1898

January 1

• Birth of George van Derton Belgian racer (won 500 race). [1]
• Birth of Viktor Ullmann opera composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis). [1]

January 3

• Birth of Johannes Hin Holland, yachtsman (Olympics-gold-1920). [1]
• Birth of ZaSu Pitts Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames). [1]

January 4

• Birth of Roger Vuataz composer. [1]

January 6

• Birth of Jan Filip Boon Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39). [1]

January 7

• Birth of Art Baker New York City, New York, TV host (You Asked For It). [1]
• Birth of Geronimo Baqueiro Foster composer. [1]

January 9

• Birth of Gracie Fields [Stansfield], England, music hall/vaudeville performer. [1]
• Birth of Vilma Banky Budapest Hungary, silent screen actress (Eagle, Rebel). [1]

January 10

• Birth of Sergei M Eisenstein Russian director (Alexandr Nevski). [1]

January 11

• Birth of Hans Rudolf Krik Danish writer/critic (Fiskerne, Slaven). [1]

January 12

• Birth of Jose Forns y Cuadras composer. [1]

January 13

• Birth of Pedro de Teixeira de Mattos Dutch diplomat. [1]

January 14

• Birth of Helen Flint Chicago, actress (Sea Devils, Married Before Breakfast). [1]

January 20

• Birth of Colin Clive [Greig], Saint Malo France; actor (Bride of Frankenstein). [1]

January 21

• Birth of Avery Claflin composer. [1]
• Birth of John George Syria; actor (Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu). [1]

January 22

• Birth of Alexander Abramsky composer. [1]
• Birth of Ben van Eysselsteijn Dutch writer (Arid Earth). [1]
• Birth of Gustaf Paulson composer. [1]
• Birth of Hans van Werveke Flemish historian (Diocese Terwaan). [1]
• Birth of Ross R Barnett lawyer/(Governor-Democrat-Mississippi). [1]

January 23

• Birth of Randolph Scott; actor (Last of the Mohicans, Western Union). [1] [5]
• Birth of Sergei Eisenstein Russia, film maker (Battleship Potemkin). [1]

January 25

• Birth of Joachim Wach German/US philosopher/sociologist (Understanding). [1]

January 28

• Birth of Vittorio Rieti composer. [1]
• Birth of Wies Moens Flemish writer/nazi. [1]

January 29

• Birth of Fernand Quinet Belgian cellist/composer/conductor (La Guerre). [1]
• Birth of Karl Bjarnhof Danish blind journalist/writer (History of Sascha). [1]

January 30

• Birth of Alfred Schläppi Switzerland, four man bobsled (Olympics-gold-1924). [1]

February 2

• Birth of Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar Dutch actress (Theatre De la Mar). [1]

February 3

• Birth of Alvar Aalto Finland, architect (Finlandia House). [1]
• Birth of Paul Urysohn Russian mathematician. [1]

February 10

• Birth of Bertolt Brecht Germany, playwright (Mother Courage)/composer. [1]
• Birth of Dame Judith Anderson Adelaide Australia, actress (Laura, Rebecca, Tycoon). [1]
• Birth of Joseph Kessel French journalist/writer (Army of the Shadows). [1]
• Birth of Robert Keith Fowler Indiana; actor (Battle Circus, Branded, Wild One). [1]

February 11

• Birth of Leo Szilard Hungary, physicist/atomic bomb worker/peace activist. [1]

February 12

• Birth of Leroy "Roy" Harris Oklahoma, composer (When Johnny Comes Marching Home). [1]
• Birth of Wallace Ford [Samuel Jones Grundy], Batton England; actor (The Deputy). [1]
• Birth of [Le]Roy Harris Oklahoma, composer (When Johnny Comes Marching Home). [1]

February 13

• Birth of Neville Pearson English publisher. [1]

February 14

• Birth of Fritz Zwicky Swiss astronomer (super nova). [1]

February 15

• Birth of Ibuse Masuji Japanese writer (Yôhai Taichô, Kuroi Ame). [1]
• Birth of Toto (Antonio de Curtis), Naples Italy; actor (Motorizzate, Noi Duri). [1]

February 16

• Birth of Katharine Cornell actress (Barretts of Wimpole St). [1]

February 17

• Birth of Tom Lowry cricketer (New Zealand batsman in seven Tests and their first Test captain). [1]

February 18

• Birth of K'Tut Tantri broadcaster/hotelier. [1]

February 19

• Birth of Lauwrens Voorthuyzen [Lou de Palingboer], Dutch sect leader. [1]

