Who Was Alive in 1887
97 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1887
Giuseppe VerdiAge 74
Otto von BismarckAge 72
Frederick DouglassAge 69
Herman MelvilleAge 68
Queen VictoriaAge 68
Walt WhitmanAge 68
Susan B. AnthonyAge 67
Florence NightingaleAge 67
Friedrich EngelsAge 67
Harriet TubmanAge about 65
Louis PasteurAge 65
Jules VerneAge 59
Leo TolstoyAge 59
Henrik IbsenAge 59
Sitting BullAge about 56
Alfred NobelAge 54
Dmitri MendeleevAge 53
Mark TwainAge 52
Andrew CarnegieAge 52
John D. RockefellerAge 48
Claude MonetAge 47
Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 47
Émile ZolaAge 47
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 46
Friedrich NietzscheAge 43
Sarah BernhardtAge 43
Thomas EdisonAge 40
Alexander Graham BellAge 40
Paul GauguinAge 39
Antoni GaudíAge 35
Vincent van GoghAge 34
Oscar WildeAge 33
Sigmund FreudAge 31
Nikola TeslaAge 31
Woodrow WilsonAge 31
George Bernard ShawAge 31
Theodore RooseveltAge 29
Emmeline PankhurstAge 29
Max PlanckAge 29
Arthur Conan DoyleAge 28
Anton ChekhovAge 27
Rabindranath TagoreAge 26
Gustav KlimtAge 25
Claude DebussyAge 25
David HilbertAge 25
Henry FordAge 24
Edvard MunchAge 24
Max WeberAge 23
Rudyard KiplingAge 22
H.G. WellsAge 21
Sun Yat-senAge 21
Marie CurieAge 20
Frank Lloyd WrightAge 20
Scott JoplinAge 19
Maxim GorkyAge 19
Mahatma GandhiAge 18
Grigori RasputinAge 18
Henri MatisseAge 18
Vladimir LeninAge 17
Marcel ProustAge 16
Orville WrightAge 16
Rosa LuxemburgAge 16
Ernest RutherfordAge 16
Roald AmundsenAge 15
Bertrand RussellAge 15
Ernest ShackletonAge 13
Guglielmo MarconiAge 13
Winston ChurchillAge 13
Harry HoudiniAge 13
Carl JungAge 12
Albert SchweitzerAge 12
Thomas MannAge 12
Pancho VillaAge 9
Lise MeitnerAge 9
Joseph StalinAge 9
Albert EinsteinAge 8
Leon TrotskyAge 8
Helen KellerAge 7
Pablo PicassoAge 6
Alexander FlemingAge 6
Mustafa Kemal AtatürkAge 6
Virginia WoolfAge 5
James JoyceAge 5
Igor StravinskyAge 5
Franklin D. RooseveltAge 5
Coco ChanelAge 4
Franz KafkaAge 4
Benito MussoliniAge 4
John Maynard KeynesAge 4
Eleanor RooseveltAge 3
Harry S. TrumanAge 3
Niels BohrAge 2
Diego RiveraAge 1
Erwin SchrödingerAge 0
Georgia O'KeeffeAge 0
Chiang Kai-shekAge 0
Le CorbusierAge 0
Born in 1887
Le Corbusier
Pioneer of modern architecture
Erwin Schrödinger
Schrödinger's cat, wave equation
Chiang Kai-shek
Nationalist leader of the Republic of China
Georgia O'Keeffe
Mother of American modernism
Also Born in 1887
Swiss-French architect (1887–1965)
Leader of the Republic of China from 1928 to 1975
Indian mathematician (1887–1920)
Russian and French artist (1887–1985)
French poet and diplomat (1887–1975)
French-American painter, sculptor, and chess player (1887–1968)
German physicist (1887–1975)
British Army officer (1887–1976)
Habsburg monarch from 1916 to 1918
Polish pianist (1887–1982)
Norwegian politician and Nazi collaborator (1887–1945)
German field marshal (1887–1973)
Also Died in 1887
German physicist and mathematician (1824–1887)
Russian Romantic composer, physician, and chemist (1833–1887)
Dutch writer (1820–187)
Swedish opera singer (1820–1887)
Russian painter (1837–1887)
One of the first female Indian doctors
One of the first female Indian doctors
American clergyman and abolitionist (1813–1887)
American poet (1849–1887)
