Historical Figures Born in 1889

Feb 18 Sybold van Ravesteyn, architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht)
Feb 19 Jose Eustasio Rivera, Colombian poet and novelist (Vortex)
Feb 21 Felix Aylmer, British actor (Anastasia, Hamlet, Iron Duke, Macbeth, St Joan), born in Corsham, Wiltshire, England (d. 1979)
Feb 22 Olave Baden-Powell, English founder of the Girl Guide (d. 1977)
Feb 22 Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher (Roman Britain)
Feb 23 Frederik M baron of Asbeck, Dutch lawyer (League of Nations)
Feb 25 Homer S. Ferguson, United States Senator (d. 1982)
Mar 1 Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher (d. 1960)
Mar 4 Oren E. Long, 10th Territorial Governor of Hawai'i (d. 1965)
Mar 4 Oscar Chisini, Italian mathematician (d. 1967)
Mar 5 Frits Slomp [Frits de Rover], Dutch vicar/resistance fighter
Mar 8 Oscar Ewing, US government official (Everybody's Business), born in Greensburg, Indiana (d. 1980)
Mar 12 Philip Guedalla, English barrister & historian
Mar 12 Þórbergur Þórðarson, Icelandic author (d. 1974)
Mar 18 F Rijkens, oldest living person in Netherlands
Mar 19 Manoel II, last king of Portugal (1908-10)
Mar 21 Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat and genealogist, born in Vienna (d. 1965)
Mar 27 Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoglu, Turkish writer and translator, born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 1974)

Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957)

Apr 7 Chilean poet (Nobel Prize for Literature, 1945), educator, and diplomat, born in Vicuña, Chile

Apr 13 Herbert Yardley, American cryptologist, born in Worthington, Indiana (d. 1958)

Arnold J. Toynbee (1889-1975)

Apr 14 English historian (A Study of History), born in London

Apr 15 A. Philip Randolph, American labor leader (Railroad Porter's Union), born in Crescent City, Florida (d. 1979)
Apr 15 Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and muralist (Lonesome Road), born in Neosho, Missouri (d. 1975)
Apr 18 Jessie Street, Australian suffragette and aboriginal rights fighter, born in Ranchi, Bihar, Bengal Presidency, British Raj (d. 1970)
Apr 19 Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist and politician (Reich Minister of Justice 1942-45), born in Wurzen, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire (d. 1946)

Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)

Apr 20 Austrian-born German dictator and Führer of Nazi Germany (1936-45), born in Gasthof zum Pommer, Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary

Apr 20 Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish-born businessman and social activist, born in Milas, Turkey (d. 1996)
Apr 21 Paul Karrer, Swiss organic chemist (Nobel 1937), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1971)
Apr 22 Ludwig Renn, German writer, born in Dresden (d. 1979)
Apr 22 Richard Glücks, German SS officer and concentration camp administrator, born in Odenkirchen, German Empire (d. 1945)
Apr 23 Charles Warrell, English schoolteacher and creator of the I-Spy books, born in Farmborough, Somerset (d. 1995)
Apr 24 Lyubov Popova, Russian avant-garde artist and painter, born in Ivanovskoe, Moscow (d. 1924)
Apr 24 Stafford Cripps, British Labour politician, born in London (d. 1952)
Apr 26 Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian English philosopher (Philosophical Investigations), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1951)

António de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970)

Apr 28 Dictator of Portugal (1932-68) who founded and controlled the Estado Novo (New State), born in Vimieiro, Santa Comba Dão, Portugal

