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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1896 January 1 Birth of Maurice Jacobson composer. [1] Birth of Teinosuke KinugasaMie Ken Japan, writer/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon). [1] Birth of Yitzhak Edel composer. [1] January 2 Birth of Dziga Vertiv [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!). [1] Birth of Ernst-Lothar von Knorr composer. [1] January 4 Birth of André Aimé René Masson French Surrealist artist (Labyrinth). [1] Birth of Everett McKinley Dirkson (Senator-Republican-Illinois). [1] January 5 Birth of Hendrik Algra Dutch Member of Parliament (ARP). [1] January 6 Birth of Abram N Pritzker US businessman (Hyatt Hotels, McCall's magazine). [1] Birth of Freerk Siemon Wolters notary/resistance fighter. [1] January 7 Birth of Arnold Ridley Bath England; actor/dramatist (The Ghost Train). [1] January 8 Birth of Jaromir Weinberger Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Bird's Opera). [1] Birth of Manuel Rojas Sepulveda Chile, writer (Men of the South). [1] January 11 Birth of Paddy Driscoll NFL quarterback/coach (Chicago Cardinals, Chicago Bears). [1] January 12 Birth of Rex Ingram Ireland; actor/director (Elmer Gantry, God's Little Acre). [1] January 14 Birth of John dos Passos novelist (1919, Big Money, 42nd Parallel). [1] January 15 Birth of Jacobo Ficher composer. [1] January 17 Birth of Harry Reser Ohio, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show). [1] January 18 Birth of Hans H Holm Norwegian poet (Jonsoknatt). [1] January 20 Birth of Elmer R Diktonius Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik). [1] Birth of George Burns [Nathan Birnbaum], New York City, New York; actor/comedian (Oh God). [1] Birth of Rolfe Sedan New York City, New York; actor (Mailman-George Burns Show). [1] January 23 Birth of Charlotte grand duchess of Luxembourg (1919-64). [1] January 25 Birth of John Moores British gambling magnate/multi-millionaire. [1] January 29 Birth of Teddy Hoad cricketer (pioneering West Indian Test batsman). [1] February 1 Birth of Anastasio "Tacho" Somoza General/President of Nicaragua (1937-56). [1] February 2 Birth of Jane Wilde writer. [1] February 3 Birth of Johannes Urzidil writer. [1] February 4 Birth of Friedrich Glauser writer. [1] February 7 Birth of Harold Hoffman South Amboy New Jersey, (Governor-New Jersey). [1] Birth of Jacob Paludan Danish pharmacist/writer (Jørgen Stein). [1] February 8 Birth of Orville Caldwell California; actor (Patsy, French Doll, Last Warning). [1] February 10 Birth of Olin Howlin Denver Colorado; actor (Swifty-Circus Boy). [1] February 11 Birth of Else Lasker-Schüler writer. [1] February 15 Birth of Arthur Shields Dublin Ireland; actor (River, Enchanted Island). [1] February 16 Birth of Alexander Brailowsky Russia, pianist (Chopin). [1] Birth of Charles A L Panzéra French baritone (L'horizon Chimérique). [1] February 18 Birth of André Breton France, surrealist poet/writer (founder of surréalism). [1] February 20 Birth of Henri de Lubac French theologist/anti-fascist. [1] February 21 Birth of Sylvain Poons Dutch cabaret performer (Blue Jackets). [1] February 22 Birth of Edvin Wide Sweden, 10K runner (Olympics-silver-1924). [1] Birth of Enid Markey Dillon Colorado, actress (Aunt Violet-Bringing Up Buddy). [1] Birth of Nacio Herb Brown US composer. [1] Birth of Paul Van Ostaijen Flemish poet/writer/critic (Occupied City). [1] February 25 Birth of John J McClellan (Senator-Democrat-Arkansas). [1] February 26 Birth of Andrei A Zjdanov Russian politician (against kosmopolitism). [1] Birth of Eduard Flipse Dutch conductor/composer. [1] February 28 Birth of Philip Showalter Hench Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, physician (cortisone-Nobel). [1] February 29 Birth of Omer C F L Tulippe Belgian geographer. [1] Birth of Ranchhodji Morarji Desai premier of India (1977-79). [1] Birth of Stanley Swash CEO (Woolworths). [1] Birth of William W Wellman Brookline Massachusetts, director (Star is Born). [1] Birth of Wladimir Rudolfovich Vogel composer. [1] March 1 Birth of Dimitri Mitropoulos Athens Greece, conductor/composer. [1] March 7 Birth of Erwin Bodky composer. [1] March 10 Birth of