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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Peter Abrahams
Novelist
3-Mar-1919   Mine Boy
Mason Adams
Actor
26-Feb-1919 26-Apr-2005 Charlie Hume on Lou Grant
Ruggero J. Aldisert
Judge
10-Nov-1919   3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, 1968-86
Dayton Allen
Actor
24-Sep-1919 11-Nov-2004 Voice actor
Phil Alvarado
Boxing
18-Jan-1919 25-Dec-2003 Greatest amateur boxer ever
Giulio Andreotti
Head of State
14-Jan-1919   Six-time Prime Minister of Italy
Tim Babcock
Politician
27-Oct-1919   Governor of Montana, 1962-69
Ross Bagdasarian
Musician
27-Jan-1919 16-Jun-1972 Progenitor of Alvin and the Chipmunks
Lex Barker
Actor
8-May-1919 11-May-1973 The tenth to play Tarzan
Gene Barry
Actor
14-Jun-1919 9-Dec-2009 The War of the Worlds
Dewey F. Bartlett
Politician
28-Mar-1919 1-Mar-1979 Governor and Senator from Oklahoma
Frances Bay
Actor
23-Jan-1919 15-Sep-2011 Happy Gilmore
David Beaty
Novelist
28-Mar-1919 4-Dec-1999 Cone of Silence
Daniel Bell
Sociologist
10-May-1919 25-Jan-2011 The End of Ideology
Matthew A. Berdon
Business
31-Jul-1919 27-Mar-2010 Senior Partner, F. B. & Co.
Elizabeth Berridge
Novelist
3-Dec-1919 2-Dec-2009 Across the Common
David H. Blackwell
Mathematician
24-Apr-1919 8-Jul-2010 Bayesian statistics
Art Blakey
Drummer
11-Oct-1919 16-Oct-1990 Principal bebop instigator and drummer
Paul Bogart
Film Director
13-Nov-1919 15-Apr-2012 Prolific TV and film director
Derek Bond
Actor
26-Jan-1919 15-Oct-2006 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Albert H. Bowker
Educator
8-Sep-1919 20-Jan-2008 Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1971-80
George Box
Mathematician
18-Oct-1919   Statistician at University of Wisconsin
Kingman Brewster, Jr.
Educator
17-Jun-1919 8-Nov-1988 President of Yale, 1963-77
Myron H. Bright
Judge
5-Mar-1919   9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1968-85
Barbara Britton
Actor
26-Sep-1919 17-Jan-1980 Mr. and Mrs. North
Steve Brodie
Actor
21-Nov-1919 9-Jan-1992 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Edward Brooke
Politician
26-Oct-1919   US Senator from Massachusetts, 1967-79
Carol Bruce
Singer
15-Nov-1919 9-Oct-2007 Singer with seven decade career
James M. Buchanan
Economist
2-Oct-1919   Public Choice Theory
Mac Bundy
Government
30-Mar-1919 16-Sep-1996 National Security Advisor, 1961-66
E. Margaret Burbidge
Astronomer
12-Aug-1919   Synthesis of the elements in stars
Red Buttons
Actor
5-Feb-1919 13-Jul-2006 They Shoot Horses Don't They?
