Born in 1888

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• 1888–1955Dale CarnegieAmerican writer and lecturerNovember 24
• 1888–1938Nikolai BukharinSoviet revolutionary and politicianOctober 9
• 1888–1935Fernando PessoaPortuguese poet, writer, and philosopherJune 13
• 1888–1985Carl SchmittGerman jurist and political philosopherJuly 11
• 1888–1957Richard E. ByrdAmerican naval officerOctober 25
• 1888–1934Alexander I of YugoslaviaKing of Yugoslavia from 1921 to 1934December 16
• 1888–1958Maulana AzadIndian politician and writerNovember 11
• 1888–1946John Logie BairdScottish inventorAugust 13
• 1888–1959John Foster DullesAmerican politician and diplomatFebruary 25
• 1888–1942José Raúl CapablancaCuban chess playerNovember 19
• 1888–1964Harpo MarxAmerican comedianNovember 23
• 1888–1972Maurice ChevalierFrench singer, actor, and entertainerSeptember 12
• 1888–1923Katherine MansfieldNew Zealand authorOctober 14
• 1888–1918Roland Garros20th-century early French pilotOctober 6
• 1888–1978Giorgio de ChiricoItalian artistJuly 10
• 1888–1949Lead BellyAmerican folk and blues musicianJanuary 20
• 1888–1931F. W. MurnauGerman film directorDecember 28
• 1888–1961Barry FitzgeraldIrish actorMarch 10
• 1888–1971Gladys CooperBritish actressDecember 18
• 1888–1981Robert MosesAmerican urban plannerDecember 18
• 1888–1979Jean MonnetEuropean statesmanNovember 9
• 1888–1976Josef AlbersGerman-American artistMarch 19
• 1888–1976Edith EvansEnglish actressFebruary 8
• 1888–1971Max SteinerAustrian-born American composerMay 10
• 1888–1970Shmuel Yosef AgnonIsraeli writer and Nobel laureateJuly 17
• 1888–1972Andrei TupolevSoviet aerospace engineerNovember 10
• 1888–1925Alexander FriedmannRussian and Soviet physicist and mathematicianJune 16
• 1888–1954Thea von HarbouGerman author, film director, & actressDecember 27
• 1888–1968Georgios PapandreouPrime minister of GreeceFebruary 13
• 1888–1963Monty WoolleyAmerican actorAugust 17
• 1888–1969Otto SternGerman–American physicistFebruary 17
• 1888–1993Inge LehmannDanish seismologistMay 13
• 1888–1985Wellington KooChinese diplomatJanuary 29
• 1888–1973Selman WaksmanAmerican biochemist and microbiologistJuly 22
• 1888–1948Georges BernanosFrench writerFebruary 20
• 1888–1973Frances MarionAmerican screenwriter, director, journalist and authorNovember 18
• 1888–1938Grey OwlCanadian writer, lecturer and conservationistSeptember 18
• 1888–1964Gerrit RietveldDutch furniture designer and architectJune 24
• 1888–1980Tôn Đức ThắngVietnamese politicianAugust 20
• 1888–1970Giuseppe UngarettiItalian poet and academicFebruary 10
• 1888–1940Prince Christopher of Greece and DenmarkGreek and Danish princeAugust 10
• 1888–1966Frits ZernikeDutch physicistJuly 16
• 1888–1964Frans Eemil SillanpääFinnish writerSeptember 16
• 1888–1971Royal RifeAmerican inventorMay 16
• 1888–1982Vladimir K. ZworykinRussian-American engineerJuly 29
• 1888–1943Oskar SchlemmerGerman painter, sculptor, designer and choreographerSeptember 4
• 1888–1960Vicki BaumAustrian writerJanuary 24
• 1888–1959Maxwell AndersonAmerican playwright and writerDecember 15
• 1888–1972Richard CourantGerman-American mathematicianJanuary 8
• 1888–1945Willis Augustus LeeUnited States Navy admiralMay 11
• 1888–1958Ernst HeinkelAircraft designer and manufacturerJanuary 24
• 1888–1957Ronald KnoxEnglish Catholic priest and authorFebruary 17
• 1888–1928José Eustasio RiveraColombian lawyer and novelistFebruary 19
• 1888–1967Alphonse JuinFrench Army officerDecember 16
• 1888–1976Paul MorandFrench authorMarch 13
• 1888–1971W. O. BentleyEnglish engineerSeptember 16
• 1888–1931Knute RockneNorwegian-American football player and coachMarch 4
• 1888–1939S. S. Van DineAmerican journalist and authorOctober 15
• 1888–1982J. B. KripalaniIndian politicianNovember 11
• 1888–1963Fritz ReinerAmerican conductorDecember 19