Famous People Born in 1888

Birthdays 1 - 200 of 271

• Jan 1 John Garand, American inventor (d. 1974)
• Jan 4 Arthur Berry, English football player (Olympic gold 1908, 12), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1953)
• Jan 5 George "Rube" Foster, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1915, 16; no-hitter 1916; Boston Red Sox), born in Lehigh, Oklahoma (d. 1976)

• Jan 8 Matt Moore, Irish-American actor and director (Coquette, Deluge), born in Kells, County Meath Ireland (d. 1960)
• Jan 8 Richard Courant, German-American mathematician (d. 1972)
• Jan 10 Emile van Bosch, Belgian-Dutch opera singer (Fair Folks), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1940)
• Jan 12 Claude Delvincourt, French composer and pianist, born in Paris, France (d. 1954)
• Jan 15 Joseph Henabery, American director (Cobra), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1976)
• Jan 16 Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer (Left Front of the Arts) and literary critic of the Russian formalist school, born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1945)

• Jan 21 Herbie Collins, Australian cricket all-rounder and captain (19 Tests, 1,352 runs @ 45.06, 4 x 100s), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1959)
• Jan 23 Gilbert Ledward, English sculptor, born in Chelsea, London (d. 1960)
• Jan 23 Paul Peter Ewald, German Crystallographer and physicist who devised the theory of X-ray interference by crystals and pioneered X-ray diffraction methods, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1985)
• Jan 24 Ernst Heinrich Heinkel, German aeronautical engineer (1st rocket-powered aircraft), born in Grunbach, Germany (d. 1958)
• Jan 24 Hedwig "Vicki" Baum, Austrian American author (Men Never Know, Grand Hotel), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1960)
• Feb 2 Candelario Huízar, Mexican violist, horn player, and classical and canción composer ("Surco"), born in Jerez, Zacatecas, Mexico (d. 1970)
• Feb 2 Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (Olympic gold 200m freestyle, 200m obstacle 1900), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1969)
• Feb 3 Joris Baers, Belgian priest and librarian(founded magazine Boekengids), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1975)
• Feb 4 Paul Althaus, German theologist (The Christian Truth), born in Obershagen, Province of Hanover (d. 1966)
• Feb 6 Ljudmil Stojanow, Bulgarian poet (Metsh i Slowo, Cholera), born in Kovachevitsa, Bulgaria (d. 1973)
• Feb 8 Edith Evans, British actress (Tom Jones, David Copperfield), born in London, England (d. 1976)
• Feb 8 Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer and music journalist, born in Helmond, Netherlands (d. 1967)
• Feb 10 Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian poet (Hermeticism) and journalist, born in Alexandria (d. 1970)
• Feb 13 Georgios Papandreou, Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece (1944–45, 1963, 1964–65), born in Kalentzi, Achaea, Greece (d. 1968)
• Feb 13 Heintje Davids [Hendrika], Dutch cabaret artist, (Zandvoort by the sea) (d. 1975)
• Feb 17 Henrietta "Hetty" Beck, Dutch hearing actress (Bouwmeester Award), born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1979)
• Feb 17 Otto Stern, German-American physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943), born in Sohrau, Prussia, German Empire (d. 1969)
• Feb 17 Ronald Arbuthnott Knox, British priest, broadcaster and author (Viaduct Murder), born in Kibworth Leicestershire, England (d. 1957)
• Feb 19 Aurora Quezon, First Lady of the Philippines (d. 1949)
• Feb 19 Jose Eustasio Rivera, Colombian poet and novelist (Vortex), born in Neiva, Colombia (d. 1928)
• Feb 20 Georges Bernanos, French novelist (Diary of a Country Priest), born in Paris, France (d. 1948)
• Feb 20 Marie Rambert, Polish English ballet director, teacher and dancer (Ballet Rambert), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1982)
• Feb 20 Vasyl Barvinsky, Ukrainian pianist, composer, conductor, musicologist ("Béla Bartók in Lviv"), and teacher (Lysenko Higher Institute of Music, 1915-48), born in Ternopil, Ukraine, Russian Empire (d. 1963)
• Feb 21 Clemence Dane [Winifred Ashton], British novelist and playwright (A Bill of Divorcement), born in Blackheath, England (d. 1965)
• Feb 21 Willem Banning, Dutch theologist and sociologist (Religious Build Up), born in Makkum, Netherlands (d. 1971)
• Feb 22 Owen Brewster, American politician (d. 1961)

