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.
Vote for Your Favourite Person

Right IconThis ranking is based on an algorithm that combines various factors, including the votes of our users and search trends on the internet.

 1 
F. Scott Fitzgerald
(Best Known for His Novel 'The Great Gatsby')
F. Scott Fitzgerald
36
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 24th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Died: December 21, 1940
 2 
George Burns
(Actor and ComediAn Known for His Trademark Arched Eyebrow and Cigar-Smoke Punctuation)
George Burns
24
Birthdate: 20th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: March 9, 1996
 3 
Jean Piaget
(Swiss Psychologist Known for His Work on Child Development)
Jean Piaget
11
Birthdate: 9th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Died: September 16, 1980
Recommended Lists:
 4 
Oswald Mosley
(British Politician)
Oswald Mosley
14
Birthdate: 16th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Mayfair, London
Died: December 3, 1980
Recommended Lists:
 5 
Georgy Zhukov
(Military Commander)
Georgy Zhukov
16
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 1st December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Zhukov, Kaluga Oblast
Died: June 18, 1974
 6 
Jimmy Doolittle
(American Military General and Aviation Pioneer Who Made Daring Raid on Japan During World War II)
Jimmy Doolittle
4
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 14th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Alameda, California, United States
Died: September 27, 1993
Recommended Lists:
 7 
Mamie Eisenhower
(First Lady of the United States as the Wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower)
Mamie Eisenhower
10
Listed In: First Ladies
Birthdate: 14th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Boone, Iowa, United States
Died: November 1, 1979
 8 
Lev Vygotsky
(Soviet Psychologist Known for His Work on Psychological Development in Children)
Lev Vygotsky
5
Listed In: Psychologists
Birthdate: 17th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Orsha, Belarus
Died: June 11, 1934
Recommended Lists:
 9 
Ruth Gordon
(Actress)
Ruth Gordon
7
Birthdate: 30th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Quincy, Massachusetts, United States
Died: August 28, 1985
 10 
Howard Hawks
(Director)
Howard Hawks
6
Birthdate: 30th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Goshen, Indiana, United States
Died: December 26, 1977
Recommended Lists:
 11 
Antonin Artaud
(French Writer, Theatre Director and One of the Major Figures of the European Avant-Garde)
Antonin Artaud
10
Birthdate: 4th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Marseille, France
Died: March 4, 1948
 12 
Morarji Desai
(Politician, Prime Minister of India)
Morarji Desai
11
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 29th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bhadeli, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died: April 10, 1995
Recommended Lists:
 13 
Adele Astaire
(Actor, Dancer, Stage actor)
Adele Astaire
5
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 10th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Omaha
Died: January 25, 1981
 14 
Andre Breton
(French Writer, Poet and Co-Founder of ‘Surrealism’)
Andre Breton
1
Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 19th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tinchebray, France
Died: September 28, 1966
Recommended Lists:
 15 
Raymond Massey
(Canadian Actor, Known for His Commanding, Stage-Trained Voice)
Raymond Massey
2
Birthdate: 30th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died: July 29, 1983
 16 
Ethel Waters
(Actor, Singer, Jazz musician, Stage actor)
Ethel Waters
6
Listed In:
Birthdate: 31st October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Chester County
Died: September 1, 1977
Recommended Lists:
 17 
Leslie Groves
(United States Army Officer in Charge of the Construction of 'The Pentagon' and Director of 'The Manhattan Project')
Leslie Groves
1
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: 17th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Albany, New York, United States
Died: July 13, 1970
 18 
Ira Gershwin
(Lyricist)
Ira Gershwin
2
Birthdate: 6th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York City New York City, New York, U.S.
