| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Joey Adams |
Comic |
6-Jan-1911 |
2-Dec-1999 |
Borscht Belt comedian |
| Maurice Allais |
Economist |
31-May-1911 |
|
Monopoly pricing and the Allais effect |
| Walter Allen |
Novelist |
23-Feb-1911 |
28-Feb-1995 |
All in a Lifetime |
| Walter Alston |
Baseball |
1-Dec-1911 |
1-Oct-1984 |
Longtime Manager, Brooklyn/LA Dodgers |
| Luis W. Alvarez |
Physicist |
13-Jun-1911 |
1-Sep-1988 |
Particle accelerator pioneer |
| Harry Andrews |
Actor |
10-Nov-1911 |
6-Mar-1989 |
The Agony and the Ecstasy |
| LaVerne Andrews |
Singer |
6-Jul-1911 |
8-May-1967 |
The Andrews Sisters |
| Jean-Pierre Aumont |
Actor |
5-Jan-1911 |
30-Jan-2001 |
La Machine Infernale |
| William H. Avery |
Politician |
11-Aug-1911 |
|
Governor of Kansas, 1965-67 |
| Lucille Ball |
Actor |
6-Aug-1911 |
26-Apr-1989 |
I Love Lucy |
| Jim Bannon |
Actor |
9-Apr-1911 |
28-Jul-1984 |
Cowboy actor, played Red Ryder |
| Joseph Barbera |
Cartoonist |
24-Mar-1911 |
18-Dec-2006 |
Hanna-Barbera cartoons |
| William W. Barron |
Politician |
8-Dec-1911 |
12-Nov-2002 |
Governor of West Virginia, 1961-65 |
| Romare Bearden |
Painter |
2-Sep-1911 |
12-Mar-1988 |
Collagist |
| Sybille Bedford |
Novelist |
16-Mar-1911 |
17-Feb-2006 |
A Favourite of the Gods |
| George Benson |
Actor |
11-Jan-1911 |
17-Jun-1983 |
The Creeping Flesh |
| Samuel D. Berger |
Diplomat |
6-Dec-1911 |
12-Feb-1980 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1961-64 |
| Prince Bernhard |
Royalty |
29-Jun-1911 |
1-Dec-2004 |
Prince of the Netherlands |
| Elizabeth Bishop |
Poet |
8-Feb-1911 |
6-Oct-1979 |
North & South |
| Joh Bjelke-Petersen |
Politician |
13-Jan-1911 |
23-Apr-2005 |
Former Premier of Queensland, Australia |
| John Blatnik |
Politician |
17-Aug-1911 |
17-Dec-1991 |
Congressman from Minnesota, 1947-75 |
| Edward Boland |
Politician |
1-Oct-1911 |
4-Nov-2001 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1953-89 |
| Smiley Burnette |
Singer/Songwriter |
18-Mar-1911 |
16-Feb-1967 |
Frog Millhouse |
| Hortense Calisher |
Novelist |
20-Dec-1911 |
|
In the Absence of Angels |
| Melvin Calvin |
Chemist |
8-Apr-1911 |
8-Jan-1997 |
Deciphered photosynthesis |
| Louise Campbell |
Actor |
30-May-1911 |
5-Nov-1997 |
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back |
| Cantinflas |
Actor |
12-Aug-1911 |
20-Apr-1993 |
Around the World in Eighty Days |
| Konstantin Chernenko |
Head of State |
24-Sep-1911 |
10-Mar-1985 |
Soviet General Secretary, 1984-85 |
| Randolph Churchill |
Journalist |
28-May-1911 |
6-Jun-1968 |
Son of Winston Churchill |
| Lee J. Cobb |
Actor |
8-Dec-1911 |
11-Feb-1976 |
The Left Hand of God |
| Bert T. Combs |
Politician |
13-Aug-1911 |
4-Dec-1991 |
Governor of Kentucky, 1959-63 |
| Ellen Corby |
Actor |
3-Jun-1911 |
14-Apr-1999 |
Grandma on The Waltons |
| Broderick Crawford |
Actor |
9-Dec-1911 |
26-Apr-1986 |
All the King's Men |
| Tom Creavy |
Golf |
3-Feb-1911 |
3-Mar-1979 |
Winner, 1931 PGA Championship |
| Hume Cronyn |
