Howard Hughes24th December, American
Entrepreneur, Investor
Fred Trump11th October, American
Real Estate Developer
Joan Crawford23rd March, American
Actress
Ayn Rand2nd February, American, Russian
Writer
Henry Fonda16th May, American
Actor
Simo Häyhä17th December, Finnish
Sniper
Albert Speer19th March, German
German Architect
Jean-Paul Sartre21st June, French
Philosopher
Greta Garbo18th September, Swedish, American
Film actress
Viktor Frankl26th March, Austrian
Psychiatrist
Dalton Trumbo9th December, American
Screenwriter, Novelist
Christian Dior21st January, French
Fashion Designers
Clara Bow29th July, American
Actress
Joseph Cotten15th May, American
Actor
Joseph Bonanno18th January, Italian, American
Gangster
Dag Hammarskjöld29th July, Swedish
Second Secretary-General of the United Nations
Albert Pierrepoint30th March, British
Executioner
Arthur Koestler5th September, Hungarian, British
Otto Preminger5th December, American
Director
Dhyan Chand29th August, Indian
Robert Donat18th March, British
Actor
Howard McNear27th January, American
Actor
Mulk Raj Anand12th December, Indian
Franchot Tone27th February, American
Actor
Nannie Doss4th November, American
Serial Killer
Harry Harlow31st October, American
Psychologist
Lillian Hellman20th June, American
Dramatist and Screenwriter
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed13th May, Indian
Former President of India
Erwin Chargaff11th August, Ukrainian, American
Biochemist
Agnes de Mille18th September, American
American dancer and choreographer
Michael Tippett2nd January, British
Composer
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H. E. Bates16th May, British
Short Story Writer
Felix Bloch23rd October, Swiss
Physicist
Siaka Stevens24th August, Sierra Leonean
1st President of Sierra Leone
Severo Ochoa14th September, Spanish
Physician and Biochemist
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
Ulf von Euler7th February, Swedish
Physiologist and Pharmacologist
George H. Hitchings18th April, American
Physiologist
Salvador Mazza28th February, Argentinian
Physician and Epidemiologist
Maria von Trapp26th January, Austrian, American
Singer
Myrna Loy2nd August, American
Actress
Prince John of the United Kingdom12th July, British
Prince
Richard Loeb30th November, American
Murderer
Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark18th April, Greek
Princess
Joel McCrea5th November, American
Actor
James J. Braddock7th June, American
Boxer
Sterling Holloway4th January, American
Voice actor, Film actor, Stage actor, Television
Dolores del Río3rd August, Mexican
singer, dancer, stage actor, film actor,
Anna May Wong3rd January, American
Actress
Tex Ritter12th January, American
Singer
Max Schmeling28th September, German, American
Boxer
Andy Devine7th October, American
Actor
Gareth Jones13th August, British, Welsh
Journalist
Robert Newton1st June, British
Actor
Savitri Devi30th September, French
Writer, Poet
Sada Abe28th May, Japanese
Geisha, Criminal
Tommy Dorsey19th November, American
Trombonist
Leo Durocher27th July, American
writer, Baseball Player
Christine Papin8th March, French
Maid Murderer
Arthur Brough26th February, British
Actor
Faustyna Kowalska25th August, Polish
Saint
Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah5th December, Indian
Politician
Bob Wills30th November
Songwriter, Singer
Astrid of Sweden17th November, Swedish
Gilbert Roland11th December, Mexican, American
Actor
Mildred Natwick19th June, American
Actress
Chick Webb10th February, American
Musician
Karl Wallenda21st January, German, American
Artist, Circus performer
Michael Powell30th September, British
Film director
J. William Fulbright9th April, American
United States Senator
Abraham Zapruder15th May, American
Tailor
Mohammad Hidayatullah17th December, Indian
Lawyer, Academician, Vice President
Harold Arlen15th February, American
Composer, Songwriter, Music arranger, Film
Takashi Shimura12th March, Japanese
Actor, Film actor
Sanford Meisner31st August, American
Actor
Marcel Lefebvre29th November, French
Theologian, Catholic priest
Ivan Serov25th August, Russian
Robert Penn Warren24th April, American
poet, novelist, writer, literary critic,
Marlin Perkins28th March, American
Zoologist
Félix Houphouët-Boigny18th October, Ivorian
Former President of the Ivory Coast
Chen Yun13th June, Chinese
Political leader
Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria3rd May, German
Prince
Władysław Gomułka6th February, Polish
Politician
Barnett Newman29th January, American
Painter, Sculptor, Visual artist, Architect
Erika Mann9th November, German, British, American
Actress
Hans Urs von Balthasar12th August, Swiss
Theologian, Writer, Catholic priest
Doris Hare1st March, British
Stage actor, Film actor
Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff27th March, German
Military personnel
Elias Canetti25th July, British
Writer, Aphorist, Playwright, Chemist, Essayist
Mantovani15th November, Italian, British
Musician
Gertrude Ederle23rd October, American
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