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Who was born in September 1887

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Nadia Boulanger

18871979

French musician, conductor, and teacher who mentored many of the 20th century's leading composers and was the first woman to conduct major orchestras

Leopold Ružička

18871976

Croatian-Swiss Nobel laureate in Chemistry known for his work on polymethylenes, higher terpenes, and the first chemical synthesis of male sex hormones

Giovanni Gronchi

18871978

Italian politician and 3rd President of Italy, renowned for his efforts to bring about an 'opening to the left' and his influential role during Italy's post-war era and decolonization

Blaise Meliani

18871961

Swiss writer, poet, and French foreign legionnaire whose work greatly influenced the European modernist movement