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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1889 January 1 Birth of Alexander Smallens Saint Petersburg, Russia, conductor. [1] Birth of Tadeusz Jarecki composer. [1] Birth of Tom Dugan Dublin Ireland; actor (Circus Clown, Drag, Skyway). [1] January 2 Birth of Tito Schipa Italy, tenor/composer (La Rondine). [1] Birth of Walter Baldwin Ohio; actor (Gay Amigo). [1] January 4 Birth of Albertus W "Albert" van Dalsum actor/director (Abandoned Child). [1] January 6 Birth of Alan M Bateman Canadian geologist (Yale professor). [1] January 8 Birth of Paul Hartmann Furth Germany; actor (Haunted Castle). [1] January 14 Birth of Vincenzo Davico composer. [1] January 19 Birth of Sophie Taeuber/Täuber-Arp Swiss sculptor/wife of Hans Arp (Dada). [1] January 20 Birth of Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter Mooringsport Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line). [1] January 21 Birth of Bert Collins cricketer (Aussie batsman in the post WWI years). [1] Birth of Pitirim A Sorokin Russian/US sociologist (Social mobility). [1] January 23 Birth of Franklin Pangborn Newark; actor (My Best Gal, Hats Off, Easy Living). [1] Birth of Prosper Arents Flemish bibliographer (Rubens-bibliography). [1] January 25 Birth of Vladimir Vladimirovich Scherbachov composer. [1] January 27 Birth of Balthasar van der Pol physicist (Comparison of Van der Pol). [1] January 29 Birth of Francisco Santiago composer. [1] Birth of Rudolf Mauersberger composer. [1] January 31 Birth of F R Foster cricketer (330 runs and 45 wickets for England). [1] February 1 Birth of Gertrude Caton-Thompson British archaeologist (Zimbabwe, Southern Arabia). [1] February 3 Birth of Carl Theodor Dreyer Danish movie director (Leaves from Satan's Body, Passion of Jeanne d'arc). [1] Birth of Risto Ryti Finnish premier/president. [1] February 4 Birth of Walter Catlett San Francisco California; actor (Front Page, Tale of Two Cities). [1] February 5 Birth of Elias Henry "Patsy" Hendren cricketer (prolific England bat of 1920s). [1] Birth of Ernest Tyldesley cricketer (first Lancastrian to score 100 100's). [1] Birth of Ioan Dumitru Chirescu composer. [1] February 6 Birth of Karel Wellens Flemish painter. [1] Birth of Siegfried Kracauer writer. [1] February 10 Birth of Howard Spring British author/novelist/writer/critic (O Absalom). [1] February 11 Birth of John Mills dancer (Mills Brothers). [1] Birth of Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov composer. [1] February 17 Birth of H[aroldson] L Hunt Texas oil multi-millionaire. [1] February 18 Birth of Sybold van Ravesteyn architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht). [1] February 19 Birth of José Eustasio Rivera Colombia, poet/novelist (Vortex). [1] February 20 Birth of Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky composer. [1] February 21 Birth of Felix Aylmer actor (Anastasia, Hamlet, Iron Duke, Macbeth, Saint Joan). [1] February 22 Birth of Robin G Collingwood English philosopher (Roman Britain). [1] February 23 Birth of Cyril Delevanti England; actor (Lucius-Jefferson Davis, Black Eye). [1] Birth of Frederik M baron of Asbeck Dutch lawyer (League of Nations). [1] February 28 Birth of Victor Sutherland Paducah Kentucky; actor (Captive City). [1] March 3 Birth of Fritz Behrend composer. [1] March 4 Birth of Pearl White [Victoria] US actress/stunt woman (Perils of Pauline). [1] March 5 Birth of Frits Slomp [Frits de Rover], Dutch vicar/resistance fighter. [1] March 8 Birth of Oscar Ewing US government official (Everybody's Business). [1] March 12 Birth of Philip Guedalla historian. [1] March 18 Birth of F Rijkens