Famous people born in 1877
The best-known people born in 1877, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Hermann HesseNobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)
July 2 · d. 1962
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Muhammad IqbalBritish-Indian Islamic philosopher, poet and politician (1877-1938)
November 9 · d. 1938
Photo: Amrita Sher-Gil, Public domain
Isadora DuncanaAmerican dancer and choreographer (1877–1927)
May 26 · d. 1927
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G.H. HardyBritish mathematician (1877–1947)
February 7 · d. 1947
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Frederick SoddyEnglish radiochemist (1877–1956)
September 2 · d. 1956
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Charles Glover BarklaEnglish physicist (1877-1944)
June 7 · d. 1944
Photo: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain
Felix DzerzhinskyBolshevik revolutionary and founder of the first Soviet secret police organs (1877-1926)
September 11 · d. 1926
Photo: M.S. Nappelbaum, Public domain
Francis William AstonBritish chemist (1877-1945)
September 1 · d. 1945
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Alben W. BarkleyAmerican politician and vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 (1877-1956)
November 24 · d. 1956
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George Gurdjieffphilosopher, mystic, and writer (c. 1866–1877 – 1949)
December 27 · d. 1949
Photo: Janet Flanner-Solita Solano papers., Public domain
Heinrich Otto WielandGerman Nobel laureate in Chemistry (1877-1957)
June 4 · d. 1957
Photo: Nobel Foundation, Public domain
Hjalmar SchachtGerman politician and economist (1877–1970)
January 22 · d. 1970
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Wilhelm CanarisGerman admiral, head of military intelligence service (1887–1945)
January 1 · d. 1945
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Kārlis UlmanisPrime Minister of Latvia and agronomist (1877-1942)
September 4 · d. 1942
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Henry Norris RussellAmerican astronomer (1877–1957)
October 25 · d. 1957
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Plutarco Elías Calles47th President of Mexico
September 25 · d. 1945
Photo: National Photo Company Collection., Public domain
Viktor DykCzech poet, prose writer, playwright, politician and political writer (1877-1931)
December 31 · d. 1931
Photo: Studio of Jan Nepomuk Langhans, Public domain
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January
- January 2 · Slava Raškaj, Croatian painter (1877–1906)
- January 4 · Marsden Hartley, American artist (1877–1943)
- January 4 · Otto Herschmann, Swimmer, fencer, and lawyer (1877–1942)
- January 15 · Lewis Terman, American educational psychologist and academic (1877–1956)
- January 18 · Vladimir Gardin, Russian and Soviet actor, film director and screenwriter (1877–1965)
- January 20 · Raymond Roussel, French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, and chess enthusiast (1877-1933)
February
- February 12 · Louis Renault, French industrialist
- February 14 · Edmund Landau, German Jewish mathematician (1877–1938)
- February 16 · Isidora Sekulić, Serbian writer (1877–1958)
- February 17 · Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and author (1877-1904)
- February 17 · André Maginot, French minister of war (1922 - '24; 1929 - '32)
- February 19 · Gabriele Münter, German painter (1877–1962)
March
- March 9 · Emil Abderhalden, Swiss biochemist and physiologist (1877–1950)
- March 10 · Pascual Ortiz Rubio, President of Mexico (1930-1932)
- March 11 · Maurice Halbwachs, French sociologist (1877-1945), died in Buchenwald concentration camp
- March 17 · Otto Gross, Austrian psychoanalyst (1877-1920)
- March 19 · Franz Joseph Emil Fischer, German chemist (1877-1947)
- March 25 · Alphonse de Châteaubriant, French writer (1877-1951)
April
- April 10 · Alfred Kubin, Austrian illustrator, cartoonist and writer (1877-1959)
- April 11 · Grigory Abramovich Shajn, Soviet astronomer (1892-1956)
