| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Eddie Acuff |
Actor |
3-Jun-1903 |
17-Dec-1956 |
Mr. Beasley in Blondie |
| Roy Acuff |
Country Musician |
15-Sep-1903 |
23-Nov-1992 |
Country music pioneer |
| Luther Adler |
Actor |
4-May-1903 |
8-Dec-1984 |
Broadway actor |
| Theodor Adorno |
Philosopher |
11-Sep-1903 |
6-Aug-1969 |
Dialectic of Enlightenment |
| Adrian |
Fashion Designer |
3-Mar-1903 |
13-Sep-1959 |
Head of wardrobe for Cecil B. DeMille |
| Hardie Albright |
Actor |
16-Dec-1903 |
7-Dec-1975 |
Angel on My Shoulder |
| George V. Allen |
Diplomat |
3-Nov-1903 |
11-Jul-1970 |
US Ambassador to Iran, 1946-48 |
| Claudio Arrau |
Pianist |
6-Feb-1903 |
9-Jun-1991 |
Chilean virtuoso pianist |
| John Atanasoff |
Inventor |
4-Oct-1903 |
15-Jun-1995 |
Atanasoff-Berry Computer |
| Artie Auerbach |
Actor |
17-May-1903 |
3-Oct-1957 |
Mr. Kitzel on The Jack Benny Program |
| Binnie Barnes |
Actor |
25-May-1903 |
27-Jul-1998 |
The Private Life of Henry VIII |
| Ary Barroso |
Musician |
7-Nov-1903 |
9-Feb-1964 |
Songwriter composed Aquarela do Brasil |
| Mustafa Barzani |
Military |
14-Mar-1903 |
1-Mar-1979 |
Kurdish nationalist |
| George Beadle |
Scientist |
22-Oct-1903 |
9-Jun-1989 |
One gene, one enzyme theory |
| James Beard |
Chef |
5-May-1903 |
23-Jan-1985 |
First prominent TV chef |
| Harry Beck |
Designer |
4-Jun-1903 |
18-Sep-1974 |
Designed the London Underground map |
| Don Beddoe |
Actor |
1-Jul-1903 |
19-Jan-1991 |
The Night of the Hunter |
| Bix Beiderbecke |
Jazz Musician |
10-Mar-1903 |
6-Aug-1931 |
Celebrated jazz cornetist |
| Cool Papa Bell |
Baseball |
17-May-1903 |
7-Mar-1991 |
Negro Leagues star |
| Rex Bell |
Actor |
16-Oct-1903 |
5-Jul-1962 |
Cowboy actor, Nevada politician |
| Edgar Bergen |
Actor |
16-Feb-1903 |
30-Sep-1978 |
Radio's greatest ventriloquist |
| William Berke |
Film Director |
3-Oct-1903 |
15-Feb-1958 |
Dick Tracy |
| Lennox Berkeley |
Composer |
12-May-1903 |
26-Dec-1989 |
Stabat Mater |
| Bruno Bettelheim |
Psychologist |
28-Aug-1903 |
13-Mar-1990 |
Fraudulent child psychologist |
| Hiram Bingham IV |
Diplomat |
17-Jul-1903 |
12-Jan-1988 |
Consul signed visas for 2000 Jews |
| Boris Blacher |
Composer |
19-Jan-1903 |
30-Jan-1975 |
Die Nachtschwalbe |
| Alan Blumlein |
Inventor |
29-Jun-1903 |
7-Jun-1942 |
Stereophonic recording |
| Ward Bond |
Actor |
9-Apr-1903 |
5-Nov-1960 |
Wagon Train |
| Charles F. Brannan |
Politician |
23-Aug-1903 |
2-Jul-1992 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1948-53 |
| J. Edward Bromberg |
Actor |
25-Dec-1903 |
6-Dec-1951 |
The Mark of Zorro |
| Henry Brooke |
Politician |
9-Apr-1903 |
29-Mar-1984 |
UK Home Secretary, 1962-64 |
