Famous People Born In 1892

Discover the most famous people born in 1892. The list includes people like J. R. R. Tolkien, Francisco Franco, Haile Selassie, Josip Broz Tito, Mary Pickford and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include soldiers, political leaders, poets and physicists born in 1892. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & France and many more countries.
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J. R. R. Tolkien
(Author of 'The Hobbit' & 'The Lord of the Rings')
J. R. R. Tolkien
56
Birthdate: 3rd January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bloemfontein, South Africa
Died: September 2, 1973
 2 
Haile Selassie
(Former Emperor of Ethiopia (1930 - 1936, 1941 - 1974))
Haile Selassie
26
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 23rd July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Ejersa Goro, Ethiopia
Died: August 27, 1975
 3 
Oliver Hardy
(Actor)
Oliver Hardy
17
Birthdate: 18th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Harlem, Georgia, United States
Died: August 7, 1957
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Bessie Coleman
(American Civil Aviator and the First African-American Woman to Hold a Pilot License)
Bessie Coleman
31
Listed In: Aviators
Birthdate: 26th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Atlanta, Texas, United States
Died: April 30, 1926
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Josip Broz Tito
(Yugoslav Communist Revolutionary and the chief Architect of the 'Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia')
Josip Broz Tito
35
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 25th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kumrovec, Croatia
Died: May 4, 1980
 6 
Manfred von Richthofen
(One of the Most Widely Known German Fighter Pilots of All Time)
Manfred von Richthofen
21
Listed In: Pilots
Birthdate: 2nd May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Wrocław, Poland
Died: April 21, 1918
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J. Paul Getty
(British Petroleum Industrialist and Founder of the ‘Getty Oil Company’)
J. Paul Getty
17
Listed In: Oil Barons
Birthdate: 15th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Died: June 6, 1976
 8 
Mary Pickford
(One of the Most Popular Actresses of the 1910s and 1920s)
Mary Pickford
11
Birthdate: 8th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
Died: May 29, 1979
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William Horatio Powell
(American Actor Known for His Role of 'Nick Charles' in Six 'Thin Man' Film Series)
William Horatio Powell
4
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 29th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: March 5, 1984
 10 
Basil Rathbone
(British Actor Who Portrayed Sherlock Holmes in 14 Hollywood Films)
Basil Rathbone
4
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 13th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Johannesburg, South Africa
Died: July 21, 1967
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Pearl Buck
(Winner of the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature)
Pearl Buck
20
Birthdate: 26th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hillsboro
Died: March 6, 1973
 12 
Jack L Warner
(Canadian-American Film Executive and Founder of ‘Warner Brothers. Studios’)
Jack L Warner
3
Birthdate: 2nd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: London, Canada
Died: September 9, 1978
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Margaret Rutherford
(Best Known for Her Role as the ‘Duchess of Brighton’ in the Film ‘The V.I.P.s’)
Margaret Rutherford
10
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 11th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Balham, London, United Kingdom
Died: May 22, 1972
 14 
Louis de Broglie
(Physicist)
Louis de Broglie
5
Listed In: Physicists
Birthdate: 15th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Dieppe
Died: March 19, 1987
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Hal Roach
(Film producer, Actor, Film director, Screenwriter)
Hal Roach
3
Birthdate: 14th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: New York City
Died: November 2, 1992
 16 
Walter Benjamin
(German Jewish Philosopher, Cultural Critic and Essayist)
Walter Benjamin
7
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 15th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: September 26, 1940
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
6
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 22nd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rockland, Maine, United States
Died: October 19, 1950
 18 
Charles Atlas
(American Bodybuilder Best Remembered as the Developer of a Bodybuilding Method and Its Associated Exercise Program)
Charles Atlas
3
Listed In: Bodybuilders
Birthdate: 30th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Acri, Cosenza, Italy
Died: December 24, 1972
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Gummo Marx
(Actor, Comedian, Inventor)
Gummo Marx
2
Birthdate: 23rd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Died: April 21, 1977
 20 
Walter Hagen
(American Professional Golfer and One of the Greatest Golfers Ever)
Walter Hagen
2
Listed In: Golfers
Birthdate: 21st December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rochester, New York, United States
Died: October 6, 1969
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Amānullāh Khān
(King of Afghanistan from 1926 to 1929)
Amānullāh Khān
18
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1st June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paghman
Died: April 25, 1960
 22 
Manuel Roxas
(Former President of the Philippines)
Manuel Roxas
8
Birthdate: 1st January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Roxas City, Philippines
Died: April 15, 1948
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George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven
(Military Leader)
George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 6th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New Palace, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Germany
Died: April 8, 1938
 24 
Martin Niemöller
(German Theologian and Pastor Known for His Most Famous Poem 'First They Came...')
