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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Charles Francis Adams IV
Business
2-May-1910 5-Jan-1999 Former president of Raytheon
Joy Adamson
Naturalist
20-Jan-1910 3-Jan-1980 Born Free
Ahmed Ali
Novelist
1-Jul-1910 14-Jan-1994 Twilight in Delhi
Joseph Alsop
Journalist
11-Oct-1910 28-Aug-1989 Matter of Fact
Kirk Alyn
Actor
8-Oct-1910 14-Mar-1999 Superman
Robert B. Anderson
Government
4-Jun-1910 14-Aug-1989 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61
Momofuku Ando
Business
5-Mar-1910 5-Jan-2007 Inventor of instant noodle soup
Jean Anouilh
Playwright
23-Jun-1910 3-Oct-1987 Le Voyageur sans Bagage
Daniel I. Arnon
Biologist
14-Nov-1910 20-Dec-1994 Photophosphorylation
A. J. Ayer
Philosopher
29-Oct-1910 27-Jun-1989 Language, Truth and Logic
John Banner
Actor
28-Jan-1910 28-Jan-1973 Sgt. Schultz on Hogan's Heroes
Paul A. Baran
Economist
8-Dec-1910 26-Mar-1964 Marxist economist
Samuel Barber
Composer
9-Mar-1910 23-Jan-1981 Adagio for Strings
Jean-Louis Barrault
Actor
8-Sep-1910 22-Jan-1994 Les Enfants du Paradis
Cliff Battles
Football
1-May-1910 28-Apr-1981 NFL Hall-of-Famer
Charles E. Bennett
Politician
2-Dec-1910 6-Sep-2003 Congressman from Florida, 1949-93
Joan Bennett
Actor
27-Feb-1910 7-Dec-1990 Little Women
Sally Blane
Actor
11-Jul-1910 27-Aug-1997 The Star Witness
Kenneth E. Boulding
Economist
18-Jan-1910 18-Mar-1993 The Image: Knowledge of Life in Society
Paul Bowles
Author
30-Dec-1910 18-Nov-1999 The Sheltering Sky
Virginia Bruce
Actor
29-Sep-1910 24-Feb-1982 The Invisible Woman
Abe Burrows
Playwright
18-Dec-1910 17-May-1985 Co-Author, Guys and Dolls
Rod Cameron
Actor
7-Dec-1910 21-Dec-1983 The Bounty Killer
John W. Campbell
Editor
8-Jun-1910 11-Jul-1971 Editor of Astounding, 1938-71
Kitty Carlisle
Singer
3-Sep-1910 18-Apr-2007 A Night at the Opera
Jack Carson
Actor
27-Oct-1910 2-Jan-1963 Two Guys From Milwaukee
John Paddy Carstairs
Film Director
11-May-1910 12-Dec-1970 The Saint in London
Elbert N. Carvel
Politician
9-Feb-1910 6-Feb-2005 Twice Governor of Delaware
Big Sid Catlett
Jazz Musician
10-Jan-1910 25-Mar-1951 Jazz/swing drummer
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Politician
4-Sep-1910 29-Oct-1998 Mayor of Cleveland, 1954-61
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Astronomer
19-Oct-1910 21-Aug-1995 Evolutionary stages of stars
Chiang Ching-Kuo
Head of State
27-Apr-1910 13-Jan-1988 President of Nationalist China, 1978-88
Marguerite Churchill
Actor
25-Dec-1910 9-Jan-2000 The Big Trail
Mae Clarke
Actor
16-Aug-1910 29-Apr-1992 Waterloo Bridge
Ronald H. Coase
Economist
29-Dec-1910   Transactions costs and property rights
Christopher Cockerell
Inventor
4-Jun-1910 1-Jun-1999 Hovercraft
Richard Conte
Actor
24-Mar-1910 15-Apr-1975 The Blue Gardenia
Frederick De Cordova
Film/TV Producer
27-Oct-1910 15-Sep-2001 Producer of The Tonight Show
Jacques Cousteau
Activist
11-Jun-1910 25-Jun-1997 Oceanographer, environmentalist
Charles Crichton
Film Director
6-Aug-1910 15-Sep-1999 A Fish Called Wanda
Scatman Crothers
Jazz Musician
23-May-1910 22-Nov-1986 Jazz musician and actor
Constance Cummings
Actor
15-May-1910 23-Nov-2005 Blithe Spirit
Cyril Cusack
Actor
26-Nov-1910 7-Oct-1993 Gone to Earth
Price Daniel
Politician
10-Oct-1910 25-Aug-1988 Governor of Texas, 1957-63
Peter De Vries
Novelist
27-Feb-1910 28-Sep-1993 The Tunnel of Love
Dizzy Dean
Baseball
