page_title: 1873
section_title: July–September
hierarchical_section_title: 1873 / Births / July–September
caption_attribution_description: English: HIH Prince Yamashina Kikumaro on deck of Japanese cruiser Yakumo, Russo-Japanese War (left side of tripicht)日本語: 美邦『八雲御乘組山階宮菊麿王殿下御奮戰之圖』
context_page_description: 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1873rd year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 873rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 73rd year of the 19th century, and the 4th year of the 1870s decade. As of the start of 1873, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: July 1
  Alice Guy-Blaché, French-American filmmaker (d. 1968)
  Andrass Samuelsen, 1st Prime Minister of Faroe Islands (d. 1954)
  July 3 – Prince Yamashina Kikumaro, Japanese Prince (d. 1908)
  July 6 – Dimitrios Maximos, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1955)
  July 8 – Carl Vaugoin, 7th Chancellor of Austria (d. 1949)
  July 12 – Oscar von Sydow, 18th Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1936)
  July 20 – Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviation pioneer (suicide) (d. 1932)
  July 21 – Walter Morley Fletcher, British physiologist, administrator (d. 1933)
  July 22 – James Cousins, Irish writer (d. 1956)
  July 23 – Marie Janson, Belgian politician (d. 1960)
  August 5 – Joseph Russell Knowland, American politician, newspaperman (d. 1966)
  August 10 – William Ernest Hocking, American philosopher (d. 1966)
  August 13
  Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, South African author (d. 1932)
  Christian Rakovsky, Bulgarian revolutionary, Russian Bolshevik and Soviet diplomat, journalist, physician, and essayist (executed) (d. 1941)
  August 17 – John A. Sampson, American gynecologist (d. 1946)
  August 20 – William Henry Bell, 1st director of the South African College of Music (d. 1946)
  August 21 – Harry T. Morey, American actor (d. 1936)
  August 25 – Blanche Bates, American actress (d. 1941)
  August 26 – Lee de Forest, American inventor (d. 1961)
  September 1
  Sir Guy Standing, British actor (d. 1937)
  Felicija Bortkevičienė, Lithuanian politician, publisher  (d. 1945)
  September 5 – Cornelius Vanderbilt III, American military officer, inventor, engineer (d. 1942)
  September 8
  Sante Geronimo Caserio, Italian anarchist and assassin (d. 1894)
  Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright (d. 1907)
  David O. McKay, 9th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1970)
  September 17 – Ibrahim of Johor, Malaysian sultan (d. 1959)
  September 20
  Sidney Olcott, Canadian-born pioneer film director  (d. 1949)
  Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-born race car driver (d. 1944)
  September 21 – Papa Jack Laine, American jazz musician (d. 1966)
  September 25 – Fawcet Wray, British admiral (d. 1932)
  September 26 – Wacław Berent, Polish novelist, translator (d. 1940)
caption: Prince Yamashina Kikumaro
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