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Famous People Born in September 1871

  • Sep 1 J. Reuben Clark, Jr., American Undersecretary of State (d. 1961)
  • Sep 4 [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress and wife of Joseph of Lyre, born in St-Jans-Molenbeek, Belgium (d. 1952)
  • Sep 10 Charles Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway (1922-41) (d. 1952)
  • Sep 12 Prince Friedrich Aloys Johannes Maria, Prince of Liechtenstein, born in Arad, Hungarian Kingdom (now Romania) (d. 1959)
  • Sep 13 Alma Kruger, American actress (Made For Each Other), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1960)
  • Sep 19 Fritz Schaudinn, German zoologist (examined syphilis), born in Röseningken, East Prussia (d. 1906)
  • Sep 21 Ernst Heldring, Dutch ship owner and financier, born in Amsterdam (d. 1954)
  • Sep 23 Frantisek Kupka, Czech pioneering abstract artist, born in Opočno, Austria-Hungary (d. 1957)
  • Sep 24 George Arthur Crump, American golf course architect (Founder Pine Valley Golf Club), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1918)

Lottie Dod (1871-1960)

Sep 24 British all-round athlete (Wimbledon 1887-88, 1891-93), born in Bebington, England

  • Sep 26 Winsor McCay, American cartoonist (Little Nemo), born in Spring Lake, Michigan (d. 1934)
  • Sep 27 Grazia Deledda, Italian author (Nobel 1926), born in Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy (d. 1936)

Pietro Badoglio (1871-1956)

Sep 28 41st Prime Minister of Italy (1943-44) and Italian General (1922-43), born in Grazzano Monferrato, Italy

  • Sep 30 Jan Fabricius, Dutch-English playwright (Dolle Hans), born in Assen, Netherlands (d. 1964)
  • Sep 30 Ruben Liljefors, Swedish composer, born in Uppsala, Sweden (d. 1936)