The 1910s

1918

Leonard Rose, American cellist and educator (died 1984)

Leonard Joseph Rose was an American cellist and pedagogue.

Leonard Rose, American cellist and educator (died 1984)

1918

Don Ingalls, American writer and producer (died 2014)

Donald George Ingalls was an American screenwriter and television producer. During his 35-year career Ingalls wrote scripts for more than 70 episodes of network television, includi…

Don Ingalls, American writer and producer (died 2014)

1918

Edwin O'Connor, American journalist and author (died 1968)

Edwin Greene O'Connor was an American journalist, novelist, and radio commentator. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1962 for his novel The Edge of Sadness (1961). His ances…

Edwin O'Connor, American journalist and author (died 1968)

1918

Mary Lee Settle, American novelist, essayist, and memoirist (died 2005)

Mary Lee Settle was an American writer.

Mary Lee Settle, American novelist, essayist, and memoirist (died 2005)

1918

Paul D. Boyer, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)

Paul Delos Boyer was an American biochemist, analytical chemist, and a professor of chemistry at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in Che…

Paul D. Boyer, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)

1918

Frank Renouf, New Zealand businessman and financier (died 1998)

Sir Francis Henry Renouf was a New Zealand stockbroker and financier.

Frank Renouf, New Zealand businessman and financier (died 1998)

1918

T. J. Jemison, American minister and activist (died 2013)

Theodore Judson Jemison, better known as T. J. Jemison, was minister of Mount Zion First Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in June 1953 when he led a bus boycott to protest …

T. J. Jemison, American minister and activist (died 2013)

1918

Sidney Gottlieb, American chemist and theorist (died 1999)

Sidney Gottlieb was an American chemist and spymaster who headed the Central Intelligence Agency's 1950s and 1960s assassination attempts and mind-control program, known as Project…

Sidney Gottlieb, American chemist and theorist (died 1999)

1918

Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 2010)

Henry Jones Jr. was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians have described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The Nati…

Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 2010)

1918

James MacGregor Burns, American historian, political scientist, and author (died 2014)

James MacGregor Burns was an American historian and political scientist, presidential biographer, and authority on leadership studies. He was the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Govern…

James MacGregor Burns, American historian, political scientist, and author (died 2014)

1918

Larry Haines, American actor (died 2008)

Larry Haines was an American actor.

Larry Haines, American actor (died 2008)

1918

Eddie Jefferson, American singer-songwriter (died 1979)

Eddie Jefferson was an American jazz vocalist and lyricist. He is credited as an innovator of vocalese, a musical style in which lyrics are set to an instrumental composition or so…

Eddie Jefferson, American singer-songwriter (died 1979)

1918

Brian Crozier, Australian-English historian and journalist (died 2012)

Brian Rossiter Crozier was a British historian, propagandist and journalist. He was also one of the central staff members of a secret propaganda department belonging to the UK Fore…

Brian Crozier, Australian-English historian and journalist (died 2012)

1918

Tom Drake, American actor and singer (died 1982)

Tom Drake was an American actor. Drake made films starting in 1940 and continuing until the mid-1970s, and also made TV acting appearances.

Tom Drake, American actor and singer (died 1982)

1918

Betty Oliphant, English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded Canada's National Ballet School (died 2004)

Nancy Elizabeth Oliphant was a co-founder of the National Ballet School of Canada.

Betty Oliphant, English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded Canada's National Ballet School (died 2004)

1918

Norman Granz, American-Swiss record producer and manager (died 2001)

Norman Granz was an American jazz record producer, concert promoter, and founder. He founded the record labels Clef, Norgran, Down Home, Verve, and Pablo and the Jazz at the Philha…

Norman Granz, American-Swiss record producer and manager (died 2001)

1918

C. Buddingh', Dutch poet and translator (died 1985)

Cornelis "Kees" Buddingh' was a Dutch poet, TV-presenter, translator. Amongst others he translated A Clockwork Orange and the complete works of William Shakespeare into Dutch. His …

C. Buddingh', Dutch poet and translator (died 1985)

1918

Gordon Zahn, American sociologist and author (died 2007)

Gordon Zahn was an American sociologist, pacifist, professor, and author.

Gordon Zahn, American sociologist and author (died 2007)

1918

Kermit Beahan, American Air Force colonel (died 1989)

Kermit King Beahan was a career officer in the United States Air Force and its predecessor United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He was the bombardier on the crew flyi…

Kermit Beahan, American Air Force colonel (died 1989)

1918

Giles Cooper, Irish soldier and playwright (died 1966)

Giles Stannus Cooper, OBE was an Anglo-Irish playwright and prolific radio dramatist, writing over sixty scripts for BBC Radio and television. He was awarded the OBE in 1960 for "S…

Giles Cooper, Irish soldier and playwright (died 1966)

1918

Albert Seedman, American police officer (died 2013)

Albert A. Seedman was an officer with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for 30 years, known for solving several high-profile cases before resigning as chief of the Detecti…

Albert Seedman, American police officer (died 2013)

1918

Eugene P. Wilkinson, American admiral (died 2013)

Eugene Parks "Dennis" Wilkinson was a United States Navy officer. He was selected for three historic command assignments. The first, in 1954, was as the first commanding officer of…

Eugene P. Wilkinson, American admiral (died 2013)

1918

Sid Bernstein, American record producer (died 2013)

Sidney Bernstein was an American music promoter, talent manager, and author. Bernstein changed the American music scene in the 1960s by bringing the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, He…

Sid Bernstein, American record producer (died 2013)

1918

Guy Gibson, Anglo-Indian commander and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1944)

Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson, was a distinguished bomber pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He was the first Commanding Officer of No. 617 Squadron, whi…

Guy Gibson, Anglo-Indian commander and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1944)