Chronology of Notable Births

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.


1898

January 1
  • Birth of George van Derton; Belgian racer (won 500 races). [1]
  • Birth of Viktor Ullmann; opera composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis). [1]
January 3
  • Birth of Johannes Hin in Holland; yachtsman (Olympics-gold-1920). [1]
January 6
  • Birth of Jan Filip Boon; Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39). [1]
January 7
  • Birth of Art Baker in New York City, New York, USA; TV host (You Asked For It). [1]
January 9
  • Birth of Gracie Fields AKA Grace Stansfield in Lancashire, England; comedienne and singer ("Sally", "Now is The Hour", "Walter Walter", "The Biggest Aspidistra in the World"). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Vilma Banky in Budapest, Hungary; silent screen actress (Eagle, Rebel). [1]
January 10
  • Birth of Sergei M Eisenstein; Russian director (Alexandr Nevski). [1]
January 11
  • Birth of Hans Rudolf Krik; Danish writer/critic (Fiskerne, Slaven). [1]
January 14
  • Birth of Helen Flint in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Sea Devils, Married Before Breakfast). [1]
January 20
  • Birth of Colin Clive [Greig] in Saint Malo, France; actor (Bride of Frankenstein). [1]
January 21
  • Birth of John George in Syria; actor (Kolb - Adventures of Fu Manchu). [1]
January 22
  • Birth of Ben van Eysselsteijn; Dutch writer (Arid Earth). [1]
  • Birth of Hans van Werveke; Flemish historian (Diocese Terwaan). [1]
  • Birth of Ross R Barnett; American politician (Governor-Democrat-Mississippi), lawyer. [1]
January 23
  • Birth of Randolph Scott; actor (Last of the Mohicans, Western Union) (dies 1987). [1] [5]

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  • Birth of Sergei Eisenstein in Russia; film maker (Battleship Potemkin). [1]
January 25
  • Birth of Joachim Wach; German/US philosopher/sociologist (Understanding). [1]
January 29
  • Birth of Fernand Quinet; Belgian cellist/composer/conductor (La Guerre). [1]
  • Birth of Karl Bjarnhof; Danish blind journalist/writer (History of Sascha). [1]
January 30
  • Birth of Alfred Schläppi in Switzerland; four-man bobsled (Olympics-gold-1924). [1]
February 2
  • Birth of Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar; Dutch actress (Theatre De la Mar). [1]
February 3
  • Birth of Alvar Aalto in Finland; architect (Finlandia House). [1]
February 10
  • Birth of Bertolt Brecht in Germany; playwright (Mother Courage), composer. [1]
  • Birth of Judith Anderson in Adelaide, Australia; actress (Laura, Rebecca, Tycoon). [1]
  • Birth of Joseph Kessel; French journalist/writer (Army of the Shadows). [1]
  • Birth of Robert Keith in Fowler, Indiana, USA; actor (Battle Circus, Branded, Wild One). [1]
February 11
  • Birth of Leo Szilard in Hungary; physicist/atomic bomb worker/peace activist. [1]
February 12
  • Birth of Wallace Ford AKA Samuel Jones Grundy in Batton, England; actor (The Deputy). [1]
  • Birth of Leroy Harris AKA Roy Harris in Oklahoma, USA; composer ("When Johnny Comes Marching Home"). [1]
February 14
  • Birth of Fritz Zwicky; Swiss astronomer (super nova). [1]
February 15
  • Birth of Ibuse Masuji; Japanese writer (Yôhai Taichô, Kuroi Ame). [1]
  • Birth of Toto (Antonio de Curtis) in Naples, Italy; actor (Motorizzate, Noi Duri). [1]
February 16
  • Birth of Katharine Cornell; actress (Barretts of Wimpole Street). [1]
February 17
  • Birth of Tom Lowry; cricket player (New Zealand batsman in seven Tests and their first Test captain). [1]
