| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Harold Adamson |
Songwriter |
10-Dec-1906 |
17-Aug-1980 |
Time on My Hands |
| Eddie Albert |
Actor |
22-Apr-1906 |
26-May-2005 |
Oliver on Green Acres |
| Joe Albertson |
Business |
17-Oct-1906 |
20-Jan-1993 |
Founder of Albertson's |
| Barbara Jo Allen |
Radio Personality |
2-Sep-1906 |
14-Sep-1974 |
Vera Vague |
| Dillon Anderson |
Government |
14-Jul-1906 |
1974 |
National Security Advisor, 1955-56 |
| Hannah Arendt |
Philosopher |
14-Oct-1906 |
4-Dec-1975 |
Origins of Totalitarianism |
| Richard Armour |
Author |
15-Jul-1906 |
28-Feb-1989 |
It All Started with Columbus |
| Charles Arnt |
Actor |
20-Aug-1906 |
6-Aug-1990 |
Remember the Night |
| Hans Asperger |
Doctor |
18-Feb-1906 |
21-Oct-1980 |
Asperger's Syndrome |
| Mary Astor |
Actor |
3-May-1906 |
25-Sep-1987 |
The Maltese Falcon |
| Hermione Baddeley |
Actor |
13-Nov-1906 |
19-Aug-1986 |
Brighton Rock |
| Josephine Baker |
Dancer |
3-Jun-1906 |
12-Apr-1975 |
Sensual dancer turned WWII spy |
| Hassan al-Banna |
Activist |
14-Oct-1906 |
12-Feb-1949 |
Founder of The Muslim Brotherhood |
| Joseph M. Barr |
Politician |
28-May-1906 |
26-Aug-1982 |
Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1959-70 |
| Abraham D. Beame |
Politician |
20-Mar-1906 |
10-Feb-2001 |
Mayor of New York City, 1974-77 |
| Jacques Becker |
Film Director |
15-Sep-1906 |
21-Feb-1960 |
Le Trou |
| Samuel Beckett |
Playwright |
13-May-1906 |
22-Dec-1989 |
Waiting for Godot |
| Bea Benaderet |
Actor |
4-Apr-1906 |
13-Oct-1968 |
Voice of Betty Rubble |
| William Bendix |
Actor |
14-Jan-1906 |
14-Dec-1964 |
The Life of Riley |
| Bruce Bennett |
Actor |
19-May-1906 |
24-Feb-2007 |
Played Tarzan in 1930s movie serials |
| Gustav Bergmann |
Philosopher |
4-May-1906 |
21-Apr-1987 |
Ontologist |
| Hans Bethe |
Physicist |
2-Jul-1906 |
6-Mar-2005 |
Atomic scientist |
| John Betjeman |
Poet |
28-Aug-1906 |
19-May-1984 |
Summoned By Bells |
| Bhabani Bhattacharya |
Novelist |
10-Nov-1906 |
1988 |
So Many Hungers! |
| E. Power Biggs |
Organist |
29-Mar-1906 |
10-Mar-1977 |
Anglo-American organist |
| Eugene Carson Blake |
Religion |
7-Nov-1906 |
31-Jul-1985 |
General Secretary, World Council of Churches, 1966-74 |
| Joan Blondell |
Actor |
30-Aug-1906 |
25-Dec-1979 |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
| Bart Jan Bok |
Astronomer |
28-Apr-1906 |
5-Aug-1983 |
Bok globules |
| Dietrich Bonhoeffer |
Religion |
4-Feb-1906 |
9-Apr-1945 |
Lutheran theologian, opponent of Hitler |
| William J. Brennan |
Judge |
25-Apr-1906 |
24-Jul-1997 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1956-90 |
| Leonid Brezhnev |
Head of State |
19-Dec-1906 |
10-Nov-1982 |
