1890

January 1

• Birth of Florence Lawrence Hamilton Ontario, silent screen actress (Confidence). [1]
• Birth of Lawford Davidson London England; actor (Love Doctor, Vagabond King). [1]
• Birth of Wanda Capodaglio Asti Italy, actress (La Donna Nuda, Gelosia). [1]

January 4

• Birth of Alfred G Jodl German Wehrmacht General/Chief of Staff. [1]
• Birth of Mosa Pijade Yugoslavia, Member of Parliament (communist). [1]

January 5

• Birth of Cora Witherspoon New Orleans Louisiana, actress (Bank Dick). [1]

January 7

• Birth of Henny Porten Magdeburg Germany, silent screen star (Deception). [1]
• Birth of Maurice E McLoughlin tennis champion (US Open-1912). [1]

January 8

• Birth of Sandor Rado Hungarian/US psycho analyst. [1]

January 9

• Birth of Karel Capek Czechoslovakia, writer (R U R); coined the word "robot". [1]
• Birth of Kurt Tucholsky in Berlin; German satirist and cabaretist. [1] [37]

January 10

• Birth of Douglas MacLean Philadelphia Pennsylvania, silent film comedian/producer (Going Up). [1]
• Birth of Ernest Milton San Francisco California; actor (Cat Girl, Fiddler's Three). [1]

January 11

• Birth of Monte Blue Indianapolis Indiana, silent film actor (Montana, Oh Boy). [1]

January 12

• Birth of Mordecai W Johnson educator. [1]

January 16

• Birth of Karl Freund Czech/Austrian cameraman/director. [1]
• Birth of Lloyd Bacon San Jose California; actor (Charlie Chaplin). [1]

January 22

• Birth of Fred M Vinson Kentucky, 13th Chief Justice of US Supreme Court (1946-53). [1]

January 29

• Birth of Marguerite Canal composer. [1]

January 31

• Birth of Adolf Bach German language/sociologist (Deutsche Namenkunde). [1]

February 2

• Birth of Charles Correll actor (Andy-Amos and Andy radio program). [1]
• Birth of Jean J M de Lattre de Tassigny French General (Indo-China). [1]

February 3

• Birth of Charles [Andy] Correll Peoria Illinois; actor (Calvin and the Colonel). [1]
• Birth of Heinrich Barth Swiss philosopher (Problem des Bösen). [1]

February 6

• Birth of Anton Hermann Fokker aviation pioneer. [1]

February 8

• Birth of Claro Mayo Recto Filipino nationalist/opponent of US colonialism. [1]

February 9

• Birth of Jacobus J P Oud Dutch architect/co-founder (Stijl). [1]

February 10

• Birth of Boris L Pasternak Russia, novelist/poet (Dr Zhivago, Nobel Prize 1958). [1]
• Birth of Cor Ruys Dutch actor (Princess Stage). [1]

February 11

• Birth of John P M L de Vries fairy tale writer. [1]

February 15

• Birth of Robert Ley German chemist/Member of Parliament (NSDAP). [1]

February 16

• Birth of Semyon Semyonovich Bogatiryov composer. [1]

February 18

• Birth of Adolphe Menjou Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; actor (Front Page, Star is Born). [1]
• Birth of Boris L Pasternak Russian poet/writer (Dr Zhivago). [1]
• Birth of Edward Arnold New York City, New York; actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington). [1]
• Birth of Lauri SA Haarla Finnish (stage)writer (Juudas, Sukeltaja). [1]

February 24

• Birth of Antonio Massana composer. [1]
• Birth of Marjorie Main [Tomlinson], Action Indiana, actress (Another Thin Man). [1]

February 25

• Birth of Myra Hess London England, concert pianist. [1]

February 28

• Birth of Vaslav Nijinsky Kiev Ukraine, ballet dancer. [1]

March 1

• Birth of Jan Duiker Dutch architect (Zonnestral). [1]

March 3

• Birth of Edmund Lowe San Jose California; actor (Black Sheep, Front Page Detective,Dillinger). [1]
• Birth of Norman Bethune Canada, Doctor in Spain and China. [1]

March 6

• Birth of Fernand Ansseau Belgian operator/theory (Orfeo). [1]