| Ernest S. Brown |
Attorney |
25-Sep-1903 |
23-Jul-1965 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1954 |
| Milton Brown |
Musician |
7-Sep-1903 |
13-Apr-1936 |
Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies |
| Edgar Buchanan |
Actor |
20-Mar-1903 |
4-Apr-1979 |
Uncle Joe Carson on Petticoat Junction |
| Howard Homan Buffett |
Business |
13-Aug-1903 |
30-Apr-1964 |
Congressman, father of Warren Buffett |
| Adolf Butenandt |
Chemist |
24-Mar-1903 |
18-Jan-1995 |
Research in sex hormones |
| W. Walton Butterworth |
Diplomat |
7-Sep-1903 |
31-Mar-1975 |
US Ambassador to Canada, 1962-68 |
| Katharine Byron |
Politician |
25-Oct-1903 |
28-Dec-1976 |
Congresswoman from Maryland, 1941-43 |
| Erskine Caldwell |
Author |
17-Dec-1903 |
11-Apr-1987 |
Tobacco Road |
| Morley Callaghan |
Novelist |
22-Sep-1903 |
25-Aug-1990 |
Strange Fugitive |
| Nancy Carroll |
Actor |
19-Nov-1903 |
6-Aug-1965 |
The Devil's Holiday |
| Nikolai Cherkasov |
Actor |
27-Jul-1903 |
14-Sep-1966 |
Aleksandr Nevsky |
| Alonzo Church |
Mathematician |
14-Jun-1903 |
11-Aug-1995 |
Lambda calculus, Church-Turing thesis |
| Kenneth Clark |
Historian |
10-Jul-1903 |
21-May-1983 |
Civilisation |
| Mickey Cochrane |
Baseball |
6-Apr-1903 |
28-Jun-1962 |
Detroit Tigers catcher |
| Claudette Colbert |
Actor |
13-Sep-1903 |
30-Jul-1996 |
It Happened One Night |
| Cyril Connolly |
Critic |
10-Sep-1903 |
26-Nov-1974 |
Enemies of Promise |
| Morgan Conway |
Actor |
16-Mar-1903 |
16-Nov-1981 |
Dick Tracy |
| Elisha Cook, Jr. |
Actor |
26-Dec-1903 |
18-May-1995 |
The Maltese Falcon |
| Joseph Cornell |
Sculptor |
24-Dec-1903 |
29-Dec-1972 |
Exponent of Assemblage |
| George Coulouris |
Actor |
1-Oct-1903 |
25-Apr-1989 |
Watch on the Rhine |
| James Gould Cozzens |
Novelist |
19-Aug-1903 |
9-Aug-1978 |
Guard of Honor |
| Bing Crosby |
Singer |
3-May-1903 |
14-Oct-1977 |
White Christmas |
| Countee Cullen |
Poet |
30-May-1903 |
9-Jan-1946 |
Harlem Renaissance poet |
| Claude Dauphin |
Actor |
19-Aug-1903 |
16-Nov-1978 |
Barbarella |
| Paul A. Dever |
Politician |
15-Jan-1903 |
11-Apr-1958 |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1949-53 |
| Thorold Dickinson |
Film Director |
16-Nov-1903 |
14-Apr-1984 |
Gaslight |
| John Dillinger |
Criminal |
22-Jun-1903 |
22-Jul-1934 |
Public Enemy Number One |
| Alec Douglas-Home |
Head of State |
2-Jul-1903 |
9-Oct-1995 |
UK Prime Minister, 1963-64 |
| Billie Dove |
Actor |
14-May-1903 |
31-Dec-1997 |
The Black Pirate |
| Vernon Duke |
Composer |
10-Oct-1903 |
16-Jan-1969 |
April in Paris |
| John Eccles |
Scientist |
27-Jan-1903 |
2-May-1997 |
Membrane potential of nerves |
| Walter D. Edmonds |
Novelist |
15-Jul-1903 |
