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Famous People Born in 1884

Born in 1884? 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 188428

1884–1972

Harry S. Truman

33rd US President who ordered the atomic bombings of Japan, launched the Marshall Plan and helped found NATO

Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. As the 34th vice president in 1945, he assumed the presidency upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in April.

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1884–1962

Eleanor Roosevelt

Longest-serving US First Lady who championed civil rights and chaired the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt ( EL-in-or ROH-zə-velt; October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving first lady of the United States, during her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms as president from 1933 to 1945.

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1884–1920

Amedeo Modigliani

Italian artist celebrated for his portraits with elongated faces and necks

Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (US:; Italian:; 12 July 1884 – 24 January 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor of the École de Paris who worked mainly in France.

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1884–1948

Hideki Tojo

Prime Minister of Japan during much of World War II

Hideki Tojo (30 December 1884 – 23 December 1948) was a Japanese military officer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1941 to 1944 during World War II. His leadership was marked by widespread state violence and mass killings perpetrated in the name of Japanese nationalism.

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1884–1973

İsmet İnönü

Second President of Turkey and close ally of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Mustafa İsmet İnönü (24 September 1884 – 25 December 1973) was a Turkish politician and military officer who served as the president of Turkey from 1938 to 1950, and as its prime minister three times: from 1923 to 1924, 1925 to 1937, and 1961 to 1965.

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1884–1963

Rajendra Prasad

Lawyer and the first President of India

Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, journalist and scholar who served as the first president of India from 1950 to 1962 for two terms. He joined the Indian National Congress during the Indian independence movement and became a major leader from the region of Bihar.

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1884–1966

Peter Debye

Nobel Prize-winning chemist known for his work on molecular structures

Peter Joseph William Debye ( dib-EYE; born Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debije, Dutch:; March 24, 1884 – November 2, 1966) was a Dutch-American physicist and physical chemist, and Nobel laureate in Chemistry.

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1884–1943

Isoroku Yamamoto

Japanese naval commander who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor

Isoroku Yamamoto (山本五十六, Yamamoto Isoroku; April 4, 1884 – April 18, 1943) was an admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and the commander of the Combined Fleet during World War II.

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Born in 1884, month by month

January
- Yevgeny Zamyatin (January 20) · Author of the dystopian science fiction novel We
- Edward Sapir (January 26) · American linguist who studied the structure of indigenous languages
- Theodor Heuss (January 31) · Politician who served as the first president of West Germany
February
- Max Beckmann (February 12) · German Expressionist painter known for his powerful symbolic self-portraits
- Casimir Funk (February 23) · Polish biochemist who pioneered the concept of vitamins
March
- Peter Debye (March 24) · Nobel Prize-winning chemist known for his work on molecular structures
April
- Isoroku Yamamoto (April 4) · Japanese naval commander who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor
- Bronisław Malinowski (April 7) · Influential social anthropologist noted for his field research
- Otto Fritz Meyerhof (April 12) · Nobel Prize-winning biochemist who studied muscle metabolism
May
- Harry S. Truman (May 8) · 33rd US President who ordered the atomic bombings of Japan, launched the Marshall Plan and helped found NATO
- Max Brod (May 27) · Writer and friend of Franz Kafka who published his works
- Edvard Beneš (May 28) · President of Czechoslovakia during World War II and the Cold War
June
- Halide Edib Adıvar (June 11) · Influential Turkish novelist, nationalist and women's rights activist
- Édouard Daladier (June 18) · French Prime Minister who signed the Munich Agreement in 1938
- Gaston Bachelard (June 27) · French philosopher known for his work on science and poetic imagination
- Georges Duhamel (June 30) · French author and doctor nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature
- Franz Halder (June 30) · German general who served as Chief of the Army General Staff
July
- Lion Feuchtwanger (July 7) · German novelist and playwright known for his historical fiction
- Amedeo Modigliani (July 12) · Italian artist celebrated for his portraits with elongated faces and necks
- Emil Jannings (July 23) · German actor and the first person to win an Oscar
August
- Vincent Auriol (August 27) · French politician who became the first president of the Fourth Republic
- Theodor Svedberg (August 30) · Nobel Prize-winning Swedish chemist who developed the ultracentrifuge
September
- İsmet İnönü (September 24) · Second President of Turkey and close ally of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
October
- Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11) · Longest-serving US First Lady who championed civil rights and chaired the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Friedrich Bergius (October 11) · Nobel Prize-winning chemist who developed methods for creating synthetic fuel
November
- Hermann Rorschach (November 8) · Swiss psychiatrist who created the psychological inkblot test
December
- Rajendra Prasad (December 3) · Lawyer and the first President of India
- Hideki Tojo (December 30) · Prime Minister of Japan during much of World War II

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