In the year 1889, the Coca-Cola Company is originally incorporated as the Pemberton Medicine Company in Atlanta, Georgia (Jan 15), the Eiffel Tower is inaugurated (Mar 31) and opens for the public in Paris, France (May 6), the Wall Street Journal is established (Jun 8), the Children’s Charter is passed in the United Kingdom, imposing criminal penalties to deter child abuse (Aug 26), the Moulin Rouge cabaret opens in Paris (Oct 6), in San Francisco, the first jukebox goes into operation (Nov 23) - and all these fine people were born:

1889-xxxx Khadijeh Afzal Vaziri* journalist/ educator/women’s rights activist - Tehran, Iran (1981/91) 1889-0101 1889-0102 Walter Baldwin* actor - Lima, OH USA (1977/88) 1889-0103 Iris Calderhead* suffragist/organizer in the National Woman’s Party - Marysville, KS USA (1966/77) 1889-0108 Olof Lars Alarik Prytz* infantry major/bank teller - Helsinki, GD of Finland (1935/46) Find a Grave 1889-0110 1889-0112 Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad* Caliph/leader of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community - Qadian, Punjab, British India (1965/76) 1889-0119 Sophie Taeuber-Arp* painter/ designer/architect - Davos, Switzerland (1943/53) 1889-0121 Edith Tolkien* (b Bratt) the wife and muse of J. R. R. Tolkien - Gloucester, England (1971/82) 1889-0124 Charles Boardman Hawes* writer - Clifton Springs, NY USA (1923/34) 1889-0124 Cec Tyson* cricketer - Brompton-by-Sawdon, Yorkshire, England (1940/51) 1889-0126 Jeanne de Salzmann* French-Swiss dance teacher/student of G.I. Gurdjieff - Reims, France (1990/101) 1889-0127 Finley McMullen* son of Joel McMullen (1st mayor of Largo) - Bayview, FL USA (1947/58) Alt. birth year 1890 1889-0131 1889-0201 Kalle Kanto* actor - Kangasala, GD of Finland (1973/84) 1889-0202 1889-0203 Risto Ryti* politician/ 5thP - Huittinen, Finland (1956/67) 1889-0206 Elmo Lincoln* actor (the first Tarzan) - Rochester, IN USA (1952/63) 1889-0207 Harry Nyquist* Swedish-American electronic engineer - Nilsby, Värmland, Sweden (1976/87) 1889-0209 Tryggvi Þórhallsson* politician/PM - Reykjavik, Iceland (1935/46) 1889-0217 H. L. Hunt* oil tycoon/political activist- Ramsey, IL USA (1974/85) 1889-0218 Leslie MacDill* early pioneer in aviation/U.S. Army Air Corps officer - Monmouth, IL USA (1938/49) 1889-0222 Olave Baden-Powell* founder of Scouting and Girl Guides - Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England (1977/88) 1889-0222 R. G. Collingwood* philosopher/historian/ archaelogist - Cartmel Fell, Lancashire, England (1943/53) 1889-0222 Joseph Egger* Austrian actor (For a Few Dollars More) - Donawitz, Austria-Hungary (1966/77) 1889-0223 Victor Fleming* film director/producer - La Cañada Flintridge, CA USA (1949/59) 1889-0225 Albin Stenroos* long-distance runner/OG - Vehmaa, GD of Finland (1971/82) 1889-0228 William Zorach* Lithuanian-American sculptor/painter/ writer/to U.S. at age 5 - Jurbarkas, Lithuania, Russian Empire (1966/79) 1889-0306 Arnold Fanck* film director/ pioneer of the mountain film genre - Frankenthal, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire (1974/85) 1889-0307 Godfrey Chevalier* pioneering naval aviator of the United States Navy of World War I - Providence, RI USA (1922/33) 1889-0310 Taavi Tamminen* wrestler/OS - GD of Finland (1967/77) 1889-0312 Vaslav Nijinsky* ballet dancer  - Kiev, Ukraine, Russian Empire (1950/61) 1889-0321 Alexander Vertinsky* singer/ composer/cabaret artist - Kiev, Ukraine, Russian Empire (1957/68) 1889-0331 1889-0401 Mikko Iivari Hakoniemi** son of Mikko Hakoniemi/married to Sandra Matilda Latva-Hoppala - Ilmajoki, GD of Finland (1977/88) 1889-0407 Gabriela Mistral* poet/ diplomat/humanist/N - Viguña, Chile (1957/67) 1889-0408 Adrian Boult* conductor - Chester, Cheshire, England (1983/93) 1889-0416 Charles Chaplin* actor/ filmmaker/composer - Walworth, London, England (1977/88) 1889-0420 Adolf Hitler* dictator - Braunau, Austria-Hungary (1945/56) 1889-0421 Paul Karrer* Swiss organic chemist/N - Moscow, Russian Empire (1971/82) 1889-0426 Anita Loos* screenwriter/ playwright/author - Sisson, CA USA (1981/92) 1889-0426 Ludwig Wittgenstein* philosopher - Vienna, Austria-Hungary (1951/62) 1889-0501 1889-0510 1889-0512 Otto Frank* businessman/father of Anne Frank/arranged the publication of her diary - Frankfurt am Main, German Empire (1980/91) 1889-0513 Gottfrid Svensson* wrestler/OS - Uppsala, Sweden (1956/67) 1889-0515 1889-0517 Dorothy Gibson* (b Brown) socialite/artist’s model/actress/Titanic survivor - Hoboken, NJ USA (1946/56) 1889-0518 Thomas Midgley Jr.