• Feb 26 Ida Cox (nee Prather), American blues singer and vaudeville performer, born in Habersham County, Georgia (d. 1967) [birth year disputed, may be 1894 or 1896]
• Feb 27 Earl Caddock, American professional wrestler (d. 1950)
• Feb 27 Lotte Lehmann, German soprano (Der Rosenkavalier; Fidelio), born in Perleberg ,Germany (d. 1976)
• Feb 27 Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and writer (Psychosynthesis,), born in Venice, Italy (d. 1974)
• Mar 1 Ewart Astill, England cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, Leicestershire), born in Ratby, Leicestershire, England (d. 1948)
• Mar 4 Jeff Pfeffer, American baseball pitcher (no-hitter Boston Doves v Cincinnati Reds 1907), born in Seymour, Illinois (d. 1972)
• Mar 4 Knute Rockne, American College Football HOF coach, (National C'ships 1924, 29, 30 Notre Dame; record 105–12–5), born in Voss, Norway (d. 1931)
• Mar 4 Rafaela Ottiano, Italian-born American actress (Grand Hotel, The Devil-Doll), born in Venice, Italy (d. 1942)
• Mar 7 Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau, American jazz guitarist and double-bassist, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1969)
• Mar 7 Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborch Stachouwer, Dutch last Governor-General of Dutch East Indies (1936-45), taken prisoner by the Japanese during WWII, born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1978)
• Mar 8 Stuart Chase, American writer and economist (The Tragedy of Waste), born in Somersworth, New Hampshire (d. 1985)
• Mar 10 Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (Academy Award, Going My Way), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1961)
• Mar 10 Krsto Odak, Croatian composer, born in Siverić (d. 1965)
• Mar 12 Hall Johnson, American composer (Hall Johnson Choir), born in Athens, Georgia (d. 1970)
• Mar 12 Hans Knappertsbusch, German conductor (Bavarian State Opera, 1922-36), born in Elberfeld, Germany (d. 1965)
• Mar 14 Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Quebec painter (d. 1970)
• Mar 17 Frank Buck, American actor (Africa Screams, Tiger Queen, Tiger Fangs), born in Gainesville, Texas (d. 1950)
• Mar 17 Paul Ramadier, French politician (d. 1961)
• Mar 18 Joseph Csaky, Hungarian-French sculptor (Cubism), born in Szeged, Austria-Hungary (d. 1971)
• Mar 19 Josef Albers, German-American artist, writer and teacher (Bauhaus professor, Homage to the Square), born in Bottrop, Germany (d. 1976)
• Mar 19 Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (d. 1969)
• Mar 20 Siegfried von Vegesack, German writer, born in Gut Blumbergshof, Latvia (d. 1974)
• Mar 24 Jameson Thomas, British actor (Piccadilly, Farmer's Wife), born in London, England (d. 1939)
• Mar 24 Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian Bolshevik politician (d. 1922)
• Mar 26 Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse who helped POWs in Siberia, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (d. 1948)
• Mar 27 Agnes Windeck, German actress (A Time to Love and a Time to Die), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1975)
• Mar 27 George Hearne, South African cricket batsman (3 Tests; Western Province), born in Catford, England (d. 1978)
• Mar 28 Jack Burke Sr., American golfer (US Open 1920 runner-up; Senior PGA C'ship 1941), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1943)
• Mar 29 A. M. de Jong, Dutch writer (World Tour of Bulletje & Bonestaak), born in Nieuw-Vossemeer, Netherlands (d. 1943)
• Mar 29 James E. Casey, American businessman and founder (United Parcel Service), born in Candelaria, Nevada (d. 1983)
• Mar 30 Anna Q Nilsson, Swedish actress (Shenandoah; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Toll Gate; Sorrell & Son), born in Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden (d. 1974)
• Apr 3 Neville Cardus, English writer and cricketer, born in Rusholme, Manchester, England (d. 1975)

• Apr 4 Zdzisław Żygulski, Sr., Polish literary historian, born in Przemyśl, Poland (d. 1975)
• Apr 5 Franklin Van Valkenburgh, United States Navy officer (Captain of USS Arizona), Medal of Honor recipient, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1941)
• Apr 6 Daniel Andersson, Swedish poet and writer (Svarta Ballader), born in Skattlösberg, Sweden (d. 1920)
• Apr 8 Dennis Chavez, American politician, 1st US Hispanic Senator elected to serve full term, born in Los Chavez, New Mexico Territory (d. 1964)
• Apr 8 Victor Schertzinger, American composer and director (Uptown NY), born in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania (d. 1941)

