioneer of radioactivity who discovered polonium and radium and became the first person to win Nobel Prizes in two sciences
- December
- Józef Piłsudski (December 5) · Polish statesman and military leader who restored national independence
- Madam C. J. Walker (December 23) · Pioneer entrepreneur and America's first female self-made millionaire