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Born in 1888

846 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Émile Masson

    sport cyclist

    1888–1973 · aged 85

    October 16 · 1888

    Source: BnF authorities

  2. Aleksandra Goncharova

    actor

    1888–1969

    April 1 · 1888

    No external source identified

  3. Charles January

    association football player

    1888–1970 · aged 82

    February 1 · 1888

    Source: Roglo

  4. Gian Paolo Rosmino

    film actor, stage actor

    1888–1982 · aged 94

    July 2 · 1888

    No external source identified

  5. Pietro Leone

    association football player, association football coach

    1888–1958 · aged 70

    January 13 · 1888

    No external source identified

  6. Ivan Stodola

    physician, playwright

    1888–1977 · aged 89

    March 10 · 1888

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  7. Edward Gordon Williams

    rower

    1888–1915 · aged 27

    July 20 · 1888

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  8. Imre Gellért

    artistic gymnast

    1888–1981 · aged 92

    July 24 · 1888

    No external source identified

  9. Åke Lundeberg

    sport shooter

    1888–1939 · aged 50

    December 14 · 1888

    No external source identified

  10. Herman Donners

    water polo player, swimmer

    1888–1915 · aged 26

    August 5 · 1888

    No external source identified

  11. Josef Ternström

    athletics competitor

    1888–1953 · aged 64

    December 4 · 1888

    Source: sok.se

  12. Eliza Amy Hodgson

    botanist, botanical collector

    1888–1983 · aged 94

    October 10 · 1888

    No external source identified

  13. Lyman Hine

    bobsledder

    1888–1930 · aged 41

    June 22 · 1888

    No external source identified

  14. Olga Vittoria Gentilli

    actor, stage actor

    1888–1957 · aged 68

    July 19 · 1888

    Source: IMDb

  15. Henry Brougham

    cricketer, rugby union player

    1888–1923 · aged 34

    July 8 · 1888

    No external source identified

  16. Bror Fock

    athletics competitor

    1888–1964 · aged 76

    March 29 · 1888

    Source: Sveriges dödbok 1860–2017

  17. Percy Almstedt

    sailor, skipper

    1888–1937 · aged 48

    November 30 · 1888

    No external source identified

  18. Joe Cottrill

    athletics competitor

    1888–1972 · aged 84

    October 14 · 1888

    No external source identified

  19. Mauritz Eriksson

    sport shooter

    1888–1947 · aged 58

    December 18 · 1888

    No external source identified

  20. Sven Landberg

    association football player, artistic gymnast

    1888–1962 · aged 73

    December 6 · 1888

    No external source identified

  21. William Bailey

    sport cyclist

    1888–1971 · aged 82

    April 6 · 1888

    No external source identified

  22. Félicien Courbet

    swimmer, water polo player

    1888–1967 · aged 79

    February 25 · 1888

    No external source identified

  23. Andreas Cervin

    artistic gymnast

    1888–1972 · aged 83

    October 31 · 1888

    No external source identified

  24. Giovanni Reggio

    sailor

    1888–1971 · aged 83

    December 12 · 1888

    No external source identified

  25. Max Marchand

    chess player

    1888–1957 · aged 68

    November 24 · 1888

    No external source identified

  26. Lo La Chapelle

    association football player, physician

    1888–1966 · aged 78

    June 22 · 1888

    Source: Transfermarkt

  27. Harold Clarke

    competitive diver

    1888–1969

    1888

    No external source identified

  28. Albert Betts

    artistic gymnast

    1888–1924 · aged 36

    February 8 · 1888

    No external source identified

  29. Arthur Edwin Hill

    swimmer, water polo player

    1888–1966 · aged 78

    January 9 · 1888

    No external source identified

  30. Virginia Balistrieri

    actor, stage actor

    1888–1960

    January 15 · 1888

    Source: IMDb

  31. Omer Verschoore

    sport cyclist

    1888–1931 · aged 42

    December 2 · 1888

    No external source identified

  32. Erik Larsson

    police officer, tug of war competitor

    1888–1934 · aged 46

    May 14 · 1888

