| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Ferhat Abbas |
Head of State |
24-Oct-1899 |
23-Dec-1985 |
President of Algeria, 1962-63 |
| Louis Adamic |
Author |
23-Mar-1899 |
4-Sep-1951 |
Laughing in the Jungle |
| Léonie Adams |
Poet |
9-Dec-1899 |
27-Jun-1988 |
Those Not Elect |
| Sherman Adams |
Government |
8-Jan-1899 |
27-Oct-1986 |
Eisenhower's Chief of Staff |
| Fred Astaire |
Dancer |
10-May-1899 |
22-Jun-1987 |
Broadway ballroom dancer |
| Miguel Ángel Asturias |
Author |
19-Oct-1899 |
9-Jun-1974 |
Guatemalan protest writer |
| Pierre Auger |
Physicist |
14-May-1899 |
25-Dec-1993 |
Auger effect |
| Georges Auric |
Composer |
15-Feb-1899 |
24-Jul-1983 |
Theme for Moulin Rouge |
| John Barbirolli |
Conductor |
2-Dec-1899 |
29-Jul-1970 |
Conductor at The Hallé, 1943-70 |
| Doc Barker |
Criminal |
1899 |
13-Jan-1939 |
Son of Ma Barker |
| Willard L. Beaulac |
Diplomat |
25-Jul-1899 |
Aug-1990 |
US Ambassador to Argentina, 1956-60 |
| Georg von Békésy |
Scientist |
3-Jun-1899 |
13-Jun-1972 |
Mechanism of cochlear stimulation |
| Ezra Taft Benson |
Religion |
4-Aug-1899 |
30-May-1994 |
President of the Mormon Church, 1985-94 |
| Anita Berber |
Actor |
10-Jun-1899 |
10-Nov-1928 |
Scarlet whore of Berlin |
| Gertrude Berg |
Radio Personality |
3-Oct-1899 |
14-Sep-1966 |
The Goldbergs |
| Lavrenty Beria |
Government |
29-Mar-1899 |
23-Dec-1953 |
Chief of the NKVD, 1940-46 |
| Curtis Bernhardt |
Film Director |
15-Apr-1899 |
22-Feb-1981 |
A Stolen Life |
| Georges Bidault |
Head of State |
5-Oct-1899 |
27-Jan-1983 |
French President, PM, and Foreign Minister |
| László Bíró |
Inventor |
29-Sep-1899 |
24-Oct-1985 |
Ballpoint pen |
| Alfred Blalock |
Doctor |
5-Apr-1899 |
15-Sep-1964 |
"Blue baby" operation |
| Humphrey Bogart |
Actor |
25-Dec-1899 |
14-Jan-1957 |
Casablanca |
| Jorge Luis Borges |
Author |
24-Aug-1899 |
14-Jun-1986 |
The Garden of Forking Paths |
| Elizabeth Bowen |
Author |
7-Jun-1899 |
22-Feb-1973 |
The Heat of the Day |
| Charles Boyer |
Actor |
28-Aug-1899 |
26-Aug-1978 |
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
| Karl Brandt |
Economist |
9-Jan-1899 |
8-Jul-1975 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1958-61 |
| Gregory Breit |
Physicist |
14-Jul-1899 |
11-Sep-1981 |
Proton-proton dispersion |
| Evelyn Brent |
Actor |
20-Oct-1899 |
4-Jun-1975 |
Underworld |
| George Brent |
Actor |
15-Mar-1899 |
26-May-1979 |
The Great Lie |
| Ellis O. Briggs |
Diplomat |
1-Dec-1899 |
Jun-1976 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1952-55 |
| Arthur Bryant |
Historian |
18-Feb-1899 |
2-Jan-1985 |
Biographer of Samuel Pepys |
