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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
E. Ross Adair
Politician
14-Dec-1907 5-May-1983 Congressman from Indiana, 1951-71
Jack Albertson
Actor
16-Jun-1907 25-Nov-1981 The Man on Chico and the Man
Ross Alexander
Actor
27-Jul-1907 2-Jan-1937 Captain Blood
Yves Allégret
Film Director
13-Oct-1907 31-Jan-1987 The Proud and the Beautiful
Fran Allison
Actor
20-Nov-1907 13-Jun-1989 Kukla, Fran and Ollie
Adrienne Ames
Actor
3-Aug-1907 31-May-1947 You're Telling Me!
Luke Appling
Baseball
2-Apr-1907 3-Jan-1991 Chicago White Sox, Hall of Famer
Ellis Arnall
Politician
20-Mar-1907 13-Dec-1992 Governor of Georgia, 1943-47
Peggy Ashcroft
Actor
22-Dec-1907 14-Jun-1991 A Passage to India
Leon Askin
Actor
18-Sep-1907 3-Jun-2005 General Burkhalter on Hogan's Heroes
Malcolm Atterbury
Actor
20-Feb-1907 16-Aug-1992 Vaudevillian, character actor
W. H. Auden
Poet
21-Feb-1907 29-Sep-1973 The Age of Anxiety
Gene Autry
Country Musician
29-Sep-1907 2-Oct-1998 Singing cowboy
Art Babbitt
Cartoonist
8-Oct-1907 4-Mar-1992 Disney animator, created Goofy
Rose Bampton
Singer
28-Nov-1907 21-Aug-2007 Operatic soprano
Edgar Barrier
Actor
4-Mar-1907 20-Jun-1964 Macbeth
Jacques Barzun
Historian
30-Nov-1907   From Dawn to Decadence
Lina Basquette
Actor
19-Apr-1907 30-Sep-1994 The Godless Girl
Melvin Belli
Attorney
29-Jul-1907 9-Jul-1996 The King of Torts
Joe Besser
Actor
12-Aug-1907 1-Mar-1988 The Three Stooges
Ludwig Biermann
Astronomer
13-Mar-1907 12-Jan-1986 Solar winds
Maurice Blanchot
Philosopher
22-Sep-1907 20-Feb-2003 L'Espace littéraire
Anthony Blunt
Historian
26-Sep-1907 26-Mar-1983 Art historian, Soviet spy
J. Armand Bombardier
Business
16-Apr-1907 18-Feb-1964 Founder of Bombardier
Willis Bouchey
Actor
24-May-1907 27-Sep-1977 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Daniel Bovet
Scientist
23-Mar-1907 8-Apr-1992 Anti-histamines, muscle relaxants, sulfanilamide
Winthrop G. Brown
Diplomat
12-Jul-1907 25-May-1987 US Ambassador to South Korea, 1964-67
Edward Bullard
Physicist
21-Sep-1907 3-Apr-1980 Continental drift, magnetic fields
Warren Burger
Judge
17-Sep-1907 25-Jun-1995 US Chief Justice, 1969-86
Dorothy Burgess
Actor
4-Mar-1907 20-Aug-1961 Hold Your Man
John Burroughs
Politician
7-Apr-1907 21-May-1978 Governor of New Mexico, 1959-61
Cab Calloway
Jazz Musician
25-Dec-1907 18-Nov-1994 King of Hi-De-Ho
Dolph Camilli
Baseball
23-Apr-1907 21-Oct-1997 National League MVP, 1941
L. Sprague de Camp
Author
27-Nov-1907 6-Nov-2000 Lest Darkness Fall
Milton Caniff
Cartoonist
28-Feb-1907 3-Apr-1988 Terry and the Pirates
Rachel Carson
Scientist
27-May-1907 14-Apr-1964 Mother of the environmental movement
Benny Carter
Jazz Musician
8-Aug-1907 12-Jul-2003 Jazz and big bandleader
Hodding Carter
Journalist
3-Feb-1907 4-Apr-1972 Delta Democrat-Times
Robert F. Chandler
Educator
22-Jun-1907 23-Mar-1999 International Rice Research Institute
Leslie Charteris
Novelist
12-May-1907 15-Apr-1993 Created Simon Templar
