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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Margery Allingham
Novelist
20-May-1904 30-Jun-1966 Albert Campion detective novels
Don Ameche
Actor
31-May-1904 6-Dec-1993 Trading Places
Jack Z. Anderson
Politician
22-Mar-1904 9-Feb-1981 Congressman, committed suicide
Sigurd Anderson
Politician
22-Jan-1904 21-Dec-1990 Governor of South Dakota, 1951-55
Peter Arno
Cartoonist
8-Jan-1904 22-Feb-1968 The New Yorker
Edward Ashley
Actor
12-Aug-1904 5-May-2000 British-American character actor
Nnamdi Azikiwe
Head of State
16-Nov-1904 11-May-1996 First President of Nigeria, 1963-66
Angela Baddeley
Actor
4-Jul-1904 22-Feb-1976 Upstairs, Downstairs
Raymond Bailey
Actor
6-May-1904 15-Apr-1980 Milburn on Beverly Hillbillies
Kenneth Bainbridge
Physicist
27-Jul-1904 14-Jul-1996 Director of the Trinity atomic test
George Balanchine
Dancer
22-Jan-1904 30-Apr-1983 Choreographer co-founded NYC Ballet
Bob Bartlett
Politician
20-Apr-1904 11-Dec-1968 US Senator from Alaska, 1959-68
Count Basie
Pianist
21-Aug-1904 26-Apr-1984 Big band pianist
Gregory Bateson
Anthropologist
9-May-1904 4-Jul-1980 Steps to an Ecology of Mind
Alfonso Bedoya
Actor
16-Apr-1904 15-Dec-1957 Doesn't need no stinking badges
Ralph Bellamy
Actor
17-Jun-1904 29-Nov-1991 Trading Places
Constance Bennett
Actor
22-Oct-1904 24-Jul-1965 The Affairs of Cellini
Benny Binion
Business
20-Nov-1904 25-Dec-1989 Founder, World Series of Poker
Earle Birney
Novelist
13-May-1904 3-Sep-1995 Now Is Time
Charles E. Bohlen
Diplomat
30-Aug-1904 31-Dec-1974 US Ambassador to USSR, 1953-57
Ray Bolger
Actor
10-Jan-1904 15-Jan-1987 The Wizard of Oz Scarecrow
W. A. Boyle
Labor Leader
1-Dec-1904 31-May-1985 UMW President, 1963-72
Johnny Mack Brown
Actor
1-Sep-1904 14-Nov-1974 College All-American turned film star
Wally Brown
Actor
9-Oct-1904 13-Nov-1961 Zombies on Broadway
Herbert Brownell, Jr.
Government
20-Feb-1904 1-May-1996 US Attorney General, 1953-57
George Buchanan
Novelist
9-Jan-1904 1989 Entanglement
Ralph Bunche
Diplomat
4-Aug-1904 9-Dec-1971 UN Mediator in Palestine 1948
Arthur F. Burns
Economist
27-Apr-1904 6-Jun-1987 Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1970-78
Bruce Cabot
Actor
20-Apr-1904 3-May-1972 Saved Fay Wray from King Kong
Mary Calderone
Activist
1-Jul-1904 24-Oct-1998 Questions and Answers about Love and Sex
Joseph Campbell
Author
26-Mar-1904 31-Oct-1987 The Power of Myth
Henri Cartan
Mathematician
8-Jul-1904 13-Aug-2008 Leader of the math Bourbakistes
Pavel A. Cherenkov
Physicist
15-Jul-1904 6-Jan-1990 Cherenkov radiation
Bob Chester
Musician
20-Mar-1904 1977 Big band leader, Sunburst
Christian-Jaque
Film Director
4-Aug-1904 8-Jul-1994 Fan-Fan the Tulip
Claud Cockburn
Journalist
12-Apr-1904 15-Dec-1981 Radical British journalist
Iron Eyes Cody
Actor
3-Apr-1904 4-Jan-1999 Keep America Beautiful
Lester Cole
Screenwriter
19-Jun-1904 15-Aug-1985 Born Free
Jerry Colonna
Radio Personality
17-Sep-1904 21-Nov-1986 Sidekick of Bob Hope
Tom Conway
Actor
15-Sep-1904 22-Apr-1967 I Walked with a Zombie
Salvador Dali
Painter
11-May-1904 23-Jan-1989 Surrealist painter
Luigi Dallapiccola
Composer
3-Feb-1904 19-Feb-1975 Canti di Prigionia
George Dangerfield
Historian
28-Oct-1904 26-Dec-1986 The Strange Death of Liberal England
Jean Dasté
Actor
18-Aug-1904 15-Oct-1994 L'Atalante
Delmer Daves
Film Director
24-Jul-1904 17-Aug-1977 Destination Tokyo
Cecil Day-Lewis
Poet
27-Apr-1904 22-May-1972 UK Poet Laureate, 1968-72
Willem de Kooning
Painter
24-Apr-1904 19-Mar-1997 Abstract expressionist
George Docking
Politician
23-Feb-1904 20-Jan-1964 Governor of Kansas, 1957-61