| Joseph Buloff |
Actor |
20-Jan-1899 |
27-Feb-1985 |
Yiddish stage actor |
| Frank Macfarlane Burnet |
Scientist |
3-Sep-1899 |
31-Aug-1985 |
Acquired immunological tolerance |
| W. R. Burnett |
Novelist |
25-Nov-1899 |
25-Apr-1982 |
Little Caesar |
| James Cagney |
Actor |
17-Jul-1899 |
30-Mar-1986 |
New York tough guy |
| Edward L. Cahn |
Film Director |
12-Feb-1899 |
25-Aug-1963 |
It! The Terror from Beyond Space |
| Al Capone |
Criminal |
17-Jan-1899 |
25-Jan-1947 |
Scarface |
| Hoagy Carmichael |
Songwriter |
22-Nov-1899 |
27-Dec-1981 |
Star Dust |
| Robert Casadesus |
Pianist |
7-Apr-1899 |
19-Sep-1972 |
French pianist/composer |
| Lane Chandler |
Actor |
4-Jun-1899 |
14-Sep-1972 |
The Legion of the Condemned |
| Selden Chapin |
Diplomat |
19-Sep-1899 |
26-Mar-1963 |
US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1949-53 |
| Carlos Chávez |
Composer |
13-Jun-1899 |
2-Aug-1978 |
Sinfonía de Antígona |
| Tom C. Clark |
Judge |
23-Sep-1899 |
13-Jun-1977 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1949-67 |
| Albert Claude |
Scientist |
23-Aug-1899 |
22-May-1983 |
Microstructure of the cell |
| Earle Combs |
Baseball |
14-May-1899 |
21-Jul-1976 |
The Kentucky Colonel, MLB Hall of Famer |
| Ricardo Cortez |
Actor |
19-Sep-1899 |
28-Apr-1977 |
The Torrent |
| Noel Coward |
Playwright |
16-Dec-1899 |
26-Mar-1973 |
Design for Living |
| Hart Crane |
Poet |
21-Jul-1899 |
27-Apr-1932 |
Industrial and urban poet |
| George Cukor |
Film Director |
7-Jul-1899 |
23-Jan-1983 |
My Fair Lady |
| Jimmie Davis |
Singer/Songwriter |
11-Sep-1899 |
5-Nov-2000 |
You Are My Sunshine |
| Leo Diegel |
Golf |
27-Apr-1899 |
8-May-1951 |
Winner, 1928 and 1929 PGA Championships |
| E. C. Dodds |
Scientist |
13-Oct-1899 |
16-Dec-1973 |
Diethylstilbestrol |
| Thomas A. Dorsey |
Musician |
1-Jul-1899 |
23-Jan-1993 |
The father of gospel music |
| Duke Ellington |
Jazz Musician |
29-Apr-1899 |
24-May-1974 |
It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing |
| Herbie Faye |
Actor |
2-Feb-1899 |
28-Jun-1980 |
Cpl. Fender on The Phil Silvers Show |
| Frank Ferguson |
Actor |
25-Dec-1899 |
12-Sep-1978 |
Eli Carson on Peyton Place |
| Jay C. Flippen |
Actor |
6-Mar-1899 |
3-Feb-1971 |
The Killing |
| C. S. Forester |
Novelist |
27-Aug-1899 |
2-Apr-1966 |
The African Queen |
| Frederick IX |
Royalty |
11-Mar-1899 |
14-Jan-1972 |
King of Denmark, 1947-72 |
| Howard Freeman |
Actor |
9-Dec-1899 |
11-Dec-1967 |
Theatre and character actor |
| Dwight Frye |
Actor |
22-Feb-1899 |
7-Nov-1943 |
Renfield in 1931 Dracula |
| Jack R. Gage |
Politician |
13-Jan-1899 |
14-Mar-1970 |
Governor of Wyoming, 1961-63 |
