Chronology of Notable Births

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.


1896

January 1
  • Birth of Teinosuke Kinugasain Mie Ken, Japan; writer/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon). [1]
January 2
  • Birth of Dziga Vertiv AKA Denis A Kaufman; Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!). [1]
January 4
  • Birth of André Aimé René Masson; French surrealist artist (Labyrinth). [1]
  • Birth of Everett McKinley Dirkson; American politician (Senator-Republican-Illinois). [1]
January 5
  • Birth of Hendrik Algra; Dutch Member of Parliament (ARP). [1]
January 6
  • Birth of Abram N Pritzker; US businessman (Hyatt Hotels, McCall's magazine). [1]
January 7
  • Birth of Arnold Ridley in Bath, England; actor/dramatist (The Ghost Train). [1]
January 8
  • Birth of Jaromir Weinberger in Prague, Czechoslovakia; composer (Bird's Opera). [1]
  • Birth of Manuel Rojas in Sepulveda, Chile; writer (Men of the South). [1]
January 11
  • Birth of Paddy Driscoll; NFL quarterback/coach (Chicago Cardinals, Chicago Bears). [1]
January 12
  • Birth of Rex Ingram in Ireland; actor/director (Elmer Gantry, God's Little Acre). [1]
January 14
  • Birth of John dos Passos; novelist (1919, Big Money, 42nd Parallel). [1]
January 17
  • Birth of Harry Reser in Ohio, USA; orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show). [1]
January 18
  • Birth of Hans H Holm; Norwegian poet (Jonsoknatt). [1]
January 20
  • Birth of Elmer R Diktonius; Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik). [1]
  • Birth of George Burns AKA Nathan Birnbaum, in New York City, New York; actor/comedian (Oh God). [1]

