Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades: 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s - 1890s - 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
Years: 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 - 1890 - 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895
Events
Births
- January 1 - Anton Melik, Slovene geographer.
- January 7 - Henny Porten[?], actress (+ 1960)
- January 9 - Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist and satirist.
- February 10 - Boris Pasternak, poet, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1958 (+ 1960)
- February 11 - John de Vries[?], fairy tale writer.
- February 14 - Nina Hamnett, artist
- February 18 - Adolphe Menjou, actor (+ 1963)
- February 24 - Marjorie Main[?], actress (+ 1975)
- February 25 - Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet politician (+ 1986)
- March 9 - Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet Union politician (+ 1986)
- March 11 - Vannevar Bush, author of As We May Think (+ 1974)
- March 20 - Beniamino Gigli, tenor (+ 1957)
- March 20 - Lauritz Melchior, opera singer (+ 1973)
- March 28 - Paul Whiteman, bandleader
- April 6 - Anthony Fokker, Dutch aircraft manufacturer.
- May 10 - Alfred Jodl, German general (+ 1946)
- May 15 - Katherine Anne Porter[?], author (+ 1980)
- May 19 - Ho Chi Minh, President of North Vietnam (+ 1969)
- May 23 - Herbert Marshall[?], actor (+ 1966)
- June 16 - Arthur Stanley Jefferson , British actor later known as Stan Laurel.
- August 20 - H. P. Lovecraft, horror writer.
- August 24 - Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer.
- September 15 - Agatha Christie, English mystery writer.
- September 20 - Jelly Roll Morton, pianist
- October 2 - Groucho Marx, comedian (+ 1977)
- October 14 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, US General of the Army, 34th president of the United States
- October 16 - Michael Collins, Irish patriot (+ 1922)
- October 16 - Paul Strand[?], American photographer.
- November 22 - Charles de Gaulle, French president.
- December 5 - David Bomberg, painter
- December 8 - Bohuslav Martinu, composer
Deaths