- January 7
- Birth of Henny Porten in Magdeburg, Germany; silent screen star (Deception). [1]
- Birth of Maurice E McLoughlin; tennis champion (US Open-1912). [1]
- January 9
- Birth of Karel Capek in Bohemia, Austrian-Hungarian Empire; writer (Rossum's Univeral Robots); coined the word "robot". [1]
- Birth of Kurt Tucholsky in Berlin; German satirist and cabaretist. [1] [37]
- January 10
- Birth of Douglas MacLean in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; silent film comedian/producer (Going Up). [1]
- Birth of Ernest Milton in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Cat Girl, Fiddler's Three). [1]
- January 11
- Birth of Monte Blue in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; silent film actor (Montana, Oh Boy). [1]
- January 16
- Birth of Lloyd Bacon in San Jose, California, USA; actor (Charlie Chaplin). [1]
- January 22
- Birth of Fred M Vinson in Kentucky, USA; 13th Chief Justice of US Supreme Court (1946-53). [1]
- January 31
- Birth of Adolf Bach; German language/sociologist (Deutsche Namenkunde). [1]
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- February 2
- Birth of Jean J M de Lattre de Tassigny; French General (Indo-China). [1]
- February 3
- Birth of Charles [Andy] Correll in Peoria, Illinois, USA; actor (Calvin and the Colonel, Andy - Amos and Andy radio program). [1]
- Birth of Heinrich Barth; Swiss philosopher (Problem des Bösen). [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 Leonidovich Pasternak in Russia; novelist/poet (Dr Zhivago, Nobel Prize 1958). [1]
- Birth of Cor Ruys; Dutch actor (Princess Stage). [1]
- February 15
- Birth of Robert Ley; German chemist/Member of Parliament (NSDAP). [1]
- February 18
- Birth of Adolphe Menjou in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Front Page, A Star is Born). [1]
- Birth of Edward Arnold in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington). [1]
- Birth of Lauri SA Haarla; Finnish (stage)writer (Juudas, Sukeltaja). [1]
- February 24
- Birth of Marjorie Main [Tomlinson] in Action, Indiana, USA; actress (Another Thin Man). [1]
- March 1
- Birth of Jan Duiker; Dutch architect (Zonnestral). [1]
- March 3
- Birth of Edmund Lowe in San Jose, California; actor (Black Sheep, Front Page Detective, Dillinger). [1]
- March 6
- Birth of Fernand Ansseau; Belgian operator/theory (Orfeo). [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 Vaslav Nijinsky; Ukrainian/US ballet dancer (Petroesjka). [1]
- March 18
- Birth of Gerardus van der Leeuw; Dutch religion historian/minister of Education. [1]
- March 20
- Birth of Lauritz Melchior in 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 28
- Birth of Paul Whiteman in Denver, Colorado, USA; orchestra leader (Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club). [1]
- April 5
- Birth of Fie Carelsen; Dutch actress (Malle Gervallen). [1]
- April 6
- Birth of Anton Herman Gerard Fokker AKA Anthony Fokker in Blitar, East Java, Netherlands Indies; aircraft pioneer (Spider). [1]
- April 7
- Birth of Marjory Stoneman Douglas; environmentalist (first Lady of Everglades). [1]
- April 17
- Birth of Art Acord in Glenwood Sevier, Utah, USA; western actor (Arizona Kid, Hard Fists). [1]
- April 18
- Birth of James Rennie in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actor (Lash, Little Damozel). [1]
- April 19
- Birth of Lou Bandy AKA 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 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 Edward Elmer "Doc" Smith; US sci-fi author (Triplanetary). [1]
- May 5
- Birth of Christopher Morley; author (Kitty Foil). [1]
- May 6
- Birth of Claire Whitney in New York City, New York, USA; silent film actress (Blind Fools, Haunted Mine). [1]
- May 7
- Birth of Billy House in Minnesota, USA; actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg and I). [1]
- May 15
- Birth of Katherine Anne Porter; US novelist (Ship of Fools). [1]
