Isidor Straus

Isidor Straus was a Bavarian-born American businessman, politician and co-owner of Macy's department store with his brother Nathan. He also served for just over a year as a member of the United States House of Representatives. He died with his wife, Ida, in the sinking of the Titanic.

6 February 1845

Born on the same birth day (6 February): Amintore Fanfani • Axl Rose • Bruno Stolorz • Camilo Cienfuegos • Dimas Delgado • Eric Partridge • Imre Frivaldszky • Irmgard Keun • Joanna, Princess of Portugal • John Stevens Henslow • Kim Poirier • Lothar-Günther Buchheim • Magnús Guðmundsson • Othon Friesz • Pierre-Joseph Desault • Robert M. La Follette Jr.

Born in the same month (February 1845): Ahmet Tevfik Pasha • Elihu Root • George Kennan (explorer) • George Reid