Joseph Stalin18th December, Georgian, Russian
Communist Revolutionary & Ruler of former USSR
Pancho Villa5th June, Mexican
General
George M. Cohan3rd July, American
American playwright
Lionel Barrymore28th April, American
Actor
C. Rajagopalachari10th December, Indian
Politician, Independence Activist, Lawyer, Writer
Upton Sinclair20th September, American
American writer
Bill Robinson25th May, American
Dancer
Manuel L. Quezon19th August, Filipino
Former President of the Philippines
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia4th December, Russian
Military Leader
Lise Meitner7th November, Austrian
Physicist
Carl Sandburg6th January, American
Writer & Editor
Yakov Yurovsky19th June, Russian
Soviet Era Executioner
John B. Watson9th January, American
Psychologist
Martin Buber8th February, Austrian, Israeli
Philosopher
Louis Chevrolet25th December, Swiss, American
Founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company
Mirra Alfassa21st February, French
Spiritual Guru
Gustav Stresemann10th May, German
Chancellor of Germany
Lillian Moller Gilbreth24th May, American
Mother of Modern Management
J. F. C. Fuller1st September, British
General
Rezā Shāh15th March, Iranian
Political figure
Don Marquis29th July, American
Humorist
Carlos Saavedra Lamas1st November, Argentinian
First Latin American Nobel Peace Prize Recipient
Peyo Yavorov1st January, Bulgarian
Poet
Anton Hansen Tammsaare30th January, Estonian
Writer
Jack Johnson (Boxer)31st March, American
Alfred Doblin10th August, German
Writer, Doctor
The Great Gama22nd May, Pakistani
Amateur wrestler
Werner von Blomberg2nd September, German, Polish
Politician, Officer, Military personnel
Elizabeth Arden31st December, Canadian
Cosmetologist
Vallathol Narayana Menon16th October, Indian
Author
Maurice René Fréchet2nd September, French
Mathematician
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Janusz Korczak22nd July, Polish
Educationist, Pediatrician, Children's writer
John Masefield1st June, British
Poet
Sergio Osmeña9th September, Filipino
Former President of the Philippines
Paul Reynaud15th October, French
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
James Colosimo16th February, American
Criminal
Major Taylor30th November
Cyclist
Shigeru Yoshida22nd September, Japanese
Former Prime Minister
P. D. Ouspensky4th March, Russian
philosopher, writer
Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany24th July, Irish, British
Dramatist
Iwane Matsui27th July, Japanese
Soldier, Military personnel
Augustus John4th January, British
Painter, Etcher
Lionel Groulx13th January, Canadian
Historian
Glenn Curtiss21st May, American
Aviator
Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord26th September, German
Military personnel
Alfred Munnings8th October, British
painter
Princess Ingeborg of Denmark2nd August, Danish
Alexander von Falkenhausen29th October, German
Soldier, Politician, Military personnel
Clemens August Graf von Galen16th March, German
Bishop
Kōki Hirota14th February, Japanese
Politician, Diplomat
Horacio Quiroga31st December, Uruguayan
Poet, Writer, Novelist, Children's writer
André Citroën5th February, French
French industrialist
Harry Emerson Fosdick24th May, American
Pastor
James Truslow Adams18th October, American
Historian of the modern age, Historian, Biographer
Barney Oldfield29th January, American
Race-Car Driver
Jorge Ubico10th November, Guatemalan
Politician, Officer
Hans Ledwinka14th February, Austrian
Engineer, Entrepreneur
Yosano Akiko7th December, Japanese
Author
Ferenc Molnár12th January, Hungarian, American
Author
William Aberhart30th December, Canadian
Politician
Marcel Grossmann9th April, Swiss
Mathematician
Jan Łukasiewicz21st December, Irish, Ukrainian
Polish logician
Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel27th August, Lithuanian, Russian
Military Officer
Abdelaziz of Morocco24th February, Moroccan
Sultan of Morocco
Oliver St. John Gogarty17th August, Irish
Poet
Agner Krarup Erlang1st January, Danish
Mathematician, Engineer, Statistician
Eva Tanguay1st August, Canadian
Singer
Chen Jiongming18th January, Chinese
Political Figure
George Whipple28th August, American
Physician
Lucien Febvre22nd July, French
Historian
Othmar Spann1st October, Austrian
Economist, Philosopher, University teacher,
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski27th May, Polish
physicist, chemist, biologist, explorer,
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin5th November, Russian
Painter
Eino Leino6th July, Finnish
Poet
Richard Goldschmidt12th April, German, American
Geneticist
Ossip Gabrilowitsch7th February, American, Russian
Pianist
Takeo Arishima4th March, Japanese
Novelist
Emmy Destinn26th February, Czech
Operatic Soprano
Gustav Radbruch21st November, German
Politician
Paul Pelliot28th May, French
Sinologist
Lawrence Joseph Henderson3rd June, American
Physiologist
Alfréd Hajós1st February, Hungarian
Swimmer
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson2nd October, British
Poet
Georg Kaiser25th November, German
Dramatist
Grace Abbott17th November, American
Social Worker
Gordon Coates3rd February, New Zealander
Prime minister
Fred Fisher2nd January, American
Automobile-body manufacturer
Ernst Alexanderson25th January, Swedish, American
Electrical Engineer
Hans Zinsser17th November, American
Physician
Rutland Boughton23rd January, British
Composer
Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers3rd September, British
Tennis Player
Isaiah Bowman26th December, Canadian, American
Geographer
Adelaide Crapsey9th September, American
Poet
Marshall Taylor26th November, American
Sport cyclist