• Apr 9 Sol Hurok, American theatrical impresario, born in Pogar, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1974)
• Apr 11 Donald Calthrop, British actor (Blackmail, Scrooge, Rome Express), born in London, England (d. 1940)
• Apr 12 Dan Ahearn, Irish-American athlete (men's triple jump WR 15.52m 1911-24), born in Athea, Ireland (d. 1942)
• Apr 12 Heinrich Neuhaus, Soviet pianist (The Art of Piano Playing), born in Elisavetgrad, Russian Empire (d. 1964)
• Apr 15 Florence Bates, American actress (Moon & Sixpence, Love Crazy, San Antonio), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1954)
• Apr 15 Maximilian Kronberger, German poet, born in Berlin (d. 1904)
• Apr 18 Arnold Lunn, British skier (created the modern Alpine slalom race), born in Madras, India (d. 1974)
• Apr 18 Duffy Lewis, American baseball left fielder (World Series 1912, 15, 16; Boston Red Sox), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1979)
• Apr 19 William Axt, American film score composer (The Prisoner of Zenda), born in New York City (d. 1959)
• Apr 23 Georges Vanier, French Canadian soldier and 19th Governor General of Canada, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1967)
• Apr 26 Anita Loos, American screenwriter, novelist (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) and playwright, born in Sisson, California (d. 1981)
• Apr 26 Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha, Egyptian politician and the 27th Prime Minister of Egypt (1946-48) who was later assassinated, born in Alexandria, Egypt (d. 1948)
• Apr 27 Florence La Badie, Canadian-American actress (Cinderella, The Evidence of the Film), born in New York City (d. 1917)

• Apr 30 John Crowe Ransom, American poet and critic (God Without Thunder), born in Pulaski, Tennessee (d. 1974)
• May 6 Emanuel Celler, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1981)
• May 9 Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector and museum director, born in Stockholm (d. 1964)
• May 10 Max Steiner, Austrian-American film score composer (King Kong; Casablanca: Gone With The Wind), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1971)

• May 11 Willis Augustus Lee, American World War II admiral (Guadalcanal) and sport shooter (5 Olympic golds 1920), born in Natlee, Kentucky (d. 1945)
• May 13 Inge Lehmann, Danish geophysicist and seismologist, born in Østerbro, Denmark (d. 1993)
• May 14 Miles Mander, British actor (Tower of London, Wuthering Heights, Murder!), born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England (d. 1946)
• May 15 Jean Wahl, French philosopher (Sorbonne professor), born in Marseille, France (d. 1974)
• May 17 Selmer Jackson, American actor (The Grapes of Wrath, Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp), born in Lake Mills, Iowa (d. 1971)
• May 17 Tich Freeman, English cricket leg-spin bowler (12 Tests, 66 wickets; Kent CCC), born in Lewisham, England (d. 1965)
• May 21 May Aufderheide, American ragtime composer (Dusty Rag), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1972) [1]
• May 23 Adrian Roland Holst, Dutch poet (Raged & Tired), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1976)
• May 23 Zack Wheat, American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (NL batting champion 1918; Brooklyn Superbas / Dodgers / Robins 1909–26), born in Hamilton, Missouri (d. 1972)
• May 25 Miles Malleson, British stage and screen actor, and writer (Kind Hearts and Coronets; Postman's Knock), born in Croydon, Surrey, England (d. 1969)
• May 27 Louis Durey, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1979)
• May 30 James A. Farley, American politician (ran Franklin Roosevelt's presidential campaign, US Postmaster General 1932-38), born in Grassy Point New York (d. 1976)
• May 31 Jack Holt, American golddigger and actor (Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone), born in New York City (d. 1951)
• Jun 3 Tom Brown, American dixieland jazz trombonist, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1958)
• Jun 5 Raden Mas Noto Soeroto, Javanese poet (Melatiknoppen), born in Yogyakarta, Indonesia (d. 1951)

• Jun 8 Poul Schierbeck, Danish organist and composer, born in Copenhagen (d. 1949)
• Jun 9 Adrian Shaposhnikov, Russian composer, born in St Peterberg (d. 1967)
• Jun 9 Hugo Kauder, Austrian composer, born in Tovačov (d. 1972)
• Jun 10 Leo Weismantel, German writer (Der Reiter der Apocalypse), born in Obersinn, Germany (d. 1964)
• Jun 11 Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist (Sacco and Vanzetti Trial), born in Villafalletto, Italy (d. 1927)
• Jun 12 Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1920)