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  • Birth of Rolfe Sedan in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Mailman - George Burns Show). [1]
January 23
  • Birth of Charlotte; grand duchess of Luxembourg (1919-64). [1]
January 25
  • Birth of John Moores; British gambling magnate/multi-millionaire. [1]
January 29
  • Birth of Teddy Hoad; cricket player (pioneering West Indian Test batsman). [1]
February 1
  • Birth of Anastasio "Tacho" Somoza; General/President of Nicaragua (1937-56). [1]
February 7
  • Birth of Harold Hoffman in South Amboy, New Jersey, USA; American politician (Governor-New Jersey). [1]
  • Birth of Jacob Paludan; Danish pharmacist/writer (Jørgen Stein). [1]
February 8
  • Birth of Orville Caldwell in California, USA; actor (Patsy, French Doll, Last Warning). [1]
February 10
  • Birth of Olin Howlin in Denver, Colorado, USA; actor (Swifty - Circus Boy). [1]
February 15
  • Birth of Arthur Shields in Dublin, Ireland; actor (River, Enchanted Island). [1]
February 16
  • Birth of Alexander Brailowsky in Russia; pianist (Chopin). [1]
  • Birth of Charles A L Panzéra; French baritone (L'horizon Chimérique). [1]
February 18
  • Birth of André Breton in France; surrealist poet/writer (founder of surréalism). [1]
February 21
  • Birth of Sylvain Poons; Dutch cabaret performer (Blue Jackets). [1]
February 22
  • Birth of Edvin Wide in Sweden; 10km runner (Olympics-silver-1924). [1]
  • Birth of Enid Markey in Dillon, Colorado, USA; actress (Aunt Violet - Bringing Up Buddy). [1]
  • Birth of Paul Van Ostaijen; Flemish poet/writer/critic (Occupied City). [1]
February 25
  • Birth of John J McClellan; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Arkansas). [1]
February 26
  • Birth of Andrei A Zjdanov; Russian politician (against kosmopolitism). [1]
February 28
  • Birth of Philip Showalter Hench in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; physician (cortisone - Nobel Prize). [1]
February 29
  • Birth of Ranchhodji Morarji Desai; premier of India (1977-79). [1]
  • Birth of Stanley Swash; CEO (Woolworths). [1]
  • Birth of William W Wellman in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA; director (A Star is Born). [1]
March 10
  • Birth of Harry Krimer; actor (Napoleon). [1]
March 16
  • Birth of Conrad Nagel in Keokuk, Iowa, USA; actor (Celebrity Time). [1]
March 20
  • Birth of Hal Walker in Ottumwa, Iowa, USA; director (I Married Joan). [1]
April 3
  • Birth of Douwe Kalma; Dutch literary/leader (Young Frisian Movement). [1]
April 4
  • Birth of Robert Sherwood; dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight). [1]
  • Birth of Tristan Tzara AKA Samuel Rosenfeld; French poet (Approximate Man). [1]
April 7
  • Birth of Benny Leonard; lightweight boxing champion (1917-25). [1]
April 18
  • Birth of C Eugène Wegmann; Swiss geologist (Le Jura plissé). [1]
April 21
  • Birth of Attila Hörbiger; Austrian actor (Die Grosse Liebe, Die Julika). [1]
  • Birth of Henry M de Montherlant; French stage author (La Reine Morte). [1]
April 27
  • Birth of Rogers Hornsby in Winters, Texas, USA; second baseman (Saint Louis Cardinals). [1]
  • Birth of Wallace Hume Carothers; inventor (nylon). [1]
April 30
  • Birth of Reverend Gary Davis in Laurens, South Carolina, USA; blues/folk guitarist ("A Little More Faith"). [1]
May 11
  • Birth of Mari Sandoz in Nebraska, USA; author (Cheyenne Autumn). [1]
May 13
  • Birth of Charles F Pahud de Mortanges; Dutch equestrian (Olympics-gold-1928, 1932). [1]
May 28
  • Birth of Warren Giles; American baseball's National League president. [1]
May 29
  • Birth of George L Funke; botanist (Flower Physiology). [1]
May 30
  • Birth of Howard Hawks in Goshen, Indiana, USA; director/producer (Rio Bravo, Scarface). [1]
June 6
  • Birth of Robert Sheriff; playwright (Journey's End). [1]
June 7
  • Birth of Robert Mulliken; US chemist/physicist (Nobel Prize 1966). [1]
  • Birth of Vivien Kellems; TV hostess (The Power of Women). [1]
June 18
  • Birth of Blanche Sweet in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience). [1]
  • Birth of Philip Barry; US dramatist (Philadelphia Story). [1]
June 19
  • Birth of Bessie Wallis Warfield AKA Wallace Simpson to Teackle Warfield and Alice Montague in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, USA; married Edward, Duke of Windsor. [1] [1456.33]
June 22
  • Birth of Francis C Denebrink; US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea). [1]
June 30
  • Birth of Wilfred Pelletier in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; conductor (Voice of Firestone). [1]
July 16
  • Birth of Trygve Lie; first United Nations Secretary-General (1946-52). [1]
July 19
  • Birth of A.J. Cronin in England; author (Citadel, Shining Victory). [1]
July 21
  • Birth of Jean Rivier in Villemomble, France; composer (Vénitienne). [1]
August 7
