Births
- February 23 - W. E. B. Du Bois, sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author and editor (died 1963)
- March 28 - Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist and dramatist (died 1936)
- April 1 - Edmond Rostand, French poet and novelist (died 1918)
- May 6 - Gaston Leroux, French journalist and novelist (died 1927)
- May 7 - Stanisław Przybyszewski, Polish novelist, dramatist and poet (died 1927)
- July 10 - Afevork Ghevre Jesus, Ethiopian novelist and linguist (died 1947)
- August 6 - Paul Claudel, French poet, dramatist and diplomat (died 1955)
- September 14 - Théodore Botrel, French poet and dramatist (died 1925)
- October 18 - Ernst Didring, Swedish novelist (died 1931)
- December 19 - Eleanor H. Porter, novelist (died 1920)
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