Births on the year of 1896 in history

Births

Date	Type	Text
01 Jan 1896	birth	Maurice Jacobson: Composer	0
01 Jan 1896	birth	Teinosuke Kinugasa: Japans actor / director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon)	0
01 Jan 1896	birth	Yitzhak Edel: Composer	0
02 Jan 1896	birth	Dziga Vertiv [Denis A Kaufman]: Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!)	0
02 Jan 1896	birth	Ernst-Lothar von Knorr: Composer	0
02 Jan 1896	birth	Lawrence Wackett, Australian commander and engineer (d. 1982)	0
02 Jan 1896	birth	Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter (d. 1954)	0
04 Jan 1896	birth	Everett McKinley Dirkson: (Sen-R-Illinois)	0
04 Jan 1896	birth	Arnold Susi, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Education (d. 1968)	0
04 Jan 1896	birth	André Masson, French painter (d. 1987)	0
04 Jan 1896	birth	Everett Dirksen, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1969)	0
05 Jan 1896	birth	Hendrik Algra: Dutch MP (ARP)	0
06 Jan 1896	birth	Freerk Siemon Wolters: Notary / resistance fighter	0
06 Jan 1896	birth	Péter Veres, Hungarian politician; Minister of Defense of Hungary (d. 1970)	0
07 Jan 1896	birth	Arnold Ridley, English actor and playwright (d. 1984)	0
08 Jan 1896	birth	Manuel Rojas Sepulveda: Chile -- Writer (Men of the South)	0
08 Jan 1896	birth	Jaromír Weinberger, Czech-American composer and academic (d. 1967)	0
08 Jan 1896	birth	Arthur Ford, American psychic, founded the Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship (d. 1971)	0
09 Jan 1896	birth	Warwick Braithwaite, New Zealand-English conductor (d. 1971)	0
11 Jan 1896	birth	Paddy Driscoll NFL QB/coach (Chicago Cardinals, Bears)	0
12 Jan 1896	birth	David Wechsler, Romanian-American psychologist and author (d. 1981)	0
12 Jan 1896	birth	Rex Ingram Ireland, actor/director (Elmer Gantry, God's Little Acre)	0
14 Jan 1896	birth	John Dos Passos, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1970)	0
15 Jan 1896	birth	Marjorie Bennett, Australian-American actress and singer (d. 1982)	0
15 Jan 1896	birth	Jacobo Ficher composer	0
16 Jan 1896	birth	Ruth Rose, American screenwriter (d. 1978)	0
17 Jan 1896	birth	Harry Reser: Ohio, United States -- Orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show)	0
18 Jan 1896	birth	Ville Ritola, Finnish-American runner (d. 1982)	0
18 Jan 1896	birth	C. M. Eddy, Jr., American author (d. 1967)	0
18 Jan 1896	birth	Hans H Holm Norwegian poet (Jonsoknatt)	0
20 Jan 1896	birth	George Burns, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1996)	0
20 Jan 1896	birth	Elmer R Diktonius Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik)	0
20 Jan 1896	birth	Rolfe Sedan New York City NY, actor (Mailman-George Burns Show)	0
23 Jan 1896	birth	Charlotte A E M W: Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1919-64)	0
23 Jan 1896	birth	Alf Hall, English-South African cricketer (d. 1964)	0
23 Jan 1896	birth	Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 1985)	0
25 Jan 1896	birth	Florence Mills, American singer, dancer, and actress (d. 1927)	0
25 Jan 1896	birth	John Moores British gambling magnate/multi-millionaire	0
29 Jan 1896	birth	Teddy Hoad cricketer (pioneering West Indian Test batsman)	0
31 Jan 1896	birth	Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (d. 1966)	0
01 Feb 1896	birth	Anastasio "Tacho" Somoza: General / President of Nicaragua (1937-56)	0
