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In the year 1886
669 Notable birthdays
Prince John Constantinovich of Russia
Russian prince (1886-1918).
Born July 5th, 1886 in Pavlovsk.
Died July 18th, 1918 at 32 years old in Alapayevsk (gunshot wound).
Mary Wigman
German dancer, choreographer, and dance instructor (1886–1973).
Born November 13th, 1886 in Hanover. [ref]
Died September 18th, 1973 at 86 years old in West Berlin. [ref]
Frank Lloyd
British film director (1886–1960).
Born February 2nd, 1886 in Glasgow.
Died August 10th, 1960 at 74 years old in Santa Monica.
Christian Rub
Austrian-american actor (1886–1956).
Born April 13th, 1886 in Passau, Graz.
Died April 14th, 1956 at 70 years old in Santa Barbara.
Lily Elsie
British stage and film actress (1886–1962).
Born April 8th, 1886 in Armley.
Died December 16th, 1962 at 76 years old in London.
Manuel Ponce
Mexican composer (1886–1948).
Born December 8th, 1886 in Zacatecas.
Died April 24th, 1948 at 61 years old in Mexico City.
Ardeshir Irani
Indian film director (1886–1969).
Born December 5th, 1886 in Pune.
Died October 14th, 1969 at 82 years old in Mumbai.
C. D. Howe
Canadian politician (1886–1960).
Born January 15th, 1886 in Waltham.
Died December 31st, 1960 at 74 years old in Montreal.
Saburō Kurusu
Japanese diplomat (1886–1954).
Born March 6th, 1886 in Yokohama.
Died April 7th, 1954 at 68 years old in Japan.
Franz Rosenzweig
Jewish theologian and philosopher (1886–1929).
Born December 25th, 1886 in Kassel.
Died December 10th, 1929 at 42 years old in Frankfurt (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
Willis H. O'Brien
American animator (1886–1962).
Born March 2nd, 1886 in Oakland.
Died November 10th, 1962 at 76 years old in Los Angeles.
Geoffrey Ingram Taylor
British mathematician and physicist (1886-1975).
Born March 7th, 1886 in London, St John's Wood.
Died June 27th, 1975 at 89 years old in Cambridge (cerebral hemorrhage).
Eric Coates
British composer (1886–1957).
Born August 27th, 1886 in Hucknall.
Died December 21st, 1957 at 71 years old in Chichester.
Ali Sami Yen
Turkish association football player and manager (1886–1951).
Born May 20th, 1886 in Istanbul.
Died July 29th, 1951 at 65 years old in Istanbul.
I. Athenagoras
Ecumenical patriarch of constantinople (1886–1972).
Born April 6th, 1886 in Vasiliko.
Died July 7th, 1972 at 86 years old in Istanbul.
Herbert William Heinrich
American business writer.
Born October 6th, 1886 in Bennington, Pownal.
Died June 22nd, 1962 at 75 years old
Mark Aitchison Young
British high commissioner (1886-1974).
Born June 30th, 1886 in British Raj.
Died May 12th, 1974 at 87 years old in Winchester.
Gottfried Benn
German novelist, poet (1886–1956).
Born May 2nd, 1886 in Putlitz. [ref]
Died July 7th, 1956 at 70 years old in West Berlin (cancer). [ref]
Randolph Bourne
American writer.
Born May 30th, 1886 in Bloomfield.
Died December 22nd, 1918 at 32 years old in New York City (1918–1920 flu pandemic, influenza).
Lyuh Woon-hyung
Korean politician (1886–1947).
Born May 25th, 1886 in Yangpyeong County.
Died July 19th, 1948 at 62 years old in Seoul.
Yevgeni Preobrazhensky
Russian economist and politician (1886–1937).
Born February 15th, 1886 in Bolkhov.
Died July 13th, 1937 at 51 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
John Mathai
Indian politician.
Born January 10th, 1886 in Kozhikode.
Died November 2nd, 1959 at 73 years old [ref]
Hidetsugu Yagi
Japanese electrical engineer (1886–1976).
Born January 28th, 1886 in Osaka.
Died January 19th, 1976 at 89 years old in Tokyo.
Charles Seeger
American musicologist (1886–1979).
Born December 14th, 1886 in Mexico City.
Died February 7th, 1979 at 92 years old in Bridgewater.
Archibald Hill
English physiologist and biophysicist (1886-1977).
Born September 26th, 1886 in Bristol.
Died June 3rd, 1977 at 90 years old in Cambridge.
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The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been. Madeleine L'Engle