Leader of the Soviet Union, 1964-82 |
| Cleanth Brooks |
Critic |
16-Oct-1906 |
10-May-1994 |
The Well Wrought Urn |
| Louise Brooks |
Actor |
14-Nov-1906 |
8-Aug-1985 |
Pandora's Box |
| Berkeley L. Bunker |
Politician |
12-Aug-1906 |
21-Jan-1999 |
Senator and Congressman from Nevada |
| Harry P. Cain |
Politician |
10-Jan-1906 |
3-Mar-1979 |
US Senator from Washington, 1946-53 |
| Chester Carlson |
Inventor |
8-Feb-1906 |
19-Sep-1968 |
Invented Xerography |
| John Carradine |
Actor |
5-Feb-1906 |
27-Nov-1988 |
In over 200 B movies |
| John Carroll |
Actor |
17-Jul-1906 |
24-Apr-1979 |
Flying Tigers |
| Madeleine Carroll |
Actor |
26-Feb-1906 |
2-Oct-1987 |
The 39 Steps |
| Tom Carvel |
Business |
14-Jul-1906 |
21-Oct-1990 |
Fudgie The Whale, Cookie Puss |
| Ernst B. Chain |
Scientist |
19-Jun-1906 |
12-Aug-1979 |
Isolated penicillin |
| Lon Chaney, Jr. |
Actor |
10-Feb-1906 |
12-Jul-1973 |
The Wolf Man |
| James Hadley Chase |
Novelist |
24-Dec-1906 |
6-Feb-1985 |
No Orchids for Miss Blandish |
| Dutch Clark |
Football |
11-Oct-1906 |
5-Aug-1978 |
NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback, Tailback |
| Clark Clifford |
Government |
25-Dec-1906 |
10-Oct-1998 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1968-69 |
| Jackie Cochran |
Aviator |
11-May-1906 |
9-Aug-1980 |
First woman to break the sound barrier |
| June Collyer |
Actor |
19-Aug-1906 |
16-Mar-1968 |
The Stu Erwin Show |
| Peggy Conklin |
Actor |
2-Nov-1906 |
18-Mar-2003 |
Broadway actress, The Petrified Forest |
| Bob Considine |
Journalist |
4-Nov-1906 |
25-Sep-1975 |
Ghostwriter, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo |
| Nugget Coombs |
Economist |
24-Feb-1906 |
29-Oct-1997 |
Banker, proponent of aboriginal rights |
| E. J. H. Corner |
Botanist |
12-Jan-1906 |
14-Sep-1996 |
Durian theory |
| Lou Costello |
Actor |
6-Mar-1906 |
3-Mar-1959 |
Half of Abbott and Costello |
| Thomas George Cowling |
Mathematician |
17-Jun-1906 |
16-Jun-1990 |
Cowling model |
| Joe Cronin |
Baseball |
12-Oct-1906 |
7-Sep-1984 |
Shortstop on 7 All-Star teams |
| Max Delbrück |
Scientist |
4-Sep-1906 |
10-Mar-1981 |
Molecular structure of viral genes (phages) |
| Antal Doráti |
Conductor |
9-Apr-1906 |
13-Nov-1988 |
Conductor, Minneapolis Symphony, 1949-60 |
| Everett F. Drumright |
Diplomat |
15-Sep-1906 |
24-Apr-1993 |
US Ambassador to Taiwan, 1958-62 |
| Lane Dwinell |
Politician |
14-Nov-1906 |
27-Mar-1997 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1955-59 |
| Leslie Dwyer |
Actor |
28-Aug-1906 |
29-Dec-1986 |
Mr Partridge in Hi-de-Hi! |
| Adolf Eichmann |
Criminal |
19-Mar-1906 |
31-May-1962 |
Nazi war criminal |
| William Empson |
Critic |
