| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Charles Francis Adams IV |
Business |
2-May-1910 |
5-Jan-1999 |
Former president of Raytheon |
| Joy Adamson |
Naturalist |
20-Jan-1910 |
3-Jan-1980 |
Born Free |
| Ahmed Ali |
Novelist |
1-Jul-1910 |
14-Jan-1994 |
Twilight in Delhi |
| Joseph Alsop |
Journalist |
11-Oct-1910 |
28-Aug-1989 |
Matter of Fact |
| Kirk Alyn |
Actor |
8-Oct-1910 |
14-Mar-1999 |
Superman |
| Robert B. Anderson |
Government |
4-Jun-1910 |
14-Aug-1989 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61 |
| Momofuku Ando |
Business |
5-Mar-1910 |
5-Jan-2007 |
Inventor of instant noodle soup |
| Jean Anouilh |
Playwright |
23-Jun-1910 |
3-Oct-1987 |
Le Voyageur sans Bagage |
| Daniel I. Arnon |
Biologist |
14-Nov-1910 |
20-Dec-1994 |
Photophosphorylation |
| A. J. Ayer |
Philosopher |
29-Oct-1910 |
27-Jun-1989 |
Language, Truth and Logic |
| John Banner |
Actor |
28-Jan-1910 |
28-Jan-1973 |
Sgt. Schultz on Hogan's Heroes |
| Paul A. Baran |
Economist |
8-Dec-1910 |
26-Mar-1964 |
Marxist economist |
| Samuel Barber |
Composer |
9-Mar-1910 |
23-Jan-1981 |
Adagio for Strings |
| Jean-Louis Barrault |
Actor |
8-Sep-1910 |
22-Jan-1994 |
Les Enfants du Paradis |
| Cliff Battles |
Football |
1-May-1910 |
28-Apr-1981 |
NFL Hall-of-Famer |
| Charles E. Bennett |
Politician |
2-Dec-1910 |
6-Sep-2003 |
Congressman from Florida, 1949-93 |
| Joan Bennett |
Actor |
27-Feb-1910 |
7-Dec-1990 |
Little Women |
| Sally Blane |
Actor |
11-Jul-1910 |
27-Aug-1997 |
The Star Witness |
| Kenneth E. Boulding |
Economist |
18-Jan-1910 |
18-Mar-1993 |
The Image: Knowledge of Life in Society |
| Paul Bowles |
Author |
30-Dec-1910 |
18-Nov-1999 |
The Sheltering Sky |
| Virginia Bruce |
Actor |
29-Sep-1910 |
24-Feb-1982 |
The Invisible Woman |
| Abe Burrows |
Playwright |
18-Dec-1910 |
17-May-1985 |
Co-Author, Guys and Dolls |
| Rod Cameron |
Actor |
7-Dec-1910 |
21-Dec-1983 |
The Bounty Killer |
| John W. Campbell |
Editor |
8-Jun-1910 |
11-Jul-1971 |
Editor of Astounding, 1938-71 |
| Kitty Carlisle |
Singer |
3-Sep-1910 |
18-Apr-2007 |
A Night at the Opera |
| Jack Carson |
Actor |
27-Oct-1910 |
2-Jan-1963 |
Two Guys From Milwaukee |
| John Paddy Carstairs |
Film Director |
11-May-1910 |
12-Dec-1970 |
The Saint in London |
| Elbert N. Carvel |
Politician |
9-Feb-1910 |
6-Feb-2005 |
Twice Governor of Delaware |
| Big Sid Catlett |
Jazz Musician |
10-Jan-1910 |
25-Mar-1951 |
Jazz/swing drummer |
| Anthony J. Celebrezze |
Politician |
4-Sep-1910 |
29-Oct-1998 |
Mayor of Cleveland, 1954-61 |
| Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar |
Astronomer |
19-Oct-1910 |
21-Aug-1995 |
Evolutionary stages of stars |
| Chiang Ching-Kuo |
Head of State |
27-Apr-1910 |
13-Jan-1988 |
President of Nationalist China, 1978-88 |
| Marguerite Churchill |
Actor |
25-Dec-1910 |
9-Jan-2000 |
The Big Trail |
| Mae Clarke |
Actor |
16-Aug-1910 |
29-Apr-1992 |
Waterloo Bridge |
| Ronald H. Coase |
Economist |
29-Dec-1910 |
|
Transactions costs and property rights |
| Christopher Cockerell |
Inventor |
4-Jun-1910 |
1-Jun-1999 |
Hovercraft |
| Richard Conte |
Actor |
24-Mar-1910 |
15-Apr-1975 |
The Blue Gardenia |
