ON THIS DAY

Born in 1894

831 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

Johannes Block
military personnel
1894–1945 · aged 50
November 17 · 1894
No external source identified
Hans Kmoch
journalist, non-fiction writer
1894–1974 · aged 79
July 25 · 1894
Source: chessgames.com
Rose Cohen
suffragist, newspaper editor
1894–1937 · aged 43
June 30 · 1894
No external source identified
Johnnie Walker
film director, film producer
1894–1949 · aged 55
January 7 · 1894
Source: BnF authorities
Julius Kuperjanov
military personnel, school teacher
1894–1919 · aged 24
November 10 · 1894
No external source identified
James McCrae*
association football player, association football coach
Date disputed
October 2 · 1894
No external source identified
Margarita Nelken
writer, art critic
1894–1968 · aged 73
July 5 · 1894
Source: Diccionario Biográfico del Socialismo Español
Magda Julin
figure skater
1894–1990 · aged 96
July 24 · 1894
Source: Sveriges dödbok
Enrico Prampolini
sculptor, art theorist
1894–1956 · aged 62
April 20 · 1894
Source: Artists of the World Online
Ye Shengtao
writer, children's writer
1894–1988 · aged 93
October 28 · 1894
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Gustav Schmidt
military officer
1894–1943 · aged 49
April 24 · 1894
No external source identified
Semen Bogdanov
military officer, politician
1894–1960 · aged 65
August 29 · 1894
Source: Generals of World War II
Fred Hibbard
screenwriter, actor
1894–1925
1894
Source: BnF authorities
Hu Xiansu
botanist, biologist
1894–1968 · aged 74
May 24 · 1894
Source: SNAC
Elisabeth Rethberg
opera singer
1894–1976 · aged 81
September 22 · 1894
Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi
Ashton Dearholt
film director, actor
1894–1942 · aged 48
April 4 · 1894
No external source identified
Vilmos Aba-Novák
artist, painter
1894–1941 · aged 47
March 15 · 1894
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Lisa Tetzner
writer, young adult author
1894–1963 · aged 68
November 10 · 1894
Source: Munzinger Personen
Tibor Déry
journalist, playwright
1894–1977 · aged 82
October 18 · 1894
Source: BnF authorities
Dorothy Maud Wrinch
mathematician, philosopher
1894–1976 · aged 81
September 12 · 1894
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
J. Glenn Beall
insurance broker, politician
1894–1971 · aged 76
June 5 · 1894
Source: Find a Grave
Fernando de Fuentes
film producer, film director
1894–1958 · aged 63
December 13 · 1894
Source: BnF authorities
Gertrud Kolmar
writer, librettist
1894–1943
December 10 · 1894
Source: BnF authorities
Aaron Avshalomov
conductor, composer
1894–1965 · aged 70
November 11 · 1894
Source: Musicalics
Francis Hunter
tennis player
1894–1981 · aged 87
June 28 · 1894
Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website
József Grassy
military officer
1894–1946 · aged 51
December 31 · 1894
Source: mek.oszk.hu
Gertrude Baines
homemaker, maid
1894–2009 · aged 115
April 6 · 1894
No external source identified
Frans Michel Penning*
physicist
Date disputed
September 12 · 1894
No external source identified
Arvo Tuominen
journalist, politician
1894–1981 · aged 86
September 5 · 1894
Source: Biografiskt lexikon för Finland
Maurice Floquet
military personnel
1894–2006 · aged 111
December 25 · 1894
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Carl Lampert
resistance fighter, Catholic priest
1894–1944 · aged 50
January 9 · 1894
Source: GCatholic.org
Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky
journalist, historian
1894–1941 · aged 46
November 28 · 1894
No external source identified
Friedrich-Jobst Volckamer von Kirchensittenbach
military officer
1894–1989 · aged 94
April 16 · 1894
No external source identified
Mary Marquet*
stage actor, actor
Date disputed
April 14 · 1894
Source: death certificate
Willem Pijper
composer, music critic
1894–1947 · aged 52
September 8 · 1894
Source: Musicalics
Ksenija Atanasijević
philosopher, editor
1894–1981 · aged 87
February 5 · 1894
Source: BnF authorities
Vivian Reed