24-Jan-1998 |
Drums Along the Mohawk |
| Wild Bill Elliott |
Actor |
16-Oct-1903 |
26-Nov-1965 |
1940s movie cowboy |
| Stuart Erwin |
Actor |
14-Feb-1903 |
21-Dec-1967 |
The Stu Erwin Show |
| Walker Evans |
Photographer |
3-Nov-1903 |
10-Apr-1975 |
Depression-era Photographer |
| Fernandel |
Actor |
8-May-1903 |
26-Feb-1971 |
Prolific French comedy star |
| Dudley Fitts |
Scholar |
28-Apr-1903 |
10-Jul-1968 |
Translator of Greek literature |
| Ray Flaherty |
Football |
1-Sep-1903 |
19-Jul-1994 |
Redskins Coach, 1936-42 |
| J. Allen Frear |
Politician |
7-Mar-1903 |
15-Jan-1993 |
US Senator from Delaware, 1949-61 |
| Jake Gaither |
Football |
11-Apr-1903 |
18-Feb-1994 |
Head Coach, Florida A&M, 1945-69 |
| Reginald Gardiner |
Actor |
27-Feb-1903 |
7-Jul-1980 |
English-American character actor |
| Lou Gehrig |
Baseball |
19-Jun-1903 |
2-Jun-1941 |
Played 2,130 consecutive games |
| John H. Gibbon, Jr. |
Doctor |
29-Sep-1903 |
5-Feb-1973 |
Open-heart surgery |
| Arnold Gingrich |
Journalist |
5-Dec-1903 |
9-Jul-1976 |
Founder of Esquire magazine |
| George Givot |
Actor |
18-Feb-1903 |
7-Jun-1984 |
Greek Ambassador of Good Will |
| Arthur Godfrey |
Actor |
31-Aug-1903 |
16-Mar-1983 |
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends |
| Wilton Graff |
Actor |
13-Aug-1903 |
13-Jan-1969 |
Bloodlust! |
| Red Grange |
Football |
13-Jun-1903 |
28-Jan-1991 |
The Galloping Ghost |
| Walter Greenwood |
Novelist |
17-Dec-1903 |
13-Sep-1974 |
Love on the Dole |
| Victor Gruen |
Architect |
18-Jul-1903 |
14-Feb-1980 |
Popularized the shopping mall |
| Haldan K. Hartline |
Scientist |
22-Dec-1903 |
17-Mar-1983 |
Physiology of the retina |
| Sadeq Hedayat |
Author |
17-Feb-1903 |
9-Apr-1951 |
The Blind Owl |
| Johannes Heesters |
Actor |
5-Dec-1903 |
24-Dec-2011 |
Dutch/German film actor |
| Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. |
Politician |
25-Jun-1903 |
13-Sep-1960 |
US Senator from Missouri, 1951-60 |
| Barbara Hepworth |
Sculptor |
10-Jan-1903 |
20-May-1975 |
British abstract sculptor |
| Earl Hines |
Jazz Musician |
28-Dec-1903 |
22-Apr-1983 |
Everything Depends on You |
| Al Hirschfeld |
Artist |
21-Jun-1903 |
20-Jan-2003 |
Pen and ink caricaturist |
| Bob Hope |
Comic |
29-May-1903 |
27-Jul-2003 |
Centenarian comic |
| Paul Horgan |
Author |
1-Aug-1903 |
8-Mar-1995 |
Great River: The Rio Grande |
| Vladimir Horowitz |
Pianist |
1-Oct-1903 |
5-Nov-1989 |
Virtuoso pianist |
| Curly Howard |
Actor |
22-Oct-1903 |
18-Jan-1952 |
Highest pitched Stooge |
| Carl Hubbell |
Baseball |
22-Jun-1903 |
21-Nov-1988 |
New York Giants pitcher |
| Josephine Hutchinson |
Actor |
12-Oct-1903 |
4-Jun-1998 |
North by Northwest |
