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
Duke Ellington29th April, American
Composer, Pianist and Bandleader
Humphrey Bogart25th December, American
Actor
Alfred Hitchcock13th August, British
Film Director and Producer
Fred Astaire10th May, American
Dancer
P. L. Travers9th August, Australian
Writer & Journalist
Lavrentiy Beria29th March, Georgian
Politician
James Cagney17th July, American
Actor, Dancer
Vladimir Nabokov22nd April, Swiss, American, Russian
Novelist
Jorge Luis Borges24th August, Argentinian
Poet
Gloria Swanson27th March, American
Charles Laughton1st July, British, American
Actor
E. B. White11th July, American
Kazi Nazrul Islam24th May, Bangladeshi, Indian
National Poet of Bangladesh
Emma Morano29th November, Italian
Supercentenarian
Leo Strauss20th September, German, American
Philosopher
Charles Boyer28th August, French
Actor
Lillian Disney15th February, American
Wife of Walt Disnry
George Cukor7th July, American
Film Director
Iskander Mirza15th November, Pakistani
Former President of Pakistan
Alma Reville14th August, British, American
Screenwriter
Burt Munro25th March, New Zealander
Motorcycle Racer
Francis Poulenc7th January, French
Musician
C. S. Forester27th August, British
Novelist
Percy Lavon Julian11th April, American
Chemist
Howard Thurman18th November, American
Philosopher
Jean Moulin20th June, French
An Emblem of the Resistance
James Wong Howe28th August, Chinese
Cinematographer
Brassaï9th September, French, Hungarian, Romanian
Photographer
Alfred Blalock5th April, American
Surgeon
Allen Tate19th November, American
Poet
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Max Theiler30th January, South African
Virologist
Paul Hermann Müller12th January, Swiss
Chemist
Georges Bidault5th October, French
French Politician
Albert Claude24th August, Belgian
Cell Biologist
Friedrich von Hayek8th May, Austrian, German, British
Economist
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck13th March, American
Physicist, Mathematician
Norman Taurog23rd February, American
Film Director
Silvestre Revueltas31st December, Mexican
Music composer, violinist and teacher
Frank Macfarlane Burnet3rd September, Australian
Virologist & Noble Prize Laureate
Claudia Lars20th December, Salvadoran
Poet
Jafar Jabbarly20th March, Azerbaijani
Playwright
Charles Best27th February, Canadian, American
Co-discoverer of Insulin
Miguel Ãngel Asturias19th October, Guamanian
Poet
Carlos Chavez13th June, Mexican
Composer, conductor
Sir Noël Peirce Coward16th December, British
Playwright
Bertil Gotthard Ohlin23rd April, Swedish
Economist
Hoagy Carmichael22nd November, American
American composer
Tommy Lucchese1st December, Italian, American
Criminal
Frederick IX of Denmark11th March, Danish
King
Richard Hauptmann26th November, German
Carpenter
Ramon Novarro6th February, Spanish, Mexican, American
Actor
Sobhuza II22nd July, South African
Former King of Swaziland
Walter Lantz27th April, American
Cartoonist
John Bodkin Adams21st January, British
Physician, Serial killer
Irving Thalberg30th May, American
Film producer
Yasunari Kawabata11th June, Japanese
Novelist
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu13th September, Romanian
Politician, Essayist
Carlos P. Romulo14th January, Filipino
Diplomat
Harold Abrahams15th December, British
Athletics competitor, Sprinter, Lawyer, Journalist
Kalki Krishnamurthy9th September, Indian
Screenwriter, Journalist, Writer
Louise Nevelson23rd September, American
Sculptor, Painter
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski1st March, German
Politician, Military personnel
Weegee12th June, American
Photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist
Nevil Shute17th January, British
Novelist
Hart Crane21st July, American
Poet, Writer
Jibanananda Das17th February, Bangladeshi
Poet, Writer
Ezra Taft Benson4th August, American
Religious Leader
Eva Le Gallienne11th January, British, American
Actress
Adnan Menderes30th November, Turkish
politician, diplomat
Erich Kästner30th November, German
Author
Philipp Bouhler11th September, German
Politician
Anni Albers12th June, German, American
Textile Artist
Colleen Moore19th August, American
Actress
Peter Aufschnaiter2nd November, Nepalese
Explorer, Cartographer, Geographer, Rock climber
László Bíró29th September, Hungarian
Inventor
Billy Rose6th September, American
Impresario
Rufino Tamayo26th August, Mexican
Painter
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike8th January, Sri Lankan
Diplomat, Politician, Lawyer
Paul-Henri Spaak25th January, Belgian
Politician, Diplomat
Ernst-Robert Grawitz8th June, German
Military physician, Internist, Torturer
Magda Lupescu16th September, Romanian
Mistress of King Carol II of Romania
Seán Lemass15th July, Irish
Politician
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney20th February, American
Businessman
Eugene Ormandy18th November, Hungarian, American
Conductor, University teacher, Concertmaster
Aaron Douglas26th May, American
Painter
Adrien Arcand3rd October, Canadian
Journalist, Politician
Lyman Lemnitzer29th August, American
General
Suzanne Lenglen24th May, French
Tennis Player
Gussie Busch28th March, American
Business Magnate
Alec Campbell26th February, Australian
Trade unionist
Martita Hunt30th January, British
Actor, Stage actor
Wolf Messing10th September, Polish, Russian
hypnotist, mentalist
Raoul Salan10th June, French
Military personnel
Fritz Bayerlein14th January, German
Soldier, Military personnel