oldest living person in Netherlands. [1] March 19 Birth of Manoel II last king of Portugal (1908-10). [1] March 26 Birth of Vaclav Kapral composer. [1] March 27 Birth of Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoglu Turkish writer/diplomat. [1] March 29 Birth of Howard Lindsay Waterford New York, playwright/actor/director (State of Union). [1] Birth of Warner Baxter Columbus Ohio; actor (In Old Arizona, Cisco Kid). [1] April 3 Birth of Grigoras Dinicu composer. [1] April 6 Birth of Barry Macollum Northern Ireland. [1] Birth of Gabriela Mistral writer. [1] April 7 Birth of Gabriela Mistral Chilean poet (Desolación, Tenderness)/Nobel Prize 1945. [1] April 8 Birth of Sir Adrian Boult Chester England, conductor (BBC Symphony Orchestra). [1] April 9 Birth of Efrem Zimbalist Rostov-on-Don Russia, composer/concert violinist. [1] April 11 Birth of Nick La Rocca US coronetist/composer (Tiger Rag). [1] April 12 Birth of Pierre-Étienne Flandin French premier (1934-35)/Minister of Foreign affairs. [1] April 14 Birth of Arnold Toynbee England, historian (A Study of History). [1] Birth of Efim D Bogoljubov Russian chess player. [1] Birth of James Stephenson actor (Letter, Espionage Agent, Nancy Drew). [1] April 15 Birth of Asa Philip Randolph labor leader (Railroad Porter's Union). [1] Birth of Thomas Hart Benton Neosho Missouri, painter/muralist (Lonesome Road). [1] April 16 Birth of Charlie Chaplin [The Little Tramp] Lambeth London England, comedian/actor/director (City Lights). [1] April 18 Birth of Jessie Street Australian pro women's/aborigine rights fighter. [1] Birth of John Kilbane US, featherweight boxing champion (1912-23). [1] April 20 Birth of Adolf Hitler Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany (1936-45). [1] April 22 Birth of Ludwig Renn writer. [1] April 23 Birth of Charles Warrell big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher. [1] April 24 Birth of [Richard] Stafford Cripps English Minister of Plane-manufacturing (1942-45). [1] April 25 Birth of Charles Kellaway cricketer (great Australian all-rounder of 1920s). [1] April 26 Birth of Ludwig Wittgenstein Austria, philosopher (Tractatus). [1] April 28 Birth of António de Oliveira Salazar premier/dictator Portugal (1932-68). [1] Birth of Bryant Washburn Chicago Illinois; actor (Exposure, Millionaire Kid, Nabonga). [1] Birth of Karel Doorman Dutch Rear Admiral. [1] April 30 Birth of Acario Cotapos composer. [1] Birth of Rudolph Hermann Simonsen composer. [1] May 4 Birth of Francis J Spellman US Cardinal. [1] May 5 Birth of Herbie Taylor cricketer (prolific South African pre- and post-WWI). [1] May 6 Birth of Arthur Morison typographer. [1] May 12 Birth of Otto Frank father of Anne Frank. [1] May 15 Birth of Bessie Hillman founder (Almalgamated Clothing Workers of America). [1] May 16 Birth of Joan Collette Dutch (male) painter (New Church, Delft). [1] May 17 Birth of Alfonso Reyes Mexican poet/historian/diplomat (Higenia Cruel). [1] Birth of Marcel Moyse Saint-Amour, France, flutist (20 Exercises et études). [1] May 18 Birth of G Gunnarson writer. [1] May 20 Birth of Felix Arndt composer. [1] Birth of Margery Allingham detective story writer. [1] Birth of William Lawther union leader. [1] May 25 Birth of Gilardo Gilardi composer. [1] Birth of Igor Sikorsky developed a working helicopter. [1] Birth of Sverre Jordan composer. [1] May 28 Birth of Jose Padilla composer. [1] May 31 Birth of Athene Seyler London, actress (Make Mine Mink). [1] June 4 In Darmstadt, Germany, Beno Gutenberg born. [53] June 19 Birth of Enrico Celio president of Switzerland. [1] July 5 Birth of Jean Cocteau France, writer/artist/film maker (Le Potamak). [1] July 