Authors born in 1865
- Abraham Isaac Kook Rabbi, 1865
- Adela Florence Nicolson Poet, 1865
- Alfred George Gardiner Journalist, 1865
- Alfred Harmsworth Businessman, 1865
- Anandi Gopal Joshi Physician, 1865
- Angel Ganivet Writer, 1865
- Arthur Capper Politician, 1865
- Arthur Harry Church Botanist, 1865
- Arthur Symons Poet, 1865
- Benjamin Guggenheim Businessman, 1865
- Bernard Berenson Historian, 1865
- Bernard Lazare Literary Critic, 1865
- Carl Nielsen Composer, 1865
- Charles G. Dawes Banker, 1865
- Charles Horace Mayo Medical Theorist, 1865
- Charles Proteus Steinmetz Mathematician, 1865
- Darwin D. Martin Businessman, 1865
- Edith Cavell Nurse, 1865
- Edward C. Greer Baseball Player, 1865
- Edward Dyson Journalist, 1865
- Elizabeth Towne Writer, 1865
- Emile Jaques-Dalcroze Composer, 1865
- Emily James Smith Putnam Author, 1865
- Emma Orczy Novelist, 1865
- Erich Ludendorff Military General , 1865
- Ernst Troeltsch Theologian, 1865
- Evangeline Booth Theologian, 1865
- Frank Moore Colby Educator, 1865
- H. A. L. Fisher Historian, 1865
- Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher Politician, 1865
- Irving Babbitt Literary Critic, 1865
- James Henry Breasted Archaeologist, 1865
- John Monash Civil Engineer, 1865
- John Mott Evangelist, 1865
- John Raleigh Mott Evangelist, 1865
- Karl Blossfeldt Photographer, 1865
- Kate Gleason Engineer, 1865
- Kate Langley Bosher Novelist, 1865
- Katharine Sharp Librarian, 1865
- King George V Royalty, 1865