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In the year 1881
490 Notable birthdays
Rauf Orbay
Prime minister of turkey (1881-1964).
Born July 27th, 1881 in Constantinople.
Died July 16th, 1964 at 82 years old in Istanbul.
John Gresham Machen
American theologian.
Born July 28th, 1881 in Baltimore.
Died January 1st, 1937 at 55 years old in Bismarck (pneumonia).
Sarah Edwards
American actress (1881-1965).
Born October 11th, 1881 in Glyntraian.
Died January 7th, 1965 at 83 years old in Hollywood.
Roger Martin du Gard
French writer (1881–1958).
Born March 23rd, 1881 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Died August 22nd, 1958 at 77 years old in Château du Tertre.
Kanno Sugako
Japanese journalist.
Died January 25th, 1911 at 29 years old in Ichigaya Prison (hanging).
Ber Borochov
Founder of the labor zionist movement (1881-1917).
Born July 3rd, 1881 in Zolotonosha.
Died December 17th, 1917 at 36 years old in Kyiv (sepsis). [ref]
Gunnar Nordström
Finnish physicist (1881–1923).
Born March 12th, 1881 in Helsinki.
Died December 24th, 1923 at 42 years old in Helsinki (pernicious anemia).
Léon Spilliaert
Belgian graphic artist and painter (1881-1946).
Born July 21st, 1881 in Ostend. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 1946 at 65 years old in City of Brussels. [ref]
Ludwik Rajchman
Polish doctor and microbiologist, co-founder of unicef (1881–1965).
Born November 1st, 1881 in Warsaw.
Died July 13th, 1965 at 83 years old in Chenu.
Eugenio Pio Zolli
Chief rabbi of rome, italy, during world war ii; later converted to catholicism (1881-1956).
Born September 27th, 1881 in Brody.
Died March 2nd, 1956 at 74 years old in Rome.
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