March 8

• Birth of Oswald von Nell-Breuning German theologist/philosopher. [1]

March 9

• Birth of Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov Soviet foreign minister (UN). [1]

March 11

• Birth of Vannevar Bush developed first electronic analogue computer. [1]

March 12

• Birth of A Evert Taube Swedish writer/troubadour. [1]
• Birth of Vaslav Nijinsky Ukrainian/US ballet dancer (Petroesjka). [1]

March 13

• Birth of Frank Thieß writer. [1]
• Birth of Michael Taube composer. [1]

March 17

• Birth of Harold Morris composer. [1]

March 18

• Birth of Gerardus van der Leeuw Dutch religion historian/minister of Education. [1]

March 20

• Birth of Lauritz Melchior Copenhagen Denmark, baritone tenor (National Symphony). [1]

March 24

• Birth of Miguel Suriel Netherland Antillian writer (Muhé culpabel). [1]

March 25

• Birth of Marten Baersma [MH Bottema], Friesan author (De ljochte kimen). [1]

March 26

• Birth of Jozef Arras Flemish writer. [1]

March 28

• Birth of Paul Whiteman Denver Colorado, orchestra leader (Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club). [1]

April 5

• Birth of Fie Carelsen Dutch actress (Malle Gervallen). [1]

April 6

• Birth of André L Danjon French astronomer. [1]
• Birth of Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker Holland, aircraft pioneer (Spider). [1]

April 7

• Birth of Marjory Stoneman Douglas environmentalist (first Lady of Everglades). [1]

April 17

• Birth of Art Acord Glenwood Sevier Utah, western actor (Arizona Kid, Hard Fists). [1]

April 18

• Birth of James Rennie Toronto Ontario Canada; actor (Lash, Little Damozel). [1]

April 19

• Birth of Lou Bandy [Lodewijk F Dieben] revue-artist (Look for the Sun). [1]

April 20

• Birth of Adolf Schärf President of Austria (1957-65). [1]

April 23

• Birth of Donald Nichols Tweedy composer. [1]
• Birth of Marcel L'Herbier French director/screenwriter (El Dorado). [1]

April 26

• Birth of Edgar "E Livingstone" Kennedy US actor/director (My Old Dutch). [1]

May 2

• Birth of E[dward] E[lmer] "Doc" Smith US, sci-fi author (Triplanetary). [1]

May 3

• Birth of B Traven writer. [1]

May 5

• Birth of Christopher Morley author (Kitty Foil). [1]

May 6

• Birth of Claire Whitney New York City, New York, silent film actress (Blind Fools, Haunted Mine). [1]

May 7

• Birth of Billy House Minnesota; actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg and I). [1]

May 15

• Birth of Katherine Anne Porter US, novelist (Ship of Fools). [1]

May 17

• Birth of Philip James composer. [1]

May 19

• Birth of Ho Chi Minh trail blazer/leader of Vietnam (1946, 1969). [1]

May 20

• Birth of Beniamino Gigli Italy, tenor (Enzo-La Gioconde). [1]

May 21

• Birth of Albert van Raalte conductor (AVRO-orchestra). [1]

May 23

• Birth of Herbert Marshall London; actor (Murder, Razor's Edge, Little Foxes). [1]
• Birth of Virginia Eames Fort Davis Texas, entertainer. [1]

May 26

• Birth of Kurt Edzard German sculptor (nudes/portraits). [1]

May 29

• Birth of Francis de Bourguignon composer. [1]

June 1

• Birth of Frank Morgan New York City; actor (Affairs of Cellini, Annie Get Your Gun). [1]

June 2

• Birth of Hedda Hopper gossip columnist (From Under My Hat). [1]

June 6

• Birth of Dorothy Heyward New York City, playwright (Porgy). [1]

July 14

• Birth of Ossip Zadkine sculptor (The Destroyed City). [1]

July 18

• Birth of Charles Wilson President of General Motors (1940-53)/Secretary of Defence (1953-57). [1]

July 20

• Birth of Theda Bara actress (Under Two Flags, Cleopatra) (or 0729). [1]
• Birth of Verna Felton Salinas California, actress (Hilda-December Bride). [1]

