Born in Stockholm, Alfred Nobel was the fourth son of Immanuel Nobel ( 1801 – 1872 ), an inventor and engineer, and Andriette Ahlsell Nobel ( 1805 – 1889 ).

He was the fourth child of Ondrej Varchola ( Americanized as Andrew Warhola, Sr., 1889 – 1942 ) and Júlia ( née Zavacká, 1892 – 1972 ), whose first child was born in their homeland and died before their move to the U. S. Andy had two older brothers, Paul, born about 1923, and John, born about 1925.

* 1889 – George Kenney, American general ( d. 1977 )

* 1889 – John Middleton Murry, English poet ( d. 1957 )

* 1889 – Camillien Houde, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal ( d. 1958 )

* Athene Seyler ( 1889 – 1990 ), English actress

* 1818 – Maria Mitchell, American astronomer ( d. 1889 )

* 1889 – Walter Gerlach, German physicist ( d. 1979 )

* 1890 – Anna Månsdotter becomes the last woman in Sweden to be executed, for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.

* 2007 – An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.

* 1889 – Jack Ryder, Australian cricketer ( d. 1977 )

* 1889 – Charlie Chaplin, English actor, director, and composer ( d. 1977 )

* Adrian Boult ( 1889 – 1983 ), English conductor

* 1889 – Zerna Sharp, American author and educator ( d. 1981 )

* 1889 – Arthur Waley, English orientalist and sinologist ( d. 1966 )

* 1858 – Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria ( d. 1889 )

Alexander I or Aleksandar Obrenović ( Cyrillic: Александар Обреновић ; 14 August 1876 – 11 June 1903 ) was king of Serbia from 1889 to 1903 when he and his wife, Queen Draga, were assassinated by a group of Army officers, led by Colonel Dragutin Dimitrijević

* Alexander I of Serbia ( 1889 – 1903 ), King of Serbia

* 1889 – At high noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Run of 1889.

* 1889 – Jessie Street, Australian suffragette and activist ( d. 1970 )

* 1889 – Arnold Joseph Toynbee, English historian ( d. 1975 )

In 1888 – 1889, Spalding took a group of Major League players around the world to promote baseball and Spalding sporting goods.

* Stafford Cripps ( 1889 – 1952 ), British politician

Sir Richard Stafford Cripps ( 24 April 1889 – 21 April 1952 ) was a British Labour politician of the first half of the 20th century.

* William Stafford Anderson ( born 1889 ), politician in New Brunswick, Canada

Dickens's protégé, Wilkie Collins ( 1824 – 1889 )— sometimes referred to as the " grandfather of English detective fiction "— is credited with the first great mystery novel, The Woman in White.

* 1889 – Olave Baden-Powell, English founder of the Girl Guide ( d. 1977 )

* 1889 – Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer ( d. 1962 )

Gerard Manley Hopkins ( 28 July 1844 – 8 June 1889 ) was an English poet, Roman Catholic convert, and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame established him among the leading Victorian poets.

An English translation by Samuel Laing was finally published in 1844, with a second edition in 1889.

* 1889 – Charles Kay Ogden, English linguist, philosopher, and writer ( d. 1957 )

* 1889 – Gerard Manley Hopkins, English Poet ( b. 1844 )

* 1889 – James Whale, English director ( d. 1957 )

* 1844 – Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet ( d. 1889 )

James Whale ( 22 July 1889 – 29 May 1957 ) was an English film director, theatre director and actor.

* Joseph Smith ( footballer ) ( 1889 – 1916 ), known as Joe Smith, English footballer with Birmingham F. C.

It is named after the English physicist James Prescott Joule ( 1818 – 1889 ).

* 1889 – John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Cadbury ( b. 1801 )

* 1812 – Robert Browning, English poet ( d. 1889 )

* William Henry Monk ( 1823 – 1889 ), English hymn tune writer

* 1889 – John Bright, English statesman ( b. 1811 )

In 1889, French athletics associations had grouped together for the first time and Coubertin founded a monthly magazine La Revue Athletique, the first French periodical devoted exclusively to athletics and modelled on The Athlete, an English journal established around 1862.

* 1889 – Wilkie Collins, English author and playwright ( b. 1824 )