| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Nicola Abbagnano |
Philosopher |
15-Jul-1901 |
9-Sep-1990 |
Italian existentialist |
| Stella Adler |
Actor |
10-Feb-1901 |
21-Dec-1992 |
Theater actress, Group Theater |
| Mabel Albertson |
Actor |
24-Jul-1901 |
28-Sep-1982 |
Darrin's mother on Bewitched |
| Princess Alice |
Royalty |
25-Dec-1901 |
29-Oct-2004 |
Late Duchess of Gloucester |
| John Alton |
Cinematographer |
5-Oct-1901 |
2-Jun-1996 |
An American in Paris |
| Regina M. Anderson |
Playwright |
21-May-1901 |
5-Feb-1993 |
Climbing Jacob's Ladder |
| Louis Armstrong |
Jazz Musician |
4-Aug-1901 |
6-Jul-1971 |
Jazz trumpeter |
| Claude Autant-Lara |
Film Director |
5-Aug-1901 |
5-Feb-2000 |
La traversée de Paris |
| Fulgencio Batista |
Head of State |
16-Jan-1901 |
6-Aug-1973 |
Overthrown by Fidel Castro |
| William S. Beardsley |
Politician |
17-May-1901 |
21-Nov-1954 |
Governor of Iowa, 1949-54 |
| Ed Begley, Sr. |
Actor |
25-Mar-1901 |
28-Apr-1970 |
Juror #10 in 12 Angry Men |
| J. D. Bernal |
Physicist |
10-May-1901 |
15-Sep-1971 |
X-ray crystallography |
| Roy Blough |
Economist |
1901 |
2000 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1950-52 |
| Ben Blue |
Actor |
12-Sep-1901 |
7-Mar-1975 |
The Big Broadcast of 1938 |
| Curt Bois |
Actor |
5-Apr-1901 |
25-Dec-1991 |
Pickpocket in Casablanca |
| Chester Bowles |
Politician |
5-Apr-1901 |
25-May-1986 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1949-51 |
| Robert Bresson |
Film Director |
25-Sep-1901 |
18-Dec-1999 |
Une Femme Douce |
| John Albert Carroll |
Politician |
30-Jul-1901 |
30-Aug-1983 |
US Senator from Colorado, 1957-63 |
| Barbara Cartland |
Author |
9-Jul-1901 |
21-May-2000 |
Wrote way too many romance novels |
| Turner Catledge |
Journalist |
17-Mar-1901 |
27-Apr-1983 |
New York Times editor |
| Whittaker Chambers |
Author |
1-Apr-1901 |
9-Jul-1961 |
Accuser of Alger Hiss |
| Joseph Sill Clark |
Politician |
21-Oct-1901 |
21-Jan-1990 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1956-69 |
| Donald Cook |
Actor |
26-Sep-1901 |
1-Oct-1961 |
Viva Villa! |
| Gary Cooper |
Actor |
7-May-1901 |
14-May-1961 |
High Noon |
| John S. Cooper |
Politician |
23-Aug-1901 |
21-Feb-1991 |
US Senator from Kentucky |
| Ruth Porter Crawford |
Musicologist |
3-Jul-1901 |
18-Nov-1953 |
Composer, musical ethnologist |
| Lili Damita |
Actor |
19-Jul-1901 |
21-Mar-1994 |
The Bridge of San Luis Rey |
| Bebe Daniels |
Actor |
14-Jan-1901 |
16-Mar-1971 |
42nd Street |
| Mildred Davis |
Actor |
22-Feb-1901 |
18-Aug-1969 |
Silent film actress |
| Marlene Dietrich |
Actor |
27-Dec-1901 |
6-May-1992 |
The Blue Angel |
| Walt Disney |
Business |
5-Dec-1901 |
15-Dec-1966 |
Founder of Disney empire |
| Brian Donlevy |
Actor |
9-Feb-1901 |
5-Apr-1972 |
The Great McGinty |
| Philip Dorn |
Actor |
30-Sep-1901 |
9-May-1975 |
Random Harvest |
| Melvyn Douglas |
Actor |
5-Apr-1901 |
4-Aug-1981 |
Being There |
| Truman B. Douglass |
Religion |
15-Jul-1901 |
27-May-1969 |
United Church of Christ |
| Allen B. DuMont |
Inventor |
29-Jan-1901 |
14-Nov-1965 |
TV picture tube and TV network |