27-Sep-1906 |
15-Apr-1984 |
Seven Types of Ambiguity |
| Rip Engle |
Football |
26-Mar-1906 |
7-Mar-1983 |
Head Coach, Brown and Penn State |
| Philo Farnsworth |
Inventor |
19-Aug-1906 |
11-Mar-1971 |
Inventor of electronic television |
| Frank Fenton |
Actor |
9-Apr-1906 |
24-Jul-1957 |
Isle of Forgotten Sins |
| Bruno de Finetti |
Mathematician |
13-Jun-1906 |
20-Jul-1985 |
Subjective probability |
| Hiram Fong |
Politician |
15-Oct-1906 |
18-Aug-2004 |
US Senator from Hawaii, 1959-77 |
| Pierre Fournier |
Cellist |
24-Jun-1906 |
8-Jan-1986 |
French cello virtuoso |
| Pauline Frederick |
Journalist |
13-Feb-1906 |
9-May-1990 |
ABC and NBC reporter |
| Friz Freleng |
Cartoonist |
21-Aug-1906 |
26-May-1995 |
The Pink Panther |
| Hugh Gaitskell |
Politician |
9-Apr-1906 |
18-Jan-1963 |
Leader of the Labour Party, 1955-63 |
| Thomas S. Gates |
Government |
10-Apr-1906 |
25-Mar-1983 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1959-61 |
| Janet Gaynor |
Actor |
6-Oct-1906 |
14-Sep-1984 |
A Star Is Born |
| Ed Gein |
Criminal |
27-Aug-1906 |
26-Jul-1984 |
Serial killer and cannibal |
| Lowell Gilmore |
Actor |
20-Dec-1906 |
31-Jan-1960 |
King Solomon's Mines |
| Kurt Gödel |
Mathematician |
28-Apr-1906 |
14-Jan-1978 |
Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems |
| Maria Goeppert-Mayer |
Physicist |
28-Jun-1906 |
20-Feb-1972 |
Shell nuclear model |
| Nelson Goodman |
Philosopher |
7-Aug-1906 |
25-Nov-1998 |
Fact, Fiction, and Forecast |
| Gale Gordon |
Actor |
20-Feb-1906 |
30-Jun-1995 |
The Lucy Show |
| Edmond T. Gréville |
Film Director |
20-Jun-1906 |
26-May-1966 |
Beat Girl |
| Virginia Hall |
Spy |
6-Apr-1906 |
14-Jul-1982 |
American spy |
| Theresa Harris |
Actor |
31-Dec-1906 |
8-Oct-1985 |
Baby Face |
| Lord Haw-Haw |
Radio Personality |
24-Apr-1906 |
3-Jan-1946 |
WWII propagandist hanged in England |
| S. I. Hayakawa |
Politician |
19-Jul-1906 |
27-Feb-1992 |
Semanticist and US Senator |
| Antony Head |
Politician |
1906 |
1983 |
UK Minister of Defence, 1956-57 |
| Jesse Hibbs |
Film Director |
11-Jan-1906 |
4-Feb-1985 |
To Hell and Back |
| Joan Hickson |
Actor |
5-Aug-1906 |
17-Oct-1998 |
Miss Marple |
| J. C. Higginbotham |
Jazz Musician |
11-May-1906 |
26-May-1973 |
Jazz trombonist |
| Rose Hobart |
Actor |
1-May-1906 |
29-Aug-2000 |
East of Borneo |
| Nicholas J. Hoff |
Engineer |
3-Jan-1906 |
4-Aug-1997 |
Aluminum in aircraft design |
| Albert Hofmann |
Chemist |
11-Jan-1906 |
29-Apr-2008 |
Discovered LSD |
| Soichiro Honda |
Business |
17-Nov-1906 |
5-Aug-1991 |
Founder of Honda Motor Company |
| Grace Murray Hopper |
Computer Programmer |
9-Dec-1906 |
1-Jan-1992 |
Computer programming pioneer |
| Robert E. Howard |
