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Born in 1887

838 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

Charles Reisner
film actor, director
1887–1962 · aged 75
March 14 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Frank Chodorov
political scientist, essayist
1887–1966 · aged 79
February 15 · 1887
Source: SNAC
Ernst Toch
music educator, musicologist
1887–1964 · aged 76
December 7 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Frank Woolley
cricketer
1887–1978 · aged 91
May 27 · 1887
Source: tradingcarddb.com
Pinchas Rosen
jurist, politician
1887–1978 · aged 91
May 1 · 1887
Source: Munzinger Personen
Saliha Naciye Kadın
aristocrat
1887–1923
1887
No external source identified
Antanas Merkys
politician, lawyer
1887–1955 · aged 68
February 13 · 1887
No external source identified
Stefan Grabiński
writer, science fiction writer
1887–1936 · aged 49
February 26 · 1887
Source: filmportal.de
Waloddi Weibull
university teacher, statistician
1887–1979 · aged 92
June 18 · 1887
No external source identified
Georg Heym
writer, poet
1887–1912 · aged 24
October 30 · 1887
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Ba U
jurist, judge
1887–1963 · aged 76
May 26 · 1887
No external source identified
Carl Ebert
director, actor
1887–1980 · aged 93
February 20 · 1887
Source: Munzinger Personen
Valentine Hugo
painter, illustrator
1887–1968 · aged 81
March 16 · 1887
Source: SNAC
Gregorio Marañón
university teacher, endocrinologist
1887–1960 · aged 72
May 19 · 1887
Source: Base biographique
Al Ernest Garcia
film director, film actor
1887–1938 · aged 51
March 11 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Charles Nordhoff
writer, novelist
1887–1947 · aged 60
February 1 · 1887
Source: Nordhoff, Charles Bernard (01 February 1887–11 April 1947), fiction writers
Lynne Overman
actor
1887–1943 · aged 55
September 19 · 1887
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Bernard Paget
military officer
1887–1961 · aged 73
September 15 · 1887
Source: The Peerage
François Faber
sport cyclist
1887–1915 · aged 28
January 26 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Pieter Geyl
writer, historian
1887–1966 · aged 79
December 15 · 1887
Source: KNAW Past Members
A. Willis Robertson
politician, lawyer
1887–1971 · aged 84
May 27 · 1887
Source: Find a Grave
Charles D. Brown
actor, film actor
1887–1948 · aged 61
July 1 · 1887
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Paula von Preradović
composer, writer
1887–1951 · aged 63
October 12 · 1887
Source: Literatur in Österreich 1938-1945, Band 4: Wien
Igor Severyanin
translator of Adam Mickiewicz, translator
1887–1941 · aged 54
May 16 · 1887
Source: Concise Literary Encyclopedia
Róbert Berény
exlibrist, poster artist
1887–1953 · aged 66
March 18 · 1887
Source: SNAC
Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt
military officer
1887–1943 · aged 55
July 13 · 1887
No external source identified
Salama Musa
journal editor, film editor
1887–1958 · aged 71
February 4 · 1887
Source: Jara'id: A Chronology of Arabic Periodicals
Leevi Madetoja
choreographer, musicologist
1887–1947 · aged 60
February 17 · 1887
Source: Musicalics
Saturnino Herrán Guinchard
university teacher, painter
1887–1918 · aged 31
July 9 · 1887
Source: Herrán, Saturnino
Octave Lapize
sport cyclist
1887–1917 · aged 29
October 24 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Oswald Carver
engineer, rower
1887–1915 · aged 28
February 2 · 1887
Source: Roglo
George Vernadsky
university teacher, historian
1887–1973 · aged 85
September 1 · 1887
Source: SNAC
Maurice Elvey
director, screenwriter
1887–1967 · aged 79
November 11 · 1887
Source: Integrated Authority File
Hayk Bzhishkyan*
military officer, politician
Date disputed
February 18 · 1887
Source: Who is Who: Armenians
Maria Lacerda de Moura*
feminist, journalist
Date disputed
May 16 · 1887
Source: Integrated Authority File
Amber Reeves
essayist, writer
1887–1981 · aged 94
July 1 · 1887
Source: SNAC
Vladimir Smirnov
politician, communist
1887–1937
1887
