Al Capone17th January, American
Gangster
Ernest Hemingway21st July, American
Journalist
Humphrey Bogart25th December, American
Actor
Alfred Hitchcock13th August, British, American
Film Director
Lavrentiy Beria29th March, Georgian
Politician
Fred Astaire10th May, American
Dancer
P. L. Travers9th August, Australian, British
Writer
James Cagney17th July, American
Actor, Dancer
Duke Ellington29th April, American
Composer, Pianist and Bandleader
Vladimir Nabokov22nd April, Swiss, American, Russian
Novelist
Gloria Swanson27th March, American
Jorge Luis Borges24th August, Argentinian
Poet
Charles Laughton1st July, British, American
Actor
C. S. Forester27th August, British
Novelist
George Cukor7th July, American
Film Director
Burt Munro25th March, New Zealander
Motorcycle Racer
Kazi Nazrul Islam24th May, Bangladeshi, Indian
National Poet of Bangladesh
E. B. White11th July, American
Charles Boyer28th August, French
Actor
Emma Morano29th November, Italian
Supercentenarian
Leo Strauss20th September, German, American
Philosopher
Frederick IX of Denmark11th March, Danish
King
Alma Reville14th August, British, American
Screenwriter
Lillian Disney15th February, American
Wife of Walt Disnry
Sobhuza II22nd July, South African
Former King of Swaziland
Iskander Mirza15th November, Pakistani
Former President of Pakistan
Francis Poulenc7th January, French
Musician
Howard Thurman18th November, American
Philosopher
Percy Lavon Julian11th April, American
Chemist
Jean Moulin20th June, French
An Emblem of the Resistance
James Wong Howe28th August, Chinese
Cinematographer
Continue Reading Below
Alfred Blalock5th April, American
Surgeon
Brassaï9th September, French, Hungarian, Romanian
Photographer
Allen Tate19th November, American
Poet
Norman Taurog23rd February, American
Film Director
Max Theiler30th January, South African
Virologist
Georges Bidault5th October, French
French Politician
Silvestre Revueltas31st December, Mexican
Music composer, violinist and teacher
Albert Claude24th August, Belgian
Cell Biologist
Paul Hermann Müller12th January, Swiss
Chemist
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck13th March, American
Physicist, Mathematician
Friedrich von Hayek8th May, Austrian, German, British
Economist
Frank Macfarlane Burnet3rd September, Australian
Virologist & Noble Prize Laureate
Claudia Lars20th December, Salvadoran
Poet
Carlos Chavez13th June, Mexican
Composer, conductor
Jafar Jabbarly20th March, Azerbaijani
Playwright
Charles Best27th February, Canadian, American
Co-discoverer of Insulin
Miguel Ãngel Asturias19th October, Guamanian
Poet
Sir Noël Peirce Coward16th December, British
Playwright
Bertil Gotthard Ohlin23rd April, Swedish
Economist
Harold Abrahams15th December, British
Athletics competitor, Sprinter, Lawyer, Journalist
Hoagy Carmichael22nd November, American
American composer
Tommy Lucchese1st December, Italian, American
Criminal
Paul Gilbert11th October, American
Sound Department
Irving Thalberg30th May, American
Film producer
Ramon Novarro6th February, Spanish, Mexican, American
Actor
Richard Hauptmann26th November, American
Convict
Adnan Menderes30th November, Turkish
politician, diplomat
John Bodkin Adams21st January, British
Physician, Serial killer
Yasunari Kawabata11th June, Japanese
Novelist
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu13th September, Romanian
Politician, Essayist
Kalki Krishnamurthy9th September, Indian
Screenwriter, Journalist, Writer
Ezra Taft Benson4th August, American
Religious Leader
Nevil Shute17th January, British
Novelist
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney20th February, American
Businessman
Weegee12th June, American
Photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski1st March, German
Politician, Military personnel
Peter Aufschnaiter2nd November, Nepalese
Explorer, Cartographer, Geographer, Rock climber
Tom C. Clark23rd September, American
Lawyer
Eva Le Gallienne11th January, British, American
Actress
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia26th June, Russian
Duchess
Hart Crane21st July, American
Poet, Writer
Walter Lantz27th April, American
Cartoonist
Ernst-Robert Grawitz8th June, German
Military physician, Internist, Torturer
Jibanananda Das17th February, Bangladeshi
Poet, Writer
Erich Kästner30th November, German
Author
Carlos P. Romulo14th January, Filipino
Diplomat
Tom Denning, Baron Denning23rd January, British
Lawyer
Billy Rose6th September, American
Impresario
Philipp Bouhler11th September, German
Politician
Colleen Moore19th August, American
Actress
Suzanne Lenglen24th May, French
Tennis Player
Martita Hunt30th January, British
Actor, Stage actor
Elizabeth Bowen7th June, Irish, British
Novelist
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike8th January, Sri Lankan
Diplomat, Politician, Lawyer
Bruce Catton9th October, American
Historian
László Bíró29th September, Hungarian
Inventor
Louise Nevelson23rd September, American
Sculptor, Painter
Gussie Busch28th March, American
Business Magnate
Seán Lemass15th July, Irish
Politician
DeFord Bailey30th November
Guitarist, Songwriter
Magda Lupescu16th September, Romanian
Mistress of King Carol II of Romania
Adrien Arcand3rd October, Canadian
Journalist, Politician
Burhan Asaf Belge1st February, Turkish
Politician