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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1893 January 1 Birth of Frank Badgley Ottowa Canada; actor (Man From Glengarry). [1] Birth of Jay Rescher Bayonne New Jersey, cinematographer (Girl of the Sea, Straight To Heaven). [1] January 3 Birth of Pierre Drieu La Rochelle French novelist/essayist (Gilles). [1] January 4 Birth of Manuel Palau Boix composer. [1] January 5 Birth of Friedrich Blume German musicologist (Das Rassenproblem in der Musik). [1] January 12 Birth of Hermann Göring in Rosenheim, Germany; head of Germany's air force, propaganda minister, one of the highest ranking Nazis. [1] [37] Birth of Alfred Rosenberg in Reval, Estonia; editor for Nazi party paper, Völkischer Beobachter, warned of a Jewish plot to take over the world. [37] January 13 Birth of Clarke Ashton Smith US, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds, Genius Loci). [1] Birth of Jan Evangelista Zelinka composer. [1] January 15 Birth of D Ivor D Novello Cardiff Wales, British actor/composer/writer (Lodger, Phantom Fiend, Truth Game). [1] Birth of Dragisa Cvetkovic Serbian premiere of Yugoslavia (1939-41). [1] January 16 Birth of Henry C Rümke Dutch psychiatrist (Periods in Man's Life). [1] January 18 Birth of John Lawrence Seymour composer. [1] Birth of Jorge Guillén Valladolid Spain, poet/critic (Cántico, Final). [1] January 20 Birth of Kaj Birket-Smith Danish etnologist/anthropologist (Eskimos). [1] January 22 Birth of Conrad Veidt Potsdam Germany; actor (Cabinet of Dr Caligari). [1] January 23 Birth of Frank Carlson (Governor/Republican/Senator-Republican-Kansas). [1] January 26 Birth of Bessie Coleman first black airplane pilot. [1] January 28 Birth of Elliot Griffis composer. [1] January 29 Birth of Edric Cundell composer. [1] Birth of Martian Negrea composer. [1] January 31 Birth of Freya Stark English explorist/author. [1] February 4 Birth of Bernard Rogers New York City, New York, composer (Warrior, Marriage of Aude, Passion). [1] Birth of Raymond Dart Australian paleoanthropologist (Australopithecus). [1] February 5 Birth of Roman Ingarden Polish philosopher (Studia philosophica). [1] February 6 Birth of Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan President of United Nations General Assembly (1962-63). [1] February 10 Birth of Jimmy Durante New York City, New York, long-nosed comedian (and good-night Mrs Calabash). [1] Birth of William [Bill] T Tilden II tennis player (US Open 1920-25, 29). [1] February 11 Birth of Johan C P Alberts Dutch literary (Festival). [1] February 12 Birth of Marcel G J Minnaert Dutch astronomer. [1] Birth of Omar Bradley General of Army WWII "The GI General". [1] February 13 Birth of Ana Pauker-Rabensohn Romania, communist/foreign minister (1945-52). [1] February 14 Birth of Kay Fisker Danish architect (Hornbeck House, Copenhagen). [1] February 15 Birth of Harm H Kamerlingh Onnes painter/etcher/ceramist. [1] Birth of Walter Donaldson US pianist/composer (Girl Crazy, Whoopee). [1] February 16 Birth of Ivor Armstrong Richards England, literary critic. [1] February 19 Birth of Cedric Hardwicke Stourbridge England; actor (Peter Pan, Richard III). [1] Birth of Pietro Pancrazi Italian critic (Scrittori d'Oggi). [1] February 20 Birth of Russel Crouse journalist/novelist/playwright (Life with Father). [1] February 21 Birth of Andrés Segovia Linares Spain, classical guitarist. [1] Birth of Vsevolod Pudovkin Soviet film director/theorist (Mother, Deserter). [1] February 26 Birth of Ivor A "I A" Richards English poet/critic (Meaning of Meaning). [1] Birth of William Frawley Iowa; actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy, Bub-My 3 Sons). [1] February 27 Birth of Joseph Messner composer. [1] Birth of Ralph Linton US cultural anthropologist (Tree of Culture). [1] February 28 Birth of Ben Hecht New York City, New York, novelist/playwright/screenwriter (The Front Page). [1] March 1 Birth of Theo Frenkel actor (Footlights, Hague's Comedy). [1] March 2 Birth of Maxime Dumoulin composer. [1] March 3 Birth of Beatrice Wood potter/artist/author. [1] Birth of Bill Nestell