| Wilfrid Hyde-White |
Actor |
12-May-1903 |
6-May-1991 |
My Fair Lady |
| Charles R. Jackson |
Novelist |
6-Apr-1903 |
21-Sep-1968 |
The Lost Weekend |
| Dean Jagger |
Actor |
7-Nov-1903 |
5-Feb-1991 |
Twelve O'Clock High |
| Howard Jarvis |
Activist |
22-Sep-1903 |
11-Aug-1986 |
Anti-tax crusader |
| Tor Johnson |
Wrestling |
19-Oct-1903 |
12-May-1971 |
Plan 9 from Outer Space |
| Hans Jonas |
Philosopher |
10-May-1903 |
5-Feb-1993 |
Gnostic philosopher |
| Ernst Kaltenbrunner |
Military |
4-Oct-1903 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Commanded the Reich Central Security Office |
| Younghill Kang |
Author |
10-May-1903 |
11-Dec-1972 |
The Grass Roof |
| Estes Kefauver |
Politician |
26-Jul-1903 |
10-Aug-1963 |
US Senator from Tennessee, 1949-63 |
| Aram Khachaturian |
Composer |
24-May-1903 |
1-May-1978 |
Gayane |
| Lester A. Kirkendall |
Sociologist |
15-Nov-1903 |
31-May-1991 |
Premarital Intercourse and Interpersonal Relationships |
| Tony Lazzeri |
Baseball |
6-Dec-1903 |
6-Aug-1946 |
Yankees second baseman, Hall-of-Famer |
| Louis Leakey |
Anthropologist |
7-Aug-1903 |
1-Oct-1972 |
Discovered Homo Habilis |
| Rex Lease |
Actor |
11-Feb-1903 |
3-Jan-1966 |
The Monster Walks |
| Abba Lerner |
Economist |
28-Oct-1903 |
27-Oct-1982 |
The Economics of Control |
| Marta Linden |
Actor |
24-Oct-1903 |
13-Dec-1990 |
A Yank at Eton |
| Theo Lingen |
Actor |
10-Jun-1903 |
10-Nov-1978 |
German-Austrian comedian |
| John Davis Lodge |
Politician |
20-Oct-1903 |
29-Oct-1985 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1951-55 |
| Konrad Lorenz |
Zoologist |
7-Nov-1903 |
27-Feb-1989 |
Founder of modern ethology |
| Tilly Losch |
Dancer |
15-Nov-1903 |
24-Dec-1975 |
Ballet dancer, sometimes actress |
| Clare Boothe Luce |
Politician |
10-Apr-1903 |
9-Oct-1987 |
Congresswoman, wife of Henry R. Luce |
| Cecil B. Lyon |
Diplomat |
8-Nov-1903 |
6-Apr-1993 |
US Ambassador to Chile, Sri Lanka |
| Jeanette MacDonald |
Actor |
18-Jun-1903 |
14-Jan-1965 |
The Merry Widow |
| Dorothy Mackaill |
Actor |
4-Mar-1903 |
12-Aug-1990 |
Love Affair |
| Mike Mansfield |
Politician |
16-Mar-1903 |
5-Oct-2001 |
US Senator from Montana, 1953-77 |
| Mona Maris |
Actor |
7-Nov-1903 |
23-Mar-1991 |
Kiss and Make-Up |
| Frank McGrath |
Actor |
2-Feb-1903 |
13-May-1967 |
Charlie Wooster on Wagon Train |
| J. Howard McGrath |
Government |
28-Nov-1903 |
2-Sep-1966 |
US Attorney General, 1949-52 |
| John Blood McNally |
Football |
27-Nov-1903 |
28-Nov-1985 |
The Vagabond Halfback |
| Livingston T. Merchant |
Diplomat |
23-Nov-1903 |
15-May-1976 |
Twice US Ambassador to Canada |
| Una Merkel |
Actor |
10-Dec-1903 |
2-Jan-1986 |
Summer and Smoke |