15 Birth of Marjorie Rambeau San Francisco California, actress (Primrose Path, Torch Song). [1] July 17 Birth of Erle Stanley Gardner author (created Perry Mason). [1] July 30 Birth of Vladimir Zworykin electronics engineer/inventor, father of TV. [1] August 1 Birth of Dr John F Mahoney developed pencillin treatment of syphillis. [1] August 10 Birth of Irene Steer England, 4 X 100m relay swimmers (Olympic-gold-1912). [1] August 19 Birth of Arthur Waley sinologist, translator from Chinese and Japanese. [1] August 28 Birth of Charles Boyer France; actor (Algiers, Fanny, Barefoot in the Park). [1] August 31 Birth of A Provost Idell father of modern volleyball. [1] September 8 Birth of Robert A Taft (Senator-Republican-Ohio, Taft-Hartley Act). [1] September 15 Birth of Robert Benchley author (My 10 Years in a Quandary). [1] September 19 Birth of Ernest Truex KC Missouri; actor (Pop-Pete and Gladys, Mr Peepers). [1] September 23 Birth of Walter Lippmann New York City, journalist/political writer (Men of Destany). [1] September 26 Birth of Martin Heidegger Germany, Existentialist (Being and Time). [1] October 4 Birth of John B Kelly Olympic champion rower/father of Grace Kelly. [1] October 7 Birth of Clarence Muse Baltimore Maryland; actor (Sam-Casablanca). [1] October 13 Birth of Douglass Dumbrille Hamilton Ont; actor (Mr Deeds Goes to Town). [1] October 18 Birth of Fannie Hurst novelist (1019?). [1] October 19 Birth of Uncle Art Satherly entertainer. [1] October 20 Birth of Margaret Dumont actress-Marx Brothers' foil. [1] October 27 Birth of Enid Bagnold novelist (1956 Award of Merit). [1] November 1 Birth of Philip John Noel-Baker statesman, disarmament advocate (Nobel '59). [1] November 10 Birth of Claude Rains London; actor (Invisible Man, Casablanca). [1] November 12 Birth of DeWitt Wallace Saint Paul Minnesota, publisher, founded Readers Digest (1921). [1] November 14 Birth of Jawaharlal Nehru first Indian Prime Minister (1947-64). [1] November 16 Birth of George S Kaufman in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; playwright (This is Show Business). [1] [5] November 18 Birth of Amelita Galli-Curci Italy, operatic soprano (Cave of the Winds). [1] November 20 Birth of Edwin Hubble; astronomer (discoverer of galaxies, red shift). [1] [5] November 24 Birth of Albert J Sylvester England, ballroom dancer (Alex Moor Award-1977). [1] December 4 Birth of Buck Jones [Charles F Gebhart] US actor (War Horse). [1] Birth of Isabel Randolph Illinois, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Our Miss Brooks). [1] December 7 Birth of Heathcote Dicken Statham composer. [1] Birth of Honoré-Gabriel Marcel French philosopher/playwright. [1] December 8 Birth of W Hervey Allen US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse). [1] December 9 Birth of John P "Hannes" Kolehmainen Finnish long-distance runner (Olympics-gold 1912). [1] December 10 Birth of Ray Collins Sacramento California; actor (Homecoming, Good Sam, Rose Marie). [1] December 11 Birth of Paul Kornfeld writer. [1] December 12 Birth of Vaclav Stepan composer. [1] December 13 Birth of Clarence Loomis composer. [1] December 17 Birth of Vaslav F Nijinski Ukraine/US ballet dancer (l'après-midi d'une faune). [1] December 20 Birth of Bozidar Sirola composer. [1] December 22 Birth of Mikha'il Na'imah Lebanon, playwright. [1] Birth of Minor Watson Marianna Arkansas; actor (Woman of the Year, Viva Cisco Kid). [1] December 24 Birth of Vladimir Sokoloff Moscow Russia; actor (Road to Morocco). [1] December 28 Birth of Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. [1] December 30 Birth of Georg von der Vring German painter/writer (Soldier Suhren). [1]