Source: Genealogics
Estelle Hemsley
actor, stage actor
1887–1968 · aged 81
May 5 · 1887
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Otto Schniewind*
soldier, admiral
Date disputed
December 14 · 1887
Source: Integrated Authority File
Isaac Tabenkin
rancher, politician
1887–1971 · aged 84
January 8 · 1887
Source: BillionGraves
Zena Dare
film actor, actor
1887–1975 · aged 88
February 4 · 1887
No external source identified
Ernst Boepple
military personnel, philosopher
1887–1950 · aged 63
November 30 · 1887
Source: SNAC
Frank Moran
boxer, American football player
1887–1967 · aged 80
March 18 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Louise Boyd
botanical collector, photographer
1887–1972 · aged 84
September 16 · 1887
No external source identified
Birger Furugård
veterinarian, politician
1887–1961 · aged 73
December 8 · 1887
Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
Karl Taylor Compton
university teacher, nuclear physicist
1887–1954 · aged 66
September 14 · 1887
Source: Integrated Authority File
Hugo Eberlein
politician, functionary
1887–1941 · aged 54
May 4 · 1887
No external source identified
Ricardo Wolf
philanthropist, chemist
1887–1981
1887
Source: Integrated Authority File
Princess Vjera of Montenegro
aristocrat
1887–1927 · aged 40
February 22 · 1887
Source: The Peerage
Sadamu Shimomura
politician, military personnel
1887–1968 · aged 80
September 23 · 1887
No external source identified
Wilhelm Hoegner
politician, lawyer
1887–1980 · aged 92
September 23 · 1887
Source: Munzinger Personen
Malcolm Keen
film actor, actor
1887–1970 · aged 82
August 8 · 1887
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Fanya Baron
anarchist, women's rights activist
1887–1921
1887
Source: libcom.org
René Maran
writer, poet
1887–1960 · aged 72
November 8 · 1887
Source: Babelio
Italo Gismondi
archaeologist, general contractor
1887–1974 · aged 87
August 12 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Petra Herrera
Soldadera
1887–1917 · aged 29
June 29 · 1887
No external source identified
Erich Hecke
university teacher, mathematician
1887–1947 · aged 59
September 20 · 1887
Source: SNAC
Hugo Jury
politician, physician
1887–1945
July 13 · 1887
Source: Munzinger Personen
Mir-Jam
journalist, writer
1887–1952 · aged 65
April 22 · 1887
No external source identified
Luigi Rizzo
military officer, soldier
1887–1951 · aged 63
October 8 · 1887
No external source identified
William Zorach*
sculptor, printmaker
Date disputed
February 28 · 1887
Source: RKDartists
Lajos Kassák
writer, graphic artist
1887–1967 · aged 80
March 21 · 1887
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Avraam Benaroya
journalist, laborer
1887–1979
1887
Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
Hans Freyer
philosopher, sociologist
1887–1969 · aged 81
July 31 · 1887
Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia
Kurt Wolff
publisher, journalist
1887–1963 · aged 76
March 3 · 1887
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Bull Montana
professional wrestler, actor
1887–1950 · aged 62
May 16 · 1887
Source: Find a Grave
Juan Manuel Gálvez
lawyer, politician
1887–1972 · aged 85
June 10 · 1887
No external source identified
Otto M. Nikodym
mathematician, university teacher
1887–1974
August 13 · 1887
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Valerian Osinski*
politician, functionary
Date disputed
February 25 · 1887
Source: Integrated Authority File
Konstantin Kalinin
military flight engineer, aircraft pilot
1887–1938 · aged 51
February 5 · 1887
No external source identified
Géza Csáth
physician, writer
1887–1919 · aged 32
February 13 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Luckey Roberts
musician, pianist
1887–1968 · aged 80
August 7 · 1887
No external source identified
Kurt Feldt
military personnel
1887–1970 · aged 82
November 22 · 1887
No external source identified
Yvonne de Bray
actor
1887–1954 · aged 66
May 12 · 1887
Source: GeneaStar
Joseph Orbeli
orientalist, philologist
1887–1961 · aged 73
