Famous People Born In 1884

Discover the most famous people born in 1884. The list includes people like Harry S. Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Amedeo Modigliani, Isoroku Yamamoto, Rajendra Prasad and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, poets, psychologists and soldiers born in 1884. This list includes people from United States, Germany, United Kingdom & France and many more countries.
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Harry S. Truman
(33rd President of the United States)
Harry S. Truman
47
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 8th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Lamar, Missouri, United States
Died: December 26, 1972
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Eleanor Roosevelt
(Longest-Serving First Lady of The United States)
Eleanor Roosevelt
36
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 11th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: November 7, 1962
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Isoroku Yamamoto
(Japanese Naval Officer Who Conceived The Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941)
Isoroku Yamamoto
36
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 4th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
Died: April 18, 1943
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Alice Roosevelt Longworth
11
Birthdate: 12th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York City
Died: February 20, 1980
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Billie Burke
(Actress)
Billie Burke
4
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 7th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Died: May 14, 1970
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Amedeo Modigliani
(Italian Painter and Sculptor Known for His Works: ‘Redheaded Girl in Evening Dress’ and ‘Madame Pompadour’)
Amedeo Modigliani
7
Listed In: Sculptors
Birthdate: 12th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Livorno, Italy
Died: January 24, 1920
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Frank Hamer
(Police Officer)
Frank Hamer
7
Birthdate: 17th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Wilson County, Texas
Died: July 10, 1955
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Louis B. Mayer
(Canadian-American Film Producer Who Co-Founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Louis B. Mayer
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Birthdate: 12th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]
Died: October 29, 1957
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Evelyn Nesbit
(Actress)
Evelyn Nesbit
4
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 25th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tarentum, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: January 14, 1967
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Rajendra Prasad
(1st President of India)
Rajendra Prasad
6
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 3rd December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Siwan, Bihar, India
Died: February 28, 1963
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Oscar Micheaux
3
Listed In: Novelists
Birthdate: 2nd January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Metropolis, Illinois, United States
Died: March 25, 1951
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Hermann Rorschach
(Swiss psychiatrist)
Hermann Rorschach
2
Listed In: Psychiatrists
Birthdate: 8th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Zurich, Switzerland
Died: April 1, 1922
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Emil Jannings
(German Actor Who was the First Recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor)
Emil Jannings
3
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 23rd July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Rorschach, Switzerland
Died: January 2, 1950
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Hideki Tojo
(27th Prime Minister of Japan)
Hideki Tojo
29
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 30th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kōjimachi, Tokyo, Japan
Died: December 23, 1948
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Auguste Piccard
(Chemist)
Auguste Piccard
4
Birthdate: 28th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Basel, Switzerland
Died: January 28, 1963
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C. W. W. Kannangara
(Sri Lankan Politician Who Played an Important Role in the Sri Lankan Independence Movement)
C. W. W. Kannangara
9
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 13th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Sri Lanka
Died: September 23, 1969
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İsmet İnönü
(Turkey's 2nd President and 1st Prime Minister)
İsmet İnönü
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 24th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: İzmir
Died: December 25, 1973
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Alma Gluck
(Romanian-American Opera Singer Who Was the First Musician to Sell a Million Record Copies)
Alma Gluck
3
Listed In: Opera Singers
Birthdate: 11th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ias,i, Bucharest, Romania
Died: October 27, 1938
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Arthur Ransome
(Author)
Arthur Ransome
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 18th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Leeds, England
Died: June 3, 1967
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Max Brod
(Former prolific writer best remembered as the friend and biographer of writer Franz Kafka)
Max Brod
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 27th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Prague, Czech Republic
Died: December 20, 1968
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Otto Rank
(Psychologist)
Otto Rank
1
Listed In: Psychologists
Birthdate: 22nd April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Vienna
Died: October 31, 1939
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Sara Teasdale
(Poet, Writer)
Sara Teasdale
4
Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 8th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: St. Louis
Died: January 29, 1933
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Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(Aristocrat)
Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
3
Birthdate: 20th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Eastwell Park, Kent, England
Died: July 13, 1966
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Isaac C. Kidd
(Military officer)
Isaac C. Kidd
0
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 26th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died: December 7, 1941
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Texas Guinan
(Actress)
Texas Guinan
1
Birthdate: 12th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Waco, Texas, U.S.