February 20

• Birth of Enzo Ferrari Modena Italy, racing car manufacturer (Ferrari). [1]

February 21

• Birth of Vassily Vainonen Russian ballet dancers/choreographer (Gayaneh). [1]

February 22

• Birth of Anton de Kom Surinam/Dutch worker's union leader/resistance fighter. [1]

February 23

• Birth of Reinhard Herbig German archaeologist. [1]

February 24

• Birth of Kurt Tank German WWII aircraft designer. [1]

February 25

• Birth of William Thomas Astbury English physicist/chemist (textiles). [1]

February 26

• Birth of Julien de Valckenaere Flemish writer. [1]

February 27

• Birth of Allison Danzig sports writer (Tennis Pictorial History). [1]
• Birth of Rutkowski Bronislaw composer. [1]

February 28

• Birth of Molly Picon Yiddish actress (Milk and Honey). [1]

March 6

• Birth of Hal Hooker cricketer (New South Wales pace bowler of 1920s and 1930s). [1]
• Birth of Jay C Flippen Little Rock Arkansas; actor (Ensign O'Toole, Jet Pilot, Killing, Thunder Bay). [1]
• Birth of Jimmy Conzelman NFL quarterback/coach/team owner (Chicago). [1]
• Birth of Jo[hanne M Bos-]Vincent Dutch soprano (Matthäus Passion). [1]

March 7

• Birth of Jan Bata Czechoslovakian shoe manufacturer. [1]

March 8

• Birth of Louise Beavers Cincinnati Ohio, actress (Beulah-Beulah, Made for Each Other). [1]
• Birth of Theophilus E Dönges South African minister of Internal Affairs. [1]

March 10

• Birth of Cy Kendall Saint Louis Missouri; actor (Mysteries of Chinatown). [1]

March 11

• Birth of Dorothy Gish Massillon Ohio, stage and silent film actress (Orphans of the Storm). [1]

March 12

• Birth of Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr Dutch actor (Sold Grandpa). [1]

March 13

• Birth of Josie Sedgwick Texas, actress (Son of Oklahoma). [1]

March 18

• Birth of Otto Jochum composer. [1]

March 23

• Birth of Georgios Grivas Greek General/opposition leader on Cyprus. [1]
• Birth of Hazel Dawn [LaTout] Ogden Utah, actress (Niobe, Under Cover, Feud Girl). [1]

March 24

• Birth of Dorothy Stratton organizer (SPARS-women's branch of US Coast Guard). [1]
• Birth of George Alpert railroad executive. [1]

March 26

• Birth of Renzo Massarani composer. [1]

March 29

• Birth of Cecil Lewis airman/writer. [1]

March 30

• Birth of Heinz Risse writer. [1]
• Birth of Joyce Carey London England, actress (Black Windmill). [1]

April 1

• Birth of Nita Naldi [Anita Donna Dooley] New York City, New York, actress (Blood and Sand). [1]
• Birth of Pola Gojawiczynska Polish writer (Stolica). [1]
• Birth of Roger Bastide French sociologist. [1]

April 3

• Birth of George Jessel; toastmaster general/entertainer (Diary of Young Comic) (dies 1981). [1] [5]
• Birth of Henry R Luce Tengchow China, publisher (Time, Fortune, Life, 1965 Fisher Award). [1]

April 6

• Birth of Bobby Gilbert Pennsylvania; actor (Rebel Set, Marcus Welby M.D.). [1]

April 8

• Birth of Achiel H Acker Belgian premier (1945-46, 1954-58). [1]
• Birth of Cecil [Maurice] Bowra British classics expert (Greek experience). [1]
• Birth of E Y "Yip" Harburg [Isidore Hochberg], lyricist/librettist. [1]

April 9

• Birth of Earl (Curly) Lambeau NFL coach (Green Bay Packers). [1]
• Birth of Julius Patzak Austrian tenor singer. [1]
• Birth of Paul Robeson Philadelphia Pennsylvania, singer (Old Man River)/actor/football player. [1]

April 10

• Birth of Hans Ehrke German writer/poet (Narrenspiegel, Füer). [1]

April 11

• Birth of Lou Holtz comedian/actor (Follow the Leader). [1]

April 12

• Birth of Sir Grantley H Adams President of Barbados. [1]

April 14

• Birth of Lee Tracy Atlanta Georgia, USA; actor (Martin Kane-Martin Kane Private Eye). [1]

April 15

• Birth of Nini de Boël Flemish operette singer (White Horse). [1]

April 16

• Birth of Marian Jordan Peoria Illinois, radio comedienne (Fibber McGee and Molly). [1]

