Famous people born in 1890

The best-known people born in 1890, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.

Best known

Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
November 22 · d. 1970
Photo: The National Archives UK, No restrictions
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
September 15 · d. 1976
Photo: Joop van Bilsen for Anefo, CC0
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of the United States from 1953 to 1961 (1890–1969)
October 14 · d. 1969
Photo: White House, Public domain
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
May 19 · d. 1969
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Boris Pasternak
Russian writer (1890–1960)
February 10 · d. 1960
Photo: Владимир Савостьянов / ТАСС, Public domain
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
August 20 · d. 1937
Photo: Lucius B. Truesdell, Public domain
Karel Čapek
Czech writer (1890–1938)
January 9 · d. 1938
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Vyacheslav Molotov
Soviet politician, statesman and diplomat (1890–1986)
March 9 · d. 1986
Photo: G. Weil for TASS, Public domain
Groucho Marx
American comedian (1890–1977)
October 2 · d. 1977
Photo: ABC Photo, Public domain
William Lawrence Bragg
Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer
March 31 · d. 1971
Photo: Nobel foundation, Public domain
Fritz Lang
Austrian filmmaker (1890–1976)
December 5 · d. 1976
Photo: Joost Evers / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0
Egon Schiele
Austrian painter (1890-1918)
June 12 · d. 1918
Photo: unattributed, Public domain
Michael Collins
Irish revolutionary and politician (1890–1922)
October 16 · d. 1922
Photo: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain
Man Ray
American and French visual artist (1890–1976)
August 27 · d. 1976
Photo: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964, photographer, Public domain
Ronald Fisher
British statistician, evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1890–1962)
February 17 · d. 1962
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Jaroslav Heyrovský
Czech chemist (1890-1967)
December 20 · d. 1967
Photo: archiv ÚFCH J.Heyrovského AV ČR, v.v.i., CC BY-SA 3.0
Franz Werfel
Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright and poet (1890-1945)
September 10 · d. 1945
Photo: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain
Stan Laurel
English actor (1890–1965)
June 16 · d. 1965
Photo: US Department of Agriculture, Public domain
Vaslav Nijinsky
Polish-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer
March 12 · d. 1950
Photo: unknwown, Public domain
Kurt Zadek Lewin
German-American psychologist (1890-1947)
September 9 · d. 1947
Photo: Andrea MarGon, CC BY-SA 4.0
Hermann Joseph Muller
American biologist (1890–1967)
December 21 · d. 1967
Photo: Alfred De Bat, Public domain
Carlos Gardel
Uruguayan singer, songwriter, actor; the most prominent figure in the history of tango
December 11 · d. 1935
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
George II of Greece
King of Greece (r. 1922-1924, 1935-1947)
July 19 · d. 1947
Photo: United States Office of War Information, Overseas Picture Division, Washington Division., Public domain
Idris I of Libya
King of Kingdom of Libya from 1951 to 1969
March 12 · d. 1983
Photo: Anefo, CC0
Kurt Tucholsky
Jewish-German journalist, satirist and writer (1890–1935)
January 9 · d. 1935
El Lissitzky
Soviet artist, designer, photographer, teacher, typographer and architect (1890–1941)
November 22 · d. 1941
Harland Sanders
American entrepreneur (1890-1980) who founded KFC
September 9 · d. 1980
Vannevar Bush
American electrical engineer and science administrator (1890–1974)
March 11 · d. 1974
Photo: Harris & Ewing, Public domain
Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Pashtun independence activist against British rule in India
February 6 · d. 1988
Photo: British India, Public domain
Vasily Blyukher
Soviet marshal (1889–1938)
December 1 · d. 1938
Photo: Министерство обороны Российской Федерации, CC BY 4.0

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January

January 7 · Henny Porten, German actress and film producer (1890–1960)
January 13 · Jüri Uluots, Estonian prime minister (1890-1945)
January 19 · Ferruccio Parri, Italian partisan and politician (1890–1981)
January 19 · Habibullāh Kalakāni, Reaver of Afghan Nation (1929)
January 27 · Mauno Pekkala, Finnish politician and Prime Minister (1890–1952)
January 28 · Robert Stroud, American inmate and ornithologist (1890-1963)

February

February 18 · Adolphe Menjou, American actor (1890–1963)
February 18 · Edward Arnold, American actor (1890-1956)
February 23 · B. Traven, German novelist
February 24 · Marjorie Main, US actress (1890–1975)
February 25 · Myra Hess, British pianist (1890–1965)
February 28 · Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (1893–1987)

