- January 16
- Birth of Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz; president of Poland (1939-40). [1]
- January 17
- Birth of Joseph Arendt; Belgian worker's union leader. [1]
- January 21
- Birth of Umberto Nobile; Italian General. [1]
- January 25
- Birth of A J Else Mauhs; German/Dutch actress (Eline Vere, L'aiglon). [1]
- January 27
- Birth of Eduard Künneke; German composer (Vetter aus Dingsda). [1]
- Birth of Jerome Kern in New York City, New York, USA; Broadway composer ("Ol' Man River", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "Lovely to Look At", "The Way You Look Tonight", "The Last Time I Saw Paris"). [1] [457]
- February 1
- Birth of Camille Chautemps; premier of France. [1]
- February 2
- Birth of Aldo Palazzeschi [Giurlani]; Italian writer (I cavalli bianchi). [1]
- February 4
- Birth of Cairine Ray Wilson in Montréal, Quebec, Canada; first female Canadian senator (appointed). [1]
- February 7
- Birth of Sinclair Lewis; novelist/social critic (Main Street, Nobel Prize 1930). [1]
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- February 8
- Birth of Edith Evans in London, England; actress (Tom Jones, David Copperfield). [1]
- February 12
- Birth of Julius Streicher; German district leader (Stürmer). [1]
- February 21
- Birth of Sacha Guitry in France; actor/playwright (Story of a Cheat). [1]
- February 24
- Birth of Chester Nimitz; US Admiral (commanded Pacific fleet in WWII). [1]
- Birth of Bert Lytell in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Henry - One Man's Family). [1]
- Birth of Joseph Sprinzak; Speaker of Israeli Knesset (1949-59). [1]
- Birth of Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski; Polish novelist/satirist (Black Wings). [1]
- March 1
- Birth of Lionel Atwill in Croyden, England; actor (Mystery of the Wax Museum). [1]
- March 4
- Birth of Willem H Winkel; Dutch physician/founder (Red Cross of Curaçao). [1]
- March 6
- Birth of Ring Lardner; US writer (You Know Me Al). [1]
- March 11
- Birth of Malcolm Campbell; first auto racer to travel five miles/minute (300 MPH, 8 km/minute). [1]
- March 16
- Birth of Sydney Chaplin in South Africa; actor (Limelight). [1]
- March 20
- Birth of Eugen Herrigel in Germany; philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe. [1]
- March 24
- Birth of Charlie Daniels; US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 1908). [1]
- March 25
- Birth of Veit Valentin; German/US historian (Deutsche Revolution). [1]
- April 1
- Birth of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (Hozier); British baroness. [1]
- April 3
- Birth of Harry Saint John Philby; sheik Abdullah, British explorer. [1]
- April 13
- Birth of György Lukács; Hungarian philosopher (Zerstörung der Vernunft). [1]
- Birth of Pieter S Gerbrandy; Dutch lawyer/premier in London (1940-45). [1]
- April 16
- Birth of Leo Weiner in Hungary; composer (Fasching). [1]
- April 17
- Birth of Isak Dinesen; Danish writer (Out of Africa, Seven Gothic Tales). [1]
- April 29
- Birth of Egon E Kisch in Prague, Austria-Hungary; writer/journalist (Rasende Reporter). [1]
- Birth of Wallingford Riegger in Albany, Georgia, USA; composer (Bacchangle). [1]
- May 2
- Birth of Hedda Hopper AKA Elda Furry in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, USA; gossip columnist (From Under My Hat). [1]
- May 5
- Birth of Henri Velge; first chairman (Belgian Council of State). [1]
- May 7
- Birth of George Hayes AKA Gabby Hayes in Wellsville, New York, USA; actor (The Gabby Hayes Show TV show, In Old Santa Fe movie, El Paso movie). [1] [457]
- May 10
- Birth of Mae Murray in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA; actress (High Stakes). [1]
- Birth of Marie Benavente AKA Maria Wissink; actress (Scapegoat). [1]
- May 14
- Birth of Otto Klemperer in Breslau, Germany; conductor/composer (Das Ziel). [1]
- May 18
- Birth of Eurico Gaspar Dutra; President of Brazil (1945-50). [1]
- May 29
- Birth of Erwin F Finlay-Freundlich; British astronomer (theory of relativity). [1]
- June 12
- Birth of Werner Josten in Elberfeld, Germany; composer (Jungle). [1]
- July 19
