| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| John Abbott |
Actor |
5-Jun-1905 |
24-May-1996 |
The Woman in White |
| Philip Ahn |
Actor |
29-Mar-1905 |
28-Feb-1978 |
Early Korean-American actor |
| Lewis Allen |
Film Director |
25-Dec-1905 |
3-May-2000 |
The Uninvited |
| John M. Allison |
Diplomat |
7-Apr-1905 |
28-Oct-1978 |
US Ambassador to Japan, 1953-57 |
| Astrid Allwyn |
Actor |
27-Nov-1905 |
31-Mar-1978 |
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
| Mulk Raj Anand |
Novelist |
22-Dec-1905 |
28-Sep-2004 |
Untouchable |
| Carl David Anderson |
Physicist |
3-Sep-1905 |
11-Jan-1991 |
Discovered the positron, mu-meson |
| Eddie Anderson |
Actor |
18-Sep-1905 |
28-Feb-1977 |
Rochester on The Jack Benny Show |
| Harold Arlen |
Songwriter |
15-Feb-1905 |
23-Apr-1986 |
Wrote score to Wizard of Oz |
| Raymond Aron |
Philosopher |
14-Mar-1905 |
17-Oct-1983 |
Political philosopher, social theorist |
| Cliff Arquette |
Actor |
28-Dec-1905 |
23-Sep-1974 |
Charlie Weaver |
| Eleanor Audley |
Actor |
19-Nov-1905 |
25-Nov-1991 |
Wicked stepmother in Cinderella |
| Mischa Auer |
Actor |
17-Nov-1905 |
5-Mar-1967 |
My Man Godfrey |
| Carter T. Barron |
Business |
30-Jan-1905 |
16-Nov-1950 |
Washington advocate for the arts |
| H. E. Bates |
Novelist |
16-May-1905 |
29-Jan-1974 |
The Jacaranda Tree |
| Laslo Benedek |
Film Director |
5-Mar-1905 |
11-Mar-1992 |
The Wild One |
| Mildred Wirt Benson |
Author |
10-Jul-1905 |
28-May-2002 |
Ghostwriter of the Nancy Drew mystery series |
| Pandro S. Berman |
Film/TV Producer |
28-Mar-1905 |
13-Jul-1996 |
Top RKO producer, Ivanhoe |
| Edward Bernds |
Film Director |
12-Jul-1905 |
20-May-2000 |
Return of the Fly |
| Marc Blitzstein |
Composer |
2-Mar-1905 |
22-Jan-1964 |
The Cradle Will Rock |
| Felix Bloch |
Physicist |
23-Oct-1905 |
10-Sep-1983 |
Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| Joe Bonanno |
Criminal |
18-Jan-1905 |
12-May-2002 |
Bonanno crime family |
| Clara Bow |
Actor |
29-Jul-1905 |
26-Sep-1965 |
Schizophrenic actress, Wings |
| Herbert Bowden |
Politician |
20-Jan-1905 |
30-Apr-1994 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1964-66 |
| James J. Braddock |
Boxing |
7-Jun-1905 |
29-Nov-1974 |
Cinderella Man |
| Pierre Brasseur |
Actor |
22-Dec-1905 |
16-Aug-1972 |
Les Enfants du Paradis |
| Pat Brown |
Politician |
21-Apr-1905 |
16-Feb-1996 |
Governor of California, 1959-67 |
| Wally Butts |
Football |
7-Feb-1905 |
17-Dec-1973 |
UGA Head Coach, 1939-60 |
| Elias Canetti |
Author |
25-Jul-1905 |
14-Aug-1994 |
Crowds and Power |
| Bruna Castagna |
Singer |
15-Oct-1905 |
10-Jul-1983 |
Operatic contralto/mezzo-soprano |
| Erwin Chargaff |
Biologist |
11-Aug-1905 |
20-Jun-2002 |
Biochemist at Columbia University |
| Ted de Corsia |
Actor |
29-Sep-1905 |
11-Apr-1973 |
The Enforcer |
| Joseph Cotten |
Actor |
15-May-1905 |
6-Feb-1994 |
Jedidiah Leland in Citizen Kane |
| Joan Crawford |
Actor |
23-Mar-1905 |
10-May-1977 |
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? |
