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Jan 21 Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs (d. 1940)
Jan 22 John Joseph Becker, American composer and conductor, born in Henderson, Kentucky (d. 1961)
Jan 24 Henry King, Christiansburg Virginia, American film director (d. 1982)
Jan 25 Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (Berlin Philharmonic, 1922-45, 1952-54), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1954)
Jan 27 Frank Nitti [Francesco Nitto], Italian-American gangster, born in Angri, Campania, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1943)
Jan 28 Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese electrical engineer (d. 1976)
Jan 28 Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (d. 1973)
Jan 31 Alfonso López Pumarejo, 16th President of Colombia (Liberal: 1934-38 and 1942-46) and statesman (President of UN security council 1948), born in Honda, Colombia (d. 1959)

Frank Lloyd (1886-1960)

Feb 2 Scottish actor and director (Mutiny on Bounty, Oliver Twist, Blood on the Sun), born in Glasgow, Scotland

Feb 2 Kurt Baschwitz, German-Dutch sociologist and journalist (Du und) (d. 1968)
Feb 3 Erwin Kroll, German composer, born in Eylau, German Empire (now Iława, Poland) (d. 1976)
Feb 6 E J "Tiger" Smith, English cricket wicket-keeper (11 Tests, 20 dismissals; Warwickshire CCC) and umpire (8 Tests 1933-38), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1979)
Feb 8 Charlie Ruggles, American actor (Bringing Up Baby, The Patchwork Girl of Oz), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1970)
Feb 10 Olin Howland, American actor (Gone With The Wind; Them!; Circus Boy), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1959)
Feb 12 Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, Swedish organist and composer, born in Stockholm (d. 1949)
Feb 12 Michel Brusselmans, Belgian composer (Flemish Rhapsody), born in Paris, France (d. 1960)
Feb 14 Theodor Werner, German painter, born in Jettenburg, Germany (d. 1969)
Feb 16 Andrew Ducat, English cricketer and footballer international (Test for Eng 1921), born in London, England (d. 1942)
Feb 16 Robert R. Williams, American chemist, first to synthesize vitamins thiamine and B1, born in Nellore, India (d. 1965) [1]
Feb 16 Van Wyck Brooks, American literary historian and writer (Ordeal of Mark Twain), born in Plainfield, New Jersey (d. 1963)
Feb 19 George Luther Foote, American composer, born in Cannes, France (d. 1956)
Feb 20 Bela Kun, Hungarian Communist revolutionary (de facto head of Hungarian Soviet Republic 1919), born in Lele, Hungary (d. 1938)
Feb 21 Herbert J. Krapp, American theatre architect and designer responsible for almost half of current Broadway venues, born in New York City (d. 1973)
Feb 22 Hugo Ball, German playwright and social critic (co-founder Flametti, Dada), born in Pirmasens, Germany (d. 1927)
Feb 23 Albert Edward Sammons, British concert violinist and composer, born in Fulham, England (d. 1957)
Feb 23 Ventura García Calderón, Peruvian diplomat and author, born in Paris, France (d. 1959)
Feb 27 Hugo L. Black, American lawyer, jurist and politician (Sen-D-Alabama 1927-37, 78th Supreme Court justice 1937-71), born in Harlan, Alabama (d. 1971)
Feb 28 José Gutierrez Solana, Spanish painter and author (Madrid Escenas), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1945)
