Ray Kroc5th October, American
Founder of the McDonald’s Corporation
Strom Thurmond5th December, American
Former United States Senator
Charles Lindbergh4th February, American
Aviator, Inventor & Author
Ayatollah Khomeini22nd September, Iranian
Led the Famous Iranian Revolution in 1979
Ansel Adams20th February, American
Photographer
John Steinbeck27th February, American
Author
Georgy Malenkov8th January, Russian
Politician
Langston Hughes1st February, American
Poet, Novelist, Playwright, & Columnist
Meyer Lansky4th July, Polish, American
Gangster
Carlo Gambino24th August, Italian, American
Criminal
Jayaprakash Narayan11th October, Indian
Political Leaders
Frances Bavier14th December, American
Actress
Tallulah Bankhead31st January, American
Actress
Thomas E. Dewey24th March, American
Former Governor of New York
Karl Popper28th July, British
Philosopher
Albert Anastasia26th September, Italian, American
Criminal
Larry Fine5th October, American
Comedian
Will Geer9th March, American
Actor
Elsa Lanchester28th October, American
Actress
Norma Shearer10th August, Canadian, American
Actress
Erik Erikson15th June, Canadian, German, American
American-German psychologist
Carl Rogers8th January, American
Psychologist
Paul Dirac8th August, British
Physicist
Richard Rodgers28th June, American
Composer, songwriter, playwright
Saud of Saudi Arabia15th January, Saudi Arabian
Former King of Saudi Arabia
William Wyler1st July, American
Film director
Carlos Gracie14th September, Brazilian
Martial Artist
Rab Butler9th December, British
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer
Eric Liddell16th January, Scottish
Menachem Mendel Schneerson18th April, Ukrainian, American, Russian
Rabbi
Talcott Parsons13th December, American
Sociologist
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Chill Wills18th July, American
Actor
Stepin Fetchit30th May, American
Actor
Ann Harding7th August, American
Actress
Miriam Hopkins18th October, American
Actress
Isaac Bashevis Singer21st November, Polish, American
Writer
Ogden Nash19th August, American
Poet
Barbara McClintock16th June, American
Scientist
Eugene Wigner17th November, American
Physicist & Mathematician
Lieserl Einstein27th January, Serbian
Albert Einstein's Daughter
Marcel Breuer21st May, Hungarian
Architect & Furniture Designer
Albert Namatjira28th July, Australian
Artist
Gladys Aylward24th February, Chinese, British
Missionary
William Walton29th March, British
Composer
W. Clement Stone4th May, American
Businessman & Self Help Book Author
Theodore Schultz30th April, American
Economist
Anatole Litvak21st May, French, Ukrainian, American, Russian
Director, Screenwriter, Producer
Alva Myrdal31st January, Swedish
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Walter Houser Brattain10th February, American
Physicist
Rafael Alberti16th December, Spanish
Poet
Kurt Alder10th July, German
Chemist
Alfred Kastler3rd May, French
Physicist
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Microbiologist
Irene Ryan17th October, American
Actress
Thomas Dewey24th March, American
Lawyer
Leni Riefenstahl22nd August, German
Film Director
Charan Singh23rd December, Indian
Prime Minister of India
John Houseman22nd September, Romanian, British, American
Actor
Bobby Jones17th March, American
Golfer
Richard J. Daley15th May, American
Former Mayor of Chicago
David O. Selznick10th May, American
American film producer
Ralph Richardson19th December, British
Actor
Thelma Ritter14th February, American
Actress
Moe Berg2nd March, American
Baseball coach
R. A. Butler9th December, British
Politician
Ernie Nevers11th June, American
American Football Player
Jack Trice12th May, American
American football player
Eddie Lowery14th October, American
Golfer
Reinhard Gehlen3rd April, German
Officer
Meredith Willson18th May, American
Conductor, Composer, Flautist, Pianist, Songwriter
Gene Sarazen27th February, American
Golfer
Son House21st March, American
Guitarist, Singer
Beryl Markham26th October, British
Horse trainer
Dame Flora Robson28th March, British
Actress
George Murphy4th July, American
Senator
Louise Beavers8th March, American
Actress
Norman Maclean23rd December, American
Novelist, Journalist, Writer, University teacher
Josemaría Escrivá9th January, Spanish
Priest
Fernand Braudel24th August, Brazilian, French
Economic historian, Historian, Professor
Joe Adonis22nd November, Italian
Eric Hoffer25th July, American
Writer, Philosopher, Psychologist
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque22nd November, French
Military Personnel
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan2nd April, Indian
Singer
Brooke Astor30th March, American
Writer
Harold Lasswell13th February, American
Political scientist, Scientist, Sociologist
K. Shivaram Karanth10th October, Indian
Author, Poet
Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov21st November, Russian
Statesman
Mohammad Hatta12th August, Indonesian
Politician
Nâzım Hikmet15th January, Greek, Russian
Poet
Juscelino Kubitschek12th September, Brazilian
Physician, Politician
Stevie Smith20th September, British
Poet, Illustrator, Novelist, Performer, Writer
Bill Lear26th June, American
Inventor
Walter Slezak3rd May, Austrian
Stage actor, Film actor
Wilhelm Stuckart16th November, German
Lawyer, Judge, Politician, Jurist