1880

January 1

• Birth of Edie Martin London England, actress (Titfield Thunderbolt). [1]
• Birth of Shalom Asch Poland, yiddish writer (Motke Ganev). [1]

January 2

• Birth of Louis Breguet French aviation pioneer. [1]

January 5

• Birth of Nicolai Karlovich Medtner composer. [1]

January 6

• Birth of Tom Mix Mix Run Pennsylvania, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin). [1]
• Birth of Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg composer. [1]

January 10

• Birth of Eduard M Meijers Dutch lawyer (Short Cause). [1]
• Birth of French van Cauwelaert Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp. [1]
• Birth of Grock (stage name of Charles Wettach) in Reconvilier, Switzerland; circus clown, stage comedian. [1] [37]
• Birth of Manuel Azaña y Díaz Prime Minister/President of second Spanish republic (1936-39). [1]

January 11

• Birth of Rudolf T Palm Curaçao, pianist/composer. [1]

January 17

• Birth of Mack Sennett movie creator (Keystone Kops). [1]

January 18

• Birth of Paul Ehrenfest Austria/Netherlands physicist (adiabates hypothesis). [1]

January 24

• Birth of Elisabeth Achelis creator (World Calendar). [1]

January 25

• Birth of Francis George Scott composer. [1]

January 26

• Birth of Douglas MacArthur Little Rock Arkansas, General of the Army (WWII), he did return!. [1]

January 28

• Birth of Herbert Strudwick cricketer (England wicket-keeper before and after WWI). [1]
• Birth of Mary Boland Philadelphia Pennsylvania, US, comedienne/actress (Ruggles of Red Gap). [1]

January 29

• Birth of W C Fields [William Claude Dukenfield] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; actor (My Little Chickadee, Bank Dick). [1] [5]

February 1

• Birth of Antonio Guarnieri composer. [1]
• Birth of Francesco Balilla Pratella composer. [1]

February 3

• Birth of Arnoldus Aerts bishop of Netherlands-Guinea (1920-42). [1]

February 8

• Birth of Franz Marc German painter (Blaue Reiter). [1]

February 10

• Birth of Jesse G Vincent Arkansas, engineer designed first V-12 engine. [1]

February 12

• Birth of John Llewellyn Lewis union leader (United Mine Workers, 1920-60). [1]

February 14

• Birth of Aida Overton Walker US dancer/singer (In Dahomey, Salome). [1]
• Birth of Edgar Leslie Bainton composer. [1]

February 17

• Birth of Alvaro Obregon General/President of Mexico (1920-24). [1]

February 18

• Birth of Eric De Lamarter composer. [1]

February 19

• Birth of Arthur Shepherd composer. [1]

February 21

• Birth of Frank Orth Philadelphia Pennsylvania; actor (Boston Blackie, The Brothers). [1]

February 23

• Birth of Edgar Istel composer. [1]

March 1

• Birth of Julian Myrick promoter of junior tennis. [1]
• Birth of Lytton Strachey biographer/critic (Benson Medal 1923). [1]

March 3

• Birth of Anne C Veth Dutch cartoonist/art critic. [1]

March 10

• Birth of Michael Jacobs New York City, New York, boxing promoter. [1]

March 12

• Birth of House Peters Bristol England, silent film actor (Kansas Territory). [1]

March 14

• Birth of Oscar (Bachigaloupi) Tourniaire actor/director (Pink Kate). [1]

March 17

• Birth of Guillermo Uribe Holguin composer. [1]

March 18

• Birth of Christopher K H de Nerée tot Babberich cartoonist. [1]

March 21

• Birth of Hans Hofmann German/US painter (Search for the Real). [1]
• Birth of Wilhelm Pessler German sociologist. [1]

March 26

• Birth of Duncan Hines US, restaurant guide writer (Out of Kentucky Kitchens). [1]

March 28

• Birth of Rosina Lhévinne Kiev Ukraine, pianist/professor (Juilliard Graduate School). [1]

March 30

• Birth of Sean O'Casey Ireland, playwright (Playboy of the Western World). [1]

April 8

• Birth of Victor Schertzinger composer/director (Uptown New York). [1]

April 10

• Birth of Frances Perkins first woman to hold cabinet-level position (Labor). [1]

April 26

• Birth of Mikhail Fokine Russia, choreographer/founder of modern dance. [1]

May 1

• Birth of Conrad Weiss German writer/poet (Tantum dic verbo). [1]