March

March 4 · Norman Bethune, Canadian physician, medical innovator and humanitarian (1890-1939)
March 12 · Evert Taube, Swedish author, artist, composer and singer (1890–1976)
March 16 · Solomon Mikhoels, Soviet actor, Yiddish theatre performer (1890–1948)
March 20 · Beniamino Gigli, Italian opera singer (1890–1957)
March 28 · Paul Whiteman, American jazz musician and popular bandleader (1890–1967)
March 29 · Harold Spencer Jones, British astronomer (1890–1960)

April

April 6 · Anthony Fokker, Dutch aviation pioneer and an aircraft manufacturer (1890-1939)
April 7 · Victoria Ocampo, Argentine writer and translator (1890-1979)
April 16 · Nikolai Trubetzkoy, Russian linguist (1890-1938)
April 18 · Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Russian grand duchess (1890–1958); granddaughter of Alexander II, daughter of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia and Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark
April 20 · Adolf Schärf, Austrian politician, President of Austria 1957–1965 (1890–1965)
April 30 · Géza Lakatos, Hungarian general (1890–1967)

May

May 10 · Clarence Brown, American film director (1890–1987)
May 11 · Helge Løvland, Norwegian athletics competitor (1890–1984)
May 12 · Kurt Student, German Luftwaffe general (1890–1978)
May 15 · Katherine Anne Porter, American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist (1890–1980)
May 19 · Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Portuguese poet (1890–1916)
May 23 · Herbert Marshall, English actor (1890-1966)

June

June 1 · Frank Morgan, actor (1890-1949)
June 6 · Gopinath Bordoloi, Indian Independence Activist and 1st Chief Minister of Assam
June 11 · Béla Miklós, Hungarian general and politician (1890–1948)
June 24 · Milunka Savić, Serbian war heroine (1890–1973)
June 26 · Jeanne Eagels, American actress (1890–1929)
June 27 · Jacques Deval, French film director and writer (1890-1972)

July

July 11 · Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, Royal Air Force World War II air marshal (1890-1967)
July 14 · Ossip Zadkine, French sculptor and painter of Russian origin (1888–1967)
July 18 · Frank Forde, Australian politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (1890-1983)
July 20 · Giorgio Morandi, Italian painter and printmaker (1890–1964)
July 21 · Eduard Dietl, German general (1890-1944)
July 22 · Rose Kennedy, American philanthropist and mother of John F. Kennedy

August

August 5 · Naum Gabo, Russian-American sculptor (1890–1977)
August 7 · Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, American politician (1890-1964)
August 15 · Jacques Ibert, French composer
August 17 · Harry Hopkins, American politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce, assistant to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1890-1946)
August 24 · Jean Rhys, British novelist (1890–1979)
August 24 · Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, surfer and actor (1890-1968)

September

September 6 · Clara Kimball Young, American actress (1890–1960)
September 10 · Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian fashion designer and couturier (1890–1973)
September 10 · Mortimer Wheeler, British archaeologist (1890-1976)
September 15 · Frank Martin, Swiss composer (1890–1974)
September 21 · Max Immelmann, German flying ace (1890–1916)
September 29 · Ahmad Kasravi, Iranian academic (1890–1946)

October

October 3 · Emilio Portes Gil, President of Mexico (1928-1930)
October 8 · Eddie Rickenbacker, United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1890–1973)
October 16 · Maria Goretti, Italian saint
October 16 · Paul Strand, American photographer (1890–1976)
October 20 · Jelly Roll Morton, American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer (1890–1941)
October 29 · Hans-Valentin Hube, German general (1890–1944)

November

November 2 · Moa Martinson, Swedish writer (1890–1964)
November 9 · Grigory Kulik, Marshal of the Soviet Union (1890–1950)
November 16 · Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953 (1890–1956)
November 24 · Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, Polish poet (1891–1945)
November 26 · Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Bengali linguist (1890–1977)
November 29 · Maurice Genevoix, French writer (1890-1980)

December

December 8 · Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer (1890–1959)
December 12 · Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Polish philosopher and logician (1890–1963)
December 18 · Edwin Howard Armstrong, American electrical engineer and inventor (1890–1954)
December 28 · Viktor Lutze, SA Stabschef (1890-1943)
December 30 · Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, 54th President of Mexico
December 30 · Victor Serge, Russian revolutionary and writer (1890-1947)

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