{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1888

May 28 On this day in history birth of jim Thorpe, American athlete (d. 1953)  

May 28 Jim Thorpe, Shawnee OK, decathelete (Olympics-gold-1912) was born on this day in history.  

May 30 On this day in history birth of james A Farley, postmaster general (1932-38)  

May 31 Jack Holt, US, golddigger/actor (Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 03 In the year 1888 birth of tom Brown, American musician (d. 1958)  

Jun 05 In the year 1888 birth of raden Mas Nato Suroto, Indonesia, poet (Melatiknoppen)  

Jun 08 Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jun 09 On this day in history birth of adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov, composer  

Jun 09 On this day in history birth of hugo Kauder, composer  

Jun 10 In the year 1888 birth of leo Weismantel, German writer (Der Reiter der Apocalypse)  

Jun 11 On this day in history birth of bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist (d. 1927)  

Jun 12 Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician (d. 1920) was born in the year 1888.  

Jun 13 Fernando A Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa, Portuguese poet was born in the year 1888.  

Jun 15 On this day in history birth of ramon Lopez Velarde, Mexican poet (La Sangre Devota)  

Jun 16 On this day in history birth of bobby Clark, vaudevillan (World's funniest circus clown)  

Jun 16 In the year 1888 birth of peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer (d. 1980)  

Jun 17 On this day in history birth of bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer  

Jun 17 Heinz Guderian, German General (d. 1954) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 18 In the year 1888 birth of margarita Xirgu, Barcelona Spain, actress (Bloody Wedding)  

Jun 18 S S Van Dine, [William Huntingdon Wright], author (Canary Murder Case) was born in the year 1888.  

Jun 22 On this day in history birth of harold Burton, U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1964)  

Jun 23 Anna Achmatova, [AA Gorenko], Russian conductor (Tsjetki) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 23 Bronson M. Cutting, American politician (d. 1935) was born in the year 1888.  

Jun 23 In the year 1888 birth of lee Moran, Chicago IL, actor (Circus Clown)  

Jun 24 On this day in history birth of gerrit T Rietveld, Dutch architect (Juliana Hall, Sonsbeek Pavillion)  

Jun 27 Antoinette Perry, American theater director (d. 1946} was born in the year 1888.  

Jun 27 Lewis Bernstein Namier, English historian (d. 1960) was born in the year 1888.  

Jun 28 In the year 1888 birth of george Challenor, cricketer (pioneering West Indian batsman)  

Jul 02 On this day in history birth of selman Waksman, Russ/US microbiologist (Nobel 1951)  

Jul 04 On this day in history birth of henry Armetta, Italian/US actor (Bell for Adano, Big Store)  

Jul 06 In the year 1888 birth of annette Kellerman, Sydney Australia, swimmer (Million Dollar Mermaid)  

Jul 10 On this day in history birth of giorgio De Chirico, Greece, Metaphysical painter (Soothsayer)  

Jul 10 In the year 1888 birth of graham McNamee, sportscaster (1st Rose Bowl)  

Jul 10 On this day in history birth of toyohiko Kagawa, Kobe, Japan, Christian social reformer  

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Jan 05 On this day in history henri Herz, composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday  

Jan 14 On this day in history stephen Heller, composer, dies at 74  

Jan 21 In the year 1888 stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer, dies at 83  

Jan 29 On this day in history edward Lear, poet/author, dies at 75  

Jan 30 On this day in history asa Gray, US botanist (Flora of North America), dies at 77  

Jan 31 John Bosco, Italian priest, youth worker, educator, founder of the Salesian Society (b. 1815) died on this day in history.  

Feb 05 In the year 1888 anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49  

Feb 13 On this day in history death of jean Baptiste Lamy, 1st Archbishop of Santa Fe (b. 1814)