* 1895 – Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.

* 1895 – Dudley Nichols, American screenwriter ( d. 1960 )

* 1895 – Philippe Panneton, French Canadian physician, diplomat, and writer ( d. 1960 )

* 1803 – Edward Beecher, American theologian ( d. 1895 )

* 1895 – Andreas Alföldi, Hungarian historian and archaeologist ( d. 1981 )

* 1895 – Ernesto Lecuona, Cuban pianist and composer ( d. 1963 )

The Paris – Bordeaux – Paris race of June 1895 has sometimes been erroneously described as the " first motor race ", despite the 1894 event being decided by speed and finishing order of the eligible racers.

* 1895 – István Barta, Hungarian water polo player ( d. 1948 )

* 1895 – Bert Lahr, American actor ( d. 1967 )

* 1828 – Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general ( d. 1895 )

* 1895 – Matt Henderson, New Zealand cricketer ( d. 1970 )

* 1817 – Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, Austrian general ( d. 1895 )

* 1895 – Neva Morris, American super-centenarian ( d. 2010 )

* 1895 – Marguerite Nichols, American actress ( d. 1941 )

* 1973 – Richard Marshall, American general ( b. 1895 )

The second generation was led by Fernand Braudel ( 1902 – 1985 ) and included Georges Duby ( 1919 – 1996 ), Pierre Goubert ( 1915 – 2012 ), Robert Mandrou ( 1921 – 1984 ), Pierre Chaunu ( 1923 – 2009 ), Jacques Le Goff ( 1924 – ) and Ernest Labrousse ( 1895 – 1988 ).

* 1895 – Robert Dean Frisbie, American writer ( d. 1948 )

* 1895 – Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer ( d. 1973 )

* August 23 – Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor ( b. 1895 )

Rudolph Valentino ( May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926 ) was an Italian actor, known simply as " Valentino " and also an early pop icon.

* Rudolph Valentino ( 1895 – 1926 ), actor

Rudolph Minkowski ( born Rudolf Leo Bernhard Minkowski ; May 28, 1895 – January 4, 1976 ) was a German-American astronomer.

Charles Rudolph Boysen ( July 14, 1895 – November 25, 1950 ) was the California horticulturist who created the boysenberry, a hybrid between several varieties of blackberries, raspberries, and loganberries.

Well known composers of the Netherlands Antilles are Jan Gerard Palm ( 1831 – 1906 ), Chris Ulder ( 1843 – 1895 ), Joseph Sickman Corsen ( 1853 – 1911 ), Paul de Lima ( 1861 – 1926 ), Jacobo Conrad ( 1879 – 1918 ), Rudolph Palm ( 1880 – 1950 ), Charles Maduro ( 1883 – 1947 ), John Palm ( 1885 – 1925 ), Toni Palm ( 1885 – 1963 ), Jacobo Palm ( 1887 – 1982 ) Albert Palm ( 1903 – 1958 ), Edgar Palm ( 1905 – 1998 ), Wim Statius Muller ( 1930 ), Robert Rojer ( 1939 ) and Randal Corsen ( b 1972 ).

He was especially known for his heroic portrayal of Rudolph Rassendyl in the first stage adaptation of The Prisoner of Zenda, by Anthony Hope, which he first played in 1895.

* 1974 – Bud Abbott, American actor and comedian ( b. 1895 )

* 1967 – Bert Lahr, American actor ( b. 1895 )

* 1895 – Louis Calhern, American actor ( d. 1956 )

* 1956 – Louis Calhern, American actor ( b. 1895 )

* 1895 – Richard Barthelmess, American actor ( d. 1963 )

* 1895 – Paul Lukas, Hungarian actor ( d. 1971 )

* 1895 – Fridolf Rhudin Swedish actor and comedian ( d. 1935 )

: For the African-American actor of the same name, see Rex Ingram ( actor ) ( 1895 – 1969 ).

Allan Aynesworth, Evelyn Millard, Irene Vanbrugh and George Alexander ( actor ) | George Alexander in the 1895 London premiere

** Russell Hicks, American actor ( b. 1895 )

** Raymond Griffith, American actor ( b. 1895 )

* February 27 – John Boles, American actor ( b. 1895 )

* September 19 – Rex Ingram, American actor ( b. 1895 )

* April 11 – Nando Bruno, Italian film actor ( b. 1895 )

* August 17 – Richard Barthelmess, American actor ( b. 1895 )

** Bud Abbott, American actor ( Abbott and Costello ) ( b. 1895 )

* January 18 – Bert Wheeler, American actor and comedian ( b. 1895 )

** Edward Brophy, American actor ( b. 1895 )

** Lucien Littlefield, American actor ( b. 1895 )

* September 12 – William Boyd, American actor ( b. 1895 )

* May 12 – Louis Calhern, American actor ( b. 1895 )