| Nicholas L. Deak |
Business |
8-Oct-1905 |
18-Nov-1985 |
Deak-Perera |
| Albert Dekker |
Actor |
20-Dec-1905 |
5-May-1968 |
The Wild Bunch |
| Dolores del Rio |
Actor |
3-Aug-1905 |
11-Apr-1983 |
Flying Down to Rio |
| Andy Devine |
Actor |
7-Oct-1905 |
18-Feb-1977 |
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok |
| Walter Diemer |
Business |
8-Jan-1905 |
8-Jan-1998 |
Invented bubble gum |
| Christian Dior |
Fashion Designer |
21-Jan-1905 |
23-Oct-1957 |
The 1947 New Look |
| Robert Donat |
Actor |
18-Mar-1905 |
9-Jun-1958 |
Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
| Tommy Dorsey |
Musician |
19-Nov-1905 |
26-Nov-1956 |
Popular bandleader |
| Walter C. Dowling |
Diplomat |
4-Aug-1905 |
1977 |
US Ambassador to Germany, 1959-63 |
| Leo Durocher |
Baseball |
27-Jul-1905 |
7-Oct-1991 |
Leo the Lip |
| Ray Eliot |
Football |
13-Jun-1905 |
24-Feb-1980 |
Illini Head Coach, 1942-59 |
| John Emery |
Actor |
20-May-1905 |
16-Nov-1964 |
Rocketship X-M |
| Ulf von Euler |
Scientist |
7-Feb-1905 |
9-Mar-1983 |
Neurotransmitters, norepinephrine and prostaglandins |
| Gaston Eyskens |
Head of State |
1-Apr-1905 |
3-Jan-1988 |
Thrice Prime Minister of Belgium |
| Frank Faylen |
Actor |
8-Dec-1905 |
2-Aug-1985 |
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis |
| William J. Fellner |
Economist |
31-May-1905 |
15-Sep-1983 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1973-75 |
| Dorothy Fields |
Songwriter |
15-Jul-1905 |
28-Mar-1974 |
On the Sunny Side of the Street |
| Arthur S. Flemming |
Government |
12-Jun-1905 |
7-Sep-1996 |
HEW Secretary, 1958-61 |
| Joseph Fletcher |
Sociologist |
10-Apr-1905 |
28-Oct-1991 |
Situation ethics |
| Henry Fonda |
Actor |
16-May-1905 |
12-Aug-1982 |
12 Angry Men |
| Eddie Foy, Jr. |
Actor |
4-Feb-1905 |
15-Jul-1983 |
The Pajama Game |
| Kay Francis |
Actor |
13-Jan-1905 |
26-Aug-1968 |
Trouble in Paradise |
| Takeo Fukuda |
Head of State |
14-Jan-1905 |
5-Jul-1995 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1976-78 |
| J. William Fulbright |
Politician |
9-Apr-1905 |
9-Feb-1995 |
Conceived the Fulbright Scholarships |
| Greta Garbo |
Actor |
18-Sep-1905 |
15-Apr-1990 |
Vanted to be alone |
| William Gargan |
Actor |
17-Jul-1905 |
17-Feb-1979 |
Martin Kane, Private Eye |
| Pierre Gemayel |
Politician |
6-Nov-1905 |
29-Aug-1984 |
Founder of the Kataeb/Phalange |
| Leo Genn |
Actor |
9-Aug-1905 |
26-Jan-1978 |
Quo Vadis |
| Kurt Gerstein |
Military |
11-Aug-1905 |
25-Jul-1945 |
Holocaust collaborator and whistleblower |
| Wynne Gibson |
Actor |
3-Jul-1905 |
15-May-1987 |
If I Had a Million |
| Thomas Gomez |
Actor |
10-Jul-1905 |
18-Jun-1971 |
Ride the Pink Horse |
| Wladyslaw Gomulka |
Head of State |
6-Feb-1905 |
1-Sep-1982 |
Head of Polish Communists, 1956-70 |
| Fernand Gravey |
Actor |
25-Dec-1905 |
2-Nov-1970 |
The King and the Chorus Girl |
| Henry Green |
Novelist |
29-Oct-1905 |
13-Dec-1973 |
Loving |
| Dag Hammarskjold |
Diplomat |
29-Jul-1905 |
18-Sep-1961 |