Tommy Byrne
Baseball
31-Dec-1919 20-Dec-2007 MLB pitcher, Mayor of Wake Forest
Tom Cahill
Football
c. 1919 29-Oct-1992 Army Head Coach, 1966-73
Frank Campanella
Actor
12-Mar-1919 30-Dec-2006 Character actor
Tony Canadeo
Football
5-May-1919 29-Nov-2003 The Gray Ghost of Gonzaga
Hugh L. Carey
Politician
11-Apr-1919 7-Aug-2011 Governor of New York, 1975-83
Peter Carington
Government
6-Jun-1919   UK Foreign Secretary, 1979-82
G. Harrold Carswell
Judge
22-Dec-1919 31-Jul-1992 Failed US Supreme Court nominee
R. V. Cassill
Novelist
17-May-1919 25-Mar-2002 Dr. Cobb's Game
Anne Cox Chambers
Business
1-Dec-1919   Billionaire, former US Ambassador to Belgium
Marge Champion
Dancer
2-Sep-1919   Show Boat
Frank M. Coffin
Judge
11-Jul-1919 7-Dec-2009 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, 1965-89
Lois Collier
Actor
21-Mar-1919 27-Oct-1999 Mary Wesley on Boston Blackie
John F. Collins
Politician
20-Jul-1919 23-Nov-1995 Mayor of Boston, 1960-68
Harry Coover
Chemist
6-Mar-1919 19-Mar-2011 Invented Super Glue
Don Cornell
Singer
21-Apr-1919 23-Feb-2004 Big band singer, It Isn't Fair
Robert J. Cornell
Politician
16-Dec-1919 10-May-2009 Congressman from Wisconsin, 1975-79
Alan Cottrell
Scientist
17-Jul-1919 15-Feb-2012 Metallurgist at Cambridge
Clyde Cowan
Physicist
6-Dec-1919 24-May-1974 Co-Discover of the neutrino
Donald J. Cram
Chemist
22-Apr-1919 17-Jun-2001 Synthesis of molecules
John H. Crimmins
Diplomat
26-Nov-1919 12-Dec-2007 US Ambassador to Brazil, 1973-78
Merce Cunningham
Dancer
16-Apr-1919 26-Jul-2009 Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Dino De Laurentiis
Film/TV Producer
8-Aug-1919 11-Nov-2010 Prodigious film producer
Gabriel Dell
Actor
8-Oct-1919 3-Jul-1988 Dead End Kid
Ovid Demaris
Author
6-Sep-1919 12-Mar-1998 The Last Mafioso
Joop den Uyl
Head of State
9-Aug-1919 24-Dec-1987 Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1973-77
Anatoly Dobrynin
Diplomat
19-Nov-1919 6-Apr-2010 Soviet Ambassador to the US, 1962-86
Joel Dorius
Educator
4-Jan-1919 14-Feb-2006 Professor fired for gay porn arrest
Ervin Drake
Songwriter
3-Apr-1919   It Was a Very Good Year
Dixie Dunbar
Actor
19-Jan-1919 29-Aug-1991 1930s actress
Robert Duncan
Poet
7-Jan-1919 3-Feb-1988 Bending the Bow
Margaret Early
Actor
25-Dec-1919 29-Nov-2000 Strike Up the Band
John Presper Eckert
Computer Programmer
9-Apr-1919 3-Jun-1995 ENIAC, BINAC, and UNIVAC I computers
Arthur English
Actor
9-May-1919 16-Apr-1995 Mr. Harman on Are You Being Served?
