| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| James Agee |
Poet |
27-Nov-1909 |
16-May-1955 |
A Death in the Family |
| Frank Albertson |
Actor |
2-Feb-1909 |
29-Feb-1964 |
American character actor |
| Nelson Algren |
Author |
28-Mar-1909 |
9-May-1981 |
The Man with the Golden Arm |
| Saul Alinsky |
Activist |
30-Jan-1909 |
12-Jun-1972 |
Rules for Radicals |
| Eric Ambler |
Novelist |
28-Jun-1909 |
22-Oct-1998 |
Topkapi |
| Hardy Amies |
Fashion Designer |
17-Jul-1909 |
5-Mar-2003 |
Dressmaker to Queen Elizabeth II |
| Elmer L. Andersen |
Politician |
17-Jun-1909 |
15-Nov-2004 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1961-63 |
| Eugenie Anderson |
Diplomat |
26-May-1909 |
31-Mar-1997 |
Second female US Ambassador |
| Arthur Glenn Andrews |
Politician |
15-Jan-1909 |
25-Sep-2008 |
Congressman from Alabama, 1965-67 |
| Dana Andrews |
Actor |
1-Jan-1909 |
17-Dec-1992 |
The Best Years of Our Lives |
| Heather Angel |
Actor |
9-Feb-1909 |
13-Dec-1986 |
Lifeboat |
| Annabella |
Actor |
14-Jul-1909 |
18-Sep-1996 |
Hôtel du Nord |
| Virginia Apgar |
Doctor |
7-Jun-1909 |
7-Aug-1974 |
Anesthesiologist, Apgar Score |
| Francis Bacon |
Painter |
28-Oct-1909 |
28-Apr-1992 |
The Screaming Popes |
| Max Baer |
Boxing |
11-Feb-1909 |
21-Nov-1959 |
Beat Max Schmeling in 1933 |
| Clyde Barrow |
Criminal |
24-Mar-1909 |
23-May-1934 |
Bonnie and Clyde |
| John Beal |
Actor |
13-Aug-1909 |
26-Apr-1997 |
The Little Minister |
| Robert Beatty |
Actor |
19-Oct-1909 |
3-Mar-1992 |
2001: A Space Odyssey |
| Hugh Beaumont |
Actor |
16-Feb-1909 |
14-May-1982 |
Ward Cleaver on Leave It To Beaver |
| Isaiah Berlin |
Philosopher |
6-Jun-1909 |
5-Nov-1997 |
The Hedgehog and the Fox |
| Abner Biberman |
Actor |
1-Apr-1909 |
20-Jun-1977 |
Knock on Wood |
| Alan H. Bible |
Politician |
20-Nov-1909 |
12-Sep-1988 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1954-74 |
| Whit Bissell |
Actor |
25-Oct-1909 |
5-Mar-1996 |
The Time Tunnel |
| Norberto Bobbio |
Philosopher |
18-Oct-1909 |
9-Jan-2004 |
Philosopher of politics and the law |
| J. Caleb Boggs |
Politician |
15-May-1909 |
26-Mar-1993 |
Governor and Senator from Delaware |
| Wesley Bolin |
Politician |
1-Jul-1909 |
4-Mar-1978 |
Governor of Arizona, 1977-78 |
| Charles H. Bonesteel III |
Military |
26-Sep-1909 |
13-Oct-1977 |
Commander, U.S. Forces, Korea |
| Victor Borge |
Pianist |
3-Jan-1909 |
23-Dec-2000 |
Comedic pianist |
| Robert R. Bowie |
Government |
24-Aug-1909 |
|
CIA Deputy Director, 1977-79 |
| Albert R. Broccoli |
Film/TV Producer |
5-Apr-1909 |
27-Jun-1996 |
Producer of James Bond films |
| Gordon Bunshaft |
Architect |
9-May-1909 |
6-Aug-1990 |
Skyscraper architect |
| John Anthony Burns |
Politician |
30-Mar-1909 |
5-Apr-1975 |
Governor of Hawaii, 1962-74 |
| Earl Butz |
Government |
3-Jul-1909 |
2-Feb-2008 |
Ford's disgraced Secretary of Agriculture |
| Ralph Byrd |
Actor |
22-Apr-1909 |
18-Aug-1952 |
Dick Tracy |
| Al Capp |
Cartoonist |
28-Sep-1909 |
5-Nov-1979 |
Creator of L'il Abner |
| Marcel Carné |
Film Director |
18-Aug-1909 |
