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Famous People Born in 1895

Born in 1895? 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 189549

1895–1952

George VI

King of the United Kingdom who took the throne after his brother's abdication, overcame a stammer and led Britain through the Second World War

George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952.

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1895–1925

Sergei Yesenin

Russian lyric poet of the village and countryside, briefly married to Isadora Duncan, who died at 30

Sergei Aleksandrovich Yesenin (3 October 2026 1895 – 28 December 1925) was a Russian lyric poet. He is one of the most popular and well-known Russian poets of the 20th century.

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1895–1986

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Indian philosopher who was groomed as a world teacher by Theosophists, then rejected all organised religion

Jiddu Krishnamurti (pronounced /ˈdʒɪduː ˌkrɪʃnəˈmʊərti/; 11 May 1895 – 17 February 1986) was an Indian spiritual figure, speaker, and writer.

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1895–1966

Buster Keaton

Silent film star known for his deadpan expression and physical stunts

Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent films, in which he performed physical comedy and inventive stunts.

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1895–1974

Juan Perón

Three-time President of Argentina and founder of Peronism

Juan Domingo Perón (UK:, US:, Spanish:; 8 October 1895 – 1 July 1974) was an Argentine military officer and politician who was the 29th and 40th president of Argentina, serving from 1946 to his overthrow in 1955, and from 1973 until his death in 1974.

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1895–1983

Buckminster Fuller

American architect and inventor who popularised the geodesic dome and coined visionary terms like Spaceship Earth and Dymaxion

Richard Buckminster Fuller Jr. (July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher, and futurist.

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1895–1948

Babe Ruth

American baseball icon who played for the New York Yankees

George Herman "Babe" Ruth (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935.

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1895–1971

Igor Tamm

Nobel Prize-winning physicist who co-discovered Cherenkov radiation

Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm (Russian: И́горь Евге́ньевич Тамм; 8 July 1895 – 12 April 1971) was a Soviet physicist who received the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Pavel Cherenkov and Ilya Frank, for their 1934 discovery and demonstration of Cherenkov radiation.

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Born in 1895, month by month

January
- J. Edgar Hoover (January 1) · Long-serving director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Folke Bernadotte (January 2) · Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of prisoners in World War II
- Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (January 15) · Nobel Prize-winning chemist who developed a method for preserving fodder
February
- Babe Ruth (February 6) · American baseball icon who played for the New York Yankees
- Semyon Timoshenko (February 6) · Soviet commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union during World War II
- Max Horkheimer (February 14) · German philosopher who helped develop the concept of critical theory
- Henrik Dam (February 21) · Danish biochemist who won the Nobel Prize for discovering Vitamin K
- Marcel Pagnol (February 28) · French playwright and filmmaker known for his Provençal stories
March
- Ragnar Frisch (March 3) · Nobel Prize-winning economist who helped found the field of econometrics
- Ernst Jünger (March 29) · German author known for his World War I memoir Storm of Steel
- Jean Giono (March 30) · French writer known for his novels set in rural Provence
April
- Henry de Montherlant (April 20) · Renowned French novelist, essayist and member of the Académie Française
May
- Nikolai Yezhov (May 1) · Soviet secret police chief during Stalin's Great Purge
- Rudolph Valentino (May 6) · Italian actor and iconic leading man of the silent film era
- Jiddu Krishnamurti (May 11) · Indian philosopher who was groomed as a world teacher by Theosophists, then rejected all organised religion
- William Giauque (May 12) · Nobel Prize-winning chemist known for his work in cryogenics
- Augusto César Sandino (May 18) · Revolutionary leader who fought against United States occupation of Nicaragua
- Lázaro Cárdenas (May 21) · Mexican president who nationalised the country's oil industry
- Dorothea Lange (May 25) · Documentary photographer known for her influential images of the Great Depression
June
- Santiago Bernabéu Yeste (June 8) · Real Madrid president who led the club to international dominance
July
- Igor Tamm (July 8) · Nobel Prize-winning physicist who co-discovered Cherenkov radiation
- Carl Orff (July 10) · German composer best known for the dramatic cantata Carmina Burana
- Buckminster Fuller (July 12) · American architect and inventor who popularised the geodesic dome and coined visionary terms like Spaceship Earth and Dymaxion
- László Moholy-Nagy (July 20) · Hungarian artist and influential professor at the Bauhaus school
- Robert Graves (July 24) · English poet and novelist who wrote I, Claudius
September
- Aleksandr Vasilevsky (September 18) · Soviet commander who served as a Marshal during the Second World War
- Paul Muni (September 22) · Acclaimed actor known for starring in The Story of Louis Pasteur
- André Frédéric Cournand (September 24) · Nobel Prize-winning physician who developed techniques for heart catheterisation
- Lewis Milestone (September 30) · Oscar-winning director of All Quiet on the Western Front
October
- Liaquat Ali Khan (October 1) · First Prime Minister of Pakistan and leading statesman
- Sergei Yesenin (October 3) · Russian lyric poet of the village and countryside, briefly married to Isadora Duncan, who died at 30
- Buster Keaton (October 4) · Silent film star known for his deadpan expression and physical stunts
- Richard Sorge (October 4) · German journalist and highly successful Soviet military intelligence officer
- Juan Perón (October 8) · Three-time President of Argentina and founder of Peronism
- Zog I of Albania (October 8) · King of Albania from 1928 to 1939
- Cemal Gürsel (October 13) · Military officer who served as the fourth President of Turkey
- Levi Eshkol (October 25) · Third Prime Minister of Israel who served during the Six-Day War
- Gerhard Domagk (October 30) · German scientist who discovered the first commercially available antibiotic
- Dickinson W. Richards (October 30) · Physician and Nobel laureate who co-developed the cardiac catheter
November
- Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (November 3) · Eldest daughter of Nicholas II, the final Tsar of Russia
- Mikhail Bakhtin (November 4) · Russian philosopher and literary critic known for his work on language
- Anastas Mikoyan (November 13) · Soviet statesman who served under every leader from Lenin to Brezhnev
- Paul Hindemith (November 16) · Influential German composer and violist
- Ludvík Svoboda (November 25) · Czechoslovak general who served as President of his country
December
- Anna Freud (December 3) · Pioneer of child psychoanalysis and daughter of Sigmund Freud
- Dolores Ibárruri (December 9) · Spanish Republican politician famous for the slogan They Shall Not Pass
- George VI (December 14) · King of the United Kingdom who took the throne after his brother's abdication, overcame a stammer and led Britain through the Second World War
- Paul Éluard (December 14) · French poet and one of the founding members of Surrealism
- Dziga Vertov (December 21) · Documentary filmmaker who directed Man with a Movie Camera

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