February 20
  • Birth of Enzo Ferrari in Modena, Italy; racing car manufacturer (Ferrari). [1]
February 21
  • Birth of Vassily Vainonen; Russian ballet dancers/choreographer (Gayaneh). [1]
February 22
  • Birth of Anton de Kom; Surinam/Dutch worker's union leader/resistance fighter. [1]
February 24
  • Birth of Kurt Tank; German WWII aircraft designer. [1]
February 25
  • Birth of William Thomas Astbury; English physicist/chemist (textiles). [1]
February 27
  • Birth of Allison Danzig; sports writer (Tennis Pictorial History). [1]
February 28
  • Birth of Molly Picon; Yiddish actress (Milk and Honey). [1]
March 6
  • Birth of Hal Hooker; cricket player (New South Wales pace bowler of 1920s and 1930s). [1]
  • Birth of Jay C Flippen in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA; actor (Ensign O'Toole, Jet Pilot, Killing, Thunder Bay). [1]
  • Birth of Jimmy Conzelman; NFL quarterback/coach/team owner (Chicago Bears). [1]
  • Birth of Johanne M Bos-Vincent; Dutch soprano (Matthäus Passion). [1]
March 7
  • Birth of Jan Bata; Czechoslovakian shoe manufacturer. [1]
March 8
  • Birth of Theophilus E Dönges; South African minister of Internal Affairs. [1]
March 10
  • Birth of Cy Kendall in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actor (Mysteries of Chinatown). [1]
March 11
  • Birth of Dorothy Gish in Massillon, Ohio, USA; stage and silent film actress (Orphans of the Storm). [1]
March 12
  • Birth of Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Junior; Dutch actor (Sold Grandpa). [1]
March 13
  • Birth of Josie Sedgwick in Texas, USA; actress (Son of Oklahoma). [1]
March 23
  • Birth of Georgios Grivas; Greek General/opposition leader on Cyprus. [1]
  • Birth of Hazel Dawn [LaTout] in Ogden, Utah, USA; actress (Niobe, Under Cover, Feud Girl). [1]
March 24
  • Birth of Dorothy Stratton; organizer (SPARS-women's branch of US Coast Guard). [1]
March 30
  • Birth of Joyce Carey in London, England; actress (Black Windmill). [1]
April 1
  • Birth of Nita Naldi [Anita Donna Dooley] in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Blood and Sand). [1]
  • Birth of Pola Gojawiczynska; Polish writer (Stolica). [1]
April 3
  • Birth of George Jessel; toastmaster general/entertainer (Diary of Young Comic) (dies 1981). [1] [5]
  • Birth of Henry Robinson Luce in Penglai, Shantung, China; co-founder of Time magazine, founder of Fortune magazine, founder of Sports Illustrated, 1965 Fisher Award. [796.24]
April 6
  • Birth of Bobby Gilbert in Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Rebel Set, Marcus Welby M.D.). [1]
April 8
  • Birth of Achiel H Acker; Belgian premier (1945-46, 1954-58). [1]
  • Birth of Cecil [Maurice] Bowra; British classics expert (Greek experience). [1]
April 9
  • Birth of Earl (Curly) Lambeau; NFL coach (Green Bay Packers). [1]
  • Birth of Paul Robeson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; singer ("Old Man River"), actor, football player. [1]
April 10
  • Birth of Hans Ehrke; German writer/poet (Narrenspiegel, Füer). [1]
April 11
  • Birth of Lou Holtz; comedian/actor (Follow the Leader). [1]
April 12
  • Birth of Grantley H Adams; President of Barbados. [1]
April 14
  • Birth of Lee Tracy in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; actor (Martin Kane - Martin Kane Private Eye). [1]
April 15
  • Birth of Nini de Boël; Flemish operette singer (White Horse). [1]
April 16
  • Birth of Marian Jordan in Peoria, Illinois, USA; radio comedienne (Fibber McGee and Molly). [1]
