Famous Birthdays In 1887

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

Jan 03 August Macke, German painter (d. 1914) was born in the year 1887.  

Jan 03 Helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan) was born in the year 1887.  

Jan 10 Robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea) was born in the year 1887.  

Jan 11 On this day in history birth of aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society)  

Jan 13 George Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949) was born in the year 1887.  

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

Jan 17 In the year 1887 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 in the year 1887.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 26 François Faber, Luxembourgian cyclist (d. 1915) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 26 Marc A "Pete" Mitscher, US lt-admiral (WW II-Task Force 58) was born on this day in history.  

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

Feb 01 On this day in history birth of charles Nordhoff, English-born author (d. 1947)  

Feb 01 Dirk Roosenburg, Dutch architect was born on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history birth of georg Trakl, Austrian poet (Autumn of the Lonely)  

Feb 03 Juan Negrín, Spanish Prime Minister (d. 1956) was born in the year 1887.  

Feb 03 Silvio d'Amico, Italian theater critic (Tramonto del grande attore) was born in the year 1887.  

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

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

Feb 09 On this day in history 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 in the year 1887.  

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

Feb 15 H M Bateman, Sutton Forest NSW, cartoonist was born on this day in history.  

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Jan 01 Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 in the year 1887.  

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 William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840) died on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66  

Feb 27 Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 in the year 1887.