Prafulla Chandra Ray

Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray, CIE, FNI, FRASB, FIAS, FCS was an Indian chemist, educationist, historian, industrialist and philanthropist. He established the first modern Indian research school in chemistry and is regarded as the Father of Indian Chemistry.

2 August 1861

Born on the same birth day (2 August): Aaron Krickstein • Adolf Friedrich von Schack • Alexander Emelianenko • Austin Theory • Beatrice Straight • Charli XCX • Deividas Šemberas • Eric Simms (rugby league) • Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi • Irving Babbitt • Jack L. Warner • John Dexter • John McCormack (ice hockey) • Linda Fratianne • Michael Weiss (figure skater) • Philippe II, Duke of Orléans • President of Israel • Ron Brierley • Theodor Zwinger • Tom Burgmeier • Vali Myers

Born in the same month (August 1861): Byron G. Harlan • Daniel Edward Howard • Dorothea Klumpke • Sammy Jones