Famous People Born In 1899
Discover the most famous people born in 1899. The list includes people like Ernest Hemingway, Al Capone, Alfred Hitchcock, Humphrey Bogart, Fred Astaire and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, novelists, poets and soldiers born in 1899. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & France and many more countries.
Al Capone17th January, American
Gangster
Ernest Hemingway21st July, American
Journalist
Lavrentiy Beria29th March, Georgian
Politician
Alfred Hitchcock13th August, British
Film Director and Producer
Humphrey Bogart25th December, American
Actor
Fred Astaire10th May, American
Dancer
Duke Ellington29th April, American
Composer, Pianist and Bandleader
P. L. Travers9th August, Australian, British
Writer
James Cagney17th July, American
Actor, Dancer
Vladimir Nabokov22nd April, Swiss, American, Russian
Novelist
Gloria Swanson27th March, American
Jorge Luis Borges24th August, Argentinian
Poet
George Cukor7th July, American
Film Director
Charles Laughton1st July, British, American
Actor
Kazi Nazrul Islam24th May, Bangladeshi, Indian
National Poet of Bangladesh
Emma Morano29th November, Italian
Supercentenarian
Frederick IX of Denmark11th March, Danish
King
E. B. White11th July, American
Charles Boyer28th August, French
Actor
Leo Strauss20th September, German, American
Philosopher
Alma Reville14th August, British, American
Screenwriter
C. S. Forester27th August, British
Novelist
Burt Munro25th March, New Zealander
Motorcycle Racer
Lillian Disney15th February, American
Wife of Walt Disnry
Sobhuza II22nd July, South African
Former King of Swaziland
Francis Poulenc7th January, French
Musician
Iskander Mirza15th November, Pakistani
Former President of Pakistan
Jean Moulin20th June, French
An Emblem of the Resistance
Percy Lavon Julian11th April, American
Chemist
James Wong Howe28th August, Chinese
Cinematographer
Alfred Blalock5th April, American
Surgeon
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Howard Thurman18th November, American
Philosopher
Frank Macfarlane Burnet3rd September, Australian
Virologist & Noble Prize Laureate
Brassaï9th September, French, Hungarian, Romanian
Photographer
Allen Tate19th November, American
Poet
Max Theiler30th January, South African
Virologist
Norman Taurog23rd February, American
Film Director
Georges Bidault5th October, French
French Politician
Silvestre Revueltas31st December, Mexican
Music composer, violinist and teacher
Paul Hermann Müller12th January, Swiss
Chemist
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck13th March, American
Physicist, Mathematician
Albert Claude24th August, Belgian
Cell Biologist
Claudia Lars20th December, Salvadoran
Poet
Friedrich von Hayek8th May, Austrian, German, British
Economist
Jafar Jabbarly20th March, Azerbaijani
Playwright
Carlos Chavez13th June, Mexican
Composer, conductor
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
Hoagy Carmichael22nd November, American
American composer
Paul Gilbert11th October, American
Sound Department
Richard Hauptmann26th November, German
Carpenter
Gussie Busch28th March, American
Business Magnate
Tommy Lucchese1st December, Italian, American
Criminal
Irving Thalberg30th May, American
Film producer
Harold Abrahams15th December, British
Athletics competitor, Sprinter, Lawyer, Journalist
Kalki Krishnamurthy9th September, Indian
Screenwriter, Journalist, Writer
Ramon Novarro6th February, Spanish, Mexican, American
Actor
Yasunari Kawabata11th June, Japanese
Novelist
Nevil Shute17th January, British
Novelist
John Bodkin Adams21st January, British
Physician, Serial killer
Peter Aufschnaiter2nd November, Nepalese
Explorer, Cartographer, Geographer, Rock climber
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu13th September, Romanian
Politician, Essayist
Billy Rose6th September, American
Impresario
Ezra Taft Benson4th August, American
Religious Leader
Weegee12th June, American
Photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski1st March, German
Politician, Military personnel
Eva Le Gallienne11th January, British, American
Actress
Hart Crane21st July, American
Poet, Writer
Adnan Menderes30th November, Turkish
politician, diplomat
Louise Nevelson23rd September, American
Sculptor, Painter
Erich Kästner30th November, German
Author
Jibanananda Das17th February, Bangladeshi
Poet, Writer
Colleen Moore19th August, American
Actress
Philipp Bouhler11th September, German
Politician
Tom Denning, Baron Denning23rd January, British
Lawyer
Walter Lantz27th April, American
Cartoonist
Martita Hunt30th January, British
Actor, Stage actor
Carlos P. Romulo14th January, Filipino
Diplomat
Wolf Messing10th September, Polish, Russian
hypnotist, mentalist
László Bíró29th September, Hungarian
Inventor
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney20th February, American
Businessman
Ernst-Robert Grawitz8th June, German
Military physician, Internist, Torturer
Tom C. Clark23rd September, American
Lawyer
Elizabeth Bowen7th June, Irish, British
Novelist
Seán Lemass15th July, Irish
Politician
Anita Berber10th June, German
Actor, Stage actor, Model
Aaron Douglas26th May, American
Painter
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike8th January, Sri Lankan
Diplomat, Politician, Lawyer
Gustav Heinemann23rd July, German
Politician, Lawyer
Burhan Asaf Belge1st February, Turkish
Politician
Magda Lupescu16th September, Romanian
Mistress of King Carol II of Romania
Adrien Arcand3rd October, Canadian
Journalist, Politician