Famous People Born In 1888
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Discover the most famous people born in 1888. The list includes people like Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Jim Thorpe, John Logie Baird, Raymond Chandler, Harpo Marx and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, poets, physicists and diplomats born in 1888. This list includes people from United States, Germany, India & United Kingdom and many more countries.
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1
T. S. Eliot(Best Known as a Leader of the Modernist Movement in Poetry)
Birthdate: 26th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died: January 4, 1965
2
T. E. Lawrence(Archaeologist & Army Officer Known for His Legendary War Activities in the Middle East During World War I)
Birthdate: 16th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Tremadog, Carnarvonshire, Wales
Died: May 19, 1935
3
Irving Berlin
(Street artist, Composer, Pianist, Songwriter, Screenwriter, Film score composer)
Birthdate: 11th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tyumen
Died: September 22, 1989
4
Harpo Marx(Comedian and Actor Well-Known for His Clown and Pantomime Traditions With a Curly Reddish Blond Hairstyle)
Birthdate: 23rd November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: September 28, 1964
5
Dale Carnegie(Self-Help Writer, Motivational Guru, Public Speaker)
Birthdate: 24th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Maryville, Missouri, United States
Died: November 1, 1955
Birthdate: 13th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Helensburgh
Died: June 14, 1946
Birthdate: 5th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Thiruttani, Tamil Nadu, India
Died: April 17, 1975
Birthdate: 7th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Tiruchirappalli, Madras Province
Died: November 21, 1970
9
Eugene O'Neill(American Playwright and Winner of the 1936 Nobel Prize in Literature)
Birthdate: 16th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: November 27, 1953
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Lead Belly
(Folk and blues singer)
Birthdate: 23rd January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Mooringsport, Louisiana, United States
Died: December 6, 1949
Birthdate: 23rd July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: March 26, 1959
12
Richard E. Byrd
(American Naval Officer and Explorer Known for His Expedition of the Antarctic Plateau)
Birthdate: 25th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Winchester, Virginia, United States
Died: March 11, 1957
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Maurice Chevalier(French Singer Best Known for His Signature Songs: "Livin' In The Sunlight", "Valentine", "Louise" and "Mimi")
Birthdate: 12th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: January 1, 1972
Birthdate: 14th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Wellington
Died: January 9, 1923
15
Knute Rockne
(American Football Player and Coach)
Birthdate: 4th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Voss Municipality, Norway
Died: March 31, 1931
16
Robert Moses(49th Secretary of State of New York (1927 - 1929))
Birthdate: 18th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Died: July 29, 1981
17
Fernando Pessoa(Portuguese Modernist Poet and Author of 'Mensagem' and 'The Book of Disquiet')
Birthdate: 13th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lisbon, Portugal
Died: November 30, 1935
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Nestor Makhno(Ukrainian Anarchist Revolutionary and the Commander of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine)
Birthdate: 7th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Hulyaipole, Ukraine
Died: July 25, 1934
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Dame Gladys Cooper
(Actress)
Birthdate: 18th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hither Green, London, United Kingdom
Died: November 17, 1971
Birthdate: 10th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Volos, Greece
Died: November 20, 1978
21
Roland Garros
(aviator, rugby union player)
Birthdate: 6th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Saint-Denis
Died: October 5, 1918
22
José Raúl Capablanca
(Cuban Chess Player)
Birthdate: 19th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Havana, Cuba
Died: March 8, 1942
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Max Steiner
(Conductor, Composer, Musician, Screenwriter, Film score composer)
Birthdate: 10th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Vienna
Died: December 28, 1971
Birthdate: 11th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Died: February 22, 1958
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Tris Speaker
(Baseball Player)
Birthdate: 4th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hubbard, Texas, United States
Died: December 8, 1958
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F. W. Murnau
(Film director)
Birthdate: 28th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bielefeld, Germany
Died: March 11, 1931
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Grey Owl
(Writer, Novelist)
Birthdate: 18th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hastings
Died: April 13, 1938
Birthdate: 4th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland
Died: December 13, 1955
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Jean Monnet(French Politician and One of the Founding Fathers of the 'European Union')
Birthdate: 9th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cognac, France
Died: March 16, 1979
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Selman Waksman(Biochemist and Microbiologist Who Discovered ‘Streptomycin’ and Several Other Antibiotics)
Birthdate: 22nd July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Nova Pryluka, Ukraine
Died: August 16, 1973
Birthdate: 10th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: January 14, 1961
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Heinz Guderian(German General During World War II and Inspector of Motorized Troops)
Birthdate: 17th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Chełmno, Poland
Died: May 14, 1954
33
Inge Lehmann(Seismologist & Geophysicist Known for Her Discovery that Earth’s Outer Core is Molten & its Inner Core Solid)
Birthdate: 13th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: February 21, 1993
34
Milunka Savic
(Military personnel)
Birthdate: 10th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Koprivnica, Novi Pazar Koprivnica, Kingdom of Serbia
Died: October 5, 1973
35
Vladimir K. Zworykin
(Inventor of 'Television Transmitting and Receiving System Employing Cathode Ray Tubes')
Birthdate: 29th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Murom, Russia
Died: July 29, 1982
36
Aurora Quezon
(Former First Lady of the Philippines)
Birthdate: 19th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Baler
Died: April 28, 1949
37
Georgios Papandreou
(Politician, Economist, Diplomat, Lawyer)
Birthdate: 13th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kalentzi
Died: November 1, 1968
Birthdate: 8th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: March 12, 1945
Birthdate: 22nd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: July 6, 1946
40
Friedrich Olbricht
(Military personnel, Officer)
Birthdate: 4th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Leisnig
Died: July 21, 1944
41
Thomas Sopwith
(Aircraft designer)
Birthdate: 18th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kensington, England
Died: January 27, 1989
42
Hans Richter
(Artist and Filmmaker Known for His Role in the 'Dada Movement')
Birthdate: 6th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Berlin, German
Died: February 1, 1976
43
Carin Göring
(Swedish first wife of Hermann Göring)
Birthdate: 21st October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: October 17, 1931
44
Fred Merkle
(Baseball manager)
Birthdate: 20th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Watertown, Wisconsin, United States
Died: March 2, 1956
45
Georges Vanier
(Diplomat, Military personnel)
Birthdate: 23rd April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Montreal
Died: March 5, 1967
46
Willis Augustus Lee
(American Vice Admiral of the United States Navy and Sport Shooter)
Birthdate: 11th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Natlee, Kentucky, United States
Died: August 25, 1945
Birthdate: 30th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ischia, Italy
Died: October 8, 1969
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Chick Gandil
(Baseball player)
Birthdate: 19th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Died: December 13, 1970
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Oskar Schlemmer
(Artist and Choreographer Known for His Association with the 'Bauhaus School' & His Ballet 'Triadisches Ballett')
Birthdate: 4th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Stuttgart, Germany
Died: April 13, 1943
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Prince Axel of Denmark
(Prince)
Birthdate: 12th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: July 14, 1964