- April 12 · Alfredo Guzzoni, Italian general (1877-1965)
- April 15 · Georg Kolbe, German sculptor (1877-1947)
- April 30 · Alice Babette Toklas, American writer (1877-1967)
- April 30 · Léon Flameng, French racing cyclist
May
- May 3 · Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst (1877–1925)
- May 3 · Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás, Hungarian noble and academic (1877-1933)
- May 5 · Georgy Sedov, Russian Arctic explorer (1877–1914)
- May 25 · Bill Robinson, American dancer and actor (1877/1878–1949)
- May 28 · Maximilian Voloshin, Ukrainian poet (1877-1932)
- May 28 · Oscar Milosz, French-Lithuanian poet and representative of Lithuania at the League of Nations (1877-1939)
June
- June 7 · Roelof Klein, Dutch rower (1877-1960)
- June 11 · Renée Vivien, British poet who wrote in French
- June 18 · James Montgomery Flagg, American artist (1877-1960)
- June 19 · Charles Coburn, American film, theater actor (1877–1961)
- June 23 · Norman Pritchard, Indian athlete and the first Olympic medal winner from India (1877-1929)
- June 29 · Petar Kočić, Bosnian Serb writer (1877-1916)
July
- July 6 · Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, Spanish lawyer and politician (1877-1949)
- July 16 · Vasil Kolarov, Bulgarian politician (1877—1950)
- July 18 · Elin Pelin, Bulgarian writer (1877-1949)
- July 26 · Jesse Lauriston Livermore, American stock trader (1877–1940)
- July 27 · Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian conductor, composer, and pianist (1877–1960)
- July 29 · William Beebe, American naturalist and explorer (1877–1962)
August
- August 1 · Mohammad Ali Foroughi, Iranian writer and politician
- August 4 · Angelica Balabanoff, Russian-Jewish-Italian dissident writer, social activist, politician, editor
- August 7 · Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (1877–1949)
- August 8 · Aleksandr Khanzhonkov, Russian entrepreneur, organizer of film production, screenwriter, director
- August 10 · Rudolf Hilferding, German politician (1877-1941)
- August 20 · Ned Maddrell, Manx fisherman (1877–1974)
September
- September 6 · Buddy Bolden, American cornetist and jazz pioneer (1877–1931)
- September 11 · Rosika Schwimmer, Hungarian activist, editor (1877-1948)
- September 13 · Wilhelm Filchner, German explorer (1877-1957)
- September 15 · Wilhelm Adam, German general (1877–1949)
- September 15 · Max Factor, American businessman (1872–1938)
- September 26 · Alfred Cortot, Franco-Swiss pianist and conductor
October
- October 2 · Carl Hayden, Democratic U.S. Senator from Arizona
- October 17 · Euphrasia Eluvathingal, Indian Carmelite sister and saint (1877–1952)
- October 19 · Joanni Maurice Perronnet, French fencer and painter (1877-1950)
- October 21 · Oswald Avery, Canadian-born American physician and medical researcher
- October 22 · Frederick Twort, British microbiologist (1877–1950)
- October 30 · Hugo Celmiņš, Latvian politician (1877-1941)
November
- November 2 · Aga Khan III, 48th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili community (1877-1957)
- November 3 · Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Chilean army officer and political figure (1877-1960)
- November 8 · Alexy I of Moscow, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' (1877–1970)
- November 15 · William Hope Hodgson, British writer (1877–1918)
- November 21 · Sigfrid Karg-Elert, German composer (1877–1933)
- November 30 · Nikolaos Andriakopoulos, Greek gymnast
December
- December 3 · Stepan Rudnytsky, Ukrainian geographer & ethnographer (1877-1937)
- December 4 · Andrejs Upīts, Latvian poet and writer (1877-1970)
- December 13 · Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer, ethnomusicologist, and conductor (1877–1921)
- December 13 · Edmond Locard, French forensic scientist (1877–1966)
- December 15 · Shefqet Vërlaci, Albanian prime minister (1877-1946)
- December 19 · Princess Pauline, Princess of Wied, Württemberger Royal (1877-1965)
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