| Albert Cardinal Meyer |
Religion |
9-Mar-1903 |
9-Apr-1965 |
Archbishop of Chicago, 1958-65 |
| George T. Mickelson |
Politician |
23-Jul-1903 |
28-Feb-1965 |
Governor of South Dakota, 1947-51 |
| Vincente Minnelli |
Film Director |
28-Feb-1903 |
25-Jul-1986 |
The Courtship of Eddie's Father |
| Millard Mitchell |
Actor |
14-Aug-1903 |
13-Oct-1953 |
My Six Convicts |
| Malcolm Muggeridge |
Author |
24-Mar-1903 |
14-Nov-1990 |
Highly iconoclastic English wit |
| Ona Munson |
Actor |
16-Jun-1903 |
11-Feb-1955 |
Belle Watling in Gone with the Wind |
| Ferenc Nagy |
Head of State |
8-Oct-1903 |
12-Jun-1979 |
Exiled Prime Minister of Hungary |
| Alan Napier |
Actor |
7-Jan-1903 |
8-Aug-1988 |
Alfred on Batman |
| Giulio Natta |
Chemist |
26-Feb-1903 |
2-May-1979 |
Ziegler-Natta catalysts for polymerization |
| Eliot Ness |
Government |
19-Apr-1903 |
16-May-1957 |
Treasury Agent, The Untouchables |
| Anaïs Nin |
Author |
21-Feb-1903 |
14-Jan-1977 |
Diary of Anaïs Nin |
| Frank O'Connor |
Author |
17-Sep-1903 |
10-Mar-1966 |
Guests of the Nation |
| Jack Oakie |
Actor |
12-Nov-1903 |
23-Jan-1978 |
The Great Dictator |
| Olav V |
Royalty |
2-Jul-1903 |
17-Jan-1991 |
King of Norway, 1957-91 |
| Lars Onsager |
Chemist |
27-Nov-1903 |
5-Oct-1976 |
Fourth Law of Thermodynamics |
| George Orwell |
Author |
25-Jun-1903 |
21-Jan-1950 |
1984 and Animal Farm |
| Alan Paton |
Author |
11-Jan-1903 |
12-Apr-1988 |
Cry, the Beloved Country |
| Val Peterson |
Politician |
18-Jul-1903 |
17-Oct-1983 |
Governor of Nebraska, 1947-53 |
| Gregor Piatigorsky |
Cellist |
17-Apr-1903 |
6-Aug-1976 |
Russian-American cello virtuoso |
| Gregory Pincus |
Scientist |
9-Apr-1903 |
22-Aug-1967 |
Inventor of oral contraceptives |
| Nikolai Podgorny |
Head of State |
18-Feb-1903 |
11-Jan-1983 |
President of the USSR, 1965-77 |
| Cecil Powell |
Physicist |
5-Dec-1903 |
9-Aug-1969 |
Discovered the pi-meson |
| Melvin Purvis |
Government |
26-Oct-1903 |
29-Feb-1960 |
Top G-man of the 1930s |
| Raymond Queneau |
Novelist |
21-Feb-1903 |
25-Oct-1976 |
Zazie dans le métro |
| Raymond Radiguet |
Novelist |
18-Jun-1903 |
12-Dec-1923 |
Le Diable au Corps |
| Tunku Abdul Rahman |
Head of State |
8-Feb-1903 |
6-Dec-1990 |
First Prime Minister of Malaysia, 1957-70 |
| Anne Revere |
Actor |
25-Jun-1903 |
18-Dec-1990 |
National Velvet |
| Dennis J. Roberts |
Politician |
8-Apr-1903 |
30-Jun-1994 |
Governor of Rhode Island, 1951-59 |
| John J. Rooney |
Politician |
29-Nov-1903 |
26-Oct-1975 |
Congressman from New York, 1944-74 |
| Mark Rothko |
Painter |
25-Sep-1903 |
25-Feb-1970 |
Painter of fuzzy rectangles |
| Charles H. Russell |
Politician |
27-Dec-1903 |
13-Sep-1989 |
Governor of Nevada, 1951-59 |