- May 19
- Birth of Nguyen Sinh Cung AKA Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam; leader of Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945-1969). [1] [1113.52]
- May 20
- Birth of Beniamino Gigli in Italy; tenor (Enzo - La Gioconde). [1]
- May 21
- Birth of Albert van Raalte; conductor (AVRO-orchestra). [1]
- May 23
- Birth of Herbert Marshall in London, England; actor (Murder, Razor's Edge, Little Foxes). [1]
- May 26
- Birth of Kurt Edzard; German sculptor (nudes/portraits). [1]
- June 1
- Birth of Frank Morgan AKA Francis Wuppermann in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Maxwell House Coffee Time radio show, The Wizard of Oz movie (1939), Affairs of Cellini, Annie Get Your Gun). [1] [457]
- June 2
- Birth of Hedda Hopper; gossip columnist (From Under My Hat). [1]
- June 6
- Birth of Dorothy Heyward in New York City, New York, USA; 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). [1]
- Birth of Verna Felton in Salinas, California, USA; actress (Hilda - December Bride). [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 in Vienna, Austria; conductor (NBC Symphony 1945-46). [1]
- August 12
- Birth of Al Goodman in Nikopol, Russia; orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour). [1]
- August 15
- Birth of Jacques Ibert in Paris, France; composer (Escales). [1]
- August 20
- Birth of H.P. Lovecraft; American Gothic novelist (At the Mountains of Madness). [1] [5]
- August 21
- Birth of Bill Henry in San Francisco, California, USA; newscaster (Who Said That?). [1]
- August 24
- Birth of Duke Kahanamoku in Hawaii; 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1912, 1920). [1]
- September 10
- Birth of Franz Werfel in Austria; author (40 Days of Musa Dagh). [1]
- September 15
- Birth of Agatha Christie; mystery writer (Murder on the Orient Express). [1]
- Birth of Frank Martin in Geneva, Switzerland; composer (In Terra Fax). [1]
- September 24
- Birth of Alan Herbert in England; journalist/writer (Punch, Helen). [1]
- October 1
- Birth of Stanley Holloway in London, England; actor (Higgins - Our Man Higgins). [1]
- October 2
- Birth of Julius Marx AKA Groucho Marx in New York City, New York, USA; 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 13
- Birth of Conrad Richter; writer (The Light in the Forest). [1]
- October 14
- Birth of Dwight David Eisenhower in Denison, Texas, USA; Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, general of the Army, chief of staff of Army, commander of NATO, 34th US President (Republican, 1957-61). [1] [1049.1586]
- October 16
- Birth of Paul Strand in New York City, New York, USA; 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 in New Jersey, USA; Broadway actor (Tobacco Road, Iceman Cometh). [1]
- November 7
- Birth of Phil Spitalny in Ukraine; bandleader (Hour of Charm radio show (1935-46). [457]
- November 17
- Birth of Jack Cusack; pro football pioneer (Canton Bulldogs). [1]
- November 22
- Birth of Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle in Lille, France; head of Free French movement, president of French provisional government (1945-46), President of France (1958-69). [1] [1049.1587]
- December 5
- Birth of Fritz Lang in Germany; director (M, Metropolis). [1]
- December 8
- Birth of Bohuslav Jan Martinu in Policka, Bohemia; composer (Hry o Marti). [1]
- December 10
- Birth of George Merritt in London, England; actor (I Monster, Q Planes). [1]
- December 13
- Birth of Marc Connelly in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA; playwright (One Minute Please). [1]
- December 16
- Birth of Harlan Sanders; founder/CEO (Kentucky Fried Chicken). [1]
- December 18
- Birth of Edwin Howard Armstrong in New York City, New York, USA; 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 Mark Tobey; US abstract painter (Broadway Norm). [1]
- December 28