02 Feb 1896	birth	Jane Wilde: Writer	0
02 Feb 1896	birth	Kazimierz Kuratowski, Polish mathematician and logician (d. 1980)	0
03 Feb 1896	birth	Johannes Urzidil: Writer	0
04 Feb 1896	birth	Friedrich Hund, German physicist and academic (d. 1997)	0
04 Feb 1896	birth	Friedrich Glauser, Austrian-Swiss author (d. 1938)	0
07 Feb 1896	birth	Harold Hoffman: South Amboy, New Jersey -- (Gov-New Jersey)	0
08 Feb 1896	birth	Orville Caldwell: California, United States -- Actor (Patsy, French Doll, Last Warning)	0
09 Feb 1896	birth	Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1982)	0
10 Feb 1896	birth	Olin Howlin: Denver, Colorado -- Actor (Swifty-Circus Boy)	0
15 Feb 1896	birth	Arthur Shields, Irish-American actor (d. 1970)	0
16 Feb 1896	birth	Eugénie Blanchard, French super-centenarian (d. 2010)	0
16 Feb 1896	birth	Alexander Brailowsky Russia, pianist (Chopin)	0
16 Feb 1896	birth	Charles A L Panz	0
18 Feb 1896	birth	Andr	0
19 Feb 1896	birth	André Breton, French poet and author (d. 1966)	0
20 Feb 1896	birth	Henri de Lubac French theologist/anti-fascist	0
21 Feb 1896	birth	Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', Indian poet and author (d. 1961)	0
21 Feb 1896	birth	Sylvain Poons Dutch cabaret performer (Blue Jackets)	0
22 Feb 1896	birth	Edvin Wide: Sweden -- 10K runner (1924 Olympics - Silver Medalist)	0
22 Feb 1896	birth	Enid Markey: Dillon, Colorado -- Actress (Aunt Violet-Bringing Up Buddy)	0
22 Feb 1896	birth	Nacio Herb Brown US composer	0
22 Feb 1896	birth	Paul Van Ostaijen Flemish poet/writer/critic (Occupied City)	0
24 Feb 1896	birth	Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (d. 1991)	0
25 Feb 1896	birth	John J McClellan (Senator-D-AR)	0
26 Feb 1896	birth	Andrei Zhdanov, Ukrainian-Russian politician (d. 1948)	0
26 Feb 1896	birth	Andrei A Zjdanov Russian politician (against kosmopolitism)	0
26 Feb 1896	birth	Eduard Flipse Dutch conductor/composer	0
28 Feb 1896	birth	Philip Showalter Hench, American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)	0
29 Feb 1896	birth	William W Wellman: Brookline, Massachusetts -- Director (Star is Born)	0
29 Feb 1896	birth	Omer C F L Tulippe Belgian geographer	0
29 Feb 1896	birth	Ranchhodji Morarji Desai premier of India (1977-79)	0
29 Feb 1896	birth	Stanley Swash CEO (Woolworths)	0
29 Feb 1896	birth	Wladimir Rudolfovich Vogel composer	0
01 Mar 1896	birth	Moriz Seeler, German playwright and producer (d. 1942)	0
01 Mar 1896	birth	Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1960)	0
03 Mar 1896	birth	Roy Franklin Nichols, American historian and academic (d. 1973)	0
04 Mar 1896	birth	Kai Holm, Danish actor and director (d. 1985)	0
07 Mar 1896	birth	Erwin Bodky: Composer	0
08 Mar 1896	birth	Charlotte Whitton, Canadian journalist and politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa (d. 1975)	0
10 Mar 1896	birth	Harry Krimer actor (Napoleon)	0
10 Mar 1896	birth	Nancy Cunard writer	0
12 Mar 1896	birth	Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller: San Francisco Blues Great	0
12 Mar 1896	birth	Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller San Francisco Blues Great	0
13 Mar 1896	birth	Dorothy Aldis writer	0
20 Mar 1896	birth	Hal Walker Ottumwa IA, director (I Married Joan)	0
22 Mar 1896	birth	Joseph Schildkraut, Austrian-American actor (d. 1964)	0