* mechanical & chemical engineer - Beaver Falls, PA USA (1944/55) 1889-0525 Igor Sikorsky* Russian-American aviation pioneer - Kiev, Russian Empire (1972/83) 1889-0601 1889-0613 Gao Qifeng* painter/ co-founder of the Lingnan School - Panyu County, Guangdong, Qing dynasty (1933/44) 1889-0619 Väinö Kemppainen* actor/theater manager - Oulu, GD of Finland (1927) 1889-0620 1889-0623 Anna Akhmatova* (b Gorenko) poet - Odessa, Russian Empire (1966/76) 1889-0627 Moroni Olsen* actor - Ogden, UT USA (1954/65) 1889-0628 Frank Mayo* actor - New York, NY USA (1963/74) 1889-0630 1889-0701 1889-0710 1889-0714 Nils Johan Paige* (b Olofsson-Pajari) grandfather of Matt Damon/to U.S. at age 17 - Kemi, GD of Finland (1980/90) Geni 1889-0718 Whitford Julian VanDusen* lumber magnate/philanthropist - Tara, ON Canada (1978/88) 1889-0720 1889-0722 James Whale* film director/actor - Dudley, Worcestershire, England (1957/67) 1889-0727 Albert Jonnart* lawyer/resistance fighter - Mons, Belgium (1944/54) 1889-0731 1889-0805 Conrad Aiken* writer/poet/playwright - Savannah, GA USA (1973/84) 1889-0810 Norman Scott* rear admiral/WW2 Medal of Honor recipient - Indianapolis, IN USA (1942/53) 1889-0811 Ronald Fairbairn* psychiatrist/ psychoanalyst - Edinburgh, Scotland (1964/75) 1889-0817 Einari Vuorela* teacher/ writer - Keuruu, GD of Finland (1972/82) 1889-0819 Gunnar Nilsson* athlete (discus) - Visby, Sweden (1948/58) 1889-0821 Forrest Stanley* actor/ screenplay writer - New York City, NY USA (1969/80) 1889-0904 Mary Rhodes Moorhouse-Pekkala* civil rights activist/heiress to a wealthy New Zealand-British family/to Finland at age 39 - Oxon Hoath, England (1975/85) 1889-0907 Olga Danielsson* poet - Korppoo, GD of Finland (1965/76) 1889-0910 1889-0916 Mercédès Jellinek* known for her father Emil Jellinek having Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft’s line of Mercedes cars named after her - Vienna, Austria-Hungary (1929/39) 1889-0918 Doris Blackburn* social reformer/politician - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (1970/81) 1889-0920 1889-0926 Martin Heidegger* philosopher - Baden, German Empire (1976/86) 1889-1001 1889-1003 Carl von Ossietzky* journalist/pacifist/N - Hamburg, German Empire (1938/48) 1889-1007 Robert Z. Leonard* actor/ screenwriter/director  - Chicago, IL USA (1968/78) 1889-1008 Philippe Thys* cyclist/ Tour de France winner - Anderlecht, Belgium (1971/81) 1889-1010 Kermit Roosevelt* businessman/soldier/explorer - Oyster Bay, NY USA (1943/53) 1889-1016 Loie Bridge* actress - Philadelphia, PA USA (1974/84) 1889-1023 Ida O’Keeffe* visual artist - Sun Prairie, WI USA (1961/71) 1889-1031 Susie Gibson* (b Potts) supercentenarian – Corinth, MS USA (2006/116) year of birth possibly 1890 – Find a Grave – [Gerontology Wiki](https://gerontology.fandom.com/wiki/Susie_Gibson#:~:text=Susan%20Elizabeth%20%22Susie%22%20Gibson%20(,several%20'world's%20oldest%20persons'.) 1889-1101 Philip Noel-Baker* (b Baker) athlete (1500m/OS)/diplomat/N - London, England (1982/92) 1889-1112 DeWitt Wallace* co-founder of The Readers' Digest - St. Paul, MN USA (1981/91) 1889-1118 Hannes Meyer* architect - Basel, Switzerland (1954/64) 1889-1120 Edwin Hubble* astronomer - Marshfield, MO USA (1953/63) 1889-1130 Edgar Adrian* electrophysiologist//N - Hampstead, London, England (1977/87) 1889-1201 1889-1206 1889-1209 Hannes Kolehmainen* bricklayer/long-distance runner/OG - Kuopio, GD of Finland (1966/76). U.S. citizen 1921- 1889-1210 1889-1218 Elsie Bowerman* lawyer/ political activist/Titanic survivor - Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England (1973/83) 1889-1225 Lila Wallace* cofounder of The Readers' Digest - Virden, MB Canada (1984/94) 1889-0 1889-0 1889-0 Updated 2025-0215 Helsinki Search for another year here