• Jun 15 Ramon Lopez Velarde, Mexican poet (La Sangre Devota), born in Jerez de García Salinas, Mexico (d. 1921)
• Jun 16 Bobby Clark, American vaudevillian, clown and actor (in comedy act with Paul McCullough), born in Springfield, Ohio (d. 1960)
• Jun 16 Peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer (d. 1980)
• Jun 17 Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, Dutch composer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1953)
• Jun 17 Heinz Guderian, German Army General (WWII - developed Panzer Division, advocated 'blitzkrieg'), and memoirist (Panzer Leader), born in Kulm, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (d. 1954)
• Jun 18 Margarita Xirgu, Catalan stage actress, director and political radical (Bloody Wedding, Mariana Pineda), born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1969)
• Jun 22 Harold Burton, American politician (Rep (R) Ohio 1941-45), U.S. Supreme Court justice, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1964)
• Jun 23 Bronson M. Cutting, American politician (Senator (R) New Mexico 1927-28, 1929-35), born in Great River, New York (d. 1935)
• Jun 23 Lee Moran, American actor (Circus Clown), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1961)
• Jun 24 Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect and furniture designer (Juliana Hall, Sonsbeek Pavilion), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1964)
• Jun 26 Paul Niggli, Swiss mineralogist (crystal structures), born in Zonfingen, Switzerland (d. 1953)
• Jun 27 Antoinette Perry, American stage actress, theater director, co-founder of the American Theatre Wing, and namesake of the Tony Award, born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1946)
• Jun 27 Lewis Bernstein Namier, English historian, born in Wola Okrzejska, Poland (d. 1960)
• Jun 28 George Challenor, West Indian cricketer (pioneering West Indian batsman), born in St. Michael, Barbados (d. 1947)
• Jun 29 Joseph "Squizzy" Taylor, Australian gangster, born in Brighton, Victoria (d. 1927)
• Jul 1 Ben Taylor, American Baseball Hall of Fame 1st baseman (Indianapolis ABCs) and manager (Washington Potomacs, Baltimore Black Sox), born in Anderson, South Carolina (d. 1953)
• Jul 2 Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American microbiologist (Nobel 1951-ingenious, systematic and successful studies of the soil microbes that led to the discovery of streptomycin), born in Nova Pryluka, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1973) [1]
• Jul 4 Henry Armetta, Italian-American actor (The Black Cat, Bell for Adano, Big Store), born in Palermo, Sicily, Italy (d. 1945)
• Jul 10 Giorgio De Chirico, Italian painter (founded the scuola metafisica art movement), born in Volos, Greece (d. 1978)
• Jul 10 Graham McNamee, American sportscaster (originated play-by-play sports broadcasting; Baseball HOF Ford C. Frick Award; 1st Rose Bowl), born in Washington D. C. (d. 1942)
• Jul 10 Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese Christian-social reformer (Grain of Wheat), born in Kōbe, Japan (d. 1960)
• Jul 11 Carl Schmitt, German political theorist and prominent Nazi (Verfassungslehre), born in Plettenberg, German Empire (d. 1985)
• Jul 11 Johanna Beyer, German-American pianist and composer (March for Thirty Percussion Instruments; Clusters), born in Leipzig, German Empire (d. 1944)
• Jul 11 Lyman Bryson, American educator (UN Casebook), born in Valentine, Nebraska (d. 1959)
• Jul 13 Jean Murat, French actor (Eternal Rain, Carnival Flanders), born in Périgueux, Dordogne, France (d. 1968)
• Jul 16 Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist, invented phase-contrast microscope (Nobel 1953), born in Amsterdam (d. 1966)
• Jul 16 Percy Kilbride, American stage and screen actor (The Egg and I; Ma and Pa Kettle films), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1964)
• Jul 17 Shmuel Agnon, Israeli writer (Day Before Yesterday, Nobel Prize for Literature 1966), born in Buczacz, Polish Galicia (d. 1970) [1]
• Jul 18 Alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian-Dutch painter, born in Soerakarta, Java (d. 1992)
• Jul 18 Sydney Horler, English detective writer (Checkmate), born in Leytonstone, Essex (d. 1954)
• Jul 19 Eugène Jungers, Belgian Governor of Rwanda Urundi, born in Messancy, Belgium (d. 1958)
• Jul 22 Kirk Bryan, American geologist (d. 1950)
• Jul 23 Gluyas Williams, American cartoonist (Fellows Citizen), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1982)
• Jul 23 Milan Stojadinović, Serbian-Yugoslav political figure and 12th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1935-39), born in Čačak, Kingdom of Serbia (d. 1961)
• Jul 23 Raymond Chandler, American-British mystery novelist and screenwriter (Farewell My Lovely; The Long Goodbye; The Big Sleep), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1959)
• Jul 24 Arthur Richardson, Australian cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 100, 12 wickets; South Australia, Western Australia), born in Sevenhill, Clare, Australia (d. 1973)
• Jul 26 Marcel Jouhandeau, French writer, born in Guéret, France (d. 1979)
• Jul 28 Sidney Pegler, South African cricket leg spinner (16 Tests), (d. 1972)
• Jul 29 Niles Welch, American actor (Cornered), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1976)