| Frederick De Cordova |
Film/TV Producer |
27-Oct-1910 |
15-Sep-2001 |
Producer of The Tonight Show |
| Jacques Cousteau |
Activist |
11-Jun-1910 |
25-Jun-1997 |
Oceanographer, environmentalist |
| Charles Crichton |
Film Director |
6-Aug-1910 |
15-Sep-1999 |
A Fish Called Wanda |
| Scatman Crothers |
Jazz Musician |
23-May-1910 |
22-Nov-1986 |
Jazz musician and actor |
| Constance Cummings |
Actor |
15-May-1910 |
23-Nov-2005 |
Blithe Spirit |
| Cyril Cusack |
Actor |
26-Nov-1910 |
7-Oct-1993 |
Gone to Earth |
| Price Daniel |
Politician |
10-Oct-1910 |
25-Aug-1988 |
Governor of Texas, 1957-63 |
| Peter De Vries |
Novelist |
27-Feb-1910 |
28-Sep-1993 |
The Tunnel of Love |
| Dizzy Dean |
Baseball |
16-Jan-1910 |
17-Jul-1974 |
MVP in 1934, won two World Series |
| Rosemary DeCamp |
Actor |
14-Nov-1910 |
20-Feb-2001 |
Yankee Doodle Dandy |
| Frank DeKova |
Actor |
17-Mar-1910 |
15-Oct-1981 |
Chief Wild Eagle on F Troop |
| Jimmy Demaret |
Golf |
24-May-1910 |
28-Dec-1983 |
Winner of three Masters Tournaments |
| Khigh Dhiegh |
Actor |
1910 |
25-Oct-1991 |
Wo Fat on Hawaii 5-O |
| Jimmie Dodd |
Talk Show Host |
28-Mar-1910 |
10-Nov-1964 |
Winsome Mickey Mouse Club host |
| Steffi Duna |
Actor |
8-Feb-1910 |
22-Apr-1992 |
Hungarian-American character actress |
| Katherine Dunham |
Dancer |
22-Jun-1910 |
21-May-2006 |
Dunham School of Dance |
| David W. Dyer |
Judge |
28-Jun-1910 |
7-Jun-1998 |
5th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1966-76 |
| Orval Faubus |
Politician |
7-Jan-1910 |
14-Dec-1994 |
Governor of Arkansas, 1955-67 |
| Paul J. Flory |
Chemist |
19-Jun-1910 |
9-Sep-1985 |
Studied polymers |
| Red Foley |
Country Musician |
17-Jun-1910 |
19-Sep-1968 |
Country crooner, wrote Old Shep |
| Dick Foran |
Actor |
18-Jun-1910 |
10-Aug-1979 |
The Petrified Forest |
| Abe Fortas |
Judge |
19-Jun-1910 |
5-Apr-1982 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1965-69 |
| Jean Genet |
Novelist |
19-Dec-1910 |
15-Apr-1986 |
Theatre of the Absurd |
| Vic Ghezzi |
Golf |
19-Oct-1910 |
30-May-1976 |
Winner, 1941 PGA Championship |
| Erich Gimpel |
Spy |
25-Mar-1910 |
1996 |
Agent 146 |
| Paulette Goddard |
Actor |
3-Jun-1910 |
23-Apr-1990 |
Reap the Wild Wind |
| Nathuram Vinayak Godse |
Assassin |
19-May-1910 |
15-Nov-1949 |
Assassinated Gandhi |
| William J. Green, Jr. |
Politician |
5-Mar-1910 |
21-Dec-1963 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1949-63 |
| Archie M. Gubbrud |
Politician |
31-Dec-1910 |
26-Apr-1987 |
Governor of South Dakota, 1961-65 |
| Gus Hall |
Activist |
8-Oct-1910 |
13-Oct-2000 |
Leader, Communist Party USA |
| Ruth Hall |
Actor |
29-Dec-1910 |
9-Oct-2003 |
Monkey Business |
| William Hanna |
Cartoonist |
14-Jul-1910 |
22-Mar-2001 |
Half of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon sweatshop |
| Parker T. Hart |
Diplomat |
28-Sep-1910 |
15-Oct-1997 |
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1961-65 |
| Signe Hasso |
Actor |
15-Aug-1910 |
7-Jun-2002 |
A Double Life |
| Jack Hawkins |
Actor |
14-Sep-1910 |
18-Jul-1973 |
Land of the Pharaohs |
| Van Heflin |
Actor |
13-Dec-1910 |
23-Jul-1971 |
Till the Clouds Roll By |