July 22

• Birth of Rose Kennedy; mom of John, Robert, and Ted. [1]

July 30

• Birth of Casey Stengel New York Yankees (1949-60) and first New York Mets manager. [1]

August 5

• Birth of Erich Kleiber Vienna Austria, conductor (NBC Symphony 1945-46). [1]

August 12

• Birth of Al Goodman Nikopol Russia, orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour). [1]

August 15

• Birth of Jacques Ibert Paris France, composer (Escales). [1]

August 20

• Birth of H.P. Lovecraft US, Gothic novelist (At the Mountains of Madness). [1]

August 21

• Birth of Bill Henry San Francisco California, newscaster (Who Said That?). [1]

August 24

• Birth of Duke Kahanamoku Hawaii, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1912, 20). [1]

September 9

• Birth of Harland Sanders Kentucky Fried Chicken founder/colonel. [1]

September 10

• Birth of Franz Werfel Austria, author (40 Days of Musa Dagh). [1]

September 15

• Birth of Dame Agatha Christie mystery writer (Murder on the Orient Express). [1]
• Birth of Frank Martin Geneva Switzerland, composer (In Terra Fax). [1]

September 24

• Birth of Sir Alan Herbert England, journalist/writer (Punch, Helen). [1]

October 1

• Birth of Stanley Holloway London England; actor (Higgins-Our Man Higgins). [1]

October 2

• Birth of Julius "Groucho" Marx in New York City; comedian (Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life) (dies 1977). [1] [5]

October 8

• Birth of Eddie Rickenbacker aviator "Ace of Aces" (WW I). [1]

October 9

• Birth of Aimee Semple McPherson Pentecostal evangelist/radio preacher. [1]

October 13

• Birth of Conrad Richter writer (The Light in the Forest). [1]

October 14

• Birth of Dwight D Eisenhower Denison, Texas (Republican) 34th President (1953-1961). [1]

October 16

• Birth of Paul Strand New York City, photographer (Native Land-1942). [1]

October 24

• Birth of Chicago Mainbocher uniform designer (Red Cross, Girl Scouts, Waves). [1]

November 1

• Birth of James Barton New Jersey, Broadway actor (Tobacco Road, Iceman Cometh). [1]

November 17

• Birth of Jack Cusack pro football pioneer (Canton Bulldogs). [1]

November 22

• Birth of Charles de Gaulle Lille France, President of France (1958-69). [1]

December 5

• Birth of Fritz Lang Germany, director (M, Metropolis). [1]

December 8

• Birth of Bohuslav Jan Martinu Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti). [1]

December 10

• Birth of George Merritt London England; actor (I Monster, Q Planes). [1]

December 13

• Birth of Marc Connelly McKeesport Pennsylvania, playwright (One Minute Please). [1]

December 16

• Birth of Harlan Sanders founder/CEO (Kentucky Fried Chicken). [1]

December 18

• Birth of Edwin Howard Armstrong New York City, New York, radio pioneer inventor (FM). [1]

December 19

• Birth of Klaas Schilder Dutch theologist/vicar (Occupied Territory). [1]

December 21

• Birth of Fred M Vinson US Supreme Court Justice (1946-53). [1]

December 22

• Birth of Charles de Gaulle Lille France, premier of France. [1]
• Birth of Mark Tobey US abstract painter (Broadway Norm). [1]

December 25

• Robert Ripley is born (dies 1949). [5]

December 27

• Birth of Maurice Schoemaker composer. [1]

December 28

• Birth of Frank Butler Oxford England; actor/screenwriter (Road to Bali, China). [1]

December 29

• Birth of Jozef Cantré Flemish sculptor/wood carver. [1]

1891

January 1

• Birth of Alessandro De Stefani Cividale del Friuli Italy, writer (La Signorina, Africa sotto i mari). [1]
• Birth of Charles Bickford Cambridge Massachusetts; actor (John-The Virginian, Days of Wine and Roses). [1]
• Birth of Frank Pettingell Liverpool England; actor (Gaslight, Goose Steps Out). [1]

January 3

• Birth of Osip E Mandelstam Polish/Russian poet/author (Kamenj). [1]

