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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Joey Adams
Comic
6-Jan-1911 2-Dec-1999 Borscht Belt comedian
Maurice Allais
Economist
31-May-1911 9-Oct-2010 Monopoly pricing and the Allais effect
Walter Allen
Novelist
23-Feb-1911 28-Feb-1995 All in a Lifetime
Walter Alston
Baseball
1-Dec-1911 1-Oct-1984 Longtime Manager, Brooklyn/LA Dodgers
Luis W. Alvarez
Physicist
13-Jun-1911 1-Sep-1988 Particle accelerator, extinction of dinosaurs
Warner Anderson
Actor
10-Mar-1911 26-Aug-1976 Matthew Swain on Peyton Place
Harry Andrews
Actor
10-Nov-1911 6-Mar-1989 The Agony and the Ecstasy
LaVerne Andrews
Singer
6-Jul-1911 8-May-1967 The Andrews Sisters
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Actor
5-Jan-1911 30-Jan-2001 La Machine Infernale
William H. Avery
Politician
11-Aug-1911 4-Nov-2009 Governor of Kansas, 1965-67
Lucille Ball
Actor
6-Aug-1911 26-Apr-1989 I Love Lucy
Jim Bannon
Actor
9-Apr-1911 28-Jul-1984 Cowboy actor, played Red Ryder
Joseph Barbera
Cartoonist
24-Mar-1911 18-Dec-2006 Hanna-Barbera cartoons
William W. Barron
Politician
8-Dec-1911 12-Nov-2002 Governor of West Virginia, 1961-65
Romare Bearden
Painter
2-Sep-1911 12-Mar-1988 Collagist
Sybille Bedford
Novelist
16-Mar-1911 17-Feb-2006 A Favourite of the Gods
George Benson
Actor
11-Jan-1911 17-Jun-1983 The Creeping Flesh
Samuel D. Berger
Diplomat
6-Dec-1911 12-Feb-1980 US Ambassador to South Korea, 1961-64
Prince Bernhard
Royalty
29-Jun-1911 1-Dec-2004 Prince of the Netherlands
Elizabeth Bishop
Poet
8-Feb-1911 6-Oct-1979 North & South
Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Politician
13-Jan-1911 23-Apr-2005 Former Premier of Queensland, Australia
Jussi Björling
Singer
2-Feb-1911 9-Sep-1960 Operatic tenor
John Blatnik
Politician
17-Aug-1911 17-Dec-1991 Congressman from Minnesota, 1947-75
Edward Boland
Politician
1-Oct-1911 4-Nov-2001 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1953-89
Louise Bourgeois
Sculptor
25-Dec-1911 31-May-2010 Crouching Spider
Bill Bowerman
Fitness Guru
19-Feb-1911 24-Dec-1999 Track coach, Co-Founder of Nike
Smiley Burnette
Singer/Songwriter
18-Mar-1911 16-Feb-1967 Frog Millhouse
Eddie Byrne
Actor
31-Jan-1911 21-Aug-1981 The Mummy
Hortense Calisher
Novelist
20-Dec-1911 15-Jan-2009 In the Absence of Angels
Melvin Calvin
Chemist
8-Apr-1911 8-Jan-1997 Deciphered photosynthesis
Louise Campbell
Actor
30-May-1911 5-Nov-1997 Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Cantinflas
Actor
12-Aug-1911 20-Apr-1993 Around the World in Eighty Days
Konstantin Chernenko
Head of State
24-Sep-1911 10-Mar-1985 Soviet General Secretary, 1984-85
Randolph Churchill
Journalist
28-May-1911 6-Jun-1968 Son of Winston Churchill
Lee J. Cobb
Actor
8-Dec-1911 11-Feb-1976 The Left Hand of God
Bert T. Combs
Politician
13-Aug-1911 4-Dec-1991 Governor of Kentucky, 1959-63
Ellen Corby
Actor
3-Jun-1911 14-Apr-1999 Grandma on The Waltons
Broderick Crawford
Actor
9-Dec-1911 26-Apr-1986 All the King's Men
Tom Creavy
Golf
3-Feb-1911 3-Mar-1979 Winner, 1931 PGA Championship
Hume Cronyn
Actor
18-Jul-1911 15-Jun-2003 Cocoon