actor, film actor
1894–1989 · aged 95
April 17 · 1894
Source: IMDb
Martinus Nijhoff
translator, writer
1894–1953 · aged 58
April 20 · 1894
Source: La France savante
Viola Barry*
film actor, actor
Date disputed
March 4 · 1894
Source: IMDb
Wilhelm Grosz*
conductor, film score composer
Date disputed
August 11 · 1894
Source: Integrated Authority File
Pablo de Rokha
writer, poet
1894–1968 · aged 73
October 17 · 1894
Source: BnF authorities
Theodor Berkelmann
military personnel, Obergruppenführer
1894–1943
April 17 · 1894
No external source identified
Otto Suhr
mayor, journalist
1894–1957 · aged 63
August 17 · 1894
Source: Biografisches Handbuch der Berliner Stadtverordneten und Abgeordneten 1946-1963
Berdy Kerbabayev
poet, writer
1894–1974 · aged 80
March 27 · 1894
No external source identified
Johann Nikuradse
chemist, engineer
1894–1979 · aged 84
November 20 · 1894
Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia
Henryk Stażewski
painter, sculptor
1894–1988 · aged 94
January 9 · 1894
Source: Stażewski, Henryk
Roy D'Arcy
actor, stage actor
1894–1969 · aged 75
February 10 · 1894
Source: Find a Grave
Emory Johnson
film director, film producer
1894–1960 · aged 66
March 16 · 1894
Source: Find a Grave
István Csáky*
foreign minister, politician
Date disputed
July 18 · 1894
Source: Magyar életrajzi lexikon
Frank Berryman
military personnel
1894–1981 · aged 87
April 11 · 1894
Source: Find a Grave
Stefan Tyszkiewicz
inventor, military personnel
1894–1976
November 24 · 1894
No external source identified
Alberto Enríquez Gallo
politician
1894–1962 · aged 67
July 24 · 1894
No external source identified
Boris Shchukin
director, pedagogue
1894–1939 · aged 45
April 17 · 1894
No external source identified
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
photographer, film director
1894–1998
July 8 · 1894
Source: Integrated Authority File
Carl Edward Bailey
politician, lawyer
1894–1948 · aged 54
October 8 · 1894
Source: Find a Grave
Lal Hilditch
association football player, association football coach
1894–1977 · aged 83
June 2 · 1894
No external source identified
Joe Moore
actor, film actor
1894–1926 · aged 31
November 22 · 1894
No external source identified
Dmitry Ryabyshev
autobiographer, politician
1894–1985 · aged 91
February 23 · 1894
No external source identified
Jean Debucourt
soldier, stage actor
1894–1958 · aged 64
January 19 · 1894
Source: archives.paris.fr
Raymond Brownell
military personnel, aircraft pilot
1894–1974 · aged 79
May 17 · 1894
Source: SNAC
Eelco van Kleffens
jurist, ambassador
1894–1983 · aged 88
November 17 · 1894
Source: Oorlogsbronnen
Kadia Molodovsky
writer, poet
1894–1975 · aged 80
May 10 · 1894
Source: BnF authorities
Paul Costello
rower
1894–1986 · aged 91
December 27 · 1894
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Issay Dobrowen
academic musician, composer
1894–1953 · aged 59
February 27 · 1894
Source: Aftenposten
Demyan Korotchenko
politician
1894–1969 · aged 74
November 29 · 1894
No external source identified
Gyoshū Hayami
painter
1894–1935
August 2 · 1894
Source: Hayami, Gyoshū
Louis Plack Hammett
chemist
1894–1987
April 7 · 1894
Source: SNAC
Jack Butler
association football player, association football coach
1894–1961 · aged 66
August 14 · 1894
No external source identified
Otto Winkelmann
military personnel
1894–1977 · aged 83
September 4 · 1894
No external source identified
Robert Benson
ice hockey player
1894–1965 · aged 71
May 18 · 1894
Source: Find a Grave
Kazimierz Wierzyński
writer, poet
1894–1969 · aged 74
August 27 · 1894
Source: BnF authorities
Hal C. Kern
film editor, film producer
1894–1985 · aged 90
July 14 · 1894
Source: Find a Grave
Moose Goheen
ice hockey player
1894–1979 · aged 85
February 8 · 1894
No external source identified
Joseph Meyer
composer, songwriter
1894–1987 · aged 93
March 12 · 1894
Source: SNAC
Jan Peka
athlete, ice hockey player
1894–1985 · aged 90
July 27 · 1894
Source: Regional Database of the Central Bohemian Research Library in Kladno