Norman A. Erbe
Politician
25-Oct-1919 8-Jun-2000 Governor of Iowa, 1961-63
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Poet
24-Mar-1919   A Coney Island of the Mind
Myron Floren
Musician
5-Nov-1919 23-Jul-2005 Accordionist for Lawrence Welk
Margot Fonteyn
Dancer
18-May-1919 21-Feb-1991 Exceptional British ballerina
Malcolm Forbes
Business
19-Aug-1919 24-Feb-1990 Forbes publisher, Faberge collector
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Country Musician
13-Feb-1919 17-Oct-1991 Sixteen Tons
Milton Frank
Diplomat
18-Nov-1919 13-Jan-1993 US Ambassador to Nepal, 1988-89
Bert Freed
Actor
3-Nov-1919 2-Aug-1994 Rufe Ryker on Shane
Kathleen Freeman
Actor
17-Feb-1919 23-Aug-2001 Gen. Burkhalter's sister
Leo R. Futia
Business
27-Aug-1919   Former Chairman of Guardian Life
Eva Gabor
Actor
11-Feb-1919 4-Jul-1995 Green Acres
Betty Garrett
Actor
23-May-1919 12-Feb-2011 Irene Lorenzo on All in the Family
Rosemary Gatenby
Novelist
8-Oct-1919 3-Jan-2007 The Season of Danger
Peter Gennaro
Dancer
23-Nov-1919 28-Sep-2000 Broadway choreographer
Robert Giaimo
Politician
15-Oct-1919 24-May-2006 Congressman from Connecticut, 1959-81
Frances Gifford
Actor
7-Dec-1919 15-Jan-1994 Jungle Girl
George Gobel
Comic
20-May-1919 24-Feb-1991 Hollywood Square
Sam Goddard
Politician
8-Aug-1919 1-Feb-2006 Governor of Arizona, 1965-67
Robert F. Goheen
Educator
15-Aug-1919 31-Mar-2008 President of Princeton University, 1957-72
Curt Gowdy
Sports Journalist
31-Jul-1919 20-Feb-2006 Voice of the Red Sox
Ella T. Grasso
Politician
10-May-1919 5-Feb-1981 First woman elected governor of Connecticut
Harry J. Gray
Business
18-Nov-1919 8-Jul-2009 CEO of United Technologies, 1972-86
Rocky Graziano
Boxing
1-Jan-1919 22-May-1990 Middleweight boxing champ
Wilson Greatbatch
Inventor
6-Sep-1919 27-Sep-2011 Implantable pacemaker
John Gregson
Actor
15-Mar-1919 8-Jan-1975 Genevieve
Inder Kumar Gujral
Head of State
4-Dec-1919   Prime Minister of India, 1997-98
Ed Guthman
Journalist
11-Aug-1919 31-Aug-2008 Nixon enemy, Pulitzer Prize winner
William L. Guy
Politician
30-Sep-1919   Governor of North Dakota, 1961-73
Uta Hagen
Actor
12-Jun-1919 14-Jan-2004 Renowned thespian and acting teacher
H. Tracy Hall
Chemist
20-Oct-1919 25-Jul-2008 Synthetic diamonds
Huntz Hall
Actor
15-Aug-1919 30-Jan-1999 Dead End Kids
R. M. Hare
Philosopher
21-Mar-1919 29-Jan-2002 Moral Thinking
Buck Harless
Business
14-Oct-1919   Coal baron, philanthropist
Tom Harmon
Football
28-Sep-1919 15-Mar-1990 Winner, 1940 Heisman Trophy
Eileen Heckart
Actor
29-Mar-1919 31-Dec-2001 Butterflies Are Free
Robert Heilbroner
Economist
24-Mar-1919 4-Jan-2005 The Worldly Philosophers
Christian Herter, Jr.
Government
29-Jan-1919 16-Sep-2007 First Chairman, New York Urban Coalition
Walter J. Hickel
Politician
18-Aug-1919 7-May-2010 Twice Governor of Alaska
Betty Hill
Hoaxer
28-Jun-1919 17-Oct-2004 Self-proclaimed UFO abductee
James Hill
Film Director
1-Aug-1919 7-Oct-1994 Born Free
Edmund Hillary
Explorer
20-Jul-1919 11-Jan-2008 First to summit Mt. Everest
Mike Holovak
Football
19-Sep-1919 27-Jan-2008 NFL Head Coach, General Manager
Frank J. Horton
Politician
