- January 15
- Birth of Florian Znaniecki; Polish/US sociologist (Polish Peasant in Europe). [1]
- January 17
- Birth of Noah Beery in Smithville, Arkansas, USA; actor (Story of Esther, Mark of Zorro, Sea Wolf) (dies 1946). [1]
- January 18
- Birth of Alan Alexander Milne; English author (Winnie-the-Pooh) (dies 1956). [1] [5]
- Birth of Jacob Clay; Dutch philosopher/physicist (Mesones). [1]
- January 25
- Birth of Virginia [Adeline] Woolf in London, England; author (Jacob's Room, To the Lighthouse). [1] [5]
- January 27
- Birth of Giuseppe Prezzolini in Italy; writer (La Voce, La Cultura Italiano). [1]
- January 30
- Birth of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in New Hyde Park, New York, USA; 32nd President (Democrat) (1933-1945). [1] [5]
- February 1
- Birth of Louis Saint Laurent in Compton, Québec, Canada; (Liberal) 12th Canadian Prime Minister (1948-57). [1]
- February 2
- Birth of James Joyce in Ireland; novelist/poet (Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnigan's Wake). [1]
- Birth of James Stephens; Irish poet (Crock of Gold). [1]
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- February 8
- Birth of George Siegmann; actor (Birth of a Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist). [1]
- February 9
- Birth of Thomas Campbell; South African cricket wicketkeeper (5 Tests 1909-12). [1]
- February 14
- Birth of George Jean Nathan; US editor/author/critic (American Mercury). [1]
- February 15
- Birth of John Barrymore [Blythe] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Tempest, Beloved Rogue). [1] [5]
- February 22
- Birth of Eric Gill in England; sculptor/engraver/typographer (Perpetua). [1]
- February 25
- Birth of Bruno Traven; German writer (Sierra Madre). [1]
- Birth of Jozef Goossenaerts; Flemish philologist (Language boundary). [1]
- Birth of Ludvig Nordström in Sweden; writer (Story of Peter Svensk). [1]
- February 26
- Birth of Walter Lucht; German artillery general (WWI/WWII). [1]
- February 28
- Birth of Geraldine Farrar; US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer). [1]
- March 1
- Birth of Ida Moore in Altoona, Kansas, USA; actress (Mr Music, Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki). [1]
- March 2
- Birth of Wallis Clark in Essex, England; actress (Postal Inspector). [1]
- March 3
- Birth of Floris H L Prims; Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp. [1]
- March 6
- Birth of Guy Kibbee in El Paso, Texas, USA; actor (Big Shot). [1]
- March 19
- Birth of Gaston Lachaise; US sculptor (Standing Woman). [1]
- March 20
- Birth of René Coty in Le Havre, France; President of France (1953-58). [1]
- April 5
- Birth of Don Blackie; cricket player (Australian off-spinner in 1928-29, at age 46). [1]
- April 7
- Birth of Bert "Dainty" Ironmonger; cricket player (belated Australian representative 1928-33). [1]
- Birth of Kurt von Schleiger; German chancellor (December 2, 1932 to January 28, 1933). [1]
- April 10
- Birth of Simon F H J Berkelbach Van der Sprenkel; theologist (Fear and Religion). [1]
- April 15
- Birth of Giovanni Amendola; Italian antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo). [1]
- April 17
- Birth of Artur Schnabel in Lipnik, Austria; pianist (Beethoven Piano Sonatas). [1]
- April 18
- Birth of Leopold Stokowski in London, England; conductor (Cincinnati Symphony). [1]
- April 23
- Birth of Albert Coates in Saint Petersburg, Russia; conductor/composer (Eagle). [1]
- Birth of Max [G M J] Winders in Maximilien, Belgium; architect (WWII). [1]
- April 28
- Birth of Alberto Pirelli; Italian industrialist. [1]
- April 29
- Birth of Hendrik N Werkman; painter/printer/resistance fighter (Hot printing). [1]
- April 30
- Birth of Trijntje "Nine" van de Schaaf; author (To the Invisible). [1]
- May 7
- Birth of Willem Elsschot AKA Alfons J de Ridder; Flemish writer (Mend). [1]
