Authors born in 1887
- Albert M. Greenfield Businessman, 1887
- Aldo Leopold Author, 1887
- Alexander Vandegrift Military General , 1887
- Alexander Woollcott Critic, 1887
- Alf Landon Politician, 1887
- Alvin C. York Military , 1887
- Arthur Cravan Writer, 1887
- Arthur Rubinstein Pianist, 1887
- Arvo Ylppo Pediatrician, 1887
- August Macke Painter, 1887
- Avery Brundage Public Servant, 1887
- Baker Brownell Philosopher, 1887
- Barnes Wallis Scientist, 1887
- Berl Katznelson Newspaper Editor, 1887
- Bernard Law Montgomery Military Officer, 1887
- Bernard Leach Ceramist, 1887
- Bernardo Houssay Physiologist, 1887
- Boris Karloff Actor, 1887
- C. D. Broad Philosopher, 1887
- Carmel Snow Editor, 1887
- Charles D. Broad Scientist, 1887
- Charles E. Fuller Evangelist, 1887
- Charles Galton Darwin Physicist, 1887
- Chiang Kai-shek Politician, 1887
- Chico Marx Comedian, 1887
- Chuichi Nagumo Admiral, 1887
- Conrad Hilton Businessman, 1887
- Earnest Hooton Anthropologist, 1887
- Edith Sitwell Poet, 1887
- Edith Starr Miller Celebrity, 1887
- Edouard Bourdet Playwright, 1887
- Edward Leedskalnin Engineer, 1887
- Edwin Muir Poet, 1887
- Erich von Manstein Military General , 1887
- Ernest Gruening Politician, 1887
- Ernest Holmes Theologian, 1887
- Ernst Hanfstaengl Businessman, 1887
- Ernst Rohm Soldier, 1887
- Erwin Schrodinger Scientist, 1887
- Eustace Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle Politician, 1887