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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Watkins M. Abbitt
Politician
21-May-1908 13-Jul-1998 Congressman from Virginia, 1948-73
Max Abramovitz
Architect
23-May-1908 12-Sep-2004 Designed UN Headquarters
Carl B. Albert
Politician
10-May-1908 4-Feb-2000 Congressman from Oklahoma, 1946-76
Hannes Alfvén
Physicist
30-May-1908 2-Apr-1995 Renegade Swedish astrophysicist
Elizabeth Allan
Actor
9-Apr-1908 27-Jul-1990 A Tale of Two Cities
Herbert A. Allen, Sr.
Business
13-Feb-1908 18-Jan-1997 Allen & Company, Inc.
Red Allen
Jazz Musician
7-Jan-1908 17-Apr-1967 Jazz trumpeter
Salvador Allende
Head of State
26-Jul-1908 11-Sep-1973 Chilean President, deposed by Pinochet
Morey Amsterdam
Actor
14-Dec-1908 27-Oct-1996 The Dick Van Dyke Show
Leroy Anderson
Composer
29-Jun-1908 18-May-1975 The Syncopated Clock
Walter Annenberg
Business
13-Mar-1908 1-Oct-2002 Media mogul, created TV Guide
Eve Arden
Actor
30-Apr-1908 12-Nov-1990 The Eve Arden Show
Sylvia Ashton-Warner
Novelist
17-Dec-1908 28-Apr-1984 Incense to Idols
Tex Avery
Cartoonist
26-Feb-1908 26-Aug-1980 Creator of Porky Pig and Daffy Duck
Lew Ayres
Actor
28-Dec-1908 30-Dec-1996 All Quiet on the Western Front
William Bakewell
Actor
2-May-1908 15-Apr-1993 All Quiet on the Western Front
Lucien Ballard
Cinematographer
6-May-1908 1-Oct-1988 Top Hollywood cinematographer
Red Barber
Sports Journalist
17-Feb-1908 22-Oct-1992 The Voice of the Dodgers
Walworth Barbour
Diplomat
4-Jun-1908 21-Jul-1982 US Ambassador to Israel, 1961-73
John Bardeen
Physicist
23-May-1908 30-Jan-1991 Co-Inventor of the transistor
Alan Baxter
Actor
19-Nov-1908 7-May-1976 Saboteur
Jacob D. Beam
Diplomat
24-Mar-1908 16-Aug-1993 US Ambassador to the USSR, 1969-73
Simone de Beauvoir
Activist
9-Jan-1908 14-Apr-1986 The Second Sex
Reginald Beckwith
Actor
2-Nov-1908 26-Jun-1965 The Million Pound Note
Bunny Berigan
Jazz Musician
2-Nov-1908 2-Jun-1942 Jazz trumpeter great
Milton Berle
Comic
12-Jul-1908 27-Mar-2002 Mr. Television
Billie Bird
Actor
28-Feb-1908 27-Nov-2002 The Odd Couple
Harry Blackmun
Judge
12-Nov-1908 4-Mar-1999 US Supreme Court Justice, 1970-94
Mel Blanc
Actor
30-May-1908 10-Jul-1989 Man of 1,000 Voices
Don Bradman
Cricket
27-Aug-1908 25-Feb-2001 Greatest batsman of all time
Emanuel Bronner
Business
1-Feb-1908 7-Mar-1997 Soap label philosopher
Paul Brown
Football
7-Sep-1908 5-Aug-1991 Coach and namesake, Cleveland Browns
Ernest Buckler
Novelist
19-Jul-1908 4-Mar-1984 The Mountain and the Valley
Quentin N. Burdick
Politician
19-Jun-1908 8-Sep-1992 US Senator from North Dakota, 1960-92
Johnny Burke
Songwriter
3-Oct-1908 25-Feb-1964 Swinging on a Star
Arthur Calder-Marshall
Novelist
19-Aug-1908 1992 Two of a Kind
Robert Cantwell
Novelist