| James Dunn |
Actor |
2-Nov-1901 |
1-Sep-1967 |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
| Mildred Dunnock |
Actor |
25-Jan-1901 |
5-Jul-1991 |
Death of a Salesman |
| Olin Dutra |
Golf |
17-Jan-1901 |
5-May-1983 |
Winner of 2 Majors |
| Nelson Eddy |
Singer |
29-Jun-1901 |
6-Mar-1967 |
Phantom of the Opera |
| Tage Erlander |
Head of State |
13-Jun-1901 |
21-Jun-1985 |
Prime Minister of Sweden, 1946-69 |
| Maurice Evans |
Actor |
3-Jun-1901 |
12-Mar-1989 |
Dr. Zaius in Planet of the Apes |
| Oliver La Farge |
Author |
19-Dec-1901 |
2-Aug-1963 |
Laughing Boy |
| Charles Farrell |
Actor |
9-Aug-1901 |
6-May-1990 |
Seventh Heaven |
| Enrico Fermi |
Physicist |
29-Sep-1901 |
29-Nov-1954 |
First controlled nuclear chain reaction |
| Sir Raymond Firth |
Anthropologist |
25-Mar-1901 |
22-Feb-2002 |
Economic Anthropology |
| Paul Fix |
Actor |
13-Mar-1901 |
14-Oct-1983 |
Marshal Torrance on The Rifleman |
| Paul Ford |
Actor |
2-Nov-1901 |
12-Apr-1976 |
The Phil Silvers Show |
| Hugo Friedhofer |
Composer |
3-May-1901 |
17-May-1981 |
The Best Years of Our Lives |
| Clark Gable |
Actor |
1-Feb-1901 |
16-Nov-1960 |
Gone With the Wind |
| George Gallup |
Business |
18-Nov-1901 |
26-Jul-1984 |
Founder, The Gallup Organization |
| Alberto Giacometti |
Sculptor |
10-Oct-1901 |
11-Jan-1966 |
Head of a Man on a Rod |
| Magda Goebbels |
Relative |
11-Nov-1901 |
1-May-1945 |
Wife of Joseph Goebbels |
| Gilda Gray |
Dancer |
24-Oct-1901 |
22-Dec-1959 |
The Shimmy Queen |
| John Gunther |
Journalist |
30-Aug-1901 |
29-May-1970 |
Inside Europe |
| A. B. Guthrie |
Novelist |
13-Jan-1901 |
26-Apr-1991 |
The Way West |
| Hugo Haas |
Actor |
18-Feb-1901 |
1-Dec-1968 |
King Solomon's Mines |
| Manly P. Hall |
Paranormal |
18-Mar-1901 |
29-Aug-1990 |
The Secret Teachings of All Ages |
| Irene Handl |
Actor |
27-Dec-1901 |
29-Nov-1987 |
Matronly British character actor |
| Ann Harding |
Actor |
7-Aug-1901 |
1-Sep-1981 |
Holiday |
| Raymond A. Hare |
Diplomat |
3-Apr-1901 |
9-Feb-1994 |
US Mideast Ambassador |
| Arvid Harnack |
Spy |
24-May-1901 |
22-Dec-1942 |
Hanged by the Nazis for espionage |
| F. Edward Hebert |
Politician |
12-Oct-1901 |
29-Dec-1979 |
Congressman from Louisiana, 1941-77 |
| Otto Heckmann |
Astronomer |
23-Jun-1901 |
13-May-1983 |
Investigated cosmic expansion |
| Jascha Heifetz |
Violinist |
2-Feb-1901 |
10-Dec-1987 |
Violin virtuoso |
| Werner Heisenberg |
Physicist |
5-Dec-1901 |
1-Feb-1976 |
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle |
| Granville Hicks |
Critic |
9-Sep-1901 |
18-Jun-1982 |
Marxist critic, The Great Tradition |
| Emperor Hirohito |
Royalty |
29-Apr-1901 |
7-Jan-1989 |
Emperor of Japan 1926-89 |
| Johannes Holtfreter |
Zoologist |
9-Jan-1901 |
13-Nov-1992 |
Chemotaxis |
| Charles B. Huggins |
Scientist |
22-Sep-1901 |
12-Jan-1997 |
Hormonal treatment of prostate and breast cancers |
| H. Bruce Humberstone |
Film Director |
18-Nov-1901 |
11-Oct-1984 |
Directed several Charlie Chan films |
| Frieda Inescort |
Actor |
29-Jun-1901 |
26-Feb-1976 |
A Place in the Sun |
| Ub Iwerks |
Cartoonist |