George Christopher
Politician
8-Dec-1907 14-Sep-2000 Mayor of San Francisco, 1956-64
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Film Director
20-Nov-1907 12-Jan-1977 The Wages of Fear
John Cardinal Cody
Religion
24-Dec-1907 25-Apr-1982 Archbishop of Chicago, 1965-82
Arturo de Córdova
Actor
8-May-1907 3-Nov-1973 El
Wrong Way Corrigan
Aviator
22-Jan-1907 9-Dec-1995 Flew transatlantic route "by accident"
Henry Cotton
Golf
26-Jan-1907 22-Dec-1987 Won the British Open three times
Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer
Biologist
24-Feb-1907 17-May-2004 Ichthyologist, discovered Coelacanth
Buster Crabbe
Actor
17-Feb-1907 23-Apr-1983 Flash Gordon
Richard Crossman
Politician
15-Dec-1907 5-Apr-1974 Leader, House of Commons, 1966-68
Justin Dart
Business
17-Aug-1907 26-Jan-1984 Drug store magnate
Joan Davis
Actor
29-Jun-1907 22-May-1961 I Married Joan
Billy De Wolfe
Actor
18-Feb-1907 5-Mar-1974 The Doris Day Show
John Cardinal Dearden
Religion
15-Oct-1907 1-Aug-1988 Archbishop of Detroit, 1958-80
Frances Dee
Actor
26-Nov-1907 6-Mar-2004 Finishing School
Christopher Del Sesto
Politician
10-Mar-1907 23-Dec-1973 Governor of Rhode Island, 1959-61
Bill Dickey
Baseball
6-Jun-1907 12-Nov-1993 Eleven-time American League All-Star
Thomas J. Dodd
Politician
15-May-1907 24-May-1971 US Senator from Connecticut, 1958-71
Gordon Douglas
Film Director
15-Dec-1907 29-Sep-1993 Them!
Paul Douglas
Actor
11-Apr-1907 11-Sep-1959 Angels in the Outfield
Daphne Du Maurier
Author
13-May-1907 19-May-1989 Rebecca
Dan Duryea
Actor
23-Jan-1907 7-Jun-1968 The Little Foxes
François Duvalier
Head of State
14-Apr-1907 21-Apr-1971 Ruthless "President for Life" of Haiti
Leon Edel
Author
9-Sep-1907 5-Sep-1997 Biographer of Henry James
Turk Edwards
Football
28-Sep-1907 12-Jan-1973 NFL Hall of Fame Tackle
Günter Eich
Poet
1-Feb-1907 20-Sep-1972 Züge im Nebel
Loren Eiseley
Anthropologist
3-Sep-1907 9-Jul-1977 The Firmament of Time
Buford Ellington
Politician
27-Jun-1907 3-Apr-1972 Twice Governor of Tennessee
Weeb Ewbank
Football
6-May-1907 17-Nov-1998 Head Coach, Baltimore Colts and NY Jets
Paul J. Fannin
Politician
29-Jan-1907 13-Jan-2002 Governor and Senator from Arizona
Leonor Fini
Painter
30-Aug-1907 18-Jan-1996 Surrealist painter, sex kitten
Leonard K. Firestone
Business
10-Jun-1907 24-Dec-1996 US Ambassador to Belgium, 1974-77
Jimmie Foxx
Baseball
22-Oct-1907 21-Jul-1967 Seven-time All Star, 534 home runs
Arlene Francis
Actor
20-Oct-1907 31-May-2001 What's My Line?
Jane Froman
Singer
10-Nov-1907 22-Apr-1980 The Jane Froman Show
Christopher Fry
Playwright
18-Dec-1907 30-Jun-2005 The Lady's Not for Burning
Rumer Godden
Author
10-Dec-1907 8-Nov-1998 The River
Albert Gore, Sr.
Politician
26-Dec-1907 5-Dec-1998 US Senator from Tennessee, 1953-71
Lloyd Gough
Actor
21-Sep-1907 23-Jul-1984 Blacklisted character actor
Marvin Griffin
Politician
4-Sep-1907 13-Jun-1982 Governor of Georgia, 1955-59
Albertis S. Harrison, Jr.
