Wallis Simpson19th June, American
Socialite
F. Scott Fitzgerald24th September, American
Novelist
Oswald Mosley16th November, French
British Politician
Georgy Zhukov1st December, Russian
Military Commander
George Burns20th January, American
Morarji Desai29th February, Indian
Politician, Prime Minister of India
Jean Piaget9th August, Swiss
Ruth Gordon30th October, American
Actress
Jimmy Doolittle14th December, American
Military General
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada1st September, Indian
Founder of ISKCON
Mamie Eisenhower14th November, American
Former First Lady of the United States
Lev Vygotsky17th November, Russian
Psychologist
Howard Hawks30th May, American
Director
V. K. Krishna Menon3rd May, Indian
Indian Politician
Antonin Artaud4th September, French
Dramatist, Poet, Essayist, Actor, & Theatre
Konstantin Rokossovsky21st December, Polish, Russian
Soviet Officer
Andre Breton19th February, French
Founder of Surrealism
Everett Dirksen4th January, American
Former U.S. Senator
Salim Ali12th November, Indian
Ornithologist
Imre Nagy7th June, Hungarian
Politician
Jolie Gabor29th September, American
Entrepreneur, Socialite
Leslie Groves17th August, American
Engineer
Trygve Lie16th July, Norwegian
First Secretary General of the U.N
Anastasio Somoza García1st February, Nicaraguan
President of Nicaragua
Gottlob Berger16th July, German
German Official
William A. Wellman29th February, American
Director
Gerty Cori15th August, American
Biochemist
Wallace Carothers27th April, American
Inventor of Neoprene & Nylon
Carl Ferdinand Cori5th December, Czech, American
Biochemist
Robert S. Mulliken7th June, American
Chemist, Physicist
Walter Lang10th August, American
Film Director
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Carl Ludwig Siegel31st December, German
Mathematician
Edward Arthur Milne14th February, British
Astrophysicist
Philip Showalter Hench28th February, American
Physician
Isaac30th November, Israeli
Anna Anderson16th December, Polish
Impostor
Arnold Ridley7th January, British
Actor
Harry R. Truman30th October, American
Businessman
Raymond Massey30th August, Canadian, American
Actor
Carlos P. Garcia4th November, Filipino
Former President
John Dos Passos14th January, American
American novelist
Ethel Waters31st October, American
Actor, Singer, Jazz musician, Stage actor
Adele Astaire10th September, American
Actor, Dancer, Stage actor
Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse6th November, German
Prince
Ira Gershwin6th December, American
Lyricist
Rogers Hornsby27th April, American
Baseball player
Helen of Greece and Denmark20th March, Greek
Queen mother
Ted Healy1st October, American
Actor, Screenwriter, Stage actor
Mark W. Clark1st May, American
Officer
Nobusuke Kishi13th November, Japanese
Politician
Nadejda Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven28th March, German
Aristocrat
Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg23rd January, French
Former Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
A. J. Cronin19th July, Scottish
Physician
Anandamayi Ma30th April, Indian
Philosopher
Ernst Udet26th April, German
Pilot
Italo Balbo6th June, Italian
politician, military personnel
Léon Theremin15th August, Russian
Inventor, Engineer, Physicist, Scientist
Andrei Zhdanov14th February, Russian
politician, military personnel
Frederick Browning20th October, British
Military personnel
Paulino Alcántara7th October, Spanish, Filipino
Football player
D. R. Bendre31st January, Indian
Roman Jakobson11th October, Russian
Linguist
Arthur Shields15th February, Irish
Actor
David Alfaro Siqueiros29th December, Mexican
Painter, University teacher, Military personnel
Tristan Tzara16th April, French
Art collector, Poet, Writer, Diplomat, Film
Josephine Tey25th July, British
Writer, Playwright, Novelist, Screenwriter,
Dziga Vertov2nd January, Russian
Film director
Alberto Vargas9th February, Peruvian
Painter, Illustrator
Aspasia Manos4th September, Greek
Aristocrat
Erich Koch19th June, German
politician
Klement Gottwald23rd November, Czech
politician
E.Y. Harburg8th April, American
Lyricist
Lilia Skala28th November, Austrian, Australian, American
Architect
Sandro Pertini25th September, Italian
Journalist
Tommy Johnson31st December, American
American musician
Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont13th May, German
Prince
Michael Balcon19th May, British
Film producer
Sam Ervin27th September, American
Politician
Anton Walbrook19th November, Austrian, British
Actor
Kenji Miyazawa27th August, Japanese
Poet, Novelist, Writer, Teacher, Esperantist,
Prince Sigismund of Prussia27th November, German
Prince
Buenaventura Durruti14th July, Spanish
Anarcho-syndicalist, Anarchist, Trade unionist
Shirley Graham Du Bois11th November, Ghanaian, American
Author
C. D. Deshmukh14th January, Indian
Banker
Liam O'Flaherty28th August, Irish
Writer
Liam O'Flaherty28th August, Irish
Author
Miles Dempsey15th December, British
Senior officer
Abraham Sofaer1st October, American
Actor
Henry Allingham6th June, British
Soldier, Autobiographer
Joseph Schildkraut22nd March, Austrian, American
Screenwriter, Stage actor, Film actor
Tina Modotti17th August, Italian
Photographer
Señor Wences17th April, Spanish
Ventriloquist
Evans Carlson26th February, American
Military General
Tadj ol-Molouk17th March