    No external source identified

  33. Joseph Pletinckx

    swimmer, water polo player

    1888–1971 · aged 82

    June 13 · 1888

    Source: BnF authorities

  34. Ferdinand Buchanan

    sport shooter

    1888–1967 · aged 79

    March 8 · 1888

    Source: generals.dk

  35. Sven Thorell

    canoeist, sailor

    1888–1974 · aged 86

    February 18 · 1888

    No external source identified

  36. Vittorio Morelli di Popolo

    association football player, association football coach

    1888–1963 · aged 74

    May 11 · 1888

    Source: Transfermarkt

  37. Jak Sayabalyan

    journalist, translator

    1888–1915

    1888

    No external source identified

  38. Ernst Wide

    athletics competitor

    1888–1950 · aged 61

    November 9 · 1888

    No external source identified

  39. Claes Wersäll

    artistic gymnast

    1888–1951 · aged 62

    June 26 · 1888

    Source: Swedish church birth records

  40. Hermine Stindt

    swimmer

    1888–1974 · aged 86

    January 3 · 1888

    No external source identified

  41. Tor Lund

    artistic gymnast

    1888–1972 · aged 84

    January 20 · 1888

    Source: historical register of persons

  42. Harold Rayner

    fencer, pentathlete

    1888–1954 · aged 66

    July 27 · 1888

    No external source identified

  43. Toivo Tikkanen

    architect, sport shooter

    1888–1947 · aged 59

    April 15 · 1888

    No external source identified

  44. Axel Janse

    artistic gymnast

    1888–1973 · aged 85

    March 18 · 1888

    No external source identified

  45. Charles Vigurs

    artistic gymnast

    1888–1917 · aged 28

    July 11 · 1888

    No external source identified

  46. Jens Peter Laursen

    artistic gymnast, gymnast

    1888–1967 · aged 79

    January 1 · 1888

    No external source identified

  47. Alfred Plé

    rower

    1888–1980 · aged 92

    January 9 · 1888

    Source: Archives de Paris

  48. John Noel

    sport shooter

    1888–1939 · aged 51

    February 6 · 1888

    No external source identified

  49. Richard Boyle

    coxswain

    1888–1953 · aged 64

    October 11 · 1888

    Source: Roglo

  50. Pedar Jalvi

    teacher, writer

    1888–1916 · aged 28

    April 10 · 1888

    No external source identified

  51. Gabriel Thorstensen

    artistic gymnast

    1888–1974 · aged 85

    September 1 · 1888

    Source: historical register of persons

  52. Klaus Suomela

    writer, artistic gymnast

    1888–1962 · aged 73

    November 10 · 1888

    Source: Library of Congress Authorities

  53. Osvald Moberg

    artistic gymnast

    1888–1933 · aged 45

    September 14 · 1888

    No external source identified

  54. Per Mathias Jespersen

    artistic gymnast

    1888–1964 · aged 76

    March 29 · 1888

    No external source identified

  55. Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Mikhailov

    astronomer

    1888–1983 · aged 95

    April 26 · 1888

    No external source identified

  56. André Perchicot

    track cyclist, singer

    1888–1950 · aged 61

    August 9 · 1888

    Source: birth certificate

  57. Rudolf Katzer

    sport cyclist

    1888–date unavailable

    October 22 · 1888

    Source: Students of the Universities of Prague 1882–1945

  58. Antonio Allochio

    fencer

    1888–1956 · aged 67

    September 20 · 1888

    No external source identified

  59. Arvid Fagrell

    association football player

    1888–1932 · aged 44

    August 10 · 1888

    Source: burial register

  60. Leif Erichsen

    sailor, skipper

    1888–1924 · aged 35

    October 15 · 1888

    No external source identified

  61. Sven Ohlsson

    association football player

    1888–1947 · aged 59

    February 14 · 1888

    Source: sok.se

  62. Eric Crockford

    cricketer, field hockey player

    1888–1958 · aged 69

    October 13 · 1888

    No external source identified

  63. Karl Lund

    artistic gymnast

    1888–1942 · aged 54

    July 31 · 1888

    No external source identified

  64. Kurt Enoch Stenberg

    artistic gymnast

    1888–1936 · aged 47

    July 19 · 1888

    No external source identified

  65. Antonius van Loon

    tug of war competitor