- Birth of Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amarale Abranches in Portugal; Portuguese consul general in France 1938-40, issued tens of thousands of transit visas to refugees escaping European war through Spain to Portugal. [972.416]
- July 21
- Birth of Frances Parkinson Keyes; novelist (Dinner at Antoine). [1]
- August 7
- Birth of Billie Burke in Washington, DC, USA; actress/comedienne (Glinda the Good Witch - The Wizard of Oz movie, Eddie Cantor Radio Show, Playhouse 90). [1] [457]
- August 26
- Birth of Jules Romains in France; novelist/dramatist/poet (Men of Good Will). [1]
- August 31
- Birth of DuBose Heyward; novelist (Porgy). [1]
- September 6
- Birth of Otto Kruger in Toledo, Ohio, USA; actor (Lux Video Theater, High Noon). [1]
- September 11
- Birth of David Herbert Lawrence in England; writer (Lady Chatterly's Lover). [1]
- Birth of Eratstus Flaval Beadle; publisher (Beadle's Dime Novels). [1]
- September 13
- Birth of Albert Henry Harris in Croydon, England; philatelic publisher (Harris Publishing, HILATELIC Magazine, Philatelic Trader, Who's Who in Philately, Stamp Collectors' Annual). [1227.42]
- September 22
- Birth of Erich von Stroheim; early film director/actor (Grand Illusion). [1]
- September 28
- Birth of Wilbur 'Lefty' Good; pitcher (New York Yankees, 1905). [1]
- October 1
- Birth of Louis Untermeyer in New York City, New York, USA; poet/critic (Immortal Poems, Story Poems). [1]
- October 2
- Birth of Ruth Bryan Rohde; American politician (Republican), minister to Denmark. [1]
- October 7
- Birth of Niels Bohr in Denmark; physicist, expanded quantum physics (Nobel Prize 1922) (dies 1962). [1] [5]
- October 11
- Birth of François Mauriac in France; novelist/poet/playwright (Nobel Prize 1952). [1]
- October 13
- Birth of Harry Hershfield in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA; cartoonist (Can You Top This?). [1]
- October 22
- Birth of Giovanni Martinelli in Montagnana, Italy; opera singer (New York Metropolitan). [1]
- October 30
- Birth of Ezra Pound in Hailey, Idaho, USA; poet (Cantos). [1] [5]
- November 2
- Birth of Harlow Shapley; US astronomer (studied the galaxies). [1]
- November 5
- Birth of Will Durant; writer/historian (Story of Civilization). [1]
- November 11
- Birth of George Smith Patton in San Gabriel, California, USA; US general "Old Blood and Guts". [1] [1100.1523]
- December 2
- Birth of George Minot; US physician, worked on anemia (Nobel Prize 1934). [1]
- Birth of Níkos Kazantazakís in Greece; writer (Zorba, Last Temptation of Christ). [1]
- December 3
- Birth of Marchien Zwitsers; farmer in Lutten (died at age 109 years old). [1]
- December 5
- Birth of Dirk H W Filarski; Dutch painter/lithographer (Bergense School). [1]
- December 6
- Birth of Albrecht Schaeffer; German writer (The General). [1]
- December 19
- Birth of F S Flint in London, England; translator/poet (imagist movement). [1]
- December 22
- Birth of Edgard Varèse in Paris, France; composer (Innisation). [1]
- Birth of Joseph Deems Taylor in New York City, New York, USA; composer (Peter Ibbetson). [1]
- December 24
- Birth of Arthur Dolphin; cricket player (Yorkshire and England keeper, later Test umpire). [1]
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- January 1
- Birth of Willard Robertson in Runnels, Texas, USA; actor (Deep Valley, Fury at Furnace Creek). [1]
- Birth of William Edmunds in Italy; actor (Lost Moment, Big Sombrero). [1]
- January 2
- Birth of Moyshe Leyb Halpern; Galican/US poet (In New-York). [1]
- January 3
- Birth of Arthur Mailey; cricket player (great Aussie leg-spinner and cartoonist). [1]
- Birth of John G Fletcher; US poet (Epic of Arkansas). [1]
- Birth of Josephine Hull in Newtonville, Massachusetts, USA; Academy award winning character actress (Harvey). [1]
- January 8
- Birth of Noble Drew Ali AKA Timothy Drew in North Carolina, USA; prophet (Moorish Science Temple). [1]
- January 11
- Birth of George Zucco in England; actor (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Captain Fury). [1]
- January 12
- Birth of Dorothy Green in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Lavinia - Tammy). [1]
- January 14
- Birth of Hugh Lofting; English/American writer and illustrator (Dr Dolittle). [1]
- January 17
- Birth of Glenn Luther Martin; aviator (Collier Trophy-1933). [1]
