Famous Personalities Born In 1887

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of august Macke, German painter (d. 1914)  

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 in the year 1887.  

Jan 11 Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 13 George Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 16 In the year 1887 birth of john Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman)  

Jan 17 Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 19 On this day in history birth of alexander Woollcott, NJ, short story writer (Man Who Came to Dinner)  

Jan 21 Alfred Henry Ackley, composer was born in the year 1887.  

Jan 21 In the year 1887 birth of georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1926)  

Jan 22 Helen Hoyt, American poet (d. 1972) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 26 In the year 1887 birth of enrique E Ecker, Curacao, bacteriologist  

Jan 26 In the year 1887 birth of françois Faber, Luxembourgian cyclist (d. 1915)  

Jan 26 Marc A "Pete" Mitscher, US lt-admiral (WW II-Task Force 58) was born in the year 1887.  

Jan 27 Carl Blegen, Minneapolis, archaeologist (excavator at Troy, Pylos) was born in the year 1887.  

Jan 28 On this day in history birth of lily Theresa Strickland, composer  

Jan 29 In the year 1887 birth of albert Conti, Trieste Austria, actor (Jazz Heaven, Doomed Battalion)  

Feb 01 Charles Nordhoff, English-born author (d. 1947) was born in the year 1887.  

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

Feb 02 In the year 1887 birth of ernst Hanfstängl, German pianist and politician (d. 1975)  

Feb 03 On this day in history 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 Silvio d'Amico, Italian theater critic (Tramonto del grande attore) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 06 On this day in history birth of josef Frings, German Archbishop of Cologne (d. 1978)  

Feb 07 Eubie Blake, American musician and composer (d. 1983) was born in the year 1887.  

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

Feb 09 Vital Celen, Flemish writer (Puppy Love) was born in the year 1887.  

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

Feb 11 John van Melle, South African writer (Dawid Booysen) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 13 In the year 1887 birth of alvin York, famed US soldier with 25 kills in WW I  

Feb 15 On this day in history birth of h M Bateman, Sutton Forest NSW, cartoonist  

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Jan 01 Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 14 Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Jan 17 On this day in history 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 Alexander Borodin, composer, dies in the year 1887.  

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