| Rudolf Serkin |
Pianist |
28-Mar-1903 |
8-May-1991 |
Czech-American piano prodigy |
| Vernon Sewell |
Film Director |
4-Jul-1903 |
21-Jun-2001 |
Director of British B movies |
| Don L. Short |
Politician |
22-Jun-1903 |
10-May-1982 |
Congressman from North Dakota, 1959-65 |
| Georges Simenon |
Novelist |
13-Feb-1903 |
4-Sep-1989 |
Prolific Belgian-French novelist |
| George D. Snell |
Scientist |
19-Dec-1903 |
6-Jun-1996 |
Recognition of HLA antigens |
| Benjamin Spock |
Doctor |
2-May-1903 |
15-Mar-1998 |
Baby and Child Care |
| Charles Starrett |
Actor |
28-Mar-1903 |
22-Mar-1986 |
The Durango Kid |
| Irving Stone |
Novelist |
14-Jul-1903 |
26-Aug-1989 |
Historical biographical novelist |
| Robert Strausz-Hupé |
Diplomat |
25-Mar-1903 |
24-Feb-2002 |
US Ambassador to Turkey, 1981-89 |
| Francis L. Sullivan |
Actor |
6-Jan-1903 |
19-Nov-1956 |
Great Expectations |
| Ted Tetzlaff |
Cinematographer |
3-Jun-1903 |
7-Jan-1995 |
The Window |
| Hugo Theorell |
Scientist |
6-Jul-1903 |
15-Aug-1982 |
Oxidation enzymes |
| Melvin E. Thompson |
Politician |
1-May-1903 |
3-Oct-1980 |
Governor of Georgia, 1947-48 |
| Jan Tinbergen |
Economist |
12-Apr-1903 |
9-Jun-1994 |
Economic Policy |
| Preston Tucker |
Business |
21-Sep-1903 |
26-Dec-1956 |
The car of tomorrow -- today |
| Tom Tyler |
Actor |
9-Aug-1903 |
3-May-1954 |
Adventures of Captain Marvel |
| John von Neumann |
Mathematician |
28-Dec-1903 |
8-Feb-1957 |
Computing pioneer, inventor of Game Theory |
| Edward T. Wailes |
Diplomat |
16-Feb-1903 |
25-Jun-1969 |
US Ambassador to Iran, 1958-61 |
| Ruth Graves Wakefield |
Chef |
17-Jun-1903 |
10-Jan-1977 |
Accidental inventor of chocolate chip cookies |
| Ernest T. S. Walton |
Physicist |
6-Oct-1903 |
25-Jun-1995 |
Split the atom |
| Evelyn Waugh |
Novelist |
28-Oct-1903 |
10-Apr-1966 |
Brideshead Revisited |
| Teddy Weatherford |
Jazz Musician |
11-Oct-1903 |
25-Apr-1945 |
Jazz ambassador to the Far East |
| Lawrence Welk |
Conductor |
11-Mar-1903 |
17-May-1992 |
Big band leader, TV champagne music host |
| Nathanael West |
Author |
17-Oct-1903 |
22-Dec-1940 |
The Day of the Locust |
| Gordon Westcott |
Actor |
6-Nov-1903 |
31-Oct-1935 |
Heroes for Sale |
| Chill Wills |
Actor |
18-Jul-1903 |
15-Dec-1978 |
The Alamo |
| Edward Woods |
Actor |
5-Jul-1903 |
8-Oct-1989 |
The Public Enemy |
| Cornell Woolrich |
Novelist |
4-Dec-1903 |
25-Sep-1968 |
The Bride Wore Black |
| John Wyndham |
Author |
10-Jul-1903 |
11-Mar-1969 |
The Day of the Triffids |
| Ralph Yarborough |
Politician |
8-Jun-1903 |
27-Jan-1996 |
US Senator from Texas, 1957-71 |
| Marguerite Yourcenar |
Novelist |
8-Jun-1903 |
17-Dec-1987 |
Mémoires d'Hadrien |