Robert B. Crosby
Politician
26-Mar-1911 7-Jan-2000 Governor of Nebraska, 1953-55
Fred Daly
Golf
11-Oct-1911 18-Nov-1990 Winner, 1947 British Open
Jules Dassin
Film Director
18-Dec-1911 31-Mar-2008 Topkapi
Frank De Vol
Musician
20-Sep-1911 27-Oct-1999 Happy Kyne on Fernwood 2 Nite
Basil Dearden
Film Director
1-Jan-1911 23-Mar-1971 Khartoum
Martin Denny
Musician
10-Apr-1911 2-Mar-2005 King of the Tiki Hut
Milovan Djilas
Government
12-Jun-1911 20-Apr-1995 Yugoslavian revolutionary
Ann Doran
Actor
28-Jul-1911 19-Sep-2000 Rio Grande
Edward R. Dudley
Diplomat
11-Mar-1911 8-Feb-2005 First Black US Ambassador
Roy Eldridge
Jazz Musician
30-Jan-1911 26-Feb-1989 Swing-era jazz trumpeter
Odysseas Elytis
Poet
2-Nov-1911 18-Mar-1996 Axion Esti
Clair Engle
Politician
21-Sep-1911 30-Jul-1964 US Senator from California, 1959-64
Leif Erickson
Actor
27-Oct-1911 29-Jan-1986 The High Chaparral
Jack Finney
Novelist
2-Oct-1911 14-Nov-1995 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
William A. Fowler
Astronomer
9-Aug-1911 14-Mar-1995 Element generation within stars
Douglas Fowley
Actor
30-May-1911 21-May-1998 Doc Holliday on TV's Wyatt Earp
Phyllis Fraser
Socialite
22-Jun-1911 24-Nov-2006 Wife of Bennett Cerf
Max Frisch
Novelist
15-May-1911 4-Apr-1991 Homo Faber
Klaus Fuchs
Spy
29-Dec-1911 28-Jan-1988 Manhattan Project scientist, spy for USSR
Foster Furcolo
Politician
29-Jul-1911 5-Jul-1995 Governor of Massachusetts, 1957-61
Alfonso García Robles
Diplomat
20-Mar-1911 2-Sep-1991 Diplomat, Nobel Prize recipient
Vo Nguyen Giap
Military
25-Aug-1911   North Vietnamese General, Minister of Defense
Josh Gibson
Baseball
21-Dec-1911 20-Jan-1947 Negro Leagues hall of fame hitter
Sid Gillman
Football
26-Oct-1911 3-Jan-2003 NFL Coach, Hall of Famer
Maurice Goldhaber
Physicist
18-Apr-1911 11-May-2011 Neutrons
William Golding
Novelist
19-Sep-1911 19-Jun-1993 Lord of The Flies
Paul Goodman
Anarchist
9-Sep-1911 2-Aug-1972 Growing Up Absurd
John Gorton
Head of State
9-Sep-1911 19-May-2002 Prime Minister of Australia, 1968-71
Margot Grahame
Actor
20-Feb-1911 1-Jan-1982 The Informer
Hank Greenberg
Baseball
1-Jan-1911 4-Sep-1986 Two-time American League MVP
James Gregory
Actor
23-Dec-1911 16-Sep-2002 Inspector Lugar on Barney Miller
Val Guest
Film Director
11-Dec-1911 10-May-2006 The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Ralph Guldahl
Golf
22-Nov-1911 11-Jun-1987 Winner of 3 Majors
Sigrid Gurie
Actor
18-May-1911 14-Aug-1969 Algiers
Trygve Haavelmo
Economist
13-Dec-1911 28-Jul-1999 Economic forecasting
Reed Hadley
Actor
1-Jan-1911 11-Dec-1974 Radio star of Red Ryder
Robert Hamer
Film Director
31-Mar-1911 4-Dec-1963 Kind Hearts and Coronets
Jean Harlow
Actor
3-Mar-1911 7-Jun-1937 Bombshell
William F. Harrah
Business
2-Sep-1911 30-Jun-1978 Founder of Harrah's Casino
Wayne L. Hays
Politician
13-May-1911 13-Feb-1989 Congressman from Ohio, 1949-76
Norman G. Heatley
Scientist
10-Jan-1911 5-Jan-2004 Isolated penicillin
Kirby J. Hensley
Religion
23-Jul-1911 19-Mar-1999 Founder, Universal Life Church
Bernard Herrmann
Composer
29-Jun-1911 24-Dec-1975 Scored Psycho, Citizen Kane