31-Oct-1996 |
Les Enfants du Paradis |
| Alan Carney |
Actor |
22-Dec-1909 |
2-May-1973 |
Comedy duo, Brown & Carney |
| Lynne Carver |
Actor |
13-Sep-1909 |
12-Aug-1955 |
American character actress |
| André Cayatte |
Film Director |
3-Feb-1909 |
6-Feb-1989 |
Verdict |
| Walter van Tilburg Clark |
Novelist |
3-Aug-1909 |
10-Nov-1971 |
The Ox-Bow Incident |
| Cozy Cole |
Jazz Musician |
17-Oct-1909 |
29-Jan-1981 |
Topsy Part 2 |
| LeRoy Collins |
Politician |
10-Mar-1909 |
12-Mar-1991 |
Governor of Florida, 1955-61 |
| Robert Coote |
Actor |
4-Feb-1909 |
26-Nov-1982 |
My Fair Lady |
| Erastus Corning II |
Politician |
7-Oct-1909 |
28-May-1983 |
Mayor of Albany, New York, 1942-83 |
| George N. Craig |
Politician |
6-Aug-1909 |
17-Dec-1992 |
Governor of Indiana, 1953-57 |
| Jim Davis |
Actor |
26-Aug-1909 |
26-Apr-1981 |
Jock Ewing on Dallas |
| Olcott H. Deming |
Diplomat |
28-Feb-1909 |
20-Mar-2007 |
First US Ambassador to Uganda, 1963-66 |
| Joe DeRita |
Actor |
12-Jul-1909 |
3-Jul-1993 |
The Three Stooges |
| C. Douglas Dillon |
Government |
21-Aug-1909 |
10-Jan-2003 |
US Treasury Secretary, 1961-65 |
| Marion Dönhoff |
Journalist |
2-Dec-1909 |
11-Mar-2002 |
Die Zeit |
| Robert Douglas |
Actor |
9-Nov-1909 |
11-Jan-1999 |
Homicide |
| Peter Drucker |
Business |
19-Nov-1909 |
11-Nov-2005 |
Management guru |
| Eddy Duchin |
Pianist |
1-Apr-1909 |
9-Feb-1951 |
The Magic Fingers of Radio |
| Madge Evans |
Actor |
1-Jul-1909 |
26-Apr-1981 |
Hallelujah I'm a Bum |
| Tom Ewell |
Actor |
29-Apr-1909 |
12-Sep-1994 |
The Seven Year Itch |
| Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. |
Actor |
9-Dec-1909 |
7-May-2000 |
Sinbad the Sailor |
| John Fante |
Author |
8-Apr-1909 |
8-May-1983 |
Bukowski's idol |
| Leo Fender |
Inventor |
10-Aug-1909 |
21-Mar-1991 |
Electric guitarmaker |
| Jose Ferrer |
Actor |
8-Jan-1909 |
26-Jan-1992 |
The Caine Mutiny |
| Errol Flynn |
Actor |
20-Jun-1909 |
14-Oct-1959 |
Robin Hood |
| Riccardo Freda |
Film Director |
24-Feb-1909 |
20-Dec-1999 |
I Vampiri |
| Ernest Gallo |
Business |
18-Mar-1909 |
6-Mar-2007 |
Billionaire winemaker |
| Robert Garioch |
Poet |
9-May-1909 |
26-Apr-1981 |
Scots dialect poet |
| Miep Gies |
Activist |
15-Feb-1909 |
11-Jan-2010 |
Sheltered the family of Anne Frank |
| Barry Goldwater |
Politician |
1-Jan-1909 |
29-May-1998 |
US Senator from Arizona, 1953-65, 1969-87 |
| E. H. Gombrich |
Historian |
30-Mar-1909 |
3-Nov-2001 |
Art and Illusion |
| Benny Goodman |
Jazz Musician |
30-May-1909 |
13-Jun-1986 |
Bespectacled jazz clarinetist |
| Michael Gordon |
Film Director |
6-Sep-1909 |
29-Apr-1993 |
Pillow Talk |
| Gordon Gray |
Government |
30-May-1909 |
26-Nov-1982 |
Secretary of the Army, 1949-50 |
| Jesse L. Greenstein |
Astronomer |
15-Oct-1909 |
21-Oct-2002 |
Co-Discoverer of quasars |
| Andrei Gromyko |
Politician |
5-Jul-1909 |
2-Jul-1989 |
Cold War Foreign Minister of the USSR |
| James C. Hagerty |
Government |
9-May-1909 |
11-Apr-1981 |
Eisenhower's press secretary |
| Harold W. Handley |
Politician |
27-Nov-1909 |
30-Aug-1972 |