24-Mar-1901 |
7-Jul-1971 |
First to animate Mickey Mouse |
| Allyn Joslyn |
Actor |
21-Jul-1901 |
21-Jan-1981 |
Only Angels Have Wings |
| Louis Kahn |
Architect |
20-Feb-1901 |
17-Mar-1974 |
Prominent architect |
| Fuzzy Knight |
Actor |
9-May-1901 |
23-Feb-1976 |
American character actor |
| Max Kohl |
Business |
12-May-1901 |
14-Dec-1981 |
Kohl's Department Stores |
| André Kostelanetz |
Conductor |
22-Dec-1901 |
13-Jan-1980 |
André Kostelanetz Presents |
| Simon Kuznets |
Economist |
30-Apr-1901 |
8-Jul-1985 |
National Income and Its Composition |
| Jacques Lacan |
Psychiatrist |
13-Apr-1901 |
9-Sep-1981 |
The Mirror Stage as Formative of the I |
| Lew Landers |
Film Director |
2-Jan-1901 |
16-Dec-1962 |
The Raven |
| Ernest Lawrence |
Physicist |
8-Aug-1901 |
27-Aug-1958 |
Inventor of the cyclotron |
| Lila Lee |
Actor |
25-Jul-1901 |
13-Nov-1973 |
Male and Female |
| Michel Leiris |
Author |
20-Apr-1901 |
30-Sep-1990 |
Surrealist, ethnographer, autobiographer |
| Leopold III |
Royalty |
3-Nov-1901 |
25-Sep-1983 |
Abdicated King of Belgium |
| Frederick Loewe |
Composer |
10-Jun-1901 |
14-Feb-1988 |
My Fair Lady |
| André Malraux |
Novelist |
3-Nov-1901 |
23-Nov-1976 |
La Condition Humaine |
| David Manners |
Actor |
30-Apr-1901 |
23-Dec-1998 |
Dracula |
| Heinie Manush |
Baseball |
20-Jul-1901 |
12-May-1971 |
MLB Hall of Famer |
| Zeppo Marx |
Actor |
25-Feb-1901 |
30-Nov-1979 |
Straight man of the Marx Brothers |
| Margaret Mead |
Anthropologist |
16-Dec-1901 |
15-Nov-1978 |
Coming of Age in Samoa |
| Jo Mielziner |
Designer |
19-Mar-1901 |
15-Mar-1976 |
Broadway stage designer |
| Chester Morris |
Actor |
16-Feb-1901 |
11-Sep-1970 |
Boston Blackie |
| Francis J. Myers |
Politician |
18-Dec-1901 |
5-Jul-1956 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1945-51 |
| Anastasia Nikolaevna |
Royalty |
18-Jun-1901 |
17-Jul-1918 |
Youngest Daughter of Tsar Nicholas II |
| Michael Oakeshott |
Philosopher |
11-Dec-1901 |
19-Dec-1990 |
Rationalism in Politics |
| Mark Oliphant |
Physicist |
8-Oct-1901 |
14-Jul-2000 |
Deuterium reactions |
| William S. Paley |
Business |
28-Sep-1901 |
26-Oct-1990 |
Chairman of CBS, 1946-83 |
| Harry Partch |
Composer |
24-Jun-1901 |
3-Sep-1974 |
Hobo composer, built his own instruments |
| Joe Pasternak |
Film/TV Producer |
19-Sep-1901 |
13-Sep-1991 |
Destry Rides Again |
| Lee Patrick |
Actor |
22-Nov-1901 |
21-Nov-1982 |
Henrietta Topper on Topper |
| Paul |
Royalty |
14-Dec-1901 |
6-Mar-1964 |
King of Greece, 1947-64 |
| Linus Pauling |
Chemist |
28-Feb-1901 |
19-Aug-1994 |
Scientist and peacenik |
| Irna Phillips |
Film/TV Producer |
1-Jul-1901 |
23-Dec-1973 |
Queen of soap operas |
| Eric Portman |
Actor |
13-Jul-1901 |
7-Dec-1969 |
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing |
| Salvatore Quasimodo |
Poet |
20-Aug-1901 |
14-Jun-1968 |
Acque e terre |
| Ralph Rainger |
Composer |
7-Oct-1901 |
23-Oct-1942 |
Thanks For The Memory |
| Laura Riding |
Poet |
16-Jan-1901 |
2-Sep-1991 |
A Survey of Modernist Poetry |
| Art Rooney |
Football |
27-Jan-1901 |
25-Aug-1988 |
Pittsburgh Steelers owner |
