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In the year 1881
491 Notable birthdays
Margaret Wycherly
English stage and film actress (1881-1956).
Born October 26th, 1881 in London.
Died June 6th, 1956 at 74 years old in New York City (disease).
Daniel Jones
British phonetician (1881–1967).
Born September 12th, 1881 in London.
Died December 4th, 1967 at 86 years old in Gerrards Cross.
Mordecai Kaplan
Lithuanian american rabbi (1881-1983).
Born June 11th, 1881 in Švenčionys. [ref]
Died November 8th, 1983 at 102 years old in New York City. [ref]
Azer al-Amin
Bey of tunis (1881-1962).
Born September 4th, 1881 in Carthage. [ref]
Died September 30th, 1962 at 81 years old in Tunis. [ref]
Paul Rosenberg
French art dealer (1881-1959).
Born December 29th, 1881 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 29th, 1959 at 77 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Felix von Luckner
German sailor.
Born June 9th, 1881 in Dresden. [ref]
Died April 14th, 1966 at 84 years old in Malmö. [ref]
Noble Johnson
African-american actor and film producer (1881–1978).
Born April 18th, 1881 in Marshall.
Died January 9th, 1978 at 96 years old in Yucaipa.
Éamonn Ceannt
Irish republican and 1916 easter rising leader (1881–1916).
Born September 21st, 1881 in Ballymoe.
Died May 8th, 1916 at 34 years old in Kilmainham Gaol (gunshot wound).
Axel Wenner-Gren
Swedish businessman.
Born June 5th, 1881 in Uddevalla church parish. [ref]
Died November 24th, 1961 at 80 years old in Västerhaninge church parish.
Crystal Eastman
American lawyer and feminist.
Born June 25th, 1881 in Marlborough.
Died July 8th, 1928 at 47 years old in Erie (kidney disease).
Hugo Blaschke
German dental surgeon to adolf hitler; chief dentist of reich physician ss and police (1881–1959).
Born November 14th, 1881 in Wejherowo. [ref]
Died September 15th, 1960 at 78 years old in Nuremberg.
Pixley ka Isaka Seme
South african politician (1881-1951).
Born October 1st, 1881 in Inanda.
Died June 7th, 1951 at 69 years old in Johannesburg.
Hans Fischer
German chemist.
Born July 27th, 1881 in Höchst.
Died March 31st, 1945 at 63 years old in Munich.
Hermann Staudinger
German chemist, winner of the 1953 nobel prize in chemistry (1881–1965).
Born March 23rd, 1881 in Worms.
Died September 9th, 1965 at 84 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer
Dutch mathematician and logician (1881–1966).
Born February 27th, 1881 in Overschie.
Died December 2nd, 1966 at 85 years old in Blaricum, Laren (traffic collision).
Nikolaj Velimirović
Serbian bishop and saint (1880–1956).
Born January 4th, 1881 in Lelić.
Died March 18th, 1956 at 75 years old in South Canaan Township (disease).
Lewis Fry Richardson
Uk mathematician & polymath (1881–1953).
Born October 11th, 1881 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Died September 30th, 1953 at 71 years old in Kilmun.
Titus Brandsma
Dutch carmelite friar, catholic priest, professor of philosophy and saint (1881–1942).
Born February 23rd, 1881 in Bolsward.
Died July 26th, 1942 at 61 years old in Dachau concentration camp (lethal injection).
Asta Nielsen
Danish actress (1881-1972).
Born September 11th, 1881 in Gammel Kongevej.
Died May 25th, 1972 at 90 years old in Frederiksberg.
Carlo Carrà
Italian painter (1881-1966).
Born February 11th, 1881 in Quargnento. [ref]
Died April 18th, 1966 at 85 years old in Milan. [ref]
Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson
British field marshal (1881-1964).
Born September 5th, 1881 in London. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1964 at 83 years old in Chilton. [ref]
Jacob Israël de Haan
Dutch lawyer, legal scholar, diplomat, journalist, novelist and poet, assassinated by the haganah (1881-1924).
Born December 31st, 1881 in Smilde.
Died June 30th, 1924 at 42 years old in Jaffa Road.
Irakli Tsereteli
Georgian politician (1881-1959).
Born December 2nd, 1881 in Gorisa.
Died May 21st, 1959 at 77 years old in New York City.
Nikolai Myaskovsky
Russian and soviet composer (1881—1950).
Born April 20th, 1881 in Modlin Fortress.
Died August 8th, 1950 at 69 years old in Moscow (stomach cancer).
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