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Born in 1888

846 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

Ramón Otero Pedrayo
politician, novelist
1888–1976 · aged 88
March 5 · 1888
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Johannes Riemann
film director, stage actor
1888–1959 · aged 71
May 31 · 1888
Source: Integrated Authority File
Jokūbas Šernas
economist, politician
1888–1926 · aged 38
June 14 · 1888
No external source identified
Roger Ducret
fencer
1888–1962 · aged 73
April 2 · 1888
Source: GeneaStar
Elisabeth Erdmann-Macke
model, author
1888–1978 · aged 89
May 11 · 1888
No external source identified
Friedrich Wilhelm Levi
mathematician, university teacher
1888–1966 · aged 77
February 6 · 1888
Source: Integrated Authority File
Robert Thornby
screenwriter, film actor
1888–1953 · aged 64
March 27 · 1888
Source: BnF authorities
Ángela Acuña
suffragette, women's rights activist
1888–1983 · aged 95
October 2 · 1888
Source: FemBio database
Lutfi al-Haffar*
businessperson, economist
Date disputed
1888
Source: al-Aʻlām (Dār al-ʻIlm, 2002)
Andrea Andreen
physician, peace activist
1888–1972 · aged 83
July 11 · 1888
Source: Swedish household records
Lauri Malmberg
military officer, politician
1888–1948 · aged 59
May 8 · 1888
No external source identified
Hanns Schwarz*
film director, screenwriter
Date disputed
February 11 · 1888
Source: BnF authorities
Fritz Förderer
association football player
1888–1952 · aged 64
January 5 · 1888
Source: Integrated Authority File
Izydora Kosach-Borysova
opinion journalist, translator
1888–1980 · aged 92
March 21 · 1888
No external source identified
Rosy Wertheim
composer, choir director
1888–1949 · aged 61
February 19 · 1888
Source: Online Begraafplaatsen
Robert Bourne
politician, rower
1888–1938 · aged 50
July 15 · 1888
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Jean Alavoine
sport cyclist
1888–1943 · aged 55
April 1 · 1888
No external source identified
Agnes Windeck
actor, stage actor
1888–1975 · aged 87
March 27 · 1888
Source: Munzinger Personen
Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky
cinematographer, camera operator
1888–1955 · aged 66
December 24 · 1888
No external source identified
Grga Novak
historian, archaeologist
1888–1978 · aged 90
April 2 · 1888
Source: BnF authorities
Edward Cook*
athletics competitor
Date disputed
November 27 · 1888
Source: World Athletics database
Claude Delvincourt
pianist, composer
1888–1954 · aged 66
January 12 · 1888
Source: Musicalics
Eliseo Brown
association football player
1888–date unavailable
October 29 · 1888
No external source identified
Victor Palmov
illustrator, painter
1888–1929
1888
Source: Museum of Modern Art online collection
Karl von Oven
military personnel
1888–1974 · aged 85
November 29 · 1888
Source: TracesOfWar
Louis Lecoin
peace activist
1888–1971 · aged 82
September 30 · 1888
Source: BnF authorities
Frieda Robscheit-Robbins
hematologist, pathologist
1888–1973 · aged 85
June 8 · 1888
No external source identified
Karl Gustafsson
association football player
1888–1960 · aged 71
September 16 · 1888
No external source identified
Alfred Asikainen
amateur wrestler
1888–1942 · aged 53
November 2 · 1888
No external source identified
Christian Gitsham
marathon runner
1888–1956 · aged 67
October 15 · 1888
No external source identified
Martin Rázus
playwright, politician
1888–1937 · aged 48
October 18 · 1888
Source: Integrated Authority File
Catherine Chamié
chemist, nurse
1888–1950 · aged 61
December 13 · 1888
Source: BnF authorities
Sándor Pósta
fencer, journalist
1888–1952 · aged 64
September 25 · 1888
No external source identified
Sōtarō Yasui
painter, draftsperson
1888–1955
May 17 · 1888
Source: Integrated Authority File
Dadash Bunyadzade
politician
1888–1938 · aged 50
April 8 · 1888
No external source identified
Nat Agar
association football referee, association football coach
1888–1978 · aged 89
July 26 · 1888
No external source identified
Wilhelm Bohnstedt
military personnel
1888–1947 · aged 58
October 5 · 1888
No external source identified
Alexander Binder
