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In the year 1881
491 Notable birthdays
Li Shizeng
Chinese educator and politician.
Born May 29th, 1881 in Guangyang District.
Died September 30th, 1973 at 92 years old in National Taiwan University Hospital.
André Salmon
French poet (1881–1969).
Born October 4th, 1881 in 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Died March 12th, 1969 at 87 years old in Sanary-sur-Mer.
Christian Hülsmeyer
German inventor and entrepreneur (1881-1957).
Born December 25th, 1881 in Eydelstedt.
Died January 31st, 1957 at 75 years old in Ahrweiler.
Mamia Orakhelashvili
Soviet politician, born 1881.
Born June 10th, 1881 in Kutaisi.
Died December 11th, 1937 at 56 years old
Kesago Nakajima
Japanese general (1881-1945).
Born June 15th, 1881 in Oita Prefecture.
Died October 28th, 1945 at 64 years old
Yosef Haim Brenner
Russian-born hebrew-language author (1881-1921).
Born September 11th, 1881 in Novi Mlyny. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 1921 at 39 years old in Jaffa.
Hugo Meisl
Austrian football coach (1881–1937).
Born November 16th, 1881 in Malešov.
Died February 17th, 1937 at 55 years old in Vienna (myocardial infarction).
Fernando Ortiz Fernández
Cuban writer.
Born July 16th, 1881 in Havana.
Died April 10th, 1969 at 87 years old in Havana.
Otto Toeplitz
German mathematician.
Born August 1st, 1881 in Wrocław. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1940 at 58 years old in Jerusalem (tuberculosis). [ref]
Franklin Pierce Adams
American newspaper columnist (1881-1960).
Born November 15th, 1881 in Chicago.
Died March 23rd, 1960 at 78 years old in New York City.
Arthur Caswell Parker
American archaeologist (1881–1955).
Born April 5th, 1881 in Cattaraugus Reservation.
Died January 1st, 1955 at 73 years old
Abdülhalik Renda
Turkish politician (1881–1957).
Born December 11th, 1881 in Ioannina.
Died November 1st, 1957 at 75 years old in Kadıköy.
Charles Wakefield Cadman
American composer (1881-1946).
Born December 24th, 1881 in Johnstown.
Died December 30th, 1946 at 65 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Ilya Mashkov
Russian artist (1881-1944).
Born July 29th, 1881 in Mikhaylovskaya. [ref]
Died March 20th, 1994 at 112 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Frederick Septimus Kelly
Australian and british musician and composer and rower (1881-1916).
Born May 29th, 1881 in Sydney.
Died November 13th, 1916 at 35 years old in Beaucourt-sur-l'Ancre.
Wilhelm Worringer
German art historian (1881-1965).
Born January 13th, 1881 in Aachen. [ref]
Died March 29th, 1965 at 84 years old in Munich. [ref]
Moncef Bey
Bey of tunis (1942-1943).
Born March 4th, 1881 in Tunis.
Died September 1st, 1948 at 67 years old in Pau.
George W. Snedecor
American mathematician (1881–1974).
Born October 20th, 1881 in Memphis.
Died February 15th, 1974 at 92 years old in Amherst.
Patrick Henry Bruce
American artist (1881-1936).
Born March 25th, 1881 in Campbell County. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1936 at 55 years old in New York City (drug overdose). [ref]
James W. Horne
American actor, screenwriter and film director (1881–1942).
Born December 14th, 1881 in San Francisco.
Died June 29th, 1942 at 60 years old in Hollywood (stroke).
Vojin Popović
Serbian soldier (1881–1916).
Born December 9th, 1881 in Sjenica.
Died November 29th, 1916 at 34 years old in Kajmakčalan.
Albert Viljam Hagelin
Norwegian politician (1881-1946).
Born April 24th, 1881 in Bergen.
Died May 25th, 1946 at 65 years old in Oslo (gunshot wound).
Valery Larbaud
French writer and poet (1881-1957).
Born August 29th, 1881 in Vichy. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1957 at 75 years old in Vichy. [ref]
Gustav Herglotz
German mathematician (*1881 – †1953).
Born February 2nd, 1881 in Volary.
Died March 22nd, 1953 at 72 years old in Göttingen.
Toshizō Nishio
Japanese general (1881–1960).
Born October 31st, 1881 in Tottori.
Died October 26th, 1960 at 78 years old in Tokyo.
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