Lou Andreas-Salomé

Lou Andreas-Salomé was a Russian-born psychoanalyst and a well-traveled author, narrator, and essayist from a French Huguenot-German family. Her diverse intellectual interests led to friendships with a broad array of distinguished thinkers, including Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, Paul Rée, and Rainer Maria Rilke.

12 February 1861

Born on the same birth day (12 February): Alemayehu Atomsa • Alexander Petrov (chess player) • Bernard Courtois • Bud Dupree • Charles Darwin • DeMarco Murray • François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers • Frederick II of Legnica • Gianni Romme • Gundappa Viswanath • Hussein Onn • Jacques Herbrand • Josh Brolin • Josh Phegley • Lorne Greene • Mike Posner • Nicolás Otamendi • Tex Beneke • Wade McKinnon

Born in the same month (February 1861): Alfred North Whitehead • Charles Édouard Guillaume • Ferdinand I of Bulgaria • Nadezhda Krupskaya • Nikolay Zelinsky • Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont • Solomon R. Guggenheim