January 5

• Birth of Johan Boskamp Dutch actor/singer (Potasch and Perlemoer). [1]

January 6

• Birth of Ted McDonald cricketer (great Australian quick of 1920s). [1]

January 8

• Birth of Bronislava Nijinska ballet choreographer. [1]
• Birth of Storm Jameson English novelist (The Green Man, Cousin Honoré). [1]
• Birth of Walther Bothe in Oranienburg, Germany; physics professor at the universities of Berlin, Giessen and Heidelberg, discovered neutron radiation, built Germany's first cyclotron, won the Nobel Prize for Physics for development of a method of detecting subatomic particles. [1] [37]

January 9

• Birth of August Gailit Estonia, writer (Ekke Moor). [1]

January 10

• Birth of Jos Speybrouck Flemish painter. [1]

January 15

• Birth of Osip E Mandelstam Warsaw Poland, Russian poet (Noise of Time). [1]

January 17

• Birth of Marjorie Gateson Brooklyn New York, actress (One Man's Family). [1]
• Birth of Norman "Squab" Read US aviator who lived to be 101. [1]
• Birth of Walter Eucken German economist. [1]

January 20

• Birth of Mischa Elman Talnoye Ukraine, US violinist. [1]

January 21

• Birth of Francisco Lazaro Portuguese runner. [1]
• Birth of Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov composer. [1]
• Birth of Timothy Mather Spelman composer. [1]

January 22

• Birth of Franz Alexander Hungarian/US psycho analytical. [1]
• Birth of Moise Kisling Polish/French painter (La Souris Boiteuse). [1]

January 23

• Birth of Antonio Gramsci Italian philosopher/marxist theorist. [1]

January 24

• Birth of Walter Model German field marshal. [1]

January 25

• Birth of Dame Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies Britian, actress (Cleopatra). [1]
• Birth of William C Bullitt first US ambassador to USSR. [1]

January 26

• Birth of Ilya G Ehrenburg Kiev Ukraine, writer (Fall of Paris, The Thaw). [1]

January 27

• Birth of Ilya Ehrenburg Kiev Ukraine, writer (Fall of Paris, The Thaw). [1]

January 28

• Birth of Camille Melloy [Paepe], Belgian poet (Parfum des Buis). [1]
• Birth of Karel Boleslav Jirak composer. [1]

January 29

• Birth of R N Williams II tennis champion (US Open-1914). [1]

January 31

• Birth of Max Drischner composer. [1]

February 1

• Birth of James Price Johnson composer. [1]

February 2

• Birth of Antonio Segni premier/president (Italy). [1]
• Birth of Frank Foyston NHL Hall of Famer (Seattle). [1]

February 3

• Birth of Jan Donner Dutch minister of Justice (1926-33). [1]
• Birth of Peter H "Paul" Huf actor/director (Great Netherlands Stage). [1]

February 4

• Birth of Yuri Losmann Estonia, marathon runner (Olympics-silver 1920). [1]

February 5

• Birth of Elizabeth Ryan Anaheim California, doubles tennis champion (6 time Wimbledon). [1]
• Birth of Karl L Schmidt German/Swiss theologist (Urchristentum). [1]

February 7

• Birth of Joachim Stutschewsky composer. [1]

February 8

• Birth of Edgar Palm Curaçao, pianist/composer. [1]

February 9

• Birth of Pietro Nenni Italy, socialist/minister of foreign affairs (1946-47). [1]
• Birth of Ronald Colman England, 1947 Academy Award actor (Tale of Two Cities). [1]

February 10

• Birth of Harold first Earl Alexander of Tunis, Governor-General of Canada (1945-52). [1]

February 11

• Birth of J W Hearne cricket leg-spinner (all-rounder for England in 24 Tests). [1]

February 12

• Birth of Cecil Dixon cricket off-spinner (one Test for South Africa, 3-118, pair). [1]
• Birth of Maurice Yvain composer. [1]
• Birth of Max Terhune actor (Arizona Stagecoach, Hit the Saddle, Range Justice). [1]

February 17

• Birth of Georg Britting writer. [1]

February 18

• Birth of Chester Clute New Jersey; actor (Niagra Falls). [1]

