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1888 births
- Seitarō KitayamaSeitarō Kitayama directed the first commercial anime productions in Japan during 1917. His work emerged when film technology was still new to most audiences.
- T. S. EliotThomas Stearns Eliot was born on the 26th of September 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri. He lived at a house on Locust Street for his first sixteen years before…
- Julio Rey PastorJulio Rey Pastor stood in the basement of the National Library in Madrid during 1915. He had just returned from three years of study at the University of…
- Harilal GandhiHarilal Mohandas Gandhi was born on the 23rd of August 1888. His father left for England shortly after his birth to pursue higher studies.
- Raymond ChandlerRaymond Thornton Chandler arrived in Chicago on the 23rd of July 1888. His mother Florence Dart was originally from Ireland, and his father Maurice Benjamin…
- Eugene O'NeillEugene Gladstone O'Neill was born on the 16th of October 1888, inside the Barrett House hotel located at Longacre Square in New York City.
- John Foster DullesJohn Foster Dulles entered the world on the 25th of February 1888 in Washington D.C. He was born into a family that dominated American foreign policy for…
- Maulana AzadAbul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin entered the world on the 11th of November 1888 within the holy city of Mecca. His father Muhammad Khairuddin bin Ahmed Al…
- Maxwell AndersonJames Maxwell Anderson entered the world on the 15th of December 1888, in Atlantic, Pennsylvania. He was the second of eight children born to William Lincoln…
- Eric BlomEric Walter Blom arrived in Bern, Switzerland on the 20th of August 1888. His father carried Danish and British blood while his mother was Swiss.
- Jean WahlJean Wahl entered the École Normale Supérieure in Paris during a period when French philosophy was dominated by rigid academic traditions.
- Otto SternOtto Stern was born on the 17th of February 1888 into a Jewish family in Sohrau. This town now bears the name Żory within the Province of Silesia, Kingdom of…