April 18

• Birth of Lord Leatherland British journalist/Labour peer. [1]

April 19

• Birth of Constance Talmadge Brooklyn New York, comedienne/actress (Intolerance). [1]
• Birth of Sybil Andrews English/Canadian painter. [1]

April 21

• Birth of Steve Owen NFL tackle, coach (New York Giants). [1]

April 23

• Birth of Edwin E Dwinger German writer (General Vlassov). [1]

April 26

• Birth of Edward PF Eagan Denver Colorado, boxer (Olympics-gold-20)/bobsledder (Olympics-gold-32). [1]
• Birth of John Grierson documentary film maker. [1]
• Birth of Vicente Aleixandre Spain, poet (Ambito, Bird of Paper, Nobel Prize 1977). [1]

May 1

• Birth of Eugene R Black US, President of World Bank (1953-62). [1]

May 2

• Birth of Jef [Josephus C F] Last Dutch poet/politician (The Spark). [1]

May 3

• Birth of Golda Meir [Meyerson] Kiev Ukraine, fourth Israeli Prime Minister (1969-74). [1]
• Birth of Septima Poinsette Clark civil rights activist/educator. [1]

May 6

• Birth of Daniel Gerber Freemont Michigan, beloved by babies at mealtime. [1]

May 7

• Birth of Vera Chapman writer. [1]

May 10

• Birth of Ariel Durant writer (Story of Civilization). [1]
• Birth of Herbert Elwell Minneapolis Minnesota, composer (Happy Hypocrite). [1]

May 14

• Birth of Bonifacio Gil Garcia composer. [1]
• Birth of Zutty Singleton US jazz drummer. [1]

May 15

• Birth of Arlette-Leonie Arletty [Bathiat], Courbevoie France, actress (Maxime). [1]

May 16

• Birth of August de Schrijver Belgian politician/founder (CVP). [1]

May 18

• Birth of Juan J Domenchina Spanish poet/interpreter (sombra desterrada). [1]

May 21

• Birth of Armand Hammer New York City, New York, millionaire industrialist (Occidental Petroleum). [1]
• Birth of Charles Hába Czechoslovakia, violinist/composer. [1]

May 22

• Birth of René de Vos Dutch actor/composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven). [1]

May 23

• Birth of Frank McHugh actor (Front Page, Gold Diggers 1935, Mighty Joe Young). [1]
• Birth of Joseph Hazen lawyer. [1]

May 24

• Birth of Kathleen Hale British children book writer/illustrator (Orlando). [1]

May 25

• Birth of Bennett Cerf publisher (Random House) panelist (What's My Line?). [1]
• Birth of Gene Tunney world heavyweight boxing champion (1926-30). [1]
• Birth of Gustav Regler writer. [1]
• Birth of Mischa Levitzki composer. [1]

May 26

• Birth of Ernst Bacon composer. [1]
• Birth of Gerard Bertouille composer. [1]

May 28

• Birth of Andy Kirk jazz musician. [1]

May 31

• Birth of Johan Brouwer Dutch pianist/writer/resistance fighter. [1]
• Birth of Norman Vincent Peale Ohio, clergyman (Power of Positive Thinking). [1]

June 1

• Birth of Curtis Stevens US, two man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1932). [1]
• Birth of Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild New York City, bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show). [1]
• Birth of Molly Picon actress (Milk and Honey, Fiddler on the Roof). [1]

June 5

• Birth of Federico García Lorca Spain, poet/dramatist (Blood Wedding). [1]

June 6

• Birth of Walter Abel actor Saint Paul Minnesota; actor (Suspicion, Dream Girl). [1]

June 17

• M. C. Escher is born; artist (dies 1972). [5]

June 22

• Birth of Erich Maria Remarque novelist (All Quiet on the Western Front). [1]

June 30

• Birth of George Chandler Waukegan Illinois; actor (Lassie). [1]

July 4

• Birth of Johnny Lee Missouri; actor (Calhoun-Amos 'n' Andy). [1]

July 8

• Birth of Alec Waugh London, novelist (Island in the Sun); brother of Evelyn. [1]
• Birth of Melville Ruick Boise Idaho; actor (Barton-City Hospital). [1]

July 17

• Birth of Berenice Abbott Springfield Ohio, photographer (World of Atget). [1]

July 19

• Birth of Herbert Marcuse Berlin, communist philosopher (One-Dimensional Man). [1]

July 22

• Birth of Alexander Calder sculptor (mobiles, stabiles). [1]
• Birth of Stephen Vincent Benét US, writer (The Devil and Daniel Webster). [1]