Feb 28 Max Vasmer, German-Russian linguist (La Tertulia de Pombo), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1962)
Mar 1 Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian-British painter (Erasmus Prize 1960), born in Pöchlarn, Austria-Hungary (d. 1980)
Mar 2 (Willis) "Obie" O'Brien, American Academy Award-winning stop-action animator (The Lost World; King Kong; Mighty Joe Young), born in Oakland, California (d. 1962)
Mar 3 (Reginald Owen) R.O. Morris, British composer and music teacher, born in York, England (d. 1948)
Mar 3 James Friskin, Scottish-American concert pianist and composer, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1967)
Mar 3 Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (d. 1968)
Mar 4 Paul Bazelaire, French cellist, composer, and poet, born in Sedan, France (d. 1958)
Mar 5 Dong Biwu, High-ranking member of the Communist Party of China (d. 1975)
Mar 5 Paul Radmilovic, Welsh swimmer (Olympic gold GB 4×200m freestyle 1908; gold GB water polo 1908, 12, 20), born in Cardiff, Wales (d. 1968)
Mar 7 Raymond Largay, American actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl), born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin (d. 1974)
Mar 7 René Thomas, French auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1914), born in Périgueux, France (d. 1975)
Mar 8 Anton Portielje, Dutch radio host and zoo director (Artis), born in Amsterdam (d. 1965)
Mar 8 Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist, isolated cortisone (Nobel 1950), born in South Norwalk, Connecticut (d. 1972)
Mar 13 Henri D Gagnebin, Belgian-Swiss organist and composer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1977)
Mar 13 John 'Home Run' Baker, American Baseball HOF third baseman (World Series 1910, 11, 13; AL HR leader 1911–14; AL RBI leader 1912, 13; Philadelphia A's), born in Trappe, Maryland (d. 1963)
Mar 14 Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist who twice won the Tour de France (1919, 1922), born in Florennes, Namur, Belgium (d. 1964)
Mar 17 Princess Patricia of Connaught, British princess (d. 1974)
Mar 18 Edward Everett Horton, American vaudeville, stage, silent and sound screen character actor (Top Hat), and narrator (Fractured Fairy Tales - The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1970)
Mar 18 Kurt Koffka, German Gestalt psychologist, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1941)
Mar 18 Marianne Philips, Dutch author (Between Heaven & Earth), born in Amsterdam (d. 1951)
Mar 24 Athenagoras I, Greek Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1972)
Mar 24 Edward Weston, American photographer (d. 1958)
Mar 25 Athenagoras, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1972)
Mar 26 Hugh Mulzac, America military officer (d. 1971)
Mar 27 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect (November Group), born in Aachen, Germany (d. 1969)
Mar 27 Sergey Kirov [Kostrikov], Russian Bolshevik leader and politician (First Secretary (Mayor) of Leningrad, 1926-34), born in Urzhum, Russia (d. 1934)
Mar 28 Jaroslav Novotny, Czech composer, born in Jičín, Austria-Hungary (d. 1918)
Mar 29 Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson, Swedish composer, born in Vadstena, Sweden (d. 1965)
Mar 30 Stanislaw Lesniewski, Polish logician and mathematician (Warsaw School of Logic), born in Serpukhov, Russia (d. 1939)
Apr 1 Casimir von Pászthory, Austrian composer, born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1966)

