Alfred Ploetz

Alfred Ploetz was a German physician, biologist, Social Darwinist, and eugenicist known for coining the term racial hygiene (Rassenhygiene), a form of eugenics, and for promoting the concept in Germany.

22 August 1860

Born on the same birth date (22 August 1860): Paul Gottlieb Nipkow

Born on the same birth day (22 August): Aya Sumika • Charlie Connelly • Frederick II, Elector of Saxony • Jang Hyun-kyu • Kelly Freas • Paul Gottlieb Nipkow • Rich Lowry • Roland Benschneider • Ron Dante • Tokushōryū Makoto

Born in the same month (August 1860): Annie Oakley • David Bowman (politician) • Ernest Thompson Seton • Florence Harding • Isaac Levitan • Louis Wain • Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke • Ottó Bláthy • Paul Gottlieb Nipkow • William Kennedy Dickson