July 23

• Birth of Mervyn "Red" Dutton Manitoba, second NHL president (1943-46). [1]

July 24

• Birth of Amelia Earhart into the wild blue yonder. [1]

July 29

• Birth of Isidor Isaac Rabi Poland, physicist (explored atom-Nobel Prize-1944). [1]

July 30

• Birth of Henry Moore England, sculptor (Vertebrae). [1]

August 1

• Birth of Morris Stoloff Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; violinist (Picnic, Pal Joey). [1]

August 13

• Birth of Jean Borota France, tennis champion (35 Wimbledons between 1922-64). [1]

August 15

• Birth of Lillian Carter President Carter's mom. [1]

August 24

• Birth of Albert Claude Belgium, physician (Nobel Prize 1974). [1]
• Birth of Malcolm Cowley Belsano Pennsylvania, author (Flowering of New England). [1]

September 8

• Birth of Queenie Smith New York City, actress/dancer (Funny Side). [1]

September 9

• Birth of Frank (Fordham Flash) Frisch New York City, baseball player (National League Most Valuable Player 1931). [1]

September 12

• Birth of Ben Shahn painter (1964 Arts and Letters). [1]

September 19

• Birth of Giuseppe Saragat president of Italy (1964-71). [1]

September 24

• Birth of Baron Florey Aust, pathologist; purified penicillin (Nobel '45). [1]

September 26

• Birth of George Gershwin [Jacob Gershvin] in Brooklyn, New York, USA; composer (Rhapsody in Blue). [1] [5]

October 7

• Birth of Alfred Wallenstein Chicago Illinois, conductor (Chicago Symphony 1922-29). [1]

October 16

• Birth of Arthur H Dean lawyer/advisor to Franklin Roosevelt. [1]
• Birth of William O Douglas Maine, US supreme court justice (1939-75). [1]

October 18

• Birth of Lotte Lenya Vienna Austria; actor/singer (Appointment, Semi-Tough). [1]

October 22

• Birth of Damaso Alonso Spanish poet (Hijos de la ira). [1]

November 9

• Birth of Paul Robeson actor/singer/football star (King Solomon's Mines). [1]

November 11

• Birth of Rene Clair director (I Married a Witch). [1]

November 13

• Birth of Earl Sande jockey (Hall of Famer). [1]

November 18

• Birth of Joris Ivens Nijmegen Netherlands, director (Rain). [1]

November 21

• Birth of René Magritte painter (This is Not a Pipe). [1]

November 22

• Birth of Wiley Post Grand Plain Texas, aviator/parachutist (crashed in Alaska). [1]

November 29

• Birth of CS Lewis English writer/scholar (Le Roman de la Rosa). [1]

November 30

• Birth of Roy (Link) Lyman NFL tackle (Chicago Bears). [1]

December 1

• Birth of Cyril Ritchard Sydney Australia; actor (Peter Pan, Hans Brinker). [1]

December 3

• Birth of Lev Konstantinovich Knipper composer. [1]

December 6

• Birth of Alfred Eisenstaedt photo journalist. [1]
• Birth of Gunnar Myrdal Sweden, sociologist/economist (Nobel Prize 1974). [1]
• Birth of Herman Shumlin actor (Watch on the Rhine). [1]

December 9

• Birth of Emmett Kelly Sedan Kansas, circus clown (Weary Willie). [1]

December 10

• Birth of Anton Mauve Dutch painter. [1]
• Birth of Yuri N Libedinski Ukrainian writer (Birth of Hero). [1]

December 11

• Birth of Nils J E Ferlin Swedish poet (Barfotabarn). [1]

December 13

• Birth of Daniel Lazarus composer. [1]

December 14

• Birth of Frederick Douglass Hall composer. [1]

December 15

• Birth of Fernando Remacha composer. [1]

December 18

• Birth of Jacob Kruijt Dutch sociologist. [1]

December 20

• Birth of Irene [Marie] Dunne Louisville Kentucky, actress (Show Boat, I Remember Mama, My Favorite Wife). [1]

December 21

• Birth of Eugène Dabit French writer/painter (Hôtel du Nord). [1]
• Birth of Ira S Bowen US physicist/astronomer (Mount Wilson/Palomar). [1]

December 22

• Birth of Lionel Charles Robbins Middlesex England, economist. [1]

December 25

• Birth of Theo Swagemakers Dutch portrait painter. [1]

December 29

• Birth of Jeanne Leleu composer. [1]

December 30

• Birth of Vincent Lopez Brooklyn New York, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard). [1]