| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Jay Adler |
Actor |
26-Sep-1896 |
23-Sep-1978 |
The Family Jewels |
| Morris Ankrum |
Actor |
27-Aug-1896 |
2-Sep-1964 |
Invaders from Mars |
| Antonin Artaud |
Playwright |
4-Sep-1896 |
4-Mar-1948 |
Theater of Cruelty |
| Adele Astaire |
Dancer |
10-Sep-1896 |
25-Jan-1981 |
Dance partner of Fred Astaire |
| Olga Baclanova |
Actor |
19-Aug-1896 |
6-Sep-1974 |
The Docks of New York |
| Phil Baker |
Radio Personality |
26-Aug-1896 |
30-Nov-1963 |
Host of Take It or Leave It, 1941-47 |
| Michael Balcon |
Film/TV Producer |
19-May-1896 |
17-Oct-1977 |
Eealing Studios |
| Philip Barry |
Playwright |
18-Jun-1896 |
3-Dec-1949 |
The Philadelphia Story |
| Edmund Blunden |
Poet |
1-Nov-1896 |
20-Jan-1974 |
Undertones of War |
| André Breton |
Author |
18-Feb-1896 |
28-Sep-1966 |
Manifeste du Surréalisme |
| Louis Bromfield |
Author |
27-Dec-1896 |
18-Mar-1956 |
Early Autumn |
| Nacio Herb Brown |
Songwriter |
22-Feb-1896 |
28-Sep-1964 |
Singin' in the Rain |
| George Burns |
Comic |
20-Jan-1896 |
9-Mar-1996 |
Oh, God! |
| Charles Butterworth |
Actor |
26-Jul-1896 |
14-Jun-1946 |
This is the Army |
| Olive Carey |
Actor |
31-Jan-1896 |
13-Mar-1988 |
Billy the Kid versus Dracula |
| Evans F. Carlson |
Military |
26-Feb-1896 |
27-May-1947 |
Carlson's Raiders |
| Wallace Hume Carothers |
Chemist |
27-Apr-1896 |
29-Apr-1937 |
Inventor of Nylon |
| Whitman Chambers |
Novelist |
8-Dec-1896 |
20-Jul-1968 |
Hard-boiled mystery novelist |
| Oscar L. Chapman |
Government |
22-Oct-1896 |
8-Feb-1978 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1949-53 |
| Brock Chisholm |
Doctor |
18-May-1896 |
4-Feb-1971 |
First Director-General of World Health Organization |
| Mark Clark |
Military |
1-May-1896 |
17-Apr-1984 |
US Army Chief of Staff |
| Melville Cooper |
Actor |
15-Oct-1896 |
31-Mar-1973 |
The Adventures of Robin Hood |
| Carl Cori |
Scientist |
5-Dec-1896 |
20-Oct-1984 |
Catalytic conversion of glycogen |
| Gerty Cori |
Scientist |
15-Aug-1896 |
26-Oct-1957 |
Catalytic conversion of glycogen |
| Curtis B. Dall |
Military |
24-Oct-1896 |
28-Jun-1991 |
Liberty Lobby |
| Morarji Desai |
Head of State |
29-Feb-1896 |
10-Apr-1995 |
Prime Minister of India, 1977-79 |
| Howard Dietz |
Songwriter |
8-Sep-1896 |
30-Jul-1983 |
MGM songwriter, publicity chief |
| Everett Dirksen |
Politician |
4-Jan-1896 |
7-Sep-1969 |
US Senator from Illinois, 1951-69 |
| Ruth Donnelly |
Actor |
17-May-1896 |
17-Nov-1982 |
A Slight Case of Murder |
| James Doolittle |
Aviator |
14-Dec-1896 |
27-Sep-1993 |
Doolittle Raid against Tokyo in 1942 |
| Buenaventura Durruti |
Anarchist |
14-Jul-1896 |
20-Nov-1936 |
Spanish anarchist, killed in Civil War |
| Julien Duvivier |
Film Director |
3-Oct-1896 |
30-Oct-1967 |
Pépé le Moko |
| Irwin Edman |
Philosopher |
