January 4, 1888 Arthur Berry, England, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1908, 12)
January 8, 1888 Matt Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor (Coquette, Deluge)
January 10, 1888 Emile van Bosch, Dutch revue/operetta-artist (Fair Folks)
January 10, 1888 Grock, Switzerland, clown
January 11, 1888 Chester Conklin, Oskaloosa IA, actor (Every Day's a Holiday, Greed)
January 12, 1888 Claude Delvincourt, composer
January 15, 1888 Joseph Henabery, Omaha NE, director (Cobra)
January 20, 1888 Leadbelly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line)
January 24, 1888 Ernst Heinrich Heinkel, German inventor (1st rocket-powered aircraft)
January 24, 1888 Henry King, U.S., director (Jesse James, 12 O'Clock High)
February 2, 1888 Candelario Huizar, composer
February 2, 1888 Frank Lloyd, Scotland, actor/director (Mutiny on Bounty, Oliver Twist)
February 3, 1888 Joris Baers, Flemish bibliography/founder (Boekengids)
February 4, 1888 Paul Althaus, German theologist (The Christian Truth)
February 6, 1888 Ljudmil Stojanow, Bulgarian poet (Metsh i Slowo, Cholera)
February 8, 1888 Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer/music critic
February 10, 1888 G Ungaretti, writer
February 13, 1888 Georgios Papandreou, Greek prefect of Lesbos/minister/premier
February 13, 1888 Heintje Davids, [Hendrika], Dutch revue star
February 17, 1888 Otto Stern, German/US physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943)
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