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Famous People Born in 1894

Born in 1894? 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 1890s

The most famous people born in 189436

1894–1971

Nikita Khrushchev

Soviet leader who denounced Stalin's crimes in 1956 and brought the world to the brink during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (15 April 1894 – 11 September 1971) was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964.

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1894–1963

Aldous Huxley

English writer of Brave New World, a dystopia of engineered happiness, and The Doors of Perception

Aldous Leonard Huxley ( AWL-dəs; 26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. His bibliography spans nearly 50 books, including non-fiction works, as well as essays, narratives and poems.

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1894–1972

Edward VIII

British king who abdicated in 1936 after less than a year to marry the American divorcée Wallis Simpson

Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year.

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1894–1918

Gavrilo Princip

Serbian nationalist who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Gavrilo Princip (Serbian Cyrillic: Гаврило Принцип, pronounced; 25 July 1894 – 28 April 1918) was a Bosnian Serb student who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914.

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1894–1986

Harold Macmillan

British Prime Minister during the post-war economic boom

Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1957 to 1963. Nicknamed "Supermac", he was known for his pragmatism, wit, and unflappability.

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1894–1961

Louis-Ferdinand Céline

French novelist known for Journey to the End of the Night

Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches (27 May 1894 – 1 July 1961), better known by the pen name Louis-Ferdinand Céline ( say-LEEN; French: ), was a French novelist, polemicist, and physician.

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1894–1984

Pyotr Kapitsa

Nobel Prize-winning physicist who studied low-temperature physics

Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa (Russian: Пётр Леонидович Капица; Romanian: Petre Capița; 9 July 1894 – 8 April 1984), also known as Peter Kapitza, was a Russian and Soviet physicist, whose research focused on low-temperature physics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1978.

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1894–1973

John Ford

American director of classic Westerns and war films

John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), better known as John Ford, was an American film director and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and was one of the first American directors to be recognized as an auteur.

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Born in 1894, month by month

January
- Satyendra Nath Bose (January 1) · Theoretical physicist known for his work on quantum mechanics
- Maximilian Kolbe (January 8) · Polish priest who sacrificed his life for another at Auschwitz
- Boris III of Bulgaria (January 30) · Tsar of Bulgaria who ruled during the two world wars
February
- John Ford (February 1) · American director of classic Westerns and war films
- Norman Rockwell (February 3) · American illustrator famous for his Saturday Evening Post covers
- Harold Macmillan (February 10) · British Prime Minister during the post-war economic boom
- Alexander Oparin (February 18) · Soviet biochemist known for theories on the origin of life
March
- Wäinö Aaltonen (March 8) · Leading Finnish sculptor known for his large-scale bronze monuments
April
- Nikita Khrushchev (April 15) · Soviet leader who denounced Stalin's crimes in 1956 and brought the world to the brink during the Cuban Missile Crisis
- Frank Borzage (April 23) · Director who won the first ever Oscar for Best Director
- Rudolf Hess (April 26) · High-ranking Nazi official who flew to Scotland during World War II
May
- Martha Graham (May 11) · Influential American dancer and choreographer of modern dance
- Paul Lukas (May 26) · Oscar-winning actor known for the film Watch on the Rhine
- Louis-Ferdinand Céline (May 27) · French novelist known for Journey to the End of the Night
- Dashiell Hammett (May 27) · Author who created the hard-boiled detective novel genre
June
- Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (June 14) · Grand Duchess of Luxembourg who reigned during the First World War
- Edward VIII (June 23) · British king who abdicated in 1936 after less than a year to marry the American divorcée Wallis Simpson
- Alfred Kinsey (June 23) · American biologist and sexologist who founded the Kinsey Institute
- Hermann Oberth (June 25) · Physicist and pioneer of rocket science and astronautics
- Pyotr Kapitsa (June 26) · Nobel Prize-winning physicist who studied low-temperature physics
- Isaak Babel (June 30) · Russian author of Red Cavalry and the Odessa Stories
July
- Georges Lemaître (July 17) · Belgian priest who first proposed the Big Bang theory
- Gavrilo Princip (July 25) · Serbian nationalist who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- Walter Brennan (July 25) · Three-time Academy Award-winning American character actor
- Aldous Huxley (July 26) · English writer of Brave New World, a dystopia of engineered happiness, and The Doors of Perception
August
- V. V. Giri (August 10) · Indian statesman who served as the fourth president of India
- Oleksandr Dovzhenko (August 29) · Pioneering Soviet film director who made the masterpiece Earth
September
- Joseph Roth (September 2) · Austrian journalist and author of the novel Radetzky March
- Jean Renoir (September 15) · Influential French film director known for La Grande Illusion
October
- E. E. Cummings (October 14) · Influential American poet known for unconventional punctuation and typography
- Heinrich Lübke (October 14) · Former President of West Germany from 1959 to 1969
- Moshe Sharett (October 15) · First Foreign Minister and second Prime Minister of Israel
- Fritz Sauckel (October 27) · Nazi politician responsible for the wartime forced labour system
November
- Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi (November 16) · Austrian-Japanese politician who founded the Paneuropean Union movement
- Norbert Wiener (November 26) · Mathematician and philosopher who founded the field of cybernetics
- Kōnosuke Matsushita (November 27) · Industrialist who founded the electronics giant Panasonic

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