28-Nov-1896 |
4-Sep-1954 |
Philosopher’s Holiday |
| Mamie Eisenhower |
First Lady |
14-Nov-1896 |
1-Nov-1979 |
Ike's First Lady |
| Ray Enright |
Film Director |
25-Mar-1896 |
3-Apr-1965 |
The Spoilers |
| Sam Ervin |
Politician |
27-Sep-1896 |
23-Apr-1985 |
US Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74 |
| Ruth Etting |
Singer |
23-Nov-1896 |
24-Sep-1978 |
Love Me or Leave Me |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald |
Author |
24-Sep-1896 |
21-Dec-1940 |
The Great Gatsby |
| Ralph Forbes |
Actor |
30-Sep-1896 |
31-Mar-1951 |
The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| Carlos P. Garcia |
Head of State |
4-Nov-1896 |
14-Jun-1971 |
8th President of the Philippines |
| Ira Gershwin |
Songwriter |
6-Dec-1896 |
17-Aug-1983 |
They Can't Take That Away from Me |
| Ruth Gordon |
Actor |
30-Oct-1896 |
28-Aug-1985 |
Rosemary's Baby |
| Jay Gorney |
Composer |
12-Dec-1896 |
14-Jun-1990 |
Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? |
| Leslie R. Groves |
Military |
17-Aug-1896 |
13-Jul-1970 |
Director of the Manhattan Project |
| Howard Hanson |
Composer |
28-Oct-1896 |
26-Feb-1981 |
Symphony No. 4 |
| E. Y. Harburg |
Songwriter |
8-Apr-1896 |
4-Mar-1981 |
The Wizard of Oz |
| Howard Hawks |
Film Director |
30-May-1896 |
26-Dec-1977 |
Rio Bravo |
| Ted Healy |
Actor |
1-Oct-1896 |
21-Dec-1937 |
Creator of The Three Stooges |
| Stuart Heisler |
Film Director |
5-Dec-1896 |
21-Aug-1979 |
The Glass Key |
| Philip S. Hench |
Scientist |
28-Feb-1896 |
30-Mar-1965 |
Adrenocortical hormones |
| Ray Henderson |
Songwriter |
1-Dec-1896 |
31-Dec-1970 |
The Best Things in Life Are Free |
| Bourke B. Hickenlooper |
Politician |
21-Jul-1896 |
4-Sep-1971 |
Governor and Senator from Iowa |
| Rogers Hornsby |
Baseball |
27-Apr-1896 |
5-Jan-1963 |
The Raj |
| Friedrich Hund |
Physicist |
4-Feb-1896 |
31-Mar-1997 |
Quantum tunneling |
| Irving M. Ives |
Politician |
24-Jan-1896 |
24-Feb-1962 |
US Senator from New York, 1947-59 |
| Olin D. Johnston |
Politician |
18-Nov-1896 |
18-Apr-1965 |
Governor and Senator from South Carolina |
| Jim Jordan |
Actor |
16-Nov-1896 |
1-Apr-1988 |
Fibber McGee |
| Larry Keating |
Actor |
13-Jun-1896 |
26-Aug-1963 |
Roger Addison on Mister Ed |
| Robert Keith |
Actor |
10-Feb-1896 |
22-Dec-1966 |
Guys and Dolls |
| Margaret Kennedy |
Novelist |
23-Apr-1896 |
31-Jul-1967 |
The Constant Nymph |
| Erle C. Kenton |
Film Director |
1-Aug-1896 |
28-Jan-1980 |
House of Frankenstein |
| Robert S. Kerr |
Politician |
11-Sep-1896 |
1-Jan-1963 |
Governor and Senator from Oklahoma |
| Goodwin Knight |
Politician |
9-Dec-1896 |
22-May-1970 |
Governor of California, 1953-59 |
| Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa |
Author |
23-Dec-1896 |
23-Jul-1957 |
Il gattopardo |
| Jessie Royce Landis |
Actor |
25-Nov-1896 |
2-Nov-1972 |
North by Northwest |
| Benjamin Travis Laney |
Politician |
25-Nov-1896 |
21-Jan-1977 |
Governor of Arkansas, 1945-49 |
| Walter Lang |
Film Director |
10-Aug-1896 |
7-Feb-1972 |
There's No Business Like Show Business |
| William Leonard Langer |
Historian |
16-Mar-1896 |
26-Dec-1977 |
Our Vichy Gamble |
| Trygve Lie |
Diplomat |
16-Jul-1896 |
30-Dec-1968 |
UN Secretary General, 1946-52 |
| Doris Lloyd |
Actor |
3-Jul-1896 |
21-May-1968 |
British-American character actress |
| Pat Manion |
Radio Personality |
1896 |
1979 |
Manion Forum |
| George Preston Marshall |
Football |
11-Oct-1896 |
9-Aug-1969 |
Redskins owner, halftime show pioneer |
| Raymond Massey |
Actor |
30-Aug-1896 |
29-Jul-1983 |
Things to Come |
| Robert McAlmon |
Author |
9-Mar-1896 |
2-Feb-1956 |
Village: As It Happened |
| John L. McClellan |
Politician |
25-Feb-1896 |
28-Nov-1977 |
US Senator from Arkansas, 1943-77 |
| Florence Mills |
Singer |
25-Jan-1896 |
1-Nov-1927 |
Jazz singer, Queen of Happiness |
| E. Arthur Milne |
Mathematician |
14-Feb-1896 |
21-Sep-1950 |
Kinematic relativity |
| Dimitri Mitropoulos |
Conductor |
1-Mar-1896 |
2-Nov-1960 |
Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1949-58 |
| Eugenio Montale |
Poet |
12-Oct-1896 |
12-Sep-1981 |
Ossi di seppia |
| Oswald Mosley |
Politician |
16-Nov-1896 |
3-Dec-1980 |
Founder of the British Union of Fascists |
| Alan Mowbray |
Actor |
18-Aug-1896 |
25-Mar-1969 |
Founding member, Screen Actors Guild |
| Robert S. Mulliken |
Chemist |
7-Jun-1896 |
31-Oct-1986 |
Molecular orbital theory |
| Imre Nagy |
Head of State |
7-Jun-1896 |
16-Jun-1958 |
Twice Prime Minister of Hungary |
| J. Carrol Naish |
Actor |
21-Jan-1896 |
24-Jan-1973 |
Sahara |
| Elliott Nugent |
Film Director |
20-Sep-1896 |
9-Aug-1980 |
My Favorite Brunette |
| Herbert O'Conor |
Politician |
17-Nov-1896 |
4-Mar-1960 |
Governor and Senator from Maryland |
| Liam O'Flaherty |
Novelist |
28-Aug-1896 |
7-Sep-1984 |
Thy Neighbour's Wife |
| Vivienne Osborne |
Actor |
10-Dec-1896 |
10-Jun-1961 |
The Dark Horse |
| John Dos Passos |
Author |
14-Jan-1896 |
28-Sep-1970 |
U.S.A. Trilogy |
| Wilton B. Persons |
Government |
19-Jan-1896 |
Sep-1977 |
Eisenhower's Chief of Staff |
| Jean Piaget |
Psychologist |
9-Aug-1896 |
17-Sep-1980 |
Elaborated the stages of childhood |
| Arthur W. Radford |
Military |
27-Feb-1896 |
17-Aug-1973 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1953-57 |
| Amanda Randolph |
Actor |
2-Sep-1896 |
24-Aug-1967 |
The Amos 'n' Andy Show |
| Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings |
Novelist |
8-Aug-1896 |
14-Dec-1953 |
The Yearling |
| Samuel I. Rosenman |
Government |
13-Feb-1896 |
24-Jun-1973 |
White House Counsel, 1943-46 |
| Mari Sandoz |
Author |
11-May-1896 |
10-Mar-1966 |
Crazy Horse |
| Joseph Schildkraut |
Actor |
22-Mar-1896 |
21-Jan-1964 |
The Life of Emile Zola |
| W. Kerr Scott |
Politician |
17-Apr-1896 |
16-Apr-1958 |
Governor and Senator from North Carolina |
| Nikolay Semyonov |
Chemist |
15-Apr-1896 |
25-Sep-1986 |
Combustion, explosions, and chemical kinetics |
| Roger Sessions |
Composer |
28-Dec-1896 |
16-Mar-1985 |
Concerto for Orchestra |
| James C. Shannon |
Politician |
21-Jul-1896 |
6-Mar-1980 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1948-49 |
| Robert E. Sherwood |
Playwright |
4-Apr-1896 |
14-Nov-1955 |
Abe Lincoln in Illinois |
| Wallis Simpson |
Royalty |
19-Jun-1896 |
24-Apr-1986 |
Duchess of Windsor |
| Lilia Skala |
Actor |
28-Nov-1896 |
18-Dec-1994 |
Lilies of the Field |
| Betty Smith |
Novelist |
15-Dec-1896 |
17-Jan-1972 |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
| Abraham Sofaer |
Actor |
1-Oct-1896 |
21-Jan-1988 |
The Naked Jungle |
| Philip Sporn |
Engineer |
25-Nov-1896 |
23-Jan-1978 |
American Electric Power Company |
| Jules Stein |
Business |
26-Apr-1896 |
29-Apr-1981 |
Founder of MCA |
| Dorothy Stickney |
Actor |
21-Jun-1896 |
2-Jun-1998 |
Broadway star of Life With Father |
| Hope Summers |
Actor |
7-Jun-1896 |
22-Jun-1979 |
Clara Edwards on The Andy Griffith Show |
| Virgil Thomson |
Composer |
25-Nov-1896 |
30-Sep-1989 |
Four Saints in Three Acts |
| Richard Thorpe |
Film Director |
24-Feb-1896 |
1-May-1991 |
Jailhouse Rock |
| Edward J. Thye |
Politician |
26-Apr-1896 |
28-Aug-1969 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1943-47 |
| Bill Tuck |
Politician |
28-Sep-1896 |
9-Jun-1983 |
Governor of Virginia, 1946-50 |
| Tristan Tzara |
Poet |
16-Apr-1896 |
24-Dec-1963 |
Founded the Dada movement |
| Alberto Vargas |
Artist |
9-Feb-1896 |
30-Dec-1982 |
Creator of the "Vargas Girl" |
| Anton Walbrook |
Actor |
19-Nov-1896 |
9-Aug-1967 |
The Red Shoes |
| Hal Walker |
Film Director |
20-Mar-1896 |
3-Jul-1972 |
Road to Bali |
| Fletcher Warren |
Diplomat |
3-Mar-1896 |
8-Jan-1992 |
US Ambassador to Turkey, 1956-60 |
| Ethel Waters |
Singer |
31-Oct-1896 |
1-Sep-1977 |
Sweet Mama Stringbean |
| William A. Wellman |
Film Director |
29-Feb-1896 |
9-Dec-1975 |
The High and the Mighty |
| Señor Wences |
Performance Artist |
17-Apr-1896 |
20-Apr-1999 |
Ventriloquist |
| Alfred L. Werker |
Film Director |
2-Dec-1896 |
28-Jul-1975 |
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
| Bertram D. Wolfe |
Historian |
19-Jan-1896 |
21-Feb-1977 |
Three Who Made a Revolution |
| Ian Wolfe |
Actor |
4-Nov-1896 |
23-Jan-1992 |
Bedlam |
| Cecil Woodham-Smith |
Historian |
29-Apr-1896 |
16-Mar-1977 |
Florence Nightingale |
| Luther W. Youngdahl |
Politician |
29-May-1896 |
21-Jun-1978 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1947-51 |
| Georgi Zhukov |
Military |
1-Dec-1896 |
18-Jun-1974 |
Soviet commander during WWII |