March 20 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Floyd Dell
poet, literary critic
1887–1969 · aged 82
June 28 · 1887
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Hans Ehard
lawyer, politician
1887–1980 · aged 92
November 10 · 1887
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics
diplomat, head of government
1887–1925 · aged 38
February 5 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Ernst Wiechert
writer, resistance fighter
1887–1950 · aged 63
May 18 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Heino Eller
music educator, music teacher
1887–1970 · aged 83
March 7 · 1887
Source: Musicalics
Sultan Majid Afandiyev
politician
1887–1938 · aged 50
May 26 · 1887
No external source identified
Ignatius Afram I Barsoum
diplomat, researcher
1887–1957 · aged 70
June 15 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Ferenc Szombathelyi
military personnel
1887–1946 · aged 59
May 17 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Raoul Paoli
actor, rugby union player
1887–1960 · aged 72
November 24 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Boris Nicolaevsky*
journalist, historian
Date disputed
October 20 · 1887
No external source identified
Charles de Rochefort
director, film actor
1887–1952 · aged 64
July 7 · 1887
Source: Roglo
Salvador Castaneda Castro
politician
1887–1965 · aged 77
August 6 · 1887
No external source identified
Harold Lockwood
actor, film actor
1887–1918 · aged 31
April 12 · 1887
Source: Find a Grave
Benjamin Glazer
film producer, screenwriter
1887–1956 · aged 68
May 7 · 1887
Source: filmportal.de
Willy Leow
artisan, politician
1887–1937 · aged 50
January 25 · 1887
Source: filmportal.de
Edward Andrade
physicist, university teacher
1887–1971 · aged 83
December 27 · 1887
Source: La France savante
Dimitri Uznadze*
philosopher, university teacher
Date disputed
January 2 · 1887
Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia
Michael Browne
Catholic theologian, friar
1887–1971 · aged 83
May 6 · 1887
Source: Dictionary of Irish Biography
Elisabeth Schragmüller
spy, docent
1887–1940 · aged 52
August 7 · 1887
Source: Integrated Authority File
Ernst-Eberhard Hell
military personnel, military officer
1887–1973 · aged 85
September 19 · 1887
No external source identified
Ray Cummings
novelist, science fiction writer
1887–1957 · aged 69
August 30 · 1887
Source: NooSFere
Néstor Martín-Fernández de la Torre
painter, costume designer
1887–1938 · aged 50
February 7 · 1887
Source: RKDartists
Ruth Hale
feminist, journalist
1887–1934
1887
Source: SNAC
Carmen Lyra
teacher, librettist
1887–1949
January 15 · 1887
Source: La Nación
Norman L. Bowen
mineralogist, geologist
1887–1956 · aged 69
June 21 · 1887
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Marguerite Zorach
draftsperson, textile artist
1887–1968 · aged 80
September 25 · 1887
Source: SNAC
Lyda Borelli*
stage actor, film actor
Date disputed
March 22 · 1887
Source: Find a Grave
Gus Arnheim*
pianist, bandleader
Date disputed
September 11 · 1887
Source: IMDb
Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa
politician, aristocrat
1887–1923 · aged 35
April 18 · 1887
No external source identified
Harry Austryn Wolfson
philosopher, Judaic scholar
1887–1974 · aged 86
November 2 · 1887
Source: AlKindi
Valiko Jugheli
politician
1887–1924 · aged 37
January 1 · 1887
No external source identified
Gaston Modot
screenwriter, actor
1887–1970 · aged 82
December 31 · 1887
Source: filmportal.de
Hendrika Johanna van Leeuwen
university teacher, physicist
1887–1974 · aged 86
July 3 · 1887
Source: nationaalarchief.nl
Nils Middelboe
sprinter, athletics competitor
1887–1976 · aged 88
October 5 · 1887
No external source identified
Susan Ertz*
science fiction writer, writer
Date disputed
February 13 · 1887
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Charley Rogers
director, screenwriter
1887–1956 · aged 69
January 15 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Oskar Luts
humorist, screenwriter
1887–1953 · aged 66
January 7 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Heinz Tiessen
