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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1903 January 2 Birth of Anton van Duinkerken [Willem JMA Asselbergs], literary. [1] January 3 Birth of Charles Foulkes Canada, General. [1] January 4 Birth of Joris Diels Flemish actor/director (Haagsche Comedy). [1] Birth of Ramón Ernesto Cruz Uclés Honduras President (1971-72); overthrown. [1] January 5 Birth of Leighton Lucas composer. [1] Birth of Telésforo A Palm Curaçao, composer/pianist. [1] January 6 Birth of Boris Blacher Newchwang China, German composer (Orchester-Ornament). [1] Birth of Francis L Sullivan London England; actor (Missing Rembrandt). [1] Birth of Maurice Abravanel Saloniki Greece, conductor/composer. [1] Birth of Stanley Smith Kansas City Missouri; actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts). [1] January 7 Birth of Alan Napier Birmingham England; actor (Alfred-Batman). [1] Birth of Albrecht Haushofer writer. [1] Birth of Shalva Azmayparashvili composer. [1] Birth of Vladimir Alexandrovich Vlasov composer. [1] January 8 Birth of Gene Roth [Eugene Stutenroth], South Dakota; actor (She Demons, Spider). [1] January 10 Birth of Barbara Hepworth English abstract sculptor/actress (Rescued by Rover). [1] Birth of Jean Morel Abbeville France, conductor. [1] Birth of Jens A Schade Danish writer (Schadebogen, Losses Højsang). [1] January 11 Birth of Alan Paton in South Africa; writer (Cry, the Beloved Country). [1] January 12 Birth of Igor V Kurtshatov Russian nuclear physicist (first Russian nuclear bomb). [1] January 13 Birth of Kay Francis [Katherine E Gibbs], Oklahoma City Oklahoma, actress (False Madonna). [1] January 14 Birth of Veronica Turleigh County Donegal Ireland, actress (Promoter). [1] January 17 Birth of Warren Hull Gasport New York; actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World). [1] January 18 Birth of Berthold Goldschmidt in Hamburg, Germany; opera composer. [1] [37] January 19 Birth of Alfred Lane Beit connoisseur. [1] Birth of Boris Blacher Newchwang China, German composer. [1] Birth of Erwin Nyiregyhazi Budapest Hungary, pianist. [1] January 20 Birth of Leon Ames Portland Indiana; actor (Mr Ed, Father of the Bride). [1] Birth of Sybil Marion Rosenfeld theatre historian. [1] January 22 Birth of Robin Humphrey Milford composer. [1] January 24 Birth of Robert Gwathmey artist (Arts and Letters). [1] January 25 Birth of "Sleepy" John Estes rocker. [1] January 27 Birth of John Eccles British physiologist/neurologist. [1] January 28 Birth of Dame Kathleen Lonsdale crystallographer (first woman in Royal Society). [1] January 29 Birth of Cornelis H Edelman Dutch geologist. [1] January 30 Birth of G Evelyn Hutchinson British zoologist (Treatise on Limnology). [1] January 31 Birth of Gardner Cowles Iowa, publisher/founder (Look Magazine). [1] Birth of Tallulah Bankhead Huntsville Alabama, actress (Lifeboat, Die Die Darling). [1] February 1 Birth of Georg Rendl Austria miner/bee-keeper/writer (The Bees Novel). [1] February 2 Birth of Frank McGrath Mound City Missouri; actor (Wagon Train). [1] February 3 Birth of Priaulx Rainier composer. [1] Birth of Walter Linck Swiss sculptor. [1] February 4 Birth of Alexander Oppenheim mathematician. [1] Birth of Berend van den Amstel [Bernard CED Hattink]; actor (Beatrice). [1] Birth of Edwin Denby Tientsin China, US dance critic/poet (Snoring in N). [1] Birth of Frank Howley Hampton New York, Brigadier General (Answers for Americans). [1] Birth of Siro Cisilino composer. [1] February 5 Birth of Ivan Galamian Tabriz Persia, violinist. [1] Birth of Joan Whitney Payson owner of New York Mets and horse stables. [1] Birth of Nathaniel Owings Indianapolis