April 18
  • Birth of Lord Leatherland; British journalist/Labour peer. [1]
April 19
  • Birth of Constance Talmadge in Brooklyn, New York, USA; comedienne/actress (Intolerance). [1]
April 21
  • Birth of Steve Owen; NFL tackle, coach (New York Giants). [1]
April 23
  • Birth of Edwin E Dwinger; German writer (General Vlassov). [1]
April 26
  • Birth of Edward PF Eagan in Denver, Colorado, USA; boxer (Olympics-gold-1920), bobsledder (Olympics-gold-1932). [1]
  • Birth of Vicente Aleixandre in Spain; poet (Ambito, Bird of Paper, Nobel Prize 1977). [1]
May 1
  • Birth of Eugene R Black; President of the World Bank (1953-62). [1]
May 2
  • Birth of Jef [Josephus C F] Last; Dutch poet/politician (The Spark). [1]
May 3
  • Birth of Golda Mabovitch AKA Golda Meir AKA Golda Meyerson in Kiev, Ukraine; signer of Israel's declaration of independence, Israeli ambassador to Russia, member of Knesset, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (1969-1974). [1] [1113.52]
May 6
  • Birth of Daniel Gerber in Freemont, Michigan, USA; baby food maker. [1]
May 10
  • Birth of Ariel Durant; writer (Story of Civilization). [1]
  • Birth of Herbert Elwell in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; composer (Happy Hypocrite). [1]
May 15
  • Birth of Arlette-Leonie Arletty [Bathiat] in Courbevoie, France; actress (Maxime). [1]
May 16
  • Birth of August de Schrijver; Belgian politician/founder (CVP). [1]
May 18
  • Birth of Juan J Domenchina; Spanish poet/interpreter (sombra desterrada). [1]
May 21
  • Birth of Armand Hammer in New York City, New York, USA; millionaire industrialist (Occidental Petroleum). [1]
May 22
  • Birth of René de Vos; Dutch actor/composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven). [1]
May 23
  • Birth of Frank McHugh; actor (Front Page, Gold Diggers 1935, Mighty Joe Young). [1]
May 24
  • Birth of Kathleen Hale; British children's book writer/illustrator (Orlando). [1]
May 25
  • Birth of Bennett Cerf; publisher (Random House), panelist (What's My Line?). [1]
  • Birth of Gene Tunney; world heavyweight boxing champion (1926-30). [1]
May 31
  • Birth of Norman Vincent in Peale, Ohio, USA; clergyman (Power of Positive Thinking). [1]
June 1
  • Birth of Curtis Stevens; American two man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1932). [1]
  • Birth of Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild in New York City, New York, USA; bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show). [1]
  • Birth of Molly Picon; actress (Milk and Honey, Fiddler on the Roof). [1]
June 5
  • Birth of Federico García Lorca in Spain; poet/dramatist (Blood Wedding). [1]
June 6
  • Birth of Walter Abel in Saint Paul, Minnesota; actor (Suspicion, Dream Girl). [1]
June 22
  • Birth of Erich Maria Remarque; novelist (All Quiet on the Western Front). [1]
June 30
  • Birth of George Chandler in Waukegan, Illinois, USA; actor (Lassie). [1]
July 4
  • Birth of Johnny Lee in Missouri, USA; actor (Algonguin J. Calhoun (Amos 'n' Andy radio and TV series). [1] [457]
July 8
  • Birth of Alec Waugh in London, England; novelist (Island in the Sun); brother of Evelyn. [1]
  • Birth of Melville Ruick in Boise, Idaho, USA; actor (Barton - City Hospital). [1]
July 17
  • Birth of Berenice Abbott in Springfield, Ohio, USA; photographer (World of Atget). [1]
July 19
  • Birth of Herbert Marcuse in Berlin, USA; communist philosopher (One-Dimensional Man). [1]
July 22
  • Birth of Alexander Calder; sculptor (mobiles, stabiles). [1]