31-Jan-1908 8-Dec-1978 Laugh and Lie Down
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Author
4-Apr-1908 4-Nov-2006 Cheaper by the Dozen
Elliott Carter
Composer
11-Dec-1908   The Defence of Corinth
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Photographer
22-Aug-1908 2-Aug-2004 Renowned photographer, photojournalist
Ruth Channing
Actor
2-Jan-1908   The Merry Widow
Francis Cherry
Politician
5-Sep-1908 15-Jul-1965 Governor of Arkansas, 1953-55
James B. Clark
Film Director
14-May-1908 19-Jul-2000 Flipper
Imogene Coca
Actor
18-Nov-1908 2-Jun-2001 Your Show of Shows
Bud Collyer
Game Show Host
18-Jun-1908 8-Sep-1969 To Tell the Truth
Russ Columbo
Singer
14-Jan-1908 2-Sep-1934 You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love
Alistair Cooke
Journalist
20-Nov-1908 29-Mar-2004 Alistair Cooke's America
Ralph Cooper
Actor
16-Jan-1908 4-Apr-1992 The Dark Gable
Quentin Crisp
Actor
25-Dec-1908 21-Nov-1999 The Naked Civil Servant
Bob Cummings
Actor
10-Jun-1908 2-Dec-1990 The Bob Cummings Show
Bette Davis
Actor
5-Apr-1908 6-Oct-1989 All About Eve
Manoel de Oliveira
Film Director
11-Dec-1908   I'm Going Home
Michael DeBakey
Doctor
7-Sep-1908 11-Jul-2008 Father of cardiovascular surgery
Michael V. DiSalle
Politician
6-Jan-1908 14-Sep-1981 Governor of Ohio, 1959-63
Edward Dmytryk
Film Director
4-Sep-1908 1-Jul-1999 The Caine Mutiny
Bobby Dodd
Football
11-Nov-1908 21-Jun-1988 Georgia Tech Head Coach, 1945-67
Claire Dodd
Actor
29-Dec-1908 23-Nov-1973 Footlight Parade
Buddy Ebsen
Actor
2-Apr-1908 6-Jul-2003 Jed Clampett
Sally Eilers
Actor
11-Dec-1908 5-Jan-1978 Coroner Creek
C. Burke Elbrick
Diplomat
25-Mar-1908 1983 Career US Ambassador
Peg Entwistle
Actor
1-Jul-1908 18-Sep-1932 Starlet, suicided off Hollywood sign
Jill Esmond
Actor
26-Jan-1908 28-Jul-1990 The Skin Game
Percy Faith
Musician
7-Apr-1908 9-Feb-1976 Easy listening arranger and composer
David Farrar
Actor
21-Aug-1908 31-Aug-1995 Black Narcissus
Fritz Fischer
Historian
5-Mar-1908 1-Dec-1999 Blamed Germany for World War I
Max M. Fisher
Business
15-Jul-1908 3-Mar-2005 Gas station tycoon
Ian Fleming
Novelist
28-May-1908 12-Aug-1964 Author of the James Bond series
Kathryn Forbes
Author
20-Mar-1908 15-May-1966 Mama's Bank Account
Henry H. Fowler
Government
5-Sep-1908 3-Jan-2000 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1965-68
Ilya M. Frank
Physicist
23-Oct-1908 22-Jun-1990 Cherenkov radiation
Walter N. Frank
Business
22-Apr-1908 15-Feb-2000 Chairman of the NYSE, 1965-67
Bill Fraser
Actor
5-Jun-1908 5-Sep-1987 Claude Snudge
A. Stone Freedberg
Doctor
30-May-1908 25-Aug-2009 Found H. Pylori near stomach ulcers
Hugo Fregonese
Film Director
8-Apr-1908 17-Jan-1987 Old Shatterhand
Arturo Frondizi
Head of State
28-Oct-1908 18-Apr-1995 President of Argentina, 1958-62