February 19

• Birth of J C "Farmer" White cricketer (Somerset slow lefty 1909-37). [1]

February 22

• Birth of "Chico" Marx New York City, New York; actor/comedian (Marx Brothers, Animal Crackers). [1]
• Birth of Jan Wils Holland, architect/designer (Amsterdam's Olympics Stadium). [1]
• Birth of Lucien Cailliet composer. [1]

February 26

• Birth of Alan Bridge Pennsylvania; actor (North of Arizona, Badmen of the Hills). [1]

February 27

• Birth of David Sarnoff US, radio/TV pioneer/CEO (RCA). [1]
• Birth of Georges E Migot French composer. [1]

March 3

• Birth of Federico Moreno Torroba composer. [1]
• Birth of Jan Donner Dutch minister of Justice/president High Council. [1]

March 4

• Birth of Dazzy Vance hall of fame pitcher (led National League in strike-outs 7-years). [1]

March 5

• Birth of Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson Chicago Illinois, comedian (Olsen and Johnson). [1]

March 6

• Birth of Victor Kilian Jersey City New Jersey; actor (Gentleman's Agreement). [1]

March 7

• Birth of Marcel Barger [Meyer Streliskie], cabaret performer (I keep Susy). [1]

March 10

• Birth of Jacob van Gelderen economist/sociologist/Dutch second Chamber (SDAP). [1]
• Birth of Sam Jaffe New York City, New York; actor (Gunga Din, Dr Zorba-Ben Casey). [1]

March 12

• Birth of Michael Polany Hungarian/English chemist/economist/sociologist. [1]

March 14

• Birth of John P Strijbos Dutch writer (Wandering through South Africa). [1]

March 19

• Birth of Earl Warren California, (Governor-Republican-California)/14th supreme court chief justice (1953-69). [1]

March 21

• Birth of Jonathan Hale actor (Saint's Double Trouble, Saint Strikes Back). [1]

March 23

• Birth of Catherine Murphy Urner composer. [1]

March 24

• Birth of Annie "Charley" Toorop Dutch painter (3 Generations). [1]
• Birth of John Knittel writer. [1]

March 27

• Birth of Lajos Zilahy Hungarian/US author (Ararát/Süd a nap). [1]

March 28

• Birth of Karel Cruysberghs Flemish author. [1]
• Birth of Peter Suhrkamp German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag). [1]

March 29

• Birth of Ivan Goll writer. [1]

March 30

• Birth of Jan B Cammans Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov). [1]

March 31

• Birth of Erich Walter Sternberg composer. [1]
• Birth of Ion Pillat Romaniams poet/senator (Umbra timpului). [1]
• Birth of Victor Varconi Hungary; actor (Divine Lady, King of Kings, Big City). [1]

April 2

• Birth of Max Ernst Germany, painter/sculptor (founded surrealism). [1]

April 9

• Birth of John Gobau Flemish/Dutch actor (Electricity, Hostage Rights). [1]

April 10

• Birth of Tim McCoy Saginaw Michigan. [1]

April 15

• Birth of Alvin P[leasant Delaney] Carter Maces Springs Virginia, vocalist (Carter Family). [1]
• Birth of Vaino Raitio composer. [1]
• Birth of Wallace Reid Saint Louis Missouri; actor/director/screenwriter (Every Inch a Man). [1]

April 19

• Birth of Francoise Rosay Paris France, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison, Saraband). [1]
• Birth of Ricardo Bacchelli Italian writer/poet (La Ronda). [1]

April 22

• Birth of Belle Bennett Milcoon Rapids Iowa, actress (Stella Dallas, Iron Mask). [1]
• In Fatfield, Durham, England, Harold Jeffreys is born. [53]

April 23

• Birth of Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev in Sontsovka Ukraine, composer (Peter and the Wolf). [1]

April 30

• Birth of Watze Cuperus Frisian author (Swart mar leaflik). [1]

May 4

• Birth of Frederick Jacobi composer. [1]
• Birth of Johan W F Werumeus Buning Dutch poet (Daily Bread). [1]

May 8

• Birth of Chet "Red" Hoff pitcher (New York Yankees 1911-15), lived to 103+. [1]