Jimmy Dorsey
Musician
29-Feb-1904 12-Jun-1957 Popular bandleader and swing musician
Charles Drew
Doctor
3-Jun-1904 1-Apr-1950 First to separate blood plasma
Henry Dreyfuss
Inventor
2-Mar-1904 5-Oct-1972 Product designer, human factors engineer
James O. Eastland
Politician
28-Nov-1904 19-Feb-1986 US Senator from Mississippi, 1943-78
Richard Eberhart
Poet
5-Apr-1904 9-Jun-2005 Collected Poems
King Faisal
Royalty
1904 25-Mar-1975 King of Saudi Arabia, 1964-75
Glenda Farrell
Actor
30-Jun-1904 1-May-1971 Torchy Blane
James T. Farrell
Novelist
27-Feb-1904 22-Aug-1979 Studs Lonigan trilogy
John Farrow
Screenwriter
10-Feb-1904 28-Jan-1963 Around the World in Eighty Days
Terence Fisher
Film Director
23-Feb-1904 18-Jun-1980 Dracula, Prince of Darkness
Pretty Boy Floyd
Criminal
3-Feb-1904 22-Oct-1934 Bank robber
Werner Forssmann
Doctor
29-Aug-1904 1-Jun-1979 Cardiac catheterization
Otto Robert Frisch
Physicist
1-Oct-1904 22-Sep-1979 Described fission
Jean Gabin
Actor
17-May-1904 15-Nov-1976 The Lower Depths
Richard Gaines
Actor
23-Jul-1904 20-Jul-1975 Double Indemnity
George Gamow
Physicist
4-Mar-1904 19-Aug-1968 Proponent of Big Bang Theory
Greer Garson
Actor
29-Sep-1904 6-Apr-1996 Mrs. Miniver
John Gielgud
Actor
14-Apr-1904 21-May-2000 Prospero's Books
Mack Gordon
Composer
21-Jun-1904 28-Feb-1959 Chattanooga Choo Choo
Arshile Gorky
Painter
15-Apr-1904 21-Jul-1948 Abstract expressionist
Sheilah Graham
Columnist
15-Sep-1904 17-Nov-1988 Beloved Infidel
Cary Grant
Actor
18-Jan-1904 29-Nov-1986 North by Northwest
Graham Greene
Novelist
2-Oct-1904 3-Apr-1991 The Third Man
Erwin Griswold
Attorney
14-Jul-1904 19-Nov-1994 US Solicitor General, 1967-73
Patrick Hamilton
Playwright
17-Mar-1904 23-Sep-1962 Gaslight
Phil Harris
Musician
24-Jun-1904 11-Aug-1995 That's What I Like About the South
Robert Harrison
Publisher
14-Apr-1904 17-Feb-1978 Publisher of tabloid Confidential
Moss Hart
Playwright
24-Oct-1904 20-Dec-1961 You Can't Take It With You
Paul Hartman
Actor
1-Mar-1904 2-Oct-1973 Emmett Clark on Mayberry R.F.D.
Coleman Hawkins
Jazz Musician
21-Nov-1904 19-May-1969 Jazz tenor saxophonist
Tom Helmore
Actor
4-Jan-1904 12-Sep-1995 Vertigo
Gerhard Herzberg
Physicist
25-Dec-1904 3-Mar-1999 Molecular spectroscopy
Reinhard Heydrich
Military
7-Mar-1904 4-Jun-1942 Protector of Bohemia and Moravia
John R. Hicks
Economist
8-Apr-1904 20-May-1989 Value and Capital
Alger Hiss
Government
11-Nov-1904 15-Nov-1996 Accused spy for the Soviet Union
Keith Holyoake
Head of State
11-Feb-1904 8-Dec-1983 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1960-72
Roman Hruska
Politician
16-Aug-1904 25-Apr-1999 US Senator from Nebraska, 1954-76
Raymond Huntley
Actor
23-Apr-1904 19-Oct-1990 Passport to Pimlico
Hank Iba
Basketball
6-Aug-1904 15-Jan-1993 Oklahoma A&M Head Coach, 1934-70
Christopher Isherwood
Author
26-Aug-1904 4-Jan-1986 The Berlin Stories
Leigh Jason
Film Director
26-Jul-1904 19-Feb-1979 The Mad Miss Manton
Jacob K. Javits
Politician
18-Mar-1904 7-Mar-1986 US Senator from New York, 1957-81
Kay Johnson
Actor
29-Nov-1904 17-Nov-1975 Of Human Bondage
Joseph M. Juran
Scientist
24-Dec-1904 28-Feb-2008 The Pareto Principle
Om Kalsoum
Singer
4-Apr-1904 3-Feb-1975 Star of the East
MacKinlay Kantor
Author
4-Feb-1904 11-Oct-1977 Andersonville
George F. Kennan
Diplomat
16-Feb-1904 17-Mar-2005 Architect of US policy of Soviet containment
Ancel Keys
Scientist
26-Jan-1904 20-Nov-2004 Nutritionist, created the K ration
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Head of State
6-Apr-1904 9-Mar-1988 German Chancellor, 1966-69
Walter J. Kohler, Jr.
