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Clark Gable
(Actor)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 1, 1901
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cadiz, Ohio, United States
Died: August 16
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Albert Camus
(Philosopher & Novelist)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 7, 1913
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Drean, Algeria
Died: January 4
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Zora Neale Hurston
(Folklorist, Anthropologist)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 7, 1891
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Notasulga
Died: January 28
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Ward Bond
(Actor)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 9, 1903
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Benkelman, Nebraska, USA
Died: November 5
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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John D. Rockefeller Jr.
(Philanthropist & Businessman)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 29, 1874
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died: May 11
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Margaret Sullavan
(Actress)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 16, 1909
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
Died: January 1
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Eddie Cochran
(guitarist,singer, singer-songwriter, composer)
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Richard Wright
(Novelist)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 4, 1908
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Roxie, Mississippi, United States
Died: November 28
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Aneurin Bevan
(Former Secretary of State for Health)
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 15, 1897
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Tredegar, Wales
Died: July 6
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Oscar Hammerstein II
(Lyricist)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: July 12, 1895
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: August 23
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Johnny Horton
(Musician, Singer, Songwriter)
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: April 30, 1925
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Los Angeles
Died: November 5
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Melvin Purvis
(FBI agent)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 24, 1903
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Timmonsville, South Carolina, USA
Died: February 29
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
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Boris Pasternak
(Russian Poet & Novelist Who Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 10, 1890
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: May 30
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Amānullāh Khān
(King of Afghanistan from 1926 to 1929)
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Albert Kesselring
(War Criminal)
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Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: November 30, 1885
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Marktsteft, Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany
Died: July 16
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Salvatore Ferragamo
(Designer known as Founder of Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 5, 1898
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bonito, Italy
Died: August 7
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Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia
(Daughter of Emperor Alexander III of Russia)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 13, 1882
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: November 24
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María Teresa Mirabal
(Political activist)
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Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: October 15, 1935
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Salcedo, Dominican Republic
Died: November 25
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Birthdate: March 12, 1926
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Salcedo, Dominican Republic
Died: November 25
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Herschel Grynszpan
(Murderer)
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Feroze Gandhi
(Political Leader)
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Emily Post
(Novelist)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 27, 1872
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Baltimore
Died: September 25
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Erich Raeder
(Admiral)
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 24, 1876
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Wandsbek, Hamburg, Germany
Died: November 6
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Richard Cromwell
(Actor)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 8, 1910
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Long Beach, California, United States
Died: October 11
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Mack Sennett
(Canadian-American Film Actor, Director, and Producer)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 17, 1880
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Richmond, Canada
Died: November 5
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Vera Renczi
(Serial killer)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 24, 1897
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Langenburg, Germany
Died: May 11
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Hans Wilsdorf
(Businessman)
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Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: March 22, 1881
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kulmbach, Germany
Died: July 6
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Igor Kurchatov
(Nuclear physicist)
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: January 12, 1903
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Sim, Russia
Died: February 7
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Harold Gillies
(Physician, Plastic surgeon)
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Erich Neumann
(Psychologist)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 23, 1905
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: November 5
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Antonie Pannekoek
(Astronomer, Historian of science, Philosopher, University teacher)
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Ida Rubinstein
(Former ballet Russes dancer)
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Listed In: Dancers
Birthdate: October 3, 1883
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kharkiv, Ukraine
Died: September 20
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Victor Sjöström
(Film Director)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 20, 1879
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Årjäng, Sweden
Died: January 3
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J. L. Austin
(Philosopher of Language Best Known for Developing the 'Theory of Speech Acts')
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Birthdate: March 26, 1911
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lancaster, England
Died: February 8
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Giles Gilbert Scott
(Architect)
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Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: November 9, 1880
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Hampstead, Middlesex, England
Died: February 8
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Clara Haskil
(Classical pianist)
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: January 7, 1895
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
Died: December 7
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Jussi Björling
(Swedish Operatic Tenor Who was One of the Leading Opera Singers of the 20th Century)
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Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: February 5, 1911
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Borlänge, Sweden
Died: September 9
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Caryl Chessman
(American Convicted Robber, Kidnapper and Rapist)
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Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: May 27, 1921
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: St. Joseph, Michigan, United States
Died: May 2
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Red Byron
(Race Car Driver)
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 12, 1915
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Anniston, Alabama, United States
Died: November 11
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Roy Chapman Andrews
(American Explorer, Adventurer and Naturalist Known for His Discovery of First-Known Fossil Dinosaur Eggs)
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Birthdate: January 26, 1884
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Died: March 11
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Alfred L. Kroeber
(Cultural Anthropologist)
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Birthdate: June 11, 1876
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
Died: October 5
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John P. Marquand
(Known for His Mr. Moto Spy Stories)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 10, 1893
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Died: July 16
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Fernande Barrey
(Artist)
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Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: January 9, 1893
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France
Died: July 17
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Max von Laue
(Physicist)
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Birthdate: October 9, 1879
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Pfaffendorf, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died: April 24
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Arthur Meighen
(Politician, Lawyer, Diplomat)
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Ernest Holmes
(Philosopher, Writer)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 21, 1887
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lincoln, Maine, United States
Died: April 7
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Victor Klemperer
(Scholar)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: October 9, 1881
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
Died: February 11
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Ethel Voynich
(Novelist)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 11, 1864
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ballintemple, Cork, Ireland
Died: July 27
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Subroto Mukerjee
(Indian military officer)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 5, 1911
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kolkata, India
Died: November 8