22 Mar 1896	birth	He Long, Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1969)	0
22 Mar 1896	birth	Giulia D De Albertis writer	0
24 Mar 1896	birth	Gianna Manzini writer	0
26 Mar 1896	birth	Richard Flury composer	0
27 Mar 1896	birth	Wolfgang von Weisl, Austrian-Israeli journalist and author (d. 1974)	0
03 Apr 1896	birth	Douwe Kalma: Dutch literary / leader (Young Frisian Movement)	0
04 Apr 1896	birth	Tristan Tzara [Samuel Rosenfeld]: French poet (Approximate Man)	0
04 Apr 1896	birth	Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 1955)	0
06 Apr 1896	birth	Juan Tomas Perez: Composer	0
07 Apr 1896	birth	Benny Leonard: Lightweight boxing champ (1917-25)	0
07 Apr 1896	birth	Frits Peutz, Dutch architect, designed the Glaspaleis (d. 1974)	0
08 Apr 1896	birth	Karl Hermann Pillney: Composer	0
08 Apr 1896	birth	Einar Juhl, Danish actor (d. 1982)	0
08 Apr 1896	birth	Yip Harburg, American composer (d. 1981)	0
10 Apr 1896	birth	Edith Day: Minneapolis, Minnesota	0
11 Apr 1896	birth	Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Canadian journalist and author (d. 1967)	0
15 Apr 1896	birth	Nikolay Semyonov, Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)	0
16 Apr 1896	birth	Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet and critic (d. 1963)	0
16 Apr 1896	birth	Pat Clayton, English soldier and surveyor (d. 1962)	0
16 Apr 1896	birth	Robert Henry Best, American journalist (d. 1952)	0
17 Apr 1896	birth	Señor Wences, Spanish-American ventriloquist (d. 1999)	0
17 Apr 1896	birth	Senor Wences ventriloquist (his hand acts as a puppet)	0
18 Apr 1896	birth	Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (d. 1948)	0
18 Apr 1896	birth	C Eug	0
20 Apr 1896	birth	Wop May, Canadian captain and pilot (d. 1952)	0
20 Apr 1896	birth	Senor Wences ventriloquist (Close the Door)	0
21 Apr 1896	birth	H de Montherlant: Writer	0
21 Apr 1896	birth	Attila H	0
21 Apr 1896	birth	Henry M de Montherlant French stage author (La Reine Morte)	0
23 Apr 1896	birth	Margaret Kennedy novelist	0
26 Apr 1896	birth	Ernst Udet, German colonel and pilot (d. 1941)	0
26 Apr 1896	birth	Ruut Tarmo, Estonian actor and director (d. 1967)	0
27 Apr 1896	birth	William Hudson, New Zealand-Australian engineer (d. 1978)	0
27 Apr 1896	birth	Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1963)	0
27 Apr 1896	birth	Wallace Hume Carothers inventor (nylon)	0
29 Apr 1896	birth	Jacques Leon Wolfe composer	0
29 Apr 1896	birth	Walter Mehring writer	0
30 Apr 1896	birth	Gary Davis: Laurens, South Carolina -- Blues / folk guitarist (A Little More Faith)	0
30 Apr 1896	birth	Hans List, Austrian scientist and businessman, founded the AVL Engineering Company (d. 1996)	0
30 Apr 1896	birth	Reverend Gary Davis, American singer and guitarist (d. 1972)	0
01 May 1896	birth	J. Lawton Collins, American general (d. 1987)	0
01 May 1896	birth	Mark W. Clark, American general (d. 1984)	0
01 May 1896	birth	Herbert Backe, Georgian-German agronomist and politician (d. 1947)	0
02 May 1896	birth	Helen of Greece and Denmark (d. 1982)	0
03 May 1896	birth	Dodie Smith, English author and playwright (d. 1990)	0
03 May 1896	birth	V. K. Krishna Menon, Indian lawyer, jurist, and politician, Indian Minister of Defence (d. 1974)	0
03 May 1896	birth	Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot (d. 1917)	0
06 May 1896	birth	Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1966)	0
