Famous People Born in 1890

Jan 12 Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, pastor and educator, born in Paris, Tennessee (d. 1976)
Jan 13 Jüri Uluots, Estonian Prime Minister (d. 1945)
Jan 16 Karl Freund, German cinematographer and film director (Dracula; I Love Lucy; The Mummy), born in Dvůr Králové (Königinhof), Bohemia, Austria-Hungarian Empire (d. 1969)
Jan 16 Lloyd Bacon, American actor (Charlie Chaplin), born in San Jose, California (d. 1955)
Jan 22 Fred M. Vinson, American Democratic politician, US Treasury Secretary (1945-46) and the 13th Chief Justice of US Supreme Court (1946-53), born in Louisa, Kentucky (d. 1953)
Jan 22 Vinko Zganec, Croatian ethnomusicologist, born in Vratišinec, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (d. 1976)
Jan 26 Charles Scribner III, American book publisher, born in New York City (d. 1952)
Jan 28 Robert Stroud, American murderer, convict, and ornithologist dubbed "Birdman of Alcatraz", born in Seattle Washington (d. 1963)
Jan 29 Marguerite Canal, French conductor and composer (1st woman in France to conduct an orchestra), born in Toulouse, France (d. 1978)
Jan 31 Adolf Bach, German language professor and sociologist (Deutsche Namenkunde) (d. 1972)
Feb 2 Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general (WWII, Indo-China), born in Mouilleron-en-Pareds, France (d. 1952)
Feb 3 Charles Correll, American radio comedian (Amos 'n' Andy), born in Preoria, Illinois (d. 1972)
Feb 3 Larry MacPhail, American Baseball Hall of Fame executive (Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees), born in Cass City, Michigan (d. 1975)
Feb 8 Claro Mayo Recto, Filipino politician, nationalist (opponent of US colonialism) and poet, born in Tiaong, Philippines (d. 1960)
Feb 9 Jacobus Oud, Dutch architect (De Stijl movement), born in Purmerend, Netherlands (d. 1963)

Boris Pasternak (1890-1960)

Feb 10 Russian novelist and poet (Doctor Zhivago, Nobel 1958), born in Moscow, Russia

Feb 10 Cor Ruys, Dutch actor (Princess Stage, The Cross-Patch), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1952)
Feb 10 Fanny Kaplan, failed assassin of Vladimir Lenin (d. 1918)
Feb 11 David Drummond, Australian politician (d. 1965)
Feb 11 Jan de Vries, Dutch scholar of Germanic linguistics and Germanic mythology, born in Amsterdam (d. 1964)
Feb 14 Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist & writer, born in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales (d. 1956)
Feb 15 Robert Ley, German Nazi politician, born in Niederbreidenbach, Germany (d. 1945)
Feb 16 Semyon Bogatyrev, Soviet and Russian composer (d. 1960)
Feb 18 Adolphe Menjou, American actor (Front Page; Star is Born), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1963)
Feb 18 Edward Arnold, American actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), born in NYC, New York (d. 1956)
Feb 18 Lauri Haarla, Finnish writer (Juudas, Sukeltaja), born in Korpilahti, Finland (d. 1944)
Feb 20 Sam Rice, American Baseball HOF outfielder (World Series 1924; AL stolen base leader 1920; Washington Senators 1915-33), born in Morocco, Indiana (d. 1974)
Feb 24 Antonio Massana, Spanish composer (Canigó), and Jesuit priest, born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1966)
Feb 24 Marjorie Main [Mary Tomlinson], American vaudeville and screen actress (The Egg and I; Ma and Pa Kettle films; Another Thin Man), born near Acton, Indiana (d. 1975)
Feb 25 Dame Myra Hess, British concert pianist, born in London, England (d. 1955)

Joe Malone (1890-1969)

Feb 28 Canadian Hockey HOF center (only player in NHL history to score 7 goals in a single game 1920; Stanley Cup 1912, 13 Quebec Bulldogs; 1924 Montreal Canadiens), born in Quebec City, Québec

Mar 1 Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Zonnestral), born in The Hague, the Netherlands (d. 1935)
Mar 2 Oscar Egg, Swiss track and road bicycle racer (3 x world hour record), born in Schlatt, Switzerland (d. 1961)

Norman Bethune (1890-1939)

Mar 3 Canadian doctor, communist and humanitarian (Spanish Civil War, Second Sino-Japanese War), born in Gravenhurst, Ontario

