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-Ohio). [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 7

• Birth of Herbert R O'Connor in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; (Senator-Maryland)/TV narrator (Crime Syndicated). [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]