09 May 1896	birth	Richard Day, Canadian-American art director and set decorator (d. 1972)	0
10 May 1896	birth	Alberts Ozoliņš, Latvian weightlifter (d. 1985)	0
11 May 1896	birth	Josip Štolcer-Slavenski Croatian composer and academic (d. 1955)	0
11 May 1896	birth	Josip Slavenski composer	0
11 May 1896	birth	Philippo de Pisis Italian painter	0
13 May 1896	birth	Charles F Pahud de Mortanges: Dutch equestrian (1928, 32 Olympics - Gold Medalist)	0
17 May 1896	birth	Brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere composer	0
17 May 1896	birth	Hannah Tillich writer	0
18 May 1896	birth	Eric Backman, Swedish runner (d. 1965)	0
18 May 1896	birth	Walter Fitzgerald Keyhan Devonport England	0
19 May 1896	birth	Michael Balcon Birmingham England, producer/father of Jill Balcon	0
22 May 1896	birth	Clarence Bull, American photographer (d. 1979)	0
23 May 1896	birth	Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (d. 1966)	0
25 May 1896	birth	Jan N Bakhuizen van den Brink theologist/church historian	0
28 May 1896	birth	Konstantin Märska, Estonian director and cinematographer (d. 1951)	0
28 May 1896	birth	Marius Monnikendam Dutch choir composer	0
28 May 1896	birth	Warren Giles baseball's National League president	0
29 May 1896	birth	George L Funke botanist (Flower Physiology)	0
30 May 1896	birth	Howard Hawks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1977)	0
06 Jun 1896	birth	Henry Allingham, English soldier (d. 2009)	0
06 Jun 1896	birth	Italo Balbo, Italian air marshal and politician (d. 1940)	0
07 Jun 1896	birth	Robert Mulliken: United States -- Chemist / physicist (Nobel 1966)	0
07 Jun 1896	birth	Vivien Kellems: TV hostess (Power of Women)	0
07 Jun 1896	birth	Douglas Campbell, American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1990)	0
07 Jun 1896	birth	Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)	0
07 Jun 1896	birth	Imre Nagy, Hungarian politician (d. 1958)	0
08 Jun 1896	birth	Samuel Gonard: Chairman (International Red Cross)	0
09 Jun 1896	birth	Aura Abranches: Lisbon, Portugal -- Actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio)	0
09 Jun 1896	birth	Catherine Filene Shouse: Philanthropist (Wolf Trap Institute)	0
16 Jun 1896	birth	Jean Peugeot: Frans auto manufacturer (Peugeot)	0
16 Jun 1896	birth	William Fitzgerald Jenkins: Author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants)	0
16 Jun 1896	birth	Murray Leinster, American author and screenwriter (d. 1976)	0
18 Jun 1896	birth	Philip Barry: United States -- Dramatist (Philadelphia Story)	0
18 Jun 1896	birth	Blanche Sweet, American actress (d. 1986)	0
19 Jun 1896	birth	Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson: Duchess of Windsor, divorcee	0
19 Jun 1896	birth	Rajani Palme Dutt, English journalist and politician (d. 1974)	0
19 Jun 1896	birth	Wallis Simpson, American wife of Edward VIII (d. 1986)	0
19 Jun 1896	birth	Mrs Simpson [Bessie Wallis Warfield), Duchess of Windsor, divorcee	0
20 Jun 1896	birth	Wilfrid Pelletier, Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1982)	0
21 Jun 1896	birth	Charles Momsen, American admiral, invented the Momsen lung (d. 1967)	0
22 Jun 1896	birth	Leonard W. Murray, Canadian admiral (d. 1971)	0
22 Jun 1896	birth	Francis C Denebrink US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea)	0
27 Jun 1896	birth	Franciscus J Feron: Vicaris-General of Roermond	0