Harry Krimer actor (Napoleon). [1] Birth of Nancy Cunard writer. [1] March 12 Birth of Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller San Francisco Blues Great. [1] March 13 Birth of Dorothy Aldis writer. [1] March 16 Birth of Conrad Nagel Keokuk Iowa; actor (Celebrity Time). [1] March 20 Birth of Hal Walker Ottumwa Iowa, director (I Married Joan). [1] March 22 Birth of Giulia D De Albertis writer. [1] March 24 Birth of Gianna Manzini writer. [1] March 26 Birth of Richard Flury composer. [1] April 3 Birth of Douwe Kalma Dutch literary/leader (Young Frisian Movement). [1] April 4 Birth of Robert Sherwood dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight). [1] Birth of Tristan Tzara [Samuel Rosenfeld] French poet (Approximate Man). [1] April 6 Birth of Juan Tomas Perez composer. [1] April 7 Birth of Benny Leonard lightweight boxing champion (1917-25). [1] April 8 Birth of Karl Hermann Pillney composer. [1] April 10 Birth of Edith Day Minneapolis Minnesota. [1] April 17 Birth of Senor Wences ventriloquist (his hand acts as a puppet). [1] April 18 Birth of C Eugène Wegmann Swiss geologist (Le Jura plissé). [1] April 20 Birth of Senor Wences ventriloquist (Close the Door). [1] April 21 Birth of Attila Hörbiger Austrian actor (Die Grosse Liebe, Die Julika). [1] Birth of Henry M de Montherlant French stage author (La Reine Morte). [1] April 23 Birth of Margaret Kennedy novelist. [1] April 27 Birth of Rogers Hornsby Winters Texas, second baseman (Saint Louis Cardinals). [1] Birth of Wallace Hume Carothers inventor (nylon). [1] April 29 Birth of Jacques Leon Wolfe composer. [1] Birth of Walter Mehring writer. [1] April 30 Birth of Reverend Gary Davis Laurens South Carolina, blues/folk guitarist (A Little More Faith). [1] May 11 Birth of Josip Slavenski composer. [1] Birth of Mari Sandoz Nebraska, author (Cheyenne Autumn). [1] Birth of Philippo de Pisis Italian painter. [1] May 13 Birth of Charles F Pahud de Mortanges Dutch equestrian (Olympics-gold-1928, 32). [1] May 17 Birth of Brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere composer. [1] Birth of Hannah Tillich writer. [1] May 18 Birth of Walter Fitzgerald Keyhan Devonport England. [1] May 19 Birth of Michael Balcon Birmingham England, producer/father of Jill Balcon. [1] May 25 Birth of Jan N Bakhuizen van den Brink theologist/church historian. [1] May 28 Birth of Marius Monnikendam Dutch choir composer. [1] Birth of Warren Giles baseball's National League president. [1] May 29 Birth of George L Funke botanist (Flower Physiology). [1] May 30 Birth of Howard Hawks Goshen Indiana, director/producer (Rio Bravo, Scarface). [1] June 6 Birth of Robert Sheriff playwright (Journey's End). [1] June 7 Birth of Robert Mulliken US, chemist/physicist (Nobel Prize 1966). [1] Birth of Vivien Kellems TV hostess (The Power of Women). [1] June 18 Birth of Blanche Sweet Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience). [1] Birth of Philip Barry US, dramatist (Philadelphia Story). [1] June 19 Birth of Mrs Simpson [Bessie Wallis Warfield), Duchess of Windsor, divorcee. [1] June 22 Birth of Francis C Denebrink US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea). [1] June 30 Birth of Wilfred Pelletier in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, conductor (Voice of Firestone). [1] July 16 Birth of Trygve Lie first United Nations Secretary-General (1946-52). [1] July 19 Birth of A.J. Cronin England, author (Citadel, Shining Victory). [1] July 21 Birth of Jean Rivier Villemomble France, composer (Vénitienne). [1] August 7 Birth of Ernesto Lecuona Havana Cuba, composer (Malagueña). [1] August 8 Birth of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Washington DC, writer (The Yearling). [1] August 9 Birth of Jean Piaget Switz, pioneer developmental psychologist/zoologist. [1] Birth of Leonide Massine choreographer (Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1914-20). [1] August 18 Birth of Alan Mowbray London England; actor (Dante, Colonel Flack). [1] August 21 Birth of Roark Bradford writer/humorist (Ol' Man Adan an' His Chillun). [1] August 24 Birth of Phil Baker Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; comedian (Who's Whose). [1] August 30 Birth of Raymond Massey