California; actor (Dangerous Venture, Buckskin Frontier). [1] Birth of Karel Lotsy Dutch insurance director/Olympics-chief d'équipe. [1] March 5 Birth of Emmett J Culligan founder of water treatment organization. [1] March 6 Birth of Kathleen Smoothy housewife (last link to Siege of Sidney Street). [1] Birth of [Walter] Furry Lewis father of the blues. [1] March 9 Birth of Edgar Scauflaire Belgian muralist/decorator. [1] Birth of Hans Munch composer. [1] March 16 Birth of Isobel Elsom actress (My Fair Lady, Love From a Stranger). [1] March 18 Birth of Wilfred Owen England, anti-war poet (Anthem for Doomed Youth). [1] March 21 Birth of Geoffrey Dearmer poet. [1] March 24 Birth of George Sisler baseball hall of fame first baseman (257 hits in 1920). [1] March 25 Birth of Edward Hart (Representative-Democrat-New Jersey)/first chairman of Committee on Un-American Activities. [1] March 26 Birth of Palmiro Togliatti founder (Communist Party of Italy). [1] March 27 Birth of Dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic Yugoslavian General/Nazi collaborator. [1] Birth of Karl Mannheim Hung/German/British sociologist (Ideology and Utopia). [1] Birth of William Harrigan New York City, New York; actor (Affair of Three Nations, Cabaret). [1] March 31 Birth of Clemens Krauss Vienna Austria, conductor (Berlin State Orchestra-1937). [1] April 1 Birth of Cicely Courtneidge Sydney Australia, actress (Double Exposure). [1] April 3 Birth of Leslie Howard [Stainer] London England; actor (Ashley Wilkes-Gone With the Wind). [1] April 5 Birth of Clas Thunberg Finland, speed skater (Olympics-gold-1924, 28). [1] Birth of Pál Szabó Hungarian farmer/author (Talpalatnyi Föld). [1] April 7 Birth of Allan W Dulles US diplomat/Central Intelligence Agency head 1953-61 (Germany's Underground). [1] Birth of Irene Castle dancer (leader in anti-vivisection movement). [1] April 8 Birth of Grace Cunard Columbus Ohio, silent screen actress (Resurrection). [1] Birth of Henri Puvrez Belgian sculptor (Sereniteit). [1] Birth of Mary Pickford [Gladys Louise Smith] in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (Poor Little Rich Girl, Daddy Long Legs). [1] (1892 [5]) April 11 Birth of Dean G Acheson statesman/US Secretary of State (1949-53). [1] Birth of Johannes T Thijsse Dutch founder (Waterloopkundig lab Delft). [1] April 16 Birth of Federico Mompou composer. [1] Birth of Joseph Yasser composer. [1] April 20 Birth of Harold Lloyd Burchard Nebraska, silent comic (Why Worry, Safety Last). [1] Birth of Hermann Ungar writer. [1] Birth of Joan Miró Spain, painter/sculptor (Dog Barking at the Moon). [1] April 23 Birth of Frank Borzage Salt Lake City, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo). [1] April 24 Birth of Robert Harron New York City, New York; actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance). [1] April 26 Birth of Anita Loos author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes). [1] April 27 Birth of Norman Bel Geddes Adrian Michigan, theatrical designer (Rivals, Dead End). [1] April 29 Birth of Elisaveta Bagrjana [Beltsheva], Bulgaria, poet. [1] Birth of Harold C Urey Walkerton Indiana, physicist (discovered Deuterium, Nobel Prize 1934). [1] April 30 Birth of Joachim von Ribbentrop German SS führer/foreign minister. [1] May 2 Birth of Beppie Nooij Jr Dutch actress (Rooie Sien) [or May 13, 1912]. [1] May 3 Birth of Hope Landin Minneapolis Minnesota. [1] May 4 Birth of Edgar Dearing Ceres California; actor (Abraham Lincoln, Free and Easy). [1] Birth of Royal Butler [Edwin Richey] Atlanta Georgia, USA; actor. [1] May 8 Birth of Francis Quimet Massachusetts shop assistant who won golf's US Open (1913). [1] May 14 Birth of Ivan Alexandrovich Vishnegradsky composer. [1] May 15 Birth of Michel Gusikoff composer. [1] Birth of Stanley Lupino English comic (Cheer Up, Over She Goes). [1] May 16 Birth of José Calvo Sotelo Spanish minister of Finance (1925-30). [1] Birth of Paul Amadeus Pisk composer. [1] May 21 Birth of Arthur Carr cricket captain (England vs Australia 1926). [1] Birth of Simon Delmonte actor/director (Boemeladvocaat). [1] May 24 Birth of W H