Paul Pelliot

Paul Eugène Pelliot was a French Sinologist and Orientalist best known for his explorations of Central Asia and acquirement of many important Chinese texts such as the Dunhuang manuscripts.

28 May 1878

Born on the same birth day (28 May): Edvard Beneš • Hans-Jörg Butt • Ian Fleming • Johnny Wayne • Louis Agassiz • Léo Cadieux • Minna Gombell • Phil Foden • Red Horner • Stanley B. Prusiner • Zaza Enden • Zelda Rubinstein

Born in the same month (May 1878): Alfred Laliberté • Anna Cervin • Bill Robinson • Glenn Curtiss • Gustav Stresemann • J. L. Wilkinson • Johannes Terwogt • Konstantinos Parthenis • Lillian Moller Gilbreth