Died: November 5, 1933
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Harry Langdon
(Comedian)
Harry Langdon
1
Listed In: Comedians
Birthdate: 15th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States
Died: December 22, 1944
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Vincent Auriol
(President of France from 1947 to 1954)
Vincent Auriol
0
Listed In: Presidents
Birthdate: 27th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Revel, France
Died: January 1, 1966
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Frank Maxwell Andrews
(Military General)
Frank Maxwell Andrews
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 3rd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Died: May 3, 1943
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Max Beckmann
(German Expressionist Painter and Printmaker)
Max Beckmann
1
Birthdate: 12th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Leipzig, Germany
Died: December 27, 1950
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Prince Adalbert of Prussia
(Prince)
Prince Adalbert of Prussia
0
Birthdate: 14th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Marmorpalais, Potsdam, Germany
Died: September 22, 1948
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Walter Duranty
(Journalist)
Walter Duranty
0
Listed In: Journalists
Birthdate: 25th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: October 3, 1957
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Franz Halder
(Former general, chief of staff of the Army High Command (OKH) in Nazi Germany from 1938 until September 1942)
Franz Halder
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 30th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Würzburg, Germany
Died: April 2, 1972
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Hugo Gernsback
(Inventor)
Hugo Gernsback
0
Birthdate: 16th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Died: August 19, 1967
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Alexandra Tolstaya
(Novelist)
Alexandra Tolstaya
0
Listed In: Novelists
Birthdate: 18th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Yasnaya Polyana, Russia
Died: September 26, 1979
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1
Birthdate: 19th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Claremont House, Surrey, England
Died: March 6, 1954
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Edvard Beneš
(Former President of Czechoslovakia)
Edvard Beneš
1
Listed In: Presidents
Birthdate: 28th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kožlany, Czechia
Died: September 3, 1948
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Robert Flaherty
(Filmmaker)
Robert Flaherty
0
Birthdate: 16th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Iron Mountain, Michigan
Died: July 23, 1951
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Theodor Heuss
(First President of West Germany (1949 -1959))
Theodor Heuss
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 31st January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Brackenheim, Germany
Died: December 12, 1963
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Alexander Bustamante
(Politician)
Alexander Bustamante
2
Birthdate: 24th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hanover Parish
Died: August 6, 1977
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Hugh Walpole
(British Novelist)
Hugh Walpole
2
Listed In: Novelists
Birthdate: 13th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Auckland, New Zealand
Died: June 1, 1941
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Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV
(Author)
Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV
0
Listed In: Celebrities
Birthdate: 4th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Mysore
Died: August 3, 1940
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Charles White Whittlesey
(United States Army Medal of Honor recipient who led the "Lost Battalion" in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive during World War I)
Charles White Whittlesey
1
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 20th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Florence, Wisconsin, United States
Died: November 26, 1921
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Leo Frank
(Criminal)
Leo Frank
2
Birthdate: 17th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cuero, Texas, United States
Died: August 17, 1915
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Gaston Bachelard
(Philosopher)
Gaston Bachelard
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 27th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bar-sur-Aube, France
Died: October 16, 1962
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Rómulo Gallegos
(Nobel Prize-Nominated Novelist Who Was Also Venezuela's First Freely Elected President)
Rómulo Gallegos
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 2nd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Caracas, Venezuela
Died: April 5, 1969
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Edward Sapir
(Anthropologist, Linguist, Sociolinguist, University teacher, Ethnologist)
Edward Sapir
0
Birthdate: 26th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lębork
Died: February 4, 1939
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Johan Laidoner
(Estonian Statesman and General Who was the Commander of the Defence Forces During the Estonian War of Independence)
Johan Laidoner
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 12th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Viljandi County, Estonia
Died: March 13, 1953
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Norman Thomas
(American Presbyterian Minister Who was a Six-Time Presidential Candidate for the 'Socialist Party of America')
Norman Thomas
2
Birthdate: 20th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Marion
Died: December 19, 1968
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Corrado Gini
(Statistician)
Corrado Gini
0
Birthdate: 23rd May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Motta di Livenza, Italy
Died: March 13, 1965
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Lion Feuchtwanger
(Novelist)
Lion Feuchtwanger
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 7th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: December 21, 1958