Walter Baade German/US astronomer (Andromeda). [1] May 26 Birth of Norma Talmadge Jersey City New Jersey, actress (Sign on the Door, Camille). [1] Birth of Sir Eugene Goossens London England, conductor/composer (Perseus). [1] June 9 Birth of Cole Porter Indiana, composer/lyricist (Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate). [1] June 13 Birth of Dorothy L Sayers in England; novelist (Nine Taylors) (dies 1957). [1] [5] June 25 Birth of Charlotte Greenwood Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Oklahoma, Moon over Miami). [1] June 26 Birth of Big Bill Broonzy Miss, blues singer/guitarist (Blues by Broonzy). [1] July 1 Birth of Walter Francis White Atlanta Georgia. [1] July 7 Birth of Vladimir Mayakovsky Soviet Georgia, poet (Ode to Revolution). [1] July 8 Birth of Fritz Perls father of Gestalt therapy. [1] July 14 Birth of Spencer Williams Vidalia La; actor (Andy-Amos 'n' Andy). [1] July 23 Birth of Karl Menninger psychiatrist (Menninger Clinic). [1] August 6 Birth of Guthrie McClintic Seattle Washington, Broadway producer/director (Winterset). [1] August 10 Birth of Douglas Stuart Moore Cutchogue New York, composer (Good Night Harvard). [1] Birth of Viscount Dunrossil Scotland, Governor General of Australia (1959-61). [1] August 12 Birth of Howard Smith Attleboro Massachusetts; actor (Harvey Griffin-Hazel). [1] August 15 Birth of Harlow H Curtice president of General Motors (1953-8). [1] August 22 Birth of Dorothy Parker US, short story writer (1958 Marjorie Peabody Award). [1] August 30 Birth of Huey P Long Winn Parish La, (gov/sen-Democrat-Louisiana). [1] September 10 Birth of Al "Fuzzy" Saint John Santa Ana California; actor (Lash of the West). [1] September 16 Birth of Albert Szent-Györgyi Hungary, biochemist (Nobel Prize 1937). [1] September 18 Birth of Arthur Benjamin Sydney Australia, composer (Jamaican Rumba). [1] September 29 Birth of Fabien Sevitzky Vishny Volotchok Russia, conductor (Philadelphia Orch). [1] October 1 Birth of Faith Baldwin New Rochelle New York, author/novelist (They Who Love). [1] October 18 Birth of Sir Sidney Holland New Zealand, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1949-57). [1] October 30 Birth of Charles Atlas; body builder. [1] [5] October 31 Birth of Sara Allgood Dublin Ireland, actress (Jane Eyre, Spiral Staircase). [1] November 25 Birth of Robert Ripley illustrator (Believe it or Not). [1] December 1 Birth of Ernst Toller writer. [1] Birth of Herman Griffith cricketer (pioneering West Indies pace bowler). [1] December 2 Birth of Julius Bissier German painter. [1] Birth of Louis Freeman band leader. [1] Birth of William Gaxton San Francisco California; actor (Destry, Convoy). [1] December 6 Birth of Lou Little college football hall of fame coach (elected 1960). [1] December 10 Birth of Walter Rein composer. [1] December 12 Birth of Edward G Robinson [Goldenberg] Romania; actor (10 Commandments). [1] December 13 Birth of Curt Jurgens Munich Germany; actor (Enemy Below, Longest Day). [1] December 16 Birth of Vladimir Golschmann Paris France, conductor with Immortal Downbeat. [1] December 17 Birth of Erwin Piscator German stage director (Der Stellvertreter). [1] December 19 Birth of Harry Blomberg Swedish author (Mäster Jacob). [1] December 23 Birth of Ann O'Neal Missouri, actress (Nana-Professional Father). [1] December 24 Birth of Carl Brisson Copenhagen Denmark; actor (Murder at the Vanities). [1] Birth of Ruth Chatterton US actress (Madame X, Sarah and Son). [1] December 25 Birth of Bert Bertram actor (How to Steal a Million). [1] Birth of Fred Hillebrand Brooklyn New York; actor (Martin Kane). [1] Birth of Ropert L Ripley Santa Rosa California, cartoonist (Believe It or Not). [1] December 26 Birth of Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky composer. [1] Birth of Mao Tse-tung of little red book fame, Prime Minister of People's Republic of China (1949-76). [1] Birth of Yury Nikolayevich Tyulin composer. [1] December 31 Birth of J M Blankenberg cricketer (60 wickets in 18 Tests for South Africa). [1] Birth of Max Lamberty Flemish sociologist/author (Flemish Resurrection). [1]