  • Birth of Stephen Vincent Benét; US writer (The Devil and Daniel Webster). [1]
July 23
  • Birth of Mervyn "Red" Dutton in Manitoba, Canada; second NHL president (1943-46). [1]
July 29
  • Birth of Isidor Isaac Rabi in Poland; physicist (explored atom, Nobel Prize-1944). [1]
July 30
  • Birth of Henry Moore in England; sculptor (Vertebrae). [1]
August 1
  • Birth of Morris Stoloff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; violinist (Picnic, Pal Joey). [1]
August 13
  • Birth of Jean Borota in France; tennis champion (35 Wimbledon titles between 1922 and 1964). [1]
August 24
  • Birth of Albert Claude in Belgium; physician (Nobel Prize 1974). [1]
  • Birth of Malcolm Cowley in Belsano, Pennsylvania, USA; author (Flowering of New England). [1]
September 8
  • Birth of Queenie Smith in New York City, New York, USA; actress/dancer (Funny Side). [1]
September 9
  • Birth of Frank (Fordham Flash) Frisch in New York City, New York, USA; baseball player (National League Most Valuable Player 1931). [1]
September 12
  • Birth of Ben Shahn; painter (1964 Arts and Letters). [1]
September 19
  • Birth of Giuseppe Saragat; president of Italy (1964-71). [1]
September 24
  • Birth of Baron Florey in Australia; pathologist; purified penicillin (Nobel Prize 1945). [1]
September 26
  • Birth of George Gershwin [Jacob Gershvin] in Brooklyn, New York, USA; composer (Rhapsody in Blue). [1] [5]
October 7
  • Birth of Alfred Wallenstein in Chicago, Illinois, USA; conductor (Chicago Symphony 1922-29). [1]
October 16
  • Birth of Arthur H Dean; lawyer/advisor to Franklin Roosevelt. [1]
  • Birth of William O Douglas in Maine, USA; US supreme court justice (1939-75). [1]
October 18
  • Birth of Lotte Lenya in Vienna, Austria; actor/singer (Appointment, Semi-Tough). [1]
October 22
  • Birth of Damaso Alonso; Spanish poet (Hijos de la ira). [1]
November 9
  • Birth of Paul Robeson; actor/singer/football star (King Solomon's Mines). [1]
November 11
  • Birth of Rene Clair; director (I Married a Witch). [1]
November 13
  • Birth of Earl Sande; jockey (Hall of Famer). [1]
November 18
  • Birth of Joris Ivens in Nijmegen, Netherlands; director (Rain). [1]
November 21
  • Birth of René Magritte; painter (This is Not a Pipe). [1]
November 22
  • Birth of Wiley Post in Grand Plain, Texas, USA; aviator/parachutist (crashed in Alaska). [1]
November 29
  • Birth of CS Lewis; English writer/scholar (Le Roman de la Rosa). [1]
November 30
  • Birth of Roy (Link) Lyman; NFL tackle (Chicago Bears). [1]
December 1
  • Birth of Cyril Ritchard in Sydney, Australia; actor (Peter Pan, Hans Brinker). [1]
December 6
  • Birth of Gunnar Myrdal in Sweden; sociologist/economist (Nobel Prize 1974). [1]
  • Birth of Herman Shumlin; actor (Watch on the Rhine). [1]
December 9
  • Birth of Emmett Kelly in Sedan, Kansas, USA; circus clown (Weary Willie). [1]
December 10
  • Birth of Yuri N Libedinski; Ukrainian writer (Birth of Hero). [1]
December 11
  • Birth of Nils J E Ferlin; Swedish poet (Barfotabarn). [1]
December 20
  • Birth of Irene [Marie] Dunne Louisville Kentucky, actress (Show Boat, I Remember Mama, My Favorite Wife). [1]
December 21
  • Birth of Eugène Dabit; French writer/painter (Hôtel du Nord). [1]
  • Birth of Ira S Bowen; US physicist/astronomer (Mount Wilson/Palomar). [1]
December 30
  • Birth of Vincent Lopez in Brooklyn, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard). [1]

End of 1898. Next: 1899.

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