| Samuel Rubin |
Business |
1901 |
21-Dec-1978 |
Founder of Fabergé Cosmetics |
| Adolph Rupp |
Basketball |
2-Sep-1901 |
10-Dec-1977 |
Kentucky Head Coach, 1930-72 |
| Jimmy Rushing |
Singer |
26-Aug-1901 |
8-Jun-1972 |
Mr. Five By Five |
| Eisaku Sato |
Politician |
27-Mar-1901 |
3-Jun-1975 |
Japanese Prime Minister 1964-72 |
| William J. Sebald |
Diplomat |
5-Nov-1901 |
Aug-1980 |
Chief US FSO in Japan, 1947-52 |
| Jaroslav Seifert |
Poet |
23-Sep-1901 |
10-Jan-1986 |
The Nightingale Sings Out of Tune |
| Sam Spiegel |
Film/TV Producer |
11-Nov-1901 |
31-Dec-1985 |
Lawrence of Arabia |
| John C. Stennis |
Politician |
3-Aug-1901 |
23-Apr-1995 |
US Senator from Mississippi, 1947-89 |
| Lee Strasberg |
Theater Director |
17-Nov-1901 |
17-Feb-1982 |
Theater director and acting coach |
| Edward W. Strong |
Educator |
1901 |
13-Jan-1990 |
Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1961-65 |
| Sukarno |
Head of State |
6-Jun-1901 |
21-Jun-1970 |
President of Indonesia, 1945-67 |
| Willie Sutton |
Criminal |
30-Jun-1901 |
2-Nov-1980 |
Because that's where the money is |
| Stuart Symington |
Politician |
26-Jun-1901 |
14-Dec-1988 |
US Senator from Missouri, 1953-76 |
| Chuck Taylor |
Business |
24-Jun-1901 |
23-Jun-1969 |
Chuck Taylor All-Stars Sneaker |
| E. P. Taylor |
Business |
29-Jan-1901 |
14-May-1989 |
Brewer, Thoroughbred horse breeder |
| Maxwell D. Taylor |
Military |
26-Aug-1901 |
19-Apr-1987 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1962-64 |
| George Tobias |
Actor |
14-Jul-1901 |
27-Feb-1980 |
Abner Kravitz on Bewitched |
| Maurice J. Tobin |
Politician |
22-May-1901 |
19-Jul-1953 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1948-53 |
| Merle Tuve |
Physicist |
27-Jun-1901 |
20-May-1982 |
Proximity fuse |
| Rudy Vallee |
Actor |
28-Jul-1901 |
3-Jul-1986 |
Singer, actor, bandleader |
| William H. Vanderbilt |
Politician |
24-Nov-1901 |
14-Apr-1981 |
Governor of Rhode Island, 1939-41 |
| Vincent du Vigneaud |
Chemist |
18-May-1901 |
11-Dec-1978 |
Synthesized vasopressin and oxytocin |
| Joseph Vitale |
Actor |
6-Sep-1901 |
5-Jun-1994 |
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| John War Eagle |
Actor |
8-Jun-1901 |
7-Feb-1991 |
The Man from Laramie |
| Ned Washington |
Songwriter |
15-Aug-1901 |
20-Dec-1976 |
When You Wish Upon a Star |
| Naunton Wayne |
Actor |
22-Jun-1901 |
17-Nov-1970 |
Obsession |
| Glenway Wescott |
Novelist |
11-Apr-1901 |
22-Feb-1987 |
The Pilgrim Hawk |
| Thomas D. White |
Military |
6-Aug-1901 |
22-Dec-1965 |
USAF Chief of Staff, 1957-61 |
| Charles E. Whittaker |
Judge |
22-Feb-1901 |
26-Nov-1973 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1957-62 |
| Craig Wood |
Golf |
18-Nov-1901 |
7-May-1968 |
Winner, 1941 Masters and US Open |
| Hank Worden |
Actor |
23-Jul-1901 |
6-Dec-1992 |
The Searchers |
| Chic Young |
Cartoonist |
9-Jan-1901 |
14-Mar-1973 |
Creator of Blondie |
| Morton Dauwen Zabel |
Educator |
10-Aug-1901 |
28-Apr-1964 |
Craft and Character |
| Marion Zioncheck |
Politician |
5-Dec-1901 |
7-Aug-1936 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