Wallace Beery (1886-1949)

Apr 1 American circus performer (Ringling Brothers Circus) and actor (Alias a Gentleman, Dinner at 8), born in Kansas City, Missouri

Apr 3 (Arthur) "Dooley" Wilson, American piano player, singer, and actor (Casablanca; Stormy Weather; Beulah), born in Tyler, Texas (d. 1953)
Apr 5 Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist (Der Toncharakter), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1955)
Apr 6 "Smokey" Joe Williams, American Baseball HOF pitcher (NgL, Mexico, Caribbean 1905-32; no-hitter 1919 NY Lincoln Giants), born in Seguin, Texas (d. 1951)
Apr 6 Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, The Last Nizam of Hyderabad state (d. 1967)
Apr 7 Ed Lafitte, American baseball pitcher (no-hitter 1914 Brooklyn Tip-Tops), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1971)

Jim Barnes (1886-1966)

Apr 8 English golfer (PGA C'ship 1916, 19; US Open 1921, British Open 1925; World Golf HOF), born in Lelant, Cornwall, England

Apr 8 Margaret Ayer Barnes, American playwright and writer (Years of Grace), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1967)
Apr 10 Val Paul, American actor and director (Suspense, The Phantom Thief), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1962)
Apr 13 Ethel Leginska [Liggins], British pianist, conductor, composer, and music educator, born in Hull, Yorkshire, England (d. 1970)
Apr 14 Edward C. Tolman, American psychologist (behaviorism), born in West Newton, Massachusetts (d. 1959)
Apr 14 Ernst Robert Curtius, German literature historian, born in Thann, Haut-Rhin (d. 1956)
Apr 15 Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet, born in Kronshtadt, Russia (d. 1921)
Apr 16 Ernst Thälmann, German communist presidential candidate, born in Hamburg, German Empire (d. 1944)
Apr 16 Jēkabs Graubiņš, Latvian composer, born in Preiļi Palace, Latvia (d. 1961)
Apr 16 Konstantin G. Mostras, Russian composer, born in Tambovsky District, Tambov Oblast, Russia (d. 1965)
Apr 17 Otto Lederer, Austrian actor (The Jazz Singer), born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (d. 1965)
Apr 21 Charles "Charlie" Naughton, Scottish actor (Frozen Limits), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1976)
Apr 24 Kurt Pinthus, German-American writer, born in Erfurt (d. 1975)
Apr 26 Ğabdulla Tuqay, Tatar poet (Oh My Mother Tongue!), born in Quşlawıç, Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1913)
Apr 26 Ma Rainey [Gertrude Pridgett], American singer "Mother of the Blues", born in Columbus, Georgia (d. 1939)
Apr 28 Erich Salomon, German photographer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1944)
Apr 30 Frank Merrick, English composer, born in Clifton, Bristol, England (d. 1981)
May 2 Gottfried Benn, German physician, pathologist, poet, and essayist (Morgue and other Poems), born in Mansfeld, Germany (d. 1956)
May 3 Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer, born in Rouen, France (d. 1971)
May 4 Frank H. Wilson, American actor (Beware, Paradise in Harlem), born in Harlem, New York (d. 1956)
May 5 Manuel Borguñó, Spanish pianist, composer, choral director, and pedagogue, born in Rubí, Spain (d. 1973)
May 8 Jef van Hoof, Flemish composer, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1959)
May 9 Francis Biddle, 58th United States Attorney General (1941-45), born in Paris (d. 1968)
May 10 Felix Manalo, Founder and 1st Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963)
May 10 Karl Barth, Swiss Protestant theologian ("The Epistle to the Romans"; "Barmen Declaration"; "Church Dogmatics"), born in Basel Switzerland (d. 1968)
May 10 Olaf Stapledon, British philosopher and sci-fi writer (Star Maker), born in Seacombe, England (d. 1950)
May 12 Albert Saverys, Flemish painter (d. 1964)
May 12 Hermann Grabner, Austrian composer (Die Richterin), born in Graz, Austria (d. 1969)
May 12 Peter Scharow, Russian-Italian actor and director (Chechov), born in Perm, Russia (d. 1969)
May 13 Joseph Achron, Lithuanian-American concert violinist and composer (Golem Suite), born in Lozdzieje, Russian Empire (now Lazdijai, Lithuania) (d. 1943)

Alfonso XIII (1886-1941)

May 17 King of Spain (1886-1931), born in Madrid, Kingdom of Spain

May 18 Ole Windingstad, Norwegian composer (The Tide), born in Sandefjord, Norway (d. 1959)
May 24 Paul Paray, French organist, conductor (Detroit Symphony, 1951-62), and composer, born in Le Tréport, France (d. 1979)
May 25 Philip Murray, 1st president of the United Steelworkers and longest-serving president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, born in Blantyre, Scotland (d. 1952)
May 25 Rash Behari Bose, Indian revolutionary leader against the British Raj in India, born in Bengal, India (d. 1945)

Al Jolson (1886-1950)

May 26 American-Lithuanian jazz singer and silent film actor (Mamie, Swanee), born in Seredžius, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire

May 28 Nikolai Sokoloff, Russian-American violinist and conductor (Cleveland Orchestra, 1918-32; Seattle Symphony, 1938-41; co-founder and director of La Jolla Music Society, 1941-65), born in Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 1965)
May 28 Santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-American mobster, born in Cianciana, Sicily, Italy (d. 1954)
May 30 Randolph Bourne, American writer (Education and Living), born in Bloomfield, New Jersey (d. 1918)
Jun 6 Paul Dudley White, American heart specialist, born in Roxbury, Massachusetts (d. 1973)
Jun 7 Henri Coandă, Romanian aerodynamics pioneer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1972)
Jun 9 Kōsaku Yamada, Japanese composer (Nagauta Symphony), and conductor, born in Tokyo (d. 1965)
Jun 10 Emile van Dievoet, Flemish lawyer, born in Sint-Katherina-Lombeek, Belgium (d. 1967)
Jun 11 David Barnard Steinman, American civil engineer and bridge designer (Hudson, Triborough), born in New York City (d. 1960)
Jun 11 Lillian Fontaine, British actress (Suddenly it's Spring), born in Reading, Berkshire, England (d. 1975)
Jun 13 Roy Minnett, Australian cricket all-rounder who played 9 Tests, 3 x 50, 11 wickets; NSW, born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1955)
Jun 15 Charles Wood, Irish composer of church music, born in Armagh, Northern Ireland (d. 1926)
Jun 18 Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (d. 1978)