Author |
24-Jan-1906 |
11-Jun-1936 |
Original Conan series |
| William R. Hull, Jr. |
Government |
17-Apr-1906 |
15-Aug-1977 |
Congressman from Missouri, 1955-73 |
| John Huston |
Film Director |
5-Aug-1906 |
28-Aug-1987 |
The Maltese Falcon |
| Alec Issigonis |
Engineer |
18-Nov-1906 |
2-Oct-1988 |
Designer of the Mini Cooper |
| Andrew Jacobs, Sr. |
Politician |
22-Feb-1906 |
17-Dec-1992 |
Congressman from Indiana, 1949-51 |
| Ursula Jeans |
Actor |
5-May-1906 |
21-Apr-1973 |
The Dam Busters |
| Philip Johnson |
Architect |
8-Jul-1906 |
25-Jan-2005 |
The Glass House |
| Esmond Knight |
Actor |
4-May-1906 |
23-Feb-1987 |
The River |
| Lola Lane |
Actor |
21-May-1906 |
22-Jun-1981 |
Marked Woman |
| Richmond Lattimore |
Poet |
6-May-1906 |
26-Feb-1984 |
Translator of Iliad and Odyssey |
| Frank Launder |
Film Director |
28-Jan-1906 |
23-Feb-1997 |
The Belles of St. Trinian's |
| Walter Legge |
Music Producer |
1-Jun-1906 |
22-Mar-1979 |
Classical music producer at EMI |
| Luis Leloir |
Chemist |
6-Sep-1906 |
2-Dec-1987 |
Conversion of carbohydrates |
| Curtis LeMay |
Military |
15-Nov-1906 |
1-Oct-1990 |
USAF General |
| Wassily Leontief |
Economist |
5-Aug-1906 |
5-Feb-1999 |
Structure of the American Economy |
| Oscar Levant |
Pianist |
27-Dec-1906 |
14-Aug-1972 |
Panelist, Information Please |
| Emmanuel Levinas |
Philosopher |
12-Jan-1906 |
25-Dec-1995 |
Totality and Infinity |
| Willy Ley |
Author |
2-Oct-1906 |
24-May-1969 |
The Conquest of Space |
| Anne Morrow Lindbergh |
Aviator |
22-Jun-1906 |
7-Feb-2001 |
Wife of Charles Lindbergh |
| Roger Livesey |
Actor |
25-Jun-1906 |
4-Feb-1976 |
The League of Gentlemen |
| Richard Llewellyn |
Novelist |
8-Dec-1906 |
30-Nov-1983 |
How Green Was My Valley |
| Dwight Macdonald |
Critic |
24-Mar-1906 |
19-Dec-1982 |
Against the American Grain |
| George E. MacKinnon |
Judge |
22-Apr-1906 |
1-May-1995 |
DC Appeals Court Judge, 1969-95 |
| Anthony Mann |
Film Director |
30-Jun-1906 |
29-Apr-1967 |
El Cid |
| William McChesney Martin |
Economist |
17-Dec-1906 |
29-Jul-1998 |
Federal Reserve Chairman, 1951-70 |
| Hugh McDermott |
Actor |
20-Mar-1906 |
29-Jan-1972 |
The Seventh Veil |
| Carl McIntire |
Religion |
17-May-1906 |
19-Mar-2002 |
Radio Free America |
| Horace McMahon |
Actor |
17-May-1906 |
17-Aug-1971 |
Lt. Parker on Naked City |
| Kurt Mendelssohn |
Mathematician |
7-Jan-1906 |
18-Sep-1980 |
Cryogenics and pyramids |
| Dale Messick |
Cartoonist |
11-Apr-1906 |
5-Apr-2005 |
Comic strip Brenda Starr |
| Raymond D. Mindlin |
Engineer |
17-Sep-1906 |
22-Nov-1987 |
Mindlin's problem |
| Dan K. Moore |
Politician |
2-Apr-1906 |
7-Sep-1986 |
Governor of North Carolina, 1965-69 |
