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): Charles Francis Jenkins • Denis Papin • Ernest H. Volwiler • Honor Blackman • James Newland • Keren Cytter • Lisy Fischer • Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk • Mats Wilander • Stefano Tilli • Tokushōryū Makoto • Vernon Reid

Born in the same month (August 1860): Annie Oakley • Bazil Assan • David Bowman (politician) • Ernest Thompson Seton • Florence Harding • Isaac Levitan • Jules Laforgue • Klara Hitler • Louis Wain • Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke • Ottó Bláthy • Paul Gottlieb Nipkow • Raymond Poincaré • Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande • William Kennedy Dickson