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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
M. H. Abrams
Author
23-Jul-1912   The Mirror and the Lamp
Charles Addams
Cartoonist
7-Jan-1912 29-Sep-1988 The Addams Family
Iris Adrian
Actor
29-May-1912 17-Sep-1994 Disney films
James B. Allen
Politician
28-Dec-1912 1-Jun-1978 US Senator from Alabama, 1969-78
Jorge Amado
Novelist
10-Aug-1912 6-Aug-2001 Dona Flor and her Two Husbands
C. Elmer Anderson
Politician
16-Mar-1912 12-Jan-1998 Governor of Minnesota, 1951-55
Michelangelo Antonioni
Film Director
29-Sep-1912 30-Jul-2007 Professione: reporter
Pedro Armendáriz
Actor
9-May-1912 18-Jun-1963 From Russia with Love
Henry Armstrong
Boxing
12-Dec-1912 22-Oct-1988 Welter, Light, and Featherweight Champion
Julius Axelrod
Chemist
30-May-1912 29-Dec-2004 Research of neurotransmitters
Horace W. Babcock
Astronomer
13-Sep-1912 29-Aug-2003 Adaptive optics and the Babcock Model
Wendy Barrie
Actor
18-Apr-1912 2-Feb-1978 The Private Life of Henry VIII
Arthur Berger
Composer
15-May-1912 7-Oct-2003 Ideas of Order
Toe Blake
Hockey
21-Aug-1912 17-May-1995 Montreal Canadiens, Hall of Famer
Konrad Bloch
Scientist
21-Jan-1912 15-Oct-2000 Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism
Rudy Bond
Actor
1-Oct-1912 29-Mar-1982 A Streetcar Named Desire
Pappy Boyington
Military
4-Dec-1912 11-Jan-1988 World War II flying ace
E. R. Braithwaite
Novelist
27-Jun-1912   To Sir, with Love
Eva Braun
First Lady
6-Feb-1912 30-Apr-1945 Adolf Hitler's mistress, then wife
Foster Brooks
Comic
11-May-1912 20-Dec-2001 Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Richard Brooks
Film Director
18-May-1912 11-Mar-1992 In Cold Blood
Herbert C. Brown
Chemist
22-May-1912 19-Dec-2004 Discovered organoboranes
Les Brown
Musician
14-Mar-1912 4-Jan-2001 Les Brown and his Band of Renown
W. Haydon Burns
Politician
17-Mar-1912 22-Nov-1987 Mayor of Jacksonville, 1949-65
John Cage
Composer
5-Sep-1912 12-Aug-1992 Experimental composer
William T. Cahill
Politician
25-Jun-1912 1-Jul-1996 Governor of New Jersey, 1970-74
James Callaghan
Head of State
27-Mar-1912 26-Mar-2005 UK Prime Minister, 1976-79
Marcel Camus
Film Director
21-Apr-1912 13-Jan-1982 Black Orpheus
Howard W. Cannon
Politician
26-Jan-1912 5-Mar-2002 US Senator from Nevada, 1959-83
Mary Carlisle
Actor
3-Feb-1912   Dead Men Walk
Richard Carlson
Actor
29-Apr-1912 24-Nov-1977 The Creature from the Black Lagoon
Sergiu Celibidache
Conductor
11-Jul-1912 14-Aug-1996 Director, Munich Philharmonic, 1979-96
John Charnley
Doctor
29-Aug-1912 5-Aug-1982 Hip replacement surgery
John Cheever
Author
27-May-1912 18-Jun-1982 The Enormous Radio
Julia Child
Chef
15-Aug-1912 13-Aug-2004 Haute cuisine with a unique voice
Buddy Clark
Singer
26-Jul-1912 1-Oct-1949 How Are Things in Glocca Mora
Dane Clark
Actor
26-Feb-1912 11-Sep-1998 Moonrise
Ernest Clark
Actor
12-Feb-1912 11-Nov-1994 Sir Geoffrey Loftus
June Clayworth
Actor
9-Jun-1912 1-Jan-1993 At Sword's Point
Alec Clunes
