Welcome! Check out today's birthdays, recent birthdays, or our birthday stats.
In the year 1886
610 Notable birthdays
Spring Byington
American actress (1886–1971).
Born October 17th, 1886 in Colorado Springs.
Died September 7th, 1971 at 84 years old in Hollywood (cancer).
Ernst Thälmann
German communist politician, leader of communist party of germany (1886–1944).
Born April 16th, 1886 in Hamburg.
Died August 18th, 1944 at 58 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp (gunshot wound, execution).
René Guénon
French metaphysician (1886-1951).
Born November 15th, 1886 in Blois.
Died January 7th, 1951 at 64 years old in Cairo.
Leo G. Carroll
British actor (1886–1972).
Born October 25th, 1886 in Northamptonshire.
Died October 16th, 1972 at 85 years old in Hollywood (pneumonia).
Karl Polanyi
Hungarian economist, philosopher and historian.
Born October 25th, 1886 in Vienna.
Died April 23rd, 1964 at 77 years old in Pickering.
Edward Everett Horton
American actor (1886–1970).
Born March 18th, 1886 in Brooklyn.
Died September 29th, 1970 at 84 years old in Encino (prostate cancer).
Sophie Tucker
Russian-born american singer, comedian, actress and radio personality.
Born January 13th, 1886 in Tulchyn.
Died February 9th, 1966 at 80 years old in New York City (lung cancer).
Gotthard Heinrici
German general (1886–1971).
Born December 25th, 1886 in Gusev.
Died December 13th, 1971 at 84 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Rash Behari Bose
Indian independence activist.
Born May 25th, 1886 in Bardhaman, Bengal Presidency.
Died January 21st, 1945 at 58 years old in Tokyo, Empire of Japan. [ref]
Princess Patricia of Connaught
British princess (1886-1974); younger daughter of prince arthur, duke of connaught, and princess louise margaret of prussia (1886–1974).
Born March 17th, 1886 in Buckingham Palace.
Died January 12th, 1974 at 87 years old in Ribsden Holt.
Oskar Kokoschka
Austrian dramatic, painter and writer (1886–1980).
Born March 1st, 1886 in Pöchlarn.
Died February 22nd, 1980 at 93 years old in Montreux (myocardial infarction).
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
American lieutenant general during world war ii.
Born July 18th, 1886 in Munfordville.
Died June 18th, 1945 at 58 years old in Okinawa Prefecture.
Sergei Kirov
Soviet politician and bolshevik revolutionary (1886–1934).
Born March 27th, 1886 in Urzhum.
Died December 1st, 1934 at 48 years old in Saint Petersburg.
John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
Army officer (1886-1946).
Born July 10th, 1886 in London.
Died March 31st, 1946 at 59 years old in London (liver cancer).
Zhu De
Marshal of the people's republic of china (1886－1976).
Born December 1st, 1886 in Zhu De's Former Residence.
Died July 6th, 1976 at 89 years old in Beijing. [ref]
Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke
British noble (1886-1960); eldest child of prince henry of battenberg and princess beatrice of the united kingdom; grandson of queen victoria.
Born November 23rd, 1886 in Windsor Castle.
Died February 23rd, 1960 at 73 years old in Kensington Palace.
Margaret Woodrow Wilson
Acting first lady of the united states (1914-1915).
Born April 16th, 1886 in Georgia.
Died February 12th, 1944 at 57 years old in Pondicherry (uremia).
Edward Weston
American photographer (1886–1958).
Born March 24th, 1886 in Highland Park.
Died January 1st, 1958 at 71 years old in Carmel-by-the-Sea (Parkinson's disease).
David Alfaro Siqueiros
Mexican painter and muralist (1908–1974).
Born December 29th, 1886 in Chihuahua City.
Died January 6th, 1974 at 87 years old in Cuernavaca.
Robert Schuman
Luxembourgish-born german-french statesman and venerable (1886-1963).
Born June 29th, 1886 in Luxembourg. [ref]
Died September 4th, 1963 at 77 years old in Scy-Chazelles. [ref]
Joyce Kilmer
American poet, editor, literary critic, soldier.
Born December 6th, 1886 in New Brunswick.
Died July 30th, 1918 at 31 years old in Seringes-et-Nesles.
Kurt Hahn
German educator (1886-1974).
Born June 5th, 1886 in Berlin.
Died December 14th, 1974 at 88 years old in Heiligenberg.
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Japanese author (1886–1965).
Born July 24th, 1886 in Nihonbashi-ku.
Died July 30th, 1965 at 79 years old in Atami (myocardial infarction).
Wilhelm Furtwängler
German conductor and composer (1886–1954).
Born January 25th, 1886 in Schöneberg.
Died November 30th, 1954 at 68 years old in Baden-Baden (pneumonia).
Béla Kun
Hungarian communist revolutionary and politician, the de facto leader of the hungarian soviet republic in 1919, people's commissar of foreign affairs.
Born February 20th, 1886 in Cehu Silvaniei.
Died August 29th, 1938 at 52 years old in Moscow (execution).
Birthdays 26 to 50 of 610
The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance. Brian Tracy