Chronology of Notable Births

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.


1905

January 1
  • Birth of Melvin Price; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Illinois, 1945-). [1]
January 2
  • Birth of Michael Kemp Tippett; English composer/conductor (Child of our Time). [1]
January 3
  • Birth of Ray Milland in Neath, Wales; actor (Lost Weekend - Academy Award 1945). [1]
January 4
  • Birth of Sterling Holloway in Cedartown, Georgia, USA; actor (Rin Tin Tin, Willy, Waldo - The Life of Riley, The Baileys of Balboa, Adventures of Superman, Gilligan's Island, That Girl, F-Troop), voice of Winnie the Pooh in TV and film. [1] [457]
January 5
  • Birth of László Papp in Hungary; middleweight boxer (Olympics-gold-1948, 1952, 1956). [1]
January 6
  • Birth of Eric Frank Russell in United Kingdom; sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space, Dark Tides). [1]
January 8
  • Birth of Carl Gustav Hempel in Oranienburg, Germany; logical positivist philosopher, taught at Yale University and Princeton University in the USA. [1] [37]
January 11
  • Birth of Manfred Bonnington Lee; detective writer (half of Ellery Queen). [1]
  • Birth of Pierre Mendes-France; French Premier (1954-55). [1]
January 12
  • Birth Woodward Maurice Ritter AKA Tex Ritter in rural Texas, USA; country singer ("Five Star Jubilee", "The Wayward Wind", theme song to High Noon movie (1952), disk jockey (Nashville radio). [457]
January 17
  • Birth of Franz Schmid in Germany; ascended northside of Matterhorn (1931). [1]
January 18
  • Birth of Chick Chandler in Kingston, New York, USA; actor (Barney - One Happy Family). [1]
January 19
  • Birth of Anne Schumacher Hummert; pioneer radio writer/producer (Our Gal Sunday, The Romance of Helen Trent, Mr Keen Tracer of Lost Persons, Betty and Bob, Backstage Wife, Waltztime, The American Album of Familiar Music). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Oveta Culp Hobby; government official/newspaper publisher/CEO (Houston Post). [1]
January 21
  • Birth of Christian Dior in Normandy, France; fashion designer (long-skirted look). [1]
January 23
  • Birth of David Newell in Missouri, USA; actor (Runaway Bride, White Heat, Dangerous Curves). [1]

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  • Birth of Konstanty I Galczynski; Polish poet (Zielona Ges). [1]
January 26
  • Birth of Charles Lane in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Homer - Petticoat Junction, The Lucy Show). [1]
  • Birth of John Carmel Heenan in Essex, England; cardinal archbishop of Westminster (1963-75). [1]
  • Birth of Maria Augusta von Trapp in Austria; singer, inspired film The Sound of Music. [1]
  • Birth of Marquess of Bath; English large landowner/multi-millionaire. [1]
January 27
  • Birth of Howard McNear in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Floyd - Andy Griffith Show, The Jetsons). [1]
January 29
  • Birth of Barnett Newmann; US painter (postpainterly abstraction). [1]
January 31
  • Birth of Anna Blaman [Johanna P Vrugt]; Dutch writer (Wife and Friend). [1]
  • Birth of Charles de Trooz; Belgian literary (Le Magister et Ses Maîtres). [1]
  • Birth of John Henry O'Hara in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, USA; novelist (Butterfield 8, Pal Joey, Appointment at Samarra). [1]
February 2
  • Birth of Ayn Rand in Russia; Russian-American philosopher, writer (Atlas Shrugged 1957, The Fountainhead). [1] [537.52]
February 4
  • Birth of Eddie Foy in New Rochelle, New York, USA; actor (Eddie - Fair Exchange). [1]
February 6
  • Birth of Wladislaw Gomulka; premier of Poland. [1]
February 7