12-Dec-1919 30-Aug-2004 Congressman from New York, 1963-93
Charles W. Hostler
Diplomat
12-Dec-1919   US Ambassador to Bahrain, 1989-93
Ralph Houk
Baseball
9-Aug-1919 21-Jul-2010 Former NY Yankees Manager
Godfrey N. Hounsfield
Engineer
28-Aug-1919 12-Aug-2004 Computerized axial tomography (CAT scans)
Mary Beth Hughes
Actor
13-Nov-1919 27-Aug-1995 The Ox-Bow Incident
Rex Humbard
Religion
13-Aug-1919 21-Sep-2007 Televangelist
Monte Irvin
Baseball
25-Feb-1919   Negro Leagues player, MLB Hall of Famer
Caldwell Johnson
Engineer
1919   Designer, early NASA space program
Jennifer Jones
Actor
2-Mar-1919 17-Dec-2009 The Song of Bernadette
Louis Jourdan
Actor
19-Jun-1919   Kamal in Octopussy
Ryszard Kaczorowski
Head of State
26-Nov-1919 10-Apr-2010 President-in-exile of Poland, 1989-90
Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov
Inventor
10-Nov-1919   Inventor of Kalashnikov rifle
Stanley H. Kaplan
Business
24-May-1919 23-Aug-2009 Developed SAT study aids
Howard Keel
Actor
13-Apr-1919 7-Nov-2004 Clayton Farlow on Dallas
Dick Kelty
Inventor
13-Sep-1919 12-Jan-2004 Invented the modern backpack
Richard T. Kennedy
Diplomat
24-Dec-1919 11-Jan-1998 US Ambassador for Nuclear Energy Policy
Frank Kermode
Critic
29-Nov-1919 17-Aug-2010 The Sense of an Ending
Andrea King
Actor
1-Feb-1919 22-Apr-2003 Hotel Berlin
Leon Kirchner
Composer
24-Jan-1919 17-Sep-2009 Quartet No. 3
Thomas S. Kleppe
Politician
1-Jul-1919 2-Mar-2007 US Secretary of the Interior, 1975-77
Fred Korematsu
Activist
30-Jan-1919 30-Mar-2005 Opposed internment camps
David Kossoff
Actor
24-Nov-1919 23-Mar-2005 The Mouse That Roared
Ernie Kovacs
Comic
23-Jan-1919 13-Jan-1962 Nairobi Trio
William Kunstler
Attorney
7-Jul-1919 4-Sep-1995 Civil rights attorney
Lawrence Lader
Activist
6-Aug-1919 7-May-2006 Father of abortion rights activism
Carole Landis
Actor
1-Jan-1919 5-Jul-1948 A Scandal in Paris
Laurence W. Lane, Jr.
Publisher
7-Nov-1919 31-Jul-2010 US Ambassador to Australia, 1986-89
Robert B. Leighton
Astronomer
10-Sep-1919 9-Mar-1997 Leighton dishes
Doris Lessing
Novelist
22-Oct-1919   Children of Violence series
Primo Levi
Author
31-Jul-1919 11-Apr-1987 Survival in Auschwitz
Diana Lewis
Actor
18-Sep-1919 18-Jan-1997 Go West
Liberace
Pianist
16-May-1919 4-Feb-1987 Rhinestoned pianist
Carl H. Lindner
Business
22-Apr-1919 17-Oct-2011 Cincinnati billionaire
William Lipscomb
Chemist
9-Dec-1919 14-Apr-2011 Chemical bonding
James Lovelock
Scientist
26-Jul-1919   The Gaia Theory
Jock Mahoney
Actor
7-Feb-1919 14-Dec-1989 Yancy Derringer
Jacques Marin
Actor
9-Sep-1919 10-Jan-2001 Charade
René Marqués
Playwright
4-Oct-1919 22-Mar-1979 La Carreta
Strother Martin
Actor
26-Mar-1919 1-Aug-1980 Cool Hand Luke
William Meredith
Poet
9-Jan-1919 30-May-2007 Partial Accounts
Mary Midgley
Philosopher
13-Sep-1919   Beast and Man
Eddie Miller
Country Musician
10-Dec-1919 11-Apr-1977 Release Me
Hyman Minsky
Economist
23-Sep-1919 25-Oct-1996 Inherently unstable markets
Kiichi Miyazawa
Head of State
8-Oct-1919 28-Jun-2007 Prime Minister of Japan, 1991-93
Al Molinaro
Actor
24-Jun-1919   Alfred on Happy Days
Howard Morris
Actor
4-Sep-1919 21-May-2005 Ernest T. Bass on The Andy Griffith Show
