1890 - 1899
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Birthdays of famous people
Decade 1890 - 1899
82 Dirk Stikker
Politician and badminton player (1897-1979)
*February 5th, 1897, Winschoten †December 23rd, 1979, Wassenaar
85 Mortimer Wheeler
British archaeologist (1890-1976)
*September 10th, 1890, Glasgow †July 22nd, 1976, London
83 Marta Linz
Hungarian violinist, composer, conductor
*December 21st, 1898, Budapest †January 11th, 1982, Berlin,_bij_aankomst_op_Schiphol_me,_Bestanddeelnr_916-8898.jpg "Agatha Christie")
85 Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
*September 15th, 1890, Torquay †January 12th, 1976, Winterbrook.jpg "Mao Zedong")
82 Mao Zedong
1st Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
*December 26th, 1893, Shaoshan †September 9th, 1976, Zhongnanhai
81 J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
*January 3rd, 1892, Bloemfontein †September 2nd, 1973, Bournemouth.jpg "Charles de Gaulle")
79 Charles de Gaulle
President of France from 1959 to 1969
*November 22nd, 1890, Lille †November 9th, 1970, Colombey-les-Deux-Églises
76 Gustav Heinemann
German politician, President of Germany 1969–1974
*July 23rd, 1899, Schwelm †July 7th, 1976, EssenAlbert Szent-Györgyi
Hungarian biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine in 1937 (1896-1986)
*September 16th, 1893, Budapest †October 22nd, 1986, Woods HoleKathleen McKane Godfree
English badminton and tennis player (1896-1992)
*May 7th, 1896, Bayswater †June 19th, 1992, London
80 Alfred Hitchcock
English filmmaker (1899–1980)
*August 13th, 1899, Leytonstone †April 29th, 1980, Bel Air
25 Manfred von Richthofen
German fighter pilot (1892-1918)
*May 2nd, 1892, Wrocław †April 21st, 1918, Vaux-sur-Somme
86 Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986)
*August 24th, 1899, Buenos Aires †June 14th, 1986, Geneva
61 Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
*July 21st, 1899, Oak Park †July 2nd, 1961, Ketchum
70 Otto Grotewohl
German politician (1894–1964)
*March 11th, 1894, Brunswick †September 21st, 1964, East Berlin
78 Dwight D. Eisenhower
President of the United States from 1953 to 1961
*October 14th, 1890, Denison †March 28th, 1969, Washington, D.C..jpg "Anton Dostler")
Cedric Gibbons
American art director (1890–1960)
*March 23rd, 1893, Dublin †July 26th, 1960, HollywoodOtto Harder
German footballer and SS officer (1892-1956)
*November 25th, 1892, Brunswick †March 14th, 1956, HamburgJoseph Vogt
German historian of classical antiquity (1895-1986)
*June 23rd, 1895, Schechingen †July 14th, 1986, TübingenFritz Schachermeyr
Austrian classical scholar and archaeologist
*January 10th, 1895, Urfahr †December 26th, 1987, Eisenstadt
65 Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
Indian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891–1956)
*April 14th, 1891, Bhim Janmabhoomi †December 6th, 1956, Dr. Ambedkar National MemorialBruno Snell
German classical philologist
*June 18th, 1896, Hildesheim †October 31st, 1986, HamburgJohannes S. Andersen
Norwegian criminal, businessman and resistance fighter during the Second World War
*July 9th, 1898, Oslo †July 29th, 1970, HortenFranz Altheim
German historian (1898-1976)
*October 6th, 1898, Frankfurt †October 17th, 1976, MünsterEmil Forrer
Swiss linguist (1894-1986)
*February 19th, 1894, Strasbourg †January 10th, 1986, San SalvadorAndreas Alföldi
Hungarian historian, epigraphist, numismatist, archaeologist (1895-1981)
*August 27th, 1895, Pomáz †February 12th, 1981, PrincetonErnst Meyer
German historian of classical antiquity (1898-1975)
*February 21st, 1898, Pinneberg †November 18th, 1975, ZürichHelmut Berve
German historian of classical antiquity
*January 22nd, 1896, Wrocław †April 6th, 1979, Hechendorf am Pilsensee
Elisabeth Voigt
German lab technician and painter (1893-1977)
*August 5th, 1893, Leipzig †November 8th, 1977, Leipzig
61 Fritz Schellong
German internist and university professor (1891-1953)
*September 10th, 1891, Königsberg †January 18th, 1953, Münster_(photo_by_Carl_van_Vechten).jpg "William Faulkner")
64 William Faulkner
American writer (1897–1962)
*September 25th, 1897, New Albany †July 6th, 1962, Byhalia
84 Maria
Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic (1896-1980)
*August 9th, 1896, Neuchâtel †September 16th, 1980, Geneva
77 Nikita Khrushchev
First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964
*April 3rd, 1894, Kalinovka †September 11th, 1971, MoscowPierre Loeb
French Jewish galerist and art dealer persecuted by Nazis (1897-1964)
*September 24th, 1897, Paris †May 4th, 1964
50 Sergei Eisenstein
Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)
*January 10th, 1898, Riga †February 11th, 1948, Moscow