Arbuckle, Fatty (March 24)
The rotund silent film comedian
Famous People Born in 1887
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Beach, Sylvia (March 14)
The Paris bookstore owner who published 'Ulysses' -
Chiang Kai-shek (October 31)
Leader of The Republic of China (Taiwan), 1949-75 -
Garvey, Marcus (August 17)
Founder of the "back to Africa" movement -
Hilton, Conrad (December 25)
The founder of Hilton Hotels -
Holmes, Sherlock
The most famous detective in English literature -
Karloff, Boris (November 23)
The original Frankenstein’s Monster of the cinema -
Montgomery, Bernard Law (November 17)
The Brit who beat Rommel in North Africa -
Moore, Marianne (November 15)
Tricorn hat-wearing modernist poet -
O'Keeffe, Georgia (November 15)
American artist who painted flowers and cow skulls -
Punxsutawny Phil
The top-dog groundhog of Groundhog Day -
Schrödinger, Erwin (August 12)
Creator of the Schrödinger's Cat paradox -
Sitwell, Edith (September 7)
The eccentric poet who wrote 1941's "Still Falls the Rain" -
Watson, Doctor
Sidekick to detective Sherlock Holmes