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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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


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