Gambler, gunfighter, and dentist in the American West (1851–1887)
Sources
- 1887 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
- Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
- Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
- Herman Melville — Wikipedia
- Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
- Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
- Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
- Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
- Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia
- Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
- Louis Pasteur — Wikipedia
- Jules Verne — Wikipedia
- Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
- Henrik Ibsen — Wikipedia
- Sitting Bull — Wikipedia
- Alfred Nobel — Wikipedia
- Dmitri Mendeleev — Wikipedia
- Mark Twain — Wikipedia
- Andrew Carnegie — Wikipedia
- John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
- Claude Monet — Wikipedia
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Wikipedia
- Émile Zola — Wikipedia
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Wikipedia
- Friedrich Nietzsche — Wikipedia
- Sarah Bernhardt — Wikipedia
- Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
- Alexander Graham Bell — Wikipedia
- Paul Gauguin — Wikipedia
- Antoni Gaudí — Wikipedia
- Vincent van Gogh — Wikipedia
- Oscar Wilde — Wikipedia
- Sigmund Freud — Wikipedia
- Nikola Tesla — Wikipedia
- Woodrow Wilson — Wikipedia
- George Bernard Shaw — Wikipedia
- Theodore Roosevelt — Wikipedia
- Emmeline Pankhurst — Wikipedia
- Max Planck — Wikipedia
- Arthur Conan Doyle — Wikipedia
- Anton Chekhov — Wikipedia
- Rabindranath Tagore — Wikipedia
- Gustav Klimt — Wikipedia
- Claude Debussy — Wikipedia
- David Hilbert — Wikipedia
- Henry Ford — Wikipedia
- Edvard Munch — Wikipedia
- Max Weber — Wikipedia
- Rudyard Kipling — Wikipedia
- H. G. Wells — Wikipedia
- Sun Yat-sen — Wikipedia
- Marie Curie — Wikipedia
- Frank Lloyd Wright — Wikipedia
- Scott Joplin — Wikipedia
- Maxim Gorky — Wikipedia
- Mahatma Gandhi — Wikipedia
- Grigori Rasputin — Wikipedia
- Henri Matisse — Wikipedia
- Vladimir Lenin — Wikipedia
- Marcel Proust — Wikipedia
- Wright brothers — Wikipedia
- Rosa Luxemburg — Wikipedia
- Ernest Rutherford — Wikipedia
- Roald Amundsen — Wikipedia
- Bertrand Russell — Wikipedia
- Ernest Shackleton — Wikipedia
- Guglielmo Marconi — Wikipedia
- Winston Churchill — Wikipedia
- Harry Houdini — Wikipedia
- Carl Jung — Wikipedia
- Albert Schweitzer — Wikipedia
- Thomas Mann — Wikipedia
- Pancho Villa — Wikipedia
- Lise Meitner — Wikipedia
- Joseph Stalin — Wikipedia
- Albert Einstein — Wikipedia
- Leon Trotsky — Wikipedia
- Helen Keller — Wikipedia
- Pablo Picasso — Wikipedia
- Alexander Fleming — Wikipedia
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk — Wikipedia
- Virginia Woolf — Wikipedia
- James Joyce — Wikipedia
- Igor Stravinsky — Wikipedia
- Franklin D. Roosevelt — Wikipedia
- Coco Chanel — Wikipedia
- Franz Kafka — Wikipedia
- Benito Mussolini — Wikipedia
- John Maynard Keynes — Wikipedia
- Eleanor Roosevelt — Wikipedia
- Harry S. Truman — Wikipedia
- Niels Bohr — Wikipedia
- Diego Rivera — Wikipedia
- Erwin Schrödinger — Wikipedia
- Georgia O'Keeffe — Wikipedia
- Chiang Kai-shek — Wikipedia
- Le Corbusier — Wikipedia