16-Jan-1910 17-Jul-1974 MVP in 1934, won two World Series
Rosemary DeCamp
Actor
14-Nov-1910 20-Feb-2001 Yankee Doodle Dandy
Frank DeKova
Actor
17-Mar-1910 15-Oct-1981 Chief Wild Eagle on F Troop
Jimmy Demaret
Golf
24-May-1910 28-Dec-1983 Winner of three Masters Tournaments
Khigh Dhiegh
Actor
1910 25-Oct-1991 Wo Fat on Hawaii 5-O
Jimmie Dodd
Talk Show Host
28-Mar-1910 10-Nov-1964 Winsome Mickey Mouse Club host
Steffi Duna
Actor
8-Feb-1910 22-Apr-1992 Hungarian-American character actress
Katherine Dunham
Dancer
22-Jun-1910 21-May-2006 Dunham School of Dance
David W. Dyer
Judge
28-Jun-1910 7-Jun-1998 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1966-76
Orval Faubus
Politician
7-Jan-1910 14-Dec-1994 Governor of Arkansas, 1955-67
Paul J. Flory
Chemist
19-Jun-1910 9-Sep-1985 Studied polymers
Red Foley
Country Musician
17-Jun-1910 19-Sep-1968 Country crooner, wrote Old Shep
Dick Foran
Actor
18-Jun-1910 10-Aug-1979 The Petrified Forest
Abe Fortas
Judge
19-Jun-1910 5-Apr-1982 US Supreme Court Justice, 1965-69
Jean Genet
Novelist
19-Dec-1910 15-Apr-1986 Theatre of the Absurd
Vic Ghezzi
Golf
19-Oct-1910 30-May-1976 Winner, 1941 PGA Championship
Erich Gimpel
Spy
25-Mar-1910 1996 Agent 146
Paulette Goddard
Actor
3-Jun-1910 23-Apr-1990 Reap the Wild Wind
Nathuram Vinayak Godse
Assassin
19-May-1910 15-Nov-1949 Assassinated Gandhi
William J. Green, Jr.
Politician
5-Mar-1910 21-Dec-1963 Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1949-63
Archie M. Gubbrud
Politician
31-Dec-1910 26-Apr-1987 Governor of South Dakota, 1961-65
Gus Hall
Activist
8-Oct-1910 13-Oct-2000 Leader, Communist Party USA
Ruth Hall
Actor
29-Dec-1910 9-Oct-2003 Monkey Business
William Hanna
Cartoonist
14-Jul-1910 22-Mar-2001 Half of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon sweatshop
Parker T. Hart
Diplomat
28-Sep-1910 15-Oct-1997 US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1961-65
Signe Hasso
Actor
15-Aug-1910 7-Jun-2002 A Double Life
Jack Hawkins
Actor
14-Sep-1910 18-Jul-1973 Land of the Pharaohs
Van Heflin
Actor
13-Dec-1910 23-Jul-1971 Till the Clouds Roll By
Louis Henyey
Astronomer
3-Feb-1910 18-Feb-1970 Henyey method
Miguel Hernández
Poet
30-Oct-1910 28-Mar-1942 El rayo que no cesa
William A. Higinbotham
Physicist
25-Oct-1910 10-Nov-1994 Physicist, Tennis for Two
Gordon Hinckley
Religion
23-Jun-1910 27-Jan-2008 President of the Mormon Church, 1995-2008
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
Chemist
12-May-1910 29-Jul-1994 Determined structure of Vitamin B12
Outerbridge Horsey
Diplomat
1-Oct-1910 18-Aug-1983 US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1963-66
Arthur Hunnicutt
Actor
17-Feb-1910 26-Sep-1979 The Big Sky
Kelly Johnson
Engineer
27-Feb-1910 21-Dec-1990 Lockheed Skunk Works plane designer
Sammy Kaye
Musician
13-Mar-1910 2-Jun-1987 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye
Patsy Kelly
Actor
12-Jan-1910 24-Sep-1981 Freaky Friday
Rachel Kempson
Actor
28-May-1910 24-May-2003 Matriarch of Redgrave dynasty
Lawrence A. Kimpton
Educator
7-Oct-1910 1-Nov-1977 Chancellor, University of Chicago, 1951-60
Franz Kline
Painter
23-May-1910 13-May-1962 Abstract expressionist painter
Tjalling C. Koopmans
Economist
28-Aug-1910 26-Feb-1985 Linear programming
Thomas H. Kuchel
Politician
15-Aug-1910 21-Nov-1994 US Senator from California, 1953-69
Akira Kurosawa
Film Director
23-Mar-1910 6-Sep-1998 Yojimbo
Arthur Larson
Politician
4-Jul-1910 27-Mar-1993 Moderate conservative thinker