Actor |
18-Jul-1911 |
15-Jun-2003 |
Cocoon |
| Fred Daly |
Golf |
11-Oct-1911 |
18-Nov-1990 |
Winner, 1947 British Open |
| Jules Dassin |
Film Director |
18-Dec-1911 |
31-Mar-2008 |
Topkapi |
| Frank De Vol |
Musician |
20-Sep-1911 |
27-Oct-1999 |
Happy Kyne on Fernwood 2 Nite |
| Basil Dearden |
Film Director |
1-Jan-1911 |
23-Mar-1971 |
Khartoum |
| Martin Denny |
Musician |
10-Apr-1911 |
2-Mar-2005 |
King of the Tiki Hut |
| Ann Doran |
Actor |
28-Jul-1911 |
19-Sep-2000 |
Rio Grande |
| Edward R. Dudley |
Diplomat |
11-Mar-1911 |
8-Feb-2005 |
First Black US Ambassador |
| Roy Eldridge |
Jazz Musician |
30-Jan-1911 |
26-Feb-1989 |
Swing-era jazz trumpeter |
| Odysseas Elytis |
Poet |
2-Nov-1911 |
18-Mar-1996 |
Axion Esti |
| Clair Engle |
Politician |
21-Sep-1911 |
30-Jul-1964 |
US Senator from California, 1959-64 |
| Leif Erickson |
Actor |
27-Oct-1911 |
29-Jan-1986 |
The High Chaparral |
| Jack Finney |
Author |
2-Oct-1911 |
14-Nov-1995 |
Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
| William A. Fowler |
Astronomer |
9-Aug-1911 |
14-Mar-1995 |
Element generation within stars |
| Douglas Fowley |
Actor |
30-May-1911 |
21-May-1998 |
Doc Holliday on TV's Wyatt Earp |
| Phyllis Fraser |
Socialite |
22-Jun-1911 |
24-Nov-2006 |
Wife of Bennett Cerf |
| Max Frisch |
Novelist |
15-May-1911 |
4-Apr-1991 |
Homo Faber |
| Klaus Fuchs |
Physicist |
29-Dec-1911 |
28-Jan-1988 |
Manhattan Project scientist, spy for USSR |
| Foster Furcolo |
Politician |
29-Jul-1911 |
5-Jul-1995 |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1957-61 |
| Alfonso García Robles |
Diplomat |
20-Mar-1911 |
2-Sep-1991 |
Diplomat, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Vo Nguyen Giap |
Military |
25-Aug-1911 |
|
North Vietnamese General, Minister of Defense |
| Josh Gibson |
Baseball |
21-Dec-1911 |
20-Jan-1947 |
Negro Leagues hall of fame hitter |
| Sid Gillman |
Football |
26-Oct-1911 |
3-Jan-2003 |
NFL Coach, Hall of Famer |
| William Golding |
Novelist |
19-Sep-1911 |
19-Jun-1993 |
Lord of The Flies |
| Paul Goodman |
Anarchist |
9-Sep-1911 |
2-Aug-1972 |
Growing Up Absurd |
| John Gorton |
Head of State |
9-Sep-1911 |
19-May-2002 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1968-71 |
| Hank Greenberg |
Baseball |
1-Jan-1911 |
4-Sep-1986 |
Two-time American League MVP |
| James Gregory |
Actor |
23-Dec-1911 |
16-Sep-2002 |
Inspector Lugar on Barney Miller |
| Val Guest |
Film Director |
11-Dec-1911 |
10-May-2006 |
The Day the Earth Caught Fire |
| Ralph Guldahl |
Golf |
22-Nov-1911 |
11-Jun-1987 |
Winner of 3 Majors |
| Trygve Haavelmo |
Economist |
13-Dec-1911 |
28-Jul-1999 |
Economic forecasting |
| Reed Hadley |
Actor |
1-Jan-1911 |
11-Dec-1974 |
Radio star of Red Ryder |
| Robert Hamer |
Film Director |
31-Mar-1911 |
4-Dec-1963 |
Kind Hearts and Coronets |
| Jean Harlow |
Actor |
3-Mar-1911 |
7-Jun-1937 |
Bombshell |
| William F. Harrah |
Business |
2-Sep-1911 |
30-Jun-1978 |
Founder of Harrah's Casino |
| Wayne L. Hays |
Politician |
