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In the year 1887

610 Notable birthdays

Friedrich Adolf Paneth

Austrian-born british chemist.

Born August 31st, 1887 in Vienna. [ref]

Died September 23rd, 1958 at 71 years old in Mainz. [ref]

Walter Flex

German author.

Born July 6th, 1887 in Eisenach. [ref]

Died October 16th, 1917 at 30 years old in Saaremaa. [ref]

Marguerite Davis

American biochemist (1887-1967).

Born September 16th, 1887 in Racine.

Died September 19th, 1967 at 80 years old

Hobart Henley

American actor and film director (1887-1964).

Born November 23rd, 1887 in Louisville.

Died May 22nd, 1964 at 76 years old in Beverly Hills.

Robert Cushman Murphy

American ornithologist and museum curator.

Born April 29th, 1887 in Brooklyn. [ref]

Died March 20th, 1973 at 85 years old in Stony Brook. [ref]

Pierre Jean Jouve

French novelist and poet (1887–1976).

Born October 11th, 1887 in Arras. [ref]

Died January 8th, 1976 at 88 years old in Paris. [ref]

Freddie Grubb

English racing cyclist.

Born May 27th, 1887 in Kingston upon Thames.

Died March 6th, 1949 at 61 years old in Surrey.

Friedrich Gogarten

German theologian (1887–1967).

Born January 13th, 1887 in Dortmund.

Died October 16th, 1967 at 80 years old in Göttingen.

Paul Laux

German general and knight's cross recipients (1887–1944).

Born November 11th, 1887 in Weimar.

Died September 2nd, 1944 at 56 years old in Riga.

Boris Kostić

Serbian chess grandmaster (1887-1963).

Born February 24th, 1887 in Vršac.

Died November 3rd, 1963 at 76 years old in Belgrade.

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