photographer
1888–1929 · aged 40
April 17 · 1888
Source: MAK
Adrien Bertrand
literary critic, journalist
1888–1917 · aged 29
August 4 · 1888
Source: BnF authorities
James W. Morrison
film actor, actor
1888–1974 · aged 86
November 15 · 1888
Source: BnF authorities
Dhimitër Beratti
diplomat, politician
1888–1970 · aged 81
October 15 · 1888
Source: Catalog of the German National Library
Mykola Vilinsky
music educator, composer
1888–1956 · aged 68
May 2 · 1888
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Marco Torrès
artistic gymnast
1888–1963 · aged 74
January 22 · 1888
Source: Archives Nationales d'Outre-mer
Pietro Lana
association football player
1888–1950 · aged 62
October 10 · 1888
No external source identified
Cèsar Martinell i Brunet
university teacher, historian
1888–1973 · aged 84
December 24 · 1888
Source: dhac.iec.cat
David Monrad Johansen
pianist, musicographer
1888–1974 · aged 85
November 8 · 1888
Source: historical register of persons
Auguste Cornu
historian, philosopher
1888–1981 · aged 92
August 9 · 1888
Source: La France savante
Merle Randall
physicist, chemist
1888–1950 · aged 62
January 29 · 1888
Source: SNAC
Fuat Uzkınay
cinematographer, photographer
1888–1956
1888
No external source identified
Anders Ahlgren
amateur wrestler
1888–1976 · aged 88
February 12 · 1888
No external source identified
Camillo Pilotto*
stage actor, actor
Date disputed
February 6 · 1888
Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
Virgilia D'Andrea
trade unionist, poet
1888–1933
February 11 · 1888
Source: Dizionario Biografico dell'Educazione (1800-2000)
Jan Vos
association football player, association football coach
1888–1939 · aged 51
April 17 · 1888
No external source identified
Adda Gleason
actor, film actor
1888–1971 · aged 82
December 19 · 1888
Source: IMDb
Gabriella Besanzoni*
singer, opera singer
Date disputed
September 20 · 1888
Source: Integrated Authority File
Alvah Meyer
athlete, athletics competitor
1888–1939 · aged 51
July 18 · 1888
Source: Find a Grave
María Rodrigo Bellido
composer, teacher
1888–1967 · aged 79
March 20 · 1888
Source: BnF authorities
Alexey Selezniev
chess player, chess composer
1888–1967
1888
Source: chessgames.com
Cornelis Benjamin Biezeno
engineer, university teacher
1888–1975 · aged 87
March 2 · 1888
Source: Biografisch Portaal
Johannes Meyer
screenwriter, film director
1888–1976 · aged 87
August 13 · 1888
Source: BnF authorities
Ivan Osiier
physician, fencer
1888–1965 · aged 76
December 16 · 1888
Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon
Gyula Kertész
association football coach, association football player
1888–1982 · aged 94
February 29 · 1888
No external source identified
Nugent Slaughter
special effects artist
1888–1968 · aged 80
March 17 · 1888
No external source identified
Vladimir Narbut
poet, literary critic
1888–1938 · aged 50
April 14 · 1888
Source: Concise Literary Encyclopedia
Alexander Vyssotsky
astronomer
1888–1973 · aged 85
May 23 · 1888
Source: BnF authorities
Henry Thomas
boxer
1888–1963 · aged 74
July 1 · 1888
No external source identified
Germaine Dermoz
actor, opera singer
1888–1966 · aged 78
July 30 · 1888
Source: Léonore database
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bonch-Bruevich
university teacher, engineer
1888–1940 · aged 52
February 21 · 1888
Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Jan Palouš
ice hockey player, film director
1888–1971 · aged 82
October 25 · 1888
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Pius Font i Quer
pharmacist, botanist
1888–1964 · aged 75
April 9 · 1888
Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
Raffaele Viviani
singer, screenwriter
1888–1950 · aged 62
January 10 · 1888
Source: BnF authorities
Gösta Cederlund
film actor, theatre manager
1888–1980 · aged 92
March 6 · 1888
Source: Swedish Film Database
Ernesto Fígoli
association football coach, association football player
1888–1951 · aged 62
August 21 · 1888
No external source identified
Heinrich Müller
sports official, engineer
1888–1957
1888
Source: Q110651727
Camillo Sbarbaro
botanical collector, poet
