Born in 1881

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• 1881–1936Lu XunChinese novelist and essayistSeptember 25
• 1881–1938Alexei RykovPremier of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1930February 25
• 1881–1955Pierre Teilhard de ChardinFrench philosopher and Jesuit priestMay 1
• 1881–1948Walther von BrauchitschGerman Commander-in-Chief during World War IIOctober 4
• 1881–1954Alcide De GasperiPrime Minister of Italy from 1945 to 1953April 3
• 1881–1953Guccio GucciItalian businessman and fashion designerMarch 26
• 1881–1956William E. BoeingAmerican aviation pioneerOctober 1
• 1881–1940Smedley ButlerUnited States Marine Corps officer, author, and lecturerJuly 30
• 1881–1944Erwin von WitzlebenField Marshal of Nazi GermanyDecember 4
• 1881–1963Theodore von KármánHungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicistMay 11
• 1881–1947Ettore BugattiItalian-born French automobile designer and manufacturerSeptember 15
• 1881–1954Paul Ludwig Ewald von KleistGerman field marshalAugust 8
• 1881–1954Maximilian von WeichsGerman Field MarshalNovember 12
• 1881–1955George EnescuRomanian composer and violinistAugust 19
• 1881–1955Fernand LégerFrench painterFebruary 4
• 1881–1973Hans KelsenAustrian jurist and legal philosopherOctober 11
• 1881–1957Irving LangmuirAmerican chemist and physicistJanuary 31
• 1881–1968Georg von KüchlerGerman generalMay 30
• 1881–1952Sveinn BjörnssonRegent/President of Iceland from 1941 to 1952February 27
• 1881–1962Natalia GoncharovaRussian-French artistJuly 12
• 1881–1955Adolfo de la HuertaPresident of Mexico in 1920May 26
• 1881–1938Otto BauerAustrian socialist politicianSeptember 5
• 1881–1965Hermann StaudingerGerman chemist, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in ChemistryMarch 23
• 1881–1958Roger Martin du GardFrench novelistMarch 23
• 1881–1968Ivan RibarCroatian politicianJanuary 21
• 1881–1973Walter Rudolf HessSwiss physiologistMarch 17
• 1881–1966L. E. J. BrouwerDutch mathematician and logicianFebruary 27
• 1881–1958Clinton DavissonAmerican physicistOctober 22
• 1881–1965Eleanor FarjeonEnglish children's literature authorFebruary 13
• 1881–1972Louella ParsonsAmerican gossip columnistAugust 6
• 1881–1943Abdelaziz of MoroccoSultan of Morocco from 1894 to 1908February 24
• 1881–1968Jess WillardAmerican boxerDecember 29
• 1881–1945Hans FischerGerman chemistJuly 27
• 1881–1948Richard C. TolmanAmerican physicistMarch 4
• 1881–1953Francis FordAmerican film actor and directorAugust 14
• 1881–1956Giovanni PapiniItalian writerJanuary 9
• 1881–1955Tommy BurnsCanadian boxerJune 17
• 1881–1966Carlo CarràItalian painterFebruary 11
• 1881–1938Octavian GogaRomanian politician and poetApril 1
• 1881–1964Henry Maitland WilsonBritish field marshalSeptember 5
• 1881–1953Albert GleizesFrench painterDecember 8
• 1881–1983Mordecai KaplanLithuanian American rabbiJune 11
• 1881–1964Clive BellEnglish art criticSeptember 16
• 1881–1961Leo CarrilloAmerican actor, vaudevillian, political cartoonist, and conservationistAugust 6
• 1881–1955Max PechsteinGerman painterDecember 31
• 1881–1965Branch RickeyAmerican baseball player, manager, and executiveDecember 20
• 1881–1944Artur PhlepsWaffen-SS officerNovember 29
• 1881–1966Väinö TannerPrime minister of Finland from 1926 to 1927March 12
• 1881–1961William Z. FosterAmerican labor organizer and Communist politicianFebruary 25
• 1881–1959Irakli TsereteliGeorgian politicianNovember 20
• 1881–1959Max GersonGerman-American physicianOctober 18
• 1881–1964Mikhail LarionovRussian painter and costume and set designerJune 3
• 1881–1939Eulalio GutiérrezPresident of Mexico from 1914 to 1915February 4
• 1881–1919Wilhelm LehmbruckGerman sculptorJanuary 4
• 1881–1959Curt SachsGerman-Ashkenazi Jewish musicologistJune 29
• 1881–1918Martin SheridanAthletics competitorMarch 28
• 1881–1970Alexander KerenskyRussian politicianMay 4
• 1881–1975Alice Catherine EvansAmerican microbiologistJanuary 29
• 1881–1940Otto ToeplitzGerman mathematicianAugust 1
• 1881–1927Mary WebbEnglish novelistMarch 25