Andrew Dickson White

Andrew Dickson White was an American historian and educator who co-founded Cornell University, one of eight Ivy League universities in the United States, and served as its first president for nearly two decades. He was known for expanding the scope of college curricula. A politician, he had served as New York state senator and was later appointed as U.S. ambassador to Germany and Russia.

7 November 1832

Born on the same birth day (7 November): Al Attles • Alexandre Guimarães • Andy Houston • Andy Hull • Christopher Foster (bishop) • Dirk Shafer • Dmitry Kozak • Forrest Kline • Gervasio Deferr • Jack Fleck • Leon Trotsky • Liam Ó Maonlaí • Mohamed Aboutrika • Muhammad Hassan (wrestler) • Nana Okada • Nellie Campobello • Nestor Makhno • Steve Parkin • Steven Stucky • Tracie Savage

Born in the same month (November 1832): Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld • Henry Strangways • James Dickson (Queensland politician) • Louisa May Alcott • Mary Edwards Walker • Rudolph Koenig • Émile Gaboriau