John Kenneth Galbraith
Economist
15-Oct-1908 29-Apr-2006 Modern economics renegade
Raymond D. Gary
Politician
21-Jan-1908 11-Dec-1993 Governor of Oklahoma, 1955-59
Martha Gellhorn
Journalist
8-Nov-1908 15-Feb-1998 War correspondent
Sam Giancana
Criminal
24-May-1908 19-Jun-1975 Chicago Mafia boss, 1957-66
Jack Gilford
Actor
25-Jul-1908 2-Jun-1990 Save the Tiger
Sidney Gilliat
Film Director
15-Feb-1908 31-May-1994 Green for Danger
Amon Goeth
Criminal
12-Nov-1908 13-Sep-1946 Ran concentration camp at Plaszow
Arthur J. Goldberg
Judge
8-Aug-1908 19-Jan-1990 Supreme Court Justice, 1962-65
Lefty Gomez
Baseball
26-Nov-1908 17-Feb-1989 El Goofy
Johnny Green
Composer
10-Oct-1908 15-May-1989 Body and Soul
Lionel Hampton
Jazz Musician
20-Apr-1908 31-Aug-2002 Jazz vibrophonist and bandleader
Rex Harrison
Actor
5-Mar-1908 2-Jun-1990 My Fair Lady
William Hartnell
Actor
8-Jan-1908 23-Apr-1975 The First Doctor Who
John Hench
Artist
29-Jun-1908 5-Feb-2004 Disney artist, designed the Olympic torch
Paul Henreid
Actor
10-Jan-1908 29-Mar-1992 Casablanca
Alfred D. Hershey
Scientist
4-Dec-1908 22-May-1997 Molecular structure of viral genes
Leo A. Hoegh
Politician
30-Mar-1908 15-Jul-2000 Governor of Iowa, 1955-57
Gloria Holden
Actor
5-Sep-1908 22-Mar-1991 Dracula's Daughter
Harold Holt
Head of State
5-Aug-1908 17-Dec-1967 Prime Minister of Australia, 1966-67
Enver Hoxha
Head of State
16-Oct-1908 11-Apr-1985 Ruler of Albania, 1944-85
Helen Hull Jacobs
Tennis
6-Aug-1908 2-Jun-1997 Winner of 10 Grand Slam titles
Celia Johnson
Actor
18-Dec-1908 26-Apr-1982 Brief Encounter
Lyndon B. Johnson
Head of State
27-Aug-1908 22-Jan-1973 36th US President, 1963-69
U. Alexis Johnson
Diplomat
17-Oct-1908 24-Mar-1997 Career US Ambassador
Ish Kabibble
Musician
19-Jan-1908 5-Jun-1994 Trumpeter and novelty singer
Nicholas Kaldor
Economist
12-May-1908 30-Sep-1986 An Expenditure Tax
Herbert von Karajan
Conductor
5-Apr-1908 16-Jul-1989 General music director of Europe
Phil Karlson
Film Director
2-Jul-1908 12-Dec-1985 Walking Tall
Yousuf Karsh
Photographer
23-Dec-1908 13-Jul-2002 Portrait photographer
Robert Kent
Actor
3-Dec-1908 4-May-1955 The Phantom Creeps
Otto Kerner
Politician
15-Aug-1908 9-May-1976 Governor of Illinois, 1961-68
Leon H. Keyserling
Economist
22-Jan-1908 9-Aug-1987 Council of Economic Advisers, 1946-53
Majid Khadduri
Scholar
1908 25-Jan-2007 Middle East scholar
Bernard Kilgore
Publisher
9-Nov-1908 14-Nov-1967 President of Dow Jones, 1945-66
Evalyn Knapp
Actor
17-Jun-1908 12-Jun-1981 His Private Secretary
William F. Knowland
Politician
26-Jun-1908 23-Feb-1974 US Senator, committed suicide
Warren P. Knowles
Politician
19-Aug-1908 1-May-1993 Governor of Wisconsin, 1965-71
Foy D. Kohler
Diplomat
15-Feb-1908 23-Dec-1990 US Ambassador to USSR, 1962-66