- Birth of Ronald Firbank in London, England; novelist (The Flower Beneath the Foot). [1]
- January 21
- Birth of Gustaaf Sap; Belgian minister of Finance/Economy. [1]
- January 26
- Birth of Joannes A Veraart; Dutch economist/Member of Parliament (Jews of the Netherlands). [1]
- January 31
- Birth of Alfonso Lopez in Colombia; statesman (President of United Nations security council - 1948). [1]
- February 2
- Birth of Kurt Baschwitz; German/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Du und). [1]
- February 6
- Birth of Louis Piérard; Belgian journalist/writer (Great Germany). [1]
- February 8
- Birth of Charlie Ruggles in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (The Ruggles, Aesop - The Bullwinkle Show). [1]
- February 13
- Birth of Ricardo Güiraldes in Argentina; novelist/poet (Don Segundo Sombra). [1]
- February 15
- Birth of Sax Rohmer in England; author (Dr Fu Manchu). [1]
- February 16
- Birth of Andrew Ducat; cricket player (Test for England 1921 (3 and 2) Soccer International). [1]
- Birth of Van Wyck Brooks in New Jersey, USA; literary historian/writer (Ordeal of Mark Twain). [1]
- February 20
- Birth of Béla Kun in Czehul, Romania; head of Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919). [1]
- February 22
- Birth of Hugo Ball; German playwright, co-founder of Flametti. [1]
- February 27
- Birth of Hugo L Black in Alabama, USA; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Alabama), 78th US Supreme Court justice (1937-71). [1]
- February 28
- Birth of José Gutiérrez Solana; Spanish painter/author (Madrid Escenas). [1]
- Birth of Max Vasmer; German slavic (La Tertulia de Pombo). [1]
- March 1
- Birth of Oskar Kokoschka; Russian/Austrian/British, painter (Erasmus Prize 1960). [1]
- March 5
- Birth of Paul Radmilovic in England; swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1908). [1]
- March 7
- Birth of Raymond Largay in Wisconsin, USA; actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl). [1]
- March 8
- Birth of Anton Portielje; Dutch radio host/zoo director (Artis). [1]
- Birth of Edward Kendall; chemist, isolated cortisone (Nobel Prize 1950). [1]
- March 13
- Birth of John "Home Run" Baker; hall of famer (hit two homeruns in 1911 World Series). [1]
- March 18
- Birth of Edward Everett Horton in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor/narrator (The Bullwinkle Show). [1]
- Birth of Kurt Koffka in Germany; Gestalt psychologist. [1]
- Birth of Marianne Goudeket-Philips; Dutch author (Between Heaven and Earth). [1]
- March 27
- Birth of Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe; German/US architect (Bauhaus). [1]
- April 1
- Birth of Wallace Beery in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; actor (Alias a Gentleman, Dinner at 8, Ah Wilderness). [1]
- April 5
- Birth of Jacques Handschin; Swiss musicologist (Der Toncharakter). [1]
- April 10
- Birth of Valentine Paul in Denver, Colorado, USA; silent film actor (Red Red Heart, Lair of the Wolf). [1]
- April 14
- Birth of Edward C Tolman; US psychologist (behaviorism). [1]
- April 16
- Birth of Ernst Thälmann; German communist presidential candidate. [1]
- April 17
- Birth of Otto Lederer in Prague, Auto-Hungarian Empire; actor (Jazz Singer). [1]
- April 21
- Birth of Charlie Naughton in Glasgow, Scotland; actor (Frozen Limits). [1]
- April 24
- Birth of R Pelgrom; oldest Dutch man (died April 15, 1994, 9 days short of 108). [1]
- April 26
- Birth of Ma Rainey AKA Gertrude Pridgett; "Mother of the Blues", US blues singer. [1]
- May 1
- Birth of Conrad Busken Huet; writer (Country of Rubens). [1]
- May 10
- Birth of Karl Barth in Basel, Switzerland; theologian/author (Action in Waiting). [1]
- Birth of Olaf Stapleton; British religious sci-fi writer (Star Maker). [1]
- May 12
- Birth of Piotr F Scharoff; Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov). [1]
- May 13
- Birth of Joseph Achron; Latvia/US violinist/composer (Golem suite). [1]
- May 17
- Birth of Alfonso XIII Borbón; proclaimed King of Spain (rules 1902-31), with mother Queen Maria Christina appointed regent. [1] [1157.93]
- May 24
- Birth of Paul Paray in Le Tréport, Normandy, France; conductor/composer (Artemis Trouble). [1]
- May 25