Governor of Indiana, 1957-61 |
| Louis Hayward |
Actor |
19-Mar-1909 |
21-Feb-1985 |
The Man in the Iron Mask |
| Mel Hein |
Football |
22-Aug-1909 |
31-Jan-1992 |
NY Giants, Hall of Famer |
| Harry Helmsley |
Business |
4-Mar-1909 |
4-Jan-1997 |
Hotel magnate |
| Herblock |
Cartoonist |
13-Oct-1909 |
7-Oct-2001 |
Editorial Cartoonist, The Washington Post |
| Ralph E. Herseth |
Politician |
2-Jul-1909 |
24-Jul-1969 |
Governor of South Dakota, 1959-61 |
| Irene Hervey |
Actor |
11-Jul-1909 |
20-Dec-1998 |
Destry Rides Again |
| Harriet Hilliard |
Actor |
18-Jul-1909 |
2-Oct-1994 |
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet |
| Chester Himes |
Author |
19-Jul-1909 |
12-Nov-1984 |
Lonely Crusade |
| Clarke Hinkle |
Football |
10-Apr-1909 |
9-Nov-1988 |
NFL Hall of Fame Fullback, Green Bay Packers |
| Robert D. Holmes |
Politician |
11-May-1909 |
6-Jun-1976 |
Governor of Oregon, 1957-59 |
| Dolores Hope |
Musician |
27-May-1909 |
19-Sep-2011 |
Widow of Bob Hope |
| Richard J. Hughes |
Politician |
10-Aug-1909 |
7-Dec-1992 |
Governor of New Jersey, 1962-70 |
| Maria Innocentia Hummel |
Painter |
21-May-1909 |
6-Nov-1946 |
Catholic nun, painter |
| Burl Ives |
Singer |
14-Jun-1909 |
14-Apr-1995 |
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| Alaric Jacob |
Journalist |
8-Jun-1909 |
26-Jan-1995 |
A Window in Moscow |
| Neil H. Jacoby |
Economist |
19-Sep-1909 |
31-May-1979 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1953-55 |
| Griffith Jones |
Actor |
19-Nov-1909 |
30-Jan-2007 |
I Became a Criminal |
| Princess Juliana |
Royalty |
30-Apr-1909 |
20-Mar-2004 |
Crown Princess of the Netherlands |
| Elia Kazan |
Film Director |
7-Sep-1909 |
28-Sep-2003 |
A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Ruby Keeler |
Actor |
25-Aug-1909 |
28-Feb-1993 |
42nd Street |
| Norman Krasna |
Playwright |
7-Nov-1909 |
1-Nov-1984 |
The Devil and Miss Jones |
| Gene Krupa |
Drummer |
15-Jan-1909 |
16-Oct-1973 |
Pioneering drummer |
| Edwin H. Land |
Inventor |
7-May-1909 |
1-Mar-1991 |
Polaroid Land Camera |
| Allan Lane |
Actor |
22-Sep-1909 |
27-Oct-1973 |
Voice of Mister Ed |
| George H. Lesch |
Business |
10-Oct-1909 |
22-Sep-1994 |
CEO of Colgate-Palmolive, 1960-71 |
| Rita Levi-Montalcini |
Scientist |
22-Apr-1909 |
|
Nerve and skin cell growth factors |
| Henry Levin |
Film Director |
5-Jun-1909 |
1-May-1980 |
The Lonely Man |
| David Lewis |
Politician |
23-Jun-1909 |
23-May-1981 |
Leader of Canada's NDP, 1971-75 |
| Solomon Linda |
Musician |
1909 |
8-Oct-1962 |
Wrote The Lion Sleeps Tonight |
| Joseph Losey |
Film Director |
14-Jan-1909 |
22-Jun-1984 |
The Go-Between |
| Malcolm Lowry |
Novelist |
28-Jul-1909 |
27-Jun-1957 |
Under the Volcano |
| Jeffrey Lynn |
Actor |
16-Feb-1909 |
24-Nov-1995 |
Home Town Story |
| Douglas MacArthur II |
Diplomat |
5-Jul-1909 |
15-Nov-1997 |
Career US Ambassador |
| Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Film Director |
11-Feb-1909 |
5-Feb-1993 |
The Barefoot Contessa |
| Timothy Cardinal Manning |
Religion |
15-Nov-1909 |
23-Jun-1989 |
