Famous People Born In 1906

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Discover the most famous people born in 1906. The list includes people like Ed Gein, Adolf Eichmann, Grace Hopper, Leonid Brezhnev, Samuel Beckett and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, journalists, physicists and novelists born in 1906. This list includes people from United States, Germany, United Kingdom & Italy and many more countries.
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 1 
Josephine Baker
(First Black Woman to Star in a Major Motion Picture, the 1927 Silent Film 'Siren of the Tropics')
Josephine Baker
34
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 3rd June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died: April 12, 1975
 2 
Grace Hopper
(Computer Scientist, Mathematician and One of the First Programmers of the ‘Harvard Mark I’ Computer)
Grace Hopper
12
Birthdate: 9th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: January 1, 1992
 3 
John Huston
(Director of Classic Movies Like 'The Maltese Falcon', 'The Asphalt Jungle', 'The Misfits' and Many More)
John Huston
5
Birthdate: 5th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Nevada, Missouri, United States
Died: August 28, 1987
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Samuel Beckett
(Irish Novelist Who Won the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature)
Samuel Beckett
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 13th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Foxrock, Ireland
Died: December 22, 1989
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Dmitry Shostakovich
(One of the Major Russian Composers of the 20th Century)
Dmitry Shostakovich
4
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 25th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: August 9, 1975
 6 
Eddie Albert
(American actor)
Eddie Albert
2
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 22nd April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Rock Island, Illinois, United States
Died: May 26, 2005
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Lou Costello
(Actor and Comedian Best Known for His Comedy Routine ‘Who's on First’)
Lou Costello
2
Birthdate: 6th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paterson, New Jersey, United States
Died: March 3, 1959
 8 
Puyi
(Last Emperor of China)
Puyi
14
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 7th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Beijing, China
Died: October 17, 1967
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Satchel Paige
(American Professional Baseball Pitcher)
Satchel Paige
7
Listed In: Baseball Players
Birthdate: 7th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Mobile, Alabama, United States
Died: June 8, 1982
 10 
Aristotle Onassis
(Businessman)
Aristotle Onassis
11
Birthdate: 20th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Karataş, İzmir, Turkey
Died: March 15, 1975
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Philo Farnsworth
15
Listed In: Inventors
Birthdate: 19th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Beaver, Utah, United States
Died: March 11, 1971
 12 
John Carradine
13
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 5th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York City, United States
Died: November 27, 1988
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Jack Churchill
(British Army Officer Who Fought in the World War II)
Jack Churchill
7
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 16th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Died: March 8, 1996
 14 
Billy Wilder
(One of the Most Brilliant and Versatile Filmmakers of 'Classic Hollywood Cinema' With a Career Spanning Five Decades)
Billy Wilder
4
Birthdate: 22nd June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Sucha Beskidzka, Poland
Died: March 27, 2002
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George Sanders
(Actor Known for His Films: 'Rebecca', 'Foreign Correspondent' and 'All About Eve')
George Sanders
9
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 3rd July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: April 25, 1972
 16 
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
(Theologian Known for His Staunch Resistance to the Nazi Dictatorship)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
4
Birthdate: 4th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Wrocław, Poland
Died: April 9, 1945
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Joan Blondell
(American Actress Best Known for Her Film 'The Blue Veil')
Joan Blondell
4
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 30th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: December 25, 1979
 18 
Kurt Gödel
(Mathematician, Philosopher and One of the Most Significant Logicians in History)
Kurt Gödel
8
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 28th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Brno, Czech Republic
Died: January 14, 1978
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Faisal of Saudi Arabia
(King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975)
Faisal of Saudi Arabia
18
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 9th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Died: March 25, 1975
 20 
Hannah Arendt
(One of the Most Influential Political Theorists of the 20th Century)
Hannah Arendt
4
Birthdate: 14th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Linden - Mitte, Hanover, Germany
Died: December 4, 1975
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Bea Benaderet
(Actress)
Bea Benaderet
4
Birthdate: 4th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: October 13, 1968
 22 
Louise Brooks
(Actress)
Louise Brooks
4
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 14th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cherryvale, Kansas, United States
Died: August 8, 1985
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Albert Hofmann
(The First Person to Synthesize LSD)
Albert Hofmann
6
Listed In: Chemists
Birthdate: 11th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Baden
Died: April 29, 2008
 24 
Mary Astor
(American Actress Known for Her Role as 'Brigid O’Shaughnessy' in the Film 'Maltese Falcon')
Mary Astor
3
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 3rd May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Quincy, Illinois, United States
Died: September 25, 1987
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Virginia Hall
(American Secret Agent Who Worked in France During World War II)
Virginia Hall
10
Listed In: Spies
Birthdate: 6th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died: July 8, 1982
 26 
Lon Chaney Jr.