  • Birth of Ernesto Lecuona in Havana, Cuba; composer (Malagueña). [1]
August 8
  • Birth of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings in Washington DC, USA; writer (The Yearling). [1]
August 9
  • Birth of Jean Piaget in Switzerland; pioneer developmental psychologist/zoologist. [1]
  • Birth of Leonide Massine; choreographer (Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1914-20). [1]
August 18
  • Birth of Alan Mowbray in London, England; actor (Dante, Colonel Flack). [1]
August 21
  • Birth of Roark Bradford; writer/humorist (Ol' Man Adan an' His Chillun). [1]
August 24
  • Birth of Phil Baker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; comedian (Who's Whose). [1]
August 30
  • Birth of Raymond Massey in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actor (Dr Gillespie - Dr Kildare). [1] [457]
September 13
  • Birth of Morris Kirksey; US 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1920). [1]
September 24
  • Birth of F Scott Fitzgerald in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; author (Great Gatsby). [1]
September 27
  • Birth of George Bender in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; American politician (Representative/Senator-Republican-Ohio). [1]
  • Birth of Sam Ervin; American politician (Democrat-Senator-North Carolina), Watergate committee chairman. [1]
October 11
  • Birth of Roman Jakobson; linguist/Slavic scholar (Fundamentals of Language). [1]
October 12
  • Birth of Eugenio Montale in Italy; poet/translator (Xenia - Nobel Prize 1975). [1]
October 14
  • Birth of Lillian Gish; silent film/stage actress (Birth of a Nation). [1]
October 15
  • Birth of Melville Cooper in Birmingham, England; TV panelist (I Got a Secret). [1]
October 22
  • Birth of Charles Glenn King; biochemist (discovered vitamin C). [1]
October 28
  • Birth of Howard Hanson in Wahoo, Nebraska, USA; composer/conductor (Nordic). [1]
October 30
  • Birth of Ruth Gordon in Massachusetts, USA; actress (Rosemary's Baby, Harold and Maude). [1]
October 31
  • Birth of Ethel Waters in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Beulah), singer ("Stormy Weather"). [1]
November 1
  • Birth of Edmund Blunden; English poet/critic (Undertones of War). [1]
November 6
  • Birth of Jim Jordan; actor, comedian, created Fibber McGee and Molly radio show. [1] [457]
November 7
  • Birth of Herbert R O'Connor in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; (Senator-Maryland)/TV narrator (Crime Syndicated). [1]
November 8
  • Birth of Bucky Harris; baseball manager (Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees). [1]
November 16
  • Birth of Lawrence Tibbett in Bakersfield, California, USA; baritone (Metropolitan 1923-50). [1]
November 25
  • Birth of Virgil Thomson in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; composer/music critic (Four Saints in Three Acts). [1]
November 29
  • Birth of Philip L Carret in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA; CEO (Pioneer Fund). [1]
December 3
  • Birth of John Urzidil; Austria/US writer (Die erbeuteten Frauen). [1]
December 4
  • Birth of Nikolai S Tichonov; Russian writer (against Pasternak). [1]
December 5
  • Birth of Willem F M Lampe; Dutch ambassador of the Dutch Antilles. [1]
December 6
  • Birth of George Trafton; NFL center (Chicago Bears). [1]
  • Birth of Ira Gershwin; lyricist ("'S Wonderful", "I Got Rhythm"). [1]
December 11
  • Birth of Georgi K Zjukov; Russian minister of Defense (WWII). [1]
December 14
  • Birth of James H Doolittle; US Army General (Raid on Tokyo 1942). [1]
December 15
  • Birth of George B Cressey; US geographer (Asia's Lands and Peoples). [1]
  • Birth of Margaret Bannerman in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (Elopement). [1]
December 21
  • Birth of Carl Romme; Dutch catholic foreman/KVP-Minister of Socialist Business. [1]
  • Birth of Constantine Rokossovski; Russian marshal/vice-premier of Poland. [1]
December 23
  • Birth of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa; Sicilian writer (Der Leopard). [1]
December 27
  • Birth of Arch Ward; sportswriter (proposed baseball's all-star game). [1]
  • Birth of Ewan Calague; economist/statistician (Social Security Board). [1]
  • Birth of Louis Bromfield in Mansfield, Ohio, USA; writer (Early Autumn, Pulitzer-1926). [1]
December 28
  • Birth of Roger Huntington Sessions in Brooklyn, New York, USA; composer (Black Maskers). [1]
December 29
  • Birth of David Alfaro Siqueiros in México; painter/muralist (Liberation of Chile). [1]
December 30
  • Birth of Tom Keene in Rochester, New York, USA; actor (Our Daily Bread). [1]
December 31
  • Birth of Ronald Adam in Herefordshire, England; actor (Phantom Shot). [1]

End of 1896. Next: 1897.

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.
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