Famous birthdays by year
Famous People Born in 1883
Born in 1883? Meet the well-known people who share your birth year, from the biggest names to the ones you might not expect, month by month.
Turning 143 in 2026 · Chinese zodiac: Year of the Goat
The 1880s
The most famous people born in 188329
1883–1924Franz Kafka
Prague-born German-language writer whose unsettling works The Metamorphosis and The Trial inspired the word Kafkaesque
Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domain
1883–1945Benito Mussolini
Founder of Italian Fascism who ruled Italy as dictator from 1922 and allied with Hitler in the Second World War
Photo: Unknown author · Public domain
1883–1946John Maynard Keynes
British economist whose General Theory argued that governments should spend to fight recessions, reshaping economic policy worldwide
Photo: Unknown author · Public domain
1883–1931Kahlil Gibran
Lebanese-American poet and painter whose book The Prophet, a collection of poetic essays, has sold millions of copies worldwide
Photo: Unknown author · Public domain
1883–1971Coco Chanel
French designer who founded Chanel, freed women from corsets and created the little black dress and Chanel No. 5
Photo: Los Angeles Times · CC BY 4.0
1883–1967Clement Attlee
Labour prime minister from 1945 to 1951 whose government created the NHS and the modern welfare state
Photo: Presumably Yousuf Karsh · Public domain
1883–1923Jaroslav Hašek
Czech satirist and author of The Good Soldier Švejk
Photo: Unknown author · Public domain
1883–1969Karl Jaspers
German psychiatrist and philosopher influential in existentialism
Photo: Unknown (Mondadori Publishers) · Public domain
Born in 1883, month by month
- January
- Clement Attlee (January 3) · Labour prime minister from 1945 to 1951 whose government created the NHS and the modern welfare state
- Kahlil Gibran (January 6) · Lebanese-American poet and painter whose book The Prophet, a collection of poetic essays, has sold millions of copies worldwide
- February
- Joseph Schumpeter (February 8) · Influential economist who coined the term creative destruction
- Nikos Kazantzakis (February 18) · Greek writer of the classic novel Zorba the Greek
- Karl Jaspers (February 23) · German psychiatrist and philosopher influential in existentialism
- March
- Norman Haworth (March 19) · British chemist who first synthesised Vitamin C
- April
- Semyon Budyonny (April 13) · Cavalry commander and high-ranking military official in the Soviet Union
- Jaroslav Hašek (April 30) · Czech satirist and author of The Good Soldier Švejk
- May
- Wang Jingwei (May 4) · Leader of a collaborationist government in China during World War II
- Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (May 5) · British Army commander and penultimate Viceroy of India
- José Ortega y Gasset (May 9) · Philosopher and author of The Revolt of the Masses
- Celâl Bayar (May 16) · Third President of Turkey who served during the 1950s
- Walter Gropius (May 18) · German-American architect who founded the influential Bauhaus school of design
- Faisal I of Iraq (May 20) · First King of Iraq and a leader of the Arab Revolt
- Douglas Fairbanks (May 23) · Silent film star known for swashbuckling roles such as Zorro
- June
- John Maynard Keynes (June 5) · British economist whose General Theory argued that governments should spend to fight recessions, reshaping economic policy worldwide
- Victor Francis Hess (June 24) · Nobel Prize-winning physicist who discovered the existence of cosmic rays
- Pierre Laval (June 28) · French politician who led the Vichy government during World War II
- July
- Franz Kafka (July 3) · Prague-born German-language writer whose unsettling works The Metamorphosis and The Trial inspired the word Kafkaesque
- Lev Kamenev (July 6) · Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and leading Soviet politician under Vladimir Lenin
- Benito Mussolini (July 29) · Founder of Italian Fascism who ruled Italy as dictator from 1922 and allied with Hitler in the Second World War
- August
- Coco Chanel (August 19) · French designer who founded Chanel, freed women from corsets and created the little black dress and Chanel No. 5
- Theo van Doesburg (August 30) · Founder of the Dutch De Stijl art movement and geometric abstractionist
- September
- Grigory Zinoviev (September 11) · Soviet revolutionary and early leader of the Communist International
- William Carlos Williams (September 17) · Modernist American poet and author of The Red Wheelbarrow
- October
- Otto Heinrich Warburg (October 8) · Nobel Prize-winning scientist who discovered the nature of cell respiration
- December
- Anton Webern (December 3) · Austrian composer known for his concise and radical modernist music
- Morihei Ueshiba (December 14) · Japanese martial artist who founded the peaceful discipline of aikido
- Maurice Utrillo (December 26) · French painter associated with the School of Paris