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
Joan Crawford23rd March, American
Actress
Fred Trump11th October, American
Real Estate Developer
Henry Fonda16th May, American
Actor
Ayn Rand2nd February, American, Russian
Author, Screenwriter, Playwright, Developer of a
Jean-Paul Sartre21st June, French
Philosopher
Simo Häyhä17th December, Finnish
Sniper
Albert Speer19th March, German
German Architect
Greta Garbo18th September, Swedish, American
Film actress
Viktor Frankl26th March, Austrian
Psychiatrist
Christian Dior21st January, French
Fashion Designers
Dag Hammarskjöld29th July, Swedish
Second Secretary-General of the United Nations
Dalton Trumbo9th December, American
Screenwriter, Novelist
Joseph Bonanno18th January, Italian, American
Gangster
Dhyan Chand29th August, Indian
Clara Bow29th July, American
Actress
Otto Preminger5th December, American
Director
Mulk Raj Anand12th December, Indian
Howard McNear27th January, American
Actor
Arthur Koestler5th September, Hungarian, British
Robert Donat18th March, British
Actor
Franchot Tone27th February, American
Actor
Nannie Doss4th November, American
Serial Killer
Lillian Hellman20th June, American
Dramatist and Screenwriter
Severo Ochoa14th September, Spanish
Physician and Biochemist
Agnes de Mille18th September, American
American dancer and choreographer
Felix Bloch23rd October, Swiss
Physicist
Michael Tippett2nd January, British
Composer
H. E. Bates16th May, British
Short Story Writer
Emilio Segrè30th January, Italian, American
Physicist
Siaka Stevens24th August, Sierra Leonean
1st President of Sierra Leone
Carl David Anderson3rd September, American
Physicist
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Ulf von Euler7th February, Swedish
Physiologist and Pharmacologist
Nevill Francis Mott30th September, British
Physicist
George H. Hitchings18th April, American
Physiologist
Henry Koster1st May, German, American
Director, Producer
Salvador Mazza28th February, Argentinian
Physician and Epidemiologist
Maria von Trapp26th January, Austrian, American
Singer
Joel McCrea5th November, American
Actor
James J. Braddock7th June, American
Boxer
Albert Pierrepoint30th March, British
Executioner
Joseph Cotten15th May, American
Actor
Sterling Holloway4th January, American
Voice actor, Film actor, Stage actor, Television
Tex Ritter12th January, American
Singer
Dolores del Río3rd August, Mexican
singer, dancer, stage actor, film actor,
Andy Devine7th October, American
Actor
Marlin Perkins28th March, American
Zoologist
Max Schmeling28th September, German, American
Boxer
Harry Harlow31st October, American
Psychologist
Anna May Wong3rd January, American
Film actor, Stage actor, Television actor
Robert Newton1st June, British
Actor
Sada Abe28th May, Japanese
Geisha, Criminal
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed13th May, Indian
President, Politician
Tommy Dorsey19th November, American
Trombonist
Leo Durocher27th July, American
writer, Baseball Player
Savitri Devi30th September, French
Writer, Poet
Bob Wills30th November
Songwriter, Singer
Abraham Zapruder15th May, American
Tailor
Sanford Meisner31st August, American
Actor
Harold Arlen15th February, American
Composer, Songwriter, Music arranger, Film
Michael Powell30th September, British
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter, Film producer,
Robert Penn Warren24th April, American
poet, novelist, writer, literary critic,
Marcel Lefebvre29th November, French
Theologian, Catholic priest
Erwin Chargaff11th August, American
Biochemist, Chemist, Writer
Mohammad Hidayatullah17th December, Indian
Lawyer, Academician, Vice President
Astrid of Sweden17th November, Swedish
Raymond Cattell20th March, British, American
Psychologist, University teacher
Doris Hare1st March, British
Stage actor, Film actor
Mildred Natwick19th June, American
Actress
Chen Yun13th June
Politician
J. William Fulbright9th April, American
United States Senator
Barnett Newman29th January, American
Painter, Sculptor, Visual artist, Architect
Elias Canetti25th July, British
Writer, Aphorist, Playwright, Chemist, Essayist
Hans Urs von Balthasar12th August, Swiss
Theologian, Writer, Catholic priest
Ivan Serov25th August, Russian
Félix Houphouët-Boigny18th October, Ivorian
Former President of the Ivory Coast
Tommy Flowers22nd December, British
Technician, Engineer, Computer scientist
Jule Styne31st December, British, American
Composer, Songwriter, Musician, Film score
Karl Wallenda21st January, German, American
Artist, Circus performer
Gertrude Ederle23rd October, American
swimmer
Takashi Shimura12th March, Japanese
Actor, Film actor
Mantovani15th November, Italian, British
Musician
Marian Rejewski16th August, Polish
Mathematician, Cryptologist
Raymond Aron14th March, French
Journalist, Philosopher, Writer, Political
Chick Webb10th February, American
Musician
Leon Jaworski19th September, American
Attorney
Anthony Powell21st December, British
Writer, Novelist, Diarist, Literary critic
Oveta Culp Hobby19th January, American
Government Official
George Nakashima24th May, Japanese, American
Architect
Helen Wills6th October, American
Tennis player, Writer, Autobiographer, Poet
Nikolai Tikhonov14th May, Russian
Politician, Engineer, Metallurgist
Kurt Gerstein11th August, German
Military personnel
Lionel Trilling4th July, American
Literary critic, Writer, Novelist, University
Bosley Crowther13th July, American
Journalist, Film critic
Wolfram Sievers10th July, German
Politician
Ashley Montagu28th June, British, American
Anthropologist, University teacher