Mar 6 Fernand Ansseau, Belgian opera singer (Orfeo), born in Boussu-Bois, Belgium (d. 1972)
Mar 8 Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist and philosopher, born in Trier, Germany (d. 1991)

Vyacheslav Molotov (1890-1986)

Mar 9 Russian politician (Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1939-49, 1953-6), born in Kukarka, Russian Empire

Mar 11 Vannevar Bush, American engineer and science administrator (developed 1st electronic analogue computer), born in Everett, Massachusetts (d. 1974)
Mar 12 Evert Axel Taube, Swedish ballad singer and composer, born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 1976)
Mar 12 Vaslav Nijinsky, Ukrainian legendary ballet dancer (Petroesjka - Ballets Russes) and choreographer, born in Kyiv, Russian Empire (d. 1950) [OS=Feb 28]
Mar 12 William Dudley Pelley, American leader of the Silver Legion (d. 1965)
Mar 13 Fritz Busch, German conductor, born in Siegen, Province of Westphalia (d. 1951)
Mar 13 Michael Taube, Polish composer, born in Lodz, Poland (d. 1972)
Mar 16 Solomon Mikhoels, Soviet actor and chairman of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (d. 1948)
Mar 17 Harold Morris, American composer, born in San Antonio Texas (d. 1964)
Mar 20 Lauritz Melchior, Danish-American baritone tenor (National Symphony), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1973)
Mar 24 John Rock, American obstetrician and gynecologist who co-developed the 1st birth control pill, born in Marlborough, Massachusetts (d. 1984)
Mar 26 Jozef Arras, Flemish writer, born in Lier (d. 1919)
Mar 28 Paul Whiteman "The King of Jazz", American orchestra leader (George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue"), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1967)
Mar 29 Harold Spencer Jones, English astronomer and 10th astronomer royal of England whose work led to a more accurate determination of the distance between the Earth and the Sun, born in London (d. 1960)
Mar 31 William Lawrence Bragg, English physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
Apr 5 Fie Carelsen [Sophia de Jong], Dutch actress (Malle Gervallen), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1975)
Apr 6 André-Louis Danjon, French astronomer (invented Danjon astrolabe), born in Caen, France (d. 1967)

Anthony Fokker (1890-1939)

Apr 6 Dutch aviation pioneer and aircraft manufacturer (Eindecker monoplanes, Fokker Triplane), born in Blitar, East Java, Dutch East Indies

Apr 7 Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist, conservationist (1st Lady of the Everglades) and women's suffrage advocate, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1998)
Apr 7 Victoria Ocampo, Argentine writer and publisher (Sur magazine), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1979)
Apr 11 Donna Rachele Mussolini, wife of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, born in Predappio, Romagna, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1979)
Apr 13 Frank Murphy, American politician and 56th United States Attorney General, born in Harbor Beach, Michigan (d. 1949)
Apr 16 Fred Root, English cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 8 wickets; Derbyshire CCC, Worcestershire CCC), born in Somercotes, England (d. 1954)
Apr 17 Arthemus "Art" Acord, American silent film actor and rodeo champion (Arizona Kid, Hard Fists), born in Glenwood, Utah (d. 1931)
Apr 18 James Rennie, Canadian actor (Lash, Little Damozel), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1965)
Apr 19 Lou Bandy [Lodewijk Ferdinand Dieben], Dutch revue-artist (Look for the Sun), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1959)
Apr 20 Maurice Duplessis, 16th Premier of Quebec, born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada (d. 1959)
Apr 23 Donald Tweedy, American composer, and educator, born in Danbury, Connecticut (d. 1948)
Apr 23 Marcel L'Herbier, French director and screenwriter (El Dorado), born in Paris (d. 1979)
Apr 26 Edgar Kennedy, American actor and director (My Old Dutch), born in Monterey County, California (d. 1948)
May 2 E. E. Smith, American food engineer and sci-fi author (Triplanetary), born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin (d. 1965)
May 3 Alex Pompez, American Baseball HOF executive (owner NgL Cuban Stars [East] 1923-28; NY Cubans 1935-51), born in Key West, Florida (d. 1974)
May 3 Otto Feige German anarchist (possible identity of legendary writer B. Traven whose identity remains a mystery, who wrote The "Treasure of the Sierra Madre"), born in Schlewsig-Holstein
May 5 Christopher Morley, American author (Kitty Foil), born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (d. 1957)
May 6 Claire Whitney, American silent film actress (Blind Fools, Haunted Mine), born in NYC, New York (d. 1969)
May 7 Billy House, American actor (Imitation of Life; Bedlam: The Egg and I), born in Mankato, Minnesota (d. 1961)

