The 1880s

1884

David Munson, American runner (died 1953)

David Curtiss Munson was an American athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.

David Munson, American runner (died 1953)

1884

Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet and publisher (died 1920)

Manuel Pérez y Curis was a Uruguayan poet, born in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet and publisher (died 1920)

1884

Harry S

Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. As the 34th vice president in 1945, he assumed the presidency upon the death of Franklin D. …

Harry S

1884

Wilhelmina Hay Abbott, Scottish suffragist and feminist (died 1957)

Wilhelmina Hay Abbott, also known by the name "Elizabeth Abbott," was a Scottish suffragist, editor, and feminist lecturer, and wife of author George Frederick Abbott.

Wilhelmina Hay Abbott, Scottish suffragist and feminist (died 1957)

1884

Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist and demographer (died 1965)

Corrado Gini was an Italian statistician, demographer and sociologist who developed the Gini coefficient, a measure of the income inequality in a society. Gini was a proponent of o…

Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist and demographer (died 1965)

1884

Max Brod, Czech journalist, author, and composer (died 1968)

Max Brod was an Israeli author, composer and journalist, born as a German-speaking Czech. He is notable for promoting the work of writer Franz Kafka and composer Leoš Janáček.

Max Brod, Czech journalist, author, and composer (died 1968)

1884

Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd and 4th President of Czechoslovakia (died 1948)

Edvard Beneš was a Czech politician and statesman who served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938, and again from 1939 to 1948. During the first six years of his se…

Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd and 4th President of Czechoslovakia (died 1948)

1884

Siegmund Glücksmann, German soldier and politician (died 1942)

Siegmund Glücksmann was a German-Jewish socialist politician. In the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most prominent figures of the German minority socialist movement in Poland, …

Siegmund Glücksmann, German soldier and politician (died 1942)

1884

Ralph Benatzky, Czech-Swiss composer (died 1957)

Ralph Benatzky was a Czech-Austrian composer. He composed operas and operettas, such as Casanova (1928), Die drei Musketiere (1929), The White Horse Inn (1930) and Meine Schwester …

Ralph Benatzky, Czech-Swiss composer (died 1957)

1884

Ivy Compton-Burnett, English author (died 1969)

Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett, was an English novelist, published in the original editions as I. Compton-Burnett. She was awarded the 1955 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for her novel …

Ivy Compton-Burnett, English author (died 1969)

1884

Frederick Lorz, American runner (died 1914)

Frederick Lorz was an American long-distance runner who won the 1905 Boston Marathon. Lorz is also known for his "finish" in the marathon at the 1904 Summer Olympics, where he did …

Frederick Lorz, American runner (died 1914)

1884

Ester Claesson, Swedish landscape architect (died 1931)

Ester Laura Matilda Claesson was a Swedish landscaping pioneer and is considered the first female landscape architect in Sweden.

Ester Claesson, Swedish landscape architect (died 1931)

1884

Leone Sextus Tollemache, English captain (died 1917)

Leone Sextus Denys Oswolf Fraudatifilius Tollemache-Tollemache de Orellana Plantagenet Tollemache-Tollemache was a captain in the British Army who died during the First World War.

Leone Sextus Tollemache, English captain (died 1917)

1884

Leon Chwistek, Polish painter, philosopher, and mathematician (died 1944)

Leon Chwistek was a Polish logician, philosopher, mathematician, avant-garde painter, theoretician of modern art and literary critic.

Leon Chwistek, Polish painter, philosopher, and mathematician (died 1944)

1884

Étienne Gilson, French philosopher and academic (died 1978)

Étienne Henri Gilson was a French Catholic philosopher and historian of philosophy. A scholar of medieval philosophy, he originally specialised in the thought of Descartes; he also…

Étienne Gilson, French philosopher and academic (died 1978)

1884

John McCormack, Irish tenor and actor (died 1945)

Count John Francis McCormack, was an Irish lyric tenor celebrated for his performances of the operatic and popular song repertoires, and renowned for his diction and breath control…

John McCormack, Irish tenor and actor (died 1945)

1884

Georg Zacharias, German swimmer (died 1953)

Georg Zacharias was a German backstroke and breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in Gdańsk and died in Berlin. In the 1904 Olympics he won a g…

Georg Zacharias, German swimmer (died 1953)

1884

Harry Langdon, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1944)

Henry Philmore "Harry" Langdon was an American actor and comedian who appeared in vaudeville, silent films, and talkies.

Harry Langdon, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1944)

1884

Édouard Daladier, French captain and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1970)

Édouard Daladier was a French Radical-Socialist (centre-left) politician, who was the Prime Minister of France in 1933, 1934 and again from 1938 to 1940.

Édouard Daladier, French captain and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1970)

1884

Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, French painter and historian (died 1974)

Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes was a French anti-art painter, writer, poet, musician, playwright closely associated with the intended affront to aesthetic sensibilities that was the D…

Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, French painter and historian (died 1974)

1884

Mary R

Mary Ross Calvert was an American astronomical computer and astrophotographer. She started as her uncle Edward Emerson Barnard's assistant and ended publishing his work that catalo…

Mary R

1884

Johannes Heinrich Schultz, German psychiatrist and psychotherapist (died 1970)

Johannes Heinrich Schultz was a German psychiatrist and psychotherapist. Schultz is known for the development of autogenic training.

Johannes Heinrich Schultz, German psychiatrist and psychotherapist (died 1970)

1884

Claude Auchinleck, English field marshal (died 1981)

Field Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck was a British Indian Army commander who saw active service during the world wars. A career soldier who spent much of his military care…

Claude Auchinleck, English field marshal (died 1981)

1884

James Rector, American sprinter and lawyer (died 1949)

John "James" Alcorn Rector was an American athlete. He was the first Arkansas-born athlete to compete in the Olympic Games. While competing he was a University of Virginia student …

James Rector, American sprinter and lawyer (died 1949)