Famous People Born In 1903
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Discover the most famous people born in 1903. The list includes people like George Orwell, Bing Crosby, Eliot Ness, John von Neumann, John Dillinger and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, novelists, journalists and artists born in 1903. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & Austria and many more countries.
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Bing Crosby(Actor and One of the Most Popular and Influential Musical Artists of the 20th Century)
Birthdate: 3rd May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tacoma, Washington, United States
Died: October 14, 1977
2
George Orwell(Known for His Novels “Animal Farm” and “Nineteen Eighty-Four”)
Birthdate: 25th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Motihari, Bihar, India
Died: January 21, 1950
3
Bob Hope(Stand-Up Comedian Known for His One-Liners and Rapid-Fire Delivery of Jokes)
Birthdate: 29th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Eltham, London, England
Died: July 27, 2003
4
Lou Gehrig(One of the Most Durable Players in American Professional Baseball and One of its Great Hitters)
Birthdate: 19th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Yorkville, New York, United States
Died: June 2, 1941
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John von Neumann(Great Mathematician Who Were Equally at Home in Pure and Applied Mathematics)
Birthdate: 28th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: February 8, 1957
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Curly Howard(Comedian, Actor and Member of the Comedy Trio ‘The Three Stooges’)
Birthdate: 22nd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bensonhurst, New York, United States
Died: January 18, 1952
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Eliot Ness(American Prohibition Agent Known for His Efforts to Bring Down Al Capone)
Birthdate: 19th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: May 16, 1957
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Lawrence Welk(Accordionist, Bandleader, and Television Impresario)
Birthdate: 11th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Strasburg, North Dakota
Died: May 17, 1992
Birthdate: 9th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Benkelman, Nebraska, USA
Died: November 5, 1960
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Mark Rothko(American Painter Known or His Abstract Expressionism and Color Field Paintings)
Birthdate: 25th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Daugavpils, Latvia
Died: February 25, 1970
Birthdate: 2nd July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Sandringham, Norfolk, England
Died: January 17, 1991
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Vincente Minnelli
(Film director)
Birthdate: 28th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: July 25, 1986
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Anais Nin(French-Born American Novelist, Diarist and Short Story Writer)
Birthdate: 21st February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, France
Died: January 14, 1977
Birthdate: 13th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Saint-Mandé, France
Died: July 30, 1996
Birthdate: 20th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Humansville, Missouri, United States
Died: April 4, 1979
Birthdate: 8th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Alor Setar, Malaysia
Died: December 6, 1990
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The French Angel
(French Professional Wrestler)
Birthdate: 23rd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ural Mountains, Russia
Died: September 4, 1954
Birthdate: 24th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Timmonsville, South Carolina, USA
Died: February 29, 1960
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Evelyn Waugh(One of the Great Prose Stylists of the English Language in the 20th Century)
Birthdate: 28th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: West Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Died: April 10, 1966
Birthdate: 1st July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died: January 5, 1941
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K. Kamaraj(Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (1954-63))
Birthdate: 15th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India
Died: October 2, 1975
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Jeanette MacDonald
(Actress and Singer Known for Her Musical Films: ‘Maytime’, 'Naughty Marietta' and 'The Love Parade')
Birthdate: 18th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: January 14, 1965
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Vladimir Horowitz
(Russian-Born American Virtuoso Pianist)
Birthdate: 1st October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kyiv, Ukraine
Died: November 5, 1989
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Benjamin Spock(Pediatrician Whose 1946 Book 'Baby and Child Care' Revolutionized Parental Upbringing)
Birthdate: 2nd May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Died: March 15, 1998
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Edgar Bergen
(Best known for his proficiency in ventriloquism and his characters Charlie McCarthy)
Birthdate: 16th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: September 30, 1978
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Roy Acuff
(Known as the 'King of Country Music' and a Member of the 'Grand Ole Opry')
Birthdate: 15th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Maynardville, Tennessee, United States
Died: November 23, 1992
Birthdate: 11th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany
Died: August 6, 1969
Birthdate: 26th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: May 18, 1995
Birthdate: 6th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Died: June 16, 2000
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Aram Khachaturian
(Composer)
Birthdate: 6th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Tbilisi
Died: May 1, 1978
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Arthur Godfrey
(One of the Biggest Radio & TV Personalities in America in the 1950s)
Birthdate: 31st August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: March 16, 1983
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Konrad Lorenz(Austrian Zoologist, Ethologist, Ornithologist and Winner of 1973 Nobel Prize in Medicine)
Birthdate: 7th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: February 21, 1989
Birthdate: 10th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom
Died: May 20, 1975
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Georges Simenon(One of the Most Widely Published Authors of the 20th Century)
Birthdate: 13th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Liège, Belgium
Died: September 4, 1989
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Bix Beiderbecke
(Musician)
Birthdate: 10th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Davenport, Iowa, United States
Died: August 6, 1931
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Ella Baker
(American activist)
Birthdate: 13th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Died: December 13, 1986
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Red Grange
(American football halfback)
Birthdate: 13th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Forksville, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: January 28, 1991
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Ernst Kaltenbrunner(Former President of the ICPC and Director of the Reich Security Main Office (1943 - 1945))
Birthdate: 4th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ried im Innkreis, Austria
Died: October 16, 1946
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The French Angel
(French Professional Wrestler Who Was Twice World Heavyweight Champion)
Birthdate: 23rd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ural Mountains, Russia
Died: September 4, 1954
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Graham Sutherland
(Painter, Artist)
Birthdate: 24th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Streatham
Died: February 17, 1980
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Habib Bourguiba
(Politician, Lawyer)
Birthdate: 3rd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Monastir
Died: April 6, 2000
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John Wyndham
(Science-Fiction Writer Best Known for His Novels: 'The Day of the Triffids' and 'The Midwich Cuckoos')
Birthdate: 10th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Dorridge, Warwickshire, England
Died: March 11, 1969
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Earl Hines
(Jazz musician)
Birthdate: 28th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Duquesne, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: April 22, 1983
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Yasujirō Ozu
(Japanese Film Director and Screenwriter)
Birthdate: 12th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Died: December 12, 1963
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Al Hirschfeld
(Caricaturist, Artist, Postage stamp designer)
Birthdate: 21st June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: St. Louis
Died: January 20, 2003
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Cool Papa Bell
(Former Baseball center fielder in Negro league baseball from 1922 to 1946)
Birthdate: 17th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Starkville, Mississippi, United States
Died: March 7, 1991
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Ruth Graves Wakefield
(Chef, Patent inventor, Teacher, Businessperson, Food critic, Dietitian)
Birthdate: 17th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Walpole
Died: January 10, 1977
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James Beard
(Chef, Non-fiction writer)
Birthdate: 5th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Portland
Died: January 21, 1985
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Preston Tucker
(Entrepreneur)
Birthdate: 21st September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Capac, Michigan, United States
Died: December 26, 1956
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Sadegh Hedayat
(Iranian Writer Best Known for His Novel 'The Blind Owl')
Birthdate: 17th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Died: April 9, 1951