Famous People Born In 1887
Discover the most famous people born in 1887. The list includes people like Srinivasa Ramanujan, Erwin Schrödinger, Chiang Kai-shek, Marcel Duchamp, Le Corbusier and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, soldiers, poets and artists born in 1887. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & France and many more countries.
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1
Jim Thorpe(American Athlete and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Birthdate: 28th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States
Died: March 28, 1953
2
Georgia O'Keeffe(American Modernist Artist Known for Her Flowers and New York Skyscrapers Paintings)
Birthdate: 15th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, United States
Died: March 6, 1986
3
Marcus Garvey(Jamaican Political Activist, Journalist and Founder and First President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association)
Birthdate: 17th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica
Died: June 10, 1940
4
Erwin Schrödinger(Austrian Physicist Who Made Important Contributions to the Development of Quantum Mechanics)
Birthdate: 12th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Erdberg, Vienna, Austria
Died: January 4, 1961
Birthdate: 16th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Pickens County, South Carolina, United States
Died: December 5, 1951
Birthdate: 23rd November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Camberwell
Died: February 2, 1969
Birthdate: 22nd December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Erode
Died: April 26, 1920
8
Conrad Hilton(American Businessman and Founder of the ‘Hilton Hotels’ Chain)
Birthdate: 25th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: San Antonio, New Mexico, United States
Died: January 3, 1979
9
Alvin York(One of the Most Decorated United States Army Soldiers of World War I)
Birthdate: 13th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Fentress County, Tennessee, United States
Died: September 2, 1964
Birthdate: 26th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Burlington, Iowa
Died: March 3, 1966
Birthdate: 6th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Died: August 27, 1965
Birthdate: 28th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Blainville-Crevon, France
Died: October 2, 1968
Birthdate: 17th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kennington, London, United Kingdom
Died: March 24, 1976
14
Marc Chagall(Jewish-French Artist Who was a Pioneer of Modernism)
Birthdate: 6th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lizona, Belarus
Died: March 28, 1985
Birthdate: 22nd March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Died: October 11, 1961
Birthdate: 24th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Smith Center, Kansas, United States
Died: June 29, 1933
Birthdate: 1st November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Stretford, Lancashire, England
Died: February 23, 1976
Birthdate: 31st October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Xikou
Died: April 5, 1975
Birthdate: 15th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Springfield, Illinois, United States
Died: September 12, 1973
20
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
(Military Leader)
Birthdate: 13th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, USA
Died: July 12, 1944
21
Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
(Queen)
Birthdate: 24th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Balmoral Castle, Scotland
Died: April 15, 1969
Birthdate: 2nd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Died: May 5, 1971
Birthdate: 23rd November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Weymouth, Dorset, England
Died: August 10, 1915
24
Arthur Rubinstein
(One of the Greatest Pianists and Chopin Interpreters of His Time)
Birthdate: 28th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Łódź, Poland
Died: December 20, 1982
Birthdate: 17th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Persenbeug-Gottsdorf, Austria
Died: April 1, 1922
Birthdate: 3rd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Rugby
Died: April 23, 1915
Birthdate: 23rd March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: September 27, 1967
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Walter Johnson
(American Professional Baseball player)
Birthdate: 6th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Humboldt, Kansas, United States
Died: December 10, 1946
Birthdate: 22nd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, United States
Died: October 17, 1920
30
Floyd Collins
(American Cave Explorer)
Birthdate: 20th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Auburn, Kentucky, United States
Died: February 13, 1925
Birthdate: 9th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Died: October 12, 1987
32
Barnes Wallis(English Scientist and Engineer Known for Inventing the ‘Bouncing Bomb’ and ‘Earthquake Bomb’)
Birthdate: 26th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ripley, Derbyshire, England
Died: October 30, 1979
33
Nadia Boulanger(One of the Most Influential Teachers of Musical Composition of the 20th Century)
Birthdate: 16th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: October 22, 1979
Birthdate: 23rd March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: May 11, 1927
35
Aldo Leopold(American Author & Environmentalist Who is Best Known for His Book 'A Sand County Almanac')
Birthdate: 11th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Burlington
Died: April 21, 1948
Birthdate: 5th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died: November 17, 1959
37
Grover Cleveland Alexander
(Baseball Player)
Birthdate: 26th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Elba, Nebraska, United States
Died: November 4, 1950
38
James Finlayson
(actor, comedian, stage actor)
Birthdate: 27th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Falkirk
Died: October 9, 1953
39
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
(Senior government official who served as the minister of Finance of Germany from 1932 to 1945)
Birthdate: 22nd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Rathmannsdorf, Germany
Died: March 4, 1977
40
Ruth Benedict
(Anthropologist, Folklorist, University teacher, Poet, Sociologist, Biographer)
Birthdate: 5th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York City
Died: September 17, 1948
41
Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche
(Engineer)
Birthdate: 26th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cap-Haïtien, Haiti
Died: April 15, 1912
42
Roland Hayes
(African-American concert artist)
Birthdate: 3rd June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Curryville, Georgia, United States
Died: January 1, 1977
43
Marc Mitscher
(Admiral of the navy)
Birthdate: 26th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hillsboro, Wisconsin, United States
Died: February 3, 1947
44
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
(Politician, Military personnel)
Birthdate: 3rd December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kyoto
Died: January 20, 1990
Birthdate: 6th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Woodford, London, England
Died: July 30, 1983
46
Eubie Blake
(American composer)
Birthdate: 7th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died: February 12, 1983
Birthdate: 10th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Almora,India
Died: March 7, 1961
48
Kurt Schwitters
(German Artist Best Known for His Collages and Relief Constructions)
Birthdate: 20th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Hanover, Germany
Died: January 8, 1948
49
Hermine Reuss of Greiz
(Princess)
Birthdate: 17th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Greiz, Principality of Reuss-Greiz, German Empire
Died: August 7, 1947
Birthdate: 11th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bankura, West Bengal, India
Died: April 24, 1972