Indiana, architect (Oak Ridge Tennessee; Sears). [1] February 6 Birth of John Dunning cricketer (New Zealand medium-fast bowler of 1930s). [1] Birth of Pieter G Buckinx Flemish writer (Temptation of Poverty). [1] February 8 Birth of Abdulrahman minister of Internal affairs/premier of Malaysia. [1] February 9 Birth of Georg Trexler composer. [1] February 10 Birth of Matvey Isaakovich Blanter composer. [1] February 11 Birth of Hans Redlich composer. [1] Birth of Rex Lease West Virginia; actor (Fast Bullets, Sunny Skies, Custer's Last Stand). [1] February 13 Birth of Georges Simenon Belgium, mystery writer (Snow Was Black). [1] February 16 Birth of Edgar Bergen Chicago Illinois, ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy). [1] February 17 Birth of Johannes Linthorst Homan director of the queen in Groningen. [1] February 18 Birth of Nikolaj V Podgorny President of USSR (1965-77). [1] February 19 Birth of Kay Boyle Saint Paul Minnesota, novelist (Plagued by Nightingales). [1] February 20 Birth of Ella Maillart explorer. [1] Birth of Karel Janacek composer. [1] Birth of Pierre Charles Belgian heavyweight boxer. [1] February 21 Birth of Anaïs Nin Paris, novelist (Winter of Artifice, House of Incense). [1] Birth of Eric Fogg composer. [1] Birth of Madeleine Renaud Paris France, actress (Helene, Longest Day). [1] Birth of Raymond Queneau [M Presle], French author (Un Enfant a Dit). [1] Birth of Thomas Yawkey baseball owner (Boston Red Sox). [1] February 22 Birth of Morley Callaghan Canada, author (Toronto Star, Native Argosy). [1] February 23 Birth of Grigori V Aleksandrov Russian director (Veselye Rebjata). [1] February 27 Birth of Reginald Gardiner Wimbledon England; actor (Great Dictator). [1] March 1 Birth of Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke Iowa, jazz cornetist (In a Mist). [1] March 3 Birth of Gilbert Adrian [Greenberg], Naugatuck Connecticut, costume designer. [1] Birth of Rabbe A Enckell Fins author/poet (Lutad about Brunnen). [1] March 4 Birth of Harold Berens comedian. [1] March 5 Birth of Lowell Peters Cleveland Tennessee, vocalist (Southernaires). [1] March 6 Birth of Elizabeth Pinkston Becker US, platform diver (Olympics-gold-1928). [1] March 10 Birth of Bix Beiderbecke jazz cornet player (In a Mist). [1] March 11 Birth of Dorothy Schiff publisher (New York Post). [1] Birth of George Dickinson cricketer (bowled for New Zealand in their first three Tests). [1] March 14 Birth of Molla Mustafa Barzani Iran, Kurd leader (KDP). [1] March 16 Birth of Mike Mansfield (Senator-Democrat-MT) majority whip. [1] Birth of Morgan Conway actor (Dick Tracy). [1] Birth of Nicolai Lopatnikoff Revel Estonia, composer (Variaioni Concertanto). [1] March 19 Birth of Benjamin M Telders President of Dutch Liberal States Party. [1] Birth of James Bullock colliery manager. [1] March 20 Birth of Vincent Richards hall of fame tennis pro (elected 1961). [1] March 22 Birth of James S Russell US pilot/Admiral (WWII Pacific Ocean). [1] Birth of Jochen Klepper writer. [1] March 24 Birth of Adolph F J Butenandt German bio-chemist (Nobel Prize 1939). [1] Birth of John Patrick Sutton Ludlow actor (Agatha). [1] Birth of Malcolm Muggeridge English writer (Observer of Life). [1] March 25 Birth of Frankie Carle Providence Rhode Island, orchestra leader (Golden Touch). [1] March 27 Birth of Walt Kiesling NFL guard/coach (Hall of Fame). [1] March 28 Birth of Rudolf Serkin Eger Bohemia, pianist (Marlboro School of Music). [1] March 30 Birth of Countee Cullen US poet (Color, Ballad of the Brown Girl). [1] Birth of Sol C Siegel US, producer (High Society, Gentlemen prefer blondes). [1] March 31 Birth of Arthur Godfrey New York City, New York, TV host (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts). [1] April 3 Birth of Peter Huchel writer. [1] April 5 Birth of Thomas Baron Pitfield composer. [1] April 6 Birth of Harold Edgerton foremost high-speed photographer. [1] Birth of Mickey Cochrane baseball hall of fame catcher (.320 average). [1] April 7 Birth of Willi Forst Austrian actor/director (Im weissen Rössl). [1] April 8 Birth of Ilka Chase New York City, New York, actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien). [1] April 9 Birth of Ward Bond Benkelman Nebraska; actor (Quiet Man, Fort Apache, Seth-Wagon Train). [1] Birth of Willem Pée Belgian linguist. [1] April 10 Birth of Clare Boothe Luce former US ambassador to Vatican. [1] Birth of Nick Stuart Romania, bandleader. [1] April 12 Birth of Jan Tinbergen Dutch economist/UN advisor (Nobel Prize 1969). [1] April 13 Birth of Rex Evans actor (Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, Zara, Matchmaker). [1] April 15 Birth of Erich Arendt German writer. [1] Birth of John Williams England; actor (Niles-Family Affair, Dial M for Murder). [1] April 17 Birth of Gregor Piatigorsky Ekaterinoslav Russia, cellist. [1] Birth of Nicolas Nabokov Near Lubcha Minsk Russia, composer (The Holy Devil). [1] April 18 Birth of Leonid Kinskey Saint Petersburg Russia; actor (Casablanca). [1] Birth of Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin composer. [1] April 19 Birth of Eliot Ness untouchable (Prohibition Agent for Department of Treasury-Chicago, Untouchables). [1] April 20 Birth of Dagmar Edqvist Swedish author (Kamrathustru-Wife and Comrade). [1] April 21 Birth of Hans Hedtoft premier Denmark (1947..55). [1] April 24 Birth of José A Primo de Rivera y Saénz de Heredia founder (Spanish Falange). [1] Birth of Mike Michalske NFL guard (New York Yankees, Green Bay Packers). [1] Birth of Siegfried F Nadel Austrian/British anthropologist (Black Byzantium). [1] April 25 Birth of Camilla Horn actress (Rebus, Vertigine, Polterabend, Matinee Idol). [1] Birth of Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen composer. [1] April 26 Birth of Geoffrey Worthington Air vice-marshall. [1] Birth of Niven Busch US screenwriter (Postman Always Rings Twice). [1] April 27 Birth of Frank Belknap Long American writer (Rim of the Unknown). [1] Birth of Hans Walter Kosterliz biochemist. [1] April 29 Birth of Frank Parker New York City, New York, singer (Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party). [1] April 30 Birth of Günther Raphael German composer (Symphony Breve). [1] May 2 Birth of Benjamin Spock in New Haven, Connecticut; pediatrician/author (Common Sense Book of Baby Care) (dies 1998). [1] [5] Birth of Oivin Fjeldstad composer. [1] May 3 Birth of Bing Crosby (Harry Lillis Crosby) Tacoma Washington, crooner/actor (White Christmas, Going My Way). [1] May 4 Birth of Luther Adler New York City, New York; actor (Dr Bernard Altman-The Psychiatrist). [1] May 5 Birth of James Beard US, culinary expert/author (Delights and Prejudices). [1] May 7 Birth of Basil Nield judge/politician. [1] May 8 Birth of Fernandel [Fernand Joseph Desire Contandin] French actor (Paris Holiday). [1] May 9 Birth of Walter Dehmel writer. [1] May 10 Birth of Kay Petre early racing driver. [1] May 11 Birth of Charlie Gehringer Detroit Tigers' second baseman (1924-42). [1] May 12 Birth of Lennox R F Berkeley British composer (Castaway). [1] Birth of Wilfrid Hyde-White England; actor (My Fair Lady, Peyton Place). [1] May 13 Birth of Alfred Pugsley civil engineer. [1] Birth of Paul Page Birmingham Alabama; actor (Girl From Havana, Moth). [1] May 14 Birth of Bertha Bohny [Lillian Bohny; Billie Dove] in New York City, New York; actress (Black Pirate, Stolen