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Born in 1871

486 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Harry Van Bergen

    sailor

    1871–1963 · aged 92

    April 15 · 1871

    Source: Roglo

  2. Enrica von Handel-Mazzetti

    writer, poet

    1871–1955 · aged 84

    January 10 · 1871

    Source: Biographisches Lexikon des Landes Österreich ob der Enns

  3. Alexander F. I. Forbes

    architect, astronomer

    1871–1959 · aged 88

    April 13 · 1871

    Source: Biographical Database of Southern African Science

  4. Francesco Chiesa*

    writer, short story writer

    Date disputed

    July 1 · 1871

    Source: Swiss National Sound Archives Catalog

  5. Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

    military personnel

    1871–1955 · aged 83

    August 31 · 1871

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  6. William Hirons

    tug of war competitor

    1871–1958 · aged 86

    June 15 · 1871

    No external source identified

  7. Walter McCreery

    polo player

    1871–1922 · aged 51

    August 13 · 1871

    Source: Roglo

  8. Theo Frenkel

    screenwriter, film director

    1871–1956 · aged 85

    July 14 · 1871

    Source: theaterencyclopedie.nl

  9. Athanasios Vouros

    fencer

    1871–1959

    1871

    No external source identified

  10. Emilio Chiovenda

    scientific collector, botanist

    1871–1941 · aged 69

    May 18 · 1871

    No external source identified

  11. Panayot Pipkov

    actor, conductor

    1871–1942 · aged 70

    November 21 · 1871

    Source: ubc-bg.com

  12. George Thomas Moore

    botanist, writer

    1871–1956

    1871

    Source: SNAC

  13. Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann

    teacher, peace activist

    1871–1957 · aged 86

    July 29 · 1871

    No external source identified

  14. Angelo Musco*

    stage actor, actor

    Date disputed

    October 18 · 1871

    Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi

  15. Walter Cartwright

    association football player

    Born 1871

    1871

    No external source identified

  16. Paul Graebner

    university teacher, writer

    1871–1933

    1871

    Source: Harvard Index of Botanists

  17. Naima Sahlbom

    chemist, peace activist

    1871–1957 · aged 85

    May 15 · 1871

    Source: Swedish church birth records

  18. Vahan Malezyan

    translator, public figure

    1871–1967

    September 21 · 1871

    Source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia

  19. Beatriz Pinheiro

    poet, writer

    1871–1922 · aged 50

    October 29 · 1871

    Source: SHEWROTE

  20. Vladimir Arnoldi

    botanist, botanical collector

    1871–1924 · aged 52

    June 25 · 1871

    No external source identified

  21. Evangelos Gerakakis

    marathon runner

    1871–1913

    1871

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  22. Ernests Birznieks-Upītis

    writer

    1871–1960 · aged 89

    April 6 · 1871

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  23. Jack Flett

    lacrosse player

    1871–1932 · aged 61

    November 19 · 1871

    No external source identified

  24. Olaf Sæther

    sport shooter

    1871–1945 · aged 74

    July 1 · 1871

    No external source identified

  25. Karol Adwentowicz

    dramaturge, theatre director

    1871–1958 · aged 86

    October 19 · 1871

    Source: Find a Grave

  26. John Sandblom

    sailor, dentist

    1871–1948 · aged 77

    July 5 · 1871

    No external source identified

  27. Franz Kossmat

    malacologist, university teacher

    1871–1938 · aged 67

    August 22 · 1871

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  28. Georgios Grigoriou

    marathon runner

    Born 1871

    1871

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  29. Gideon Ericsson

    sport shooter

    1871–1936 · aged 64

    March 2 · 1871

    No external source identified

  30. Marcel Meran

    sailor

    1871–1949 · aged 77

    October 4 · 1871

    No external source identified

  31. Hellmer Hermandsen

    sport shooter

    1871–1958 · aged 87

    February 1 · 1871

    No external source identified

  32. Frank Dummerth

    rower

    1871–1936 · aged 65

    January 6 · 1871

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  33. Philadelphe de Gerde

    playwright, writer

    1871–1952 · aged 81

    March 21 · 1871

    No external source identified

  34. Thomas Butler

    athlete

    1871–1928 · aged 56

    December 10 · 1871

    Source: sports-reference.com

  35. Augusta Holtz

    1871–1986 · aged 115

    August 3 · 1871

    No external source identified

  36. Les Martovych

    writer, lawyer

    1871–1916 · aged 44

    February 12 · 1871

    No external source identified

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