Actor
17-May-1912 13-Mar-1970 Classical theatre actor, stage manager
Nancy Coleman
Actor
30-Dec-1912 18-Jan-2000 Desperate Journey
Perry Como
Singer
18-May-1912 12-May-2001 It's Impossible
Norman Cousins
Author
24-Jun-1912 30-Nov-1990 Editor of The Saturday Review
Archibald Cox
Government
17-May-1912 29-May-2004 Target of Watergate Saturday Night Massacre
James Craig
Actor
4-Feb-1912 28-Jun-1985 Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Nick Cravat
Actor
11-Jan-1912 29-Jan-1994 The Crimson Pirate
Joseph F. Cullman III
Business
9-Apr-1912 30-Apr-2004 CEO of Philip Morris, 1957-78
Frank E. Curran
Politician
19-Dec-1912 18-Oct-1992 Mayor of San Diego, 1963-71
Mack David
Songwriter
5-Jul-1912 30-Dec-1993 La vie en rose
André de Toth
Film Director
15-May-1912 27-Oct-2002 House of Wax
Nigel Dennis
Novelist
16-Jan-1912 19-Jul-1989 Cards of Identity
Frances Drake
Actor
22-Oct-1912 18-Jan-2000 WWII pinup girl, also actress
Orvil Dryfoos
Publisher
8-Nov-1912 26-May-1963 New York Times Publisher, 1961-63
Doris Duke
Philanthropist
22-Nov-1912 28-Oct-1993 Heiress to Duke fortune
Lawrence Durrell
Novelist
27-Feb-1912 7-Nov-1990 The Alexandria Quartet
Ann Dvorak
Actor
2-Aug-1912 10-Dec-1979 Cesca in Scarface
Oscar Dystel
Publisher
31-Oct-1912   Bantam Books
Dale Evans
Country Musician
31-Oct-1912 7-Feb-2001 Singer and leading lady to Roy Rogers
Gil Evans
Jazz Musician
13-May-1912 20-Mar-1988 Jazz pianist and arranger
Derek Farr
Actor
7-Feb-1912 22-Mar-1986 The Projected Man
Frances Faye
Singer
4-Nov-1912 8-Nov-1991 Out, Lesbian nightclub singer
Rudolf Firkusny
Pianist
11-Feb-1912 19-Jul-1994 Czech-American piano prodigy
Virgil Fox
Organist
3-May-1912 25-Oct-1980 Organist at the Riverside Church
Milton Friedman
Economist
31-Jul-1912 16-Nov-2006 1976 Nobel Prize for Economics
Northrop Frye
Author
14-Jul-1912 23-Jan-1991 Fearful Symmetry
Jerry Fujikawa
Actor
18-Feb-1912 30-Apr-1983 Salt water bad for glass
Samuel Fuller
Film Director
12-Aug-1912 30-Oct-1997 Pickup on South Street
Martin Gabel
Actor
19-Jun-1912 22-May-1986 The First Deadly Sin
John W. Gardner
Administrator
8-Oct-1912 16-Feb-2002 Founder of Common Cause
Ivan Getting
Inventor
18-Jan-1912 11-Oct-2003 Global Positioning System
John Gilling
Film Director
29-May-1912 22-Nov-1984 The Plague of the Zombies
Marius Goring
Actor
23-May-1912 30-Sep-1998 The Red Shoes
Hugh Griffith
Actor
30-May-1912 14-May-1980 Sheik Ilderim in Ben-Hur
Woody Guthrie
Singer/Songwriter
14-Jul-1912 3-Oct-1967 Folk legend
Joan Hammond
Singer
24-May-1912 26-Nov-1996 Operatic soprano
Clifford Hansen
Politician
16-Oct-1912 20-Oct-2009 US Senator from Wyoming, 1967-78
Isser Harel
Spy
1912 19-Feb-2003 Head of the Mossad, 1952-63
Heinrich Harrer
Author
6-Jul-1912 7-Jan-2006 Subject of biopic Seven Years in Tibet
C. Lowell Harriss
Economist
2-Aug-1912 14-Dec-2009 Columbia University Economist
June Havoc
Actor
8-Nov-1912 28-Mar-2010 Gentleman's Agreement
Harry Hay
Activist