- Birth of Frank Butler in Oxford, England; actor/screenwriter (Road to Bali, China). [1]
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- January 1
- Birth of Alessandro De Stefani in Cividale del Friuli, Italy; writer (La Signorina, Africa sotto i mari). [1]
- Birth of Charles Bickford in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; character actor for 25 years in Hollywood films before the TV era (Playhouse 90, Ford TV Theater, John - The Virginian, Wagon Train, The Dick Powell Show, Days of Wine and Roses). [1] [457]
- Birth of Frank Pettingell in Liverpool, England; actor (Gaslight, Goose Steps Out). [1]
- January 5
- Birth of Johan Boskamp; Dutch actor/singer (Potasch and Perlemoer). [1]
- January 6
- Birth of Ted McDonald; cricket player (great Australian quick of 1920s). [1]
- January 8
- 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 in Estonia; writer (Ekke Moor). [1]
- January 15
- Birth of Osip E Mandelstam in Warsaw, Poland; Russian poet (Noise of Time). [1]
- January 17
- Birth of Marjorie Gateson in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (One Man's Family). [1]
- Birth of Norman "Squab" Read; US aviator who lived to be 101. [1]
- January 21
- Death of Calix Lavallee at age 48 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; composer ("O Canada"). [1] [457]
- January 22
- Birth of Moise Kisling; Polish/French painter (La Souris Boiteuse). [1]
- January 24
- Birth of Walter Model; German field marshal. [1]
- January 25
- Birth of Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies in Great Britian; actress (Cleopatra). [1]
- Birth of William C Bullitt; first US ambassador to USSR. [1]
- January 27
- Birth of Ilya Ehrenburg in Kiev, Ukraine; writer (Fall of Paris, The Thaw). [1]
- January 28
- Birth of Camille Melloy [Paepe]; Belgian poet (Parfum des Buis). [1]
- January 29
- Birth of R N Williams II; tennis champion (US Open-1914). [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 in Estonia; marathon runner (Olympics-silver 1920). [1]
- February 5
- Birth of Elizabeth Ryan in Anaheim, California, USA; doubles tennis champion (six-time Wimbledon). [1]
- Birth of Karl L Schmidt; German/Swiss theologist (Urchristentum). [1]
- February 9
- Birth of Pietro Nenni in Italy; socialist/minister of foreign affairs (1946-47). [1]
- Birth of Ronald Colman in England; actor (The Halls of Ivy radio and TV show, Tale of Two Cities (1947 Academy Award)), host (Favorite Story radio show). [1] [457]
- 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 Max Terhune; actor (Arizona Stagecoach, Hit the Saddle, Range Justice). [1]
- February 18
- Birth of Chester Clute in New Jersey, USA; actor (Niagra Falls). [1]
- February 19
- Birth of J C "Farmer" White; cricket player (Somerset slow lefty 1909-37). [1]
- February 22
- Birth of "Chico" Marx in New York City, New York, USA; actor/comedian (Marx Brothers, Animal Crackers). [1]
- Birth of Jan Wils in Holland; architect/designer (Amsterdam's Olympics Stadium). [1]
- February 26
- Birth of Alan Bridge in Pennsylvania, USA; actor (North of Arizona, Badmen of the Hills). [1]
- February 27
- Birth of David Sarnoff; US radio/TV pioneer/CEO (RCA). [1]
- March 3
- 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 in Chicago, Illinois, USA; comedian (Olsen and Johnson). [1]
- March 6
- Birth of Victor Kilian in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; actor (Gentleman's Agreement). [1]
- March 7
- Birth of Marcel Barger AKA 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 in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Gunga Din, Dr Zorba - Ben Casey). [1]
- March 14
- Birth of John P Strijbos; Dutch writer (Wandering through South Africa). [1]
- March 19
- Birth of Earl Warren in California, USA; American politician (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 24
- Birth of Annie "Charley" Toorop; Dutch painter (Three Generations). [1]