Milton R. Konvitz
Educator
12-Mar-1908 5-Sep-2003 Cornell Professor, Labor and Industrial Relations
Lee Krasner
Painter
27-Oct-1908 19-Jun-1984 Abstract expressionist
Nicholas Kurti
Physicist
14-May-1908 24-Nov-1998 Molecular gastronomy
Louis L'Amour
Novelist
22-Mar-1908 10-Jun-1988 Hondo
Lev Landau
Physicist
22-Jan-1908 1-Apr-1968 Superfluidity of helium
Estée Lauder
Business
1-Jul-1908 24-Apr-2004 Cosmetics magnate
Frank Leahy
Football
27-Aug-1908 21-Jun-1973 Longtime Notre Dame Head Coach
David Lean
Film Director
25-Mar-1908 16-Apr-1991 Lawrence of Arabia
Bernard Lee
Actor
10-Jan-1908 16-Jan-1981 James Bond's M
Claude Lévi-Strauss
Anthropologist
28-Nov-1908 1-Nov-2009 French anthropologist
Willard F. Libby
Chemist
17-Dec-1908 8-Sep-1980 Carbon-14 dating technique
Joshua Logan
Film Director
5-Oct-1908 12-Jul-1988 South Pacific
Carole Lombard
Actor
6-Oct-1908 16-Jan-1942 My Man Godfrey
Clarence D. Long
Politician
11-Dec-1908 18-Sep-1994 Congressman from Maryland, 1963-85
Al Lopez
Baseball
20-Aug-1908 30-Oct-2005 Catcher, manager, MLB Hall-of-Famer
Fred MacMurray
Actor
30-Aug-1908 6-Nov-1991 The Absent-Minded Professor
George Macready
Actor
29-Aug-1908 2-Jul-1973 Paths of Glory
Anna Magnani
Actor
7-Mar-1908 26-Sep-1973 The Rose Tattoo
Albert Maltz
Playwright
28-Oct-1908 26-Apr-1985 One of the Hollywood Ten
Olivia Manning
Novelist
2-Mar-1908 23-Jul-1980 Fortunes of War
Thurgood Marshall
Judge
2-Jul-1908 24-Jan-1993 First black US Supreme Court justice
Edwin M. Martin
Government
21-May-1908 12-Jan-2002 US Ambassador to Argentina, 1964-68
Marion Martin
Actor
7-Jun-1908 13-Aug-1985 Boom Town
Abraham Maslow
Psychologist
1-Apr-1908 8-Jun-1970 Hierarchy of Needs
Harrie Massey
Astronomer
16-May-1908 27-Nov-1983 British National Committee for Space Research
William Maxwell
Novelist
16-Aug-1908 31-Jul-2000 The Folded Leaf
Joseph McCarthy
Politician
14-Nov-1908 2-May-1957 US Senator from Wisconsin, 1947-57
Robert McClory
Politician
31-Jan-1908 24-Jul-1988 Congressman from Illinois, 1963-83
Walter P. McConaughy
Diplomat
11-Sep-1908 2000 US Ambassador to Taiwan, 1966-74
John P. McConnell
Military
7-Feb-1908 21-Nov-1986 USAF Chief of Staff, 1965-69
William McMahon
Head of State
23-Feb-1908 31-Mar-1988 Prime Minister of Australia, 1971-72
Burgess Meredith
Actor
16-Nov-1908 9-Sep-1997 Rocky and Grumpy Old Men
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Philosopher
14-Mar-1908 4-May-1961 Phenomenology of Perception
Ethel Merman
Singer
16-Jan-1908 15-Feb-1984 There's No Business Like Show Business
Olivier Messiaen
Composer
10-Dec-1908 27-Apr-1992 Turangalîla-Symphonie
Robert B. Meyner
Politician
3-Jul-1908 27-May-1990 Governor of New Jersey, 1954-62
John Mills
Actor
22-Feb-1908 23-Apr-2005 Ryan's Daughter
Joseph Mitchell
