Famous People Born In 1882

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Discover the most famous people born in 1882. The list includes people like Lili Elbe, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, Bela Lugosi, Edward Hopper and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, physicists, novelists and journalists born in 1882. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & France and many more countries.
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 1 
F. D. Roosevelt
(32nd President of the United States)
F. D. Roosevelt
66
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 30th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hyde Park, New York, United States
Died: April 12, 1945
 2 
Virginia Woolf
(One of the Most Important Modernist 20th-Century Authors)
Virginia Woolf
74
Listed In: Novelists
Birthdate: 25th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kensington, London, England
Died: March 28, 1941
 3 
James Joyce
(One of the Most Influential Writers of the 20th Century)
James Joyce
14
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 2nd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Rathgar, Ireland
Died: January 13, 1941
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A. A. Milne
(Best Known for His Books About the Teddy Bear ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ and Children's Poetry)
A. A. Milne
13
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 18th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England
Died: January 31, 1956
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Bela Lugosi
(Best Known for His Role as 'Count Dracula' in the 1939 Film ‘Son of Frankenstein’)
Bela Lugosi
6
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 20th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lugoj, Romania
Died: August 16, 1956
 6 
John Barrymore
(Best Known for His Silent Films: ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’, ‘Sherlock Holmes’ and ‘The Sea Beast’)
John Barrymore
7
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 15th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: May 29, 1942
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Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark
(Former Prince of Greece and Denmark)
Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark
15
Birthdate: 2nd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Athens, Greece
Died: December 3, 1944
 8 
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky
(One of the Most Influential Composers of the 20th Century and a Pivotal Figure in 'Modernist Music')
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky
12
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 17th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lomonosov, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: April 6, 1971
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Edward Hopper
(American Painter and Printmaker)
Edward Hopper
1
Listed In: Realist Painters
Birthdate: 22nd July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Upper Nyack, New York, United States
Died: May 15, 1967
 10 
Mohammad Mosaddegh
(Political Leader)
Mohammad Mosaddegh
18
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 16th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Died: March 5, 1967
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Emmy Noether
(German Mathematician Who Made Many Important Contributions to Abstract Algebra)
Emmy Noether
4
Listed In: Mathematicians
Birthdate: 23rd March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany
Died: April 14, 1935
 12 
Max Born
(German Physicist Who Won Nobel Prize for His Contribution to Quantum Mechanics)
Max Born
5
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 11th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Wrocław, Poland
Died: January 5, 1970
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William Halsey Jr.
(Military officer)
William Halsey Jr.
5
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 30th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
Died: August 16, 1959
 14 
Éamon de Valera
(Former President of Ireland)
Éamon de Valera
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 14th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York City
Died: August 29, 1975
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Robert H. Goddard
13
Listed In: Physicists
Birthdate: 5th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Died: August 10, 1945
 16 
Sam Rayburn
(43rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives)
Sam Rayburn
10
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 6th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kingston, Tennessee, United States
Died: November 16, 1961
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Eric Gill
(The Greatest Artist-Craftsman of the 20th Century)
Eric Gill
2
Listed In: Sculptors
Birthdate: 22nd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Died: November 17, 1940
 18 
Leopold Stokowski
(Conductor)
Leopold Stokowski
2
Listed In: Conductors
Birthdate: 18th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: London
Died: September 13, 1977
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Abdullah I of Jordan
(King of Jordan (1946 - 1951))
Abdullah I of Jordan
3
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 2nd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Died: July 20, 1951
 20 
Kurt von Schleicher
(German General and the Last Chancellor of Germany—Before Adolf Hitler—During the Weimar Republic)
Kurt von Schleicher
9
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 7th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Brandenburg, Germany
Died: June 30, 1934
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Georges Braque
(Painter Best Known for Inventing Cubism with Pablo Picasso)
Georges Braque
2
Birthdate: 13th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Argenteuil, France
Died: August 31, 1963
 22 
Douglas Mawson
(Explorer, Geologist)
Douglas Mawson
2
Birthdate: 5th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Shipley
Died: October 14, 1958
