Frida Kahlo6th July, Mexican
Painter
John Wayne26th May, American
Actor
Katharine Hepburn12th May, American
Actress
Laurence Olivier22nd May, British
Bhagat Singh27th September, Indian
Revolutionary
Barbara Stanwyck16th June, American
Actress
W. H. Auden21st February, British
Poet
Burgess Meredith16th November, American
Actor
Claus von Stauffenberg15th November, German
Military Leader
Robert A. Heinlein7th July, American
Science Fiction Writer
Cab Calloway25th December, American
Singer
Cesar Romero15th February, American
Actor
Anthony Blunt26th September, British
Art Historian, University Teacher
George W. Romney8th July, American
43rd Governor of Michigan
Rosalind Russell4th June, American
Actress
Jack Albertson16th June, American
Actor
Daphne du Maurier13th May, British
Yakov Dzhugashvili18th March, Georgian, Russian
Joseph Stalin's Son
Gustav Schwarzenegger17th August, Austrian
Father of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
John McIntire27th June, American
Actor
Ray Milland3rd January, Welsh
Actor
François Duvalier14th April, Haitian
Politician, Physician
Dan Duryea23rd January, American
Actor
Fay Wray15th September, Canadian, American
Actress
Kathryn Kuhlman9th May, American
Evangelist
Alvin Karpis10th August, Canadian, Spanish
Gangster
Rachel Carson27th May, American
Marine biologist
Astrid Lindgren14th November, Swedish
Writer
James Roosevelt23rd December, American
United States Congressman, US Military Officer,
James A. Michener3rd February, American
Hergé22nd May, Belgian
Cartoonist (Creator of Tintin)
Continue Reading Below
Dub Taylor26th February, American
Actor
Mircea Eliade13th March, Romanian
Historian of Religion
Ramon Magsaysay31st August, Filipino
7th President of the Philippines
Janet Lee Bouvier3rd December, American
Socialite
Lee Miller23rd April, American
Photographer
Baldur von Schirach9th May, German
Nazi Leader
Oscar Niemeyer15th December, Brazilian
Architect
Frank Whittle1st June, British
Inventor of Turbojet Engine
Fred Zinnemann29th April, Austrian, British, American
Film Director
Abraham Joshua Heschel11th January, Polish
Rabbi
Mahadevi Varma26th March, Indian
Poet
John Bowlby26th February, British
Psychologist
Alberto Moravia28th November, Italian
Italian novelist
Nikolaas Tinbergen15th April, Dutch
Ornithologist
Hideki Yukawa23rd January, Japanese
Physicist
Charles Eames17th June, American
Sisavang Vatthana13th November, Laotian
King
James Meade23rd June, British
Economist
Charles Alston28th November, American
Painter, Sculptor, Artist, Muralist, Teacher
Edwin McMillan18th September, American
Physicist
Daniel Bovet23rd March, Italian
Pharmacologist
George Hill Hodel10th October, American
Suspected Murderer
J. Hans D. Jensen25th June, German
Physicist
Edward Dunlop12th July, Australian
Prisoner of War
Cyril Clarke22nd September, British
Pioneering work on prevention of Rh disease, and
Warren Earl Burger17th September, American
Former Chief Justice of the United States
Gene Autry29th September, American
Actor, Singer, Singer-songwriter, Musician,
Emilie Schindler22nd October, Austrian, German
Writer, Autobiographer
Joe Besser12th August, American
Comedian, Musician, Voice actor, Actor, Television
Warren E. Burger17th September, American
Judge, Lawyer
Arlene Francis20th October, American
Actor, Autobiographer, Television presenter, Radio
Sheldon Leonard22nd February, American
Actor
Kate Smith1st May, American
Singer
Lin Biao5th December, Chinese
Politician, Military personnel
Melvin Belli29th July, American
Lawyer
Horst Wessel9th October, German
Composer
Dora Maar22nd November, French
Photographer, Artist, Painter, Poet,
Leon Askin18th September, Austrian
Screenwriter, Stage actor, Film actor
Franz Jägerstätter20th May, Austrian
Fighter
Peggy Ashcroft22nd December, British
Actress
Dixie Dean22nd January, British
Footballer
Jimmie Foxx22nd October, American
Baseball player
Henry Murray30th January, French
Actor
Jacques Tati9th October, French
Film actor, Actor, Film director, Screenwriter,
Orville Redenbacher16th July, American
Businessman
Mehboob Khan9th September, Indian
Director
William Steig14th November, American
Writer, Sculptor, Illustrator, Children's writer,
Otto Ohlendorf4th February, German
Economist, Politician, Military personnel
Pujie16th April, Chinese
Yang Shangkun3rd August, Chinese
Politician
Herbert Kappler23rd September, German
officer
Hanns Scharff16th December, German
Visual artist, Air force officer
Bill Dickey6th June, American
Baseball player
Run Run Shaw23rd November, Hong Konger
Philanthropist
I. F. Stone24th December, American
Journalist
Irving Paul Lazar28th March, American
Lawyer, Talent agent
Leslie Charteris12th May, Singaporean, British
Author
Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg15th November, German
German officer
Jean Louis5th October, French, Haitian, American
Artist, Screenwriter, Costume designer
L. Sprague de Camp27th November, American
Writer
Compay Segundo18th November, Cuban
Cuban guitarist
Zarah Leander15th March, Swedish
Singer
H. L. A. Hart18th July, British
Philosopher