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In the year 1895
716 Notable birthdays
Friedrich Jeckeln
German politician (nsdap), mdr, general of the waffen-ss, perpetrator of the holocaust, lgerman ss general, executed for war crimes including mass murder (1895-1946).
Born February 2nd, 1895 in Hornberg.
Died February 3rd, 1946 at 51 years old in Riga (hanging to death).
Edna Purviance
Actress (1895-1958).
Born October 21st, 1895 in Paradise Valley.
Died January 13th, 1958 at 62 years old in Hollywood (laryngeal cancer).
William Grant Still
American composer (1895–1978).
Born May 11th, 1895 in Woodville.
Died December 3rd, 1978 at 83 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure).
Brian Horrocks
British army officer (1895-1985).
Born September 7th, 1895 in Ranikhet.
Died January 4th, 1985 at 89 years old in Fishbourne.
Vladimir Propp
Russian folklorist, philologist and linguist.
Born April 29th, 1895 in Saint Petersburg.
Died August 22nd, 1970 at 75 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Paul Éluard
French poet (1895–1952).
Born December 14th, 1895 in Saint-Denis. [ref]
Died November 18th, 1952 at 56 years old in Charenton-le-Pont (myocardial infarction).
Yakima Canutt
American rodeo rider, actor and stuntman (1895–1986).
Born November 29th, 1895 in Colfax.
Died May 24th, 1986 at 90 years old in North Hollywood.
B. H. Liddell Hart
British historian and theoretician of war (1895-1970).
Born October 31st, 1895 in 8th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died January 29th, 1970 at 74 years old in Marlow.
Immanuel Velikovsky
Russian, israeli and american author (1895–1979).
Born June 10th, 1895 in Vitebsk.
Died November 17th, 1979 at 84 years old in Princeton.
William Tubman
Liberian politician, 19th president of liberia (1895-1971).
Born November 29th, 1895 in Harper.
Died July 23rd, 1971 at 75 years old in London.
Khorloogiin Choibalsan
Mongolian general and political leader from the 1930s to 1952.
Born February 8th, 1895 in Mongolia. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1952 at 56 years old in Moscow, Ulaanbaatar (cancer). [ref]
Gluck
British painter (1895–1978).
Born August 13th, 1895 in London.
Died January 10th, 1978 at 82 years old in Steyning.
Martin Luther
German diplomat (1895-1945).
Born December 16th, 1895 in Berlin.
Died May 13th, 1945 at 49 years old in Berlin.
Dolores Ibárruri
Spanish republican leader of the spanish civil war and communist politician (1895-1989).
Born December 9th, 1895 in Gallarta. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1989 at 93 years old in Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal (pneumonia). [ref]
Paul Bragg
Nutritionist and author (1895-1976).
Born February 6th, 1895 in Batesville. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1976 at 81 years old in Miami Beach (myocardial infarction).
Charles MacArthur
American playwright and screenwriter (1895-1956).
Born November 5th, 1895 in Scranton.
Died April 21st, 1956 at 60 years old in New York City (disease).
Edmund Wilson
American writer, literary and social critic, and noted man of letters (1895-1972).
Born May 8th, 1895 in Red Bank.
Died June 12th, 1972 at 77 years old in Talcottville (cardiovascular disease).
John J. McCloy
American lawyer and banker (1895-1989).
Born March 31st, 1895 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died March 11th, 1989 at 93 years old in Stamford. [ref]
C. K. Nayudu
Indian cricketer (1895-1967).
Born October 31st, 1895 in Nagpur.
Died November 14th, 1967 at 72 years old
Prince Pierre de Polignac
French noble (1895-1964).
Born October 24th, 1895 in castle of Kerscamp.
Died November 10th, 1964 at 69 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (cancer).
Lucian Blaga
Romanian writer (1895–1961).
Born May 9th, 1895 in Lancrăm.
Died May 6th, 1961 at 65 years old in Cluj-Napoca (cancer).
Sidney Blackmer
American actor (1895-1973).
Born July 13th, 1895 in Salisbury.
Died October 6th, 1973 at 78 years old in New York City (cancer).
Wolfram von Richthofen
German military officer and aviator (1895–1945).
Born October 10th, 1895 in Bartoszówek.
Died July 12th, 1945 at 49 years old (brain cancer).
F. R. Leavis
British literary critic (1895–1978).
Born July 14th, 1895 in Cambridge.
Died April 14th, 1978 at 82 years old in Cambridge.
Nedeljko Čabrinović
Bosnian activist (1895-1916).
Born February 1st, 1895 in Sarajevo. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1916 at 20 years old in Terezín (tuberculosis). [ref]
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