1887
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- La Sirène [aka La Mer calme] - Arnold Böcklin
- Gorilla Carrying off a Woman- Emmanuel Frémiet
- Du Fétichisme dans l’amour - Alfred Binet (Alfred Binet was the first to apply the word fetishism in a sexual context)
- She: A History of Adventure - H. Rider Haggard
Births
- January 3 - August Macke, German painter (d. 1914)
- March 14 - Sylvia Beach, American publisher in Paris (d. 1952)
- March 23 - Juan Gris, Spanish-born painter and graphic artist (d. 1927)
- March 24 - Fatty Arbuckle, American actor (d. 1933)
- March 24 - Fatty Arbuckle, American actor (d. 1933)
- July 7 - Marc Chagall, Russian-born painter (d. 1985)
- July 28 - Marcel Duchamp, French-born artist (d. 1968)
- August 17 - Marcus Garvey, American publisher, entrepreneur, and black nationalist (d. 1940)
- September 1 - Blaise Cendrars, Swiss writer (d. 1961)
- September 3 - Frank Christian, American jazz musician (d. 1973)
- September 13
- Lavoslav Ružička, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
- Kamato Hongo, last verified living person born in 1887. (d. 2003)
- September 16 - Nadia Boulanger, French composer and composition teacher (d. 1979)
- September 26 - Edwin Keppel Bennett, British writer (d. 1958)
- September 28 - Avery Brundage, American sports official (d. 1975)
- October 1 - Violet Jessop, RMS Titanic survivor (d. 1971)
- October 5 - René Cassin, French judge, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1976)
- October 6 - Le Corbusier, Swiss architect (d. 1965)
- October 8 - Huntley Gordon, Canadian-born actor (d. 1956)
- October 22 - John Reed, American journalist (d. 1920)
- October 31 - Chiang Kai-shek, 1st ~ 5th President of the Republic of China (d. 1975)
- November 1 - L. S. Lowry, English painter (d.1976)
- November 6 - Walter Johnson, baseball player (d. 1946)
- November 10 - Arnold Zweig, German writer (d. 1968)
- November 15 - Georgia O'Keeffe, American Woman Painter (d.1986)
- November 17 - Bernard Montgomery, World War II British commander (d. 1976)
- November 19 - James B. Sumner, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
- November 23 - Boris Karloff, English actor (d. 1967)
- December 12 - Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (d. 1974)
- December 13 - Alvin Cullum York, American war hero during World War I (d. 1964)
- December 22 - Srinivasa Aaiyangar Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (d. 1920)
- date unknown - Pauline Sabin, American activist for repeal of prohibition in U.S. (d. 1955)
- See also Category: 1887 births.
Deaths
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