  • Birth of Paul Nizan; French journalist/writer (L'Humanité, La Conspiration). [1]
  • Birth of Ulf Svante von Euler in Sweden; physiologist (Nobel Prize 1970). [1]
February 8
  • Birth of Truman Bradley in Missouri, USA; TV host (Science Fiction Theater). [1]
February 10
  • Birth of John Dierkes in Ohio, USA; actor (Daughter of Dr Jekyll, Hanging Tree). [1]
  • Birth of Walter Brown; sports organizer (NBA). [1]
February 11
  • Birth of Beb [Elizabeth] Vuyk; Netherlands/Indonesian writer (Camp diary). [1]
February 12
  • Birth of Harry Bellaver; actor (Sergeant Arcaro - Naked City). [1]
February 14
  • Birth of Thelma Ritter in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Miracle on 34th Street). [1]
February 15
  • Birth of Harold Arlen [Hyman Arluck]; US composer (Over the Rainbow). [1]
February 16
  • Birth of Lord Franks; British ambassador (to US). [1]
February 20
  • Birth of Jascha Golowanjuk; Swedish writer (Acrobat). [1]
February 27
  • Birth of Charles de Keukeleire; Belgian director (Evil Eye). [1]
  • Birth of Franchot Tone in Niagara Falls, New York, USA; actor (Dr Freeland - Ben Casey) (dies 1968). [1] [5]
March 1
  • Birth of Pol le Roy; Flemish author/novelist/writer (Stroom). [1]
March 2
  • Birth of Marc Blitzstein in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; composer (Cradle Will Rock). [1]
March 4
  • Birth of Lili Kràus in Budapest, Hungary; pianist (Austrian Cross of Honor 1978). [1]
March 5
  • Birth of Gilroy Roberts; US chief coin engraver (1948-64). [1]
March 6
  • Birth of Bob Wills in Kosse, Texas, USA; actor (Lone Prairie, Tornado in the Saddle). [1]
March 7
  • Birth of Vera Fjodorova Panova; Russian author (Sputniki). [1]
March 9
  • Birth of Félix Labisse; French painter (libidoscaphes). [1]
  • Birth of Grigori Kozintsev in Kiev, Ukraine; director (Hamlet, King Lear). [1]
  • Birth of Peter C Quennell; English biographer/critic (Byron in Italy). [1]
  • Birth of Rex Warner; English poet/writer (Wild Goose Chase). [1]
March 15
  • Birth of Berthold Schenck von Stauffenberg; attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler. [1]
  • Birth of Joe E Ross; comedian (Gunther Toody - Car 54 Where Are You?, Ritzik - The Phil Silvers Show). [1]
March 18
  • Birth of John Kirkpatrick in New York City, New York, USA; pianist (Concord Sonata). [1]
  • Birth of Mollie Parnis in New York City, New York, USA; fashion designer (Mollie Roberts Collection). [1]
  • Birth of Robert Donat in Withington, Manchester, England; actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Citadel). [1]
March 19
  • Birth of Albert Speer; German architect/minister of Armament (NSDAP) (dies 1981). [1] [5]
March 21
  • Birth of Phyllis McGinley; US poet (Pulitzer 1961, Love Letters). [1]
March 22
  • Birth of Ruth Page; US choreographer/ballet leader (Diaghilev, Pygmalion). [1]
March 23
  • Birth of Ralph Perring; Lord Mayor (London). [1]
March 24
  • Birth of André Christiaens; Flemish writer (Unfindable Country). [1]
March 25
  • Birth of Binnie Barnes in London, England; actress (Last of the Mohicans, The Three Musketeers). [1]
March 26
  • Birth of Viktor Emil Frankl; pyschiatrist (Man's Search for Meaning). [1]
March 27
  • Birth of László Kalmár in Edde, Hungary; mathematician/promoted the development of computer science in Hungary. [1]
March 28
  • Birth of Marlin Perkins in Carthage, Missouri, USA; zoologist, TV show host (Zoo Parade, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom). [1] [457]
March 29
  • Birth of Annunzio Mantovani in Venice, Italy; orchestra leader (Mantovani). [1]
  • Birth of Philip Ahn in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Master Kan - Kung Fu TV show). [457]