30 Jun 1896	birth	Wilfred Pelletier Montreal Canada, conductor (Voice of Firestone)	0
02 Jul 1896	birth	Lydia Mei, Estonian painter (d. 1965)	0
03 Jul 1896	birth	Doris Lloyd, English actress (d. 1968)	0
04 Jul 1896	birth	Adolf Hallis: Composer	0
04 Jul 1896	birth	Mao Dun, Chinese journalist, author, and critic (d. 1981)	0
06 Jul 1896	birth	Thomas W McKnew: President (National Geographic Society)	0
09 Jul 1896	birth	Maria Gomes Valentim, Brazilian super-centenarian (d. 2011)	0
10 Jul 1896	birth	Thérèse Casgrain, Canadian politician (d. 1981)	0
13 Jul 1896	birth	Mordecai Ardon, Israeli painter (d. 1992)	0
16 Jul 1896	birth	Mauritius R J Dekker [Boris Robazki]: Dutch writer (Merkteken)	0
16 Jul 1896	birth	Trygve Halvdan Lie: Norway -- 1st UN Secretary General (1946-52)	0
16 Jul 1896	birth	Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist (d. 1969)	0
16 Jul 1896	birth	Trygve Lie, Norwegian politician, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (d. 1968)	0
16 Jul 1896	birth	Evelyn Preer, American actress and singer (d. 1932)	0
19 Jul 1896	birth	Archibald J Cronin: England, United Kingdom -- Author (Citadel, Shining Victory)	0
19 Jul 1896	birth	A. J. Cronin, Scottish-Swiss physician and author (d. 1981)	0
19 Jul 1896	birth	Bob Meusel, American baseball player and sailor (d. 1977)	0
20 Jul 1896	birth	Eunice Sanborn, American super-centenarian (d. 2011)	0
21 Jul 1896	birth	Jean Rivier Villemomble France, composer (V	0
24 Jul 1896	birth	Hermann Kasack: German writer (Die Stadt hinter dem Strom)	0
25 Jul 1896	birth	Richard N Gale: English General / airborne commander (Normandy)	0
25 Jul 1896	birth	Jack Perrin, American actor and stuntman (d. 1967)	0
25 Jul 1896	birth	Josephine Tey, Scottish author and playwright (d. 1952)	0
26 Jul 1896	birth	Charles Butterworth: United States -- Lawyer / actor (Mad Genius)	0
26 Jul 1896	birth	Tim Birkin, English race car driver (d. 1933)	0
02 Aug 1896	birth	Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian weightlifter (d. 1932)	0
02 Aug 1896	birth	Lorenzo Herrera, Venezuelan singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1960)	0
03 Aug 1896	birth	Ralph Horween, American football player and coach (d. 1997)	0
06 Aug 1896	birth	Cyril Mockridge: Composer	0
08 Aug 1896	birth	Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author (d. 1953)	0
09 Aug 1896	birth	Leonide Massine: Choreographer (Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1914-20)	0
09 Aug 1896	birth	Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist (d. 1980)	0
09 Aug 1896	birth	Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher (d. 1980)	0
12 Aug 1896	birth	Ejner Federspiel, Danish actor (d. 1981)	0
13 Aug 1896	birth	Leo[nhard] Pappenheim: Conductor	0
14 Aug 1896	birth	Theodor Luts, Estonian director and cinematographer (d. 1980)	0
15 Aug 1896	birth	Leon Theremin: Electronic musical instruments inventor	0
15 Aug 1896	birth	Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)	0
15 Aug 1896	birth	Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate (d. 1985)	0
15 Aug 1896	birth	Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (d. 1958)	0
17 Aug 1896	birth	Henry P de Vries: Dutch painter / poet (Laws of the Americas)	0
17 Aug 1896	birth	Leslie Groves, American general and engineer (d. 1970)	0