Apr 28 Karel Doorman, Dutch rear admiral (Java Sea), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1942)
May 4 Francis Spellman, American Bishop and Cardinal of Roman Catholic Church, born in Whitman, Massachusetts (d. 1967)
May 6 Stanley Morison, British typographer, born in Wanstead, Essex (d. 1967)
May 12 Otto Frank, German born father of Anne Frank who saw her diaries published, born in Frankfurt (d. 1980)
May 15 Bessie Abramowitz Hillman, Russian-American labor leader and founder of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, born in Linoveh, Russia (d. 1970)
May 16 Joan Collette, Dutch (male) painter (New Church, Delft)
May 17 Alfonso Reyes, Mexican writer (Simpatías y diferencias) and diplomat (Higenia Cruel), born in Monterrey, Mexico (d. 1959)
May 18 Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic writer (The Church on the Mountain), born in Fljótsdalur, Iceland (d. 1975)
May 18 Thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (leaded gasoline), born in Beaver Fall, Pennsylvania (d. 1944)
May 20 Margery Allingham, detective story writer
May 20 William Lawther, union leader
May 23 Ernst Niekisch, German politician (d. 1967)

Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972)

May 25 Russian-American pioneer of aviation in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, born in Kyiv, Ukraine

Jun 8 Josef Hromádka, Czech theologist (Lenin prize 1957), born in Hodslavice, Moravia (d. 1969)
Jun 14 Victor van Straelen, Flemish biologist and paleontologist, born in Antwerp (d. 1964)
Jun 18 Paul Joostens, Flemish painter
Jun 19 Enrico Celio, Swiss lawyer and President of Switzerland (1943), born in Ambrì, Switzerland (d. 1980)
Jun 20 John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer, born in Piraeus, Greece (d. 1951)
Jun 23 Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet, born in Odessa, Ukraine (d. 1966)
Jun 25 Margriet Baers, Flemish philosopher and social worker, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1922)
Jun 27 Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1967)
Jul 9 Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian hockey executive, born in Bourbonnais, Illinois (d. 1964)
Jul 11 Alfred E Green, Perris CA, director (Copacabana, Jolson Story)
Jul 13 Louise of Mountbatten, Queen of Sweden (d. 1965)

Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)

Jul 14 Croatian leader of Nazi Germany puppet Independent State of Croatia, born in Bradina, Austria-Hungary

Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970)

Jul 17 American detective writer (Perry Mason), born in Malden, Massachusetts

Jul 29 Karl Otten, German Expressionist writer, born in Oberkrüchten (d. 1963)
Aug 1 John Friend Mahoney, American physician who pioneered the treatment of syphilis with penicillin, born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin (d. 1957)
Aug 1 Walther Gerlach, German physicist who, with Otto Stern, co-discovered spin quantization in a magnetic field (Stern–Gerlach effect), born in Biebrich, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany (d. 1979)
Aug 5 Conrad Aiken, American Pulitzer poet and writer (Ushant/Conversation), born in Savannah, Georgia (d. 1973)
Aug 6 George Kenney, American Air Force General (Commander of South West Pacific Area, 1942-45), born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada (d. 1977)
Aug 6 John Middleton Murry, English poet and literary critic (Between Two Worlds), born in London, England (d. 1957)
Aug 10 Charles Darrow, American businessman who modified and popularized Monopoly game, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1967)
Aug 12 Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (Dick and Jane) (d. 1981)
Aug 13 Camillien Houde, French Canadian politician and Mayor of Montreal, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1958)
Aug 19 Arthur Waley, English sinologist, translator from Chinese & Japanese, born in Tunbridge Wells, England (d. 1966)
Aug 23 Alfred Lichtenstein, German writer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1914)
Aug 24 Simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congolese religious leader and founder of Kimbanguism, born in Nkamba, Congo (d. 1951)
Sep 6 Sarat Chandra Bose, Indian activist for independence, born in Howrah, British India (d. 1950)
Sep 7 Albert Plesman, Dutch aviation pioneer and founder (KLM), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1953)
Sep 7 Bruce Frederick Cummings, English author (Journal of a Disappointed Man), born in barnstaple, England (d. 1919)
Sep 8 Robert A. Taft, American politician (U.S. Senator from Ohio), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1953)
Sep 13 Pierre Reverdy, French poet (Nord-Sud), born in Occitanie (d. 1960)
Sep 16 Claude Albert Barnett, American journalist and founder (Associated Negro Press), born in Sanford, Florida (d. 1967)
Sep 18 Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (Member of the Australian Parliament for Bourke), born in Hawthorn, Melbourne, Australia (d. 1970)
Sep 19 Sarah Louise "Sadie" Delany, American author and teacher, born in Lynch's Station, Campbell County, Virginia (d. 1999)