March 30
  • Birth of Mikio Oda in Japan; triple jumper (Olympics-gold-1928). [1]
April 1
  • Birth of "Mother" Clara Hale; US social worker (founded Hale House). [1]
  • Birth of Gaston Eyskens; Prime Minister of Belgium (1949, 1958-61, 1968-72). [1]
  • Birth of Winfried P I Zillig; German opera composer/conductor (Fantasia Irica). [1]
April 2
  • Birth of Serge Lifar in Kiev, Ukraine; dancer, choreographer (Paris Opéra Ballet). [1]
April 5
  • Birth of Bill Raisch; one armed actor (Fred Johnson - Fugitive). [1]
April 8
  • Birth of George Baxter in Paris, France; actor (Flying Saucer, Lili, Caged). [1]
  • Birth of Hans Scherfig; Danish marxist/writer (Idealister, Frydenholm). [1]
  • Birth of Helen B M Fennell Joseph; anti-apartheid writer (Side by Side). [1]
  • Birth of Pierre Wigny; Belgian minister of Foreign affairs (1958-61). [1]
April 9
  • Birth of James William Fulbright in Sumner, Missouri, USA; Member of U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas (Democrat, 1943-45), US Senator from Arkansas (Democrat, 1945-74), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency (1955-59), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (1959-74) (dies 1995). [1] [5]
April 10
  • Birth of Jan H van Roijen; diplomat/Netherlands foreign minister. [1]
April 14
  • Birth of Frits Philips; Dutch engineer/CEO (Philips). [1]
  • Birth of Holmesdale Charles "Slinger" Nitschke; cricket batsman (South Australia and Test). [1]
April 17
  • Birth of Arthur Lake in Corbin, Kentucky, USA; actor (Dagwood - Blondie). [1]
  • Birth of Louis Jean Heydt in Montclair, New Jersey, USA; actor (Joe - Waterfront). [1]
April 19
  • Birth of John S "Jimmy" Thach; US pilot/Admiral (WWII). [1]
April 21
  • Birth of Edmund G "Pat" Brown; American politician (Governor-Democrat-California). [1]
April 24
  • Birth of Robert Penn Warren; first US poet laureate (All the King's Men). [1]
April 26
  • Birth of Charles K Feldman [Gould] in New York City, New York, USA; producer (Casino Royale). [1]
  • Birth of Denis O'Dea in Dublin, Ireland; actor (Esther and the King, Treasure Island). [1]
  • Birth of Jean Vigo in France; actor/director (Zero For Conduct, L'Atlante). [1]
April 30
  • Birth of Henrich Schläppi in Switzerland; four man bobsled (Olympics-gold-1924). [1]
May 1
  • Birth of Leila Hyams in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap). [1]
  • Birth of Nikolai Tikhonov; Soviet Prime Minister (1980-85). [1]
May 2
  • Birth of Alan Rawsthorne in Haslingden, England; composer (Cortéges). [1]
May 3
  • Birth of Albrecht Luitpold G Ferdinand Michael Wittelsbach; duke of Bavaria. [1]
  • Birth of Sebastian Lewis Shaw; actor (High Season, Ace of Spades, Caste). [1]
May 4
  • Birth of Mátyás Seiber in Budapest, Hungary; composer (Scherzando). [1]
May 5
  • Birth of Arnold Meijer; Dutch leader of fascist Dutch National/Black Front. [1]
  • Birth of Robert Houben; Belgian CVP-minister of Public health (1958). [1]
May 6
  • Birth of [Bernard] Toots Shor; raconteur/restauranteur (Toots Shor). [1]
May 15
  • Birth of Joseph Cotten in Petersburg, Virginia, USA; actor (3rd Man, Airport 77, Hearse). [1]
May 16
  • Birth of H[erbert] E[rnest] Bates; novelist (Feast for July, Love for Lydia). [1]
  • Birth of Henry Fonda in Grand Island, Nebraska, USA; actor (Mr Roberts, On Golden Pond) (dies 1982). [1] [5]
May 18
  • Birth of Hedley Verity; cricket player (terrific slow lefty for England pre-WWII). [1]
May 20
  • Birth of Gerrit Achterberg; Dutch poet (Sailing). [1]
  • Birth of Harry Campion; statistician/founder (British Central Statistical Office). [1]
