Famous People Born in 1866

• Cassidy, Butch (April)

  Outlaw of the old American west

• Henson, Matthew (August 8)

  The first man to reach the North Pole

• Kandinsky, Wassily (December 16)

  Russian-born founder of Abstract art

• Patten, Gilbert (October 25)

  The writer of the Frank Merriwell dime novels in the early 20th century

• Potter, Beatrix (July 28)

  Creator of the Peter Rabbit children's books

• Sullivan, Anne (April 14)

  Helen Keller's tutor

• Wells, H. G. (September 21)

  Author of The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds

• Williams, Maria P. (January 1)

  The first black woman to write and produce a movie, in 1923

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