Author
27-Jul-1908 24-May-1996 The New Yorker
Patsy Montana
Country Musician
30-Oct-1908 3-May-1996 A Cowboy's Sweetheart
Dennis Morgan
Actor
20-Dec-1908 7-Sep-1994 My Wild Irish Rose
Robert Morley
Actor
26-May-1908 3-Jun-1992 Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Edward R. Murrow
Journalist
25-Apr-1908 27-Apr-1965 The epitome of broadcast journalism
Bronko Nagurski
Football
3-Nov-1908 7-Jan-1990 NFL Hall of Famer
Laurence Naismith
Actor
14-Dec-1908 5-Jun-1992 The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Baby Face Nelson
Criminal
6-Dec-1908 27-Nov-1934 Public Enemy Number One
Red Norvo
Jazz Musician
31-Mar-1908 6-Apr-1999 Jazz xylophonist
Arthur O'Connell
Actor
29-Mar-1908 18-May-1981 Anatomy of a Murder
Dennis O'Keefe
Actor
29-Mar-1908 31-Aug-1968 Brewster's Millions
Revilo P. Oliver
Activist
7-Jul-1908 10-Aug-1994 Founding member, John Birch Society
George Oppen
Poet
24-Apr-1908 7-Jul-1984 Objectivist proponent and poet
George Pal
Film Director
1-Feb-1908 2-May-1980 The Time Machine
Cesare Pavese
Poet
9-Sep-1908 27-Aug-1950 La luna e i falò
Harold Peary
Actor
25-Jul-1908 30-Mar-1985 Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve
Ann Petry
Novelist
12-Oct-1908 28-Apr-1997 The Street
Adam Clayton Powell
Politician
29-Nov-1908 4-Apr-1972 Congressman from New York, 1945-71
Frederic Prokosch
Novelist
17-May-1908 6-Jun-1989 The Skies of Europe
Dick Purcell
Actor
6-Aug-1908 10-Apr-1944 The Bank Dick
Willard Van Orman Quine
Philosopher
25-Jun-1908 25-Dec-2000 Two Dogmas of Empiricism
Philip Rahv
Critic
10-Mar-1908 22-Dec-1973 Co-Founder, Partisan Review
Kathleen Raine
Poet
14-Jun-1908 6-Jul-2003 Cambridge poet, scholar of Blake
Ford Rainey
Actor
8-Aug-1908 25-Jul-2005 Window on Main Street
Geli Raubal
Relative
4-Jun-1908 18-Sep-1931 Hitler's niece
Gene Raymond
Actor
13-Aug-1908 2-May-1998 Red Dust
Michael Redgrave
Actor
20-Mar-1908 21-Mar-1985 Mourning Becomes Electra
J. Leonard Reinsch
Government
28-Jun-1908 9-May-1991 Truman's press secretary
Roy Riegels
Football
4-Apr-1908 26-Mar-1993 Ran wrong way in 1929 Rose Bowl
Nelson Rockefeller
Politician
8-Jul-1908 26-Jan-1979 Ford's Vice President
Theodore Roethke
Poet
25-May-1908 1-Aug-1963 The Waking
Harold Rome
Composer
27-May-1908 26-Oct-1993 I Can Get It for You Wholesale
João Guimarães Rosa
Author
27-Jun-1908 19-Nov-1967 The Devil to Pay in the Backlands
Sinclair Ross
Novelist
22-Jan-1908 29-Feb-1996 As For Me and My House
Robert Rossen
Screenwriter
16-Mar-1908 18-Feb-1966 The Hustler
Leo Rosten
Author
11-Apr-1908 19-Feb-1997 The Joys of Yiddish
Joseph Rotblat
Physicist
4-Nov-1908 31-Aug-2005 Nuclear physicist, anti-nuke activist
Paul Runyan
Golf
12-Jul-1908 17-Mar-2002 Winner, 1934 and 1938 PGA Championships
Duncan Sandys
Politician
