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
Henry Fonda16th May, American
Actor
Fred Trump11th October, American
Real Estate Developer
Joan Crawford23rd March, American
Actress
Ayn Rand2nd February, American, Russian
Author, Screenwriter, Playwright, Developer of a
Albert Speer19th March, German
German Architect
Jean-Paul Sartre21st June, French
Philosopher
Simo Häyhä17th December, Finnish
Sniper
Greta Garbo18th September, Swedish, American
Film actress
Dhyan Chand29th August, Indian
Christian Dior21st January, French
Fashion Designers
Dalton Trumbo9th December, American
Screenwriter, Novelist
Dag Hammarskjöld29th July, Swedish
Second Secretary-General of the United Nations
Clara Bow29th July, American
Actress
Mulk Raj Anand12th December, Indian
Otto Preminger5th December, American
Director
Howard McNear27th January, American
Actor
Franchot Tone27th February, American
Actor
Robert Donat18th March, British
Actor
Arthur Koestler5th September, Hungarian, British
Nannie Doss4th November, American
Serial Killer
Lillian Hellman20th June, American
Dramatist and Screenwriter
H. E. Bates16th May, British
Short Story Writer
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
Emilio Segrè30th January, Italian, American
Physicist
Siaka Stevens24th August, Sierra Leonean
1st President of Sierra Leone
Carl David Anderson3rd September, American
Physicist
Nevill Francis Mott30th September, British
Physicist
Henry Koster1st May, German, American
Director, Producer
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Ulf von Euler7th February, Swedish
Physiologist and Pharmacologist
George H. Hitchings18th April, American
Physiologist
Salvador Mazza28th February, Argentinian
Physician and Epidemiologist
James J. Braddock7th June, American
Boxer
Viktor Frankl26th March, Austrian
Surgeon, Psychotherapist, Psychologist,
Joseph Cotten15th May, American
Actor
Karl Wallenda21st January, German, American
Artist, Circus performer
Dolores del Río3rd August, Mexican
singer, dancer, stage actor, film actor,
Sterling Holloway4th January, American
Voice actor, Film actor, Stage actor, Television
Joseph Bonanno18th January, Italian, American
Criminal
Max Schmeling28th September, German, American
Boxer
Andy Devine7th October, American
Actor
Marlin Perkins28th March, American
Zoologist
Anna May Wong3rd January, American
Film actor, Stage actor, Television 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
Harry Harlow31st October, American
Psychologist
Bob Wills30th November
Songwriter, Singer
Robert Penn Warren24th April, American
poet, novelist, writer, literary critic,
Mohammad Hidayatullah17th December, Indian
Lawyer, Academician, Vice President
Harold Arlen15th February, American
Composer, Songwriter, Music arranger, Film
Abraham Zapruder15th May, American
Tailor
Astrid of Sweden17th November, Swedish
Elias Canetti25th July, British
Writer, Aphorist, Playwright, Chemist, Essayist
Michael Powell30th September, British
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter, Film producer,
Chen Yun13th June
Politician
Ivan Serov25th August, Russian
Félix Houphouët-Boigny18th October, Ivorian
Former President of the Ivory Coast
Marcel Lefebvre29th November, French
Theologian, Catholic priest
Barnett Newman29th January, American
Painter, Sculptor, Visual artist, Architect
Takashi Shimura12th March, Japanese
Actor, Film actor
Raymond Cattell20th March, British, American
Psychologist, University teacher
Doris Hare1st March, British
Stage actor, Film actor
Hans Urs von Balthasar12th August, Swiss
Theologian, Writer, Catholic priest
Marian Rejewski16th August, Polish
Mathematician, Cryptologist
Jule Styne31st December, British, American
Composer, Songwriter, Musician, Film score
Tommy Flowers22nd December, British
Technician, Engineer, Computer scientist
Gertrude Ederle23rd October, American
swimmer
Raymond Aron14th March, French
Journalist, Philosopher, Writer, Political
Kurt Gerstein11th August, German
Military personnel
Erwin Chargaff11th August, American
Biochemist, Chemist, Writer
Anthony Powell21st December, British
Writer, Novelist, Diarist, Literary critic
George Nakashima24th May, Japanese, American
Architect
Helen Wills6th October, American
Tennis player, Writer, Autobiographer, Poet
Nikolai Tikhonov14th May, Russian
Politician, Engineer, Metallurgist
Lionel Trilling4th July, American
Literary critic, Writer, Novelist, University
Bosley Crowther13th July, American
Journalist, Film critic
Wolfram Sievers10th July, German
Politician
Heinz Lammerding27th August, German
Engineer
Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff27th March, German
Military personnel
Arthur Crudup24th August, American
musician, singer, guitarist, composer
Daniil Kharms17th December, Russian
writer, playwright, children's writer, poet
Roger Hollis2nd December, British
Journalist
Gerhard Klopfer18th February, German
Judge, Politician, Jurist, Lawyer
Elmyr de Hory14th April, Hungarian
art forger, painter
Ashley Montagu28th June, British, American
Anthropologist, University teacher
David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter9th February, British
Politician, Athletics competitor
Attila József11th April, Hungarian
Hungarian poet
Lois Mailou Jones3rd November, American
Painter, Educator
Guy Mollet31st December, French
Politician
Jean Vigo26th April, French
Film director, Film editor, Screenwriter
Albert W. Tucker28th November, Canadian, American
Mathematician, Topologist, University teacher