Politician
11-Jan-1907 23-Jan-1995 Governor of Virginia, 1962-66
Augustus F. Hawkins
Politician
31-Aug-1907 10-Nov-2007 Congressman from California, 1963-91
Robert A. Heinlein
Author
7-Jul-1907 8-May-1988 Starship Troopers
Katharine Hepburn
Actor
12-May-1907 29-Jun-2003 The Philadelphia Story
Hergé
Cartoonist
23-May-1907 3-Mar-1983 Tintin
John Hewitt
Poet
28-Oct-1907 22-Jun-1987 No Rebel Word
Johnny Hodges
Jazz Musician
25-Jul-1907 11-May-1970 Jazz alto saxophonist
Phillips Holmes
Actor
22-Jul-1907 12-Aug-1942 The Criminal Code
Jerry Hopper
Film Director
29-Jul-1907 17-Dec-1988 The Private War of Major Benson
Walter Howe
Diplomat
10-Jun-1907 8-Apr-1966 US Ambassador to Chile, 1958-61
J. Hans D. Jensen
Physicist
25-Jun-1907 11-Feb-1973 Shell nuclear model
Allan Jones
Actor
14-Oct-1907 27-Jun-1992 Show Boat
G. Lewis Jones
Diplomat
18-May-1907 13-Nov-1971 US Ambassador to Tunisia, 1956-59
Nathan Juran
Film Director
1-Sep-1907 23-Oct-2002 The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
James Robertson Justice
Actor
15-Jun-1907 2-Jul-1975 Doctor in the House
Frida Kahlo
Painter
6-Jul-1907 13-Jul-1954 Unibrowed Mexican painter
Alvin Karpis
Criminal
10-Aug-1907 26-Aug-1979 Former Public Enemy #1
Joseph Kearns
Actor
12-Feb-1907 17-Feb-1962 Mr. Wilson on Dennis the Menace
Barbara Kent
Actor
16-Dec-1907 13-Oct-2011 Flesh and the Devil
Ayub Khan
Head of State
14-May-1907 19-Apr-1974 President of Pakistan, 1958-69
Lincoln Kirstein
Author
4-May-1907 5-Jan-1996 Co-Founder, New York City Ballet
Philip M. Klutznick
Government
9-Jul-1907 14-Aug-1999 US Secretary of Commerce, 1980-81
Alexander Knox
Actor
16-Jan-1907 25-Apr-1995 Wilson
Sidney Korshak
Attorney
6-Jun-1907 20-Jan-1996 The Mob's man in Hollywood
Charles Korvin
Actor
21-Nov-1907 18-Jun-1998 Interpol Calling
Julius Albert Krug
Government
23-Nov-1907 26-Mar-1970 US Secretary of the Interior, 1946-49
Alfried Krupp
Business
13-Aug-1907 30-Jul-1967 Nazi munitions maker, convicted war criminal
Kathryn Kuhlman
Religion
9-May-1907 20-Feb-1976 Faith healer, I Believe In Miracles
Jean Langlais
Composer
15-Feb-1907 8-May-1991 Organist and composer
Canada Lee
Actor
3-Mar-1907 9-May-1952 Cry, the Beloved Country
Pinky Lee
Actor
2-May-1907 3-Apr-1993 The Pinky Lee Show
John Lehmann
Poet
2-Jun-1907 7-Apr-1987 Thrown to the Woolfs
Sheldon Leonard
Actor
22-Feb-1907 10-Jan-1997 Nick the Bartender
William Levitt
Business
11-Feb-1907 28-Jan-1994 Creator of Levittown
Joseph H. Lewis
Film Director
6-Apr-1907 30-Aug-2000 Gun Crazy
Astrid Lindgren
Author
14-Nov-1907 28-Jan-2002 Pippi Longstocking
Johnny Longden
Jockey
14-Feb-1907 14-Feb-2003 Winner, 1943 Triple Crown
Hugh MacLennan
Novelist
20-Mar-1907 7-Nov-1990 Barometer Rising
Louis MacNeice
Poet
12-Sep-1907 3-Sep-1963 Autumn Journal
Ramon Magsaysay
Head of State
31-Aug-1907 17-Mar-1957 7th President of the Philippines
John Marley
Actor
17-Oct-1907 22-May-1984 Godfather horsehead recipient
Jessie Matthews
Actor
11-Mar-1907 19-Aug-1981 English stage and radio actress
John William Mauchly
Physicist
30-Aug-1907 8-Jan-1980 ENIAC, BINAC, and UNIVAC I computers
Mike Mazurki
Actor
25-Dec-1907 9-Dec-1990 Murder, My Sweet
John McIntire
Actor
27-Jun-1907 30-Jan-1991 Christopher Hale on Wagon Train
Edwin M. McMillan
Physicist
18-Sep-1907 7-Sep-1991 Discovered neptunium and plutonium