| William W. Morgan |
Astronomer |
3-Jan-1906 |
21-Jun-1994 |
Spiral arms of the Milky Way Galaxy |
| R. K. Narayan |
Author |
10-Oct-1906 |
13-May-2001 |
Swami and Friends |
| Ozzie Nelson |
Actor |
20-Mar-1906 |
3-Jun-1975 |
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet |
| Richard Nugent |
Author |
2-Jul-1906 |
27-May-1987 |
Harlem Renaissance writer |
| Michael O'Shea |
Actor |
17-Mar-1906 |
4-Dec-1973 |
It's a Great Life |
| Clifford Odets |
Playwright |
18-Jul-1906 |
14-Aug-1963 |
Sweet Smell of Success |
| Aristotle Onassis |
Business |
15-Jan-1906 |
15-Mar-1975 |
Greek shipping tycoon |
| Satchel Paige |
Baseball |
7-Jul-1906 |
8-Jun-1982 |
Negro Leagues, Cleveland Indians pitcher |
| Alicia Patterson |
Business |
15-Oct-1906 |
2-Jul-1963 |
Founder of Newsday |
| Henry Picard |
Golf |
28-Nov-1906 |
30-Apr-1997 |
Winner of 2 Majors |
| Vladimir Prelog |
Chemist |
23-Jul-1906 |
7-Jan-1998 |
Stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysts |
| Otto Preminger |
Film Director |
5-Dec-1906 |
23-Apr-1986 |
Anatomy of a Murder |
| Sayyid Qutb |
Philosopher |
9-Oct-1906 |
29-Aug-1966 |
Muslim Brotherhood philosopher |
| Donald Randolph |
Actor |
5-Jan-1906 |
16-Mar-1993 |
The Deadly Mantis |
| Carol Reed |
Film Director |
30-Dec-1906 |
25-Apr-1976 |
Oliver! |
| Irving Reis |
Film Director |
7-May-1906 |
3-Jul-1953 |
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer |
| Abe Reles |
Criminal |
1906 |
12-Nov-1941 |
Hitman for Murder, Inc. |
| Erik Rhodes |
Actor |
10-Feb-1906 |
17-Feb-1990 |
Top Hat |
| Kane Richmond |
Actor |
23-Dec-1906 |
22-Mar-1973 |
American character actor |
| Lyda Roberti |
Actor |
20-May-1906 |
12-Mar-1938 |
Million Dollar Legs |
| John D. Rockefeller III |
Philanthropist |
21-Mar-1906 |
10-Jul-1978 |
Lincoln Center for Performing Arts |
| Roberto Rossellini |
Film Director |
8-May-1906 |
3-Jun-1977 |
Stromboli |
| Henry Roth |
Author |
8-Feb-1906 |
13-Oct-1995 |
Call It Sleep |
| Ernst Ruska |
Physicist |
25-Dec-1906 |
27-May-1988 |
Inventor of the electron microscope |
| Donald S. Russell |
Politician |
22-Feb-1906 |
22-Feb-1998 |
Governor of South Carolina, 1967-71 |
| Pee Wee Russell |
Jazz Musician |
27-Mar-1906 |
15-Feb-1969 |
Jazz clarinet virtuoso |
| Albert Sabin |
Biologist |
26-Aug-1906 |
3-Mar-1993 |
Developed oral polio vaccine |
| Paul Sacher |
Conductor |
28-Apr-1906 |
26-May-1999 |
Founder, Basler Kammerorchester |
| George Sanders |
Actor |
3-Jul-1906 |
25-Apr-1972 |
The Saint Strikes Back |
| Joe Sawyer |
Actor |
29-Aug-1906 |
21-Apr-1982 |
Character actor 1930s to 1950s |
| Léopold Senghor |
Head of State |
9-Oct-1906 |
20-Dec-2001 |
President of Senegal, 1960-80 |
| Anya Seton |
Author |
