John Wayne26th May, American
Actor
Frida Kahlo6th July, Mexican
Painter
Katharine Hepburn12th May, American
Actress
Bhagat Singh27th September, Indian
Revolutionary
Laurence Olivier22nd May, British
Barbara Stanwyck16th July, American
Actress
Anthony Blunt26th September, British
Art Historian, University Teacher
Burgess Meredith16th November, American
Actor
Claus von Stauffenberg15th November, German
Military Leader
W. H. Auden21st February, British
Poet
Cesar Romero15th February, American
Actor
Robert A. Heinlein7th July, American
Science Fiction Writer
George Hill Hodel10th October, American
Suspected Murderer
Yakov Dzhugashvili18th March, Georgian, Russian
Joseph Stalin's Son
Cab Calloway25th December, American
Singer
Daphne du Maurier13th May, British
Jack Albertson16th June, American
Actor
François Duvalier14th April, Haitian
Politician, Physician
Ramon Magsaysay31st August, Filipino
7th President of the Philippines
Fay Wray15th September, Canadian, American
Actress
Rachel Carson27th May, American
Marine biologist
Ray Milland3rd January, Welsh
Actor
Gustav Schwarzenegger17th August, Austrian
Father of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
John McIntire27th June, American
Actor
George W. Romney8th July, American
43rd Governor of Michigan
Rosalind Russell4th June, American
Actress
James Roosevelt23rd December, American
United States Congressman, US Military Officer,
Kathryn Kuhlman9th May, American
Evangelist
Dan Duryea23rd January, American
Actor
Astrid Lindgren14th November, Swedish
Writer
Warren Earl Burger17th September, American
Former Chief Justice of the United States
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Hergé22nd May, Belgian
Cartoonist (Creator of Tintin)
Mahadevi Varma26th March, Indian
Poet
Mircea Eliade13th March, Romanian
Historian of Religion
James A. Michener3rd February, American
Dub Taylor26th February, American
Actor
Baldur von Schirach9th May, German
Nazi Leader
Janet Lee Bouvier3rd December, American
Socialite
Lee Miller23rd April, American
Photographer
Alvin Karpis10th August, Canadian, Spanish
Gangster
Oscar Niemeyer15th December, Brazilian
Architect
Fred Zinnemann29th April, Austrian, British, American
Film Director
Frank Whittle1st June, British
Inventor of Turbojet Engine
John Bowlby26th February, British
Psychologist
Abraham Joshua Heschel11th January, Polish
Rabbi
Alberto Moravia28th November, Italian
Italian novelist
Nikolaas Tinbergen15th April, Dutch
Ornithologist
Sisavang Vatthana13th November, Laotian
King
Hideki Yukawa23rd January, Japanese
Physicist
Charles Eames17th June, American
Charles Alston28th November, American
Painter, Sculptor, Artist, Muralist, Teacher
Edward Dunlop12th July, Australian
Prisoner of War
James Meade23rd June, British
Economist
Edwin McMillan18th September, American
Physicist
Daniel Bovet23rd March, Italian
Pharmacologist
J. Hans D. Jensen25th June, German
Physicist
Cyril Clarke22nd September, British
Pioneering work on prevention of Rh disease, and
Hanns Scharff16th December, German
Visual artist, Air force officer
Lucia dos Santos22nd March, Portuguese
Nun
Robert Young22nd February, American
Actor
Harivanshrai Bachchan27th November, Indian
Poet
Ayub Khan14th May, Pakistani
Former President of Pakistan
Gene Autry29th September, American
Actor, Singer, Singer-songwriter, Musician,
Sergei Korolev1st January, Russian
Scientist
Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia9th November, German
Prince
Joe Besser12th August, American
Comedian, Musician, Voice actor, Actor, Television
Arlene Francis20th October, American
Actor, Autobiographer, Television presenter, Radio
John G. Trump21st August, American
Scientist
Warren E. Burger17th September, American
Judge, Lawyer
Evelyn Frechette30th November, American
Singer
Lin Biao5th December, Chinese
Politician, Military personnel
Dora Maar22nd November, French
Photographer, Artist, Painter, Poet,
Emilie Schindler22nd October, Austrian, German
Writer, Autobiographer
James Robertson Justice15th June, British
Actor
Alan Reed20th August, American
Actor
Peggy Ashcroft22nd December, British
Actress
Leon Askin18th September, Austrian
Screenwriter, Stage actor, Film actor
Franz Jägerstätter20th May, Austrian
Fighter
Horst Wessel9th October, German
Composer
William Steig14th November, American
Writer, Sculptor, Illustrator, Children's writer,
U Nu25th May, Burmese
Politician
Jacques Tati9th October, French
Film actor, Actor, Film director, Screenwriter,
James Maurice Gavin22nd March, American
Military Officer
Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon24th April, British
Queen Victoria's great grand son
Jimmie Foxx22nd October, American
Baseball player
Sheldon Leonard22nd February, American
Actor
Orville Redenbacher16th July, American
Businessman
Dixie Dean22nd January, British
Footballer
Pujie16th April, Chinese
Kate Smith1st May, American
Singer
James Hayter23rd April, Indian, British
Actor
Otto Ohlendorf4th February, German
Economist, Politician, Military personnel
Le Duan7th April, Vietnamese
Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of
Alfonso, Prince of Asturias10th May, Spanish
Prince of Asturias