George Mallory (1886-1924)

Jun 18 English mountain climber ("because it is there"), born in Mobberley, England

Jun 19 Robert Herberigs, Flemish composer and writer (Hiawatha's Song), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1974)
Jun 24 George Shiels, Irish dramatist, known for "The Rugged Path", born in Ballymoney, County Antrim (d. 1949)
Jun 25 Henry "Hap" Arnold, American commanding general, US Army Air Force (WWII), born in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania (d. 1950)
Jun 27 Charles Macartney, Australian cricket all-rounder (35 Tests, 2,131 runs @ 41.78, 7 x 100s, 45 wickets), born in West Maitland, Australia (d. 1958)
Jun 28 Frank Mayo, American silent screen actor (Burning Gold, Hell's Headquarters), born in New York City (d. 1963)
Jun 28 Joe Cox, South African cricket fast medium bowler (3 Tests; Natal), born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (d. 1971)
Jun 29 George Frederick Boyle, Australian-American composer, born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (d. 1948)
Jun 29 James Van Der Zee, African-American photographer, born in Lenox, Massachusetts (d. 1983)
Jun 29 Juliane Gabriels, Flemish physician (Artus Quellin) (d. 1958)
Jun 29 Robert Schuman, Luxembourg-born French statesman and Prime Minister of France (1947-48), born in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (d. 1963)
Jul 3 Raymond A. Spruance, U.S. Navy admiral (Battle of Midway), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1969)
Jul 4 Heinrich Kaminski, German composer, born in Tiengen, Schwarzwald, Germany (d. 1946)
Jul 5 Felix Timmermans, Flemish painter and illustrator (Pallieter), born in Lier, Belgium (d. 1947)

Nathaniel Niles (1886-1932)

Jul 5 American tennis player (US Open mixed doubles 1908; US Open men's singles 1917 runner-up) and figure skater (US C'ship gold singles 1918, 25, 27), born in Boston, Massachusetts

Jul 5 Willem Drees, Dutch politician (co-founder of the Labour Party (PvdA); Prime Minister, 1948-58), known as "Daddy Drees", born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1988)
Jul 7 Carlo Perrier, Italian mineralogist and chemist who co-discovered the element technetium, born in Turin, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1948)
Jul 10 John Vereker, British-Irish aristocrat (6th Viscount Gort), decorated military officer (WWI, WW2), and administrator (Governor of Malta, 1942-44; High Commissioner of British Mandate of Palestine, 1944-45), born in London, England (d. 1946)
Jul 11 Boris Grigoriev, Russian avant-garde painter and graphic artist, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1939) (OS)
Jul 12 Jean Hersholt, Danish actor (Heidi, Greed, Men in White, Aryan), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1956)
Jul 15 Harry Green, English athlete (WR marathon 2:38:16.2 1913), born in Islington, Greater London, England (d. 1934)
Jul 18 Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr, American lieutenant general of the 10th Army who was killed in action during the Battle of Okinawa, born in Munfordville, Kentucky (d. 1945)
Jul 23 Arthur Whitten Brown, British aviator (first nonstop airplane crossing of the Atlantic with John W. Alcock), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1948)
Jul 23 Jan Poortenaar, Dutch painter, etcher and cartoonist, born in Amsterdam (d. 1958)
Jul 23 Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo, Spanish writer (Englishmen, Frenchmen, Spaniards) and diplomat, born in La Coruña, Spain (d. 1978)
Jul 23 Walter H. Schottky, German physicist (Thermodynamik), born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1976)
Jul 24 Junichiro Tanizaki, Japanese writer (Snow Dusting), born in Nihonbashi, Tokyo (d. 1965)
Jul 26 Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (Flesh & Devil), born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 1965)
Jul 27 Ernst May, German architect and city planner (New Frankfurt), born in Frankfurt am Main (d. 1970)
Jul 30 Algot Haquinius, Swedish pianist, and composer, born in Sveg, Sweden (d. 1966)
Jul 31 Constant Permeke, Flemish painter and statues artist (Sow), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1952)
Jul 31 Fred Quimby, American film producer (Tom and Jerry), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1965)
Jul 31 Larry Doyle, American baseball second baseman (NL MVP 1912, NL batting champion 1915; NY Giants), born in Caseyville, Illinois (d. 1974)
Jul 31 Salvatore Maranzano, Sicilian-born American organized crime figure, born in Sicily, Italy (d. 1931)
Aug 1 Isaac Keesing, Dutch publisher and founder (System Keesing), born in Amsterdam (d. 1966)
Aug 2 John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, Canadian aviator, born in Baddeck, Nova Scotia (d. 1961)
Aug 5 Óscar Esplá Spanish composer, born in Alicante, Spain (d. 1976)
Aug 6 Edward Ballantine, American composer and music professor, born in Oberlin, Ohio (d. 1971)

