Famous Personalities Born In 1887

Jan 01 In the year 1887 birth of wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence  

Jan 03 August Macke, German painter (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 Helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 10 Robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 11 Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society) was born in the year 1887.  

Jan 13 On this day in history birth of george Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949)  

Jan 16 John Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 17 On this day in history birth of ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)  

Jan 19 Alexander Woollcott, NJ, short story writer (Man Who Came to Dinner) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 21 On this day in history birth of alfred Henry Ackley, composer  

Jan 21 Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1926) was born in the year 1887.  

Jan 22 Helen Hoyt, American poet (d. 1972) was born in the year 1887.  

Jan 25 Diego Valeri, Italian author/poet (Le Gaie Tristezze) was born in the year 1887.  

Jan 26 Enrique E Ecker, Curacao, bacteriologist was born on this day in history.  

Jan 26 On this day in history birth of françois Faber, Luxembourgian cyclist (d. 1915)  

Jan 26 In the year 1887 birth of marc A "Pete" Mitscher, US lt-admiral (WW II-Task Force 58)  

Jan 27 Carl Blegen, Minneapolis, archaeologist (excavator at Troy, Pylos) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 28 In the year 1887 birth of lily Theresa Strickland, composer  

Jan 29 Albert Conti, Trieste Austria, actor (Jazz Heaven, Doomed Battalion) was born in the year 1887.  

Feb 01 Charles Nordhoff, English-born author (d. 1947) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 01 Dirk Roosenburg, Dutch architect was born in the year 1887.  

Feb 02 Ernst Hanfstängl, German pianist and politician (d. 1975) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 03 In the year 1887 birth of carlo Jachino, composer  

Feb 03 Georg Trakl, Austrian poet (Autumn of the Lonely) was born in the year 1887.  

Feb 03 In the year 1887 birth of juan Negrín, Spanish Prime Minister (d. 1956)  

Feb 03 In the year 1887 birth of silvio d'Amico, Italian theater critic (Tramonto del grande attore)  

Feb 06 Josef Frings, German Archbishop of Cologne (d. 1978) was born in the year 1887.  

Feb 07 In the year 1887 birth of eubie Blake, American musician and composer (d. 1983)  

Feb 09 In the year 1887 birth of henry Zimmerman, baseball player (1912-batted .372 with 14 HRs)  

Feb 09 On this day in history birth of vital Celen, Flemish writer (Puppy Love)  

Feb 10 In the year 1887 birth of [Fran J] Vital Celen, Flemish literary/author [or Feb 9]  

Feb 11 On this day in history birth of john van Melle, South African writer (Dawid Booysen)  

Feb 13 Alvin York, famed US soldier with 25 kills in WW I was born on this day in history.  

Feb 15 In the year 1887 birth of h M Bateman, Sutton Forest NSW, cartoonist  

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Jan 01 On this day in history johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66  

Jan 07 Abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Jan 14 In the year 1887 friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83  

Jan 17 In the year 1887 death of william Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)  

Feb 10 Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Feb 15 In the year 1887 alexander Borodin, composer, dies  

Feb 19 Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Feb 27 In the year 1887 alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53