| Chief Dan George |
Actor |
24-Jul-1899 |
23-Sep-1981 |
Little Big Man |
| John Gilbert |
Actor |
10-Jul-1899 |
9-Jan-1936 |
La Boheme |
| Freeman F. Gosden |
Actor |
5-May-1899 |
10-Dec-1982 |
Amos of Amos & Andy |
| James Gray |
Author |
30-Jun-1899 |
6-Aug-1984 |
Shoulder the Sky |
| Sara Haden |
Actor |
17-Nov-1899 |
15-Sep-1981 |
The Shop Around the Corner |
| Neil Hamilton |
Actor |
9-Sep-1899 |
24-Sep-1984 |
Commissioner Gordon on Batman |
| John Marshall Harlan |
Judge |
20-May-1899 |
29-Dec-1971 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1955-71 |
| Veit Harlan |
Film Director |
22-Sep-1899 |
13-Apr-1964 |
Jud Süss |
| Nedda Harrigan |
Actor |
24-Aug-1899 |
1-Apr-1989 |
Devil's Island |
| Byron Haskin |
Film Director |
22-Apr-1899 |
16-Apr-1984 |
The War of the Worlds |
| Bruno Hauptmann |
Criminal |
26-Nov-1899 |
3-Apr-1936 |
Lindbergh Baby kidnapper |
| F. A. Hayek |
Economist |
8-May-1899 |
23-Mar-1992 |
Austrian economist |
| Derick Heathcoat-Amory |
Politician |
26-Dec-1899 |
20-Jan-1981 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1958-60 |
| Gustav Heinemann |
Head of State |
23-Jul-1899 |
7-Jul-1976 |
President of Germany, 1969-74 |
| Ernest Hemingway |
Author |
21-Jul-1899 |
2-Jul-1961 |
The Old Man And The Sea |
| Alfred Hitchcock |
Film Director |
13-Aug-1899 |
29-Apr-1980 |
Master of Suspense |
| Julius C. Holmes |
Diplomat |
24-Apr-1899 |
15-Jul-1968 |
US Ambassador to Iran, 1961-65 |
| William K. Howard |
Film Director |
16-Jun-1899 |
21-Feb-1954 |
Fire Over England |
| Martita Hunt |
Actor |
30-Jan-1899 |
13-Jun-1969 |
Great Expectations |
| Robert M. Hutchins |
Educator |
17-Jan-1899 |
17-May-1977 |
President, University of Chicago, 1929-51 |
| Peter Illing |
Actor |
4-Mar-1899 |
29-Oct-1966 |
Against the Wind |
| Mervyn Johns |
Actor |
18-Feb-1899 |
6-Sep-1992 |
Dead of Night |
| Howard P. Jones |
Diplomat |
2-Jan-1899 |
Sep-1973 |
US Ambassador to Indonesia, 1958-65 |
| Matthew Josephson |
Historian |
15-Feb-1899 |
13-Mar-1978 |
The Robber Barons |
| Percy Julian |
Chemist |
11-Apr-1899 |
19-Apr-1975 |
Physostigmine and cortisone |
| Yasunari Kawabata |
Author |
11-Jun-1899 |
16-Apr-1972 |
The Masters of Go |
| Ian Keith |
Actor |
27-Feb-1899 |
26-Mar-1960 |
It Came from Beneath the Sea |
| Paul Kelly |
Actor |
9-Aug-1899 |
6-Nov-1956 |
Flying Tigers |
| Charles Laughton |
Actor |
1-Jul-1899 |
15-Dec-1962 |
Island of Lost Souls |
| Francis Lederer |
Actor |
6-Nov-1899 |
25-May-2000 |
Pandora's Box |
| J. Bracken Lee |
Politician |
7-Jan-1899 |
20-Oct-1996 |
Governor of Utah, 1949-57 |
| Eva Le Gallienne |
Actor |
11-Jan-1899 |