17 Aug 1896	birth	Tõnis Kint, Estonian politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 1991)	0
17 Aug 1896	birth	Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian and author (d. 1970)	0
18 Aug 1896	birth	Alan Mowbray London England, actor (Dante, Colonel Flack)	0
19 Aug 1896	birth	Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala: Composer	0
19 Aug 1896	birth	Walter Lang: Composer	0
21 Aug 1896	birth	Blossom Rock: Actress (Grandmamma-Addams Family)	0
21 Aug 1896	birth	Raymond Herreman: Flemish writer (Rose of Jericho)	0
21 Aug 1896	birth	Roark Bradford writer/humorist (Ol' Man Adan an' His Chillun)	0
24 Aug 1896	birth	Phil Baker Phila, comedian (Who's Whose)	0
26 Aug 1896	birth	Richard Hammond: Composer	0
28 Aug 1896	birth	Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian author, poet, and critic (d. 1982)	0
30 Aug 1896	birth	Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and playwright (d. 1983)	0
31 Aug 1896	birth	Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and author (d. 1982)	0
01 Sep 1896	birth	A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian religious leader, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (d. 1977)	0
04 Sep 1896	birth	Agnes Ayres [Hinkle]: United States -- Actress (Sheik, Souls at Sea)	0
04 Sep 1896	birth	Antonin Artaud, French actor, director, and playwright (d. 1948)	0
04 Sep 1896	birth	Aspasia Manos, Greek wife of Alexander of Greece (d. 1972)	0
06 Sep 1896	birth	Frutuoso de Lima Viana: Composer	0
06 Sep 1896	birth	Mario Praz: Italian literary (La carne, la morte, e il diavolo)	0
06 Sep 1896	birth	Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov: Composer	0
08 Sep 1896	birth	Howard Dietz, American publicist and songwriter (d. 1983)	0
09 Sep 1896	birth	Fritz Reuter: Composer	0
10 Sep 1896	birth	Adele Astaire, American actress and dancer (d. 1981)	0
10 Sep 1896	birth	Robert Taschereau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 11th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1970)	0
10 Sep 1896	birth	Ye Ting, Chinese general (d. 1946)	0
14 Sep 1896	birth	José Mojica, Mexican tenor and actor (d. 1974)	0
15 Sep 1896	birth	Tadeusz Szeligowski: Composer	0
16 Sep 1896	birth	Margaret Fitzgerald, Canadian super-centenarian (d. 2009)	0
17 Sep 1896	birth	Denise Grey [Edouardine Verthuy]: Turin, Italy -- Actress (Julietta)	0
21 Sep 1896	birth	Walter Breuning, American super-centenarian (d. 2011)	0
22 Sep 1896	birth	Uri Zvi Grinberg, Ukrainian-Israeli poet and journalist (d. 1981)	0
22 Sep 1896	birth	Henry Segrave, American-English race car driver (d. 1930)	0
24 Sep 1896	birth	F. Scott Fitzgerald, American author and poet (d. 1940)	0
25 Sep 1896	birth	Elsa Triolet: Writer	0
25 Sep 1896	birth	Roberto Gerhard: Composer	0
25 Sep 1896	birth	Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (d. 1990)	0
27 Sep 1896	birth	George Bender: Cleveland, Ohio -- (Rep / Sen-R-Ohio)	0
27 Sep 1896	birth	Sam Ervin, American politician (d. 1985)	0
01 Oct 1896	birth	Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1951)	0
01 Oct 1896	birth	Ted Healy, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1937)	0
02 Oct 1896	birth	Fritz Eberhard [Hellmut Rauschenplat]: W-German lawyer / resistor (Law)	0
03 Oct 1896	birth	Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet and critic (d. 1987)	0
06 Oct 1896	birth	Otto Siegl: Composer	0