Archbishop of Los Angeles, 1970-85 |
| Alan Marshal |
Actor |
29-Jan-1909 |
13-Jul-1961 |
Night Must Fall |
| Helen Martin |
Actor |
23-Jul-1909 |
25-Mar-2000 |
Pearl Shay on 227 |
| James Mason |
Actor |
15-May-1909 |
27-Jul-1984 |
North by Northwest |
| Rollo May |
Psychologist |
21-Apr-1909 |
22-Oct-1994 |
Love and Will |
| Robert McClintock |
Diplomat |
30-Aug-1909 |
1976 |
US Ambassador to Venezuela, 1970-75 |
| Dick McDonald |
Business |
16-Feb-1909 |
14-Jul-1998 |
Co-Founder of McDonald's |
| Johnny Mercer |
Songwriter |
18-Nov-1909 |
25-Jun-1976 |
Accentuate the Positive |
| J. Irwin Miller |
Business |
26-May-1909 |
16-Aug-2004 |
Former CEO of Cummins Engine |
| Wilbur Mills |
Politician |
24-May-1909 |
2-May-1992 |
Congressman from Arkansas, 1939-77 |
| Carmen Miranda |
Dancer |
9-Feb-1909 |
5-Aug-1955 |
The lady in the tutti-frutti hat |
| Lois Moran |
Actor |
1-Mar-1909 |
13-Jul-1990 |
Silent film actress |
| Karen Morley |
Actor |
12-Dec-1909 |
8-Mar-2003 |
Gabriel Over the White House |
| Willard Motley |
Author |
14-Jul-1909 |
4-Mar-1965 |
The original Bud Billiken |
| William H. Natcher |
Politician |
11-Sep-1909 |
29-Mar-1994 |
Congressman from Kentucky, 1953-94 |
| Joseph M. Newman |
Film Director |
7-Aug-1909 |
23-Jan-2006 |
This Island Earth |
| Stavros Niarchos |
Business |
3-Jul-1909 |
15-Apr-1996 |
Greek shipping tycoon |
| David Niven |
Actor |
1-Mar-1909 |
29-Jul-1983 |
Pencil-moustachioed actor |
| Kwame Nkrumah |
Head of State |
21-Sep-1909 |
27-Apr-1972 |
First President of Ghana |
| John A. Notte, Jr. |
Politician |
3-May-1909 |
7-Mar-1983 |
Governor of Rhode Island, 1961-63 |
| Elder Olson |
Critic |
9-Mar-1909 |
25-Jul-1992 |
Critics and Criticism |
| Mel Ott |
Baseball |
2-Mar-1909 |
21-Nov-1958 |
HoF New York Giants outfielder |
| Hermes Pan |
Choreographer |
10-Dec-1909 |
19-Sep-1990 |
Choreographer for Astaire and Rogers |
| Colonel Tom Parker |
Business |
26-Jun-1909 |
21-Jan-1997 |
Elvis Presley's manager |
| Fred Perry |
Tennis |
18-May-1909 |
2-Feb-1995 |
Winner of 14 Grand Slam titles |
| Ferry Porsche |
Engineer |
19-Sep-1909 |
27-Mar-1998 |
Designed the Porsche 356 |
| Chips Rafferty |
Actor |
26-Mar-1909 |
27-May-1971 |
Wake in Fright |
| Wolfgang Reitherman |
Film Director |
26-Jun-1909 |
22-May-1985 |
Jungle Book |
| Michael Rennie |
Actor |
25-Aug-1909 |
10-Jun-1971 |
The Day the Earth Stood Still |
| James Reston |
Journalist |
3-Nov-1909 |
6-Dec-1995 |
The New York Times |
| James A. Rhodes |
Politician |
13-Sep-1909 |
4-Mar-2001 |
Twice Governor of Ohio |
| Peter W. Rodino |
Politician |
7-Jun-1909 |
7-May-2005 |
Congressman from New Jersey, 1949-89 |
| Gabrielle Roy |
Author |
22-Mar-1909 |
13-Jul-1983 |
Bonheur d'occasion |
| Dean Rusk |
Government |
9-Feb-1909 |
21-Dec-1994 |
US Secretary of State, 1961-69 |
| Robert Ryan |
Actor |
11-Nov-1909 |
11-Jul-1973 |
Billy Budd |
| Sidney Salkow |
Film Director |
16-Jun-1909 |
18-Oct-2000 |
Twice-Told Tales |
| Karl Schnabel |
Pianist |
6-Aug-1909 |
27-Aug-2001 |
Modern Technique of the Pedal |
| Ben Schwartzwalder |
