El Lissitzky

Lazar Markovich Lissitzky, better known as El Lissitzky, was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, typographer, polemicist and architect. He was an important figure of the Russian avant-garde, helping develop suprematism with his mentor, Kazimir Malevich, and designing numerous exhibition displays and propaganda works for the Soviet Union. His work greatly influenced the Bauhaus and constructivist movements, and he experimented with production techniques and stylistic devices that would go on to dominate 20th-century graphic design.

23 November 1890

Born on the same birth day (23 November): Alexander (Byzantine emperor) • Alfonso X of Castile • Anna Yanovskaya • Anthonie Heinsius • Bobby Rush • Colby Armstrong • Erté • Francis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg • Frank Rutherford • Harry Sunderland • Henry Moseley • Joe Eszterhas • Krzysztof Penderecki • Martin Snedden • Myriam Boileau • Nirad C. Chaudhuri • P. K. Page • Peter Stanford • Salli Richardson • Stefanos Skouloudis • Viktor An • Vincent Cassel

Born in the same month (November 1890): Carl F. W. Borgward • Charles de Gaulle • Elpidio Quirino • Eustáquio van Lieshout • Harald Madsen • Harry Stephen Keeler • Isaac Rosenberg • Jan Matulka • Jan Zrzavý • Klabund • Lily Kronberger • Moa Martinson • Nishinoumi Kajirō III • Richmal Crompton • Robert Armstrong (actor)