3-Jun-1991 |
New York Civic Repertory Theater |
| Lyman L. Lemnitzer |
Military |
29-Aug-1899 |
12-Nov-1988 |
Supreme Allied Commander, 1963-69 |
| Forrest Lewis |
Actor |
5-Nov-1899 |
2-Jun-1977 |
Character actor |
| David E. Lilienthal |
Government |
8-Jul-1899 |
15-Jan-1981 |
TVA Chairman, 1941-46 |
| Fritz Lipmann |
Scientist |
12-Jun-1899 |
24-Jul-1986 |
Carbohydrate oxidation |
| Willem J. Luyten |
Astronomer |
7-Mar-1899 |
21-Nov-1994 |
Stellar mortician |
| Aline MacMahon |
Actor |
3-May-1899 |
12-Oct-1991 |
Dragon Seed |
| Szolem Mandelbrojt |
Mathematician |
1899 |
1983 |
French Mathematician |
| Edwin L. Marin |
Film Director |
21-Feb-1899 |
2-May-1951 |
Tall in the Saddle |
| Bruce Marshall |
Novelist |
24-Jun-1899 |
18-Jun-1987 |
The White Rabbit |
| H. Freeman Matthews |
Diplomat |
26-May-1899 |
19-Oct-1986 |
Career US Ambassador |
| Mary Margaret McBride |
Radio Personality |
16-Nov-1899 |
7-Apr-1976 |
Daytime radio talk show host |
| James S. McDonnell |
Business |
9-Apr-1899 |
22-Aug-1980 |
Founder of McDonnell Aircraft Co. |
| May Miller |
Playwright |
26-Jan-1899 |
8-Feb-1995 |
The Bog Guide |
| Jean Moulin |
Government |
20-Jun-1899 |
8-Jul-1943 |
Martyr of the French Resistance |
| Paul H. Müller |
Scientist |
12-Jan-1899 |
12-Oct-1965 |
Synthesized DDT |
| Burt Munro |
Engineer |
25-Mar-1899 |
6-Jan-1978 |
Subject of biopic The World's Fastest Indian |
| Carmel Myers |
Actor |
4-Apr-1899 |
9-Nov-1980 |
Ben-Hur |
| Vladimir Nabokov |
Novelist |
23-Apr-1899 |
2-Jul-1977 |
Lolita |
| Louise Nevelson |
Sculptor |
23-Sep-1899 |
17-Apr-1988 |
Ukrainian-American abstract sculptor |
| Sam Newfield |
Film Director |
6-Dec-1899 |
10-Nov-1964 |
I Accuse My Parents |
| Ramon Novarro |
Actor |
6-Feb-1899 |
30-Oct-1968 |
Ben-Hur |
| George O'Brien |
Actor |
19-Apr-1899 |
4-Sep-1985 |
Sunrise |
| Pat O'Brien |
Actor |
11-Nov-1899 |
15-Oct-1983 |
Angels with Dirty Faces |
| Bertil Ohlin |
Economist |
23-Apr-1899 |
3-Aug-1979 |
Hecksher-Ohlin model of free trade |
| Øystein Ore |
Mathematician |
7-Oct-1899 |
13-Aug-1968 |
Ring theorist |
| Eugene Ormandy |
Conductor |
18-Nov-1899 |
12-Mar-1985 |
Music Director, Philadelphia Orchestra, 1938-80 |
| Francis Poulenc |
Composer |
7-Jan-1899 |
30-Jan-1963 |
Les dialogues des Carmélites |
| John Qualen |
Actor |
8-Dec-1899 |
12-Sep-1987 |
The Grapes of Wrath |
| Jobyna Ralston |
Actor |
21-Nov-1899 |
22-Jan-1967 |
Wings |
| Billy Rose |
Theatre Producer |
6-Sep-1899 |
10-Feb-1966 |
Ziegfeld Theatre, Billy Rose Theater |
| Nevil Shute |
Novelist |
17-Jan-1899 |
12-Jan-1960 |
On the Beach |
| Cornelia Otis Skinner |
Actor |
30-May-1899 |