Politician
4-Apr-1904 21-Mar-1976 Governor of Wisconsin, 1951-57
Martin Kosleck
Actor
24-Mar-1904 15-Jan-1994 German-American character actor
Alexei Kosygin
Head of State
20-Feb-1904 18-Dec-1980 Premier of the Soviet Union, 1964-80
Elissa Landi
Actor
6-Dec-1904 21-Oct-1948 The Count of Monte Cristo
Frank Lawton
Actor
30-Sep-1904 10-Jun-1969 A Night to Remember
A. J. Liebling
Journalist
18-Oct-1904 28-Dec-1963 The New Yorker
Robert Livingston
Actor
9-Dec-1904 7-Mar-1988 The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Selwyn Lloyd
Politician
28-Jul-1904 18-May-1978 Speaker, House of Commons, 1971-76
Peter Lorre
Actor
26-Jun-1904 23-Mar-1964 The Maltese Falcon
Keye Luke
Actor
18-Jun-1904 12-Jan-1991 Charlie Chan's No. 1 Son, Lee
Seán MacBride
Activist
26-Jan-1904 15-Jan-1988 Irish revolutionary, Nobel Prize recipient
Ted Mack
TV Personality
12-Feb-1904 12-Jul-1976 Original Amateur Hour
Forrest Mars
Business
21-Mar-1904 1-Jul-1999 Invented M&Ms
Pepper Martin
Baseball
29-Feb-1904 5-Mar-1965 St. Louis Cardinals
Harry Martinson
Poet
6-May-1904 11-Feb-1978 Aniara: A Review of Man in Time and Space
Andrew Marton
Film Director
26-Jan-1904 7-Jan-1992 Directed chariot race in Ben-Hur
Ernst Mayr
Biologist
5-Jul-1904 3-Feb-2005 Evolutionary biologist
Neil H. McElroy
Government
30-Oct-1904 30-Nov-1972 US Secretary of Defense, 1957-59
Clarence W. Meadows
Politician
11-Feb-1904 12-Sep-1961 Governor of West Virginia, 1945-49
George Meeker
Actor
5-Mar-1904 19-Aug-1984 History Is Made at Night
Aparicio Méndez
Head of State
24-Aug-1904 26-Jun-1988 President of Uruguay, 1976-81
Glenn Miller
Musician
1-Mar-1904 15-Dec-1944 Popular bandleader and trombonist
Nathan Milstein
Violinist
31-Dec-1904 21-Dec-1992 Virtuoso violinist, interpreter of Bach
Nancy Mitford
Novelist
28-Nov-1904 30-Jan-1973 The Pursuit of Love
Robert Montgomery
Actor
21-May-1904 27-Sep-1981 Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Russ Morgan
Musician
29-Apr-1904 8-Aug-1969 Bandleader, arranger and trombonist
Clive Morton
Actor
16-Mar-1904 24-Sep-1975 Kind Hearts and Coronets
Alfred P. Murrah
Judge
27-Oct-1904 30-Oct-1975 Oklahoma City Federal Building namesake
Anna Neagle
Singer
20-Oct-1904 3-Jun-1986 Victoria the Great
Louis Néel
Physicist
22-Nov-1904 17-Nov-2000 Magnetic properties of solids
Pablo Neruda
Poet
12-Jul-1904 23-Sep-1973 Residencia en la Tierra
Theodore Newton
Actor
4-Aug-1904 28-Feb-1963 The Working Man
Marian Nixon
Actor
20-Oct-1904 13-Feb-1983 The Sweetest Girl In Hollywood
Jay Novello
Actor
22-Aug-1904 2-Sep-1982 The Lost World
J. Pat O'Malley
Actor
15-Mar-1904 27-Feb-1985 Harry Burns on My Favorite Martian
Robert Oppenheimer
Physicist
22-Apr-1904 18-Feb-1967 Physicist, headed the Manhattan Project
Doris Packer
Actor
30-May-1904 31-Mar-1979 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Charles J. Pedersen
Chemist
3-Oct-1904 26-Oct-1989 Synthesis of crown ethers
Jan Peerce
Singer
3-Jun-1904 15-Dec-1984 Operatic tenor, NY Metropolitan Opera
Joe Penner
Radio Personality
11-Nov-1904 10-Jan-1941 Wanna buy a duck?
