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In the year 1884
582 Notable birthdays
Édouard Daladier
French politician (1884-1970).
Born June 18th, 1884 in Carpentras. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1970 at 86 years old in Paris. [ref]
Claude Auchinleck
British world war ii army commander.
Born June 21st, 1884 in Aldershot. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1981 at 96 years old in Marrakesh. [ref]
Auguste Piccard
Swiss physicist (1884–1962).
Born January 28th, 1884 in Basel.
Died March 24th, 1962 at 78 years old in Chexbres (myocardial infarction).
Nora Barnacle
Wife of james joyce (1884–1951).
Born March 21st, 1884 in Galway.
Died April 10th, 1951 at 67 years old in Zurich.
Emil Jannings
German actor (1884-1950).
Born July 23rd, 1884 in Rorschach. [ref]
Died January 2nd, 1950 at 65 years old in Strobl (liver cancer).
Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV
King of mysore.
Born June 4th, 1884 in Mysore.
Died August 3rd, 1940 at 56 years old in Bengaluru Palace.
Theodor Heuss
German journalist and politician (1884-1963).
Born January 31st, 1884 in Brackenheim. [ref]
Died December 12th, 1963 at 79 years old in Stuttgart. [ref]
Oscar Micheaux
American writer and director (1884-1951).
Born January 2nd, 1884 in Metropolis.
Died March 25th, 1951 at 67 years old in Charlotte.
Hugo Gernsback
American inventor, writer, editor and publisher (1884–1967).
Born August 16th, 1884 in Luxembourg. [ref]
Died August 19th, 1967 at 83 years old in New York City. [ref]
Carl Friedrich Goerdeler
German politician and member of the 20 july plot (1884-1945).
Born July 31st, 1884 in Piła. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1945 at 60 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging). [ref]
Hermann Rorschach
Swiss freudian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (1885–1922).
Born November 8th, 1884 in Zurich. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1922 at 37 years old in Herisau (peritonitis).
Alexander Bustamante
Jamaican politician and labour leader (1884–1977).
Born February 24th, 1884 in Hanover Parish.
Died August 6th, 1977 at 93 years old in Saint Andrew Parish.
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Russian author (1884–1937).
Born February 1st, 1884 in Lebedyan.
Died March 10th, 1937 at 53 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Gerald Gardner
British wiccan leader.
Born June 13th, 1884 in Blundellsands.
Died February 12th, 1964 at 79 years old in Mediterranean Sea.
S. Z. Sakall
Hungarian actor (1883–1955).
Born February 2nd, 1884 in Budapest.
Died February 12th, 1955 at 71 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
British princess (1884-1966).
Born April 20th, 1884 in Eastwell Park.
Died July 13th, 1966 at 82 years old in Sanlúcar de Barrameda.
Arthur Ransome
English author and journalist (1884–1967).
Born January 18th, 1884 in Leeds.
Died June 3rd, 1967 at 83 years old in Cheadle Royal Hospital.
Otto Rank
Austrian psychoanalyst (1884–1939).
Born April 22nd, 1884 in Vienna.
Died October 31st, 1939 at 55 years old in New York City (sepsis).
Gaston Bachelard
French writer and philosopher (1884-1962).
Born June 27th, 1884 in Bar-sur-Aube. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1962 at 78 years old in Paris. [ref]
Max Beckmann
German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and writer (1884–1950).
Born February 27th, 1884 in Leipzig. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1950 at 66 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Norman Thomas
American presbyterian minister and socialist (1884-1968).
Born November 20th, 1884 in Marion.
Died December 19th, 1968 at 84 years old in Cold Spring Harbor (disease).
Edward Sapir
American linguist and anthropologist (1884-1939).
Born January 26th, 1884 in Lębork.
Died February 4th, 1939 at 55 years old in New Haven.
Empress Teimei
Japanese empress consort.
Born June 25th, 1884 in Nishikichō.
Died May 17th, 1951 at 66 years old in Ōmiya Palace.
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
2nd president of israel (1952–1963) - (born1884–1963).
Born November 24th, 1884 in Poltava. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1963 at 78 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Hugo Schmeisser
German firearm designer (1884–1953).
Born September 24th, 1884 in Jena.
Died September 12th, 1953 at 68 years old in Erfurt (lung disease).
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