7-Apr-1912 24-Oct-2002 Gay activist, founder The Mattachine Society
Dorothy Height
Activist
24-Mar-1912 20-Apr-2010 National Council of Negro Women
Sonja Henie
Figure Skating
8-Apr-1912 12-Oct-1969 Norwegian figure skater
Wendy Hiller
Actor
15-Aug-1912 14-May-2003 Separate Tables
Syd Hoff
Author
4-Sep-1912 12-May-2004 Danny and the Dinosaur
Ben Hogan
Golf
13-Aug-1912 25-Jul-1997 Won 63 golf tournaments
Erich Honecker
Head of State
25-Aug-1912 29-May-1994 East German leader, 1971-89
Lightnin' Hopkins
Guitarist
15-Mar-1912 30-Jan-1982 Mojo Hand
Barbara Hutton
Socialite
14-Nov-1912 11-May-1979 The Poor Little Rich Girl
Eugène Ionesco
Playwright
26-Nov-1912 28-Mar-1994 The Bald Soprano
Edmond Jabès
Poet
6-Apr-1912 2-Jan-1991 The Book of Resemblances
Henry "Scoop" Jackson
Politician
31-May-1912 1-Sep-1983 US Senator from Washington, 1953-83
Pope John Paul I
Religion
17-Oct-1912 28-Sep-1978 Pope for 33 days, in summer 1978
Lady Bird Johnson
First Lady
22-Dec-1912 11-Jul-2007 Wife of US President Lyndon Baines Johnson
Chuck Jones
Cartoonist
21-Sep-1912 22-Feb-2002 Directed Bugs Bunny cartoons
Henry Jones
Actor
1-Aug-1912 17-May-1999 The Bad Seed
Brenda Joyce
Actor
25-Feb-1912 4-Jul-2009 Tarzan's Jane
Arline Judge
Actor
21-Feb-1912 7-Feb-1974 B-Movie actress, collector of husbands
Garson Kanin
Screenwriter
24-Nov-1912 13-Mar-1999 It Should Happen to You
Leonid Vitalyevich Kantorovich
Mathematician
19-Jan-1912 7-Apr-1986 Linear programming
Gene Kelly
Actor
23-Aug-1912 2-Feb-1996 Singin' in the Rain
Irv Kupcinet
Columnist
31-Jul-1912 10-Nov-2003 Kup's Column
Paul Landres
Film Director
21-Aug-1912 26-Dec-2001 B-Movie and television director
Burton Lane
Composer
2-Feb-1912 5-Jan-1997 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
John Le Mesurier
Actor
5-Apr-1912 15-Nov-1983 Dad's Army
Ginette Leclerc
Actor
9-Feb-1912 2-Jan-1992 Le Corbeau
Erich Leinsdorf
Conductor
4-Feb-1912 11-Sep-1993 Music Director, Boston Symphony, 1962-69
Art Linkletter
TV Personality
17-Jul-1912 26-May-2010 Kids Say the Darndest Things
Morris Louis
Painter
24-Nov-1912 7-Sep-1962 Abstract expressionist
Frank Lovejoy
Actor
28-Mar-1912 2-Oct-1962 The Hitch-Hiker
Salvador Luria
Biologist
13-Aug-1912 6-Feb-1991 Natural selection in bacteria
Alexander Mackendrick
Film Director
8-Sep-1912 22-Dec-1993 The Sweet Smell of Success
Karl Malden
Actor
22-Mar-1912 1-Jul-2009 Streets of San Francisco
Daniel Mann
Film Director
8-Aug-1912 21-Nov-1991 Come Back, Little Sheba
Thomas C. Mann
Diplomat
11-Nov-1912 23-Jan-1999 US Ambassador to Mexico, 1961-63
Irene Manning
Actor
17-Jul-1912 28-May-2004 Yankee Doodle Dandy
Jack Marshall
Head of State
5-Mar-1912 30-Aug-1988 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1972
Mary McCarthy
Author
21-Jun-1912 25-Oct-1989 The Group
Daniel T. McCarty
Politician
18-Jan-1912 28-Sep-1953 Governor of Florida, 1953
George C. McGhee
Diplomat
1912 4-Jul-2005 US Ambassador to Germany, 1963-68
Sid McMath
Politician
14-Jun-1912 4-Oct-2003 Governor of Arkansas, 1949-53