08 Oct 1896	birth	Julien Duvivier, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1967)	0
11 Oct 1896	birth	Roman Jakobson, Russian–American linguist and theorist (d. 1982)	0
12 Oct 1896	birth	Eugenio Montale, Italian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)	0
13 Oct 1896	birth	E. Beatrice Riley, Australian super-centenarian (d. 2009)	0
15 Oct 1896	birth	Melville Cooper Birmingham England, TV panelist (I Got a Secret)	0
16 Oct 1896	birth	Edmond van Dooren: Flemish painter	0
19 Oct 1896	birth	Bob O'Farrell, American baseball player and manager (d. 1988)	0
20 Oct 1896	birth	Nat Holman basketball coach (CCNY)	0
22 Oct 1896	birth	Charles Glen King, American biochemist and academic (d. 1988)	0
22 Oct 1896	birth	Charles Glenn King biochemist (discovered vitamin C)	0
23 Oct 1896	birth	André Lévêque, French soldier and engineer (d. 1930)	0
23 Oct 1896	birth	Lilyan Tashman, American actress (d. 1934)	0
24 Oct 1896	birth	Marjorie Joyner, American businesswoman (d. 1994)	0
27 Oct 1896	birth	Edith Haisman, South African-English survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic (d. 1997)	0
28 Oct 1896	birth	Howard Hanson, American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1981)	0
30 Oct 1896	birth	Ruth Gordon, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1985)	0
30 Oct 1896	birth	Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet and educator (d. 1928)	0
30 Oct 1896	birth	Harry Randall Truman, American soldier (d. 1980)	0
30 Oct 1896	birth	Antonino Votto, Italian conductor (d. 1985)	0
31 Oct 1896	birth	Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (d. 1977)	0
01 Nov 1896	birth	Edmund Blunden, English author, poet, and critic (d. 1974)	0
03 Nov 1896	birth	Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish-American illustrator and animator (d. 1970)	0
04 Nov 1896	birth	Carlos P. Garcia, Filipino lawyer and politician, 8th President of the Philippines (d. 1971)	0
06 Nov 1896	birth	Jim Jordan: Peoria, Illinois -- Radio comedian (Fibber McGee)	0
08 Nov 1896	birth	Bucky Harris: Baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees)	0
11 Nov 1896	birth	Charles "Lucky" Luciano: Sicily, Italy -- NYC Mafia gangster	0
11 Nov 1896	birth	Charles "Lucky" Luciano Sicily, NYC Mafia gangster	0
13 Nov 1896	birth	Nobusuke Kishi: Premier of Japan (1957-60)	0
14 Nov 1896	birth	Mamie G Doud Eisenhower: 1st lady (1953-61)	0
14 Nov 1896	birth	Mamie Doud Eisenhower 1st lady	0
16 Nov 1896	birth	Lawrence Tibbett: Bakersfield, California -- Baritone (Metropolitan 1923-50)	0
16 Nov 1896	birth	Oswald Mosley: Baron / British Nazi	0
20 Nov 1896	birth	Mykhaylo Verikivsky: Composer	0
22 Nov 1896	birth	Mario La Broca: Composer	0
23 Nov 1896	birth	Joris Vriamont: Flemish author / music publisher	0
23 Nov 1896	birth	Klement Gottwald: Premier / President of Czechoslovakia (1946-53)	0
23 Nov 1896	birth	Ruth Etting: US dancer / singer / actress (Roman scandals)	0
25 Nov 1896	birth	Virgil Thomson: Kansas City, Missouri -- Composer / music critic (4 Saints in 3 Acts)	0
27 Nov 1896	birth	Giovanni B Angioletti: Italian author (Il giorno del giudizio)	0
28 Nov 1896	birth	Dawn Powell, American author and playwright (d. 1965)	0
28 Nov 1896	birth	Lilia Skala, Austrian-American actress (d. 1994)	0
29 Nov 1896	birth	Philip L Carret: Lynn, Massachusetts -- CEO (Pioneer Fund)	0
