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Who was born in 1886

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Béla Kun

Béla Kun

18861938

Hungarian Communist revolutionary and politician who led the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919

Frank Lloyd

Frank Lloyd

18861960

British film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor, known for his work in early cinema and as a founder and president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

18861969

German architect and designer renowned as a pioneer of modern architecture, known for his minimalist aesthetic and iconic works like the "BRNO" Armchair and 860-880 North Lake Shore Drive

Oskar Kokoschka

Oskar Kokoschka

18861980

Austrian dramatic painter, writer, and poet known for intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes that shaped the Viennese Expressionist movement

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Alfonso XIII

Alfonso XIII

18861941

King of Spain from birth to 1931, known as "El Africano" for his support of African colonial expansion, whose 45-year reign ended with the establishment of the Second Spanish Republic

Olaf Stapledon

Olaf Stapledon

18861950

British novelist, philosopher, and science fiction writer known for his epic speculative works and induction into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame

Karl Barth

Karl Barth

18861968

Swiss Protestant theologian known for his significant commentary *The Epistle to the Romans*, his involvement in the Confessing Church and authorship of the Barmen Declaration, and his monumental *Church Dogmatics*

Gottfried Benn

Gottfried Benn

18861956

German novelist, poet, and physician known for his unique blend of medical insight and literary artistry, a five-time Nobel Prize in Literature nominee, and Georg Büchner Prize laureate

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Robert Schuman

Robert Schuman

18861963

Luxembourgish-born German-French statesman, politician, and Venerable who was a principal founder of the European Communities, the Council of Europe, and NATO, and twice served as Prime Minister of France

July

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Marc Bloch

Marc Bloch

18861944

French historian, medievalist, and a founding member of the Annales School who also served as a French resistance fighter

September

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Archibald Hill

Archibald Hill

18861977

English physiologist and biophysicist who won the 1922 Nobel Prize for elucidating muscle heat and mechanical work, also co-founding biophysics and operations research

Jean Arp

Jean Arp

18861966

Alsatian sculptor, painter, and poet known for his significant contributions to Dadaism and abstract art

Robert Robinson

Robert Robinson

18861975

British organic chemist and Nobel laureate known for his investigations into plant products of biological importance, especially anthocyanins and alkaloids

November

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Karl von Frisch

Karl von Frisch

18861982

German-Austrian ethologist and Nobel laureate known for decoding the honeybee's waggle dance and advancing the study of animal communication

René Guénon

René Guénon

18861951

French metaphysician, writer, and orientalist known for his traditionalist philosophy and writings on esotericism, symbolism, and initiation

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Michael Curtiz

Michael Curtiz

18861962

Prolific Hungarian-American film director who shaped Hollywood's Golden Age with classics like Casablanca and The Charge of the Light Brigade

Diego Rivera

Diego Rivera

18861957

Mexican muralist whose large frescoes helped establish the mural movement in Mexican and international art

Manne Siegbahn

Manne Siegbahn

18861978

Swedish physicist and university teacher known for his Nobel Prize-winning discoveries and research in X-ray spectroscopy

Zhu De

Zhu De

18861976

Chinese general, military strategist, politician, and revolutionary, known for his role as a Marshal of the People's Republic of China