1887 Births
- Arbuckle, Fatty (24 March)
- Chiang Kai-shek (31 October)
- Garvey, Marcus (17 August)
- Hilton, Conrad (25 December)
- Holmes, Sherlock
- Montgomery, Bernard Law (17 November)
- Moore, Marianne (15 November)
- O'Keeffe, Georgia (15 November)
- Punxsutawny Phil
- Schrödinger, Erwin (12 August)
- Thorpe, Jim (28 May)
- Watson, Doctor