Jimmy McPartland
Jazz Musician
15-May-1907 13-Mar-1991 Chicago jazz cornetist
James Edward Meade
Economist
23-Jun-1907 22-Dec-1995 Theory of International Economic Policy
George Meader
Politician
13-Sep-1907 15-Oct-1994 Congressman from Michigan, 1951-65
Paul Mellon
Philanthropist
11-Jun-1907 1-Feb-1999 Yale Center for British Art benefactor
James A. Michener
Novelist
3-Feb-1907 16-Oct-1997 South Pacific
Bernard Miles
Actor
27-Sep-1907 14-Jun-1991 Founder of the Mermaid Theatre, London
Ray Milland
Actor
3-Jan-1907 10-Mar-1986 The Lost Weekend
Hugh B. Mitchell
Politician
22-Mar-1907 10-Jun-1996 Congressman from Washington, 1949-53
Philip Moon
Physicist
17-May-1907 9-Oct-1994 Gamma ray fluorescence
Alberto Moravia
Novelist
28-Nov-1907 26-Sep-1990 Il Conformista
Jeff Morrow
Actor
13-Jan-1907 26-Dec-1993 This Island Earth
Maurine Brown Neuberger
Politician
9-Jan-1907 22-Feb-2000 US Senator from Oregon, 1960-67
Oscar Niemeyer
Architect
15-Dec-1907   Architect of Brasilia
Paul Nitze
Diplomat
16-Jan-1907 19-Oct-2004 US cold warrior
Lauris Norstad
Military
24-Mar-1907 12-Sep-1988 Supreme Allied Commander, 1956-63
Laurence Olivier
Actor
22-May-1907 11-Jul-1989 Shakespearean actor
Lew Parker
Actor
29-Oct-1907 27-Oct-1972 Lew Marie on That Girl
John O. Pastore
Politician
17-Mar-1907 15-Jul-2000 Governor and Senator from Rhode Island
Rudolf Peierls
Physicist
5-Jun-1907 19-Sep-1995 Frisch-Peierls Memorandum
William L. Pfeiffer
Politician
29-May-1907 22-Jul-1985 Congressman from New York, 1949-51
Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Judge
19-Sep-1907 25-Aug-1998 US Supreme Court Justice, 1972-87
Nathan M. Pusey
Educator
4-Apr-1907 14-Nov-2001 President of Harvard, 1953-71
Eddie Quillan
Actor
31-Mar-1907 19-Jul-1990 In 20 short films by Mack Sennett
J. Lee Rankin
Government
7-Jul-1907 28-Jun-1996 US Solicitor General, 1956-61
Pauline Réage
Author
23-Sep-1907 27-Apr-1998 Histoire d'O
Orville Redenbacher
Scientist
16-Jul-1907 19-Sep-1995 Popcorn maker
Alan Reed
Actor
20-Aug-1907 14-Jun-1977 Voice of Fred Flintstone
Walter Reuther
Labor Leader
1-Sep-1907 9-May-1970 UAW and CIO labor leader
Craig Reynolds
Actor
15-Jul-1907 22-Oct-1949 The Fatal Hour
Cesar Romero
Actor
15-Feb-1907 1-Jan-1994 The Joker on Batman
George W. Romney
Politician
8-Jul-1907 26-Jul-1995 Presidential candidate, admitted brainwashing
James Roosevelt
Politician
23-Dec-1907 13-Aug-1991 Congressman from California, 1955-65
Rosalind Russell
Actor
4-Jun-1907 28-Nov-1976 Auntie Mame
Jack Schaefer
Novelist
19-Nov-1907 24-Jan-1991 Shane
Compay Segundo
Guitarist
18-Nov-1907 13-Jul-2003 Cuban guitarist, Buena Vista Social Club
Yang Shangkun
Head of State
25-May-1907 14-Sep-1998 President of the PRC, 1988-93
Samuel H. Shapiro
Politician
25-Apr-1907 16-Mar-1987 Governor of Illinois, 1968-69
Sir Run Run Shaw
Film/TV Producer
23-Nov-1907   Kung fu movie mogul
William Shawn
Journalist
31-Aug-1907 8-Dec-1992 Editor of The New Yorker, 1952-87
Allan Shivers
Politician
5-Oct-1907 14-Jan-1985 Governor of Texas, 1949-57
Norton Simon
Business
5-Feb-1907 2-Jun-1993 Founder, Norton Simon Museum
H. Allen Smith
Author
19-Dec-1907 24-Feb-1976 Low Man on a Totem Pole
Kate Smith
Singer
1-May-1907 17-Jun-1986 God Bless America
Kent Smith
Actor
19-Mar-1907 23-Apr-1985 Cat People
Harley O. Staggers, Sr.