Walter Lippmann (1889-1974)

Sep 23 American journalist and political writer (Public Opinion), born in NYC, New York

Sep 25 C. K. Scott-Moncrieff, Scottish writer and translator, born in Stirlingshire, Scotland (d. 1930)
Sep 25 G. D. H. Cole, English political theorist and socialist, born in Cambridge, England (d. 1959)

Martin Heidegger (1889-1976)

Sep 26 German philosopher (Being & Time), born in Meeskirch, Germany

Oct 3 Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and pacifist (Nobel Peace Prize 1935), born in Hamburg, German Empire (d. 1938)
Oct 5 Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (Memorias de Mamá Blanca), born in Paris (d. 1936)
Oct 6 Maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Noce I Dnie)
Oct 8 Collett E. Woolman, American airline founder (Delta Air Service), born in Bloomington, Indiana (d. 1966)
Oct 10 Han [Henricus Antonius] van Meegeren, Dutch painter and art forger (Vermeer), born in Deventer, Netherlands (d. 1947)
Oct 14 Jean Canneel, Flemish sculptor, born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussels, Belgium (d. 1963)
Oct 18 Fannie Hurst, novelist (Anatomy of Me)
Oct 24 Earl Morris, American archaeologist (Aztec Ruins National Monument), born in Chama, New Mexico (d. 1956) [1]
Oct 27 Enid Bagnold, British novelist (Chalk Garden, 1956 Award of Merit), born in Rochester, Kent (d. 1981)
Oct 29 Li Dazhao [Ta-chao], Chinese intellectual, revolutionary and co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party with Chen Duxiu, born in Laoting, Zhili Province (now Hebei), Qing dynasty of China (d. 1927)
Nov 1 Philip Noel-Baker, British politician and disarmament advocate (Nobel 1959), born in London (d. 1982)
Nov 3 Heinrich Campendonk, German painter and wood carver, born in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (d. 1957)
Nov 12 DeWitt Wallace, American publisher who founded Readers Digest, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 1981)

Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964)

Nov 14 1st Prime Minister of India (1947-64) and important leader of the Indian independence movement, born in Allahabad, North-Western Provinces, British India

Nov 16 George S. Kaufman, American playwright (This is Show Business), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1961)
Nov 18 Maria Realino [Frederikus Janssen], teacher (Botany of Curacao) (d. 1977)

Edwin Hubble (1889-1953)

Nov 20 American astronomer (discoverer of galaxies, red shift), born in Marshfield, Missouri

Alexander Patch (1889-1945)

Nov 23 American WWII general (Guadalcanal Campaign, Operation Dragoon), born in Fort Huachuca, Arizona

Nov 24 Cissy van Marxfield [Setske Beek-de Haan], Dutch author of children's books, born in Oranjewoud, Netherlands (d. 1948)
Nov 30 Edgar Adrian, English physiologist (Nobel 1932-function of neurons), born in Hampstead, London (d. 1977)
Dec 8 Hervey Allen, American writer and poet (Anthony Adverse), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1949)
Dec 11 Paul Kornfeld, Czech playwright, born in Prague (d. 1942)

Walter Knott (1889-1981)

Dec 11 American farmer who created the Knott's Berry Farm amusement park in California and introduced the boysenberry to America, born in San Bernardino, California

Dec 21 Sewall Wright, American geneticist, born in Melrose, Massachusetts (d. 1988)
Dec 22 Mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, born in Baskinta, Lebanon (d. 1988)
Dec 28 F. W. Murnau German film director (Nosferatu, The Last Laugh), born in Bielefeld, Germany (d. 1931)
Dec 30 Georg von der Vring, German painter and writer (Soldier Suhren), born in Brake, Lower Saxony, Germany (d. 1968)

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