Bride) (dies 1997). [1] [104] May 15 Birth of Anny Ondra Czechoslovakia, actress (Blackmail, Manxman). [1] May 17 Birth of Douglas Packard British Lieutenant General. [1] May 18 Birth of George E Stone Lodz Poland; actor (Viva Villa, Last Mile). [1] May 20 Birth of Jerzy Fitelberg composer. [1] May 21 Birth of Ali Sastroamidjojo Indonesian attorney/minister/premier (1953..7). [1] Birth of Manly Wade Wellman Angola, sci-fi author (After Dark, Devil's Planet). [1] Birth of Pedro Aramburu President of Argentina. [1] May 23 Birth of Walter Reisch US, screenwriter (Ninotchka, Gaslight, Titanic). [1] May 24 Birth of Aram Katchaturian Armenian composer, (Earth). [1] Birth of Hilding Hallnas composer. [1] May 26 Birth of Estes Kefauver (Senator-Democrat-Tennessee). [1] May 28 Birth of Gaston Duribreux Flemish writer (Golden Sail). [1] May 29 Birth of Bob Hope [Leslie Townes] Kent England, entertainer/comedian (famous profile). [1] May 30 Birth of Countee Cullen Baltimore Maryland, poet (Black Christ and Other Poems). [1] Birth of Ray Howard-Jones artist. [1] June 6 Birth of Aram Khachaturian Tiflis Georgia, Russia, musician/composer (Gayane). [1] June 8 Birth of Marguerite Yourcenard author (Memoirs of Hadrien). [1] June 11 Birth of Ernie Nevers NFL fullback (Duluth Eskimos, Chicago Cardinals). [1] June 13 Birth of Harold "Red" Grange "Galloping Ghost" of football (Illinois Bears). [1] June 19 Birth of Henry Louis Gehrig first baseman (New York Yankees) "Iron Horse". [1] June 20 Birth of Glenna Collett Vare Rhode Island, National American Golf champion (1922, 25, 28-30, 35). [1] June 21 Birth of Al Hirschfeld cartoonist (1975 Tony Award). [1] Birth of Dorothy Stickney actress (And So They Were Married). [1] June 22 Birth of Carl Hubbell pitcher (New York Giants)-253 wins, 2.97 lifetime ERA. [1] Birth of John Dillinger one of America's Most Wanted. [1] June 24 Birth of Phil Harris singer/actor (Anything Goes). [1] June 25 Birth of Arthur Tracy street singer (Vincent Lopez Show). [1] Birth of George Orwell England, satirist/author (Animal Farm, 1984). [1] June 26 Birth of Floyd "Babe" Herman Brooklyn Dodgers' slugger (.324 lifetime average). [1] June 28 Birth of Alan Bunce Westfield New Jersey; actor (Albert-Ethel and Albert). [1] July 2 Birth of Lord Alex Douglas-Home (Conservative) British Prime Minister (1963-64). [1] Birth of Olav V England, King of Norway (1957). [1] July 4 Birth of Flor Peeters Antwerp Belgium, organist (Lied Symphony). [1] July 6 Birth of Axel Theorell Sweden, biochemist, studied enzymes (Nobel Prize 1955). [1] July 14 Birth of Irving Stone US, author (Love is Eternal, Lust for Life). [1] Birth of Ken Murray New York City, comedian (Ken Murray Show, Judy Garland Show). [1] July 18 Birth of Chill Wills Seagoville Texas; actor (Fronteir Circus, Rounders). [1] July 26 Birth of Donald Voorhees Allentown Pennsylvania, conductor (Bell Telephone Hour). [1] August 7 Birth of Louis Leakey; anthropologist (1964 Richard Hooper Medal). [1] [5] August 14 Birth of John Ringling North circus director. [1] August 19 Birth of Claude Dauphin Corbell France; actor (April in Paris, Deported). [1] Birth of James Gould Cozzens US, novelist (1949 Pulitzer-Guard of Honor). [1] August 22 Birth of René Wellek Vienna Austria, writer (Concepts of Criticism). [1] August 23 Birth of William Primrose Glasgow Scotland, violist (Method for Violin and Viola). [1] August 28 Birth of Bruno Bettelheim US, writer (Uses of Enchantment). [1] August 31 Birth of Arthur Godfrey radio, TV host (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout). [1] Birth of Sir Bernard Lovell England, radio astronomer, founded Jodrell Bank. [1] September 15 Birth of Roy Acuff