Aleksandr I. Kuprin

Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin was a Russian writer best known for his novels The Duel (1905) and Yama: The Pit (1915), as well as Moloch (1896), Olesya (1898), "Captain Ribnikov" (1906), "Emerald" (1907), and The Garnet Bracelet (1911) – the latter made into a 1965 movie.

7 September 1870

Born on the same birth day (7 September): Apostolos Kaklamanis • Barry Siegel • Beverley McLachlin • Corbin Bernsen • Dean-Charles Chapman • Edith Sitwell • Elinor Barker • Emil Korytko • Ersin Güreler • James Van Allen • John Phillip Law • Jon Macken • Jonathan Majors • Little Milton • Marcel Desailly • Max Kaminsky (musician) • Patrick Robinson (cornerback) • Suzyn Waldman • W. Earl Brown

Born in the same month (September 1870): Arthur Pryor • Charlotte Cooper (tennis) • Christian X of Denmark • Clark Wissler • Florent Schmitt • Georges Claude • Jean Baptiste Perrin • John Boland (Irish nationalist politician) • Thomas W. Lamont