S. J. Perelman
Author
1-Feb-1904 17-Oct-1979 New Yorker humorist
Laura La Plante
Actor
1-Nov-1904 14-Oct-1996 The Cat and the Canary
H. C. Potter
Film Director
13-Nov-1904 31-Aug-1977 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Dick Powell
Actor
14-Nov-1904 2-Jan-1963 The Bad and the Beautiful
Karl Rahner
Religion
5-Mar-1904 30-Mar-1984 Leading Roman Catholic theologian
Duncan Renaldo
Actor
23-Apr-1904 3-Sep-1980 The Cisco Kid
Dorothy Revier
Actor
18-Apr-1904 19-Nov-1993 The Dance of Life
James W. Riddleberger
Diplomat
21-Sep-1904 17-Oct-1982 Chief of Central European Affairs, 1944-47
Buddy Rogers
Actor
13-Aug-1904 21-Apr-1999 With Mary Pickford in My Best Girl
Selena Royle
Actor
6-Nov-1904 23-Apr-1983 The Fighting Sullivans
Victor H. Schiro
Politician
6-May-1904 29-Aug-1992 Mayor of New Orleans, 1961-70
Dr. Seuss
Author
2-Mar-1904 24-Sep-1991 The Cat in the Hat
William L. Shirer
Historian
23-Feb-1904 28-Dec-1993 Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Joseph H. Short
Government
11-Feb-1904 18-Sep-1952 Harry S. Truman's press secretary
Denny Shute
Golf
25-Oct-1904 13-May-1974 Winner of 3 Majors
Clifford D. Simak
Novelist
3-Aug-1904 25-Apr-1988 City and The Visitors
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Author
14-Jul-1904 24-Jul-1991 Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy
John Sirica
Judge
19-Mar-1904 14-Aug-1992 Watergate judge
B. F. Skinner
Psychologist
20-Mar-1904 18-Aug-1990 Radical Behaviorism
Pinetop Smith
Pianist
11-Jun-1904 15-Mar-1929 Inventor of Boogie-Woogie
R. G. Springsteen
Film Director
8-Sep-1904 9-Dec-1989 Taggart
Wendell M. Stanley
Chemist
16-Aug-1904 15-Jun-1971 First to crystallize a virus
George Stevens
Film Director
18-Dec-1904 8-Mar-1975 A Place in the Sun
Clyfford Still
Painter
30-Nov-1904 23-Jun-1980 Abstract expressionist
Milburn Stone
Actor
5-Jul-1904 12-Jun-1980 Doc Adams on Gunsmoke
Verree Teasdale
Actor
15-Mar-1904 17-Feb-1987 A Midsummer Night's Dream
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Diplomat
24-Aug-1904 6-Feb-1972 Twice US Ambassador to USSR
Jacques Tourneur
Film Director
12-Nov-1904 19-Dec-1977 Original 1942 Cat People
Edgar G. Ulmer
Film Director
17-Sep-1904 30-Sep-1972 Detour
Umberto II
Royalty
15-Sep-1904 18-Mar-1983 King of Italy, 1946
Joseph Vlasic
Business
1904 10-Jul-1986 Pickle baron
Fats Waller
Jazz Musician
21-May-1904 15-Dec-1943 Influential jazz pianist
Johnny Weissmuller
Actor
2-Jun-1904 20-Jan-1984 Gold Medalist became Tarzan
Alice White
Actor
25-Aug-1904 19-Feb-1983 The Widow from Chicago
John Hay Whitney
Business
17-Aug-1904 8-Feb-1982 New York Herald Tribune
Hugh Williams
Actor
6-Mar-1904 7-Dec-1969 One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
John J. Williams
Politician
17-May-1904 11-Jan-1988 US Senator from Delaware, 1947-70
Arthur Winstead
Politician
6-Jan-1904 14-Mar-1995 Congressman from Mississippi, 1943-65
Roland Winters
Actor
22-Nov-1904 22-Oct-1989 Charlie Chan
Grant Withers
Actor
17-Jan-1904 27-Mar-1959 American character actor
Deng Xiaoping
Politician
22-Aug-1904 19-Feb-1997 Communist Chinese leader
Louis Zukofsky
Poet
23-Jan-1904 12-May-1978 Co-Founded Objectivist poetry movement


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