ON THIS DAY

Born in 1887

838 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

Kate Gillou*
tennis player
Date disputed
February 17 · 1887
Source: olympedia.org
Kustaa Rovio
politician, revolutionary
1887–1938 · aged 51
January 23 · 1887
No external source identified
Oliver Ellsworth Buckley
inventor
1887–1959 · aged 72
August 8 · 1887
No external source identified
Frederik Jacobus Johannes Buytendijk
anthropologist, university teacher
1887–1974 · aged 87
April 29 · 1887
Source: Base biographique
Paul W. Merrill
astronomer
1887–1961 · aged 73
August 15 · 1887
Source: SNAC
Jean de Limur
screenwriter, film editor
1887–1976 · aged 88
November 13 · 1887
Source: Roglo
Sulayman Hayyim*
lexicographer, translator
Date disputed
1887
Source: Integrated Authority File
Pavel Argeyev
fighter pilot
1887–1922 · aged 35
March 1 · 1887
No external source identified
Ashot Hovhannisyan
politician, teacher
1887–1972
June 17 · 1887
Source: sci.am
Warren Wood
golfer
1887–1926 · aged 39
April 27 · 1887
No external source identified
José María Usandizaga
composer, pianist
1887–1915 · aged 28
March 31 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Margaret Newton
biologist, professor
1887–1971 · aged 83
April 20 · 1887
Source: uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org
José Domingues dos Santos
politician, minister
1887–1958 · aged 71
May 8 · 1887
No external source identified
Jean Ducret
association football player
1887–1975 · aged 87
November 27 · 1887
Source: birth certificate
Jean Toulout*
actor, screenwriter
Date disputed
September 28 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
A. W. Sandberg
screenwriter, cinematographer
1887–1938 · aged 50
May 22 · 1887
Source: Integrated Authority File
Ivan Kavaleridze*
film director, sculptor
Date disputed
April 13 · 1887
Source: parish register
Jean de La Varende*
novelist, short story writer
Date disputed
May 24 · 1887
Source: RKDartists
Rosita Marstini
film actor, stage actor
1887–1948 · aged 60
September 19 · 1887
Source: IMDb
Nicolae Bretan
opera singer, music critic
1887–1968 · aged 81
March 25 · 1887
No external source identified
Victor d'Arcy
athletics competitor
1887–1961 · aged 73
June 30 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Donald Ryder Dickey
ornithologist, mammalogist
1887–1932 · aged 45
March 31 · 1887
Source: Virtual International Authority File
Robert Land
director, film producer
1887–1940 · aged 53
July 13 · 1887
Source: Encyklopedie města Kroměříže
Felix Pipes
tennis player, ice hockey player
1887–1983 · aged 95
April 15 · 1887
No external source identified
Sigrid Fick*
tennis player
Date disputed
March 28 · 1887
No external source identified
Vincentas Borisevičius
Catholic bishop, university teacher
1887–1946 · aged 58
November 23 · 1887
Source: Integrated Authority File
Magnus Konow
sailor, ship-owner
1887–1972 · aged 84
September 1 · 1887
Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia
Giorgio Zampori
artistic gymnast
1887–1965 · aged 78
June 4 · 1887
No external source identified
Rudolph Lewis
sport cyclist
1887–1933 · aged 46
July 12 · 1887
No external source identified
Anthony Coldeway
film screenwriter, screenwriter
1887–1963 · aged 75
August 1 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Anna Hedvig Büll
missionary
1887–1981 · aged 94
February 4 · 1887
No external source identified
David W. Stewart
politician, lawyer
1887–1974 · aged 87
January 22 · 1887
Source: The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa
Kaikhaziz Atabayev
politician
1887–1938
1887
No external source identified
Kalle Anttila
amateur wrestler
1887–1949 · aged 62
August 30 · 1887
No external source identified
Erkki Karu
film director, film editor
1887–1935 · aged 48
April 10 · 1887
No external source identified
Karel Hromádka
chess player, chess composer
1887–1956 · aged 69
April 23 · 1887
Source: data.matricula-online.eu
Salvator Gotta
biographer, children's writer
1887–1980 · aged 93
May 18 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Nikolai Vekšin
sailor, skipper
1887–1951 · aged 63
May 10 · 1887
Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport
Oscar Kreuzer
rugby union player, tennis player
1887–1968 · aged 80
June 14 · 1887
Source: ITF website
Alexander McCulloch
rower
1887–1951 · aged 63
October 25 · 1887
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Edwin Scharff
illustrator, teacher
1887–1955 · aged 68
March 21 · 1887
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Ira Davenport*
baseball player, athletics competitor
Date disputed
October 13 · 1887
No external source identified
Ethel Doidge
bacteriologist, mycologist
1887–1965 · aged 78
May 31 · 1887
No external source identified
Ludwik Lawiński
comedian, actor
1887–1971 · aged 84
June 19 · 1887
Source: e-teatr.pl
Max Trapp
pianist, composer
1887–1971 · aged 83
November 1 · 1887
Source: Academy of Arts, Berlin
Ahmet Hamdi Akseki
politician, ulema
1887–1951
1887
Source: Integrated Authority File
Alexandru Borza
scientific collector, botanical collector
1887–1971 · aged 84
May 21 · 1887
No external source identified
Duncan Mackinnon
rower
1887–1917 · aged 30
September 29 · 1887
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Willem Andriessen
pianist, composer
1887–1964 · aged 76
October 25 · 1887
Source: Onze Musici (1923)
Ernest Pingoud
composer
1887–1942 · aged 54
October 14 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Oleg Frelikh
actor, film director
1887–1953 · aged 66
March 24 · 1887
No external source identified
Gunnar Björling
playwright, poet
1887–1960 · aged 73
May 31 · 1887
No external source identified
J.C. Bloem
jurist, journalist
1887–1966 · aged 79
May 10 · 1887
Source: SNAC
Franz Seitz Sr.*
stage actor, film actor
Date disputed
April 14 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Pieter Nicolaas van Eyck
university teacher, journalist
1887–1954
October 1 · 1887
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Julián Ruete
association football player, association football coach
1887–1939 · aged 52
January 29 · 1887
No external source identified
Bertil Sandström
military personnel, dressage rider
1887–1964 · aged 77
November 25 · 1887
Source: Sveriges dödbok 1830–2020
Vera Pashennaya
pedagogue, actor
1887–1962 · aged 75
September 19 · 1887
No external source identified
Henry Malherbe*
writer, prose writer
Date disputed
February 4 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
John Somers-Smith
rower
1887–1916 · aged 28
December 15 · 1887
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Arthur Omre
businessperson, journalist
1887–1967 · aged 79
December 17 · 1887
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Stasys Šimkus
choir director, composer
1887–1943 · aged 56
January 23 · 1887
Source: imslp.org
John Jackson
astronomer, astrophysicist
1887–1958 · aged 71
February 11 · 1887
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
A. Grace Cook
astronomer
1887–1958 · aged 71
February 18 · 1887
No external source identified
Paul Johner
chess player
1887–1938 · aged 51
September 10 · 1887
No external source identified
Petru Rocca
writer, politician
1887–1966 · aged 78
September 28 · 1887
No external source identified
George Larkin
film actor, screenwriter
1887–1946 · aged 58
November 11 · 1887
Source: SNAC
Alfonso Calzolari
sport cyclist
1887–1983 · aged 95
April 30 · 1887
No external source identified
Elena Caragiani-Stoenescu
aircraft pilot
1887–1929 · aged 41
May 13 · 1887
No external source identified
Felipe Alaiz de Pablo
journalist, writer
1887–1959 · aged 71
May 23 · 1887
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Marian Tumler
Catholic priest
1887–1987 · aged 100
October 21 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Heinrich Retschury
association football player, association football referee
1887–1944 · aged 57
January 5 · 1887
Source: Transfermarkt
Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar
writer
1887–1963 · aged 76
March 14 · 1887
No external source identified
Hipólito Lázaro
opera singer
1887–1974 · aged 86
September 13 · 1887
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Jean-Henri Humbert
botanical collector, botanist