Maynardville Tenn, country musician (Hee Haw). [1] September 25 Birth of Mark Rothko US, painter (Green on Blue). [1] September 29 Birth of Ted Decorsia Brooklyn, New York; actor (Police Chief Hegedorn-Steve Canyon). [1] October 1 Birth of "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom New York City, light-heavyweight boxing champion (1932-34). [1] October 8 Birth of Lina Radke Germany, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1928). [1] October 9 Birth of Walter O'Malley owner (Brooklyn Dodgers). [1] October 17 Birth of Irene Ryan El Paso Texas, actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies). [1] Birth of Jerry Colonna Boston Massachusetts, comedian (Jerry Colonna Show). [1] Birth of Nathanael West American novelist (Day of the Locusts). [1] October 28 Birth of Evelyn Waugh London, author (Brideshead Revisited). [1] November 3 Birth of Walker Evans US, photographer (Fortune Magazine). [1] November 7 Birth of Dean Jagger Lima Ohio; actor (Albert Vane-Mr Novak, Elmer Gantry). [1] Birth of Konrad Lorenz zoologist/ethologist/writer (Nobel Prize 1973). [1] November 9 Birth of Gregory Pincus inventor (birth control pill). [1] November 12 Birth of Jack Oakie Sedalia Missouri; actor (Great Dictator, 1974 Photoplay Award). [1] November 23 Birth of Victor Jory actor (Gone With the Wind, Papillon, Dodge City). [1] November 27 Birth of Johnny Blood aka John McNally, early NFL halfback (Green Bay). [1] Birth of Mona Washbourne actress (Stevie, Billie Liar, Driver's Seat). [1] December 4 Birth of Alfred Leslie Rowse historian. [1] Birth of Cornell Woolrich US, writer (El Angel Negro). [1] December 5 Birth of Cecil Frank Powell England, physicist, discovered pion (Nobel Prize 1950). [1] December 8 Birth of Adele Simpson New York City, New York, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946). [1] Birth of Cleo Brown pianist. [1] Birth of Irene Eisinger singer. [1] Birth of Kathleen (Kitty) Rosalind Muggeridge author. [1] Birth of Zoltan Szekely composer. [1] December 10 Birth of George J Lewis Guadalajara México; actor (Don-Zorro). [1] Birth of Una Merkel Covington Kentucky, actress (42nd Street, Abraham Lincoln). [1] Birth of William Plomer Transvaal, author (Paper Houses, I Speak of Africa). [1] December 12 Birth of Enid Balint-Edmonds psychoanalyst. [1] December 13 Birth of Carlos Montoya Madrid Spain, guitarist (Suite Flamenco 1966). [1] Birth of Jewgeni Petrow writer. [1] Birth of John Piper British writer (US Churches in WWI)/official war painter. [1] December 16 Birth of Hardie Albright Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter). [1] Birth of Rafael Alberti Spanish poet (El hombre deshabitado). [1] December 17 Birth of Erskine P Caldwell author (Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre). [1] December 19 Birth of Cyril Dean Darlington England, biologist (hereditary mechanisms). [1] Birth of George Davis Snell Bradford Massachusetts, geneticist (H-2 gene). [1] Birth of Theo Harych writer. [1] December 22 Birth of Dr Barbara Moore walked across US in 86 days in 1960. [1] Birth of H Keffer Hartline US, biophysicist (Nobel Prize 1967). [1] Birth of Marc Lavry composer. [1] December 23 Birth of Fredi [Fredericka] Carolyn Washington actress (Black and Tan). [1] Birth of Michael Kalatozov Russian producer (When the Cranes Fly). [1] December 25 Birth of Antiochos Evanghelatos composer. [1] Birth of Corry Lievens [Isabella MJ Adriaens] Flemish actress (Blue Bird). [1] Birth of J Edward Bromberg Hungary; actor (Mark of Zorro, Under two Flags). [1] December 28 Birth of John Von Neumann mathematician/astronomer (Bocher Award 1938). [1] December 29 Birth of Clyde McCoy jazz trumpeter/bandleader. [1]