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In the year 1889

698 Notable birthdays

Fannie Hurst

American novelist (1889–1968).

Born October 18th, 1889 in Hamilton.

Died February 23rd, 1968 at 78 years old in New York City.

Leslie Morshead

Australian soldier with a distinguished career in both world wars (1889-1959).

Born September 18th, 1889 in Ballarat.

Died September 26th, 1959 at 70 years old in Sydney (cancer).

Bella Rosenfeld

American writer and artist model (1889-1944).

Born December 14th, 1889 in Vitebsk. [ref]

Died September 2nd, 1944 at 54 years old in New York City (viral infectious disease).

Marjorie Rambeau

American actress (1889-1970).

Born July 15th, 1889 in San Francisco.

Died July 6th, 1970 at 80 years old in Palm Springs (disease).

María Capovilla

Ecuadorian supercentenarian (1889–2006).

Born September 14th, 1889 in Guayaquil.

Died August 27th, 2006 at 116 years old in Guayaquil (pneumonia). [ref]

Harry Elmer Barnes

American historian and holocaust denier (1889–1968).

Born June 15th, 1889 in Auburn.

Died August 26th, 1968 at 79 years old in Malibu.

Ernest Truex

American actor (1889–1973).

Born September 19th, 1889 in Kansas City.

Died June 27th, 1973 at 83 years old in Fallbrook (myocardial infarction).

Yumeno Kyūsaku

Japanese writer (1889–1936).

Born January 4th, 1889 in Fukuoka.

Died March 11th, 1936 at 47 years old in Tokyo (cerebral hemorrhage).

Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker

British athlete, politician, cabinet minister, life peer and nobel peace prize winner (1889–1982).

Born November 1st, 1889 in Hendon.

Died October 9th, 1982 at 92 years old in City of Westminster. [ref]

Pavel Dybenko

Soviet admiral (1889-1938).

Born February 28th, 1889 in Novozybkov. [ref]

Died July 29th, 1938 at 49 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground. [ref]

Stan Coveleski

American major league baseball pitcher during the 1910s and 1920s who primarily threw the spitball (1889–1984).

Born July 13th, 1889 in Shamokin.

Died March 20th, 1984 at 94 years old in South Bend.

Christopher Dawson

British historian (1889–1970).

Born October 12th, 1889 in Hay-on-Wye.

Died May 25th, 1970 at 80 years old in Budleigh Salterton.

Douglass Dumbrille

Canadian-american actor.

Born October 13th, 1889 in Hamilton.

Died April 2nd, 1974 at 84 years old in Woodland Hills (myocardial infarction).

John Gilbert Winant

American republican politician and diplomat (1889-1947).

Born February 23rd, 1889 in New York City.

Died November 3rd, 1947 at 58 years old in Concord.

Ernst Niekisch

German politician (1889–1967).

Born May 23rd, 1889 in Trzebnica.

Died May 23rd, 1967 at 78 years old in Berlin, West Berlin.

Eduardo Ciannelli

Italian actor (1889–1969).

Born August 30th, 1889 in Ischia.

Died October 8th, 1969 at 80 years old in Rome (cancer).

Erhard Raus

German general (1889–1956).

Born January 8th, 1889 in Olbramovice.

Died April 3rd, 1956 at 67 years old in Vienna.

William H. Rupertus

American marine corps general (1889-1945).

Born November 14th, 1889 in Washington, D.C..

Died March 25th, 1945 at 55 years old in Quantico.

Elmo Lincoln

American film actor (1889-1952).

Born February 6th, 1889 in Rochester.

Died June 27th, 1952 at 63 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).

Musidora

Actress, writer, producer (1889–1957).

Born February 23rd, 1889 in 5th arrondissement of Paris.

Died December 11th, 1957 at 68 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.

Hannes Meyer

Swiss architect and second director of the bauhaus (1889-1954).

Born November 18th, 1889 in Basel.

Died July 19th, 1954 at 64 years old in Lugano.

Kanji Ishiwara

General in the imperial japanese army (1889-1949).

Born January 18th, 1889 in Tsuruoka.

Died August 15th, 1949 at 60 years old in Takase (pneumonia, bladder cancer, pulmonary edema).

Rafael Bardem

Spanish actor (1889–1972).

Born January 10th, 1889 in Sant Gervasi de Cassoles.

Died November 6th, 1972 at 83 years old in Madrid.

Tom London

American actor (1889-1963).

Born August 24th, 1889 in Louisville.

Died December 5th, 1963 at 74 years old in Hollywood.

Imre Schlosser

Hungarian association football player (1889–1959).

Born October 11th, 1889 in Budapest.

Died July 19th, 1959 at 69 years old in Budapest.

Birthdays 126 to 150 of 698

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