| Louis Henyey |
Astronomer |
3-Feb-1910 |
18-Feb-1970 |
Henyey method |
| Miguel Hernández |
Poet |
30-Oct-1910 |
28-Mar-1942 |
El rayo que no cesa |
| William A. Higinbotham |
Physicist |
25-Oct-1910 |
10-Nov-1994 |
Physicist, Tennis for Two |
| Gordon Hinckley |
Religion |
23-Jun-1910 |
27-Jan-2008 |
President of the Mormon Church, 1995-2008 |
| Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin |
Chemist |
12-May-1910 |
29-Jul-1994 |
Determined structure of Vitamin B12 |
| Outerbridge Horsey |
Diplomat |
1-Oct-1910 |
18-Aug-1983 |
US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1963-66 |
| Arthur Hunnicutt |
Actor |
17-Feb-1910 |
26-Sep-1979 |
The Big Sky |
| Kelly Johnson |
Engineer |
27-Feb-1910 |
21-Dec-1990 |
Lockheed Skunk Works plane designer |
| Sammy Kaye |
Musician |
13-Mar-1910 |
2-Jun-1987 |
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye |
| Patsy Kelly |
Actor |
12-Jan-1910 |
24-Sep-1981 |
Freaky Friday |
| Rachel Kempson |
Actor |
28-May-1910 |
24-May-2003 |
Matriarch of Redgrave dynasty |
| Lawrence A. Kimpton |
Educator |
7-Oct-1910 |
1-Nov-1977 |
Chancellor, University of Chicago, 1951-60 |
| Franz Kline |
Painter |
23-May-1910 |
13-May-1962 |
Abstract expressionist painter |
| Tjalling C. Koopmans |
Economist |
28-Aug-1910 |
26-Feb-1985 |
Linear programming |
| Thomas H. Kuchel |
Politician |
15-Aug-1910 |
21-Nov-1994 |
US Senator from California, 1953-69 |
| Akira Kurosawa |
Film Director |
23-Mar-1910 |
6-Sep-1998 |
Yojimbo |
| Arthur Larson |
Politician |
4-Jul-1910 |
27-Mar-1993 |
Moderate conservative thinker |
| John Latsis |
Business |
14-Sep-1910 |
17-Apr-2003 |
Greek shipping tycoon |
| Marc Lawrence |
Actor |
17-Feb-1910 |
28-Nov-2005 |
Prolific character actor |
| Fritz Leiber |
Author |
24-Dec-1910 |
5-Sep-1992 |
Ship of Shadows |
| Harold LeVander |
Politician |
10-Oct-1910 |
30-Mar-1992 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1967-71 |
| Margaret Lindsay |
Actor |
19-Sep-1910 |
9-May-1981 |
The House of the Seven Gables |
| Frank Loesser |
Composer |
29-Jun-1910 |
28-Jul-1969 |
Guys and Dolls |
| Diosdado Macapagal |
Head of State |
28-Sep-1910 |
21-Apr-1997 |
9th President of the Philippines |
| E. G. Marshall |
Actor |
18-Jun-1910 |
24-Aug-1998 |
Juror #4, 12 Angry Men |
| Archer J. P. Martin |
Chemist |
1-Mar-1910 |
28-Jul-2002 |
Partition chromatography |
| Jean Martinon |
Conductor |
10-Jan-1910 |
1-Mar-1976 |
Music Director, Chicago Symphony, 1963-68 |
| Ilona Massey |
Actor |
16-Jun-1910 |
20-Aug-1974 |
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man |
| Adolfo López Mateos |
Head of State |
26-May-1910 |
22-Sep-1969 |
President of Mexico, 1958-64 |
| Dorothy Maynor |
Singer |
3-Sep-1910 |
19-Feb-1996 |
Soprano, founder of Harlem School of the Arts |
| Sarah McClendon |
Journalist |
8-Jul-1910 |
8-Jan-2003 |
White House Reporter FDR to GWB |
| Robert K. Merton |
Sociologist |
4-Jul-1910 |
23-Feb-2003 |
On the Shoulders of Giants |
| Inge Meysel |
Actor |
30-May-1910 |
11-Jul-2004 |
Popular German TV actress |
| Max Miedinger |
Typographer |
24-Dec-1910 |
8-Mar-1980 |
Designed the Helvetica typeface |
| James Millican |
