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Famous people born in the 1890s

The most famous people born between 1890 and 1899, each with the year they were born.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Writers

2nd1892 · Writers

Mao Zedong

Politicians

1st1893 · Politicians

Charles de Gaulle

Politicians

3rd1890 · Politicians
Mao Zedong tops this list.

Born: 1893, ahead of J. R. R. Tolkien at 1892.

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  1. 4thErnest HemingwayWriters1899
  2. 5thAgatha ChristieWriters1890
  3. 6thDwight D. EisenhowerPoliticians1890
  4. 7thJorge Luis BorgesWriters1899
  5. 8thAlfred HitchcockDirectors1899
  6. 9thNikita KhrushchevPoliticians1894
The rest of the list16
PlaceNameCountryCategoryBorn
10thWilliam FaulknerWriters · WritersUnited StatesWriters1897Writers11thFederico García LorcaWriters · WritersSpainWriters1898Writers12thSergei EisensteinDirectors · DirectorsRussiaDirectors1898Directors13thAldous HuxleyWriters · WritersUnited KingdomWriters1894Writers14thHuang XianfanEducators · EducatorsChinaEducators1899Educators15thGolda MeirPoliticians · PoliticiansIsraelPoliticians1898Politicians16thHo Chi MinhPoliticians · PoliticiansPoliticians1890Politicians17thC. S. LewisWriters · WritersUnited KingdomWriters1898Writers18thBertolt BrechtWriters · WritersAustriaWriters1898Writers19thB. R. AmbedkarAcademics · AcademicsIndiaAcademics1891Academics20thVladimir NabokovWriters · WritersUnited StatesWriters1899Writers21stAmelia EarhartWriters · WritersUnited StatesWriters1897Writers22ndJoseph GoebbelsPoliticians · PoliticiansGermanyPoliticians1897Politicians23rdBoris PasternakWriters · WritersRussiaWriters1890Writers24thPope Paul VIReligious Figures · Religious FiguresItalyReligious Figures1897Religious Figures25thPearl S. BuckWriters · WritersUnited StatesWriters1892Writers

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