UN Secretary General, 1953-61 |
| Richard Haydn |
Actor |
10-Mar-1905 |
25-Apr-1985 |
The Sound of Music |
| Lillian Hellman |
Playwright |
20-Jun-1905 |
30-Jun-1984 |
Little Foxes |
| Louis Jean Heydt |
Actor |
17-Apr-1905 |
29-Jan-1960 |
American character actor |
| George H. Hitchings |
Scientist |
18-Apr-1905 |
27-Feb-1998 |
Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, arthritis |
| Oveta Culp Hobby |
Publisher |
19-Jan-1905 |
16-Aug-1995 |
Houston Post President, 1955-83 |
| Sterling Holloway |
Actor |
4-Jan-1905 |
22-Nov-1992 |
Voice of Winnie the Pooh |
| John Hoyt |
Actor |
5-Oct-1905 |
15-Sep-1991 |
Attack of the Puppet People |
| Howard Hughes |
Business |
24-Sep-1905 |
5-Apr-1976 |
Insane billionaire |
| Leila Hyams |
Actor |
1-May-1905 |
4-Dec-1977 |
Freaks |
| Karl Jansky |
Astronomer |
22-Oct-1905 |
14-Feb-1950 |
Radio waves from outer space |
| Leon Jaworski |
Government |
19-Sep-1905 |
9-Dec-1982 |
Watergate special prosecutor |
| Merrill Jensen |
Historian |
1905 |
30-Jan-1980 |
The Articles of Confederaton |
| Charley E. Johns |
Politician |
27-Feb-1905 |
23-Jan-1990 |
Governor of Florida, 1953-55 |
| George Kelly |
Psychologist |
28-Apr-1905 |
6-Mar-1967 |
Personal Construct Theory of personality |
| David M. Kennedy |
Government |
21-Jul-1905 |
1-May-1996 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1969-71 |
| Arthur Koestler |
Author |
3-Sep-1905 |
3-Mar-1983 |
Darkness at Noon |
| Frederick Kohner |
Novelist |
25-Sep-1905 |
7-Jul-1986 |
Gidget |
| Henry Koster |
Film Director |
1-May-1905 |
21-Sep-1988 |
The Bishop's Wife |
| Maggie Kuhn |
Activist |
3-Aug-1905 |
22-Apr-1995 |
Organizer of the Gray Panthers |
| Stanley Kunitz |
Poet |
29-Jul-1905 |
14-May-2006 |
US Poet Laureate, 2000 |
| Arthur Lake |
Actor |
17-Apr-1905 |
9-Jan-1987 |
Dagwood Bumstead |
| Constant Lambert |
Composer |
23-Aug-1905 |
21-Aug-1951 |
Rio Grande |
| Charles Lane |
Actor |
26-Jan-1905 |
9-Jul-2007 |
Grumpy character actor |
| Munro Leaf |
Author |
4-Dec-1905 |
21-Dec-1976 |
The Story of Ferdinand |
| Queenie Leonard |
Actor |
7-Apr-1905 |
17-Jan-2002 |
Stage actress, Disney cartoon voice |
| Meyer Levin |
Novelist |
8-Oct-1905 |
9-Jul-1981 |
Compulsion |
| Myrna Loy |
Actor |
2-Aug-1905 |
14-Dec-1993 |
The Thin Man |
| Harriet MacGibbon |
Actor |
5-Oct-1905 |
8-Feb-1987 |
Mrs. Drysdale on Beverly Hillbillies |
| Duncan Macrae |
Actor |
20-Aug-1905 |
23-Mar-1967 |
The Little Kidnappers |
| Warren G. Magnuson |
Politician |
12-Apr-1905 |
20-May-1989 |
US Senator from Washington |
| Erika Mann |
Journalist |
9-Nov-1905 |
27-Aug-1969 |
Daughter of Thomas Mann |
| Mantovani |
Conductor |
15-Nov-1905 |
29-Mar-1980 |
Popular light orchestral conductor |
| Stanley Marcus |
Business |
20-Apr-1905 |
22-Jan-2002 |
CEO of Neiman-Marcus, 1950-72 |
| J. Howard Marshall II |
Business |
24-Jan-1905 |
4-Aug-1995 |
Oilman, married Anna Nicole Smith |
| Joel McCrea |
Actor |
5-Nov-1905 |
20-Oct-1990 |
Ride the High Country |
| Phyllis McGinley |
Poet |