Politician
3-Aug-1907 20-Aug-1991 Congressman from West Virginia, 1949-81
Barbara Stanwyck
Actor
16-Jul-1907 20-Jan-1990 Double Indemnity
Harold Stassen
Politician
13-Apr-1907 4-Mar-2001 Perennial presidential candidate
Bob Steele
Actor
23-Jan-1907 21-Dec-1988 Trooper Duffy on F Troop
William Steig
Cartoonist
14-Nov-1907 3-Oct-2003 Shrek, The New Yorker
Avraham Stern
Military
23-Dec-1907 12-Feb-1942 Founder of Lohamei Herut Israel
I. F. Stone
Journalist
24-Dec-1907 17-Jul-1989 I. F. Stone's Weekly
Dub Taylor
Actor
26-Feb-1907 3-Oct-1994 Bonnie and Clyde
Kent Taylor
Actor
11-May-1907 11-Apr-1987 Boston Blackie
Nikolaas Tinbergen
Zoologist
15-Apr-1907 21-Dec-1988 Grand Master of Ethology
Alexander R. Todd
Chemist
2-Oct-1907 10-Jan-1997 Nuclaic acid, nucleotides
Mary Treen
Actor
27-Mar-1907 29-Jul-1989 It's A Wonderful Life
William C. Trimble
Diplomat
2-May-1907 24-Jun-1996 US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1959-62
Earl Tupper
Business
28-Jul-1907 5-Oct-1983 Inventor of Tupperware
Lurene Tuttle
Actor
20-Aug-1907 28-May-1986 First Lady of Radio
Helen Vinson
Actor
17-Sep-1907 7-Oct-1999 The Wedding Night
Gregory Vlastos
Philosopher
27-Jul-1907 12-Oct-1991 Influential scholar of ancient philosophy
Baldur von Schirach
Government
9-Mar-1907 8-Aug-1974 Hitler-Jugend, Gauleiter of Vienna
Claus von Stauffenberg
Military
15-Nov-1907 20-Jul-1944 Tried to kill Hitler in 1944
Patrick Gordon Walker
Politician
7-Apr-1907 2-Dec-1980 UK Foreign Secretary, 1964-66
John Wayne
Actor
26-May-1907 11-Jun-1979 The Duke
Robert C. Weaver
Government
29-Dec-1907 17-Jul-1997 US HUD Secretary, 1966-68
Paul Francis Webster
Songwriter
20-Dec-1907 22-Mar-1984 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Roy Welensky
Head of State
20-Jan-1907 5-Dec-1991 Rhodesian Prime Minister, 1956-63
Horst Wessel
Activist
9-Oct-1907 23-Feb-1930 Nazi martyr
Dorothy West
Novelist
2-Jun-1907 16-Aug-1998 The Wedding
Fred M. Wilcox
Film Director
22-Dec-1907 23-Sep-1964 Forbidden Planet
Roy Williams
Talk Show Host
30-Jul-1907 7-Nov-1976 Portly Mickey Mouse Club host
Fay Wray
Actor
15-Sep-1907 8-Aug-2004 King Kong
Donald R. Wright
Judge
2-Feb-1907 21-Mar-1985 California Chief Justice, 1970-77
Charles W. Yost
Diplomat
6-Nov-1907 21-May-1981 US Ambassador to the UN, 1969-71
John Zachary Young
Zoologist
18-Mar-1907 4-Jul-1997 British zoological neurologist
Robert Young
Actor
22-Feb-1907 21-Jul-1998 Marcus Welby, M.D.
Hideki Yukawa
Physicist
23-Jan-1907 8-Sep-1981 Predicted existence of mesons
Fred Zinnemann
Film Director
29-Apr-1907 14-Mar-1997 From Here to Eternity




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