24-Jan-1908 26-Nov-1987 UK Colonial Secretary, 1962-64
Carmine De Sapio
Government
10-Dec-1908 27-Jul-2004 The Last Boss of Tammany Hall
William Saroyan
Author
31-Aug-1908 18-May-1981 The Time of Your Life
Raymond J. Saulnier
Economist
20-Sep-1908 30-Apr-2009 Council of Economic Advisers, 1955-61
Oskar Schindler
Activist
28-Apr-1908 9-Oct-1974 Saved over 1000 from Nazis
Raymond Scott
Musician
10-Sep-1908 8-Feb-1994 Powerhouse, invented the sequencer
George Sherman
Film Director
14-Jul-1908 15-Mar-1991 Against All Flags
Wilmar H. Shiras
Novelist
23-Sep-1908 23-Dec-1990 Children of the Atom
Penny Singleton
Actor
15-Sep-1908 12-Nov-2003 Blondie
Otto Skorzeny
Military
12-Jun-1908 5-Jul-1975 Most dangerous man in Europe
Horton Smith
Golf
22-May-1908 15-Oct-1963 Winner, 1934 and 1936 Masters Tournaments
Lionel Stander
Actor
11-Jan-1908 30-Nov-1994 Chauffer Max on Hart to Hart
Maurice H. Stans
Government
22-Mar-1908 14-Apr-1998 US Commerce Secretary, 1969-72
Frank Stanton
Business
20-Mar-1908 24-Dec-2006 President of CBS, 1946-73
Anna Sten
Actor
3-Dec-1908 12-Nov-1993 The Wedding Night
Jimmy Stewart
Actor
20-May-1908 2-Jul-1997 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Paul Stewart
Actor
13-Mar-1908 17-Feb-1986 Citizen Kane
Bengt Strömgren
Astronomer
21-Jan-1908 4-Jul-1987 Hydrogen stars
John Sutton
Actor
22-Oct-1908 10-Jul-1963 Hudson's Bay
Edward Teller
Physicist
15-Jan-1908 9-Sep-2003 Father of the Hydrogen Bomb
Tom Tully
Actor
21-Aug-1908 27-Apr-1982 Insp. Matt Grebb on The Lineup
Frank Turner
Architect
1908 2-Oct-1999 Designer, Interstate Highway System
Robert C. Turner
Economist
2-Mar-1908 5-Dec-1978 Council of Economic Advisers, 1952-53
Helen Twelvetrees
Actor
25-Dec-1908 13-Feb-1958 The Painted Desert
Amy Vanderbilt
Columnist
22-Jul-1908 27-Dec-1974 Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette
Lupe Velez
Actor
18-Jul-1908 13-Dec-1944 The Mexican Spitfire
Romo Vincent
Actor
23-Dec-1908 16-Jan-1989 American comic character actor
Elio Vittorini
Novelist
23-Jul-1908 13-Feb-1966 Conversations in Sicily
John A. Volpe
Politician
8-Dec-1908 11-Sep-1994 Twice Governor of Massachusetts
Victor Weisskopf
Physicist
19-Sep-1908 21-Apr-2002 Head of CERN, 1961-65
Earle G. Wheeler
Military
13-Jan-1908 18-Dec-1975 Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1964-70
Simon Wiesenthal
Activist
31-Dec-1908 20-Sep-2005 Nazi hunter
C. Vann Woodward
Historian
13-Nov-1908 17-Dec-1999 The Strange Career of Jim Crow
Robert F. Woodward
Diplomat
1-Oct-1908 18-May-2001 US Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1954-58
Richard Wright
Author
4-Sep-1908 28-Nov-1960 Native Son
Marguerite Young
Author
28-Aug-1908 17-Nov-1995 Miss MacIntosh, My Darling




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