Football |
2-Jun-1909 |
28-Apr-1993 |
Syracuse Head Coach, 1949-73 |
| Fred A. Seaton |
Politician |
11-Dec-1909 |
16-Jan-1974 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1956-61 |
| Anne Seymour |
Actor |
11-Sep-1909 |
8-Dec-1988 |
Character actress |
| William Shurcliff |
Physicist |
27-Mar-1909 |
20-Jun-2006 |
Manhattan Project physicist |
| Loyd Sigmon |
Radio Personality |
6-May-1909 |
2-Jun-2004 |
SigAlert inventor |
| Howard Da Silva |
Actor |
4-May-1909 |
16-Feb-1986 |
Bartender in The Lost Weekend |
| J. R. Simplot |
Business |
9-Jan-1909 |
25-May-2008 |
Fabulously wealthy Idaho potato farmer |
| Everett Sloane |
Actor |
1-Oct-1909 |
6-Aug-1965 |
Patterns |
| Elmo Smith |
Publisher |
19-Nov-1909 |
15-Jul-1968 |
Governor of Oregon, 1956-57 |
| H. Allen Smith |
Politician |
8-Oct-1909 |
4-Jun-1998 |
Congressman from California, 1957-73 |
| Ann Sothern |
Actor |
22-Jan-1909 |
15-Mar-2001 |
Private Secretary |
| Stephen Spender |
Poet |
28-Feb-1909 |
16-Jul-1995 |
The Destructive Element |
| William Spoelhof |
Educator |
8-Dec-1909 |
3-Dec-2008 |
President of Calvin College, 1951-76 |
| Wallace Stegner |
Author |
18-Feb-1909 |
13-Apr-1993 |
The Angle of Repose |
| Mahmoud Muhammad Taha |
Religion |
c. 1909 |
18-Jan-1985 |
Progressive Islamic theologian |
| Jessica Tandy |
Actor |
7-Jun-1909 |
11-Sep-1994 |
Driving Miss Daisy |
| Art Tatum |
Jazz Musician |
13-Oct-1909 |
5-Nov-1956 |
Greatest jazz pianist of all time |
| Edward Tatum |
Scientist |
14-Dec-1909 |
7-Nov-1975 |
One gene, one enzyme theory |
| U Thant |
Diplomat |
22-Jan-1909 |
25-Nov-1974 |
UN Secretary General, 1961-71 |
| Peter Thorneycroft |
Politician |
26-Jul-1909 |
4-Jun-1994 |
UK Minister of Defence, 1962-64 |
| Ann Todd |
Actor |
24-Jan-1909 |
6-May-1993 |
The Sound Barrier |
| Michael Todd |
Film/TV Producer |
22-Jun-1909 |
22-Mar-1958 |
Around the World in Eighty Days |
| Ann Tyrrell |
Actor |
6-Feb-1909 |
20-Jul-1983 |
The Ann Sothern Show |
| Vivian Vance |
Actor |
26-Jul-1909 |
17-Aug-1979 |
Ethel on I Love Lucy |
| Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn |
Historian |
31-Jul-1909 |
26-May-1999 |
Conservative ideologue |
| Edwin A. Walker |
Military |
10-Nov-1909 |
31-Oct-1993 |
Ultraconservative activist |
| William C. Warren |
Educator |
3-Feb-1909 |
11-Sep-2000 |
Dean of Columbia Law School, 1952-70 |
| Simone Weil |
Philosopher |
3-Feb-1909 |
24-Aug-1943 |
The Iliad, or the Poem of Force |
| Eudora Welty |
Author |
13-Apr-1909 |
23-Jul-2001 |
The Optimist's Daughter |
| Jack Williams |
Politician |
29-Oct-1909 |
24-Aug-1998 |
Governor of Arizona, 1967-75 |
| Basil Wolverton |
Artist |
9-Jul-1909 |
31-Dec-1978 |
Mad magazine artist |
| Sidney Yates |
Politician |
27-Aug-1909 |
5-Oct-2000 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1949-99 |
| Samuel W. Yorty |
Politician |
1-Oct-1909 |
5-Jun-1998 |
Mayor of Los Angeles, 1961-73 |
| Lester Young |
Jazz Musician |
27-Aug-1909 |
15-Mar-1959 |
Jazz tenor saxophoneist |
| Herbert S. Zim |
Author |
12-Jul-1909 |
5-Dec-1994 |
Golden Guides |