Edwin L. Mechem
Politician
2-Jul-1912 27-Nov-2002 Three-time Governor of New Mexico
Maria Montez
Actor
6-Jun-1912 7-Sep-1951 The Exile
Thomas H. Moorer
Military
9-Feb-1912 5-Feb-2004 Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1970-74
DeLesseps S. Morrison
Politician
18-Jan-1912 22-May-1964 Mayor of New Orleans, 1946-61
Arne Naess
Philosopher
27-Jan-1912 12-Jan-2009 Ecological philosopher
Conlon Nancarrow
Composer
27-Oct-1912 10-Aug-1997 Studies for Player Piano
Byron Nelson
Golf
4-Feb-1912 26-Sep-2006 Winner of 5 Majors
Richard L. Neuberger
Politician
26-Dec-1912 9-Mar-1960 US Senator from Oregon, 1955-60
Pat Nixon
First Lady
16-Mar-1912 22-Jun-1993 Wife of US President Richard M. Nixon
Andre Norton
Author
17-Feb-1912 17-Mar-2005 Witch World series
Tip O'Neill
Politician
9-Dec-1912 5-Jan-1994 Speaker of the House, 1977-87
Frank Oppenheimer
Physicist
14-Aug-1912 3-Feb-1985 Founder of the Exploratorium
David Packard
Business
7-Sep-1912 26-Mar-1996 Co-Founder of Hewlett Packard
George E. Palade
Scientist
19-Nov-1912 7-Oct-2008 Microstructure of the cell
Ace Parker
Football
17-May-1912   NFL Hall of Fame QB
Gordon Parks
Film Director
30-Nov-1912 7-Mar-2006 Shaft
Lynn Patrick
Hockey
3-Feb-1912 26-Jan-1980 Bruins, St. Louis Blues GM
John Payne
Actor
23-May-1912 6-Dec-1989 Kansas City Confidential
Minnie Pearl
Singer
25-Oct-1912 4-Mar-1996 Her hat cost $1.98
Carl D. Perkins
Politician
15-Oct-1912 3-Aug-1984 Congressman from Kentucky, 1949-84
Clara Petacci
Relative
28-Feb-1912 28-Apr-1945 Mussolini's mistress
George O. Petrie
Actor
16-Nov-1912 16-Nov-1997 Harv Smithfield on Dallas
Kim Philby
Spy
1-Jan-1912 11-May-1988 One of the Cambridge Five in MI6
Jackson Pollock
Painter
28-Jan-1912 11-Aug-1956 Abstract expressionist
David H. Popper
Diplomat
3-Oct-1912 24-Jul-2008 US Ambassador to Chile, 1974-77
Don Porter
Actor
24-Sep-1912 11-Feb-1997 Prof. Lawrence on Gidget
Eleanor Powell
Dancer
21-Nov-1912 11-Feb-1982 Lady Be Good
Enoch Powell
Politician
16-Jun-1912 8-Feb-1998 British demagogue
E. M. Purcell
Physicist
30-Aug-1912 7-Mar-1997 Nuclear magnetic resonance
Bill Quinn
Actor
6-May-1912 29-Apr-1994 Mr. Van Ranseleer on Archie Bunker's Place
Bebe Rebozo
Business
17-Nov-1912 8-May-1998 Nixon confidant
Henry Regnery
Publisher
5-Jan-1912 18-Jun-1996 Regnery Publishing
Ptolemy Reid
Head of State
8-May-1912 2-Sep-2003 Prime Minister of Guyana, 1980-84
Henry S. Reuss
Politician
22-Feb-1912 12-Jan-2002 Congressman from Wisconsin, 1955-83
Winthrop Rockefeller
Business
1-May-1912 22-Feb-1973 Governor of Arkansas, 1967-71
Viviane Romance
Actor
4-Jul-1912 25-Sep-1991 Any Number Can Win
May Sarton
Poet
3-May-1912 16-Jul-1995 Plant Dreaming Deep
Martin Schwarzschild
Astronomer
31-May-1912 10-Apr-1997 Structure and Evolution of the Stars
Martha Scott
Actor
22-Sep-1912 28-May-2003 Our Town
Glenn Seaborg
Physicist
19-Apr-1912 25-Feb-1999 Co-Discoverer of Plutonium
Wilfrid Sellars
Philosopher
20-May-1912 2-Jul-1989 Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind
Eric Sevareid
Journalist
26-Nov-1912 9-Jul-1992 CBS News journalist
Milton J. Shapp
Politician
25-Jun-1912 24-Nov-1994 Governor of Pennsylvania, 1971-79
Reta Shaw
Actor
13-Sep-1912 8-Jan-1982 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Edward Short
Politician
17-Dec-1912 4-May-2012 Leader, House of Commons, 1974-76
Don Siegel
Film Director
26-Oct-1912 20-Apr-1991 Dirty Harry
Jay Silverheels
Actor
26-May-1912 5-Mar-1980 Tonto on The Lone Ranger
Preston Smith
Politician
8-Mar-1912 18-Oct-2003 Governor of Texas, 1969-73
Sam Snead
Golf
27-May-1912 23-May-2002 Winner of 82 PGA tournaments
Georg Solti
Conductor
21-Oct-1912 5-Sep-1997 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chauncey Starr
Physicist
14-Apr-1912 17-Apr-2007 Electric Power Research Institute
Joseph Stein
Playwright
30-May-1912 24-Oct-2010 Fiddler on the Roof librettist
Margot Stevenson
Actor
8-Feb-1912 2-Jan-2011 Margo Lane on The Shadow
Alfredo Stroessner
Head of State
3-Nov-1912 16-Aug-2006 Dictator of Paraguay, 1954-89
Barry Sullivan
Actor
29-Aug-1912 6-Jun-1994 The Bad and the Beautiful
Kim Il Sung
Head of State
15-Apr-1912 8-Jul-1994 North Korea's official deity
Robert Lewis Taylor
Novelist
24-Sep-1912 30-Sep-1998 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
John Templeton
Philanthropist
29-Nov-1912 8-Jul-2008 Billionaire fund manager
Studs Terkel
Author
16-May-1912 31-Oct-2008 Working
Meldrim Thomson, Jr.
Politician
8-Mar-1912 19-Apr-2001 Governor of New Hampshire, 1973-79
George Bell Timmerman, Jr.
Politician
11-Aug-1912 29-Nov-1994 Governor of South Carolina, 1955-59
John Toland
Historian
29-Jun-1912 4-Jan-2004 The Rising Sun
Barbara Tuchman
Historian
30-Jan-1912 6-Feb-1989 A Distant Mirror
Alan Turing
Mathematician
23-Jun-1912 7-Jun-1954 Computing pioneer
Jim Turnesa
Golf
9-Dec-1912 27-Aug-1971 Winner, 1952 PGA Championship
A. E. van Vogt
Novelist
26-Apr-1912 26-Jan-2000 Science fiction writer
Wernher von Braun
Scientist
23-Mar-1912 16-Jun-1977 German-American rocket scientist
Raoul Wallenberg
Activist
4-Aug-1912 16-Jul-1947 Worked to save Hungarian Jews
Lawrence E. Walsh
Government
8-Jan-1912   Independent Prosecutor for Iran-Contra
Murray Warmath
Football
16-Oct-1912 16-Mar-2011 Minnesota Head Coach, 1954-71
Richard Wattis
Actor
25-Feb-1912 1-Feb-1975 English comic actor
Matthew E. Welsh
Politician
15-Sep-1912 28-May-1995 Governor of Indiana, 1961-65
Lawrence K. White
Spy
10-Jun-1912 5-Apr-2006 Executive Comptroller for DCI's
Patrick White
Novelist
28-May-1912 30-Sep-1990 Riders in the Chariot
Michael Wilding
Actor
23-Jul-1912 8-Jul-1979 Torch Song
Willard Wirtz
Government
14-Mar-1912 24-Apr-2010 US Secretary of Labor, 1962-69
Louis Wolfson
Business
28-Jan-1912 30-Dec-2007 Business criminal, horse breeder
Molly Yard
Activist
6-Jul-1912 21-Sep-2005 President of NOW, 1987-91
Jeff York
Actor
23-Mar-1912 11-Oct-1995 Reno McKee on The Alaskans


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