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Felix Frankfurter
(Judge)
Felix Frankfurter
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 15th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria-Hungary small (now Austria)
Died: February 22, 1965
 24 
Fiorello H. La Guardia
(Mayor of New York City (1934-45))
Fiorello H. La Guardia
4
Birthdate: 11th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Greenwich Village, New York, United States
Died: September 20, 1947
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Arthur Eddington
(Astronomer)
Arthur Eddington
2
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 28th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kendal
Died: November 22, 1944
 26 
Henry J. Kaiser
(Engineer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist)
Henry J. Kaiser
3
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: 9th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sprout Brook
Died: August 24, 1967
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 27 
Margaret Dumont
(Actress)
Margaret Dumont
0
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 20th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
Died: March 6, 1965
 28 
Percy Grainger
(Composer, Arranger and Pianist Known for His Folk-Dance Tune ‘Country Gardens’)
Percy Grainger
2
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 8th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Brighton, Australia
Died: February 20, 1961
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Zoltan Kodaly
(Hungarian Composer and Creator of the ‘Kodály Method’ of Music Education)
Zoltan Kodaly
4
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 16th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kecskemét, Hungary
Died: March 6, 1967
 30 
N. C. Wyeth
(Painter)
N. C. Wyeth
0
Listed In: Illustrators
Birthdate: 22nd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Needham, Massachusetts, United States
Died: October 19, 1945
 31 
Bidhan Chandra Roy
(Political Leader, Physician)
Bidhan Chandra Roy
6
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1st July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bankipore
Died: July 1, 1962
 32 
Rodolfo Graziani
(Italian Military Officer & a Loyal Supporter of Benito Mussolini)
Rodolfo Graziani
1
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 11th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Filettino, Italy
Died: January 11, 1955
 33 
Geoffrey de Havilland
(Aerospace engineer, Engineer, Test pilot, Aviator, Entrepreneur)
Geoffrey de Havilland
0
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: 27th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: High Wycombe
Died: May 21, 1965
 34 
Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia
(Grand Duchess of Russia)
Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 29th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: March 13, 1957
 35 
Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood
(Military personnel)
Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood
3
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 9th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London, England
Died: May 23, 1947
 36 
Hans Geiger
(Physicist)
Hans Geiger
1
Birthdate: 30th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Neustadt, Germany
Died: September 24, 1945
 37 
Karol Szymanowski
(Polish Composer, Pianist and a Member of the Modernist Movement 'Young Poland')
Karol Szymanowski
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 6th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tymoshivka, Ukraine
Died: March 29, 1937
 38 
Princess Marie Bonaparte
(Author)
Princess Marie Bonaparte
0
Birthdate: 2nd July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Saint-Cloud, French Third Republic
Died: September 21, 1962
 39 
James Franck
(Physicist)
James Franck
2
Listed In: Physicists
Birthdate: 26th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hamburg, German Empire
Died: May 21, 1964
 40 
Emma Jung
(Swiss Jungian Analyst and Author)
Emma Jung
3
Listed In: Psychologists
Birthdate: 30th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Died: November 27, 1955
 41 
George Bellows
(Painter, Artist, University teacher)
George Bellows
0
Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 19th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Columbus
Died: January 8, 1925
 42 
Harold Gillies
(Physician, Plastic surgeon)
Harold Gillies
2
Listed In: Surgeons
Birthdate: 17th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dunedin
Died: September 10, 1960
 43 
Holland Smith
(Officer)
Holland Smith
2
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 20th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Alabama
Died: January 12, 1967
 44 
Sigrid Undset
(Norwegian-Danish Novelist and Winner of 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature)
Sigrid Undset
2
Listed In: Novelists
Birthdate: 20th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kalundborg, Denmark
Died: June 10, 1949
 45 
James Gleason
(Actor)
James Gleason
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 23rd May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: April 12, 1959
 46 
Fan S. Noli
(13th Prime Minister of Albania)
Fan S. Noli
2
Birthdate: 6th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ibriktepe, Turkey
Died: March 13, 1965
 47 
Wacław Sierpiński
(Mathematician)
Wacław Sierpiński
1
Listed In: Mathematicians
Birthdate: 14th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Warsaw
Died: October 21, 1969
 48 
Rockwell Kent
(Painter)
Rockwell Kent
0
Birthdate: 21st June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Tarrytown, New York, United States
Died: March 13, 1971
 49 
Ossip Bernstein
(Russian-French Chess Player)
Ossip Bernstein
0
Listed In: Chess Players
Birthdate: 20th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Zhytomyr, Ukraine
Died: November 30, 1962
 50 
Oemar Said Tjokroaminoto
(A Pioneer of the Trade Union Movement in Indonesia and the Founder of Sarekat Islam)
Oemar Said Tjokroaminoto
0
Birthdate: 16th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Desa Bakur, Indonesia
Died: December 17, 1934