1887–1967 · aged 80
January 24 · 1887
Source: Léonore database
Theodore Reed
screenwriter, film producer
1887–1959 · aged 71
June 18 · 1887
Source: filmportal.de
Vahram Kevorkian
association football player
1887–1911 · aged 23
December 17 · 1887
No external source identified
Frank Nelson
athletics competitor, baseball player
1887–1970 · aged 83
May 22 · 1887
No external source identified
Joseph T. Rucker
cinematographer
1887–1957 · aged 70
January 1 · 1887
No external source identified
Werner Kolhörster
university teacher, physicist
1887–1946 · aged 58
December 28 · 1887
Source: Munzinger Personen
James Duncan
discus thrower, athletics competitor
1887–1955 · aged 67
September 25 · 1887
No external source identified
Giorgi Akhvlediani
linguist
1887–1973 · aged 86
April 13 · 1887
Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia
Govhar Gaziyeva
actor, obstetrician
1887–1960
1887
No external source identified
Carlo Grano
theologian, Catholic priest
1887–1976 · aged 88
October 14 · 1887
Source: Find a Grave
Achille Lauro
politician, editor
1887–1982 · aged 95
June 19 · 1887
Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
Germaine Golding
tennis player
1887–1973 · aged 86
June 6 · 1887
Source: birth certificate
Ladislav Žemla
tennis player, Czechoslovak legionary
1887–1955 · aged 67
November 6 · 1887
Source: Database of the Military Historical Archive
Tollie Zellman
actor
1887–1964 · aged 77
August 31 · 1887
No external source identified
Marguerite Frick-Cramer
historian
1887–1963 · aged 75
December 28 · 1887
Source: Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
Isabel Andreu de Aguilar
writer, educator
1887–1948 · aged 60
November 27 · 1887
No external source identified
Miguelina Acosta Cárdenas
jurist, feminist
1887–1933 · aged 45
November 23 · 1887
Source: omu.unife.edu.pe
Sydney Battersby
swimmer
1887–1974 · aged 86
November 18 · 1887
Source: olympedia.org
Arthur McCabe
rugby league player, rugby union player
1887–1924 · aged 37
June 23 · 1887
No external source identified
Aage Fønss
opera singer, actor
1887–1976 · aged 88
December 12 · 1887
Source: filmportal.de
Carl Freiherr von Langen
athlete, writer
1887–1934 · aged 47
July 25 · 1887
Source: Integrated Authority File
Jack Hickey
rugby league player, rugby union player
1887–1950 · aged 63
January 4 · 1887
No external source identified
Kärim Tinçurin
playwright, theatre director
1887–1938 · aged 51
September 15 · 1887
No external source identified
Raymond Thorne
water polo player, swimmer
1887–1921 · aged 33
April 29 · 1887
No external source identified
Arvo Lindén
competitive diver, amateur wrestler
1887–1941 · aged 54
February 27 · 1887
No external source identified
Nicolás Fasolino
Catholic priest, historian
1887–1969 · aged 82
January 3 · 1887
Source: Find a Grave
Ebba Thomsen
actor
1887–1973 · aged 86
May 3 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Väinö Siikaniemi
athletics competitor, poet
1887–1932 · aged 45
March 27 · 1887
No external source identified
Sándor Prokopp
jurist, sport shooter
1887–1964 · aged 77
May 7 · 1887
No external source identified
Brian Gilbert
tennis player
1887–1974 · aged 86
July 17 · 1887
Source: 100 years of Wimbledon
Arne Halse
athletics competitor
1887–1975 · aged 87
October 20 · 1887
No external source identified
Thomas Aass
politician
1887–1961 · aged 74
April 28 · 1887
No external source identified
Hugo Johansson
sport shooter
1887–1977 · aged 89
June 16 · 1887
No external source identified
Vic Gonsalves*
association football player
Date disputed
October 20 · 1887
Source: worldfootball.net
Gerard Bosch van Drakestein
journalist, track cyclist
1887–1972 · aged 84
July 24 · 1887
Source: Biografisch Portaal
Sarah Martha Baker
botanist, ecologist
1887–1917 · aged 29
June 4 · 1887
Source: The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science
Peter Ratican
association football player
1887–1922 · aged 35
April 13 · 1887
No external source identified
Nico de Wolf
architect, association football player
1887–1967 · aged 79
October 27 · 1887
Source: Transfermarkt
Olga Oelkers