Alfred Jodl (1890-1946)

May 10 German general during World War II (head of the German High Command, signed unconditional Nazi surrender), born in Würzburg, German Empire

May 15 Katherine Anne Porter, American novelist (Ship of Fools)
May 17 Philip James, American composer, and conductor (New Jersey Symphony, 1922-29; Bamberger Little Symphony, 1929-36), and educator (NYU, 1934-56), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 1975)
May 18 Mary Charleson, Irish-American silent film actress (Upstairs And Down), born in Dungannon, Ireland (d. 1961)

Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969)

May 19 Vietnamese communist revolutionary and President of North Vietnam (1946-69), born in Nghệ An Province, French Indochina

May 20 Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (Enzo-La Gioconde)
May 21 Albert van Raalte, Dutch conductor (AVRO-orchestra), (d. 1952)
May 23 Herbert Marshall, English actor (Trouble in Paradise; The Little Foxes), born in London (d. 1996)
May 26 Kurt Edzard, German sculptor (nudes/portraits), born in Bremen, Germany (d. 1972)
May 27 Fritzi Brunette, American actress, born in Savannah, Georgia (d. 1943)
May 29 Francis de Bourguignon, Belgian composer, born in Brussels (d. 1961)
May 29 Martin Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan author (Gamperaliya - The Uprooted/Changing Village), born in Koggala, British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) (d. 1976)
Jun 1 Frank Morgan [Francis Wuppermann], American silent and sound film character actor (The Wizard of Oz; The Affairs of Cellini), born in NYC, New York (d. 1949)
Jun 6 Dorothy Heyward, American playwright (Porgy), born in NYC, New York (d. 1961)
Jun 6 Ted Lewis [Theodore Leopold Friedman], American entertainer, bandleader and musician ("Is Everybody Happy?"), born in Circleville, Ohio (d. 1971)
Jun 9 Leslie Banks, English actor and director (Jamaica Inn, 48 Hours), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1952)
Jun 10 Paul Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer and author
Jun 10 Powell Weaver, American composer, born in Clearfield, Pennsylvania (d. 1951)
Jun 10 Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor (Bridge on River Kwai, Hell to Eternity), born in Minamibōsō, Chiba, Japan (d. 1973)
Jun 12 Egon Schiele, Austrian painter and graphic artist, born in Tulln an der Donau, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1918)
Jun 14 May Allison, American actress (A Fool There Was, Almost Married), born in Rising Fawn, Georgia (d. 1989)
Jun 15 Georg Wüst, Posen, German Oceanographer who provided the first complete understanding of the temperature, salinity and deep-current structure of the Atlantic Ocean

Stan Laurel (1890-1965)

Jun 16 English comedian (Laurel & Hardy films), born in Ulverston, England

Jun 19 Barbara Everest, American actress (Fatal Witness, Inquest), born in London, England (d. 1968)
Jun 20 Cum Posey, American Baseball HOF executive (owner NgL Homestead Grays; 9 x consecutive NL pennants 1937–45); and Basketball HOF guard (5 x Coloured World C'ships), born in Homestead, Pennsylvania (d. 1946)
Jun 20 Dorothy Bernard, American stage, silent and sound screen actress (Life With Father - "Margaret"), born in Port Elizabeth, British Cape Colony (now South Africa) (d. 1955)
Jun 21 Frank Sherman Land, founder of the Order of DeMolay, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1959)
Jun 25 Hans Marchwitza, German writer and communist, born in Scharley, Upper Silesia (d. 1965)
Jun 26 Jeanne Eagels, American actress and former Ziegfeld Girl (Rain, Under False Colors), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1929)
Jun 30 Gertrude McCoy, American silent screen actress (Blue Bird), born in Sugar Valley, Georgia (d. 1967)
Jun 30 Horace Chapman, South African cricket all-rounder (2 Tests), born in Durban, Natal (d. 1941)
Jul 2 Earl Roy Curry, American religious thinker and Kirtland Temple overseer, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1980)
Jul 5 Frederick Lewis Allen, American social historian and editor of Harper's Magazine, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1954)
Jul 6 Andy Sandham, English cricket batsman (14 Tests; 1st triple centurion 325 v WI 1930), born in London, England (d. 1982)
Jul 7 Tom Powers, American actor (Station West, Destination Moon), born in Owensboro, Kentucky (d. 1955)
Jul 8 Walter Hasenvlever, German writer, born in Aachen (d. 1940)
Jul 10 André Souris, Belgian composer, born in Marchienne-au-Pont, Belgium (d. 1970)
Jul 11 Arthur W Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal (WWII)
Jul 11 Georg Annenkov, Russian/French painter
Jul 14 Ossip Zadkine [Zadkin], Russian French sculptor (Destroyed City), born in Vitsebsk, Russian Empire (d. 1967)
Jul 18 Charles Erwin Wilson, American engineer (President and CEO of General Motors) and politician (United States Secretary of Defense 1953-57), born in Minerva, Ohio (d. 1961)
Jul 18 Chick Evans, American golfer (US Open 1916), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1979)
Jul 18 Frank Forde, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (the shortest-serving prime minister in Australia's history-8 days), born in Mitchell, Queensland, Australia (d. 1983)
Jul 20 George II, King of Greece (1922-1924, and 1935-1947), born in Tatoi, Greece (d. 1947)
Jul 20 Verna Felton, American actress (Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Lady and the Tramp, December Bride), born in Salinas, California (d. 1966)

