Famous People Born In 1901
Discover the most famous people born in 1901. The list includes people like Walt Disney, Louis Armstrong, Hirohito, Clark Gable, Werner Heisenberg and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, soldiers, philosophers and directors born in 1901. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & France and many more countries.
Walt Disney5th December, American
Clark Gable1st February, American
Actor
Hirohito29th April, Japanese
Former Emperor of Japan
Louis Armstrong4th August, American
Musician
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia18th June, Russian
Daughter of Tsar Nicholas II
Marlene Dietrich27th December, German, French
Actress & Singer
Werner Heisenberg5th December, German
Physicist
Gary Cooper7th May, American
American film actor
Fulgencio Batista16th January, Cuban
Former President of Cuba
Rudolf Höss25th November, German
Nazi War Criminal
Sukarno6th June, Indonesian
President of Indonesia
Dutch Schultz6th August, American
Gangster
Witold Pilecki13th May, Polish
Nazi-era Polish Army Officer
Linus Pauling28th February, American
Chemist, Biochemist
Enrico Fermi29th September, Italian, American
Nobel Laureate in Physics
Jacques Lacan13th April, French
Psychoanalyst, Psychiatrist
Ed Sullivan28th September, American
Television Personality
Magda Goebbels11th November, German
Joseph Goebbels' Wife
Margaret Mead16th December, American
Cultural Anthropologist
Leopold III of Belgium3rd November, Belgian
King of Belgium
Ngo Dinh Diem3rd January, Vietnamese
President of Vietnam
Lee Hoi-chuen4th February, Chinese
Opera Singer, Actor
Zeppo Marx25th February, American
Comedian
Mildred Harris29th November, American
Actress
Nadezhda Alliluyeva22nd September, Russian
Joseph Stalin’s Wife
Paul Fix13th March, American
Actor
Alberto Giacometti10th October, Swiss
Sculptor,Painter
Stella Adler10th February, American
American Actress & Acting Teacher
Itzhak Stern25th January, Israeli, Polish
Holocaust Survivor
Louis Kahn20th February, American
Architect
Barbara Cartland9th July, British
Author
Art Rooney27th January, American
NFL Team Founder, Owner
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Willie Sutton30th June, American
Bank Robber
Simon Kuznets30th April, American
Economist
Ernest Lawrence8th August, American
Physicist
C. L. R. James4th January, Trinidadian, British
Journalist, Writer, Historian, Theorist, Socialist
Mark Oliphant8th October, Australian
Physicist
Syama Prasad Mookerjee6th July, Indian
Indian Politician
Salvatore Quasimodo20th August, Italian
Author & Poet
Charles Brenton Huggins22nd September, Canadian, American
Physician & Surgeon
Vincent du Vigneaud18th May, American
Biochemist
Andre Malraux3rd November, French
French Novelist
Uuno Kailas29th March, Finnish
Poet
Sergiusz Piasecki1st April, Polish
Writer
Alfred Newman17th March, American
American composer
Adolf Dassler3rd November, German
entrepreneur, politician
Lee Strasberg17th November, American
Film actor, Theatre director, Film director, Stage
Paul of Greece14th December, Greek
Sovereign
Melvyn Douglas5th April, American
Actor
Ub Iwerks24th March, American
Animator
V. Shantaram18th November, Indian
Film director, Actor, Film producer, Screenwriter,
Ed Begley25th March, American
Actor
Hendrik Verwoerd8th September, South African
Politician, University teacher, Faculty
Princess Märtha of Sweden28th March, Norwegian
Vittorio De Sica7th July, Italian
Film director, Screenwriter, Stage actor, Film
Henning von Tresckow10th January, German
Officer
Andrey Vlasov14th September, Russian
officer
Robert Bresson25th September, French
Film director
Henri Lefebvre16th June, French
Philosopher, Politician, Sociologist, University
Jascha Heifetz2nd February, Lithuanian, American
Music educator, Violinist
Whittaker Chambers1st April, American
Journalist
Maxwell D. Taylor26th August, American
Diplomat, Military personnel
Michael Oakeshott11th December, British
Philosopher, Political scientist, University
Frank Buckles1st February, American
Military personnel
Milton H. Erickson5th December, American
Psychotherapist, Hypnotist, Hypnotherapist,
John C. Stennis3rd August, American
Politician
Hans Kammler26th August, German
architect, engineer
Zhang Xueliang3rd June, American
statesman
Adolph Rupp2nd September, German, American
Basketball coach
William S. Paley28th September, American
Executive
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej8th November, Romanian
Politician, Diplomat
Carl Barks27th March, American
Screenwriter, Writer, Painter, Farmer, Journalist
Nelson Eddy29th June, American
Singer
Joaquín Rodrigo22nd November, Spanish
Composer, Choreographer, Pianist, Educationist,
Walter Hallstein17th November, German
Politician, Diplomat, University teacher
Alfred Tarski14th January, Polish, American
Mathematician, Philosopher
Jean Dubuffet31st July, French
Painter, Sculptor, Visual artist, Writer
Harry Partch24th June, American
Composer
Adelaide Hall20th October, American
Singer, Artist, Jazz musician, Actor, Stage actor
Ludwig von Bertalanffy19th September, Austrian, Canadian
Biologist, University teacher
Sam Spiegel11th November, Austrian, Polish, American
Film producer
Roy Urquhart28th November, British
Officer
Norman Hartnell12th June, British
Fashion designer
Claude Choules3rd March, British
Soldier
Frederick Loewe10th June, Austrian, American
Composer
Miklós Nyiszli17th June, Hungarian, Romanian
Physician, Writer
Roy Wilkins30th August, American
journalist
Florence Green19th February, British
Servicewoman
Eric Voegelin3rd January, American
Political scientist, Philosopher, University
Gerald Finzi14th July, British
Composer, Music educator
Pancho Barnes22nd July, American
Aviator
Rudolf Caracciola30th January, Swiss, German
Racecar driver, Motorcycle racer
John Gunther30th August, American
Journalist
Charles Stark Draper2nd October, American
Scientist
Stuart Symington26th June, American
Politician
Consuelo de Saint Exupéry10th April, Salvadoran
Writer, Journalist, Painter, Sculptor