• Jul 30 Raden Soetomo, Indonesian freedom fighter, born in Ngepeh, Nganjuk, Indonesia (d. 1938)
• Aug 1 Vito Frazzi, Italian composer, born in San Secondo Parmense, Italy (d. 1975)
• Aug 2 Oscar Rasbach, American composer, born in Dayton, Kentucky (d. 1975)
• Aug 4 Philip Greeley Clapp, American composer and educator (University of Iowa, 1919-54), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1954)
• Aug 4 Syedna Taher Saifuddin, Bohra Spiritual Leader, born in Surat, India (d. 1965)
• Aug 5 Victor Francen, Belgian actor (J'Acusse, San Antonio), born in Tienen, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1977)
• Aug 6 Heinrich Schlusnus, German baritone, born in Braubach, German Empire (d. 1952)
• Aug 9 Hans Oster, German major general, spy and "July 20th" plotter, born in Dresden, German Empire (d. 1945)
• Aug 11 Owen Nares [Ramsay], British actor and manager (Maiden Erleigh), born in Maiden Erlegh, Berks, England (d. 1943)
• Aug 12 Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer (1st major Dutch radio broadcaster AVRO), born in Den Helder, Netherlands (d. 1973)
• Aug 13 Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor, born in Smolensk, Russia (d. 1975)

• Aug 15 Albert Spalding, American violinist and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1953)
• Aug 16 Armand J. Piron, American jazz violinist and composer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1943)

• Aug 17 Monty Wooley, American actor (Pied Piper, The Man Who Came to Dinner), born in New York City (d. 1963)
• Aug 20 George Sklavos, Greek composer, born in Brailov, Romania (d. 1976)
• Aug 22 Du Yuesheng, Chinese mob boss, born in Gaoqiao, Shanghai (d. 1951)
• Aug 22 Violet Farebrother, English actress (Downhill, Easy Virtue), born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England (d. 1969)
• Aug 31 Ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer and diplomat (La Obra de Trajano), born in Bilbao, Spain (d. 1928)
• Sep 1 Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician (d. 1958)
• Sep 4 Oskar Schlemmer, German painter, sculptor and choreographer (Triadisches Ballett), born in Stuttgart, German Empire (d. 1943)
• Sep 5 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and leader, Second President of India (1962-67), born in Thiruttani, British India (d. 1975)

• Sep 6 Red Faber, American Baseball HOF pitcher (World Series 1917; AL ERA leader 1921, 22; Chicago White Sox 1914-33), born in Cascade, Iowa (d. 1976)
• Sep 8 Louis Zimmer, Flemish astronomer and clockmaker (Jubelklok/Wonder Clock), born in Lier, Belgium (d. 1970)
• Sep 12 Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer ("Thank Heaven For Little Girls"), born in Paris (d. 1972)
• Sep 15 Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver, born in Bonferraro, Italy (d. 1925)
• Sep 16 Almira Sessions, American actress (Oklahoma Annie), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1974)

• Sep 17 Michiyo Tsujimura, Japanese agricultural scientist and biochemist (components of green tea), born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan (d. 1969)
• Sep 18 Grey Owl [Archibald Belaney], Canadian pioneering conservationist (who pretended to be part Native American), born in Hastings, England (d. 1938) [1]
• Sep 19 James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist, born in Sea Bright, New Jersey (d. 1971)
• Sep 19 Porter Hall, American actor (Half-Breed, Double Indemnity), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1953)
• Sep 22 Sophia "Sophie" Hermse, actress (But a Dream, Vorstenschool), (d. 1975)
• Sep 23 Gerhard Kittel, German anti-semitic theologist (Die Oden Salomons), born in Breslau, Germany (d. 1948)
• Sep 26 J. Frank Dobie, American folklorist and newspaper columnist, born in Live Oak County, Texas (d. 1964)

• Sep 28 Herman [H. C.] McNeile [pen name Sapper), English soldier and writer (Bulldog Drummond), born in Bodmin, England (d. 1937)
• Oct 3 Claud Allister, British actor (Kiss Me Kate, Quartet, Bulldog Drummond), born in London, England (d. 1970)
• Oct 3 Roy Webb, American film score composer (films of Val Lewton), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1982)
• Oct 4 Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (5-time World Champion all-round), born in Kristiania, Norway (d. 1954)

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