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
Humphrey Bogart25th December, American
Actor
Duke Ellington29th April, American
Composer, Pianist and Bandleader
Alfred Hitchcock13th August, British
Film Director and Producer
Fred Astaire10th May, American
Dancer
Lavrentiy Beria29th March, Georgian
Politician
P. L. Travers9th August, Australian
Writer & Journalist
James Cagney17th July, American
Actor, Dancer
Jorge Luis Borges24th August, Argentinian
Poet
Vladimir Nabokov22nd April, Swiss, American, Russian
Novelist
Gloria Swanson27th March, American
Charles Laughton1st July, British, American
Actor
Kazi Nazrul Islam24th May, Bangladeshi, Indian
National Poet of Bangladesh
E. B. White11th July, American
Emma Morano29th November, Italian
Supercentenarian
Charles Boyer28th August, French
Actor
Iskander Mirza15th November, Pakistani
Former President of Pakistan
George Cukor7th July, American
Film Director
Burt Munro25th March, New Zealander
Motorcycle Racer
Francis Poulenc7th January, French
Musician
C. S. Forester27th August, British
Novelist
Percy Lavon Julian11th April, American
Chemist
Jean Moulin20th June, French
An Emblem of the Resistance
Brassaï9th September, French, Hungarian, Romanian
Photographer
Alfred Blalock5th April, American
Surgeon
James Wong Howe28th August, Chinese
Cinematographer
Paul Hermann Müller12th January, Swiss
Chemist
Max Theiler30th January, South African
Virologist
Friedrich von Hayek8th May, Austrian, German, British
Economist
Allen Tate19th November, American
Poet
Albert Claude24th August, Belgian
Cell Biologist
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Claudia Lars20th December, Salvadoran
Poet
Frank Macfarlane Burnet3rd September, Australian
Virologist & Noble Prize Laureate
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck13th March, American
Physicist, Mathematician
Georges Bidault5th October, French
French Politician
Silvestre Revueltas31st December, Mexican
Music composer, violinist and teacher
Norman Taurog23rd February, American
Film Director
Charles Best27th February, Canadian, American
Co-discoverer of Insulin
Jafar Jabbarly20th March, Azerbaijani
Playwright
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
Leo Strauss20th September, German, American
Politician, Political scientist, Philosopher,
Frederick IX of Denmark11th March, Danish
King
Alma Reville14th August, British, American
Screenwriter, Film editor, Writer
Tommy Lucchese1st December, Italian, American
Criminal
Ramon Novarro6th February, Spanish, Mexican, American
Actor
Richard Hauptmann26th November, German
Carpenter
Lillian Disney15th February, American
Philanthropist, Secretary, Artist
Irving Thalberg30th May, American
Film producer
Yasunari Kawabata11th June, Japanese
Novelist
Harold Abrahams15th December, British
Athletics competitor, Sprinter, Lawyer, Journalist
John Bodkin Adams21st January, British
Physician, Serial killer
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu13th September, Romanian
Politician, Essayist
Weegee12th June, American
Photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist
Adnan Menderes30th November, Turkish
politician, diplomat
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski1st March, German
Politician, Military personnel
Hart Crane21st July, American
Poet, Writer
Kalki Krishnamurthy9th September, Indian
Screenwriter, Journalist, Writer
Jibanananda Das17th February, Bangladeshi
Poet, Writer
Erich Kästner30th November, German
Author
Howard Thurman18th November, American
Writer, Philosopher, Educator, Theologian
Philipp Bouhler11th September, German
Politician
Peter Aufschnaiter2nd November, Nepalese
Explorer, Cartographer, Geographer, Rock climber
László Bíró29th September, Hungarian
Inventor
Louise Nevelson23rd September, American
Sculptor, Painter
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike8th January, Sri Lankan
Diplomat, Politician, Lawyer
Ernst-Robert Grawitz8th June, German
Military physician, Internist, Torturer
John Marshall Harlan II20th May, American
Judge, Lawyer
Adrien Arcand3rd October, Canadian
Journalist, Politician
Alec Campbell26th February, Australian
Trade unionist
Martita Hunt30th January, British
Actor, Stage actor
Rufino Tamayo26th August, Mexican
Painter
Wolf Messing10th September, Polish, Russian
hypnotist, mentalist
Eugene Ormandy18th November, Hungarian, American
Conductor, University teacher, Concertmaster
Paul-Henri Spaak25th January, Belgian
Politician, Diplomat
Raoul Salan10th June, French
Military personnel
Fritz Bayerlein14th January, German
Soldier, Military personnel
Burhan Asaf Belge30th November, Turkish
politician
Anita Berber10th June, German
Actor, Stage actor, Model
DeFord Bailey30th November
Guitarist, Songwriter
Gustav Heinemann23rd July, German
Politician, Lawyer
Aaron Douglas26th May, American
Painter
Lao She3rd February, Chinese
Novelist, Dramatist
Robert Maynard Hutchins17th January, American
Educationist, University teacher
Andrei Platonov16th August
Writer, Playwright, Science fiction writer
Cevdet Sunay10th February, Turkish
President
Ludwig Guttmann3rd July, German, British
Neurologist
Karl Diebitsch3rd January, German
Painter, Postage stamp designer
Henri Michaux24th May, Belgian, French
Painter, Poet, Writer
Hayato Ikeda3rd December, Japanese
Prime Minister, Politician
Bertil Ohlin23rd April, Swedish
Economist, Politician, Educationist, University
Pietro Belluschi18th August, Italian, American
Architect