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In the year 1881
491 Notable birthdays
Tommy Burns
Canadian boxer (1881-1955).
Born June 17th, 1881 in Ontario.
Died May 10th, 1955 at 73 years old in Vancouver (myocardial infarction).
Octavian Goga
Romanian poet and politician (1881–1938).
Born April 1st, 1881 in Rășinari.
Died May 7th, 1938 at 57 years old in Ciucea.
Raymond Hood
American architect (1881–1934).
Born March 29th, 1881 in Pawtucket.
Died August 14th, 1934 at 53 years old in Stamford.
Giovanni Papini
Italian writer (1881-1956).
Born January 9th, 1881 in Florence.
Died July 8th, 1956 at 75 years old in Florence (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
Hermann Ehrhardt
German freikorps commander (1881–1971).
Born November 29th, 1881 in Diersburg.
Died September 27th, 1971 at 89 years old in Lichtenau im Waldviertel.
Sveinn Björnsson
Icelandic politician, 1st president of iceland (1881-1952).
Born February 27th, 1881 in Copenhagen.
Died January 25th, 1952 at 70 years old in Reykjavík.
Ulrich von Hassell
German diplomat and resistance fighter against national socialism (1881–1944).
Born November 12th, 1881 in Anklam.
Died September 8th, 1944 at 62 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Ludwig Binswanger
Swiss psychiatrist and essayist (1881-1966).
Born April 13th, 1881 in Kreuzlingen.
Died February 5th, 1966 at 84 years old in Kreuzlingen.
Johnny Evers
American baseball player and coach (1881-1947).
Died March 28th, 1947 at 65 years old in Albany.
Otto Bauer
Austrian social democrat (1881-1938).
Born September 5th, 1881 in Vienna. [ref]
Died July 4th, 1938 at 56 years old in Paris. [ref]
Clinton Davisson
American physicist (1881-1958).
Born October 22nd, 1881 in Bloomington.
Died February 1st, 1958 at 76 years old in Charlottesville.
Ernest Beaux
Russian-french perfumer.
Born December 7th, 1881 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died June 9th, 1961 at 79 years old in Paris.
Sergey Kamenev
Russian military leader.
Born April 16th, 1881 in Kyiv.
Died August 25th, 1936 at 55 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Breckinridge Long
American diplomat (1881-1958).
Born May 16th, 1881 in St. Louis.
Died September 26th, 1958 at 77 years old in Laurel.
Franz Gürtner
Government minister of germany (1881-1941).
Born August 26th, 1881 in Regensburg.
Died January 29th, 1941 at 59 years old in Berlin.
Mary Webb
English writer and poet (1881–1927).
Born March 25th, 1881 in Shropshire.
Died October 8th, 1927 at 46 years old in St Leonards.
Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans
Royal navy admiral (1881–1957).
Born October 28th, 1881 in London.
Died August 20th, 1958 at 76 years old in Norway. [ref]
Hakaru Hashimoto
Physician, endocrinologist.
Died January 9th, 1934 at 52 years old in Mie Prefecture (typhoid fever).
Kenneth J. Alford
English composer (1881–1945).
Born February 21st, 1881 in London.
Died May 15th, 1945 at 64 years old in Reigate.
Juliusz Rómmel
Polish general.
Born June 3rd, 1881 in Hrodna.
Died September 8th, 1967 at 86 years old in Warsaw.
Walter Rudolf Hess
Swiss physiologist (1881-1973).
Born March 17th, 1881 in Frauenfeld.
Died September 12th, 1973 at 92 years old in Muralto.
Rose Macaulay
English novelist and writer (1881–1958).
Born April 1st, 1881 in Rugby.
Died October 30th, 1958 at 77 years old in Greater London.
Nicolai Fechin
American artist (1881-1955).
Born December 21st, 1881 in Kazan.
Died October 5th, 1955 at 73 years old in Santa Monica.
Alice Catherine Evans
American microbiologist.
Born January 29th, 1881 in Neath.
Died September 5th, 1975 at 94 years old in Alexandria (stroke).
Sardar Ajit Singh
Indian dissident.
Born February 23rd, 1881.
Died August 15th, 1947 at 66 years old
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