- Birth of Philip Murray; founded Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). [1]
- May 26
- Birth of Al Jolson AKA Asa Yoelson; jazz singer/silent film actor (Mamie, Swanee). [1]
- May 28
- Birth of Nicolai Sokoloff near Kiev, Ukraine; conductor (Seattle Symphony). [1]
- June 11
- Birth of David Steinman in New York City, New York, USA; bridge designer (Hudson, Triborough). [1]
- June 18
- Birth of George Mallory in England; mountain climber ("because it is there"). [1]
- June 25
- Birth of Henry (Hap) Arnold; commanding general, US Army Air Force in WW II. [1]
- July 5
- Birth of Willem Drees; Prime Minister of Netherland (1948-58). [1]
- August 7
- Birth of Louis Hazeltine; inventor (neutrodyne circuit, making radio possible). [1]
- August 24
- Birth of William Francis Gibbs; naval architect, designed Liberty ships. [1]
- September 14
- Birth of Jan Garrique Masaryk in Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire; statesman, US minister to London (1918-35). [1]
- September 21
- Birth of Teiichi Igarashi in Japan; climbed Mount Fuji at age 99. [1]
- October 3
- Birth of Henri Alain-Fournier; French novelist (Le Grand Meaulnes). [1]
- October 16
- Birth of David Ben-Gurion in Plonsk, Poland; first Prime Minister of Israel (1948-53, 1955). [1]
- October 17
- Birth of Spring Byington in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA; actress (Lily Ruskin - December Bride). [1]
- October 25
- Birth of Leo G. Carroll in Weedon, England; actor (Topper, The Man From UNCLE). [457]
- November 1
- Birth of Hermann Broch in Austria; novelist (Sleepwalkers, Bewitchment). [1]
- November 4
- Birth of Ian Wolfe in Canton, Illinois, USA; actor (Diary of a Madman, Wizards and Warriors). [1]
- November 9
- Birth of Isaiah Edwin Leopold AKA Ed Wynn in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; comic/actor (The Ed Wynn Show, All Star Revue, Mary Poppins, Ziegfeld Follies, Marjorie Morningstar, The Diary of Anne Frank, Cinderfella, Babes in Toyland, The Absent-Minded Professor). [1] [5] [457]
- Birth of Aron Mendel Michelson AKA David Boder in Labau, Latvia; psychologist, interviewed and recorded 70+ displaced persons after World War II in Europe, wrote "I Did Not Interview the Dead" (1949). [1615.53]
- November 15
- Birth of Pedro Sanjuan in San Sebastian, Spain; composer (Castilla). [1]
- November 20
- Birth of Karl von Frisch; zoologist/bee expert (Nobel Prize 1973). [1]
- November 25
- Birth of Rex Maupin in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA; orchestra leader (Tin Pan Alley TV). [1]
- December 1
- Birth of Jack Crawford; cricket player (England all-rounder in 12 Tests 1905-08). [1]
- Birth of Pierre Kemp; Dutch poet (Fugitives and Constants). [1]
- Birth of Rex Stout; mystery writer (Nero Wolf). [1]
- December 3
- Birth of Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn; Swedish physicist (röntgen spectroscope, Nobel Prize 1924). [1]
- December 5
- Birth of Pieter J Oud; lawyer/minister of Finance/mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52). [1]
- December 6
- Birth of Joyce Kilmer; US poet (Trees). [1]
- December 8
- Birth of Diego Rivera [Lenin of México] in México; painter/wife of Frida Kahlo. [1]
- December 9
- Birth of Clarence Birdseye; frozen vegatable king (Birdseye). [1]
- December 10
- Birth of Victor McLaglen in England; actor (Informer, Academy Award-1935). [1]
- Birth of William Booth; cricket player (Yorks all-rounder, England before WWI). [1]
- December 12
- Birth of Owen Moore in County Meath, Ireland; actor (She Done Him Wrong). [1]
- December 13
- Birth of Lambertus J van Apeldoorn; lawyer (martial law). [1]
- December 18
- Birth of Ty Cobb in Colorado, USA; batted .367, stole 892 bases (Detroit Tigers). [1] [5]
- December 20
- Birth of Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman in California, USA; tennis player (US Open 1909-11). [1]
- December 21
- Birth of Hermann A J Kees; German Egyptologist (Problems of Egyptology). [1]
- December 23
- Birth of Albert Ehrenstein in Austria, writer (Message from the Madhouse). [1]
- December 26
- Birth of Gyula Gömbös von Jákfa; general/dictator of Hungary (1932-35). [1]
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