- May 9
- Birth of Henry J Kaiser; builder (Liberty Ships, Jeeps, Boulder Dam). [1]
- May 10
- Birth of Thurston Hall in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Roaming Lady, In Society). [1]
- May 13
- Birth of Georges F Braque; French cubist painter (The Bike). [1]
- May 20
- Birth of Sigrid Undset in Norway; novelist (Kristin Lavransdatter, Nobel Prize 1928). [1]
- May 21
- Birth of Georgine M "May" Basting; actress (Hostage Rights of Aemstel). [1]
- May 23
- Birth of James Gleason in New York City, New York, USA; writer/actor (Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool). [1]
- May 24
- Birth of Creighton Hale in Cork, Ireland; actor (Gorilla Man, Way Down East). [1]
- June 3
- Birth of Saly Mayer in Switzerland; dragged out negitiations with German SS from August 1944 to February 1945 for release of Jews, resulting saving about 230,000 from death. [972.422]
- June 17
- Birth of Igor Stravinsky in Oranienbaum, Russia; composer ("The Rite of Spring"). [1] [5]
- June 21
- Birth of Rockwell Kent; artist/painter/illustrator (Canterbury Tales). [1]
- July 8
- Birth of Percy Grainger in Melbourne, Australia; composer/pianist/conductor (Hill Songs). [1]
- July 10
- Birth of Ima Hogg in Texas, USA; art patron/founder of the Houston Symphony. [1]
- July 22
- Birth of Edward Hopper; US painter (House by the Railroad). [1]
- August 27
- Birth of Samuel Goldwyn; pioneer film maker/producer (MGM). [1] (August 17 [5])
- September 28
- Birth of Jack Fournier; second baseman (1917-18 New York Yankees). [1]
- October 5
- Birth of Robert Hutchings Goddard in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; rocket pioneer, holder of 214 patents. [1] [1046.370] [1193.1096]
- October 6
- Birth of Karol Szymanowski in Timoshovka, Ukraine; composer (Stabatmater). [1]
- October 14
- Birth of Eamon DeValera in New York, USA; President of Ireland (1937-48, 1951-54, 1957-59). [1]
- October 24
- Birth of Sybil Thorndike in England; actress (Saint Joan). [1]
- October 29
- Birth of Jean Giraudoux in Bellac, France; playwright (Églantine, Provinciales). [1]
- November 10
- Birth of Frances Perkins; Cabinet member (Secretary of Labor 1933-45). [1]
- November 13
- Birth of John Lowry in Mount Vernon, New York, USA; New York City builder (Radio City Music Hall). [1]
- November 15
- Birth of Felix Frankfurter in Vienna, Austria; US supreme court justice (1939-62). [1]
- November 18
- Birth of Jacques Maritain in France; Catholic philosopher (exponent of Saint Thomas). [1]
- Birth of Wyndham Lewis; English writer/painter (Tarr, Apes of God). [1]
- December 7
- Birth of Warren Bardsley; cricket player (great New South Wales and Aussie opening bat 1909-26). [1]
- December 8
- Birth of Manuel María Ponce in Fresnillo, México; composer (Estrellita). [1]
- December 9
- Birth of Joaquín Turina in Seville, Spain; composer (Rima). [1]
- December 10
- Birth of Otto Neurath; Australian/British philosopher (Foundation of Social Sciences). [1]
- December 11
- Birth of Fiorello La Guardia; American politician (Mayor-Republican-New York, 1933-45) (dies 1947). [1] [5]
- Birth of Max Born in Germany; physicist (quantum mechanics, Nobel Prize 1954). [1]
- December 12
- Birth of Akiba Rubinstein; Polish chess player (openings theory). [1]
- December 15
- Birth of Helena Rubinstein; US cosmetic manufacturer. [1]
- December 16
- Birth of John Berry Hobbs in England; first cricket player knighted (1953). [1]
- Birth of Walther Meissner; German physicist (Meissner effect). [1]
- Birth of Zoltán Kodály in Kecskemét, Hungary; composer (Psalmus Hungaricus). [1]
- December 31
- Birth of Ben Jones in Missouri, USA; horse trainer (Citation, Whirlaway). [1]
- Birth of David Cohen; Dutch historian/chairman (Jewish Council). [1]
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