Inez Milholland (1886-1916)

Aug 6 American suffragist (National Woman's Party), labor lawyer and socialist, born in Brooklyn, New York

Aug 7 Bill McKechnie, American Baseball HOF manager (World Series 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates, 1940 Cincinnati Reds) and coach (World Series 1948 Cleveland Indians), born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania (d. 1965)
Aug 7 Louis Alan Hazeltine, American inventor (neutrodyne circuit, making radio possible), born in Morristown, New Jersey (d. 1964)
Aug 8 Daniel Ruyneman, Dutch composer and pianist, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1963)
Aug 8 Pietro Alessandro Yon, Italian organist and composer, born in Settimo Vittone, Italy (d. 1943)
Aug 12 Sir Keith Murdoch, Australian journalist and newspaper owner (d. 1952)
Aug 13 Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef, South African painter, born in Pretoria, South Africa (d. 1957)
Aug 15 Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (left-arm bowler 1909-12), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1974)
Aug 19 Robert Heger, German composer and conductor, born in Strasbourg, Kingdom of Prussia (now France) (d. 1978)
Aug 20 Paul Tillich, German-American theologist (Die sozial Entscheidung), born in Starzeddel, Brandenburg, Germany (d. 1965)
Aug 23 Gottfried Rudinger, German composer, born in Lindau, Germany (d. 1946)
Aug 24 William Francis Gibbs, American naval architect, designed Liberty ships, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1967)
Aug 27 Eric Coates, English viola player and composer, born in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 1957)
Aug 27 Rebecca Clarke, British-American violist and classical composer (Morpheus), born in Harrow, England (d. 1979)
Sep 1 Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer, chiefly of art songs, and conductor, born in Brunnen, Switzerland (d. 1957) [1]

Tarsila do Amaral (1886-1973)

Sep 1 Brazilian modernist artist, born in Capivari, Brazil

Sep 4 Albert Orsborn, 6th General of The Salvation Army, born in Clapton, England (d. 1967)
Sep 8 Siegfried Sassoon, English poet and writer (Counterattack), born in Matfield, Kent, England (d. 1967)
Sep 10 Hilda Doolittle, American poetess (Imagist movement), born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (d. 1961)
Sep 13 Alain LeRoy Locke, African-American writer and philosopher “Father of the Harlem Renaissance”, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1954)
Sep 14 Jan Masaryk, Czech statesman and Minister to London (1918-35), born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (d. 1948)
Sep 20 Charles Williams, British poet and writer, born in London (d. 1945)
Sep 21 Teiichi Igarashi, Japanese mountaineer who climbed Mt Fuji at age 99
Sep 22 Hobart Cavanaugh, American actor (Border Town, Black Angel), born in Virginia City, Nevada (d. 1950)
Sep 24 Edward Bach, British bacteriologist, homeopathic doctor (Bach flower remedies), born in Moseley, Worcestershire, England (d. 1936)
Sep 24 James Burke, American actor (Mystery Theater, Great Guy), born in New York City (d. 1968)
Sep 25 Jesús Guridi, Spanish composer, born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain (d. 1961)
Sep 25 May Sutton, American tennis player (first American woman to win Wimbledon singles title 1905), born in Plymouth, England (d. 1975)
Oct 1 Ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian and author (My Life), born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 1954)
Oct 2 Pierre Balledux, Dutch actor, theatre director (The Hague Players), and resistance fighter, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1976)
Oct 3 Henri Alain-Fournier, French novelist (Le Grand Meaulnes), born in La Chapelle-d'Angillon, Cher, France (d. 1914)
Oct 4 Luis Alberni, Spanish character actor (The Lady Eve, Topaze), born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (d. 1962)
Oct 5 Carter DeHaven, American actor (Courage Great Dictator), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1977)
Oct 6 Edwin Fischer, Swiss concert pianist and conductor, born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1960)

Famous People Born in 1886