John Latsis
Business
14-Sep-1910 17-Apr-2003 Greek shipping tycoon
Marc Lawrence
Actor
17-Feb-1910 28-Nov-2005 Prolific character actor
Fritz Leiber
Author
24-Dec-1910 5-Sep-1992 Ship of Shadows
Harold LeVander
Politician
10-Oct-1910 30-Mar-1992 Governor of Minnesota, 1967-71
Margaret Lindsay
Actor
19-Sep-1910 9-May-1981 The House of the Seven Gables
Frank Loesser
Composer
29-Jun-1910 28-Jul-1969 Guys and Dolls
Diosdado Macapagal
Head of State
28-Sep-1910 21-Apr-1997 9th President of the Philippines
E. G. Marshall
Actor
18-Jun-1910 24-Aug-1998 Juror #4, 12 Angry Men
Archer J. P. Martin
Chemist
1-Mar-1910 28-Jul-2002 Partition chromatography
Jean Martinon
Conductor
10-Jan-1910 1-Mar-1976 Music Director, Chicago Symphony, 1963-68
Ilona Massey
Actor
16-Jun-1910 20-Aug-1974 Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Adolfo López Mateos
Head of State
26-May-1910 22-Sep-1969 President of Mexico, 1958-64
Dorothy Maynor
Singer
3-Sep-1910 19-Feb-1996 Soprano, founder of Harlem School of the Arts
Sarah McClendon
Journalist
8-Jul-1910 8-Jan-2003 White House Reporter FDR to GWB
Robert K. Merton
Sociologist
4-Jul-1910 23-Feb-2003 On the Shoulders of Giants
Inge Meysel
Actor
30-May-1910 11-Jul-2004 Popular German TV actress
Max Miedinger
Typographer
24-Dec-1910 8-Mar-1980 Designed the Helvetica typeface
James Millican
Actor
17-Feb-1910 24-Nov-1955 American character actor
Brigitte Mira
Actor
20-Apr-1910 8-Mar-2005 Fassbinder actress
Jacques Monod
Scientist
9-Feb-1910 31-May-1976 Operon theory of genetic control
Iris Morley
Author
10-May-1910 27-Jul-1953 A Thousand Lives
Wright Morris
Novelist
6-Jan-1910 29-Apr-1998 The Field of Vision
George Musso
Football
8-Apr-1910 5-Sep-2000 Chicago Bears tackle, guard
Barbara O'Neil
Actor
17-Jul-1910 3-Sep-1980 Ellen O'Hara in Gone with the Wind
Gordon Oliver
Actor
27-Apr-1910 26-Jan-1995 The Spiral Staircase
Charles Olson
Poet
27-Dec-1910 10-Jan-1970 The Maximus Poems
Johnny Olson
Game Show Host
22-May-1910 12-Oct-1985 Announcer for What's My Line, etc.
Anita Page
Actor
4-Aug-1910 6-Sep-2008 The Broadway Melody
Robert Paige
Actor
2-Dec-1910 21-Dec-1987 Son of Dracula
Maurice Papon
Criminal
3-Sep-1910 17-Feb-2007 Vichy war criminal
Roy H. Park
Philanthropist
15-Sep-1910 25-Oct-1993 Media mogul, Park Foundation
Bonnie Parker
Criminal
1-Oct-1910 23-May-1934 Bonnie and Clyde
Leo Pfeffer
Scholar
25-Dec-1910 4-Jun-1993 Religious liberty scholar, attorney
Nouhak Phoumsavanh
Head of State
9-Apr-1910 9-Sep-2008 President of Laos, 1992-98
Georges Pire
Religion
10-Feb-1910 30-Jan-1969 Activist monk, Nobel Prize recipient
Roy Plunkett
Chemist
26-Jun-1910 12-May-1994 Accidentally discovered Teflon
Carlo Ponti
Film/TV Producer
11-Dec-1910 10-Jan-2007 Doctor Zhivago
Wolfgang Preiss
Actor
27-Feb-1910 27-Nov-2002 A Bridge Too Far
Louis Prima
Singer
7-Dec-1910 24-Aug-1978 King of the Swingers
Carroll Quigley
Educator
9-Nov-1910 3-Jan-1977 Harvard professor, mentor to Bill Clinton
Maxwell M. Rabb
Attorney
28-Sep-1910 9-Jun-2002 US Ambassador to Italy, 1981-89
Luise Rainer
Actor
12-Jan-1910   German film actress
Django Reinhardt
Jazz Musician
23-Jan-1910 16-May-1953 Gypsy jazz guitarist
Edwin O. Reischauer
Diplomat
15-Oct-1910 1-Sep-1990 US Ambassador to Japan, 1961-66
Abraham Ribicoff
Politician
9-Apr-1910 22-Feb-1998 Senator and Governor from Connecticut
Richard Rober
Actor
14-May-1910 26-May-1952 Jet Pilot
Laurance Rockefeller
