Famous People Born In 1896
Discover the most famous people born in 1896. The list includes people like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky, Georgy Zhukov, George Burns and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, soldiers, poets and novelists born in 1896. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & India and many more countries.
Oswald Mosley16th November, French
British Politician
F. Scott Fitzgerald24th September, American
Novelist
Georgy Zhukov1st December, Russian
Military Commander
Morarji Desai29th February, Indian
Politician, Prime Minister of India
Jean Piaget9th August, Swiss
Jimmy Doolittle14th December, American
Military General
George Burns20th January, American
Lev Vygotsky17th November, Russian
Psychologist
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada1st September, Indian
Founder of ISKCON
Mamie Eisenhower14th November, American
Former First Lady of the United States
Ruth Gordon30th October, American
Actress
Howard Hawks30th May, American
Director
Salim Ali12th November, Indian
Ornithologist
Antonin Artaud4th September, French
Dramatist, Poet, Essayist, Actor, & Theatre
V. K. Krishna Menon3rd May, Indian
Indian Politician
Imre Nagy7th June, Hungarian
Politician
Jolie Gabor29th September, American
Entrepreneur, Socialite
Everett Dirksen4th January, American
Former U.S. Senator
Gerty Cori15th August, American
Biochemist
Anastasio Somoza García1st February, Nicaraguan
President of Nicaragua
Trygve Lie16th July, Norwegian
First Secretary General of the U.N
William A. Wellman29th February, American
Director
Wallace Carothers27th April, American
Inventor of Neoprene & Nylon
Carl Ferdinand Cori5th December, Czech, American
Biochemist
Robert S. Mulliken7th June, American
Chemist, Physicist
Edward Arthur Milne14th February, British
Astrophysicist
Philip Showalter Hench28th February, American
Physician
Carl Ludwig Siegel31st December, German
Mathematician
Walter Lang10th August, American
Film Director
Andre Breton19th February, French
Founder of Surrealism
Wallis Simpson19th June, American
Socialite
Anna Anderson16th December, Polish
Impostor
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Isaac30th November, Israeli
Arnold Ridley7th January, British
Actor
Raymond Massey30th August, Canadian, American
Actor
Adele Astaire10th September, American
Actor, Dancer, Stage actor
Konstantin Rokossovsky21st December, Polish, Russian
Soviet officer
Carlos P. Garcia4th November, Filipino
Former President
Ethel Waters31st October, American
Actor, Singer, Jazz musician, Stage actor
Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg23rd January, French
Former Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
Ted Healy1st October, American
Actor, Screenwriter, Stage actor
D. R. Bendre31st January, Indian
Rogers Hornsby27th April, American
Baseball player
Ira Gershwin6th December, American
Lyricist
Mark W. Clark1st May, American
Officer
John Dos Passos14th January, American
American novelist
Leslie Groves17th August, American
Engineer
Helen of Greece and Denmark20th March, Greek
Queen mother
Anandamayi Ma30th April, Indian
Philosopher
Léon Theremin15th August, Russian
Inventor, Engineer, Physicist, Scientist
Ernst Udet26th April, German
Aviator, Officer, Actor
Roman Jakobson11th October, Russian
Linguist
David Alfaro Siqueiros29th December, Mexican
Painter, University teacher, Military personnel
Italo Balbo6th June, Italian
politician, military personnel
C. D. Deshmukh14th January, Indian
Banker
Tristan Tzara16th April, French
Art collector, Poet, Writer, Diplomat, Film
Nobusuke Kishi13th November, Japanese
Politician, Diplomat, Spy
A. J. Cronin19th July, Swiss
Novelist
Alberto Vargas9th February, Peruvian
Painter, Illustrator
Buenaventura Durruti14th July, Spanish
Anarcho-syndicalist, Anarchist, Trade unionist
Frederick Browning20th October, British
Military personnel
Sam Ervin27th September, American
Politician
Josephine Tey25th July, British
Writer, Playwright, Novelist, Screenwriter,
Gottlob Berger16th July, German
Politician
Anton Walbrook19th November, Austrian
Actor
Erich Koch19th June, German
politician
Andrei Zhdanov14th February, Russian
politician, military personnel
Dziga Vertov2nd January, Russian
Film director
Leo Kanner13th June, Ukrainian
Psychiatrist
Klement Gottwald23rd November, Czech
politician
Joseph Schildkraut22nd March, Austrian, American
Screenwriter, Stage actor, Film actor
Kenji Miyazawa27th August, Japanese
Poet, Novelist, Writer, Teacher, Esperantist,
Tina Modotti17th August, Italian
Photographer
Michael Balcon19th May, British
Film producer
Albert Ball14th August, British
Aviator, Military personnel
Sandro Pertini25th September, Italian
Politician, Journalist
Arthur Calwell28th August, Australian
Politician
Henry Allingham6th June, British
Soldier, Autobiographer
André Masson4th January, French
Painter, Engraver
Evans Carlson26th February, American
Military General
Tadj ol-Molouk17th March
Herbert Backe1st May, German
Politician
Louis Bromfield27th December, American
Author
Robert E. Sherwood4th April, American
Playwright
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa23rd December, Italian
Writer, Novelist
David Wechsler12th January, American
Psychologist, University teacher
Benny Leonard7th April, American
Boxer
Eugenio Montale12th January, Italian
poet, writer, journalist, translator
Señor Wences17th April, Spanish
Ventriloquist
Norodom Suramarit6th March, Cambodian
Otto Hofmann16th March, German
Military personnel
Virgil Thomson25th November
conductor, composer, music critic, film score
Howard Hanson28th October, American
Composer
Wop May20th March, Canadian
Military personnel
Sherman Fairchild7th April, American
Aerospace engineer, Engineer, Financier,
Léonide Massine28th July, Russian
choreographer, ballet dancer, librettist