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In the year 1881
491 Notable birthdays
Dora Kallmus
Austrian photographer (1881-1963).
Born March 20th, 1881 in Vienna. [ref]
Died October 30th, 1963 at 82 years old in Frohnleiten. [ref]
Jānis Balodis
Latvian military personnel and politician (1881-1965).
Born February 20th, 1881 in Trikāta Parish.
Died August 8th, 1965 at 84 years old in Saulkrasti.
Dot Farley
American actress and scenario writer (1881-1971).
Born February 6th, 1881 in Chicago.
Died May 2nd, 1971 at 90 years old in South Pasadena.
Clifford Warren Ashley
American artist, author, sailor, and knot expert (1881-1947).
Born December 18th, 1881 in New Bedford.
Died September 18th, 1947 at 65 years old in Westport.
Elly Heuss-Knapp
German politician (1881-1952).
Born January 25th, 1881 in Strasbourg.
Died July 19th, 1952 at 71 years old in Bonn.
Ernst Wigforss
Swedish politician (1881-1977).
Born January 24th, 1881 in Halmstad.
Died January 2nd, 1977 at 95 years old
Jan Sluijters
Dutch painter (1881–1957).
Born December 17th, 1881 in 's-Hertogenbosch.
Died May 8th, 1957 at 75 years old in Amsterdam.
Leo Gestel
Dutch painter (1881-1941).
Born November 22nd, 1881 in Bergen.
Died November 26th, 1941 at 60 years old in Hilversum.
Marie Hamsun
Norwegian actress and writer (1881–1969).
Born November 19th, 1881 in Elverum Municipality.
Died August 5th, 1969 at 87 years old in Nørholm. [ref]
James Cecil Parke
Irish tennis player (1881-1946).
Born July 26th, 1881 in Clones.
Died February 27th, 1946 at 64 years old in Llandudno.
Harry Hillman
American athletics competitor.
Born September 8th, 1881 in Brooklyn.
Died August 9th, 1945 at 63 years old in Hanover.
Piet Kramer
Dutch architect.
Born July 1st, 1881 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1961 at 79 years old in Velsen. [ref]
Zoltán Halmay
Hungarian olympic swimmer (1881-1956).
Born June 18th, 1881 in Vysoká pri Morave.
Died May 20th, 1956 at 74 years old in Budapest.
Arkady Averchenko
Russian comic and satirical writer, theatre critic (1881–1925).
Born March 27th, 1881 in Sevastopol.
Died March 13th, 1925 at 43 years old in New Town (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Heinrich Barkhausen
German physicist (1881-1956).
Born December 2nd, 1881 in Bremen. [ref]
Died February 20th, 1956 at 74 years old in Dresden. [ref]
Ken McArthur
South african long-distance runner.
Born February 10th, 1881 in Dervock. [ref]
Died June 13th, 1960 at 79 years old in Potchefstroom.
Zhang Shizhao
Chinese intellectual (1881 – 1973).
Born March 20th, 1881 in Changsha.
Died July 1st, 1973 at 92 years old in Hong Kong.
Leonid Sabaneyev
Russian musicologist, music critic, composer and scientist (1881–1968).
Born October 2nd, 1881 in Moscow.
Died May 3rd, 1968 at 86 years old in Antibes.
Alice Wilson
Canadian geologist and paleontologist (1881-1964).
Born August 26th, 1881 in Cobourg.
Died April 15th, 1964 at 82 years old in Ottawa.
Louis Trousselier
French racing cyclist (1881-1939).
Born June 29th, 1881 in 2nd arrondissement of Paris.
Died April 24th, 1939 at 57 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
František Gellner
Czech anarchist, poet, illustrator, painter, publicist and writer (1881-1914).
Born June 19th, 1881 in Mladá Boleslav. [ref]
Died September 13th, 1914 at 33 years old in Galicia. [ref]
Adolf Taimi
Finnish communist leader (1881–1955).
Born October 3rd, 1881 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 1st, 1955 at 74 years old in Petrozavodsk.
Alberts Kviesis
Latvian politician, president of latvia (1881-1944).
Born December 22nd, 1881 in Ērgļi.
Died August 9th, 1944 at 62 years old in Riga (myocardial infarction).
Jan van Gilse
Dutch conductor.
Born May 11th, 1881 in Rotterdam.
Died September 8th, 1944 at 63 years old in Oegstgeest.
Móric Esterházy
Hungarian politician (1881-1960).
Born April 27th, 1881 in Majk.
Died June 28th, 1960 at 79 years old in Vienna.
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