Famous People Born In 1881

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Discover the most famous people born in 1881. The list includes people like Pablo Picasso, Alexander Fleming, Pope John XXIII, Smedley Butler, Cecil B. DeMille and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, soldiers, military leaders and philosophers born in 1881. This list includes people from United States, Germany, United Kingdom & France and many more countries.
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Pablo Picasso
(One of the Most Influential Artists of the 20th Century and Co-Founder of the 'Cubist Movement')
Pablo Picasso
63
Birthdate: 25th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Málaga, Spain
Died: April 8, 1973
 2 
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
(Founder of the Republic of Turkey,)
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
44
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 19th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Thessaloniki
Died: November 10, 1938
 3 
Guccio Gucci
(Italian Businessman)
Guccio Gucci
25
Birthdate: 26th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Florence
Died: January 2, 1953
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Alexander Fleming
(Physician and Microbiologist Who Discovered ‘Penicillin’ World’s First Broadly Effective Antibiotic Substance)
Alexander Fleming
19
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 6th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Darvel, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Died: March 11, 1955
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Cecil B. DeMille
(One of the Most Commercially Successful Producers & Directors in Film History)
Cecil B. DeMille
3
Birthdate: 12th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Ashfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: January 21, 1959
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P G Wodehouse
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 15th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Guildford, England
Died: February 14, 1975
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Bela Bartok
(One of the Most Important Composers of the 20th Century)
Bela Bartok
10
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 25th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Sânnicolau Mare, Romania
Died: September 26, 1945
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Anna Pavlova
(Russian Ballerina and One of the Most-Celebrated Ballet Dancers of Her Time)
Anna Pavlova
6
Listed In: Ballet Dancers
Birthdate: 12th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: January 23, 1931
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Stefan Zweig
(One of the Most Popular and Widely Translated Writers in the World During 1920s & 1930s)
Stefan Zweig
5
Birthdate: 28th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: February 22, 1942
 10 
Smedley Butler
(United States Marine Corps officer)
Smedley Butler
0
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 30th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: June 21, 1940
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Alexander Kerensky
(Minister-President of the Russian Republic (September 1917 - November 1917))
Alexander Kerensky
4
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 4th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ulyanovsk, Russia
Died: June 11, 1970
 12 
Wesley Branch Rickey
(Baseball player)
Wesley Branch Rickey
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: 20th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Portsmouth, Ohio, United States
Died: December 9, 1965
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Ettore Bugatti
(Automobile Designer, Founder and Proprietor of the Automobile Manufacturing Company ‘Automobiles E. Bugatti’)
Ettore Bugatti
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 15th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
Died: August 21, 1947
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
(Jesuit Priest who Co-developed the Concept of Noosphere & was Part of the Discovery of Peking Man)
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
1
Birthdate: 1st May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Orcines, France
Died: April 10, 1955
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William Boeing
(American Aviation Pioneer and Founder of ‘The Boeing Company’)
William Boeing
5
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1st October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Died: September 28, 1956
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Pope John XXIII
(Head of the Catholic Church from 1958 to 1963)
Pope John XXIII
15
Listed In: Saints
Birthdate: 25th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII, Italy
Died: June 3, 1963
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Władysław Sikorski
(Politician, Military personnel)
Władysław Sikorski
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Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 20th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tuszów Narodowy
Died: July 4, 1943
 18 
Lu Xun
(Chinese Writer, Essayist, Poet & Literary Critic)
Lu Xun
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 25th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Died: October 19, 1936
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Enver Pasha
(Ottoman Military Officer, Revolutionary and Convicted War Criminal Who Formed One-Third of the 'Three Pashas' Triumvirate)
Enver Pasha
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Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 22nd November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: İstanbul, Turkey
Died: August 4, 1922
 20 
Fernand Léger
(French Painter and Sculptor Best Known for His Painting ‘My Mother's Garden’)
Fernand Léger
0
Listed In: Cubist Painters
Birthdate: 4th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Argentan, France
Died: August 17, 1955
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George Enescu
(Romanian composer)
George Enescu
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Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 19th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: George Enescu, Botoşani
Died: May 4, 1955
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Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
(British Ambassador to the United States (1940-46))
Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
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Birthdate: 16th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Powderham Castle, Devon, England
Died: December 23, 1959
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Jess Willard
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Listed In: Boxers
Birthdate: 29th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Pottawatomie County, Kansas
Died: December 15, 1968
 24 
King Oliver
(Musician)
King Oliver
0
Birthdate: 19th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Aben, Louisiana, United States
Died: April 10, 1938
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Ernest Bevin
(British statesman)
Ernest Bevin
0
Birthdate: 9th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Winsford, Somerset
Died: April 14, 1951
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Irving Langmuir
0
Listed In: Chemists
Birthdate: 31st January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: August 16, 1957
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Eugène Schueller
(Founder of L'Oréal)
Eugène Schueller
0
Listed In: Chemists
Birthdate: 20th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: August 23, 1957
 28 
Alastair Denniston
(Field hockey player at the 1908 Summer Olympics)
Alastair Denniston
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1st December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Died: January 1, 1961
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Günther Quandt
(German industrialist who founded an industrial empire that today includes BMW and Altana (chemicals))
Günther Quandt
0
Birthdate: 28th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Pritzwalk, Germany
Died: December 30, 1954
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Asta Nielsen
(Actress)
Asta Nielsen
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Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 11th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: May 24, 1972
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Max Gerson
(Physician)
Max Gerson
1
Birthdate: 18th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Wągrowiec
Died: March 8, 1959
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Ramón Grau
(politician, physician)
Ramón Grau
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Birthdate: 13th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: La Palma
Died: July 28, 1969
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Hans Kelsen
(Austrian Jurist and Philosopher Who Formulated a Kind of Positivism Known as the 'Pure Theory' of Law)
Hans Kelsen
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 11th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Prague, Czechia
Died: April 19, 1973
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Fernande Olivier
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Listed In: Models
Birthdate: 6th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: January 26, 1966
 35 
Natalya Goncharova
(Russian artist)
Natalya Goncharova
1
Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: 3rd June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Nagayevo, Russia
Died: October 17, 1962
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Clinton Davisson
(Physicist)
Clinton Davisson
0
Listed In: Physicists
Birthdate: 22nd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bloomington, Illinois, United States
Died: February 1, 1958
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Hermann Staudinger
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 23rd March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Worms, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire
Died: September 8, 1965
 38 
Eleanor Farjeon
(British Children's Story Writer Known for Her Work 'Morning Has Broken')
Eleanor Farjeon
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 13th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Strand, London, England
Died: June 5, 1965
 39 
Ed Walsh
(Baseball pitcher)
Ed Walsh
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: 14th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Plains Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: May 26, 1959
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Crystal Eastman
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 25th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States
Died: July 8, 1928
 41 
John Dill
(Senior officer)
John Dill
1
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 25th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Died: November 4, 1944
 42 
Tommy Burns
(Canadian Boxer)
Tommy Burns
0
Listed In: Boxers
Birthdate: 17th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Hanover, Canada
Died: May 10, 1955
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Hans Wilsdorf
(Businessman)
Hans Wilsdorf
1
Birthdate: 22nd March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kulmbach, Germany
Died: July 6, 1960
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Rose Macaulay
0
Listed In: Novelists
Birthdate: 1st August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Rugby, England
Died: October 30, 1958
 45 
George Bacovia
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Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 17th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bacău, Romania
Died: May 22, 1957
 46 
Walter Rudolf Hess
(Physiologist)
Walter Rudolf Hess
0
Birthdate: 17th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Frauenfeld
Died: August 12, 1973
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Luisa Casati
(Socialite,Model)
Luisa Casati
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 23rd January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
Died: June 1, 1957
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Paul Cornu
(French Engineer Known for Designing the World’s First Successful Manned 'Rotary Wing Aircraft')
Paul Cornu
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 15th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Glos-la-Ferrière, La Ferté-en-Ouche, France
Died: June 6, 1944
Lascelles Abercrombie
0
Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 9th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ashton upon Mersey, England
Died: October 27, 1938
Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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Birthdate: 30th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: January 21, 1967