Actor |
17-Feb-1910 |
24-Nov-1955 |
American character actor |
| Brigitte Mira |
Actor |
20-Apr-1910 |
8-Mar-2005 |
Fassbinder actress |
| Jacques Monod |
Scientist |
9-Feb-1910 |
31-May-1976 |
Operon theory of genetic control |
| Iris Morley |
Author |
10-May-1910 |
27-Jul-1953 |
A Thousand Lives |
| Wright Morris |
Novelist |
6-Jan-1910 |
29-Apr-1998 |
The Field of Vision |
| George Musso |
Football |
8-Apr-1910 |
5-Sep-2000 |
Chicago Bears tackle, guard |
| Barbara O'Neil |
Actor |
17-Jul-1910 |
3-Sep-1980 |
Ellen O'Hara in Gone with the Wind |
| Gordon Oliver |
Actor |
27-Apr-1910 |
26-Jan-1995 |
The Spiral Staircase |
| Charles Olson |
Poet |
27-Dec-1910 |
10-Jan-1970 |
The Maximus Poems |
| Johnny Olson |
Game Show Host |
22-May-1910 |
12-Oct-1985 |
Announcer for What's My Line, etc. |
| Anita Page |
Actor |
4-Aug-1910 |
6-Sep-2008 |
The Broadway Melody |
| Robert Paige |
Actor |
2-Dec-1910 |
21-Dec-1987 |
Son of Dracula |
| Maurice Papon |
Criminal |
3-Sep-1910 |
17-Feb-2007 |
Vichy war criminal |
| Roy H. Park |
Philanthropist |
15-Sep-1910 |
25-Oct-1993 |
Media mogul, Park Foundation |
| Bonnie Parker |
Criminal |
1-Oct-1910 |
23-May-1934 |
Bonnie and Clyde |
| Leo Pfeffer |
Scholar |
25-Dec-1910 |
4-Jun-1993 |
Religious liberty scholar, attorney |
| Nouhak Phoumsavanh |
Head of State |
9-Apr-1910 |
9-Sep-2008 |
President of Laos, 1992-98 |
| Georges Pire |
Religion |
10-Feb-1910 |
30-Jan-1969 |
Activist monk, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Roy Plunkett |
Chemist |
26-Jun-1910 |
12-May-1994 |
Accidentally discovered Teflon |
| Carlo Ponti |
Film/TV Producer |
11-Dec-1910 |
10-Jan-2007 |
Doctor Zhivago |
| Wolfgang Preiss |
Actor |
27-Feb-1910 |
27-Nov-2002 |
A Bridge Too Far |
| Louis Prima |
Singer |
7-Dec-1910 |
24-Aug-1978 |
King of the Swingers |
| Carroll Quigley |
Educator |
9-Nov-1910 |
3-Jan-1977 |
Harvard professor, mentor to Bill Clinton |
| Maxwell M. Rabb |
Attorney |
28-Sep-1910 |
9-Jun-2002 |
US Ambassador to Italy, 1981-89 |
| Luise Rainer |
Actor |
12-Jan-1910 |
|
German film actress |
| Django Reinhardt |
Jazz Musician |
23-Jan-1910 |
16-May-1953 |
Gypsy jazz guitarist |
| Edwin O. Reischauer |
Diplomat |
15-Oct-1910 |
1-Sep-1990 |
US Ambassador to Japan, 1961-66 |
| Abraham Ribicoff |
Politician |
9-Apr-1910 |
22-Feb-1998 |
Senator and Governor from Connecticut |
| Richard Rober |
Actor |
14-May-1910 |
26-May-1952 |
Jet Pilot |
| Laurance Rockefeller |
Business |
26-May-1910 |
11-Jul-2004 |
Financier behind Eastern Airlines |
| Hayden Rorke |
Actor |
23-Oct-1910 |
19-Aug-1987 |
Dr. Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie |
| Albert Rosellini |
Politician |
21-Jan-1910 |
10-Oct-2011 |
Governor of Washington, 1957-65 |
| Lillian Roth |
Actor |
13-Dec-1910 |
12-May-1980 |
I'll Cry Tomorrow |
| Roy Rowland |
Film Director |
31-Dec-1910 |
29-Jun-1995 |
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes |
| Herbert Rudley |
Actor |
22-Mar-1910 |
9-Sep-2006 |
Herb Hubbard on The Mothers-in-Law |
| Kenneth Rush |
Business |
17-Jan-1910 |
11-Dec-1994 |
US Ambassador to France, 1974-77 |
| Bayard Rustin |
Activist |
17-Mar-1910 |
24-Aug-1987 |