Iris Murdoch
Novelist
15-Jul-1919 8-Feb-1999 The Sea, the Sea
Joseph E. Murray
Doctor
1-Apr-1919   Kidney transplants
Edwin Newman
Journalist
25-Jan-1919 13-Aug-2010 Journalist and commentator for NBC News
Virginia O'Brien
Actor
18-Apr-1919 16-Jan-2001 The Big Store
Anita O'Day
Singer/Songwriter
18-Oct-1919 23-Nov-2006 Feminine master of scat
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Religion
13-Apr-1919 Sep-1995 Atheist spokeswoman
Dan O'Herlihy
Actor
1-May-1919 17-Feb-2005 The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Jack Palance
Actor
18-Feb-1919 10-Nov-2006 Performed one-handed push-ups
Pief Panofsky
Physicist
24-Apr-1919 24-Sep-2007 Stanford Linear Accelerator
Georgios Papadopoulos
Head of State
5-May-1919 27-Jun-1999 Dictator of Greece, 1967-73
Andreas Papandreou
Head of State
5-Feb-1919 23-Jun-1996 Twice Prime Minister of Greece
Charles H. Percy
Politician
27-Sep-1919 17-Sep-2011 US Senator from Illinois, 1967-85
François Périer
Actor
10-Nov-1919 29-Jun-2002 Nights of Cabiria
Evita Peron
First Lady
7-May-1919 26-Jul-1952 Don't cry for her
Nehemiah Persoff
Actor
2-Aug-1919   The Harder They Fall
Jon Pertwee
Actor
07-Jul-1919 20-May-1996 The Third Doctor Who
Johnny Pesky
Baseball
27-Sep-1919 13-Aug-2012 Boston Red Sox
Laurence J. Peter
Scientist
16-Sep-1919 12-Jan-1990 The Peter Principle
Slim Pickens
Actor
29-Jun-1919 8-Dec-1983 Tough cowboy actor
Donald Pleasence
Actor
5-Oct-1919 2-Feb-1995 The Great Escape
Frederik Pohl
Author
26-Nov-1919   Futurian science fiction writer
Charles O. Porter
Politician
4-Apr-1919 1-Jan-2006 Congressman from Oregon, 1957-61
Graham Purcell
Politician
5-May-1919 11-Jun-2011 Congressman from Texas, 1962-73
William F. Quinn
Politician
13-Jul-1919 28-Aug-2006 Governor of Hawaii, 1957-62
Emmett J. Rice
Economist
21-Dec-1919 10-Mar-2011 Federal Reserve Governor, 1979-86
Lynne Roberts
Actor
22-Nov-1919 1-Apr-1978 American character actress
Charles W. Robinson
Business
7-Sep-1919   Deputy Secretary of State, 1976-77
Eddie Robinson
Football
13-Feb-1919 3-Apr-2007 Grambling Head Coach, 1941-97
Jackie Robinson
Baseball
31-Jan-1919 24-Oct-1972 First negro in the major leagues
Lina Romay
Actor
16-Jan-1919 17-Dec-2010 Adventure
Andy Rooney
Journalist
14-Jan-1919 4-Nov-2011 60 Minutes' resident crank
Albert J. Rosenthal
Educator
5-Mar-1919 17-Mar-2010 Dean of Columbia Law School, 1979-84
J. D. Salinger
Novelist
1-Jan-1919 27-Jan-2010 The Catcher in the Rye
Robert A. Scalapino
Scholar
19-Oct-1919 31-Oct-2011 Longtime Asia scholar at Berkeley
Richard Scarry
Author
5-Jun-1919 30-Apr-1994 Delightful children's book author and artist
Walter Scheel
Politician
8-Jul-1919   President of Germany, 1974-79
Herbert I. Schiller
Author
5-Nov-1919 29-Jan-2000 Mass Communications and American Empire
Pete Seeger
Singer/Songwriter
3-May-1919   We Shall Overcome
Shah of Iran
Royalty
26-Oct-1919 27-Jul-1980 Last Shah of Iran
George Shearing
Jazz Musician
13-Aug-1919 14-Feb-2011 George Shearing Quintet
Doris Singleton
Actor
28-Sep-1919 26-Jun-2012 Caroline Appleby on I Love Lucy
Joseph J. Sisco
Diplomat
31-Oct-1919 23-Nov-2004 Kissinger's Mideast Deputy
Otto R. Skopil, Jr.
