Famous People Born In 1889
Discover the most famous people born in 1889. The list includes people like Adolf Hitler, Charlie Chaplin, Jawaharlal Nehru, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Martin Heidegger and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, soldiers, directors and poets born in 1889. This list includes people from United States, Germany, United Kingdom & France and many more countries.
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1
Adolf Hitler(Nazi Dictator and Chancellor of Germany (1933-1945))
Birthdate: 20th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Braunau am Inn, Austria
Died: April 30, 1945
2
Charlie Chaplin(The Greatest Comic Artist Ever & One of the Most Important Figures in Motion-Picture History)
Birthdate: 16th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Walworth, London, England
Died: December 25, 1977
3
Otto Frank(German Businessman and Father of ‘Anne Frank', the Author of 'The Diary of a Young Girl’)
Birthdate: 12th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Province of Hesse-Nassau
Died: August 19, 1980
Birthdate: 26th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: April 29, 1951
Birthdate: 14th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Allahabad
Died: May 27, 1964
6
Edwin Powell Hubble(American Astronomer Who is Regarded as the Leading Observational Cosmologist of the 20th Century)
Birthdate: 20th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Marshfield, Missouri, United States
Died: September 28, 1953
7
Martin Heidegger(One of the Most Important and Influential Philosophers of the 20th Century)
Birthdate: 26th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Messkirch, Germany
Died: May 26, 1976
8
Claude Rains(One of the Greatest Character Stars on the Big Screen)
Birthdate: 10th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Clapham, London, England, United Kingdom
Died: May 30, 1967
9
Jean Cocteau(French Author and Artist Who Was One of the Foremost Creatives of the 'Surrealist', 'Avant-Garde', and 'Dadaist' Movements.)
Birthdate: 5th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Maisons-Laffitte, France
Died: October 11, 1963
Birthdate: 15th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Crescent City
Died: May 16, 1979
Birthdate: 25th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kiev, Ukraine
Died: October 26, 1972
Birthdate: 23rd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States
Died: January 6, 1949
13
Vaslav Nijinsky(Ballet Dancer, Choreographer and One of the Greatest Male Dancers of All Time)
Birthdate: 12th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kyiv, Ukraine
Died: April 8, 1950
14
Clifton Webb
(Film actor, Singer)
Birthdate: 19th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Died: October 13, 1966
Birthdate: 15th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Clarendon Parish
Died: May 22, 1948
16
Louise Mountbatten
(Queen)
Birthdate: 13th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Schloss Heiligenberg, Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany
Died: March 7, 1965
17
Robert A. Taft
(Politician)
Birthdate: 8th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Died: July 31, 1953
Birthdate: 8th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Parry Sound, Ontario
Died: August 5, 1952
Birthdate: 7th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Vicuña, Chile
Died: January 10, 1957
20
Erle Stanley Gardner
(writer, lawyer, novelist, poet lawyer)
Birthdate: 17th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Malden
Died: March 11, 1970
Birthdate: 15th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Missouri
Died: January 19, 1975
22
Anna Akhmatova
(One of the Most Significant Russian Poets of 20th Century)
Birthdate: 23rd June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Odessa, Ukraine
Died: March 5, 1966
Birthdate: 23rd September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: December 14, 1974
Birthdate: 15th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Lisbon, Portugal
Died: July 2, 1932
25
George S. Kaufman
(Theatre director, Screenwriter, Journalist, Playwright, Bridge player, Writer)
Birthdate: 16th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Pittsburgh
Died: June 2, 1961
Birthdate: 14th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Died: October 22, 1975
27
Lord Leopold Mountbatten
(Military Leader)
Birthdate: 21st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Windsor Castle, Windsor, England
Died: April 23, 1922
28
Thomas Midgley, Jr.
(Mechanical and chemical engineer)
Birthdate: 19th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: November 2, 1944
29
Efrem Zimbalist
(Composer, Conductor, Music educator, Violinist, University teacher)
Birthdate: 21st April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Rostov-on-Don
Died: February 22, 1985
Birthdate: 15th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: September 21, 1945
31
Abdelhamid Ben Badis
(Educator)
Birthdate: 4th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Constantine, Algeria
Died: April 16, 1940
32
Dorothy Gibson
(Former Film Actress best remembered as a survivor of the sinking of the Titanic and for starring in the first motion picture based on the disaster)
Birthdate: 17th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
Died: February 17, 1946
Birthdate: 17th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Illinois
Died: November 29, 1974
Birthdate: 30th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Gießen
Died: December 20, 1944
35
Taha Hussein
(One of the Most Influential 20th-century Egyptian Writers and Intellectuals, and a Figurehead for the Egyptian Renaissance)
Birthdate: 15th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Maghaghah, Egypt
Died: October 28, 1973
36
James Whale
(Director, Actor)
Birthdate: 22nd July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Worcestershire, England
Died: May 29, 1957
Birthdate: 21st January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: nyazhpogostsky District, Russia
Died: February 10, 1968
Birthdate: 4th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Green Ridge
Died: August 4, 1938
Birthdate: 5th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia, United States
Died: August 17, 1973
40
Carl Theodor Dreyer
(Danish Screenwriter and Film Director)
Birthdate: 3rd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: March 20, 1968
41
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
(Swiss Artist, Textile Designer, and Sculptor Whose Multimedia Works Bridged the Gap Between Fine and Applied Arts)
Birthdate: 19th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Davos, Switzerland
Died: January 13, 1943
42
Joseph Force Crater
(Lawyer, Judge)
Birthdate: 5th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Easton
Died: June 6, 1939
43
Walton Walker
(Army General)
Birthdate: 3rd December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Belton, Texas, United States
Died: December 23, 1950
44
Abel Gance
(Former film director, writer best known for three major silent films: J'accuse, La Roue, and Napoléon)
Birthdate: 25th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: November 10, 1981
45
R. G. Collingwood
(Philosopher)
Birthdate: 22nd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Cartmel Fell, England
Died: January 9, 1943
Birthdate: 21st December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Semarang, Central Java, Dutch East Indies
Died: 1992 AD
Birthdate: 23rd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 11, 1957
Birthdate: 23rd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 13, 1975
Birthdate: 30th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Varanasi
Died: January 14, 1937
50
Harry Nyquist
(Physicist, Computer scientist, Engineer, Statistician, Mathematician)
Birthdate: 7th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kil Municipality
Died: April 4, 1976