Joan Salvat-Papasseit
journalist, writer
1894–1924 · aged 30
May 16 · 1894
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Vernon Bartlett
journalist, writer
1894–1983 · aged 88
April 30 · 1894
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Ilyas Zhansugurov
journalist, poet
1894–1938 · aged 43
May 1 · 1894
No external source identified
Pyotr Sobennikov
military personnel
1894–1960 · aged 66
July 13 · 1894
No external source identified
Eyre de Lanux
designer, magazine writer
1894–1996 · aged 102
March 20 · 1894
Source: SNAC
Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson
politician, lawyer
1894–1980 · aged 86
July 20 · 1894
No external source identified
Édouard Goubert
politician
1894–1979 · aged 85
July 29 · 1894
Source: Sycomore
Otto J. Maenchen-Helfen
independent scholar, historian
1894–1969 · aged 74
July 26 · 1894
Source: Neue Deutsche Biographie
Ludwig Marcuse
literary critic, university teacher
1894–1971 · aged 77
February 8 · 1894
Source: Czech National Authority Database
Dov Hoz
politician
1894–1940 · aged 46
September 19 · 1894
Source: tidhar.tourolib.org
Tadeusz Romer
diplomat, politician
1894–1978 · aged 83
December 6 · 1894
Source: BnF authorities
Gherman Pântea
diplomat, military personnel
1894–1968 · aged 73
May 13 · 1894
Source: BnF authorities
Paul Finsler
university teacher, mathematician
1894–1970 · aged 76
April 11 · 1894
Source: Integrated Authority File
Mirzadeh Eshghi*
journalist, poet
Date disputed
December 22 · 1894
Source: WorldCat Entities
Jan van Breda Kolff
association football player
1894–1976 · aged 82
January 18 · 1894
No external source identified
Hannah Ryggen
textile artist
1894–1970 · aged 75
March 21 · 1894
Source: Integrated Authority File
Charles C. Wilson
film director, stage actor
1894–1948 · aged 53
July 29 · 1894
No external source identified
Pelageya Shajn
astronomer
1894–1956 · aged 62
April 19 · 1894
No external source identified
Junzaburō Nishiwaki
translator, university teacher
1894–1982 · aged 88
January 20 · 1894
No external source identified
Deng Zhongxia
trade unionist, politician
1894–1933 · aged 38
October 5 · 1894
No external source identified
Jiří Langer*
writer, journalist
Date disputed
April 7 · 1894
Source: Database of members of the Czechoslovak Republic of military units abroad for the …
Franz Wilhelm Seiwert
designer, poet
1894–1933 · aged 39
March 9 · 1894
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Wilhelm Orlik-Rückemann
military officer
1894–1986 · aged 92
August 1 · 1894
Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny
Agnes von Krusenstjerna
writer
1894–1940 · aged 45
October 9 · 1894
Source: Find a Grave
Marie Walcamp
actor, film actor
1894–1936 · aged 42
July 27 · 1894
Source: Find a Grave
Joseph Delteil
poet
1894–1978 · aged 83
April 20 · 1894
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Ivan Strod
writer, military commander
1894–1938 · aged 43
April 10 · 1894
No external source identified
Lai He
physician, surgeon
1894–1943 · aged 48
May 28 · 1894
No external source identified
Bernhard Letterhaus
functionary, politician
1894–1944 · aged 50
July 10 · 1894
Source: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
Manuel Aznar Zubigaray
diplomat, historian
1894–1975 · aged 80
November 18 · 1894
Source: BnF authorities
Tom Newman
snooker player
1894–1943 · aged 49
March 23 · 1894
No external source identified
James Charles McGuigan
archbishop, university teacher
1894–1974
November 26 · 1894
Source: Munzinger Personen
Mahmud Taymur
writer, journalist
1894–1973 · aged 79
June 16 · 1894
Source: AlKindi
Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp
soldier, military personnel
1894–1918 · aged 23
April 24 · 1894
No external source identified
Belle Moore
swimmer
1894–1975 · aged 80
October 23 · 1894
No external source identified
Wilhelm Hasse
military personnel
1894–1945 · aged 50
November 24 · 1894
No external source identified
Aliagha Vahid
poet, writer
1894–1965 · aged 71
February 17 · 1894