21-Mar-1905 |
22-Feb-1978 |
A Pocketful of Wry |
| Howard McNear |
Actor |
27-Jan-1905 |
3-Jan-1969 |
Floyd the Barber |
| Carey McWilliams |
Journalist |
13-Dec-1905 |
27-Jun-1980 |
Editor of The Nation, 1955-75 |
| Agnes de Mille |
Choreographer |
18-Sep-1905 |
7-Oct-1993 |
Influential American choreographer |
| Perry Miller |
Historian |
25-Feb-1905 |
9-Dec-1963 |
The New England Mind |
| Isa Miranda |
Actor |
5-Jul-1905 |
8-Jul-1982 |
Summertime |
| Ashley Montagu |
Anthropologist |
28-Jun-1905 |
26-Nov-1999 |
The Natural Superiority of Women |
| Frank B. Morrison |
Politician |
20-May-1905 |
19-Apr-2004 |
Governor of Nebraska, 1961-67 |
| Nevill F. Mott |
Physicist |
30-Sep-1905 |
8-Aug-1996 |
Properties of semiconductors |
| Mildred Natwick |
Actor |
19-Jun-1905 |
25-Oct-1994 |
Barefoot in the Park |
| Ruth Nelson |
Actor |
2-Aug-1905 |
12-Sep-1992 |
Awakenings |
| Barnett Newman |
Painter |
29-Jan-1905 |
4-Jul-1970 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Robert Newton |
Actor |
1-Jun-1905 |
25-Mar-1956 |
Long John Silver |
| Red Nichols |
Jazz Musician |
8-May-1905 |
28-Jun-1965 |
Red Nichols and His Five Pennies |
| John O'Hara |
Author |
31-Jan-1905 |
11-Apr-1970 |
Appointment in Samarra |
| Severo Ochoa |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1905 |
1-Nov-1993 |
Synthesized RNA |
| Nestor Paiva |
Actor |
30-Jun-1905 |
9-Sep-1966 |
Tarantula |
| Cecilia Parker |
Actor |
26-Apr-1905 |
25-Jul-1993 |
Marian Hardy in Andy Hardy series |
| Marlin Perkins |
Zoologist |
28-Mar-1905 |
14-Jun-1986 |
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom |
| Anthony Powell |
Novelist |
21-Dec-1905 |
28-Mar-2000 |
A Dance to the Music of Time |
| Michael Powell |
Film Director |
30-Sep-1905 |
19-Feb-1990 |
Stairway to Heaven |
| William F. Raborn |
Government |
8-Jun-1905 |
6-Mar-1990 |
CIA Director 1965-66 |
| Rags Ragland |
Actor |
23-Aug-1905 |
20-Aug-1946 |
Panama Hattie |
| Ayn Rand |
Author |
2-Feb-1905 |
6-Mar-1982 |
Atlas Shrugged |
| Alan Rawsthorne |
Composer |
2-May-1905 |
24-Jul-1971 |
Theme and Variations for Two Violins |
| Mary Renault |
Novelist |
4-Sep-1905 |
13-Dec-1983 |
The Last of the Wine |
| Harry Revel |
Composer |
21-Dec-1905 |
3-Nov-1958 |
Poor Little Rich Girl |
| Kenneth Rexroth |
Poet |
22-Dec-1905 |
6-Jun-1982 |
Disenchanted beat poet |
| Tex Ritter |
Country Musician |
12-Jan-1905 |
2-Jan-1974 |
You Two-Timed Me Once Too Often |
| Thelma Ritter |
Actor |
14-Feb-1905 |
4-Feb-1969 |
Stella in Rear Window |
| L. Mendel Rivers |
Politician |
28-Sep-1905 |
28-Dec-1970 |
Congressman from South Carolina, 1941-70 |
| Gilbert Roland |
Actor |
11-Dec-1905 |
15-May-1994 |
The Bad and the Beautiful |
| Bruno Rossi |
Astronomer |
13-Apr-1905 |
21-Nov-1993 |
Rossi curve and magnetopause |
| Raul Roulien |
Actor |
8-Oct-1905 |
8-Sep-2000 |
Flying Down to Rio |
| Jean-Paul Sartre |
Philosopher |
21-Jun-1905 |
15-Apr-1980 |
Nausea, No Exit |
| Gordon E. Sawyer |
unspecified |
27-Aug-1905 |
15-Mar-1980 |