(Actor)
Lon Chaney Jr.
7
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 10th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Died: July 12, 1973
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Curtis Lemay
(General)
Curtis Lemay
6
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 15th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Died: October 1, 1990
 28 
R. K. Narayan
(Indian Author Known for His known for His Work Set in the Fictional South Indian Town of Malgudi)
R. K. Narayan
113
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 10th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Died: May 13, 2001
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Janet Gaynor
(American Actress Who Became the First Recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actress)
Janet Gaynor
2
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 6th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Philadelphia
Died: September 14, 1984
 30 
Joan Hickson
(Actress)
Joan Hickson
0
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 5th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kingsthorpe, Northampton, England
Died: October 17, 1998
 31 
Robert E. Howard
(Pulp Fiction Writer)
Robert E. Howard
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 22nd January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Peaster
Died: June 11, 1936
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Gale Gordon
3
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 20th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New York City, U.S.New York, New York, United States
Died: June 30, 1995
 33 
Ozzie Nelson
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Birthdate: 20th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Died: June 3, 1975
 34 
Anna Roosevelt Halsted
(Writer, Editor)
Anna Roosevelt Halsted
4
Birthdate: 3rd May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New York City
Died: December 1, 1975
 35 
Hans Asperger
(Paediatrician)
Hans Asperger
5
Listed In: Pediatricians
Birthdate: 18th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Vienna
Died: October 21, 1980
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Thelma Todd
(Actress)
Thelma Todd
0
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 29th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States
Died: December 16, 1935
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Roberto Rossellini
(Film director, Actor, Film producer, Playwright, Screenwriter, Racecar driver)
Roberto Rossellini
2
Birthdate: 8th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Rome
Died: June 3, 1977
 38 
Chandra Shekhar Azad
(Indian Revolutionary Who Reorganised Hindustan Socialist Republican Association)
Chandra Shekhar Azad
16
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 23rd July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Badarka, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died: February 27, 1931
 39 
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
(American Aviator and Writer Who Became the First Woman to Receive a U.S. Glider Pilot License)
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
4
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 22nd June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Englewood, New Jersey
Died: February 7, 2001
 40 
Philip Johnson
(Architect)
Philip Johnson
7
Birthdate: 8th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cleveland
Died: January 25, 2005
 41 
Henny Youngman
(Comedian)
Henny Youngman
1
Listed In: Comedians
Birthdate: 16th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Whitechapel
Died: February 24, 1998
 42 
Hermione Baddeley
2
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 13th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Broseley, Shropshire, England
Died: August 19, 1986
 43 
Prithviraj Kapoor
(Actor Who Is Also Considered to Be One of the Founding Figures of Hindi Cinema)
Prithviraj Kapoor
3
Birthdate: 3rd November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Samundri, Pakistan
Died: May 29, 1972
 44 
Diana Vreeland
(Magazine editor, fashion journalist and special consultant)
Diana Vreeland
0
Birthdate: 29th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: August 22, 1989
 45 
Luchino Visconti
(Theatre director, Film director, Screenwriter, Writer)
Luchino Visconti
1
Listed In: Directors
Birthdate: 2nd November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Milan
Died: March 17, 1976
 46 
Clyde Tombaugh
(Astronomer, University teacher)
Clyde Tombaugh
1
Listed In: Astronomers
Birthdate: 4th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Streator
Died: January 17, 1997
 47 
Oscar Levant
(American pianist)
Oscar Levant
6
Birthdate: 27th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Pittsburgh
Died: August 14, 1972
 48 
Hans Bethe
(Physicist)
Hans Bethe
0
Listed In: Physicists
Birthdate: 2nd July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Strasbourg
Died: March 6, 2005
 49 
Soichiro Honda
(Japanese Industrialist, Engineer and Founder of the Renowned Automobile Manufacturer, 'Honda Motor Co., Ltd')
Soichiro Honda
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: 17th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Died: August 5, 1991
 50 
Léopold Sédar Senghor
(1st President of Senegal)
Léopold Sédar Senghor
6
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 9th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Joal Fadiout, Senegal
Died: December 20, 2001