music educator, music critic
1887–1971 · aged 84
April 10 · 1887
Source: SNAC
Armen Ohanian
literary scholar, répétiteur
1887–1976
1887
Source: BnF authorities
Cella Delavrancea
pianist, writer
1887–1991 · aged 103
December 15 · 1887
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Noel Beresford-Peirse
military personnel
1887–1953 · aged 65
December 22 · 1887
Source: The Peerage
Arvo Ylppö
pediatrician, professor
1887–1992 · aged 104
October 27 · 1887
Source: Base biographique
Abolqasem Lahouti
politician, writer
1887–1957 · aged 69
October 12 · 1887
No external source identified
Zenobia Camprubí
university teacher, writer
1887–1956 · aged 69
August 31 · 1887
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu
teacher, inventor
1887–1973 · aged 86
November 10 · 1887
No external source identified
Anthony van Hoboken
musicologist, collector
1887–1983
March 23 · 1887
Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia
Vladimir Smirnov
scientist, mathematician
1887–1974 · aged 86
June 10 · 1887
No external source identified
Ruth Bancroft Law
aircraft pilot
1887–1970 · aged 83
March 21 · 1887
No external source identified
Max Josef Metzger
resistance fighter, pacifist
1887–1944 · aged 57
February 3 · 1887
Source: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
Alfred Ritter von Hubicki
military personnel
1887–1971 · aged 84
February 5 · 1887
No external source identified
Ahmet Haşim*
poet, writer
Date disputed
1887
Source: nadirkitap.com
Devorah Baron
writer, translator
1887–1956 · aged 68
December 4 · 1887
Source: Kressel's Cyclopedia of Modern Hebrew Literature
Qazim Koculi
politician
1887–1943 · aged 55
August 22 · 1887
No external source identified
Noah Young
actor
1887–1958 · aged 71
February 2 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Walther Mayer
mathematician, university teacher
1887–1948 · aged 61
March 11 · 1887
Source: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950
Thapi Dharma Rao
journalist, lyricist
1887–1973
September 19 · 1887
No external source identified
Charles W. Sawyer
diplomat, jurist
1887–1979 · aged 92
February 10 · 1887
Source: SNAC
Sami as-Solh*
politician, qadi
Date disputed
July 5 · 1887
No external source identified
Kanson Arahata
literary critic, writer
1887–1981
1887
Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
Frank Gray
engineer, physicist
1887–1969 · aged 81
September 13 · 1887
No external source identified
Jakob van Hoddis
writer, poet
1887–1942
May 16 · 1887
Source: Q108982997
Pierre Jean Jouve
critic, poet
1887–1976 · aged 88
October 11 · 1887
Source: Find a Grave
Mary Ellen Chase
university teacher, novelist
1887–1973 · aged 86
February 24 · 1887
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Carlos Dávila
politician, journalist
1887–1955 · aged 68
September 15 · 1887
Source: Memoria Chilena
Qian Xuantong
university teacher, Esperantist
1887–1939
1887
Source: Korean Authority File
Louis Persinger
violinist, musician
1887–1966 · aged 79
February 11 · 1887
Source: SNAC
Mabel Taliaferro
suffragist, film actor
1887–1979 · aged 91
May 21 · 1887
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Raymond Thayer Birge
university teacher, physicist
1887–1980 · aged 93
March 13 · 1887
Source: SNAC
Bruno Frank
editor, screenwriter
1887–1945
June 13 · 1887
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Alexandre Jacovleff
watercolorist, graphic artist
1887–1938 · aged 50
June 25 · 1887
Source: RKDartists
Clodomiro Picado
biologist
1887–1944 · aged 57
April 17 · 1887
No external source identified
Heinrich Danckelmann
military personnel
1887–1947 · aged 60
August 2 · 1887
No external source identified
Horst Stumpff
military officer
1887–1958 · aged 71
November 20 · 1887
No external source identified
Benedikt Livshits
writer, translator
1887–1938 · aged 51
January 6 · 1887
Source: Writers of St. Petersburg. XX century
Fartein Valen*
composer, musicologist
Date disputed
August 25 · 1887
Source: Hvem er Hvem? (1948)

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