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (1890-1995)

Jul 22 American matriarch, mother of JFK, RFK & Ted, born in Boston, Massachusetts

Jul 25 Julian Rivero, American actor (Son of Oklahoma, Via Pony Express), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1976)
Jul 25 Tom O'Brien, American actor (Physical Evidence), born in San Diego, California (d. 1947)
Jul 26 Daniel J. Callaghan, US Admiral (Medal of Honor), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1942)
Jul 27 Judith Lowry, American actress (The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds), born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma (d. 1976)
Jul 28 Marie Lohr, Australian actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel), born in Sydney, New South Wales (d. 1975)

Casey Stengel (1890-1975)

Jul 30 American Baseball HOF outfielder (World Series 1921, 22 NY Giants) and manager (7 x World Series NY Yankees; NY Mets 1st manager), born in Kansas City, Missouri

Aug 2 Marin Sais, American actress (The Pony Express Girl), born in San Rafael, California (d. 1971)
Aug 2 Pauline Hall, Norwegian composer, born in Hamar, Hedmark, Norway (d. 1969)
Aug 4 Dolf Luque, Cuban Baseball HOF pitcher (World Series 1919, 33; MLB wins leader & MLB ERA leader 1923; Cincinnati Reds, NY Giants), born in Havana, Cuba (d. 1957)
Aug 4 Erich Weinert, German communist writer, born in Magdeburg (d. 1953)
Aug 5 Erich Kleiber, Austrian-Argentine conductor (Teatro Colón, 1937-49; NBC Symphony, 1947-48), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1956)
Aug 5 Hans Gál, Austrian-British composer (Die heilige Ente (The Sacred Duck)), born in Brunn am Gebirge, Austria (d. 1987)
Aug 5 Naum Gabo [Pevsner], Russian-American sculptor (Stillife Flower), born in Bryans, Russian Empire (d. 1977)
Aug 9 César Cortinas, Uruguayan composer, born in San José de Mayo, Uruguay (d. 1918)
Aug 9 Eino Kaila, Finnish psychologist and philosopher, born in Alajärvi, Finland (d. 1958)
Aug 9 Sándor Jemnitz, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest (d. 1963)
Aug 10 Angus L. MacDonald, Canadian politician (d. 1954)
Aug 11 Erich Wichman, Dutch fascist painter/sculptor
Aug 12 Al Goodman, Russian-American orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), born in Nikopol, Russia (d. 1972)
Aug 13 [Lavinia] Marian Fleming Poe, African American advocate in Virginia, born in Warwick, County, Virginia (d. 1974)
Aug 15 Elizabeth Bolden, American Supercentenarian (oldest verified person in the world at the time of her death), born in Somerville, Tennessee (d. 2006)
Aug 15 Elvin M. Jellinek, American physiologist and pioneer in the study of alcoholism, born in NYC, New York (d. 1963)
Aug 15 Jacques Ibert, French composer (Escales), born in Paris, France (d. 1962)
Aug 17 Harry Hopkins, US politician, Secretary of Commerce under FDR (Loan & Lease law), born in Sioux City, Iowa (d. 1946)
Aug 17 Stefan Bastyr, Polish aviator (d. 1920)
Aug 18 Maurice Podoloff, American attorney, professional sports administrator (AHL President, 1943-47; NBA President, 1946-63), and namesake of NBA regular season MVP Award, born in Yelisavetgrad, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1985) [birth details unconfirmed]
Aug 18 Walther Funk, German economist and Nazi politician, born in Danzkehmen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (d. 1960)
Aug 19 Yves Alix, French painter and graphic artist, born in Fontainebleau, France (d. 1969)
Aug 20 H. P. Lovecraft, American horror writer (At the Mountains of Madness, Weird Tales), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1937)
Aug 22 Cecil Kellaway, South African-American stage and screen character actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner; The Luck of the Irish), born in Cape Town, Cape Colony (now South Africa) (d. 1973)
Aug 22 Floyd Henri Allport, American psychologist and sociologist, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1979)
Aug 24 Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, surfer (Olympic gold 100m freestyle 1912, 20; 4x200m freestyle relay 1920), born in Honolulu, Hawaii (d. 1968)
Aug 24 Franz Philipp, German composer, born in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany (d. 1972)
Aug 24 Jean Rhys [Ella Gwendolyn Rees Williams], British writer (Voyage in the Dark), born in Roseau, Dominica (d. 1979)
Aug 26 Tommy Andrews, Australian cricketer (NSW & Aussie player of the 1920's), born in Newtown, Australia (d. 1970)
Aug 27 Man Ray, American artist and photographer (Dada), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1976)
Aug 28 Ivor Gurney, English composer and poet, born in Gloucester (d. 1937)
Aug 31 Margaret Landis, American silent movie actress (A Million to Burn; The Empire Builders), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1981)
Sep 6 Clara Kimball Young, American actress (Return of Chandu), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1960)
Sep 6 Manfred Gurlitt, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1973)