1888–1967 · aged 79
January 12 · 1888
Source: Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature
Daniel Norling
artistic gymnast, show jumper
1888–1958 · aged 70
January 16 · 1888
No external source identified
Václav Pilát
association football player
1888–1971 · aged 82
May 6 · 1888
No external source identified
Teymur Guliyev
politician
1888–1965 · aged 76
November 25 · 1888
No external source identified
Hans von Rosen
dressage rider, writer
1888–1952 · aged 64
August 8 · 1888
Source: Roglo
Abraham Rakanti
politician, journalist
1888–1980
1888
No external source identified
Reggie McNamara
sport cyclist, track cyclist
1888–1971 · aged 82
November 7 · 1888
Source: BnF authorities
Hans Howaldt
naval officer, Olympic competitor
1888–1970 · aged 81
November 12 · 1888
Source: Nazi Party Membership Database Lookup
Ferdinand Münz
chemist
1888–1969 · aged 81
June 23 · 1888
Source: Database of the Terezín Memorial
Marius Canard
orientalist, historian
1888–1982 · aged 93
December 26 · 1888
Source: birth certificate
Dennis Fenton
sport shooter
1888–1954 · aged 65
November 20 · 1888
No external source identified
Anders Knutsson Ångström
inventor, meteorologist
1888–1981 · aged 93
February 28 · 1888
Source: Sveriges dödbok
Thomas Burn
association football player
1888–1976 · aged 87
November 29 · 1888
No external source identified
Max Breunig
association football player, association football coach
1888–1961 · aged 72
November 12 · 1888
Source: Nazi Party Membership Database Lookup
Dunham Jackson
university teacher, mathematician
1888–1946 · aged 58
July 24 · 1888
Source: Scientific Legacy Database
Henri Rollan
director, actor
1888–1967 · aged 79
March 23 · 1888
Source: BnF authorities
Clarence Griffin
tennis player
1888–1973 · aged 85
January 19 · 1888
No external source identified
Filippo Bottino
weightlifter
1888–1969 · aged 80
December 9 · 1888
No external source identified
Kaarlo Koskelo
amateur wrestler
1888–1953 · aged 65
April 12 · 1888
No external source identified
Emanuel List
opera singer
1888–1967 · aged 79
March 22 · 1888
Source: SNAC
Murakami Kagaku
painter
1888–1939 · aged 51
July 3 · 1888
Source: Murakami, Kagaku
Natalena Koroleva
archaeologist, stage actor
1888–1966 · aged 78
March 3 · 1888
No external source identified
David Beigelman
musician, composer
1888–1944
April 6 · 1888
No external source identified
Guglielmo Barnabò
stage actor
1888–1954 · aged 66
May 11 · 1888
Source: Integrated Authority File
Aleksandr Grossheim
botanical collector, writer
1888–1948 · aged 60
March 6 · 1888
No external source identified
Carlo Oriani
sport cyclist
1888–1917 · aged 29
November 5 · 1888
No external source identified
Greta Almroth
actor
1888–1981 · aged 93
April 15 · 1888
Source: Musikverkets auktoritetsdatabas
Leo Bosschart
association football player, engineer
1888–1951 · aged 62
August 24 · 1888
Source: Transfermarkt
Vera Nilsson
artist, draftsperson
1888–1979 · aged 90
June 1 · 1888
Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
Louise Freeland Jenkins
astronomer
1888–1970 · aged 81
July 5 · 1888
No external source identified
Poul Schierbeck
composer, organist
1888–1949 · aged 60
June 8 · 1888
Source: Discogs
Vladimir Vetchinkin*
engineer, military flight engineer
Date disputed
June 29 · 1888
No external source identified
Eugène Bigot
conductor, musician
1888–1965 · aged 77
February 28 · 1888
Source: Discogs
Jamo bey Hajinski
politician
1888–1942
June 26 · 1888
No external source identified
Josef Eichheim
stage actor, actor
1888–1945 · aged 57
February 23 · 1888
Source: filmportal.de
Hans Pettersson
physicist
1888–1966 · aged 77
August 26 · 1888
Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
Giovanni Sansone
mathematician, university teacher
1888–1979 · aged 91
May 24 · 1888
Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it
Percy Courtman
swimmer
1888–1917 · aged 29
May 14 · 1888
No external source identified
Hnat Yura
film director, theatre director
1888–1966 · aged 78
January 8 · 1888
No external source identified
Rodolphe Guilland
university teacher, historian