May 24
  • Birth of Mikhail Sholokhov; USSR writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel Prize 1965). [1]
May 25
  • Birth of Binnie Barnes in London, England; actress (Adventures of Marco Polo, Diamond Jim). [1]
  • Birth of Joseph C Harsch in Toledo, Ohio, USA; newscaster (Background). [1]
May 29
  • Birth of Jan [Johannes] Teulings; Dutch actor/director (That Joyous Eve). [1]
  • Birth of Sebastian Shaw in Holt, England; actor (Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Chimera, High Season, Spy in Black). [1]
June 5
  • Birth of Arthur Donovan AKA Art Donovan in Bronx, New York, USA; NFL defensive tackle (Baltimore Colts, New York Yanks, Dallas Texans), author (Fatso). [1]
  • Birth of John Abbott in London, England; actor (Smogasboard). [1]
June 6
  • Birth of John Gart in Russia; orchestra leader (Paul Winchell Show). [1]
June 19
  • Birth of George Voskovec in Czechoslovakia; actor (Fred - Nero Wolfe, Peter - Skag). [1]
June 21
  • Birth of Jean-Paul Sartre in France; philosopher/writer (Nobel Prize 1964; declined). [1]
July 4
  • Birth of Lionel Trilling; author (1969 Poses Award, Liberal Imagination). [1]
July 9
  • Birth of Clarence Campbell in Saskatchewan, Canada; third NHL president (1946-77). [1]
July 17
  • Birth of William Gargan in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Dynamite, Ellery Queen). [1]
July 19
  • Birth of Boyd Neel in Blackheath, Kent, England, conductor (Story of an Orchestra). [1]
July 25
  • Birth of Elias Canetti; Bulgarian/British novelist/essayist (Nobel Prize 1981). [1]
July 29
  • Birth of Clara Bow; silent screen actress (It, Saturday Night Kid). [1]
  • Birth of Dag Hammarskjöld in Sweden; second United Nations Secretary-General (1953-61) (Nobel Prize 1961). [1]
  • Birth of Thelma Todd; actress (Dangerous Female, Devil's Brother). [1]
August 2
  • Birth of Myrna Loy in Montana, USA; actress (Rebound, Emma). [1]
August 3
  • Birth of Dolores Del Rio in Mexico; actress (What Price Glory?). [1]
August 8
  • Birth of André Jolivet in Paris, France; composer (L'Eunuque). [1]
August 9
  • Birth of Leo Genn; actor (Affair in Monte Carlo). [1]
August 17
  • Birth of John Hay Whitney; publisher (New York Herald Tribune 1961-67). [1]
August 23
  • Birth of Constant Lambert in London, England; composer (King Pest). [1]
August 25
  • Birth of Clara Bow; silent movie actress (Wings, Down to the Sea in Ships). [1]
August 27
  • Birth of Frederick O'Neal in Brooksville, Mississippi, USA; actor (Car 54 Where Are You). [1]
August 28
  • Birth of Sam Levene; actor (Demon, Gung Ho). [1]
August 31
  • Birth of Dore Schary; producer/writer/director (Act One, Boys Town, Big City). [1]
September 3
  • Birth of Carl David Anderson in New York City, New York, USA; physicist (1936 Nobel Prize for physics). [1]
September 5
  • Birth of Arthur Koestler in Hungary; writer (Darkness at Noon) (dies 1983). [1] [5]
September 18
  • Birth of Agnes De Mille in New York City, New York, USA; choreographer (Oklahoma). [1]
  • Birth of Claudette Colbert in Paris, France; actress (Lily Chauchoin, Arise My Love). [1]
  • Birth of Eddie "Rochester" Anderson in Oakland, California, USA; actor (Jack Benny Show). [1]
  • Birth of Greta Garbo in Stockholm, Sweden; actress (Ninotchka, Grand Hotel, Camille). [1] [5]
September 19
  • Birth of Betty Garde in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Aggie - The Real McCoys). [1]
September 25
  • Birth of Red Smith in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA; sportscaster/columnist (Fight Talk). [1]
September 27
  • Birth of Ernest Baier in Germany; figure skater (Olympic-gold-1936). [1]
