Joseph Stalin18th December, Georgian, Russian
Communist Revolutionary & Ruler of former USSR
Upton Sinclair20th September, American
American writer
Jack Johnson (Boxer)31st March, American
Pancho Villa5th June, Mexican
General
Manuel L. Quezon19th August, Filipino
Former President of the Philippines
C. Rajagopalachari10th December, Indian
Politician, Independence Activist, Lawyer, Writer
Lionel Barrymore28th April, American
Actor
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia4th December, Russian
Military Leader
Bill Robinson25th May, American
Dancer
John B. Watson9th January, American
Psychologist
Lise Meitner7th November, Austrian
Physicist
Yakov Yurovsky19th June, Russian
Soviet Era Executioner
Carl Sandburg6th January, American
Writer & Editor
Martin Buber8th February, Austrian, Israeli
Philosopher
Mirra Alfassa21st February, French
Spiritual Guru
Gustav Stresemann10th May, German
Chancellor of Germany
George M. Cohan3rd July, American
American playwright
Louis Chevrolet25th December, Swiss, American
Founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company
Lillian Moller Gilbreth24th May, American
Mother of Modern Management
J. F. C. Fuller1st September, British
General
Alfred Doblin10th August, German
Writer, Doctor
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
Sergio Osmeña9th September, Filipino
Former President of the Philippines
Harry Carey16th January, American
Actor
James Colosimo16th February, American
Criminal
Charles Joughin3rd August, British, American
Chef
The Great Gama22nd May, Pakistani
Amateur wrestler
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Ernest Joseph King23rd November, American
Naval Officer
Werner von Blomberg2nd September, German, Polish
Politician, Officer, Military personnel
Elizabeth Arden31st December, Canadian
Cosmetologist
Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel27th August, Lithuanian, Russian
Military Officer
Janusz Korczak22nd July, Polish
Educationist, Pediatrician, Children's writer
Paul Reynaud15th October, French
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
Major Taylor26th November, American
Cyclist
Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany24th July, Irish, British
Dramatist
Edward Thomas3rd March, British
Poet
Iwane Matsui27th July, Japanese
Soldier, Military personnel
Shigeru Yoshida22nd September, Japanese
Former Prime Minister
Princess Ingeborg of Denmark2nd August, Danish
John Masefield1st June, British
Poet
Augustus John4th January, British
Painter, Etcher
P. D. Ouspensky4th March, Russian
philosopher, writer
Vallathol Narayana Menon16th October, Indian
Author
Clemens August Graf von Galen16th March, German
Bishop
André Citroën5th February, French
French industrialist
Glenn Curtiss21st May, American
Aviator
Horacio Quiroga31st December, Uruguayan
Poet, Writer, Novelist, Children's writer
Alfred Munnings8th October, British
painter
Alexander von Falkenhausen29th October, German
Soldier, Politician, Military personnel
Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord26th September, German
Military personnel
Hattie Ophelia Caraway1st February, American
U.S. Representative
Kōki Hirota14th February, Japanese
Politician, Diplomat
Yosano Akiko7th December, Japanese
Author
Robert Walser15th April, Swiss
James Truslow Adams18th October, American
Historian of the modern age, Historian, Biographer
Ferenc Molnár12th January, Hungarian, American
Author
Jorge Ubico10th November, Guatemalan
Politician, Officer
Conrad Schlumberger2nd October, German, French
Geophysicist
Harry Emerson Fosdick24th May, American
Pastor
Barney Oldfield29th January, American
Race-Car Driver
Sir William Orpen27th November, Irish
Artist
Abdelaziz of Morocco24th February, Moroccan
Sultan of Morocco
Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria7th July, Austrian
Princess
Georges Valois7th October, French
Journalist
Franz Schreker23rd March, Austrian
Composer
Lucien Febvre22nd July, French
Historian
Jan Łukasiewicz21st December, Irish, Ukrainian
Polish logician
Marcel Grossmann9th April, Swiss
Mathematician
Hans Ledwinka14th February, Austrian
Engineer, Entrepreneur
Chen Jiongming18th January, Chinese
Political Figure
Agner Krarup Erlang1st January, Danish
Mathematician, Engineer, Statistician
Oliver St. John Gogarty17th August, Irish
Poet
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski27th May, Polish
physicist, chemist, biologist, explorer,
Eva Tanguay1st August, Canadian
Singer
Léon Werth17th February, French
Writer
Ernst Alexanderson25th January, Swedish, American
Electrical Engineer
William Aberhart30th December, Canadian
Politician
Geórgios Kondílis14th August, Greek
Politician
Gustav Radbruch21st November, German
Politician
Grace Abbott17th November, American
Social Worker
Ossip Gabrilowitsch7th February, American, Russian
Pianist
George Whipple28th August, American
Physician
Takeo Arishima4th March, Japanese
Novelist
Alfréd Hajós1st February, Hungarian
Swimmer
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin5th November, Russian
Painter
Lionel Groulx13th January, Canadian
Historian
Richard Goldschmidt12th April, German, American
Geneticist
Emmy Destinn26th February, Czech
Operatic Soprano
Othmar Spann1st October, Austrian
Economist, Philosopher, University teacher,
A.E. Coppard4th January, British
Writer