Organized the 1963 March on Washington |
| Eero Saarinen |
Architect |
20-Aug-1910 |
1-Sep-1961 |
Designed Gateway Arch in St. Louis |
| Pierre Schaeffer |
Electronic Musician |
14-Aug-1910 |
19-Aug-1995 |
Inventor of musique concrète |
| Bernard A. Schriever |
Military |
14-Sep-1910 |
20-Jun-2005 |
US Air Force space program |
| William Schuman |
Composer |
4-Aug-1910 |
15-Feb-1992 |
Symphony No. 6 |
| Artie Shaw |
Musician |
23-May-1910 |
30-Dec-2004 |
Clarinetist, big band leader |
| Bob Sheppard |
Sports Journalist |
20-Oct-1910 |
11-Jul-2010 |
Voice of Yankee Stadium |
| William Shockley |
Physicist |
13-Feb-1910 |
12-Aug-1989 |
Co-Inventor of the transistor |
| Sylvia Sidney |
Actor |
8-Aug-1910 |
1-Jul-1999 |
Mama Carlson on WKRP |
| Simone Simon |
Actor |
23-Apr-1910 |
22-Feb-2005 |
Cat People |
| Jacques Singer |
Conductor |
9-May-1910 |
11-Aug-1980 |
Music Director, Oregon Symphony, 1962-72 |
| Louis Slotin |
Physicist |
1-Dec-1910 |
30-May-1946 |
Died tickling the dragon's tail |
| Izler Solomon |
Conductor |
11-Jan-1910 |
6-Dec-1987 |
Director, Indianapolis Symphony, 1956-76 |
| John P. Stapp |
Scientist |
11-Jul-1910 |
13-Nov-1999 |
Rocket sled pioneer |
| Gloria Stuart |
Actor |
4-Jul-1910 |
27-Sep-2010 |
Rose in Titanic |
| Mother Teresa |
Religion |
26-Aug-1910 |
5-Sep-1997 |
Missionaries of Charity |
| Lupita Tovar |
Actor |
27-Jul-1910 |
|
Spanish version of Dracula |
| Claire Trevor |
Actor |
8-Mar-1910 |
8-Apr-2000 |
Key Largo |
| Roger Tubby |
Government |
30-Dec-1910 |
14-Jan-1991 |
Truman's press secretary |
| Paul Turan |
Mathematician |
28-Aug-1910 |
26-Sep-1976 |
Hungarian mathematician |
| Winfred Van Atta |
Novelist |
18-Oct-1910 |
5-Jun-1990 |
Shock Treatment |
| Herb Vigran |
Actor |
5-Jun-1910 |
29-Nov-1986 |
Television character actor |
| Robert F. Wagner, Jr. |
Politician |
20-Apr-1910 |
12-Feb-1991 |
Mayor of New York City, 1954-65 |
| T-Bone Walker |
Guitarist |
28-May-1910 |
16-Mar-1975 |
Highly influential blues guitarist |
| Harold Watkinson |
Politician |
25-Jan-1910 |
19-Dec-1995 |
UK Minister of Defence, 1959-62 |
| Mary Whitehouse |
Activist |
13-Jun-1910 |
23-Nov-2001 |
British anti-pornography crusader |
| Jamie L. Whitten |
Politician |
18-Apr-1910 |
9-Sep-1995 |
Congressman from Mississippi, 1941-95 |
| Mary Wickes |
Actor |
13-Jun-1910 |
22-Oct-1995 |
Sister Act |
| Robert Wilcox |
Actor |
19-May-1910 |
11-Jun-1955 |
The Man They Could Not Hang |
| Cootie Williams |
Jazz Musician |
10-Jul-1910 |
15-Sep-1985 |
Cootie Williams and His Orchestra |
| Robert H. Winters |
Politician |
18-Aug-1910 |
10-Oct-1969 |
Canadian Minister of Trade, 1966-68 |
| Howlin' Wolf |
Singer/Songwriter |
10-Jun-1910 |
10-Jan-1976 |
Blues guitarist |
| John Wooden |
Basketball |
14-Oct-1910 |
4-Jun-2010 |
Winningest-ever college basketball coach |
| Norman Wooland |
Actor |
16-Mar-1910 |
3-Apr-1989 |
Shakespearean stage actor |
| Jane Wyatt |
Actor |
12-Aug-1910 |
20-Oct-2006 |
Father Knows Best |
| Joseph Yablonski |
Labor Leader |
3-Mar-1910 |
31-Dec-1969 |
UMW executive, murdered |
| Konrad Zuse |
Engineer |
22-Jun-1910 |
18-Dec-1995 |
Built first Turing-complete computer |