    1888–1962 · aged 74

    June 25 · 1888

    No external source identified

  66. Martin Stahnke

    rower

    1888–1969 · aged 80

    November 11 · 1888

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  67. Olof Ohlsson

    association football player

    1888–1962 · aged 73

    October 4 · 1888

    No external source identified

  68. Frédéric Bruynseels

    sailor

    1888–1959 · aged 71

    July 13 · 1888

    No external source identified

  69. Maurice Van Damme

    fencer

    1888–date unavailable

    1888

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  70. Jacques Coomans*

    sport cyclist

    Date disputed

    November 13 · 1888

    No external source identified

  71. Sigge Hultkrantz

    sport shooter, military officer

    1888–1955 · aged 66

    May 22 · 1888

    No external source identified

  72. Alfons Spiessens

    sport cyclist

    1888–1956 · aged 67

    December 28 · 1888

    No external source identified

  73. Géza Tuli

    artistic gymnast, athlete

    1888–1966 · aged 77

    November 4 · 1888

    No external source identified

  74. Hanna Czeczott

    paleobotanist, botanical collector

    1888–1982 · aged 94

    February 3 · 1888

    No external source identified

  75. Nils Frykberg

    athletics competitor

    1888–1966 · aged 78

    March 13 · 1888

    No external source identified

  76. Artur Mabellon

    archer

    1888–1961 · aged 73

    October 13 · 1888

    No external source identified

  77. Hans Lem

    goldsmith, artistic gymnast

    1888–1962 · aged 73

    November 19 · 1888

    No external source identified

  78. Raoul Heide

    fencer

    1888–1978 · aged 89

    October 13 · 1888

    Source: Archives de Paris

  79. Steen Herschend

    sailor

    1888–1976 · aged 87

    November 12 · 1888

    No external source identified

  80. Thore Michelsen

    rower

    1888–1980 · aged 92

    May 10 · 1888

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  81. Nicolai Kiær

    missionary, artistic gymnast

    1888–1934 · aged 46

    April 2 · 1888

    Source: Mission Archives

  82. Frode Kirkebjerg

    military officer, event rider

    1888–1975 · aged 86

    May 10 · 1888

    Source: Kraks Blå Bog, 1974 edition

  83. Poul Thymann

    rower

    1888–1971 · aged 83

    May 10 · 1888

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  84. Gabriel Poix

    rower

    1888–1946 · aged 57

    November 8 · 1888

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  85. Elena Djionat

    journalist, opinion journalist

    1888–1937

    May 8 · 1888

    No external source identified

  86. Olof Jacobsen

    artistic gymnast

    1888–1969 · aged 80

    March 24 · 1888

    No external source identified

  87. Rasmus Birkeland

    fisher, sailor

    1888–1972 · aged 84

    April 14 · 1888

    No external source identified

  88. Auguste Landrieu

    artistic gymnast

    Born 1888

    April 13 · 1888

    No external source identified

  89. Allan Franck

    sailor, skipper

    1888–1963 · aged 74

    September 17 · 1888

    No external source identified

  90. Harald Smedvik

    artistic gymnast

    1888–1956 · aged 68

    March 28 · 1888

    Source: Begravde i Oslo

  91. François Walker

    artistic gymnast

    1888–1951 · aged 63

    June 3 · 1888

    Source: death certificate

  92. Nils Åberg

    prehistorian, archaeologist

    1888–1957 · aged 68

    July 24 · 1888

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  93. Amedeo Natoli

    writer, merchant banker

    1888–1953 · aged 64

    September 23 · 1888

    No external source identified

  94. Sigurd Erixon

    ethnologist, university teacher

    1888–1968 · aged 79

    March 26 · 1888

    Source: Swedish church birth records

  95. Josef Loos

    association football player, ice hockey player

    1888–1955 · aged 66

    March 13 · 1888

    Source: Czech Olympic Committee database

  96. Duke Karl Borwin of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

    military personnel

    1888–1908 · aged 19

    October 10 · 1888

    Source: The Peerage

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