29 Nov 1896	birth	Roderique La Rocque [La Tour]: Western actor (Beau Bandit)	0
29 Nov 1896	birth	Yakima Canutt, American actor, stuntman, and director (d. 1986)	0
01 Dec 1896	birth	Petko Staynov: Composer	0
01 Dec 1896	birth	Georgy Zhukov, Russian general and politician, 2nd Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (d. 1974)	0
02 Dec 1896	birth	Georgi K Zjukov: Marshal of Moskow / Stalingrad	0
03 Dec 1896	birth	Boleslaw Szabelski: Composer	0
03 Dec 1896	birth	John Urzidil: Austria -- Writer (Die erbeuteten Frauen)	0
05 Dec 1896	birth	Juliette Baillot [Lady Huxley]: Author	0
05 Dec 1896	birth	Willem F M Lampe: Dutch ambassador of the Dutch Antilles	0
05 Dec 1896	birth	Ann Nolan Clark, American historian, author, and educator (d. 1995)	0
05 Dec 1896	birth	Carl Ferdinand Cori, Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)	0
06 Dec 1896	birth	Arnold Foster: Composer	0
06 Dec 1896	birth	George Trafton: NFL center (Chicago Bears)	0
06 Dec 1896	birth	Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (d. 1983)	0
07 Dec 1896	birth	Juan Maria Thomas Sabater: Composer	0
10 Dec 1896	birth	Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director (d. 1948)	0
11 Dec 1896	birth	Georgi K Zjukov Russian minister of Defense (WWII)	0
12 Dec 1896	birth	Eslanda Goode US anthropology/author under Paul Robeson	0
14 Dec 1896	birth	Jimmy Doolittle, American pilot and general, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)	0
14 Dec 1896	birth	James H Doolittle US Army General (Raid on Tokyo 1942)	0
15 Dec 1896	birth	Betty Smith, American author and playwright (d. 1972)	0
15 Dec 1896	birth	Carl Ferdinand Cori US bio-chemist	0
15 Dec 1896	birth	George B Cressey US geographer (Asia's Lands & Peoples)	0
15 Dec 1896	birth	Margaret Bannerman Toronto Ontario, actress (Elopement)	0
15 Dec 1896	birth	Paul R Citroen Dutch sculptor	0
19 Dec 1896	birth	John Seldon Whale theologian	0
21 Dec 1896	birth	Leroy Robertson, American composer and educator (d. 1971)	0
21 Dec 1896	birth	Carl Romme Dutch catholic foreman/KVP-Minister of Socialist Business	0
21 Dec 1896	birth	Constantine Rokossovski Russian marshal/vice-premier of Poland	0
22 Dec 1896	birth	Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov St Petersburg Russia, poet	0
23 Dec 1896	birth	G Tomasi di Lampedusa: Writer	0
23 Dec 1896	birth	Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Italian lieutenant and author (d. 1957)	0
23 Dec 1896	birth	Alberto Hemsi composer	0
24 Dec 1896	birth	Jens Oliver Lisberg, Faroese designer of the Flag of the Faroe Islands (d. 1920)	0
27 Dec 1896	birth	Louis Bromfield, American author and theorist (d. 1956)	0
27 Dec 1896	birth	Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (d. 1952)	0
27 Dec 1896	birth	Carl Zuckmayer, German author and playwright (d. 1977)	0
27 Dec 1896	birth	Arch Ward sportswriter (proposed baseball's all-star game)	0
27 Dec 1896	birth	Ewan Calague economist/statistician (Social Security Board)	0
28 Dec 1896	birth	Roger Huntington Sessions: Brooklyn, New York -- Composer (Black Masks)	0
29 Dec 1896	birth	David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (d. 1974)	0
30 Dec 1896	birth	Tom Keene: Rochester, New York -- Actor (Our Daily Bread)	0
31 Dec 1896	birth	Ronald Adam Herefordshire England, actor (Phantom Shot)	-1

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