- March 27
- Birth of Lajos Zilahy; Hungarian/US author (Ararát/Süd a nap). [1]
- March 28
- Birth of Peter Suhrkamp; German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag). [1]
- March 30
- Birth of Jan B Cammans; Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov). [1]
- March 31
- Birth of Ion Pillat; Romaniams poet/senator (Umbra timpului). [1]
- Birth of Victor Varconi in Hungary; actor (Divine Lady, King of Kings, Big City). [1]
- April 2
- Birth of Max Ernst in Germany; painter/sculptor (founded surrealism). [1]
- April 9
- Birth of John Gobau; Flemish/Dutch actor (Electricity, Hostage Rights). [1]
- April 15
- Birth of Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter in Maces Springs, Virginia, USA; vocalist (Carter Family). [1]
- Birth of Wallace Reid in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actor/director/screenwriter (Every Inch a Man). [1]
- April 19
- Birth of Francoise Rosay in 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 in Milcoon Rapids, Iowa, USA; actress (Stella Dallas, Iron Mask). [1]
- 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 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 age 107. [1]
- May 11
- Birth of Henry Morgenthau Junior; US Secretary of the Treasury (1934-45). [1]
- May 13
- Birth of Fritz Rasp in Bayreuth, Germany; actor (Diary of a Lost Girl). [1]
- May 15
- Birth of Chief Nipo T Strongheart in Yakima, Washington, US; Indian actor (Pony Soldier). [1]
- Birth of David Vogel in Ukraine; author (Huwelijksleven). [1]
- Birth of Fritz Feigl in 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 Robert Gordon Sproul; educator/college president (University of California). [1]
- May 23
- Birth of Pär Lagerkvist in Sweden; novelist/poet/dramatist (Barabbas, Nobel Prize 1951). [1]
- May 24
- 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]
- June 21
- Birth of Hermann Scherchen in 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 in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Going My Way). [1]
- August 2
- Birth of Arthur Bliss AKA Edward Drummond in London, England; composer (Olympians). [1]
- September 4
- Birth of Felix Oskar Schlag in Germany; sculptor (1938 US Jefferson nickel). [1831.53]
- September 7
- Birth of Roscoe Karns in San Bernadino, California, USA; actor (Captain Shafer - Hennesey). [1]
- September 26
- Birth of Charles Munch in Strasbourg, Alsace, France; conductor (French Legion D'Honeur). [1]
- October 2
- Birth of H V Porter; basketball pioneer, created fan-shaped backboard. [1]
- October 13
- Birth of Irene Rich in Buffalo, New York, USA; 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; American politician (Governor-Democrat-New York), ambassador to USSR (1943-46). [1]
- November 20
- Birth of Leon Cadore; pitcher (pitched all of a 26-inning game). [1]
- December 1
- Birth of Foppe G Scheltema; Dutch lawyer (wreck laws). [1]
- December 4
- Birth of Felix Schlag in Frankfurt, Germany; designer of US Jefferson 5-cent coin. [573.42] (September 4 [435.38])
- December 7
- Birth of Fay Bainter in Los Angeles, California, USA; 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 in London, England; actor (Our Girl Friday, Banana Ridge). [1]
- December 19
- Birth of Edward Bernard Andre Maria in Raczynski, Poland; president-in-exile (1979-86). [1]
- December 21
- Birth of John W McCormack; American politician (Democrat) Speaker of the House (1962-70). [1]
- December 22
- Birth of Edward L Bernays in Vienna, Austria; first public relations agent. [1]
- December 25
- Birth of Clarrie Grimmett; cricket player (in Dunedin Great Australian leg-spinner). [1]
- Birth of Earle Foxe in Oxford, Ohio, USA; 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]
- December 30
- Birth of Antoine Pinay; French premier (1952), minister of Foreign affairs. [1]
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