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In the year 1886

669 Notable birthdays

Bruce Fairchild Barton

American author, politician and advertising executive (1886-1967).

Born August 5th, 1886 in Robbins.

Died July 5th, 1967 at 80 years old in New York City.

Clara Lemlich

Union organizer, suffragist, activist (1886-1982).

Born March 28th, 1886 in Horodok.

Died July 12th, 1982 at 96 years old in Los Angeles.

Alice Huyler Ramsey

American driver (1886–1983).

Born November 11th, 1886 in Hackensack.

Died September 10th, 1983 at 96 years old in Covina.

Jam Handy

American swimmer and water polo player, olympic bronze medalist, educational film producer (1886–1983).

Born March 6th, 1886 in Philadelphia.

Died November 13th, 1983 at 97 years old in Detroit.

Karl Dane

Danish-american comedian and actor.

Born October 12th, 1886 in Copenhagen.

Died April 14th, 1934 at 47 years old in Los Angeles.

Masakazu Kawabe

Japanese general (1886-1965).

Born December 5th, 1886 in Toyama Prefecture.

Died March 2nd, 1965 at 78 years old

Rudolf Schmidt

German general.

Born May 12th, 1886 in Berlin.

Died April 7th, 1957 at 70 years old in Krefeld.

John M. Stahl

American film director and producer (1886-1950).

Born January 21st, 1886 in Baku.

Died January 12th, 1950 at 63 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).

Eric Tigerstedt

Finnish inventor.

Born August 14th, 1886 in Helsinki.

Died April 20th, 1925 at 38 years old in New York City (kidney failure).

Manne Siegbahn

Swedish physicist (1886-1978).

Born December 3rd, 1886 in Örebro Nikolai parish. [ref]

Died September 26th, 1978 at 91 years old in Engelbrekt church parish. [ref]

Armin T. Wegner

German pacifist, writer and poet (1886–1978).

Born October 16th, 1886 in Elberfeld.

Died May 17th, 1978 at 91 years old in Rome.

Prince Sixtus of Parma

Parmese royal (1886–1934).

Born August 11th, 1886 in Rorschacherberg.

Died March 14th, 1934 at 47 years old in Paris.

May Ziadeh

Lebanese-palestinian writer (1886-1941).

Born February 11th, 1886 in Nazareth.

Died October 17th, 1941 at 55 years old in Cairo.

André Marty

French politician (1886-1956).

Born November 6th, 1886 in Perpignan.

Died November 23rd, 1956 at 70 years old in Toulouse (lung cancer).

Nell Brinkley

American illustrator (1886–1944).

Born September 5th, 1886 in Denver.

Died October 21st, 1944 at 58 years old in United States.

Sholem Schwarzbard

Russian-born moldovan-french yiddish poet of jewish descent and anarchist (1886-1938).

Born August 18th, 1886 in Balta, Izmail, Smolensk.

Died March 3rd, 1938 at 51 years old in Cape Town (myocardial infarction).

Edwin Fischer

Swiss conductor and classical pianist (1886-1960).

Born October 6th, 1886 in Basel.

Died January 24th, 1960 at 73 years old in Zurich.

David B. Steinman

American civil engineer.

Born June 11th, 1886 in New York City.

Died August 21st, 1960 at 74 years old in New York City.

Paul Dudley White

American cardiologist (1886-1973).

Born June 6th, 1886 in Roxbury.

Died October 31st, 1973 at 87 years old in Boston (stroke).

Dhirendranath Datta

Bengali activist (1886-1971).

Born November 2nd, 1886 in Brahmanbaria.

Died March 21st, 1971 at 84 years old

Conrad Helfrich

Dutch luitenant-admiraal of world war ii (1886–1962).

Born October 11th, 1886 in Semarang.

Died September 20th, 1962 at 75 years old in The Hague.

Zoë Akins

Playwright, poet, author (1886–1958).

Born October 30th, 1886 in Humansville.

Died October 29th, 1958 at 71 years old in Los Angeles.

Alfonso López Pumarejo

Colombian politician (1886-1959).

Born January 31st, 1886 in Honda.

Died November 20th, 1959 at 73 years old in London.

Otto von Knobelsdorff

German general (1886–1966).

Born March 31st, 1886 in Berlin.

Died October 21st, 1966 at 80 years old in Hanover.

Nella Walker

Actress (1886-1971).

Born March 6th, 1886 in Chicago.

Died March 22nd, 1971 at 85 years old in Los Angeles (disease).

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