Famous birthdays by year
Famous People Born in 1880
Born in 1880? Meet the well-known people who share your birth year, from the biggest names to the ones you might not expect, month by month.
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The 1880s
The most famous people born in 188023
1880–1968Helen Keller
American author and activist who was deaf and blind from infancy, learned to communicate with Anne Sullivan and campaigned for disability rights
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1880–1964Douglas MacArthur
American five-star general who led Allied forces in the Pacific, ran post-war Japan and commanded UN troops in Korea
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1880–1918Guillaume Apollinaire
French poet of Alcools and Calligrammes who championed Picasso and Cubism and coined the word surrealism
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1880–1921Alexander Blok
Major Russian lyrical poet of the Silver Age
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1880–1959George Marshall
American general and statesman who led the post-war recovery of Europe
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1880–1936Oswald Spengler
German philosopher and historian known for The Decline of the West
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1880–1942Robert Musil
Austrian writer best known for his novel The Man Without Qualities
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1880–1936Premchand
Influential Indian author of modern Hindi and Urdu social fiction
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Born in 1880, month by month
- January
- Manuel Azaña (January 10) · Prime Minister and final president of the Second Spanish Republic
- Douglas MacArthur (January 26) · American five-star general who led Allied forces in the Pacific, ran post-war Japan and commanded UN troops in Korea
- February
- Franz Marc (February 8) · German Expressionist painter and co-founder of the artist group Der Blaue Reiter
- Álvaro Obregón (February 17) · General and president who led Mexico after the Mexican Revolution
- March
- Seán O'Casey (March 30) · Irish playwright famous for writing about the Dublin working class
- April
- Otto Weininger (April 3) · Austrian philosopher known for the controversial work Sex and Character
- Michel Fokine (April 11) · Russian choreographer who modernised classical ballet
- May
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (May 6) · German Expressionist painter and co-founder of the group Die Brücke
- Alexander Grin (May 23) · Russian novelist known for romantic and fantasy fiction
- Oswald Spengler (May 29) · German philosopher and historian known for The Decline of the West
- June
- André Derain (June 10) · French painter who co-founded the Fauvism art movement
- Jeannette Rankin (June 11) · First woman elected to the United States Congress
- Helen Keller (June 27) · American author and activist who was deaf and blind from infancy, learned to communicate with Anne Sullivan and campaigned for disability rights
- Ludwig Beck (June 29) · German general and leading member of the plot to assassinate Hitler
- July
- August
- Guillaume Apollinaire (August 26) · French poet of Alcools and Calligrammes who championed Picasso and Cubism and coined the word surrealism
- Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (August 31) · Longest-reigning monarch in Dutch history
- September
- H. L. Mencken (September 12) · Influential American journalist, satirist and cultural critic
- October
- Andrei Bely (October 14) · Russian author and poet known for the symbolist novel Petersburg
- November
- Robert Musil (November 6) · Austrian writer best known for his novel The Man Without Qualities
- Alexander Blok (November 28) · Major Russian lyrical poet of the Silver Age
- December
- Fedor von Bock (December 3) · German field marshal who led Army Group Centre during World War II
- George Marshall (December 31) · American general and statesman who led the post-war recovery of Europe