13-May-1911 |
13-Feb-1989 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1949-76 |
| Norman G. Heatley |
Scientist |
1911 |
5-Jan-2004 |
Mass production of penicillin |
| Kirby J. Hensley |
Religion |
23-Jul-1911 |
19-Mar-1999 |
Founder, Universal Life Church |
| Bernard Herrmann |
Composer |
29-Jun-1911 |
24-Dec-1975 |
Scored Psycho, Citizen Kane |
| John J. Hickey |
Politician |
22-Aug-1911 |
22-Sep-1970 |
Governor of Wyoming, 1959-61 |
| Thora Hird |
Actor |
28-May-1911 |
15-Mar-2003 |
Talking Heads |
| Michael Hordern |
Actor |
3-Oct-1911 |
2-May-1995 |
The Slipper and the Rose |
| Tsien Hsue-shen |
Scientist |
11-Dec-1911 |
|
Founder of Chinese space program |
| L. Ron Hubbard |
Religion |
13-Mar-1911 |
24-Jan-1986 |
Perpetrated Dianetics, Scientology |
| Hubert Humphrey |
Politician |
27-May-1911 |
13-Jan-1978 |
US Vice President, 1965-69 |
| Chet Huntley |
Journalist |
10-Dec-1911 |
20-Mar-1974 |
The Huntley-Brinkley Report |
| Ruth Hussey |
Actor |
30-Oct-1911 |
19-Apr-2005 |
The Philadelphia Story |
| Mahalia Jackson |
Singer |
26-Oct-1911 |
27-Jan-1972 |
Queen of Gospel Music |
| Niels K. Jerne |
Scientist |
23-Dec-1911 |
7-Oct-1994 |
Immune theory (anti-antibody) |
| John D. Jernegan |
Diplomat |
12-Jun-1911 |
1981 |
US Ambassador to Iraq, 1958-62 |
| Robert Johnson |
Guitarist |
8-May-1911 |
16-Aug-1938 |
Influential blues guitarist |
| Aubrey Jones |
Politician |
20-Nov-1911 |
10-Apr-2003 |
Former MP, Birmingham Hall Green |
| Spike Jones |
Musician |
14-Dec-1911 |
1-May-1965 |
Cocktails for Two |
| Bernard Katz |
Scientist |
26-Mar-1911 |
20-Apr-2003 |
Neurotransmitters and the pineal gland |
| Clarence M. Kelley |
Government |
24-Oct-1911 |
5-Aug-1997 |
FBI Director, 1973-78 |
| Nicholas Kemmer |
Physicist |
7-Dec-1911 |
21-Oct-1998 |
Nuclear weapons and reactors |
| Clark Kerr |
Educator |
17-May-1911 |
1-Dec-2003 |
Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1952-58 |
| Aly Khan |
Royalty |
13-Jun-1911 |
12-May-1960 |
Jet-set Ismaili playboy prince |
| Patric Knowles |
Actor |
11-Nov-1911 |
23-Dec-1995 |
The Wolf Man |
| Teddy Kollek |
Politician |
27-May-1911 |
2-Jan-2007 |
Mayor of Jerusalem, 1965-93 |
| Bruno Kreisky |
Head of State |
22-Jan-1911 |
29-Jul-1990 |
Chancellor of Austria, 1970-83 |
| Polykarp Kusch |
Physicist |
26-Jan-1911 |
20-Mar-1993 |
Magnetic moment of the electron |
| Charles Lederer |
Screenwriter |
31-Dec-1911 |
5-Mar-1976 |
His Girl Friday |
| Dixie Lee |
Musician |
4-Nov-1911 |
1-Nov-1952 |
Singer and wife of Bing Crosby |
| Gypsy Rose Lee |
Dancer |
9-Feb-1911 |
26-Apr-1970 |
Terpsichorean ecdysiast |
| Donald James Leslie |
Inventor |
13-Apr-1911 |
2-Sep-2004 |
Invented the Leslie Speaker |
| Edward H. Levi |
Government |
26-Jun-1911 |
7-Mar-2000 |
US Attorney General, 1975-77 |
| Herschel C. Loveless |
Politician |
5-May-1911 |
4-May-1989 |
Governor of Iowa, 1957-61 |
| Feodor Lynen |
Scientist |
6-Apr-1911 |
6-Aug-1979 |
Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism |
| Fitzroy Maclean |
Politician |
11-Mar-1911 |
15-Jun-1996 |
Eastern Approaches |
| Sorley Maclean |
Poet |
26-Oct-1911 |
24-Nov-1996 |
Scottish/Gaelic poet |
| Naguib Mahfouz |
Author |
11-Dec-1911 |
30-Aug-2006 |
The Cairo Trilogy |
| Hugh Marlowe |
Actor |
30-Jan-1911 |
2-May-1982 |
Jim Matthews on Another World |
| John S. McCain, Jr. |
Military |
17-Jan-1911 |
22-Mar-1981 |
Admiral, Father of John McCain |
| Ruth McKenney |
Author |
18-Nov-1911 |
25-Jul-1972 |
My Sister Eileen |
| John S. McKiernan |
Politician |
15-Oct-1911 |
9-Mar-1997 |
Governor of Rhode Island, 1950-51 |
| Marshall McLuhan |
Author |
21-Jul-1911 |
31-Dec-1980 |
The medium is the message |
| Butterfly McQueen |
Actor |
7-Jan-1911 |
22-Dec-1995 |
Gone with the Wind |
| Joe Medwick |
Baseball |
24-Nov-1911 |
21-Mar-1975 |
MLB Hall of Famer |
| Josef Mengele |
Doctor |
16-Mar-1911 |
7-Feb-1979 |
The Angel of Death |
| Gian-Carlo Menotti |
Composer |
7-Jul-1911 |
1-Feb-2007 |
The Saint of Bleecker Street |
| Mitch Miller |
Musician |
4-Jul-1911 |
|
Yellow Rose Of Texas |
| Czeslaw Milosz |
Poet |
30-Jun-1911 |
14-Aug-2004 |
Polish novelist and poet, The Captive Mind |
| John S. Monagan |
Politician |
23-Dec-1911 |
23-Oct-2005 |
Congressman from Connecticut, 1959-73 |
| Frank E. Moss |
Politician |
23-Sep-1911 |
29-Jan-2003 |
US Senator from Utah, 1959-77 |
| Ronald Neame |
Film Director |
23-Apr-1911 |
|
The Poseidon Adventure |
| Jeanette Nolan |
Actor |
30-Dec-1911 |
5-Jun-1998 |
Annette Deveraux on Hotel de Paree |
| Flann O'Brien |
Author |
5-Oct-1911 |
1-Apr-1966 |
At Swim-Two-Birds |
| Maureen O'Sullivan |
Actor |
17-May-1911 |
28-Jun-1998 |
A Day at the Races |
| Merle Oberon |
Actor |
19-Feb-1911 |
23-Nov-1979 |
Wuthering Heights |
| Gustavo Díaz Ordaz |
Head of State |
12-Mar-1911 |
15-Jul-1979 |
President of Mexico, 1964-70 |
| Kenneth Patchen |
Poet |
13-Dec-1911 |
8-Jan-1972 |
Journal of Albion Moonlight |
| Gail Patrick |
Actor |
20-Jun-1911 |
6-Jul-1980 |
Love Crazy |
| Mervyn Peake |
Novelist |
9-Jul-1911 |
17-Nov-1968 |
Titus Groan |
| Joan Perry |
Actor |
7-Jul-1911 |
16-Sep-1996 |
Bullets for O'Hara |
| Joseph Pevney |
Film Director |
15-Sep-1911 |
18-May-2008 |
Man of a Thousand Faces |
| J. H. Plumb |
Historian |
20-Aug-1911 |
21-Oct-2001 |
England in the Eighteenth Century |
| Georges Pompidou |
Head of State |
5-Jul-1911 |
2-Apr-1974 |
President of France, 1969-74 |
| Hal Porter |
Author |
16-Feb-1911 |
29-Sep-1984 |
A Handful of Pennies |
| Vincent Price |
Actor |
27-May-1911 |
25-Oct-1993 |
Master of the macabre |
| Terence Rattigan |
Playwright |
10-Jun-1911 |
30-Nov-1977 |
Separate Tables |
| Nicholas Ray |
Film Director |
7-Aug-1911 |
16-Jun-1979 |
Rebel Without a Cause |
| Ronald Reagan |
Head of State |
6-Feb-1911 |
5-Jun-2004 |
40th US President, 1981-89 |
| Grote Reber |
Astronomer |
22-Dec-1911 |
20-Dec-2002 |
First radio astronomer |
| G. Frederick Reinhardt |
Diplomat |
21-Oct-1911 |
23-Feb-1971 |
US Ambassador to Italy, 1961-68 |
| Simone Renant |