May 6

• Birth of Baron W Edmund Archangel and Ironside, British fieldmarshal. [1]
• Birth of Ernst L Kirchner German painter (Die Brücke). [1]

May 12

• Birth of Lincoln Ellsworth led first transarctic, transantarctic flights. [1]
• Birth of W Hupkes engineer/director (Dutch Rail 1938). [1]

May 15

• Birth of Otto Dibelius German theologist/bishop (Confessional Church). [1]

May 16

• Birth of Julius Tannen New York, comedian (Great Moment, House of Frankenstein). [1]

May 19

• Birth of Allard R Hulshoff architect of Amsterdam (1924). [1]

May 21

• Birth of Pablo Luna y Carne composer. [1]

May 29

• Birth of Oswald Spengler Germany, philosopher (Decline of the West). [1]

June 11

• Birth of Jeannette Rankin first woman elected to US Congress (from Montana). [1]

June 27

• Birth of Helen Keller; blind-deaf author/lecturer. [1] [5]

July 4

• Birth of George Mullin pitcher (Detroit Tigers-no-hitter on 7/4/1912). [1]
• Birth of Pat Rooney vaudevillian/actor (Night Club). [1]

July 14

• Birth of Donald Meek Glasgow Scotland; actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach). [1]

July 24

• Birth of Ernest Bloch Geneva, Switzerland, composer (MacBeth). [1]

July 27

• Birth of Donald Crisp Scotland; actor (How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana). [1]
• Birth of Joseph Tinker baseball Hall of Famer, 1/3 of fame double play combo. [1]

July 30

• Birth of Robert Rutherford McCormick US, editor/publisher Chicago Tribune. [1]

August 12

• Birth of Christy Mathewson HOF baseball pitcher (Won 37 in 1908). [1]

August 26

• Birth of Guillaume Apollinaire France, poet/movie critic (Alcoola). [1]

August 31

• Birth of Queen Mother Wilhelmina Netherlands (1890-1948). [1]

September 9

• Birth of Viking Eggeling Sweden, artist/film maker (Diagonal Symphony). [1]

September 12

• Birth of Henry L Mencken in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; newspaperman/critic (Prejudices). [1] [5]

September 16

• Birth of Alfred Noyes England, poet (The Highwayman). [1]

September 23

• Birth of John Boyd Orr nutritionist, United Nations's FAO (Nobel Prize 1949). [1]

September 27

• Birth of Jacques Thibaud Bordeaux France, violinist (Café Rogue). [1]

September 28

• Birth of Ralph Edward Flanders Barnet Vermont, (Senator-Vermont). [1]

October 4

• Birth of Damon Runyon writer (Guys and Dolls-based on his work). [1]

October 22

• Birth of Joe Carr Ohio, NFL hall of famer/NFL president (1921-39). [1]

November 1

• Birth of Grantland Rice sportswriter (New York Herald Tribune 1914-30, Colliers 1925-37). [1]
• In Berlin, Germany, Alfred Wegener born. [53]
• Birth of Sholem Asch Poland, Yiddish novelist/playwright (Three Cities). [1]

November 3

• Birth of Edmond Barrett heavyweight wrestler (Olympic-bronze-1908). [1]

November 10

• Birth of Sir Jacob Epstein sculptor (Adam, Jacob and the Angel). [1]

December 5

• Birth of Alexander Schmuller Russian/Netherlands violinist/conductor. [1]

December 19

• Birth of Nemesio Otano y Eugenio composer. [1]

December 28

• Birth of Christian DFL Leipoldt South african physician/writer/poet. [1]

December 29

• Birth of Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin composer. [1]

December 30

• Birth of Alfred Einstein German/US musicologist/nephew of Albert Einstein. [1]

December 31

• Birth of George C Marshall Uniontown Pennsylvania, authored Marshall Plan (Nobel Prize 1953). [1]

1881

January 1

• Birth of Carry van Bridges [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva). [1]
• Birth of Richard Kean England; actor (Story of Will Rogers, Ten Commandments). [1]

January 4

• Birth of Wilhelm Lehmbruck in Meiderich, German; painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth). [1] [37]

January 5

• Birth of Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets composer. [1]

January 9

• Birth of Giovanni Papini Italy, writer (Il Diavolo). [1]
• Birth of Lascelles Abercrombie English poet/critic (Revaluations). [1]

