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In the year 1871
353 Notable birthdays
Leo Blech
German opera composer and conductor (1871–1958).
Born April 21st, 1871 in Aachen. [ref]
Died August 25th, 1958 at 87 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Louis Soutter
Swiss artist (1871-1942).
Born June 4th, 1871 in Morges. [ref]
Died February 20th, 1942 at 70 years old in Ballaigues. [ref]
Frederick Converse
American classical music composer (1871-1940).
Born January 5th, 1871 in Newton.
Died June 8th, 1940 at 69 years old in Westwood.
Sofia Panina
Russian noble.
Born August 23rd, 1871 in Moscow.
Died June 13th, 1956 at 84 years old in New York City.
Fritz Schaudinn
German zoologist (1871–1906).
Born September 19th, 1871 in Reznikovo, Kaliningrad Oblast.
Died June 22nd, 1906 at 34 years old in Hamburg (infectious disease).
Eduard von Winterstein
Austrian actor (1871-1961).
Born August 1st, 1871 in Vienna. [ref]
Died July 22nd, 1961 at 89 years old in East Berlin. [ref]
Walter Kaufmann
German physicist.
Born June 5th, 1871 in Elberfeld.
Died January 1st, 1947 at 75 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Frederick Burton
American actor (1871-1957).
Born October 20th, 1871 in Indianapolis.
Died October 23rd, 1957 at 86 years old in Woodland Hills.
Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa
Spanish artist (1872-1959).
Born September 11th, 1871 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died July 7th, 1959 at 87 years old in Port de Pollença.
Jorge Meléndez Ramírez
President of el salvador (1871-1953).
Born April 15th, 1871 in San Salvador.
Died November 22nd, 1953 at 82 years old in San Salvador.
Andrievs Niedra
Latvian politician (1871-1942).
Born February 8th, 1871 in Tirza Parish. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1942 at 71 years old in Riga.
Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
American writer (1871-1954).
Born July 23rd, 1871 in New Haven. [ref]
Died November 14th, 1954 at 83 years old in Chiefland. [ref]
Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani
Catholic cardinal and apostolic nuncio (1871–1951).
Born October 1st, 1871 in Rome.
Died January 13th, 1951 at 79 years old in Rome (thrombosis).
Meletios
Archbishop of athens (1918–1920), ecumenical patriarch of constantinople (1921–1923) and greek orthodox patriarch of alexandria (1926–1935).
Born September 21st, 1871 in Metaxochori.
Died July 28th, 1935 at 63 years old in Alexandria.
Jesse Lynch Williams
American dramatist.
Born August 17th, 1871 in Sterling.
Died September 14th, 1929 at 58 years old in Herkimer.
Hermann Abert
German musicologist (1871–1927).
Born March 25th, 1871 in Stuttgart.
Died August 13th, 1927 at 56 years old in Stuttgart.
Dénes Berinkey
Hungarian politician (1871-1944).
Born October 17th, 1871 in Dubník.
Died June 25th, 1944 at 72 years old in Budapest.
Franz Blei
Playwright (1871–1942).
Born January 18th, 1871 in Vienna.
Died July 10th, 1942 at 71 years old in Westbury.
Olga Lepeshinskaya
Soviet biologist (1871-1963).
Born August 18th, 1871 in Perm.
Died October 2nd, 1963 at 92 years old in Moscow (pneumonia).
Eugen Burg
German actor (1871–1944).
Born January 6th, 1871 in Berlin.
Died November 15th, 1944 at 73 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Arthur Bernède
French writer, poet, opera librettist, and playwright (1871–1937).
Born January 5th, 1871 in Redon.
Died March 19th, 1937 at 66 years old in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction).
Reginald Aldworth Daly
Canadian geologist (1871–1957).
Born March 18th, 1871 in Greater Napanee. [ref]
Died September 19th, 1957 at 86 years old in Cambridge.
William Diller Matthew
American paleontologist (1871–1930).
Born February 19th, 1871 in Saint John.
Died September 24th, 1930 at 59 years old in San Francisco.
José Juan Tablada
Mexican poet, art critic and diplomat (1871-1945).
Born April 3rd, 1871 in Mexico City.
Died August 2nd, 1945 at 74 years old in New York City.
Jan Kotěra
Czech architect, designer, painter and university educator (1871–1923).
Born December 18th, 1871 in Brno. [ref]
Died April 17th, 1923 at 51 years old in Vinohrady. [ref]
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