John J. Hickey
Politician
22-Aug-1911 22-Sep-1970 Governor of Wyoming, 1959-61
Thora Hird
Actor
28-May-1911 15-Mar-2003 Talking Heads
Ishirô Honda
Film Director
7-May-1911 28-Feb-1993 Godzilla
Michael Hordern
Actor
3-Oct-1911 2-May-1995 The Slipper and the Rose
Tsien Hsue-shen
Scientist
11-Dec-1911 31-Oct-2009 Founder of Chinese space program
L. Ron Hubbard
Religion
13-Mar-1911 24-Jan-1986 Perpetrated Dianetics, Scientology
Hubert Humphrey
Politician
27-May-1911 13-Jan-1978 US Vice President, 1965-69
Chet Huntley
Journalist
10-Dec-1911 20-Mar-1974 The Huntley-Brinkley Report
Ruth Hussey
Actor
30-Oct-1911 19-Apr-2005 The Philadelphia Story
Mahalia Jackson
Singer
26-Oct-1911 27-Jan-1972 Queen of Gospel Music
Niels K. Jerne
Scientist
23-Dec-1911 7-Oct-1994 Immune theory (anti-antibody)
John D. Jernegan
Diplomat
12-Jun-1911 7-Nov-1980 US Ambassador to Iraq, 1958-62
Robert Johnson
Guitarist
8-May-1911 16-Aug-1938 Influential blues guitarist
Aubrey Jones
Politician
20-Nov-1911 10-Apr-2003 Former MP, Birmingham Hall Green
Gordon Jones
Actor
5-Apr-1911 20-Jun-1963 The Green Hornet
Spike Jones
Musician
14-Dec-1911 1-May-1965 Cocktails for Two
Bernard Katz
Scientist
26-Mar-1911 20-Apr-2003 Neurotransmitters and the pineal gland
Clarence M. Kelley
Government
24-Oct-1911 5-Aug-1997 FBI Director, 1973-78
Nicholas Kemmer
Physicist
7-Dec-1911 21-Oct-1998 Nuclear weapons and reactors
Stan Kenton
Jazz Musician
15-Dec-1911 25-Aug-1979 Jazz bandleader
Clark Kerr
Educator
17-May-1911 1-Dec-2003 Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1952-58
Aly Khan
Royalty
13-Jun-1911 12-May-1960 Jet-set Ismaili playboy prince
Patric Knowles
Actor
11-Nov-1911 23-Dec-1995 The Wolf Man
Willem Johan Kolff
Scientist
14-Feb-1911 11-Feb-2009 Artificial kidney, artificial heart
Teddy Kollek
Politician
27-May-1911 2-Jan-2007 Mayor of Jerusalem, 1965-93
Bruno Kreisky
Head of State
22-Jan-1911 29-Jul-1990 Chancellor of Austria, 1970-83
Polykarp Kusch
Physicist
26-Jan-1911 20-Mar-1993 Magnetic moment of the electron
Charles Lederer
Screenwriter
31-Dec-1911 5-Mar-1976 His Girl Friday
Dixie Lee
Singer
4-Nov-1911 1-Nov-1952 Singer and wife of Bing Crosby
Gypsy Rose Lee
Dancer
9-Feb-1911 26-Apr-1970 Terpsichorean ecdysiast
Donald James Leslie
Inventor
13-Apr-1911 2-Sep-2004 Invented the Leslie Speaker
Edward H. Levi
Government
26-Jun-1911 7-Mar-2000 US Attorney General, 1975-77
Herschel C. Loveless
Politician
5-May-1911 4-May-1989 Governor of Iowa, 1957-61
Joseph Luns
Politician
28-Aug-1911 17-Jul-2002 Dutch Foreign Minister, 1952-71
Feodor Lynen
Scientist
6-Apr-1911 6-Aug-1979 Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism
Fitzroy Maclean
Politician
11-Mar-1911 15-Jun-1996 Eastern Approaches
Sorley Maclean
Poet
26-Oct-1911 24-Nov-1996 Scottish/Gaelic poet
C. B. Macpherson
Scholar
18-Nov-1911 22-Jul-1987 Political Theory of Possessive Individualism
Naguib Mahfouz
Author
11-Dec-1911 30-Aug-2006 The Cairo Trilogy
Hugh Marlowe
Actor
30-Jan-1911 2-May-1982 Jim Matthews on Another World
George Mathews
Actor
10-Oct-1911 7-Nov-1984 Pat and Mike
John S. McCain, Jr.