Sound for West Side Story |
| Dore Schary |
Film/TV Producer |
31-Aug-1905 |
7-Jul-1980 |
President of MGM, 1951-56 |
| Max Schmeling |
Boxing |
28-Sep-1905 |
2-Feb-2005 |
Fought Joe Louis twice |
| Emilio Segrè |
Physicist |
30-Jan-1905 |
22-Apr-1989 |
Co-Discoverer of the antiproton |
| Takashi Shimura |
Actor |
12-Mar-1905 |
11-Feb-1982 |
The Seven Samurai |
| Mikhail Sholokhov |
Author |
24-May-1905 |
21-Feb-1984 |
The Silent Don |
| Luther Simjian |
Inventor |
28-Jan-1905 |
23-Oct-1997 |
Invented automated teller machine |
| C. P. Snow |
Author |
15-Oct-1905 |
1-Jul-1980 |
The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution |
| Albert Speer |
Architect |
19-Mar-1905 |
1-Sep-1981 |
Hitler's architect |
| Robert Stevenson |
Film Director |
31-Mar-1905 |
4-Nov-1986 |
The Love Bug |
| Jule Styne |
Songwriter |
31-Dec-1905 |
20-Sep-1994 |
Three Coins in the Fountain |
| Jack Teagarden |
Jazz Musician |
20-Aug-1905 |
15-Jan-1964 |
Virtuoso trombonist and jazz bandleader |
| Torin Thatcher |
Actor |
15-Jan-1905 |
4-Mar-1981 |
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad |
| Vernon W. Thomson |
Politician |
5-Nov-1905 |
2-Apr-1988 |
Governor of Wisconsin, 1957-59 |
| Nikolai Tikhonov |
Politician |
14-May-1905 |
1-Jun-1997 |
Premier of the Soviet Union, 1980-85 |
| Thelma Todd |
Actor |
29-Jul-1905 |
16-Dec-1935 |
The Bohemian Girl |
| Franchot Tone |
Actor |
27-Feb-1905 |
18-Sep-1968 |
Advise and Consent |
| Maria von Trapp |
Singer |
26-Jan-1905 |
28-Mar-1987 |
The Sound of Music |
| Diana Trilling |
Critic |
21-Jul-1905 |
23-Oct-1996 |
Literary critic, The Nation |
| Lionel Trilling |
Critic |
4-Jul-1905 |
5-Nov-1975 |
The Liberal Imagination |
| Michael Trubshawe |
Actor |
7-Dec-1905 |
21-Mar-1985 |
The Guns of Navarone |
| Dalton Trumbo |
Author |
9-Dec-1905 |
10-Sep-1976 |
Johnny Got His Gun |
| John W. Tyson |
Business |
26-Jul-1905 |
15-Jan-1967 |
Founder of Tyson Foods |
| Jean Vigo |
Film Director |
26-Apr-1905 |
5-Oct-1934 |
L'Atalante |
| George Voskovec |
Actor |
19-Jun-1905 |
1-Jul-1981 |
12 Angry Men |
| Lynd Ward |
Engraver |
26-Jun-1905 |
28-Jun-1985 |
Gods' Man |
| Fuller Warren |
Politician |
3-Oct-1905 |
23-Sep-1973 |
Governor of Florida, 1949-53 |
| Robert Penn Warren |
Poet |
24-Apr-1905 |
15-Sep-1989 |
First US Poet Laureate |
| Chick Webb |
Jazz Musician |
10-Feb-1905 |
16-Jun-1939 |
The Chick Webb Orchestra |
| Henry Wilcoxon |
Actor |
8-Sep-1905 |
6-Mar-1984 |
Lionheart in Hollywood |
| Emlyn Williams |
Playwright |
26-Nov-1905 |
25-Sep-1987 |
Night Must Fall |
| Bob Wills |
Musician |
6-Mar-1905 |
13-May-1975 |
King of Western Swing |
| John Minor Wisdom |
Judge |
17-May-1905 |
15-May-1999 |
5th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1957-77 |
| Anna May Wong |
Actor |
3-Jan-1905 |
3-Feb-1961 |
Shanghai Express |
| Carleton Young |
Actor |
21-Oct-1905 |
7-Nov-1994 |
20000 Leagues Under the Sea |
| Abraham Zapruder |
Cinematographer |
15-May-1905 |
30-Aug-1970 |
Documented JFK's assassination on film |
