The 1900s

1907

Hermann Schlichting, German engineer and academic (died 1982)

Hermann Schlichting was a German fluid dynamics engineer.

Hermann Schlichting, German engineer and academic (died 1982)

1907

Tiny Bradshaw, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1958)

Myron Carlton "Tiny" Bradshaw was an American jazz and rhythm and blues bandleader, composer, singer, pianist, and drummer. His biggest hit was "Well Oh Well" in 1950, and the foll…

Tiny Bradshaw, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1958)

1907

Anne Desclos, French journalist and author (died 1998)

Anne Cécile Desclos was a French literary critic, journalist, and novelist who wrote under the pen names Dominique Aury and Pauline Réage. She is best known for her erotic novel St…

Anne Desclos, French journalist and author (died 1998)

1907

Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (died 1976)

Dom Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza was the claimant to the defunct Portuguese throne, as both the Miguelist successor of his father, Miguel Januário, Duke of Braganza, and later as …

Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (died 1976)

1907

Ben Oakland, American pianist, composer, and songwriter (died 1979)

Ben Oakland was an American composer, lyricist, and pianist, most active from the 1920s through the 1940s. He composed mainly for Broadway and vaudeville, though he also worked on …

Ben Oakland, American pianist, composer, and songwriter (died 1979)

1907

Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (died 1983)

Anthony Frederick Blunt, styled Sir Anthony Blunt from 1956 until November 1979, was a leading British art historian and a Soviet spy.

Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (died 1983)

1907

Shug Fisher, American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and comedian (died 1984)

Shug Fisher was an American character actor, singer, musician, and comedian. During his 50-year entertainment career, he performed in many Western films, often as a member of the S…

Shug Fisher, American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and comedian (died 1984)

1907

Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (died 1992)

Lambertus "Bep" van Klaveren was a Dutch boxer, who won the gold medal in the featherweight division at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Van Klaveren remains the only Dutch b…

Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (died 1992)

1907

Bernard Miles, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1991)

Bernard James Miles, Baron Miles was an English character actor, writer and director. He opened the Mermaid Theatre in 1959, the first new theatre that opened in the City of London…

Bernard Miles, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1991)

1907

Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and businessman (died 1998)

Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry, nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American actor, musician, singer, composer, rodeo performer, and baseball team owner, who largely gained fame by sin…

Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and businessman (died 1998)

1907

Bhagat Singh, Indian socialist revolutionary (disputed with 28 September) (died 1931)

Bhagat Singh was an Indian anti-colonial revolutionary who participated in the mistaken murder of a junior British police officer in December 1928 in what was intended to be retali…

Bhagat Singh, Indian socialist revolutionary (disputed with 28 September) (died 1931)

1907

Heikki Savolainen, Finnish gymnast and physician (died 1997)

Heikki Ilmari Savolainen was a Finnish artistic gymnast. He competed in five consecutive Olympics from 1928 to 1952 and won at least one medal in each of them. In 1928, he won a br…

Heikki Savolainen, Finnish gymnast and physician (died 1997)

1907

Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (died 1931)

Bhagat Singh was an Indian anti-colonial revolutionary who participated in the mistaken murder of a junior British police officer in December 1928 in what was intended to be retali…

Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (died 1931)

1907

George W. Jenkins, American businessman, founded Publix (died 1996)

George Washington Jenkins Jr. was an American businessman who founded Publix Super Markets. As of 2016, the employee-owned, privately held corporation included 1,100 stores in the …

George W. Jenkins, American businessman, founded Publix (died 1996)

1907

Maurice Bardèche, French journalist, author, and critic (died 1998)

Maurice Bardèche was a French art critic and journalist, better known as one of the leading exponents of neo-fascism and Holocaust denial in post–World War II Europe. Viewed as the…

Maurice Bardèche, French journalist, author, and critic (died 1998)

1907

Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (died 1977)

Ödön Pártos [alternate transcription in English: Oedoen Partos, Hungarian: Pártos Ödön, Hebrew: עֵדֶן פרטוש ] was a Hungarian-Israeli violist and composer. A recipient of the Israe…

Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (died 1977)

1907

Alexander R. Todd, Scottish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)

Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd was a British biochemist whose research on the structure and synthesis of nucleotides, nucleosides, and nucleotide coenzymes gained him the Nobe…

Alexander R. Todd, Scottish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)

1907

Alain Daniélou, French-Swiss historian and academic (died 1994)

Alain Daniélou was a French historian, Indologist, intellectual, musicologist, translator, writer and convert to and scholar of the Shaivite branch of Hinduism.

Alain Daniélou, French-Swiss historian and academic (died 1994)

1907

Mrs. Miller, American novelty singer (died 1997)

Elva Ruby Miller known professionally as Mrs. Miller, was an American singer who became a novelty figure in the 1960s for her unconventional interpretations of contemporary pop son…

Mrs. Miller, American novelty singer (died 1997)

1907

Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, President of Bolivia (died 2001)

Ángel Víctor Paz Estenssoro was a Bolivian politician who served as the 45th president of Bolivia for three nonconsecutive and four total terms from 1952 to 1956, 1960 to 1964 and …

Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, President of Bolivia (died 2001)

1907

Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (died 1959)

Ragnar Wilhelm Nurkse was an Estonian-American economist and policy maker mainly in the fields of international finance and economic development. He is considered the pioneer of Ba…

Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (died 1959)

1907

Helen MacInnes, Scottish-American librarian and author (died 1985)

Helen Clark MacInnes was a Scottish-American writer of espionage novels.

Helen MacInnes, Scottish-American librarian and author (died 1985)

1907

Richard Sharpe Shaver, American author and illustrator (died 1975)

Richard Sharpe Shaver was an American writer and artist who achieved notoriety in the years following World War II as the author of controversial stories which were printed in scie…

Richard Sharpe Shaver, American author and illustrator (died 1975)

1907

Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain…

Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron Hailsham of Saint Marylebone, was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. He was known as the 2nd Viscount Hailsham between 1950 and 1963…

Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain…