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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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 Philosophers 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




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