Famous People Born In 1905
Discover the most famous people born in 1905. The list includes people like Howard Hughes, Ayn Rand, Jean-Paul Sartre, Joan Crawford, Henry Fonda and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include journalists, political leaders, directors and playwrights born in 1905. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & France and many more countries.
Howard Hughes24th December, American
Entrepreneur, Investor
Fred Trump11th October, American
Real Estate Developer
Ayn Rand2nd February, American, Russian
Author, Screenwriter, Playwright, Developer of a
Joan Crawford23rd March, American
Actress
Henry Fonda16th May, American
Actor
Jean-Paul Sartre21st June, French
Philosopher
Albert Speer19th March, German
German Architect
Simo Häyhä17th December, Finnish
Sniper
Greta Garbo18th September, Swedish, American
Film actress
Viktor Frankl26th March, Austrian
Psychiatrist
Christian Dior21st January, French
Fashion Designers
Dalton Trumbo9th December, American
Screenwriter, Novelist
Clara Bow29th July, American
Actress
Joseph Bonanno18th January, Italian, American
Gangster
Dag Hammarskjöld29th July, Swedish
Second Secretary-General of the United Nations
Dhyan Chand29th August, Indian
Otto Preminger5th December, American
Director
Howard McNear27th January, American
Actor
Robert Donat18th March, British
Actor
Harry Harlow31st October, American
Psychologist
Franchot Tone27th February, American
Actor
Arthur Koestler5th September, Hungarian, British
Mulk Raj Anand12th December, Indian
Nannie Doss4th November, American
Serial Killer
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed13th May, Indian
Former President of India
Lillian Hellman20th June, American
Dramatist and Screenwriter
Erwin Chargaff11th August, Ukrainian, American
Biochemist
Agnes de Mille18th September, American
American dancer and choreographer
H. E. Bates16th May, British
Short Story Writer
Felix Bloch23rd October, Swiss
Physicist
Siaka Stevens24th August, Sierra Leonean
1st President of Sierra Leone
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Severo Ochoa14th September, Spanish
Physician and Biochemist
Emilio Segrè30th January, Italian, American
Physicist
Michael Tippett2nd January, British
Composer
Carl David Anderson3rd September, American
Physicist
Salvador Mazza28th February, Argentinian
Physician and Epidemiologist
Nevill Francis Mott30th September, British
Physicist
Henry Koster1st May, German, American
Director, Producer
George H. Hitchings18th April, American
Physiologist
Ulf von Euler7th February, Swedish
Physiologist and Pharmacologist
Anna May Wong3rd January, American
Film actor, Stage actor, Television actor
Maria von Trapp26th January, Austrian, American
Singer
Prince John of the United Kingdom12th July, British
Prince
James J. Braddock7th June, American
Boxer
Myrna Loy2nd August, American
Actress
Sterling Holloway4th January, American
Voice actor, Film actor, Stage actor, Television
Max Schmeling28th September, German, American
Boxer
Albert Pierrepoint30th March, British
Executioner
Andy Devine7th October, American
Actor
Joel McCrea5th November, American
Actor
Karl Wallenda21st January, German, American
Artist, Circus performer
Joseph Cotten15th May, American
Actor
Dolores del Río3rd August, Mexican
singer, dancer, stage actor, film actor,
Tex Ritter12th January, American
Singer
Marlin Perkins28th March, American
Zoologist
Savitri Devi30th September, French
Writer, Poet
Robert Newton1st June, British
Actor
Sada Abe28th May, Japanese
Geisha, Criminal
Tommy Dorsey19th November, American
Trombonist
Leo Durocher27th July, American
writer, Baseball Player
Bob Wills30th November
Songwriter, Singer
Michael Powell30th September, British
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter, Film producer,
Harold Arlen15th February, American
Composer, Songwriter, Music arranger, Film
Robert Penn Warren24th April, American
poet, novelist, writer, literary critic,
Abraham Zapruder15th May, American
Tailor
Mohammad Hidayatullah17th December, Indian
Lawyer, Academician, Vice President
Astrid of Sweden17th November, Swedish
Mildred Natwick19th June, American
Actress
Sanford Meisner31st August, American
Actor
J. William Fulbright9th April, American
United States Senator
Marcel Lefebvre29th November, French
Theologian, Catholic priest
Raymond Cattell20th March, British, American
Psychologist, University teacher
Félix Houphouët-Boigny18th October, Ivorian
Former President of the Ivory Coast
Takashi Shimura12th March, Japanese
Actor, Film actor
Jule Styne31st December, British, American
Composer, Songwriter, Musician, Film score
Barnett Newman29th January, American
Painter, Sculptor, Visual artist, Architect
Hans Urs von Balthasar12th August, Swiss
Theologian, Writer, Catholic priest
Chick Webb10th February, American
Musician
Chen Yun13th June
Politician
Elias Canetti25th July, British
Writer, Aphorist, Playwright, Chemist, Essayist
Ivan Serov25th August, Russian
Roger Hollis2nd December, British
Journalist
Kurt Gerstein11th August, German
Military personnel
Mantovani15th November, Italian, British
Musician
Gertrude Ederle23rd October, American
swimmer
Raymond Aron14th March, French
Journalist, Philosopher, Writer, Political
Bosley Crowther13th July, American
Journalist, Film critic
Marian Rejewski16th August, Polish
Mathematician, Cryptologist
Tommy Flowers22nd December, British
Technician, Engineer, Computer scientist
Anthony Powell21st December, British
Writer, Novelist, Diarist, Literary critic
Doris Hare1st March, British
Stage actor, Film actor
Erskine Hamilton Childers11th December, Irish, British
President
Chaudhry Muhammad Ali15th July, Pakistani
Prime Minister
George Nakashima24th May, Japanese, American
Architect