fencer
1887–1969 · aged 81
May 21 · 1887
No external source identified
József Grősz*
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
Date disputed
December 9 · 1887
Source: Integrated Authority File
Charles Aman
rower
1887–1936
September 25 · 1887
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Carl Schutte
sport cyclist
1887–1962 · aged 74
October 5 · 1887
No external source identified
Emanuele Beraudo di Pralormo
military personnel, event rider
1887–1960 · aged 73
July 13 · 1887
Source: Roglo
Teodor Koskenniemi
long-distance runner, athletics competitor
1887–1965 · aged 77
November 5 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Paul Marie André Richaud
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
1887–1968 · aged 80
April 16 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Jean Choux
film director, film producer
1887–1946 · aged 58
March 6 · 1887
Source: filmportal.de
Felix Iversen
mathematician
1887–1973 · aged 85
October 22 · 1887
No external source identified
Marie Reisik
teacher, politician
1887–1941 · aged 54
February 6 · 1887
Source: Q136556198
Janne Lundblad
military personnel, dressage rider
1887–1940 · aged 53
April 11 · 1887
No external source identified
Hugh Roddin
boxer
1887–1954 · aged 66
March 10 · 1887
No external source identified
Pier Maria Rosso di San Secondo
comedy writer, journalist
1887–1956 · aged 68
November 30 · 1887
Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
André Trousselier
association football player, sport cyclist
1887–1968 · aged 80
May 29 · 1887
Source: birth certificate
Wiktor Andersson
actor
1887–1966 · aged 79
June 19 · 1887
Source: Musikverkets auktoritetsdatabas
Charles Bugbee
water polo player, swimmer
1887–1959 · aged 72
August 29 · 1887
No external source identified
Manfred Toeppen
water polo player, swimmer
1887–1968 · aged 80
September 3 · 1887
No external source identified
Lisa Regnell
competitive diver
1887–1979 · aged 92
February 3 · 1887
Source: Sveriges dödbok
Jo van Gastel
archer
1887–1969 · aged 82
January 5 · 1887
Source: Roglo
William Henry Dean
water polo player, association football player
1887–1949 · aged 62
February 6 · 1887
No external source identified
Ejnar Dyggve
classical archaeologist, building researcher
1887–1961 · aged 73
October 17 · 1887
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Arthur Hoffmann
athlete, sprinter
1887–1932 · aged 44
December 10 · 1887
No external source identified
Angelo Gremo
sport cyclist
1887–1940 · aged 52
December 3 · 1887
No external source identified
Ariy Pazovsky
musician, violinist
1887–1953 · aged 65
February 2 · 1887
No external source identified
Ernst Dernburg
musician, actor
1887–1960
April 4 · 1887
Source: Integrated Authority File
Cyril Alden
sport cyclist
1887–1965 · aged 77
November 6 · 1887
No external source identified
Felice Minotti
actor, film director
1887–1963 · aged 75
November 19 · 1887
No external source identified
Merritt Giffin
athletics competitor
1887–1911 · aged 23
August 20 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Hranush Arshagyan
poet
1887–1905 · aged 17
July 28 · 1887
Source: Armenian Concise Encyclopedia
Hans Pedersen
artistic gymnast
1887–1943 · aged 55
November 5 · 1887
No external source identified
Arvi Pohjanpää
lawyer, judge
1887–1959 · aged 72
July 10 · 1887
No external source identified
Emil Magnusson
athletics competitor
1887–1933 · aged 45
November 23 · 1887
No external source identified
Karl Neumer
sport cyclist
1887–1984 · aged 97
February 23 · 1887
No external source identified
Ge Fortgens
association football player
1887–1957 · aged 69
July 10 · 1887
Source: Transfermarkt
Frederick Garfield Gilmore
boxer
1887–1969 · aged 81
May 22 · 1887
No external source identified
Jorge de Paiva
fencer
1887–1937 · aged 49
May 13 · 1887
No external source identified
Gustaf Blomgren
competitive diver
1887–1956 · aged 68
December 24 · 1887
No external source identified
William Cowhig
artistic gymnast
1887–1964 · aged 77
April 5 · 1887
No external source identified

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