September 28
  • Birth of Max Schmeling in Germany; world heavyweight boxing champion (1930-32). [1]
  • Birth of William Northam in Austria; yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1964). [1]
October 6
  • Birth of Helen N Moody; tennis pro (8 Wimbledon titles 1927-1938). [1]
October 7
  • Birth of Andy Devine [Jeremiah Schwartz] in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA; actor (Andy's Gang). [1]
October 15
  • Birth of C P Snow in England; novelist/scientist (Death Under Sail). [1]
October 16
  • Birth of Rex Bell in Chicago, Illinois, USA; cowboy (Cowboys and Injuns). [1]
October 17
  • Birth of Jean Arthur in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Shane, Mr Smith Goes to Washington). [1]
October 20
  • Birth of Frederic Dannay; half of Ellery Queen and Barnaby Ross (Cat of Many Tales). [1]
October 22
  • Birth of Constance Bennett; actress (Easiest Way, Ladies in Love). [1]
  • Birth of Karl Jansky; discovered cosmic radio emissions in 1932. [1]
October 23
  • Birth of Felix Bloch; US physicist (Nobel Prize 1952). [1]
November 5
  • Birth of Joel McCrea in South Pasadena, California, USA; actor (Marshal - Wichita Town). [1]
November 15
  • Birth of Annunzio Paolo Mantovani in Venice, Italy; orchestra leader ("Charmaine", "Song from Moulin Rouge", "Cara Mia"). [1] [457]
November 17
  • Birth of Mischa Auer in Saint Petersburg, Russia; actor (My Man Godfrey). [1]
November 19
  • Birth of Tommy Dorsey in Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania, USA; orchestra leader (Stage Show, Mahogany). [1]
November 22
  • Birth of James Burnham; philosopher (Coming Defeat of Communism). [1]
November 24
  • Birth of Irene Wicker; singer/actress (Singing Lady). [1]
November 26
  • Birth of Emlyn Williams in Wales; actor/playwright (David Copperfield). [1]
December 1
  • Birth of Charles Finney; US author (Circus of Dr Lao). [1]
December 3
  • Birth of Leslie Ames; cricket player (England wicket-keeper of 1930s outstanding bat). [1]
December 4
  • Birth of Emilio Médici; President of Brazil (1969-74). [1]
December 5
  • Birth of Otto Preminger in Austria; director/producer (Laura, Exodus). [1]
December 7
  • Birth of Gerard Kuiper; Dutch/US astronomer (discovered moons of Uranus, Neptune). [1]
December 8
  • Birth of Frank Faylen in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; character actor (Lost Weekend film, It's a Wonderful Life film, Herbert Gillis - Life and Loves of Dobie Gillis TV show, That Girl TV show). [1] [457]
December 9
  • Birth of Dalton Trumbo; US writer/film director (Johnny Got His Gun). [1]
December 11
  • Birth of Gilbert Roland [Luis Alonso] in Juarez, México; actor (Juarez, Barbarosa). [1]
December 20
  • Birth of "Tiger" Bill O'Reilly; cricket player (mighty Australian leg-spinner). [1]
December 21
  • Birth of Anthony Powell in England; novelist (Infants of the Spring). [1]
December 22
  • Birth of Kenneth Rexroth; US poet/critic/translator (Birds in the Bush). [1]
  • Birth of Pierre Brasseur [Espinasse]; French actor (Enfants du Paradis). [1]
December 24
  • Birth of Howard Robard Hughes; reclusive American billionaire (Hughes Aircraft)/inventor (dies 1976). [1] [5] [386.72]
December 28
  • Birth of Cliff Arquette in Toledo, Ohio, USA; comedian (Charlie Weaver). [1]
  • Birth of Earl "Fatha" Hines in Duquesne, Pennsylvania, USA; jazz pianist ("Deep Forest"). [1]
December 31
  • Birth of Guy Mollet; (Socialist) French premier (1956-57). [1]
  • Birth of Jule Styne in England; songwriter/composer (1954 Academy Award, 1968 Tony). [1]

End of 1905. Next: 1906.

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