Martin Niemöller
4
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 14th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lippstadt, Germany
Died: March 6, 1984
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Zara Cully
(Actress)
Zara Cully
0
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 26th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Died: February 28, 1978
 26 
Eddie Cantor
(comedian)
Eddie Cantor
2
Birthdate: 31st January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Died: October 10, 1964
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Corrie ten Boom
(Holocaust Survivor Best Known for Her Book 'The Hiding Place')
Corrie ten Boom
3
Birthdate: 15th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Haarlem, Netherlands
Died: April 15, 1983
 28 
Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia
(Former Duchess Consort of Brunswick (1913 - 1918))
Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia
5
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 13th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Potsdam, Germany
Died: December 11, 1980
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William Demarest
(Known for Playing 'Uncle Charley' in 'My Three Sons')
William Demarest
1
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 27th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Died: December 27, 1983
 30 
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
(Japanese Short-Story Writer Active During the Taishō Period)
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1st March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kyōbashi-ku,Tokyo, Japan
Died: July 24, 1927
 31 
Alexander Alekhine
(Russian-French Former Chess Champion)
Alexander Alekhine
3
Listed In: Chess Players
Birthdate: 31st October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: March 24, 1946
 32 
Francisco Franco
(Former Caudillo of Spain)
Francisco Franco
61
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 4th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ferrol, Spain
Died: November 20, 1975
 33 
Ernst Lubitsch
(Film director)
Ernst Lubitsch
2
Birthdate: 29th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: November 30, 1947
 34 
Djuna Barnes
(Artist)
Djuna Barnes
1
Birthdate: 12th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Storm King Mountain, New York, United States
Died: June 18, 1982
 35 
Mississippi John Hurt
(Singer)
Mississippi John Hurt
5
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: 8th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Teoc, Mississippi, United States
Died: November 2, 1966
 36 
Reinhold Niebuhr
(American Reformed Theologian, Ethicist and Commentator on Politics and Public Affairs)
Reinhold Niebuhr
8
Listed In: Theologians
Birthdate: 21st June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Wright City, Missouri, United States
Died: June 1, 1971
 37 
Mabel Normand
(Actress)
Mabel Normand
4
Birthdate: 9th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New Brighton, Staten Island,
Died: February 23, 1930
 38 
Henry Darger
(Novelist, Artist, and Writer)
Henry Darger
1
Birthdate: 12th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: April 13, 1973
 39 
Alan Hale
(Actor)
Alan Hale
4
Birthdate: 10th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Died: January 22, 1950
 40 
James Forrestal
(1st United States Secretary of Defense (1947 - 1949))
James Forrestal
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: 15th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Beacon
Died: May 22, 1949
 41 
Ruth Chatterton
0
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 24th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: November 24, 1961
 42 
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
(Austrian Nazi Politician and Chancellor of Austria for 2-Days in March 1938 Before its Annexation)
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
3
Birthdate: 22nd July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Stonařov, Czechia
Died: October 16, 1946
 43 
Erté
(Russian-born French Artist and Designer)
Erté
0
Birthdate: 23rd November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: April 21, 1990
 44 
Zita of Bourbon-Parma
Zita of Bourbon-Parma
3
Listed In: Family Members
Birthdate: 9th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tuscany, Italy
Died: March 14, 1989
 45 
Ivo Andric
(Novelist, Poet & Short Story Writer Who Won the 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature)
Ivo Andric
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 9th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dolac, Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Died: March 13, 1975
 46 
Agnes von Kurowsky
(American Nurse and Ernest Hemingway's Lover)
Agnes von Kurowsky
0
Listed In: Nurses
Birthdate: 5th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: September 25, 1984
 47 
Arthur Compton
(Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics)
Arthur Compton
1
Listed In: Physicists
Birthdate: 10th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Wooster, Ohio, USA
Died: March 15, 1962
 48 
Gregor Strasser
(Politician, Pharmacist)
Gregor Strasser
1
Birthdate: 31st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Geisenfeld
Died: July 1, 1934
 49 
Andy Clyde
(Stage actor, Film actor)
Andy Clyde
0
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 25th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Blairgowrie and Rattray
Died: May 18, 1967
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Bruno Schulz
(Writer and One of the Great Polish-Language Prose Stylists of the 20th Century)
Bruno Schulz
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 12th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Drohobych, Ukraine
Died: November 19, 1942