9-Jul-1979 |
Paris '90 |
| C. R. Smith |
Business |
9-Sep-1899 |
4-Apr-1990 |
CEO of American Airlines, 1934-68 |
| Gale Sondergaard |
Actor |
15-Feb-1899 |
14-Aug-1985 |
Anthony Adverse |
| Paul-Henri Spaak |
Head of State |
25-Jan-1899 |
31-Jul-1972 |
Belgian Prime Minister, NATO chief |
| John J. Sparkman |
Politician |
20-Dec-1899 |
16-Nov-1985 |
US Senator from Alabama, 1946-79 |
| William Steinberg |
Conductor |
1-Aug-1899 |
16-May-1978 |
Music Director, Pittsburgh Symphony, 1952-76 |
| Karel Stepanek |
Actor |
29-Oct-1899 |
25-Dec-1980 |
Czech-English actor, played Germans |
| Glenn Strange |
Actor |
16-Aug-1899 |
20-Sep-1973 |
Frankenstein's Monster |
| Leo Strauss |
Philosopher |
20-Sep-1899 |
18-Oct-1973 |
Patron saint of Neoconservatism |
| Carl W. Strom |
Diplomat |
22-Dec-1899 |
27-Jan-1969 |
US Ambassador to Bolivia, 1959-61 |
| Akim Tamiroff |
Actor |
29-Oct-1899 |
17-Sep-1972 |
For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Lilyan Tashman |
Actor |
23-Oct-1899 |
21-Mar-1934 |
Puttin' on the Ritz |
| Allen Tate |
Poet |
19-Nov-1899 |
9-Feb-1979 |
Mr. Pope and Other Poems |
| Norman Taurog |
Film Director |
23-Feb-1899 |
7-Apr-1981 |
It Happened at the World's Fair |
| Alice Terry |
Actor |
24-Jul-1899 |
22-Dec-1987 |
Scaramouche |
| Irving Thalberg |
Film/TV Producer |
30-May-1899 |
14-Sep-1936 |
De-facto boss of MGM Studios |
| Max Theiler |
Scientist |
30-Jan-1899 |
11-Aug-1972 |
Yellow fever vaccination |
| Genevieve Tobin |
Actor |
29-Nov-1899 |
21-Jul-1995 |
One Hour with You |
| Helen Traubel |
Singer |
16-Jun-1899 |
28-Jul-1972 |
Wagnerian soprano |
| Juan Trippe |
Business |
27-Jun-1899 |
3-Apr-1981 |
Founder of Pan-Am |
| John H. van Vleck |
Physicist |
13-Mar-1899 |
27-Oct-1980 |
Quantum theory of paramagnetism |
| Hoyt Vandenberg |
Government |
24-Jan-1899 |
2-Apr-1954 |
CIA Director, 1946-47 |
| Hal B. Wallis |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Sep-1899 |
5-Oct-1986 |
Casablanca |
| Weegee |
Photographer |
12-Jun-1899 |
26-Dec-1968 |
Crime photographer |
| Robert Welch |
Activist |
1-Dec-1899 |
6-Jan-1985 |
Founder, John Birch Society |
| Clifton R. Wharton |
Diplomat |
11-May-1899 |
23-Apr-1983 |
First Black Career US Ambassador |
| J. Ernest Wharton |
Politician |
4-Oct-1899 |
19-Jan-1990 |
Congressman from New York, 1951-65 |
| E. B. White |
Author |
11-Jul-1899 |
01-Oct-1985 |
Charlotte's Web |
| Guinn Williams |
Actor |
26-Apr-1899 |
6-Jun-1962 |
Santa Fe Trail |
| Frances E. Willis |
Diplomat |
20-May-1899 |
1983 |
First Female US Ambassador |
| Frances Yates |
Historian |
28-Nov-1899 |
29-Sep-1981 |
The Art of Memory |