May 11

• Birth of Henry Morgenthau Jr US Secretary of the Treasury (1934-45). [1]

May 13

• Birth of Fritz Rasp Bayreuth Germany; actor (Diary of a Lost Girl). [1]

May 14

• Birth of Egon Kornauth composer. [1]

May 15

• Birth of Chief Nipo T Strongheart Yakima Washington, US Indian actor (Pony Soldier). [1]
• Birth of David Vogel Ukraine, author (Huwelijksleven). [1]
• Birth of Fritz Feigl Austria, chemist (spot tests). [1]
• Birth of Mikhail Bulgakov in Russia; playwright/novelist (Black Snow) (dies 1940). [1] [5]

May 18

• Birth of Rudolf Carnap philosopher (German Logical Positivist). [1]

May 22

• Birth of J R Becher writer. [1]
• Birth of Robert Gordon Sproul educator/college president (University of California). [1]

May 23

• Birth of Pär Lagerkvist Sweden, novelist/poet/dramatist (Barabbas, Nobel Prize 1951). [1]

May 24

• Birth of Benedictus H Danser Dutch botanist. [1]
• Birth of William F Albright US old testament scholar/archaeologist. [1]

May 25

• Birth of Robert W P Peereboom Dutch editor in chief (Haarlem Newspaper). [1]

May 27

• Birth of Claude Adonai Champagne composer. [1]

May 30

• Birth of Iman J van den Bosch Belgian resistance fighter. [1]

June 21

• Birth of Hermann Scherchen Berlin Germany, conductor (Nature of Music). [1]

July 5

• Birth of John Northrop US, biochemist, crystallized enzymes (Nobel Prize 1946). [1]

July 18

• Birth of Gene Lockhart New York City; actor (Going My Way). [1]

August 2

• Birth of Sir Arthur Bliss (Edward Drummond) London, composer (Olympians). [1]

September 7

• Birth of Roscoe Karns San Bernadino California; actor (Captain Shafer-Hennesey). [1]

September 26

• Birth of Charles Munch Strasbourg Alsatian conductor (French Legion D'Honeur). [1]

October 2

• Birth of H V Porter basketball pioneer, created fan shape backboard. [1]

October 13

• Birth of Irene Rich Buffalo New York, actress (Beau Brummell, Champ). [1]

October 29

• Birth of Fanny Brice singing comedienne (Ziegeld Follies, Baby Snooks). [1]

November 5

• Birth of Earle (Greasy) Neale NFL coach (Philadelphia Eagles). [1]

November 9

• Birth of Clifton Webb actor (Sitting Pretty, Mr Belvedere Goes to College). [1]

November 15

• Birth of Erwin Rommel German field marshall (WW II-African campaign). [1]
• Birth of W Averell Harriman US, (Governor-Democrat-New York)/ambassador to USSR (1943-46). [1]

November 20

• Birth of Leon Cadore pitcher (pitched all of 26 inning game). [1]

December 1

• Birth of Foppe G Scheltema Dutch lawyer (wreck laws). [1]

December 7

• Birth of Fay Bainter Los Angeles California, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair). [1]

December 10

• Birth of Leonie "Nelly" Sachs German/Swedish poet (O the Chimneys-Nobel Prize 1966). [1]

December 17

• Birth of Robertson Hare London England; actor (Our Girl Friday, Banana Ridge). [1]

December 19

• Birth of Edward Bernard Andre Maria Raczynski Poland, president-in-exile (1979-86). [1]

December 21

• Birth of John W McCormack (Democrat) Speaker of the House (1962-70). [1]

December 22

• Birth of Edward L Bernays Vienna Austria, first public relations agent. [1]

December 25

• Birth of Clarrie Grimmett cricketer (in Dunedin Great Australian leg-spinner). [1]
• Birth of Earle Foxe Oxford Ohio; actor (Dance Fools Dance). [1]
• Birth of Kenneth A N Anderson British general (Dunkerk, North Africa). [1]

December 26

• Birth of Henry Miller author (Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer, Sexus). [1]
• Birth of Jean Galtier-Boissière French writer/cartoonist/journalist. [1]

December 30

• Birth of Antoine Pinay French premier (1952)/minister of Foreign affairs. [1]