1887 (AD 1887) Historical Timeline & Archive

Notable Figures in 1887 (AD 1887) (15)

• Alexander Borodin (Died: 1887-02-15) — Russian Romantic composer, chemist, and physician known for 'Prince Igor' and symphonies.
• Arthur Rubinstein (Born: 1887-01-28) — Master Polish and American pianist, celebrated for his interpretations of Chopin and classical repertoire.
• Bernard Montgomery (Born: 1887-11-17) — Senior British Army officer, famed for his command in WWII, especially North Africa.
• Boris Karloff (Born: 1887) — English actor famed for Frankenstein's monster and horror roles, establishing a lasting cinematic legacy.
• Chiang Kai-shek (Born: 1887-10-31) — Revolutionary leader of the Republic of China, governing from 1925 to 1975.
• Erwin Schrödinger (Born: 1887-08-12) — Pioneering quantum theory, Schrödinger developed the famous equation and explored the philosophy of life.
• Floyd Collins (Born: 1887-07-20) — American cave explorer whose 1925 entrapment in Sand Cave became a national media sensation.
• Georgia O'Keeffe (Born: 1887-11-15) — Pioneering American modernist painter known for natural forms and abstraction.
• Gustav Kirchhoff (Died: 1887-10-17) — Pioneering physicist known for circuit laws, spectroscopy, and black-body radiation.
• Juan Gris (Born: 1887-03-23) — Pioneering Spanish Cubist painter, known for his structured and vibrant compositions.
• Le Corbusier (Born: 1887-06-10) — Pioneer of modern architecture, known for the Five Points and urban planning concepts.
• Marc Chagall (Born: 1887-06-24) — Russian and French modernist artist known for vibrant, folkloric depictions of Jewish life.
• Marcel Duchamp (Born: 1887-07-28) — Pioneering avant-garde artist known for 'Readymades' and challenging art's definition.
• Nadia Boulanger (Born: 1887-09-16) — Pioneering French music teacher, conductor, and composer of the 20th century.
• Srinivasa Ramanujan (Born: 1887-12-22) — Pioneering Indian mathematician known for work in number theory and infinite series.