January 17

• Birth of Alfred R Radcliffe-Browne British anthropologist (Andaman Islanders). [1]

January 18

• Birth of Gaston Gallimard French publisher (Librairie Gallimard). [1]

January 25

• Birth of Emil Ludwig German biographer (Diana, Son of Man). [1]
• Birth of Gustave Frederic Soderlund composer. [1]

January 31

• Birth of Irving Langmuir physical chemist/colloid researcher/inventor (tungsten filament lamp/Nobel Prize 1932). [1]
• Birth of Joseph A Cushman US, palaentologist/foraminiferologist. [1]

February 1

• Birth of Jose Ignacio Quinton composer. [1]

February 2

• Birth of Karl Frederick pistol champion (Olympics-gold-1920). [1]

February 4

• Birth of Fernand Léger France, painter/ceramist/cubist (The City). [1]
• Birth of Kliment J Woroshilov Marshal/President USSR (1953-60). [1]

February 5

• Birth of Frederick Leonard Lonsdale British playwright (Balkan Princess). [1]

February 6

• Birth of Karl Weigl composer. [1]

February 13

• Birth of Eleanor Farjeon English writer (Martin Pippin). [1]

February 14

• Birth of Otto Selz German psychologist. [1]
• Birth of William John Gruffydd Welsh poet/scholar (Ynys yr Hud). [1]

February 16

• Birth of Maurits H E Uyldert Dutch poet/writer (Youth of a Poet). [1]

February 19

• Birth of Armin Knab German composer (Eichendorff-cycle). [1]
• Birth of Evert Gorter founder of Dutch medical child care. [1]
• Birth of Paul Zech writer. [1]

February 20

• Birth of Pedro Muñoz Seca Spanish playwright (Vengeanza de Don Mendo). [1]

February 21

• Birth of Savilly Tartakower Austrian/Polish/French chess player. [1]

February 23

• Birth of Titus [Anno S] Brandsma Dutch philosopher. [1]

February 25

• Birth of William Foster Massachusetts, Communist Presidential candidate (1924,28,32). [1]

February 27

• Birth of Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers Dutch mathematician. [1]
• Birth of Sveinn Björnsson first President of Iceland (1944-52)/poet (Figur ild). [1]

March 9

• Birth of Enver Pasja Turkish General/politician. [1]
• Birth of Ernest Bevin British minister of Labour/Foreign affairs. [1]

March 12

• Birth of Daniel Webster Hoan Wisconsin (Mayor-Socialist-Milwaukee). [1]
• Birth of Kemal Atatürk first President of Republic of Turkey. [1]
• Birth of Väinö A Tanner premier of Finland (1926-27). [1]

March 13

• Birth of Balthazar H Verhagen Netherlands/South African dramatist/writer. [1]

March 17

• Birth of Kristian Elster Norwegian author (Less bror Harris). [1]

March 18

• Birth of Oliver Seibert hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963). [1]
• Birth of Paul Le Flem composer. [1]

March 21

• Birth of Hermann Sandby composer. [1]

March 23

• Birth of Hermann Staudinger Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53). [1]
• Birth of Roger Martin du Guard France, novelist (Les Thibault-Nobel Prize 1937). [1]

March 25

• Birth of Béla Bartók Hungary, composer/pianist (Concerto for Orchestra). [1]
• Birth of Louis Dosfel Flemish lawyer/writer (Assault!). [1]

April 3

• Birth of Alcide de Gasperi Italian premier (1945-53). [1]
• Birth of Margaret MJ "Daisy" Ashford English author (Young Sisters). [1]

April 4

• Birth of Charles Funk Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk and Wagnalls). [1]

April 8

• Birth of Fernand Lamy composer. [1]

April 11

• Birth of Harvey Bartlett Gaul composer. [1]

April 13

• Birth of Ludwig Binswanger Swiss psychiatrist (Über Ideenflucht). [1]

April 14

• Birth of Anton Wildgans Austrian writer/director (Burg Theater). [1]

April 16

• Birth of Edward Frederick Wood first Earl of Halifax/ambassador to US (1940-46). [1]

April 17

• Birth of Anton Wildgans writer. [1]

April 18

• Birth of Hermann KJ Zilcher German pianist/composer (Dr Eisenbart). [1]
• Birth of Max Weber Polish/Russian/US painter. [1]

April 20

• Birth of Nikolai Miaskovsky Novogeorievsk Poland, composer (Kirov is With Us). [1]
• Birth of Sem Dresden composer/conductor. [1]