Colonel Sanders (1890-1980)

Sep 9 American founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, born in Henryville, Indiana

Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973)

Sep 10 Italian fashion designer, born in Rome, Italy

Sep 10 Franz Werfel, Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet (Mirror Man, The Forty Days of Musa Dagh), born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (d. 1945)
Sep 11 Marius Ulfrstad, Norwegian composer, born in Ellingsøya (d. 1968)
Sep 12 Guido Guerrini, Italian composer, born in Faenza, Italy (d. 1965)

Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

Sep 15 English crime writer (Murder on the Orient Express, Mousetrap), born in Torquay, Devon

Sep 15 Claude McKaye, Jamaican-American author (Songs of Jamaica, Banjo), born in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica (d. 1948)
Sep 15 Frank Martin, Swiss composer (In Terra Fax), born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1974)
Sep 16 Ernst Deutsch [Dorian], Jewish-Austrian actor (Moon is Down, 3rd Man), born in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1969)
Sep 17 Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator famous for his WWII sign-on "There's good news tonight", born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1972)
Sep 17 Lubov Tchernicheva, Russian-British ballerina, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1976)
Sep 18 Vladimír Ambros, Czech composer, born in Prostějov, Czech Republic (d. 1956)
Sep 20 Rachel Bluwstein, Hebrew poet, born in Saratov, Imperial Russia (d. 1931)
Sep 22 Ferdinand Gonseth, Swiss mathematician and philosopher, born in Sonvilier, Switzerland (d. 1975)
Sep 23 Arthur Walter Kramer, American composer, born in NYC, New York (d. 1969)

Friedrich Paulus (1890-1957)

Sep 23 German field marshal who commanded the 6th Army at Stalingrad and was the highest-ranking German officer to surrender, born in Guxhagen, Germany

Sep 24 A. P. Herbert, English journalist and writer (Punch, Helen), born in Ashtead, Surrey, England (d. 1971)
Sep 24 Mike González, Cuban baseball player, born in Havana, Cuba (d. 1977)
Oct 1 Alice Joyce, American actress (Song O' My Heart), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1955)
Oct 1 Constantin C. Nottara, Romanian composer (d. 1951)
Oct 1 Stanley Holloway, English actor (Higgins-Our Man Higgins), born in London, England (d. 1982)

Groucho Marx (1890-1977)

Oct 2 American comedian (Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life), born in NYC, New York

Oct 3 Henry Hull, American actor (Tobacco Rd, Boys Town, High Sierra), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1977)
Oct 5 Kasimir Edschmid, German writer, born in Darmstadt, Germany (d. 1966)
Oct 8 Eddie Rickenbacker, American aviator "Ace of Aces" (WWI), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1973)
Oct 8 Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (three times winner of Tour de France), born in Anderlecht, Belgium (d. 1971)

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