1888–1981 · aged 93
March 5 · 1888
Source: Departmental archives of Jura
Juho Niukkanen
politician
1888–1954 · aged 65
July 27 · 1888
No external source identified
Mark Azadovsky
university teacher, collector of fairy tales
1888–1954 · aged 65
December 18 · 1888
Source: BnF authorities
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
tennis player, field hockey player
1888–1949 · aged 60
April 16 · 1888
Source: BnF authorities
Benjamín Jarnés
biographer, writer
1888–1949 · aged 60
October 7 · 1888
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Pierre Versteegh
military officer, resistance fighter
1888–1942 · aged 53
June 6 · 1888
Source: Oorlogsbronnen
Antonín Fivébr
association football player, association football coach
1888–1973 · aged 84
November 22 · 1888
Source: Transfermarkt
Béla Varga
amateur wrestler
1888–1969 · aged 80
June 2 · 1888
No external source identified
Imre Payer
association football player, association football coach
1888–1957 · aged 69
June 1 · 1888
No external source identified
Alfredo Pacini
theologian, Catholic bishop
1888–1967 · aged 79
February 10 · 1888
No external source identified
Karel Wälzer
ice hockey player, bank manager
1888–1948 · aged 59
August 28 · 1888
Source: sports-reference.com
Willi Schur
film actor, theatre manager
1888–1940 · aged 52
August 22 · 1888
Source: filmportal.de
Martin Hawkins
athletics competitor
1888–1959 · aged 71
February 20 · 1888
No external source identified
Kaarlo Soinio
association football referee, sports journalist
1888–1960 · aged 72
January 28 · 1888
No external source identified
Viktor Savin
poet
1888–1943 · aged 54
November 22 · 1888
Source: Great Russian Encyclopedia
John Theodore Buchholz
scientific collector, botanist
1888–1951 · aged 62
July 14 · 1888
No external source identified
Ronald Thomas*
tennis player
Date disputed
August 7 · 1888
Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website
Léon Tom
bobsledder, fencer
1888–date unavailable
October 25 · 1888
No external source identified
William Anderson
sport cyclist
1888–1928 · aged 40
September 6 · 1888
Source: olympedia.org
Ervand Kogbetliantz
mathematician
1888–1974 · aged 86
February 22 · 1888
No external source identified
Baldo Baldi
fencer
1888–1961 · aged 73
February 19 · 1888
No external source identified
Pina Gallini
actor
1888–1974 · aged 85
March 19 · 1888
Source: IMDb
George Eric Fairbairn
rower
1888–1915 · aged 26
August 18 · 1888
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Alberto Matxinbarrena Aguirrebengoa
association football player
1888–1923 · aged 35
March 31 · 1888
No external source identified
Maurice Schilles
sport cyclist
1888–1957 · aged 69
February 25 · 1888
Source: birth certificate
Henri Gance
weightlifter
1888–1953 · aged 65
March 17 · 1888
Source: GeneaStar
Guido Romano
artistic gymnast
1888–1916 · aged 28
January 31 · 1888
No external source identified
Felice Berardo
association football player, association football coach
1888–1956 · aged 68
July 6 · 1888
No external source identified
Wanda Jarszewska*
actor, film actor
Date disputed
November 3 · 1888
Source: IMDb
Axel Persson
sport cyclist
1888–1955 · aged 67
January 23 · 1888
Source: sok.se
Miguel Benincasa*
association football player
Date disputed
November 30 · 1888
No external source identified
Rosina Ferrario
aircraft pilot
1888–1957 · aged 68
July 28 · 1888
No external source identified
Erik de Laval
military personnel, modern pentathlete
1888–1973 · aged 85
April 28 · 1888
Source: Sveriges dödbok
Fritz Becker
association football player
1888–1963
September 13 · 1888
No external source identified
Lucien Berland
entomologist, arachnologist
1888–1962 · aged 74
May 14 · 1888
Source: Nouveau dictionnaire de biographies roussillonnaises: 1789-2017, Volume 3
Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp
university teacher, botanical collector
1888–1984 · aged 96
February 7 · 1888
Source: KNAW Past Members
Liubov Hakkebush
drama teacher, actor
1888–1947 · aged 58
September 26 · 1888
No external source identified

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