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January 1

• Birth of W C Wendelaar mayor of Alkmaar (1919-34)/Dutch Member of Parliament (VVD). [1]

January 3

• Birth of Willem Benoy Flemish actor/director (Pygmalion). [1]

January 6

• Birth of Samuel Rayburn Tennessee, (Representative-Democrat-Texas), speaker of the House (1940-57). [1]

January 10

• Birth of Charles Trowbridge Vera Cruz Mexico; actor (Fatal Hour). [1]

January 12

• Birth of Jakob Jud in Wängli, Switzerland; professor of linguistics at the University of Zürich, etymologist. [1] [37]

January 14

• Birth of Hendrik W van Loon Netherlands, commentator/writer (Story of America). [1]

January 15

• Birth of Florian Znaniecki Polish/US sociologist (Polish Peasant in Europe). [1]

January 18

• Birth of Alan Alexander Milne; English author (Winnie-the-Pooh) (dies 1956). [1] [5]
• Birth of Jacob Clay Dutch philosopher/physicist (Mesones). [1]
• Birth of Sylvia Pankhurst English feminist. [1]

January 25

• Birth of Virginia [Adeline] Woolf in London, England; author (Jacob's Room, To the Lighthouse). [1] [5]

January 27

• Birth of Giuseppe Prezzolini Italy, writer (La Voce, La Cultura Italiano). [1]

January 30

• Birth of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in New Hyde Park, New York, USA; 32nd President (Democrat) (1933-1945). [1] [5]

January 31

• Birth of Anna Pavlova Saint Petersburg Russia, ballerina/choreographer. [1]
• Birth of Josephus RH van Schaik Dutch lawyer/vice-premier. [1]

February 1

• Birth of Louis Saint Laurent Compton Québec Canada, (Liberal) 12th Canadian Prime Minister (1948-57). [1]

February 2

• Birth of James Joyce Ireland, novelist/poet (Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnigan's Wake). [1]
• Birth of James Stephens Irish poet (Crock of Gold). [1]

February 3

• Birth of Trijntje Jansma-Boskma oldest person in Netherlands). [1]

February 5

• Birth of Felice Lattuada composer. [1]

February 8

• Birth of George Siegmann actor (Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist). [1]

February 9

• Birth of Thomas Campbell South African cricket wicketkeeper (5 Tests 1909-12). [1]

February 11

• Birth of Gheorghe Cucu composer. [1]

February 12

• Birth of Walter Vaes Flemish painter/etcher. [1]

February 14

• Birth of George Jean Nathan US, editor/author/critic (American Mercury). [1]
• Birth of Ignaz Friedman composer. [1]

February 15

• Birth of John Barrymore [Blythe] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; actor (Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Tempest, Beloved Rogue). [1] [5]

February 17

• Birth of Kurt Schindler composer. [1]
• Birth of Noah Beery Smithville Arkansas; actor (Story of Esther, Mark of Zorro). [1]

February 22

• Birth of Eric Gill England, sculptor/engraver/typographer (Perpetua). [1]

February 23

• Birth of Ladislav Vycpalek composer. [1]

February 25

• Birth of Bruno Traven German writer (Sierra Madre). [1]
• Birth of Jozef Goossenaerts Flemish philologist (Language boundary). [1]
• Birth of Ludvig Nordström Sweden, writer (Story of Peter Svensk). [1]

February 26

• Birth of Walter Lucht German artillery general (WWI/WWII). [1]

February 28

• Birth of Geraldine Farrar US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer). [1]
• Birth of José Vasconcelos Oaxaca México, politician/essayist/philosopher. [1]
• Birth of Richard Heinrich Stein composer. [1]

March 1

• Birth of Ida Moore Altoona Kansas, actress (Mr Music, Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki). [1]

March 2

• Birth of Wallis Clark Essex England, actress (Postal Inspector). [1]

March 3

• Birth of Floris H L Prims Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp. [1]

March 6

• Birth of Guy Kibbee El Paso Texas; actor (Big Shot). [1]

March 18

• Birth of Gian Francesco Malipiero composer. [1]

March 19

• Birth of Gaston Lachaise US sculptor (Standing Woman). [1]

March 20

• Birth of René Coty Le Havre France, President of France (1953-58). [1]

March 21

• Birth of Gilbert M Anderson [Max Aronson], Little Rock AR. [1]

March 23

• Birth of C Montague Shaw Adelaide Australia. [1]

March 25

• Birth of Haydn Wood composer. [1]

March 30

• Birth of Melanie Klein Austrian/British psycho analysis. [1]

April 3

• Birth of Simon Elzinga Dutch educator. [1]

April 4

• Birth of Mary Howe composer. [1]

April 5

• Birth of Don Blackie cricketer (Australian off-spinner in 1928-29 yes, age 46). [1]

April 7

• Birth of Bert "Dainty" Ironmonger cricketer (belated Australian representative 1928-33). [1]
• Birth of Kurt von Schleiger German chancellor (12/2/32-1/28/33). [1]

April 10

• Birth of Simon F H J Berkelbach Van der Sprenkel theologist (Fear and Religion). [1]

April 15

• Birth of Giovanni Amendola Italian antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo). [1]

April 16

• Birth of Seth Bingham composer. [1]

