Famous People Born in 1887

Famous people born in 1887

Srinivasa Ramanujan

Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887 - 1920)

Indian mathematician

Marcus Garvey

Marcus Garvey (1887 - 1940)

Jamaican political leader and journalist

Chiang Kai-shek

Chiang Kai-shek (1887 - 1975)

Chinese politician and military leader

Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe (1887 - 1986)

American painter

Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier (1887 - 1965)

Swiss-French architect

Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp (1887 - 1968)

French painter and sculptor

Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985)

Russian-French artist

Erwin Schrödinger

Erwin Schrödinger (1887 - 1961)

Austrian physicist

Conrad Nicholson Hilton Sr.

Conrad Nicholson Hilton Sr. (1887 - 1979)

American politician

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff (1887 - 1969)

English actor

Alvin York

Alvin York (1887 - 1964)

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

William Frawley

William Frawley (1887 - 1966)

American actor

Ernst Röhm

Ernst Röhm (1887 - 1934)

German nazi official

Kurt Schwitters

Kurt Schwitters (1887 - 1948)

German painter and writer

Vidkun Quisling

Vidkun Quisling (1887 - 1945)

Norwegian soldier, politician, and traitor

Erich von Manstein

Erich von Manstein (1887 - 1973)

German military officer

L. S. Lowry

L. S. Lowry (1887 - 1976)

English painter

Charles I of Austria

Charles I of Austria (1887 - 1922)

Austro-Hungarian emperor

Aldo Leopold

Aldo Leopold (1887 - 1948)

American ecologist and author

Arthur Rubinstein

Arthur Rubinstein (1887 - 1982)

Polish-American pianist

Chico Marx

Chico Marx (1887 - 1961)

American comedian and actor

Rupert Brooke

Rupert Brooke (1887 - 1915)

English poet

Juan Gris

Juan Gris (1887 - 1927)

Spanish artist

Wilhelm Canaris

Wilhelm Canaris (1887 - 1945)

German admiral and intelligence chief

Henry Moseley

Henry Moseley (1887 - 1915)

English physicist

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959)

Brazilian composer

Walter Perry Johnson

Walter Perry Johnson (1887 - 1946)

American baseball player

Ernst Hanfstaengl

Ernst Hanfstaengl (1887 - 1975)

German businessman

Julian Huxley

Julian Huxley (1887 - 1975)

English biologist

Eubie Blake

Eubie Blake (1887 - 1983)

Composer, lyricist, and pianist

Sam Warner

Sam Warner (1887 - 1927)

American film studio executive

August Macke

August Macke (1887 - 1914)

German painter

Grover Cleveland Alexander

Grover Cleveland Alexander (1887 - 1950)

American baseball player

Floyd Collins

Floyd Collins (1887 - 1925)

American explorer

Jozef Tiso

Jozef Tiso (1887 - 1947)

Slovak priest and politician

Blaise Cendrars

Blaise Cendrars (1887 - 1961)

Swiss author and poet

George Abbott

George Abbott (1887 - 1995)

American writer and director

Georg Trakl

Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914)

Austrian poet

Lynn Fontanne

Lynn Fontanne (1887 - 1983)

Actress

Courtney Hodges

Courtney Hodges (1887 - 1966)

United States general

Roland Hayes

Roland Hayes (1887 - 1977)

African American singer

Sigmund Romberg

Sigmund Romberg (1887 - 1951)

Hungarian-born American operetta composer

Harry Hooper

Harry Hooper (1887 - 1974)

Baseball player and coach

Walter Connolly

Walter Connolly (1887 - 1940)

American actor

Ruth Bancroft Law

Ruth Bancroft Law (1887 - 1970)

American Aviator

Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle

Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (1887 - 1933)

American actor

Edwin G. Booz

Edwin G. Booz (1887 - 1951)

American consultant

Cy Williams

Cy Williams (1887 - 1974)

American baseball player

Joe Mccarthy

Joe Mccarthy (1887 - 1978)

American Baseball Manager

Donie Bush

Donie Bush (1887 - 1972)

American baseball player

George P. Putnam

George P. Putnam (1887 - 1950)

American Publisher, Author, Explorer

George Roby Dempster

George Roby Dempster (1887 - 1964)

Businessman, inventor, politician