Ray Kroc5th October, American
Founder of the McDonald’s Corporation
Tallulah Bankhead31st January, American
Actress
Charles Lindbergh4th February, American
Aviator, Inventor & Author
John Steinbeck27th February, American
Author
Ayatollah Khomeini22nd September, Iranian
Led the Famous Iranian Revolution in 1979
Strom Thurmond5th December, American
Former United States Senator
Langston Hughes1st February, American
Poet, Novelist, Playwright, & Columnist
Ansel Adams20th February, American
Photographer
Georgy Malenkov8th January, Russian
Politician
Meyer Lansky4th July, Polish, American
Gangster
Carlo Gambino24th August, Italian, American
Criminal
Frances Bavier14th December, American
Actress
Will Geer9th March, American
Actor
Larry Fine5th October, American
Comedian
Karl Popper28th July, British
Philosopher
Albert Anastasia26th September, Italian, American
Criminal
Paul Dirac8th August, British
Physicist
Norma Shearer10th August, Canadian, American
Actress
Eric Liddell16th January, Scottish
Jayaprakash Narayan11th October, Indian
Political Leaders
Thomas E. Dewey24th March, American
Former Governor of New York
Carl Rogers8th January, American
Psychologist
Erik Erikson15th June, Canadian, German, American
American-German psychologist
William Wyler1st July, American
Film director
Elsa Lanchester28th October, American
Actress
Saud of Saudi Arabia15th January, Saudi Arabian
Former King of Saudi Arabia
Richard Rodgers28th June, American
Composer, songwriter, playwright
Carlos Gracie14th September, Brazilian
Martial Artist
Miriam Hopkins18th October, American
Actress
Menachem Mendel Schneerson18th April, Ukrainian, American, Russian
Rabbi
Chill Wills18th July, American
Actor
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Stepin Fetchit30th May, American
Actor
Talcott Parsons13th December, American
Sociologist
Rab Butler9th December, British
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer
Isaac Bashevis Singer21st November, Polish, American
Writer
Barbara McClintock16th June, American
Scientist
Lieserl Einstein27th January, Serbian
Albert Einstein's Daughter
Gladys Aylward24th February, Chinese, British
Missionary
Ogden Nash19th August, American
Poet
Eugene Wigner17th November, American
Physicist & Mathematician
Marcel Breuer21st May, Hungarian
Architect & Furniture Designer
Albert Namatjira28th July, Australian
Artist
William Walton29th March, British
Composer
W. Clement Stone4th May, American
Businessman & Self Help Book Author
Ann Harding7th August, American
Actress
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
Theodore Schultz30th April, American
Economist
Kurt Alder10th July, German
Chemist
Alfred Kastler3rd May, French
Physicist
André Lwoff8th May, French
Microbiologist
Leni Riefenstahl22nd August, German
Film Director
Irene Ryan17th October, American
Actress
Moe Berg2nd March, American
Baseball coach
Bobby Jones17th March, American
Golfer
John Houseman22nd September, Romanian, British, American
Actor
Charan Singh23rd December, Indian
Prime Minister of India
Ralph Richardson19th December, British
Actor
Thelma Ritter14th February, American
Actress
David O. Selznick10th May, American
American film producer
Richard J. Daley15th May, American
Former Mayor of Chicago
Beryl Markham26th October, British
Horse trainer
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.5th July, American
R. A. Butler9th December, British
Politician
Reinhard Gehlen3rd April, German
Officer
Eddie Lowery14th October, American
Golfer
Antonia Brico26th June, Dutch, American
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Son House21st March, American
Guitarist, Singer
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan2nd April, Indian
Singer
Gene Sarazen27th February, American
Golfer
Brooke Astor30th March, American
Writer
George Murphy4th July, American
Senator
Joe Adonis22nd November, Italian
Josemaría Escrivá9th January, Spanish
Priest
Fernand Braudel24th August, Brazilian, French
Economic historian, Historian, Professor
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Statesman
Walter Slezak3rd May, Austrian
Stage actor, Film actor
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque22nd November, French
Military Personnel
Dame Flora Robson28th March, British
Actress
Norman Maclean23rd December, American
Novelist, Journalist, Writer, University teacher
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Physician, Politician
Louise Beavers8th March, American
Actress
Nâzım Hikmet15th January, Greek, Russian
Poet
Mohammad Hatta12th August, Indonesian
Politician
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Inventor
Eric Hoffer25th July, American
Writer, Philosopher, Psychologist
Wilhelm Stuckart16th November, German
Lawyer, Judge, Politician, Jurist
Meredith Willson18th May, American
Conductor, Composer, Flautist, Pianist, Songwriter
Therese Brandl1st February, German
Guard
Joseph Klewan12th January, American
K. Shivaram Karanth10th October, Indian
Author, Poet
Mortimer J. Adler28th December, American
Philosopher, Teacher, Writer, University teacher