Military
17-Jan-1911 22-Mar-1981 Admiral, Father of John McCain
Ruth McKenney
Author
18-Nov-1911 25-Jul-1972 My Sister Eileen
John S. McKiernan
Politician
15-Oct-1911 9-Mar-1997 Governor of Rhode Island, 1950-51
Marshall McLuhan
Author
21-Jul-1911 31-Dec-1980 The medium is the message
Butterfly McQueen
Actor
7-Jan-1911 22-Dec-1995 Gone with the Wind
Joe Medwick
Baseball
24-Nov-1911 21-Mar-1975 MLB Hall of Famer
Josef Mengele
Doctor
16-Mar-1911 7-Feb-1979 The Angel of Death
Gian-Carlo Menotti
Composer
7-Jul-1911 1-Feb-2007 The Saint of Bleecker Street
David Merrick
Theatre Producer
27-Nov-1911 25-Apr-2000 Hello, Dolly!
Mitch Miller
Musician
4-Jul-1911 31-Jul-2010 Sing Along with Mitch
Czeslaw Milosz
Poet
30-Jun-1911 14-Aug-2004 Polish novelist and poet, The Captive Mind
John S. Monagan
Politician
23-Dec-1911 23-Oct-2005 Congressman from Connecticut, 1959-73
Vaughn Monroe
Singer
7-Oct-1911 21-May-1973 Racing with the Moon
Frank E. Moss
Politician
23-Sep-1911 29-Jan-2003 US Senator from Utah, 1959-77
Ronald Neame
Film Director
23-Apr-1911 16-Jun-2010 The Poseidon Adventure
Frank Nelson
Actor
6-May-1911 12-Sep-1986 Foil to Jack Benny
Jeanette Nolan
Actor
30-Dec-1911 5-Jun-1998 Annette Deveraux on Hotel de Paree
Edward Norris
Actor
10-Mar-1911 18-Dec-2002 They Won't Forget
Flann O'Brien
Author
5-Oct-1911 1-Apr-1966 At Swim-Two-Birds
Maureen O'Sullivan
Actor
17-May-1911 28-Jun-1998 A Day at the Races
Merle Oberon
Actor
19-Feb-1911 23-Nov-1979 Wuthering Heights
Meret Oppenheim
Artist
6-Oct-1911 15-Nov-1985 Fur-covered teacup
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
Head of State
12-Mar-1911 15-Jul-1979 President of Mexico, 1964-70
Baby Marie Osborne
Actor
5-Nov-1911 11-Nov-2010 Silent-era child star
Kenneth Patchen
Poet
13-Dec-1911 8-Jan-1972 Journal of Albion Moonlight
Gail Patrick
Actor
20-Jun-1911 6-Jul-1980 Love Crazy
Mervyn Peake
Novelist
9-Jul-1911 17-Nov-1968 Titus Groan
Matthew Perkins
Business
23-Nov-1911 31-Dec-1990 Founder of Perkins Restaurant and Bakery
Joan Perry
Actor
7-Jul-1911 16-Sep-1996 Bullets for O'Hara
Joseph Pevney
Film Director
15-Sep-1911 18-May-2008 Man of a Thousand Faces
J. H. Plumb
Historian
20-Aug-1911 21-Oct-2001 England in the Eighteenth Century
Georges Pompidou
Head of State
5-Jul-1911 2-Apr-1974 President of France, 1969-74
Hal Porter
Author
16-Feb-1911 29-Sep-1984 A Handful of Pennies
Vincent Price
Actor
27-May-1911 25-Oct-1993 Master of the macabre
Terence Rattigan
Playwright
10-Jun-1911 30-Nov-1977 Separate Tables
Nicholas Ray
Film Director
7-Aug-1911 16-Jun-1979 Rebel Without a Cause
Ronald Reagan
Head of State
6-Feb-1911 5-Jun-2004 40th US President, 1981-89
Grote Reber
Astronomer
22-Dec-1911 20-Dec-2002 First radio astronomer
G. Frederick Reinhardt
Diplomat
21-Oct-1911 23-Feb-1971 US Ambassador to Italy, 1961-68
Simone Renant
Actor
19-Mar-1911 29-Mar-2004 Quai des Orfèvres
Johnny Revolta
Golf
5-Apr-1911 3-Mar-1991 Winner, 1935 PGA Championship
Florence Rice
Actor
14-Feb-1911 23-Feb-1974 At the Circus
Ginger Rogers
Dancer
16-Jul-1911 25-Apr-1995 The Gay Divorcee
Roy Rogers
Actor
5-Nov-1911 6-Jul-1998 Cowboy movie actor, rode Trigger
Will Rogers, Jr.
