Paul Poiret

Paul Poiret was a French fashion designer, a master couturier during the first two decades of the 20th century. He was the founder of his namesake haute couture house.

20 April 1879

Born on the same birth day (20 April): Adolf Hitler • Betty Cuthbert • Carl Greenidge • Carol I of Romania • Charles Plumier • Clement Isong • Daniel Varoujan • Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau • Gro Harlem Brundtland • Harold Lloyd • Irene Lieblich • James Gammon • John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles • Johnny Gavin (footballer) • Kai Siegbahn • Louka Katseli • Mike Portnoy • Miranda Kerr • Robert Byrne (chess player) • Rosalynn Sumners

Born in the same month (April 1879): Arthur Berriedale Keith • Arthur Robertson (athlete) • Bernhard Gregory • Bernhard Gregory • Bernhard Schmidt • Coenraad Hiebendaal • Edward Bruce (New Deal) • Eric Campbell (actor) • Gustav Goßler • Henri Tauzin • Korneli Kekelidze • Melville Henry Cane • Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien • Oswald Bruce Cooper • Owen Willans Richardson • Richárd Weisz • Stanislaus Zbyszko • Susanna Bokoyni • Thomas Beecham