1888 births

US-British poet (1888–1965)

Indian physicist (1888–1970)

American playwright (1888–1953)

Portuguese poet, writer, and philosopher (1888–1935); creator of the heteronymic system including Alberto Caeiro, Ricardo Reis, Álvaro de Campos, and Bernardo Soares

Ukrainian-born Israeli Hebrew writer, Nobel laureate in Literature (1888–1970)

American writer and lecturer (1888-1955)

British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)

German-American physicist (1888–1969)

Cuban chess player (1888-1942)

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian academic, philosopher and statesman who served as the Vice President of India from 1952 to 1962 and President of India from 1962 to 1967. He was the ambassador of India to the Soviet Union from 1949 to 1952. He was also the vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University from 1939 to 1948 and the vice-chancellor of Andhra University from 1931 to 1936. Radhakrishnan is considered one of the most influential and distinguished 20th century scholars of comparative religion and philosophy, he held the King George V Chair of Mental and Moral Science at the University of Calcutta from 1921 to 1932 and Spalding Chair of Eastern Religion and Ethics at University of Oxford from 1936 to 1952.

American novelist and screenwriter (1888–1959)

Finnish writer (1888–1964)

Scottish inventor, demonstrating the world's first working television (1888–1946)

Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary (1888–1934)

Russian revolutionary and politician (1888–1938)

Dutch physicist (1888–1966)

German general

American scientist, biochemist, microbiologist who discovered Streptomycin and many antibiotics

American politician (1888–1965); Vice President of the United States from 1941 to 1945

American composer and lyricist (1888–1989)

New Zealand author (1888–1923)

French singer, actor, and entertainer (1888–1972)

Italian artist (1888–1978)

German jurist, political theorist and professor of law (1888-1985)

French writer (1888–1948)

Indian politician and writer (1888–1958)

Russian mathematician (1888-1925)

Danish seismologist who discovered the Earth's inner core (1888-1993)

American naval officer, explorer (1888-1957)

American physiologist (1888-1963)

Russian and Soviet aerospace engineer (1888-1972)

Prince regent of Kingdom of Serbia and later King of Yugoslavia 1921–34

French political economist regarded by as a chief architect of European unity (1888-1979)

United States Secretary of State (1888-1959)

Ukrainian and Soviet educator and writer

Italian poet, writer and university teacher

German film director (1888–1931)

French aviator

Austrian writer (1888–1960)

German-American designer, painter, educator and typographer (1888–1976)

British actress (1888–1976)

American businessman, politician and diplomat (1888–1969)

Irish actor (1888–1961)

Dutch furniture designer and architect (1888-1964)

Austrian-born American music composer and conductor (1888–1971)

French writer (1888-1976)

American comedian

French sculptor and painter of Russian origin (1888–1967)

American screenwriter, playwright, author, actress and television producer (1888-1981)

Prime minister of Greece (1888–1968)

Diplomat and former President of the Republic of China

Soviet politician (1888-1935)

American folk and blues musician (1888–1949)

British actress (1888-1971)

German screenwriter (1888–1954)

President of North Vietnam (1888–1980)

Spanish writer (1888–1963)

Spanish politician, feminist (1888-1972)

aircraft designer and manufacturer (1888-1958)

American playwright and writer (1888–1959)