23-Jan-1906 |
8-Nov-1990 |
Dragonwyck |
| Vincent Sherman |
Film Director |
16-Jul-1906 |
18-Jun-2006 |
The Young Philadelphians |
| Dmitri Shostakovich |
Composer |
25-Sep-1906 |
9-Aug-1975 |
Symphony No. 7 |
| Bugsy Siegel |
Criminal |
28-Feb-1906 |
20-Jun-1947 |
Brought the mob to Las Vegas |
| Robert L. F. Sikes |
Politician |
3-Jun-1906 |
28-Sep-1994 |
Congressman from Florida, 1945-79 |
| Muggsy Spanier |
Jazz Musician |
9-Nov-1906 |
12-Feb-1967 |
Muggsy Spanier and His Ragtime Band |
| Philip D. Sprouse |
Diplomat |
27-Sep-1906 |
28-Apr-1977 |
US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1962-64 |
| Francis Steegmuller |
Author |
3-Jul-1906 |
20-Oct-1994 |
Cocteau: A Biography |
| Michael Stewart |
Politician |
6-Nov-1906 |
13-Mar-1990 |
Former UK Foreign Secretary |
| Grady Sutton |
Actor |
5-Apr-1906 |
17-Sep-1995 |
The Bank Dick |
| A. J. P. Taylor |
Historian |
25-Mar-1906 |
7-Sep-1990 |
The Origins of the Second World War |
| Brother Theodore |
Comic |
11-Nov-1906 |
5-Apr-2001 |
Stand-up Tragedist |
| Jim Thompson |
Novelist |
27-Sep-1906 |
7-Apr-1977 |
Heed the Thunder |
| Clyde W. Tombaugh |
Astronomer |
4-Feb-1906 |
17-Jan-1997 |
Discovered Pluto |
| Sin-Itiro Tomonaga |
Physicist |
31-Mar-1906 |
8-Jul-1979 |
Quantum electrodynamics |
| Dorothy Tree |
Actor |
21-May-1906 |
13-Feb-1992 |
City of Darkness |
| William Tunner |
Military |
14-Jul-1906 |
6-Apr-1983 |
Organized the Berlin Airlift |
| Laurens van der Post |
Author |
13-Dec-1906 |
15-Dec-1996 |
The Lost World of the Kalahari |
| A. Devitt Vanech |
Attorney |
26-Mar-1906 |
10-Sep-1967 |
Deputy US Attorney General, 1951-52 |
| Luchino Visconti |
Film Director |
2-Nov-1906 |
17-Mar-1976 |
La Terra Trema |
| George Wald |
Biologist |
18-Nov-1906 |
12-Apr-1997 |
Physiology of the retina |
| Edgar Wayburn |
Activist |
17-Sep-1906 |
5-Mar-2010 |
Conservationist, Sierra Club president |
| Alan Webb |
Actor |
2-Jul-1906 |
22-Jun-1982 |
English character actor |
| Herman Welker |
Politician |
11-Dec-1906 |
30-Oct-1957 |
US Senator from Idaho, 1951-57 |
| Fred Whipple |
Astronomer |
5-Nov-1906 |
30-Aug-2004 |
Comet Guy |
| T. H. White |
Author |
29-May-1906 |
17-Jan-1964 |
The Once and Future King |
| Billy Wilder |
Film Director |
22-Jun-1906 |
27-Mar-2002 |
Sunset Blvd. |
| Donald Woods |
Actor |
2-Dec-1906 |
5-Mar-1998 |
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms |
| Diana Wynyard |
Actor |
16-Jan-1906 |
13-May-1964 |
Gaslight |
| Henny Youngman |
Comic |
16-Mar-1906 |
24-Feb-1998 |
Take my wife, please |
| Harry von Zell |
Actor |
11-Jul-1906 |
21-Nov-1981 |
You're in the Navy Now |
| Max Zorn |
Mathematician |
6-Jun-1906 |
9-Mar-1993 |
Zorn's Lemma |