Judge
3-Jun-1919   9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-86
Ian Smith
Head of State
8-Apr-1919 20-Nov-2007 Rhodesian Prime Minister, 1965-79
Robert Stack
Actor
13-Jan-1919 14-May-2003 The Untouchables
Warren Stevens
Actor
2-Nov-1919 27-Mar-2012 Forbidden Planet
Nigel Stock
Actor
21-Sep-1919 22-Jun-1986 Dr. Watson in BBC's Sherlock Holmes
P. F. Strawson
Philosopher
23-Nov-1919 13-Feb-2006 Individuals
Lawrence Tierney
Actor
15-Mar-1919 26-Feb-2002 Joe Cabot in Reservoir Dogs
Richard Todd
Actor
11-Jun-1919 3-Dec-2009 The Dam Busters
Norman Tokar
Film Director
25-Nov-1919 6-Apr-1979 The Apple Dumpling Gang
Pierre Trudeau
Head of State
18-Oct-1919 28-Sep-2000 Twice Prime Minister of Canada
Moise Tshombe
Head of State
10-Nov-1919 29-Jun-1969 Katanga secessionist
Forrest Tucker
Actor
12-Feb-1919 25-Oct-1986 Sgt. O'Rourke on F Troop
Chavela Vargas
Singer
17-Apr-1919 5-Aug-2012 Ranchera singer
Lino Ventura
Actor
14-Jul-1919 22-Oct-1987 The Threepenny Opera
George Wackenhut
Business
1919 31-Dec-2004 Founder of Wackenhut
George Wallace
Politician
25-Aug-1919 13-Sep-1998 Governor of Alabama, crippled by assassin
Helen Robson Walton
Relative
3-Dec-1919 19-Apr-2007 World's 13th richest person, 2005
Sam Wanamaker
Actor
14-Jun-1919 19-Dec-1993 Rebuilt Globe Theatre
Judge Wapner
TV Personality
15-Nov-1919   People's Court
Arthur K. Watson
Business
23-Apr-1919 26-Jul-1974 Past President of IBM World Corp.
George Weissman
Business
12-Jul-1919 24-Jul-2009 CEO of Philip Morris, 1978-84
Kitty Wells
Country Musician
30-Aug-1919 16-Jul-2012 First Queen of Country Music
Reed Whittemore
Poet
11-Sep-1919 6-Apr-2012 Heroes & Heroines
Pete Williams
Politician
10-Dec-1919 17-Nov-2001 US Senator snagged in ABSCAM
Margaret Bush Wilson
Activist
30-Jan-1919 11-Aug-2009 NAACP Chairman, 1975-83
Marie Windsor
Actor
11-Dec-1919 10-Dec-2000 The Killing
Leona Woods
Physicist
9-Aug-1919 10-Nov-1986 Physicist at University of Chicago
Walter B. Wriston
Business
3-Aug-1919 19-Jan-2005 CEO of Citibank, 1967-84
Alan Young
Actor
19-Nov-1919   Wilbur Post on Mister Ed
Zhao Ziyang
Politician
17-Oct-1919 16-Jan-2005 6th Chinese Premier sought reforms




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