Actor |
19-Mar-1911 |
29-Mar-2004 |
Quai des Orfèvres |
| Johnny Revolta |
Golf |
5-Apr-1911 |
3-Mar-1991 |
Winner, 1935 PGA Championship |
| Florence Rice |
Actor |
14-Feb-1911 |
23-Feb-1974 |
At the Circus |
| Ginger Rogers |
Actor |
16-Jul-1911 |
25-Apr-1995 |
The Gay Divorcee |
| Roy Rogers |
Actor |
5-Nov-1911 |
6-Jul-1998 |
Cowboy movie actor, rode Trigger |
| Will Rogers, Jr. |
Actor |
20-Oct-1911 |
10-Jul-1993 |
Son of Will Rogers |
| Nino Rota |
Composer |
3-Dec-1911 |
10-Apr-1979 |
Film composer, The Godfather |
| Jack Ruby |
Assassin |
25-Mar-1911 |
3-Jan-1967 |
Killed Lee Harvey Oswald |
| Ernesto Sábato |
Novelist |
24-Jun-1911 |
|
Angel of Darkness |
| George Seaton |
Screenwriter |
17-Apr-1911 |
28-Jul-1979 |
Miracle on 34th Street |
| David Shoenberg |
Physicist |
4-Jan-1911 |
10-Mar-2004 |
Physicist at Cambridge |
| Phil Silvers |
Actor |
11-May-1911 |
1-Nov-1985 |
You're in the Army Now |
| Harry Simeone |
Musician |
9-May-1911 |
22-Feb-2005 |
The Harry Simeone Chorale |
| Virginia Smith |
Politician |
30-Jun-1911 |
23-Jan-2006 |
Congresswoman from Nebraska, 1975-91 |
| William H. Stein |
Chemist |
25-Jun-1911 |
2-Feb-1980 |
Studied ribonuclease |
| George J. Stigler |
Economist |
17-Jan-1911 |
1-Dec-1991 |
Economic Theory of Regulation |
| John Sturges |
Film Director |
3-Jan-1911 |
18-Aug-1992 |
The Great Escape |
| Margaret Sullavan |
Actor |
16-May-1911 |
1-Jan-1960 |
The Shop Around the Corner |
| Robert Taylor |
Actor |
5-Aug-1911 |
8-Jun-1969 |
Quo Vadis |
| Terry-Thomas |
Actor |
14-Jul-1911 |
8-Jan-1990 |
Private's Progress |
| Le Duc Tho |
Diplomat |
14-Oct-1911 |
13-Oct-1990 |
Negotiated the 1973 Paris cease-fire |
| Sonny Tufts |
Actor |
16-Jul-1911 |
4-Jun-1970 |
Cat-Women of the Moon |
| Big Joe Turner |
Musician |
18-May-1911 |
24-Nov-1985 |
The Boss of the Blues |
| Vladimir Ussachevsky |
Composer |
3-Nov-1911 |
2-Jan-1990 |
Tape music composer |
| Luis Calderón Vega |
Politician |
1911 |
Dec-1989 |
Los Siete Sabios de México |
| Krishna Venta |
Religion |
29-Mar-1911 |
10-Dec-1958 |
W.K.F.L. Fountain of the World |
| Ellsworth Vines |
Tennis |
28-Sep-1911 |
17-Mar-1994 |
Winner of 6 Grand Slam titles |
| Kay Walsh |
Actor |
27-Aug-1911 |
16-Apr-2005 |
The Horse's Mouth |
| Stella Walsh |
Track and Field |
3-Apr-1911 |
4-Dec-1980 |
Olympic sprinter found to be actually male |
| Charles Walters |
Film Director |
17-Nov-1911 |
13-Aug-1982 |
Please Don't Eat the Daisies |
| John Archibald Wheeler |
Physicist |
9-Jul-1911 |
13-Apr-2008 |
The Mechanism of Nuclear Fission |
| G. Mennen Williams |
Politician |
23-Feb-1911 |
2-Feb-1988 |
Governor of Michigan, 1949-61 |
| Tennessee Williams |
Playwright |
26-Mar-1911 |
25-Feb-1983 |
The Glass Menagerie |
| Leonard Woodcock |
Diplomat |
15-Feb-1911 |
16-Jan-2001 |
5th UAW President, 1970-77 |
| Ben G. Wright |
Publisher |
c. 1911 |
10-Apr-2001 |
Publisher, Field and Stream |
| Todor Zhivkov |
Head of State |
7-Sep-1911 |
5-Aug-1998 |
Leader of Bulgaria, 1954-89 |