Toronto Canada; actor (Dr Gillespie-Dr Kildare). [1] September 13 Birth of Morris Kirksey US, 4 X 100m (Olympic-gold-1920). [1] September 24 Birth of F Scott Fitzgerald Saint Paul, Minnesota, author (Great Gatsby). [1] September 27 Birth of George Bender Cleveland, (Rep/Senator-Republican-Oh). [1] Birth of Sam Ervin (Democrat-Senator-North Carolina), Watergate committee chairman. [1] October 7 Birth of Elijah Muhammad famous African. [1] October 11 Birth of Roman Jakobson linguist/Slavic scholar (Fundamentals of Language). [1] October 12 Birth of Eugenio Montale Italy, poet/translator (Xenia-Nobel Prize 1975). [1] October 14 Birth of Lillian Gish silent film/stage actress (Birth of a Nation). [1] October 15 Birth of Melville Cooper Birmingham England, TV panelist (I Got a Secret). [1] October 20 Birth of Nat Holman basketball coach (CCNew York). [1] October 22 Birth of Charles Glenn King biochemist (discovered vitamin C). [1] October 28 Birth of Howard Hanson Wahoo Nebraska, composer/conductor (Nordic). [1] October 30 Birth of Ruth Gordon Massachusetts, actress (Rosemary's Baby, Harold and Maude). [1] October 31 Birth of Ethel Waters Chester Pennsylvania, actress (Beulah)/singer (Stormy Weather). [1] November 1 Birth of Edmund Blunden English poet/critic (Undertones of War). [1] November 6 Birth of Jim Jordan radio comedian (Fibber McGee). [1] November 8 Birth of Bucky Harris baseball manager (Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees). [1] November 11 Birth of Charles "Lucky" Luciano Sicily, New York City Mafia gangster. [1] November 14 Birth of Mamie Doud Eisenhower first lady. [1] November 16 Birth of Lawrence Tibbett Bakersfield California, baritone (Metropolitan 1923-50). [1] November 25 Birth of Virgil Thomson Kansas City Missouri, composer/music critic (4 Saints in 3 Acts). [1] November 29 Birth of Philip L Carret Lynn Massachusetts, CEO (Pioneer Fund). [1] December 1 Birth of Petko Staynov composer. [1] December 2 Birth of Georgi K Zjukov marshal of Moskow/Stalingrad. [1] December 3 Birth of Boleslaw Szabelski composer. [1] Birth of John Urzidil Austria/US writer (Die erbeuteten Frauen). [1] December 4 Birth of Nikolai S Tichonov Russian writer (against Pasternak). [1] December 5 Birth of Willem F M Lampe Dutch ambassador of the Dutch Antilles. [1] Birth of [Lady Huxley] Juliette Baillot author. [1] December 6 Birth of Arnold Foster composer. [1] Birth of George Trafton NFL center (Chicago Bears). [1] Birth of Ira Gershwin lyricist ('S Wonderful, I Got Rhythm). [1] December 7 Birth of Juan Maria Thomas Sabater composer. [1] December 11 Birth of Georgi K Zjukov Russian minister of Defense (WWII). [1] December 12 Birth of Eslanda Goode US anthropology/author under Paul Robeson. [1] December 14 Birth of James H Doolittle US Army General (Raid on Tokyo 1942). [1] December 15 Birth of Carl Ferdinand Cori US bio-chemist. [1] Birth of George B Cressey US geographer (Asia's Lands and Peoples). [1] Birth of Margaret Bannerman Toronto Ontario, actress (Elopement). [1] Birth of Paul R Citroen Dutch sculptor. [1] December 19 Birth of John Seldon Whale theologian. [1] December 21 Birth of Carl Romme Dutch catholic foreman/KVP-Minister of Socialist Business. [1] Birth of Constantine Rokossovski Russian marshal/vice-premier of Poland. [1] Birth of Leroy Robertson composer. [1] December 22 Birth of Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov Saint Petersburg Russia, poet. [1] December 23 Birth of Alberto Hemsi composer. [1] Birth of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Sicilian writer (Der Leopard). [1] December 27 Birth of Arch Ward sportswriter (proposed baseball's all-star game). [1] Birth of Carl Zuckmayer German/Swiss/US playwright. [1] Birth of Ewan Calague economist/statistician (Social Security Board). [1] Birth of Louis Bromfield Mansfield Ohio, writer (Early Autumn, Pulitzer-1926). [1] December 28 Birth of Roger Huntington Sessions Brooklyn New York, composer (Black Maskers). [1] December 29 Birth of David Alfaro Siqueiros México, painter/muralist (Liberation of Chile). [1] December 30 Birth of Tom Keene Rochester New York; actor (Our Daily Bread). [1] December 31 Birth of Ronald Adam Herefordshire England; actor (Phantom Shot). [1]