April 17

• Birth of Artur Schnabel Lipnik Austria, pianist (Beethoven Piano Sonatas). [1]

April 18

• Birth of Leopold Stokowski London England, conductor (Cincinnati Symphony). [1]

April 23

• Birth of Albert Coates Saint Petersburg Russia, conductor/composer (Eagle). [1]
• Birth of Max [G M J] Winders Maximilien Belgium, architect (WWII). [1]

April 28

• Birth of Alberto Pirelli Italian industrialist. [1]

April 29

• Birth of Hendrik N Werkman painter/printer/resistance fighter (Hot printing). [1]

April 30

• Birth of Trijntje "Nine" van de Schaaf author (To the Invisible). [1]

May 4

• Birth of Wilhelm Lehmann writer. [1]

May 7

• Birth of Willem Elsschot [Alfons J de Ridder] Flemish writer (Mend). [1]

May 8

• Birth of Philips C Visser Dutch explorer/diplomat. [1]

May 9

• Birth of Henry J Kaiser builder (Liberty Ships, Jeeps, Boulder Dam). [1]

May 10

• Birth of Thurston Hall Boston Massachusetts; actor (Roaming Lady, In Society). [1]

May 11

• Birth of Joseph Marx Austrian composer/critic. [1]

May 13

• Birth of Georges F Braque French cubist painter (The Bike). [1]

May 18

• Birth of Eduardo Fabini composer. [1]

May 20

• Birth of Sigrid Undset Norway, novelist (Kristin Lavransdatter, Nobel Prize 1928). [1]

May 21

• Birth of Georgine M "May" Basting actress (Hostage Rights of Aemstel). [1]

May 23

• Birth of James Gleason New York City, New York, writer/actor (Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool). [1]

May 24

• Birth of Creighton Hale Cork Ireland; actor (Gorilla Man, Way Down East). [1]

May 25

• Birth of Harry Fox entertainer. [1]

June 17

• Birth of Igor Stravinsky in Oranienbaum, Russia; composer (The Rite of Spring). [1] [5]

June 21

• Birth of Rockwell Kent artist/painter/illustrator (Canterbury Tales). [1]

July 8

• Birth of Percy Grainger Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor (Hill Songs). [1]

July 10

• Birth of Ima Hogg Texas art patron/founder of the Houston Symphony. [1]

July 22

• Birth of Edward Hopper US painter (House by the Railroad). [1]

August 27

• Birth of Samuel Goldwyn; pioneer film maker/producer (MGM). [1] (August 17 [5])

September 28

• Birth of Jack Fournier second baseman (1917-18 New York Yankees). [1]

October 5

• Birth of Robert Hutchings Goddard Worcester Massachusetts, rocket pioneer. [1]

October 6

• Birth of Karol Szymanowski Timoshovka Ukraine, composer (Stabatmater). [1]

October 14

• Birth of Eamon DeValera New York, President of Ireland (1937-48, 51-54, 57-59). [1]

October 19

• Birth of Vincas Kreve-Mickievicius Lithuania, poet/philologist/playwright. [1]

October 24

• Birth of Dame Sybil Thorndike England, actress (Saint Joan). [1]

October 29

• Birth of Jean Giraudoux Bellac France, playwright (Églantine, Provinciales). [1]

November 10

• Birth of Frances Perkins first woman Cabinet member (Secretary of Labor 1933-45). [1]

November 13

• Birth of John Lowry Mount Vernon New York, New York City builder (Radio City Music Hall). [1]

November 15

• Birth of Felix Frankfurter Vienna Austria, US supreme court justice (1939-62). [1]

November 18

• Birth of Jacques Maritain France, Catholic philosopher (exponent of Saint Thomas). [1]
• Birth of Wyndham Lewis English writer/painter (Tarr, Apes of God). [1]

December 7

• Birth of Warren Bardsley cricketer (great New South Wales and Aussie opening bat 1909-26). [1]

December 8

• Birth of Manuel María Ponce Fresnillo México, composer (Estrellita). [1]

December 9

• Birth of Joaquín Turina Seville Spain, composer (Rima). [1]

December 10

• Birth of Otto Neurath Australian/British philosopher (Foundation of Social Sciences). [1]

December 11

• Birth of Fiorello La Guardia (Mayor-Republican-New York, 1933-45). [1]
• Birth of Max Born Germany, physicist (quantum mechanics, Nobel Prize 1954). [1]

December 12

• Birth of Akiba Rubinstein Polish chess player (openings theory). [1]

December 15

• Birth of Helena Rubinstein US cosmetic manufacturer. [1]

December 16

• Birth of Sir John Berry Hobbs England, first cricket player knighted (1953). [1]
• Birth of Walther Meissner German physicist (Meissner effect). [1]
• Birth of Zoltán Kodály Kecskemét Hungary, composer (Psalmus Hungaricus). [1]

December 19

• Birth of Walter Braunfels composer. [1]

December 22

• Birth of Charles Vildrac Paris France, poet/playwright. [1]

December 28

• Birth of Arthur Eddington England, astrophysicist/cosmologist/mathematician. [1]

December 31

• Birth of Ben Jones Missouri, horse trainer (Citation, Whirlaway). [1]
• Birth of David Cohen Dutch historian/chairman (Jewish Council). [1]