No external source identified
Anna Ticho
draftsperson, painter
1894–1980 · aged 85
October 27 · 1894
Source: Encyclopedia of Brno History
Arthur Bliss Lane
diplomat, politician
1894–1956 · aged 62
June 16 · 1894
Source: SNAC
Tom Bromilow
scout, association football player
1894–1959 · aged 64
October 7 · 1894
No external source identified
Vahan Totovents
journalist, writer
1894–1938 · aged 44
July 18 · 1894
Source: Armenian Concise Encyclopedia
Filippo Zappata
aerospace engineer
1894–1994 · aged 100
July 5 · 1894
Source: Enciclopedia Treccani
Roger Vercel
writer, novelist
1894–1957 · aged 63
January 8 · 1894
Source: Babelio
Thomas J. Herbert
jurist, governor
1894–1974 · aged 79
October 28 · 1894
Source: SNAC
Margaret Molesworth
tennis player
1894–1985 · aged 90
October 18 · 1894
No external source identified
Emmanuel Mané-Katz*
draftsperson, watercolorist
Date disputed
June 5 · 1894
Source: RKDartists
Joseph Kutter
artist, painter
1894–1941 · aged 46
December 12 · 1894
Source: a-z.lu
Luis Padilla Nervo
judge, lawyer
1894–1985 · aged 91
August 19 · 1894
Source: BnF authorities
Yuri Zavadsky
theatre director, drama teacher
1894–1977 · aged 82
July 12 · 1894
No external source identified
Alexander Nikolayevich Samokhvalov*
painter
Date disputed
August 20 · 1894
Source: Great Russian Encyclopedia
Otto Zdansky
prehistorian, paleontologist
1894–1988 · aged 94
November 28 · 1894
Source: zobodat.at
Dmytro Chyzhevsky*
university teacher, philosopher
Date disputed
April 4 · 1894
Source: Library of Congress Authorities
Goro Yamada
association football player, association football coach
1894–1958 · aged 64
March 3 · 1894
Source: Transfermarkt
Virginia Andreescu Haret
architect
1894–1962 · aged 67
June 21 · 1894
Source: Artists of the World Online
Svein Rosseland
astronomer, university teacher
1894–1985 · aged 90
March 31 · 1894
Source: SNAC
Magdalena Samozwaniec
writer
1894–1972 · aged 78
July 26 · 1894
Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny
Gene Havlick
film editor
1894–1959 · aged 65
March 16 · 1894
Source: port.hu
Victor Brecheret
sculptor
1894–1955 · aged 61
December 15 · 1894
Source: BnF authorities
Emil Forrer
linguist, orientalist
1894–1986 · aged 91
February 19 · 1894
Source: Integrated Authority File
André Lurçat
designer, architect
1894–1970 · aged 75
August 27 · 1894
Source: Roglo
Ethel Grandin
film actor, stage actor
1894–1988 · aged 94
March 3 · 1894
Source: SNAC
Teresa Merlo
nun
1894–1964 · aged 69
February 20 · 1894
Source: BnF authorities
Heinrich Maria Davringhausen
sculptor, graphic artist
1894–1970 · aged 76
October 21 · 1894
Source: BnF authorities
Izaak Kolthoff
university teacher, analytical chemist
1894–1993 · aged 99
February 11 · 1894
Source: Biografisch Portaal
Georg Joos
university teacher, mathematician
1894–1959 · aged 64
May 25 · 1894
Source: BnF authorities
Josep Maria de Sagarra
journalist, dramaturge
1894–1961 · aged 67
March 5 · 1894
Source: BnF authorities
Florián Rey
film director, screenwriter
1894–1962 · aged 68
January 25 · 1894
Source: filmportal.de
Mikhail Suslin
mathematician
1894–1919
November 15 · 1894
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Eizi Matuda
scientific collector, botanist
1894–1978 · aged 83
April 20 · 1894
No external source identified
Mustafa Necati
lawyer, politician
1894–1929
1894
Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
Aleksandr Krinitsky
politician
1894–1937 · aged 43
September 9 · 1894
No external source identified
Tecla Scarano
actor, stage actor
1894–1978 · aged 84
August 20 · 1894
No external source identified
Nick Winter
athletics competitor
1894–1955
August 25 · 1894
Source: World Athletics database
Mikhail Viktorov
military personnel, politician
1894–1938 · aged 43
December 24 · 1894
No external source identified
Pierre-Marie Théas
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
1894–1977 · aged 82
September 14 · 1894
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

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