Died: August 17, 1983
Recommended Lists:
 19 
Rogers Hornsby
(Baseball player)
Rogers Hornsby
0
Listed In: Baseball Players
Birthdate: 27th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Winters
Died: January 5, 1963
 20 
A. J. Cronin
(Scottish Novelist Best Known for His Novel 'The Citadel')
A. J. Cronin
2
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: 19th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cardross, Scotland
Died: January 6, 1981
Recommended Lists:
 21 
Carlos P. Garcia
(Former President of the Philippines)
Carlos P. Garcia
4
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 4th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Talibon, Philippines
Died: June 14, 1971
 22 
Harry R. Truman
(Businessman)
Harry R. Truman
5
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: 30th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Ivydale, West Virginia, United States
Died: May 18, 1980
Recommended Lists:
 23 
Salim Ali
(Ornithologist)
Salim Ali
5
Listed In: Ornithologists
Birthdate: 12th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Died: June 20, 1987
 24 
Konstantin Rokossovsky
(Soviet and Polish Military Officer)
Konstantin Rokossovsky
7
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1st December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Died: August 3, 1968
Recommended Lists:
 25 
Ted Healy
(Actor, Screenwriter, Stage actor)
Ted Healy
2
Birthdate: 1st October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kaufman
Died: December 21, 1937
 26 
Jolie Gabor
(Jeweler and Socialite & Mother of Actresses 'Magda', 'Zsa Zsa' and 'Eva Gabor')
Jolie Gabor
3
Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: 30th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: April 1, 1997
Recommended Lists:
 27 
Buenaventura Durruti
(Anarcho-syndicalist, Anarchist, Trade unionist)
Buenaventura Durruti
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 14th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: León
Died: November 20, 1936
 28 
Tristan Tzara
(French Writer Known for Being One of the Founders and Central Figures of the Anti-Establishment 'Dada Movement')
Tristan Tzara
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 28th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Moinești, Romania
Died: December 25, 1963
Recommended Lists:
 29 
Gerty Cori
(Biochemist)
Gerty Cori
1
Listed In: Biochemists
Birthdate: 15th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Prague, Czechia
Died: October 26, 1957
 30 
Paulino Alcántara
(Filipino-born Spanish Footballer Who Played as a Forward)
Paulino Alcántara
4
Listed In: Football Players
Birthdate: 7th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Iloilo, Philippines
Died: February 13, 1964
 31 
Wallace Carothers
(Chemist and Inventor of Nylon)
Wallace Carothers
0
Birthdate: 27th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Burlington, Iowa, United States
Died: April 29, 1937
 32 
Helen of Greece and Denmark
(Queen Mother of Romania During the Reign of Her Son King Michael I (1940–1947).)
Helen of Greece and Denmark
3
Birthdate: 2nd May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Athens, Greece
Died: November 28, 1982
 33 
Lilia Skala
(Architect)
Lilia Skala
1
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 28th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: December 18, 1994
 34 
Leon Theremin
(Inventor of the First Electronic Musical Instrument 'Theremin')
Leon Theremin
0
Birthdate: 27th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: November 3, 1993
 35 
Arthur Shields
(Actor)
Arthur Shields
1
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 15th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: April 27, 1970
 36 
Josephine Tey
(Author Known for Her Novel ‘The Daughter of Time')
Josephine Tey
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 25th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Inverness, Scotland
Died: February 13, 1952
 37 
Albert Ball
(Aviator, Military personnel)
Albert Ball
4
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 14th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Nottingham
Died: May 7, 1917
 38 
Anastasio Somoza García
(President of Nicaragua from 1937 to 1947 and from 1950 to 1956)
Anastasio Somoza García
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1st February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: San Marcos, Nicaragua
Died: September 29, 1956
 39 
William A. Wellman
1
Listed In: Directors
Birthdate: 29th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Died: December 9, 1975
 40 
Liam O'Flaherty
(Writer)
Liam O'Flaherty
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 28th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Inishmore, Ireland
Died: September 7, 1984
 41 
Liam O'Flaherty
(Author)
Liam O'Flaherty
0
Listed In: Novelists
Birthdate: 28th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Inishmore, Ireland
Died: September 7, 1984
 42 
Nobusuke Kishi
(Former Prime Minister of Japan (1957 – 1960))
Nobusuke Kishi
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 13th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Tabuse, Yamaguchi, Japan
Died: August 7, 1987
 43 
Joseph Schildkraut
(Austrian-American Actor)
Joseph Schildkraut
2
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 22nd March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: January 21, 1964
 44 
Kenji Miyazawa
(Poet, Novelist, Writer, Teacher, Esperantist, Agronomist, Children's writer)
Kenji Miyazawa
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 27th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hanamaki
Died: September 21, 1933
 45 
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
(Italian Writer and the Last Prince of Lampedusa)
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 23rd December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Palermo, Italy
Died: July 23, 1957
 46 
Milena Jesenska
(Czech Writer Who Helped Many Jews Escape From Czechoslovakia After the Advent of The Nazis)
Milena Jesenska
1
Birthdate: 10th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Prague, Czechia
Died: May 17, 1944
 47 
Tina Modotti
(Photographer Known for Her Symbolic Close-Ups and Images of Mexican Workers)
Tina Modotti
0
Listed In: Photographers
Birthdate: 17th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Udine, Italy
Died: January 5, 1942
 48 
Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
(Aristocrat)
Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
1
Birthdate: 23rd January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg
Died: July 9, 1985
 49 
Everett Dirksen
(Former U.S. Senator)
Everett Dirksen
2
Birthdate: 4th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Pekin, Illinois, United States
Died: September 7, 1969
 50 
Jack Pickford
(Actor, Director)
Jack Pickford
0
Birthdate: 18th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
Died: January 3, 1933