Business
26-May-1910 11-Jul-2004 Financier behind Eastern Airlines
Hayden Rorke
Actor
23-Oct-1910 19-Aug-1987 Dr. Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie
Albert Rosellini
Politician
21-Jan-1910 10-Oct-2011 Governor of Washington, 1957-65
Lillian Roth
Actor
13-Dec-1910 12-May-1980 I'll Cry Tomorrow
Roy Rowland
Film Director
31-Dec-1910 29-Jun-1995 Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Herbert Rudley
Actor
22-Mar-1910 9-Sep-2006 Herb Hubbard on The Mothers-in-Law
Kenneth Rush
Business
17-Jan-1910 11-Dec-1994 US Ambassador to France, 1974-77
Bayard Rustin
Activist
17-Mar-1910 24-Aug-1987 Organized the 1963 March on Washington
Eero Saarinen
Architect
20-Aug-1910 1-Sep-1961 Designed Gateway Arch in St. Louis
Pierre Schaeffer
Electronic Musician
14-Aug-1910 19-Aug-1995 Inventor of musique concrète
Bernard A. Schriever
Military
14-Sep-1910 20-Jun-2005 US Air Force space program
William Schuman
Composer
4-Aug-1910 15-Feb-1992 Symphony No. 6
Artie Shaw
Musician
23-May-1910 30-Dec-2004 Clarinetist, big band leader
Bob Sheppard
Sports Journalist
20-Oct-1910 11-Jul-2010 Voice of Yankee Stadium
William Shockley
Physicist
13-Feb-1910 12-Aug-1989 Co-Inventor of the transistor
Sylvia Sidney
Actor
8-Aug-1910 1-Jul-1999 Mama Carlson on WKRP
Simone Simon
Actor
23-Apr-1910 22-Feb-2005 Cat People
Jacques Singer
Conductor
9-May-1910 11-Aug-1980 Music Director, Oregon Symphony, 1962-72
Louis Slotin
Physicist
1-Dec-1910 30-May-1946 Died tickling the dragon's tail
Izler Solomon
Conductor
11-Jan-1910 6-Dec-1987 Director, Indianapolis Symphony, 1956-76
John P. Stapp
Scientist
11-Jul-1910 13-Nov-1999 Rocket sled pioneer
Gloria Stuart
Actor
4-Jul-1910 27-Sep-2010 Rose in Titanic
Mother Teresa
Religion
26-Aug-1910 5-Sep-1997 Missionaries of Charity
Lupita Tovar
Actor
27-Jul-1910   Spanish version of Dracula
Claire Trevor
Actor
8-Mar-1910 8-Apr-2000 Key Largo
Roger Tubby
Government
30-Dec-1910 14-Jan-1991 Truman's press secretary
Paul Turan
Mathematician
28-Aug-1910 26-Sep-1976 Hungarian mathematician
Winfred Van Atta
Novelist
18-Oct-1910 5-Jun-1990 Shock Treatment
Herb Vigran
Actor
5-Jun-1910 29-Nov-1986 Television character actor
Robert F. Wagner, Jr.
Politician
20-Apr-1910 12-Feb-1991 Mayor of New York City, 1954-65
T-Bone Walker
Guitarist
28-May-1910 16-Mar-1975 Highly influential blues guitarist
Harold Watkinson
Politician
25-Jan-1910 19-Dec-1995 UK Minister of Defence, 1959-62
Mary Whitehouse
Activist
13-Jun-1910 23-Nov-2001 British anti-pornography crusader
Jamie L. Whitten
Politician
18-Apr-1910 9-Sep-1995 Congressman from Mississippi, 1941-95
Mary Wickes
Actor
13-Jun-1910 22-Oct-1995 Sister Act
Robert Wilcox
Actor
19-May-1910 11-Jun-1955 The Man They Could Not Hang
Cootie Williams
Jazz Musician
10-Jul-1910 15-Sep-1985 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
Robert H. Winters
Politician
18-Aug-1910 10-Oct-1969 Canadian Minister of Trade, 1966-68
Howlin' Wolf
Singer/Songwriter
10-Jun-1910 10-Jan-1976 Blues guitarist
John Wooden
Basketball
14-Oct-1910 4-Jun-2010 Winningest-ever college basketball coach
Norman Wooland
Actor
16-Mar-1910 3-Apr-1989 Shakespearean stage actor
Jane Wyatt
Actor
12-Aug-1910 20-Oct-2006 Father Knows Best
Joseph Yablonski
Labor Leader
3-Mar-1910 31-Dec-1969 UMW executive, murdered
Konrad Zuse
Engineer
22-Jun-1910 18-Dec-1995 Built first Turing-complete computer


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