April 21

• Birth of Jules-Marie Canneel Flemish painter/caricaturist (Rocks of Oran). [1]

April 22

• Birth of Alexander Kerensky Simbirsk, Russian Prime Minister (1917). [1]

April 23

• Birth of Claude Carter South African slow lefty cricketer (1912-22). [1]
• Birth of Otakar Sini composer. [1]

April 25

• Birth of Hans Windisch German new testament expert. [1]

May 1

• Birth of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin France, philosopher/paleontologist. [1]

May 4

• Birth of Aleksandr F Kerenski Russian premier (1917-Prelude to Bolshevism). [1]

May 11

• Birth of Jan van Gilse composer/resistance fighter (Frau Helga von Staveren). [1]
• Birth of Pascual Rogatis composer. [1]

May 13

• Birth of Ilona Durigo Hungarian singer. [1]

May 14

• Birth of Ed Walsh pitcher, whose lifetime ERA of 1.82 is the lowest ever. [1]
• Birth of Julian Eltinge [William Dalton] Newtonville Massachusetts, vaudeville star/greatest female impersonator. [1]

May 18

• Birth of Georgi Atanasov composer. [1]

May 20

• Birth of Wladyslaw Sikorski premier Poland (WWII general). [1]

May 24

• Birth of Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky composer. [1]

May 27

• Birth of Rudolf Pannwitz German writer. [1]

May 29

• Birth of Frederik Septimus Kelly composer. [1]

May 30

• Birth of George von Küchler German fieldmarshal (Invasion Netherlands). [1]

June 13

• Birth of Lois Weber first US woman film director (What Do Men Want?). [1]

August 6

• Birth of Sir Alexander Fleming cashed in on penicillin (Nobel Prize 1954). [1]

August 12

• Birth of Cecil B deMille in Massachusetts, USA; directed God (The Ten Commandments) (dies 1959). [1] [5]

August 19

• Birth of Georges Enesco (or Enescu) Romania, composer (Romanian Dances). [1]

August 20

• Birth of Edgar Albert Guest Detroit Michigan, poet/newspaperman. [1]

August 29

• Birth of Valery Nicolas Larbaud France, novelist/translator (Enfantines). [1]

September 6

• Birth of Leo Carrillo Los Angeles California; actor (Pancho-Cisco Kid). [1]

September 15

• Birth of Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti Milan, race car builder (Amaz Bugattis). [1]

September 27

• Birth of William Clothier first president of tennis hall of fame. [1]

October 1

• Birth of William Edward Boeing; founded aircraft company (Boeing). [1]

October 15

• Birth of P.G. Wodehouse; British-American writer (Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves). [1]

October 25

• Birth of Pablo Picasso in Malaga, Spain; one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century (dies in 1973). [1] [129]

November 15

• Birth of Franklin P Adams Chicago Illinois, columnist (Information Please). [1]

November 18

• Birth of Percy Lesueur hockey player/inventor (large goalie glove). [1]

November 25

• Birth of John XXIII [Angelo Roncalli], Bergamo Italy, 261st pope (1958-63). [1]

November 28

• Birth of Stefan Zweig Vienna Austria, poet/essayist/dramatist (Beware of Pity). [1]

December 4

• Birth of Erwin von Witzleben German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot). [1]

December 8

• Birth of Padraic Colum Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems). [1]

December 15

• Birth of James Schneider New York; actor (Keystone Kops). [1]

December 17

• Birth of Aubrey Faulkner cricketer (great South Africa all-rounder early 20th cent). [1]
• Birth of Johannes CB "Jan" Sluyters Dutch painter. [1]

December 20

• Birth of Branch Rickey baseball executive (Brooklyn Dodgers). [1]

December 22

• Birth of Enver Pasa Istanbul Turkey, Turkish politician. [1]

December 24

• Birth of Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc composer. [1]
• Birth of Charles Wakefield Cadman composer. [1]
• Birth of Juan Ramón Jiménez Spain, poet (Distant Gardens, Nobel Prize 1956). [1]

December 25

• Birth of Joseph V McCarthy baseball manager (New York Yankees). [1]

December 31

• Birth of Colin G Fink US chemist (electro chemistry). [1]
• Birth of Jacob Israel de Haan Dutch poet/writer (Pipelines, Jewish Song). [1]
• Birth of Max Pechstein German "entartet" painter/graphic artist (The Bridge). [1]