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In the year 1881
532 Notable birthdays
Mary MacLane
American writer (1881-1929).
Born May 1st, 1881 in Winnipeg.
Died August 6th, 1929 at 48 years old in Chicago.
Nicolai Fechin
American artist (1881-1955).
Born December 8th, 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
Padraic Colum
Irish writer (1881-1972).
Born December 8th, 1881 in County Longford.
Died January 11th, 1972 at 90 years old in Hartford County (disease).
Max Pechstein
German artist (1881–1955).
Born December 31st, 1881 in Zwickau.
Died June 29th, 1955 at 73 years old in Berlin.
Frederick Varley
Canadian painter, member of the canadian group of seven artists (1881-1969).
Born January 2nd, 1881 in Sheffield.
Died September 8th, 1969 at 88 years old in Toronto.
Mikhail Larionov
Russian artist (1881–1964).
Born June 3rd, 1881 in Tiraspol.
Died May 10th, 1964 at 82 years old in Fontenay-aux-Roses.
Max Weber
American cubist painter (1881–1961).
Born April 18th, 1881 in Białystok.
Died October 4th, 1961 at 80 years old in Great Neck.
Rauf Orbay
Prime minister of turkey (1881–1964).
Born July 27th, 1881 in Constantinople.
Died July 16th, 1964 at 82 years old in Istanbul.
Allen Whipple
American surgeon (1881–1963).
Born September 2nd, 1881 in Urmia.
Died April 6th, 1963 at 81 years old in Princeton.
John Gresham Machen
American theologian (1881–1937).
Born July 28th, 1881 in Baltimore.
Died January 1st, 1937 at 55 years old in Bismarck (pneumonia).
Sarah Edwards
American actress (1881-1965).
Born October 11th, 1881 in Glyntraian.
Died January 7th, 1965 at 83 years old in Hollywood.
Roger Martin du Gard
French writer (1881–1958).
Born March 23rd, 1881 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Died August 22nd, 1958 at 77 years old in Château du Tertre.
Kanno Sugako
Japanese journalist (1881–1911).
Died January 25th, 1911 at 29 years old in Ichigaya Prison (hanging to death).
Ber Borochov
Founder of the labor zionist movement (1881-1917).
Born July 3rd, 1881 in Zolotonosha.
Died December 17th, 1917 at 36 years old in Kyiv (sepsis). [ref]
Gunnar Nordström
Finnish physicist (1881–1923).
Born March 12th, 1881 in Helsinki.
Died December 24th, 1923 at 42 years old in Helsinki (pernicious anemia).
Sergei Syrtsov
Soviet politician (1881-1937).
Born July 17th, 1881 in Slavhorod.
Died September 10th, 1937 at 56 years old in Moscow.
Léon Spilliaert
Belgian graphic artist, illustrator and painter (1881-1946).
Born July 21st, 1881 in Ostend.
Died November 23rd, 1946 at 65 years old in Brussels.
Ludwik Rajchman
Polish doctor and microbiologist, co-founder of unicef (1881–1965).
Born November 1st, 1881 in Warsaw.
Died July 13th, 1965 at 83 years old in Chenu.
Eugenio Pio Zolli
Chief rabbi of rome, italy, during world war ii; later converted to catholicism (1881-1956).
Born September 27th, 1881 in Brody.
Died March 2nd, 1956 at 74 years old in Rome.
Henrik Galeen
Austrian-born actor (1881-1949).
Born January 7th, 1881 in Stryi.
Died July 30th, 1949 at 68 years old in Randolph (cancer).
George Bacovia
Romanian writer and poet.
Born September 17th, 1881 in Bacău.
Died May 22nd, 1957 at 75 years old in Bucharest.
Willie Gallacher
Trade unionist, activist and communist (1881-1965).
Born December 25th, 1881 in Paisley.
Died August 12th, 1965 at 83 years old in Paisley.
Kingsley Wood
British politician (1881-1943).
Born August 19th, 1881 in London.
Died September 21st, 1943 at 62 years old in London.
Birthdays 126 to 150 of 532
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