Welcome! Check out today's birthdays, recent birthdays, or our birthday stats.
In the year 1894
659 Notable birthdays
Saken Seyfullin
Pioneer of modern kazakh literature (1894-1938).
Born October 15th, 1894 in Zhanaarka District. [ref]
Died April 25th, 1938 at 43 years old in Almaty. [ref]
Hannah Ryggen
Swedish-born norwegian textile artist (1894–1970).
Born March 21st, 1894 in Malmö.
Died February 2nd, 1970 at 75 years old in Trondheim.
Mikheil Chiaureli
Film director, screenwriter (1894-1974).
Born February 6th, 1894 in Tbilisi.
Died October 31st, 1974 at 80 years old in Tbilisi.
Stephan von Breuning
Austrian entomologist (1894–1983).
Born November 21st, 1894 in Vienna.
Died March 11th, 1983 at 88 years old in Paris.
Aleksandar Deroko
Serbian architect (1894-1988).
Born September 4th, 1894 in Belgrade.
Died November 30th, 1988 at 94 years old in Belgrade.
Martinus Nijhoff
Dutch writer (1894-1953).
Born April 20th, 1894 in The Hague.
Died January 26th, 1953 at 58 years old in The Hague.
Elisabeth Rethberg
German american opera singer (1894-1976).
Born September 22nd, 1894 in Schwarzenberg.
Died June 6th, 1976 at 81 years old in Yorktown Heights.
Viorica Ursuleac
Romanian operatic soprano (1894-1985).
Born March 26th, 1894 in Chernivtsi.
Died October 22nd, 1985 at 91 years old in Ehrwald.
Renzo De Vecchi
Italian footballer and manager (1894-1967).
Born February 3rd, 1894 in Milan.
Died May 14th, 1967 at 73 years old in Milan.
Heinz Ziegler
German general and knight's cross recipient (1894–1972).
Born May 19th, 1894 in Ozyorsk. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1972 at 78 years old in Göttingen.
Demyan Korotchenko
Soviet ukrainian politician (1894-1969).
Born November 29th, 1894 in Pohrebky.
Died April 7th, 1969 at 74 years old in Kyiv.
Aaron Avshalomov
Russian-jewish composer (1894-1965).
Born November 11th, 1894 in Nikolayevsk-on-Amur.
Died April 26th, 1965 at 70 years old in New York City.
Friedrich-Jobst Volckamer von Kirchensittenbach
German general and knight's cross recipients (1894-1989).
Born April 16th, 1894 in Oberstdorf.
Died April 3rd, 1989 at 94 years old in Munich.
Gustav Schmidt
German general and knight's cross recipient (1894-1943).
Born April 24th, 1894 in Weimar, Karsdorf.
Died August 7th, 1943 at 49 years old in Darmstadt, Beryozovka, Borisovsky District, Belgorod Oblast.
Thorleif Haug
Nordic skier (1894-1934).
Born September 28th, 1894 in Lier.
Died December 12th, 1934 at 40 years old in Drammen (pneumonia).
Marie Walcamp
Silent film actress (1894-1936).
Born July 27th, 1894 in Dennison.
Died November 17th, 1936 at 42 years old in Los Angeles (drug overdose).
Viktor Petrov
Ukrainian writer.
Born October 22nd, 1894 in Dnipro.
Died June 8th, 1969 at 74 years old in Kyiv.
Trygve Gulbranssen
Norwegian novelist, businessman and journalist (1894–1962).
Born June 15th, 1894 in Christiania.
Died October 10th, 1962 at 68 years old in Eidsberg Municipality.
Albert Préjean
French actor (1894–1979).
Born October 27th, 1894 in Pantin.
Died November 1st, 1979 at 85 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction).
Issay Dobrowen
Composer and pianist.
Born February 27th, 1894 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died December 9th, 1953 at 59 years old in Oslo.
Paul Peter Meouchi
Maronite patriarch of antioch (1894–1975).
Born April 1st, 1894 in Jezzine.
Died January 11th, 1975 at 80 years old in Beirut.
Olive Tell
American actress (1894-1951).
Born September 27th, 1894 in New York City.
Died June 8th, 1951 at 56 years old in Bellevue Hospital Center (heart failure, skull fracture).
Victor Brecheret
Brazilian sculptor (1894–1955).
Born December 15th, 1894 in Farnese.
Died December 17th, 1955 at 61 years old in São Paulo.
Vitaly Bianki
Russian writer (1894–1959).
Born February 11th, 1894 in Saint Petersburg.
Died June 10th, 1959 at 65 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Viola Barry
Film actress (1894-1964).
Born March 4th, 1894 in Evanston.
Died April 2nd, 1964 at 70 years old in Hollywood.
Birthdays 401 to 425 of 659
The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been. Madeleine L'Engle