Howard Hughes24th December, American
Entrepreneur, Investor
Ayn Rand2nd February, American, Russian
Writer
Joan Crawford23rd March, American
Actress
Henry Fonda16th May, American
Actor
Simo Häyhä17th December, Finnish
Sniper
Albert Speer19th March, German
German Architect
Jean-Paul Sartre21st June, French
Philosopher, Novelist
Greta Garbo18th September, Swedish, American
Film actress
Fred Trump11th October, American
Real Estate Developer
Dalton Trumbo9th December, American
Screenwriter, Novelist
Viktor Frankl26th March, Austrian
Psychiatrist
Christian Dior21st January, French
Fashion Designers
Joseph Cotten15th May, American
Actor
Joseph Bonanno18th January, Italian, American
Gangster
Albert Pierrepoint30th March, British
Executioner
Clara Bow29th July, American
Actress
Dag Hammarskjöld29th July, Swedish
Second Secretary-General of the United Nations
Dhyan Chand29th August, Indian
Otto Preminger5th December, American
Director
Mulk Raj Anand12th December, Indian
Howard McNear27th January, American
Actor
Arthur Koestler5th September, Hungarian, British
Nannie Doss4th November, American
Serial Killer
Franchot Tone27th February, American
Actor
Robert Donat18th March, British
Actor
Lillian Hellman20th June, American
Dramatist and Screenwriter
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed13th May, Indian
Former President of India
Harry Harlow31st October, American
Psychologist
H. E. Bates16th May, British
Short Story Writer
Agnes de Mille18th September, American
American dancer and choreographer
Erwin Chargaff11th August, Ukrainian, American
Biochemist
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Siaka Stevens24th August, Sierra Leonean
1st President of Sierra Leone
Felix Bloch23rd October, Swiss
Physicist
Severo Ochoa14th September, Spanish
Physician and Biochemist
Michael Tippett2nd January, British
Composer
Emilio Segrè30th January, Italian, American
Physicist
Carl David Anderson3rd September, American
Physicist
Henry Koster1st May, German, American
Director, Producer
Nevill Francis Mott30th September, British
Physicist
George H. Hitchings18th April, American
Physiologist
Ulf von Euler7th February, Swedish
Physiologist and Pharmacologist
Salvador Mazza28th February, Argentinian
Physician and Epidemiologist
Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark18th April, Greek
Princess
Prince John of the United Kingdom12th July, British
Prince
James J. Braddock7th June, American
Boxer
Maria von Trapp26th January, Austrian, American
Singer
Richard Loeb30th November, American
Murderer
Myrna Loy2nd August, American
Actress
Joel McCrea5th November, American
Actor
Sada Abe28th May, Japanese
Geisha, Criminal
Dolores del Río3rd August, Mexican
singer, dancer, stage actor, film actor,
Anna May Wong3rd January, American
Actress
Andy Devine7th October, American
Actor
Sterling Holloway4th January, American
Voice actor, Film actor, Stage actor, Television
Faustyna Kowalska25th August, Polish
Saint
Max Schmeling28th September, German, American
Boxer
Astrid of Sweden17th November, Belgian, Swedish
Queen
Tex Ritter12th January, American
Singer
Savitri Devi30th September, French
Writer, Poet
Leo Durocher27th July, American
writer, Baseball Player
Mariya Oktyabrskaya16th August, Russian
Tankman
Robert Newton1st June, British
Actor
Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah5th December, Indian
Politician
Mildred Natwick19th June, American
Actress
Bob Wills6th March, American
Musician
Marlin Perkins28th March, American
Zoologist
Tommy Dorsey19th November, American
Trombonist
Gareth Jones13th August, British, Welsh
Journalist
Christine Papin8th March, French
Maid Murderer
Abraham Zapruder15th May, American
Tailor
J. William Fulbright9th April, American
United States Senator
Mohammad Hidayatullah17th December, Indian
Lawyer, Academician, Vice President
Gilbert Roland11th December, Mexican, American
Actor
Félix Houphouët-Boigny18th October, Ivorian
Former President of the Ivory Coast
Michael Powell30th September, British
Film director
Chick Webb10th February, American
Musician
Ivan Serov25th August, Russian
Harold Arlen15th February, American
Composer, Songwriter, Music arranger, Film
Takashi Shimura12th March, Japanese
Actor, Film actor
Robert Penn Warren24th April, American
poet, novelist, writer, literary critic,
Sanford Meisner31st August, American
Actor
Karl Wallenda21st January, German, American
Artist, Circus performer
Chen Yun13th June, Chinese
Political leader
Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria3rd May, German
Prince
Arthur Brough26th February, British
Actor
Marcel Lefebvre29th November, French
Theologian, Catholic priest
Władysław Gomułka6th February, Polish
Politician
Aungier Pakenham, 7th earl of Longford5th December, British
British politician
Doris Hare1st March, British
Stage actor, Film actor
Hans Urs von Balthasar12th August, Swiss
Theologian, Writer, Catholic priest
Pierre Levegh22nd December, French
Racing driver
Rex Whistler24th June, British
Painter
Vasily Grossman12th December, Russian
Writer
Anthony Powell21st December, British
Writer, Novelist, Diarist, Literary critic