Actor
20-Oct-1911 10-Jul-1993 Son of Will Rogers
Guy Rolfe
Actor
27-Dec-1911 19-Oct-2003 Mr. Sardonicus
Nino Rota
Composer
3-Dec-1911 10-Apr-1979 Film composer, The Godfather
Jack Ruby
Assassin
25-Mar-1911 3-Jan-1967 Killed Lee Harvey Oswald
Ernesto Sábato
Novelist
24-Jun-1911 30-Apr-2011 Angel of Darkness
Richard Sale
Screenwriter
17-Dec-1911 4-Mar-1993 A Ticket to Tomahawk
Hugh Sanders
Actor
13-Mar-1911 9-Jan-1966 Character actor
George Seaton
Screenwriter
17-Apr-1911 28-Jul-1979 Miracle on 34th Street
David Shoenberg
Physicist
4-Jan-1911 10-Mar-2004 Physicist at Cambridge
Phil Silvers
Actor
11-May-1911 1-Nov-1985 You're in the Army Now
Harry Simeone
Musician
9-May-1911 22-Feb-2005 The Harry Simeone Chorale
Virginia Smith
Politician
30-Jun-1911 23-Jan-2006 Congresswoman from Nebraska, 1975-91
Maria Stader
Singer
5-Nov-1911 27-Apr-1999 Operatic soprano, specialty Mozart
William H. Stein
Chemist
25-Jun-1911 2-Feb-1980 Amino-acid analyzer
George J. Stigler
Economist
17-Jan-1911 1-Dec-1991 Economic Theory of Regulation
Harold J. Stone
Actor
3-Mar-1911 18-Nov-2005 The Harder They Fall
John Sturges
Film Director
3-Jan-1911 18-Aug-1992 The Great Escape
Margaret Sullavan
Actor
16-May-1911 1-Jan-1960 The Shop Around the Corner
Robert Taylor
Actor
5-Aug-1911 8-Jun-1969 Quo Vadis
Terry-Thomas
Actor
14-Jul-1911 8-Jan-1990 Private's Progress
Le Duc Tho
Diplomat
14-Oct-1911 13-Oct-1990 Negotiated the 1973 Paris cease-fire
Sonny Tufts
Actor
16-Jul-1911 4-Jun-1970 Cat-Women of the Moon
Big Joe Turner
Singer
18-May-1911 24-Nov-1985 The Boss of the Blues
Vladimir Ussachevsky
Composer
3-Nov-1911 2-Jan-1990 Tape music composer
Luis Calderón Vega
Politician
27-Feb-1911 7-Dec-1989 Los Siete Sabios de México
Krishna Venta
Religion
29-Mar-1911 10-Dec-1958 W.K.F.L. Fountain of the World
Ellsworth Vines
Tennis
28-Sep-1911 17-Mar-1994 Winner of 6 Grand Slam titles
Jerry Wald
Film/TV Producer
16-Sep-1911 13-Jul-1962 Peyton Place
Kay Walsh
Actor
27-Aug-1911 16-Apr-2005 The Horse's Mouth
Stella Walsh
Track and Field
3-Apr-1911 4-Dec-1980 Olympic sprinter found to be actually male
Charles Walters
Film Director
17-Nov-1911 13-Aug-1982 Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Leonard Warren
Singer
21-Apr-1911 4-Mar-1960 Operatic baritone, NY Metropolitan Opera
Doodles Weaver
Radio Personality
11-May-1911 17-Jan-1983 Professor Feetlebaum
John Archibald Wheeler
Physicist
9-Jul-1911 13-Apr-2008 The Mechanism of Nuclear Fission
Eric Williams
Head of State
25-Sep-1911 29-Mar-1981 Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, 1956-81
G. Mennen Williams
Politician
23-Feb-1911 2-Feb-1988 Governor of Michigan, 1949-61
Tennessee Williams
Playwright
26-Mar-1911 25-Feb-1983 The Glass Menagerie
Henry Willson
Business
31-Jul-1911 2-Nov-1978 Talent agent, cultivated gay clientele
Leonard Woodcock
Labor Leader
15-Feb-1911 16-Jan-2001 5th UAW President, 1970-77
Ben G. Wright
Publisher
c. 1911 10-Apr-2001 Publisher, Field and Stream
Todor Zhivkov
Head of State
7-Sep-1911 5-Aug-1998 Leader of Bulgaria, 1954-89




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