1881 births

Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)

head of the Catholic Church from 1958 to 1963

Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)

Chinese novelist and essayist (1881–1936)

Austrian writer (1881–1942)

Spanish poet (1881–1958)

Hungarian composer and pianist (1881–1945)

French writer (1881–1958)

Russian ballet dancer (1881–1931)

Russian politician, prime minister in 1917 (1881–1970)

Austrian-American economist (1881–1973)

Italian politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party (1881-1954)

American chemist and physicist (1881–1957)

French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist

German chemist, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1881–1965)

Soviet marshal and politician

American film director, producer and actor (1881–1959)

Ottoman politician and general (1881–1922)

English author (1881–1975)

Danish actress (1881-1972)

German chemist (1881–1945)

Swiss physiologist (1881-1973)

Vajiravudh (1 January 188126 November 1925) was the sixth king of Siam from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama VI. He reigned from 1910 until his death in 1925. King Vajiravudh is best known for his efforts to create and promote Siamese nationalism. His reign was characterized by Siam's further Westernization, minimal participation in World War I, and lavish spending on arts and culture. He had keen interests in Siamese history, archaeology, and literature, as well as economics, politics and world affairs, and founded the country's first university, Chulalongkorn University.

Romanian composer and violinist (1881–1955)

German field marshal (1881-1948)

French painter (1881–1955)

Austrian lawyer (1881–1973)

Icelandic politician, 1st President of Iceland (1881-1952)

Polish military and political leader (1881-1943)

German field marshal (1881–1954)

Austrian Social Democrat (1881-1938)

Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicist (1881–1963)

Russian-French artist (1881–1962)

American aviation pioneer

Korean politician and academic (1881-1950)

Italian writer (1881-1956)

German field marshal (1881–1944)

British politician (1881-1959)

Finnish communist

French admiral (1881-1942)

British labour leader, politician, and statesman (1881-1951)

Italian automobile designer and manufacturer (1881–1947)

German field marshal (1881–1968)

Dutch mathematician and logician (1881–1966)

French writer and poet (1881-1957)

German field marshal (1881–1954)

English children's writer

British anthropologist (1881–1955)

German writer (1881-1948)

Italian painter (1881-1966)

American jazz cornet player and bandleader

Russian and Soviet composer (1881—1950)

President of Mexico (1881–1955)

Finnish politician, Prime Minister of Finland (1881–1966)

German artist (1881–1955)

Italian businessman and fashion designer, founder of Gucci (1881–1953)

Russian comic and satirical writer, theatre critic (1881–1925)

German philologist (1881-1960)

Russian film director and screenwriter (1881–1945)

Canadian American businesswoman