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Leonard Lerman, American geneticist and biologist (died 2012)
Leonard Solomon Lerman was an American scientist most noted for his work on DNA.
Leonard Lerman, American geneticist and biologist (died 2012)
The 1920s
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1925
Doc Pomus, American singer-songwriter (died 1991)
Jerome Solon Felder, known professionally as Doc Pomus, was an American blues singer and songwriter. He is best known as the co-writer of many rock and roll hits. Pomus was inducte…
Doc Pomus, American singer-songwriter (died 1991)
1925
Wayne Terwilliger, American second baseman, coach, and manager (died 2021)
Willard Wayne Terwilliger, nicknamed "Twig", was an American professional baseball second baseman. He played nine seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1949 and 1960 for t…
Wayne Terwilliger, American second baseman, coach, and manager (died 2021)
1925
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Francis Sherman Currey was a United States Army technical sergeant and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his heroic …
Francis S
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Giorgio Napolitano, Italian journalist and politician, 11th President of Italy (died 2023)
Giorgio Napolitano was an Italian politician who served as the president of Italy from 2006 to 2015. At the time the longest-serving president in Italian history, and the first to …
Giorgio Napolitano, Italian journalist and politician, 11th President of Italy (died 2023)
1925
Chan Parker, American dancer and author (died 1999)
Chan Woods, was a common-law wife of jazz musician Charlie Parker. She later married musician Phil Woods.
Chan Parker, American dancer and author (died 1999)
1925
Jackie Lynn Taylor, American actress (died 2014)
Jacklyn DeVon Taylor, professionally known as Jackie Lynn Taylor, was an American child actress.
Jackie Lynn Taylor, American actress (died 2014)
1925
Cara Williams, American actress (died 2021)
Cara Williams was an American film and television actress. She was best known for her role as Billy's mother in The Defiant Ones (1958), for which she was nominated for the Academy…
Cara Williams, American actress (died 2021)
1925
Fred Schaus, American basketball player and coach (died 2010)
Frederick Appleton Schaus was an American basketball player, head coach and athletic director for the West Virginia University Mountaineers, player for the National Basketball Asso…
Fred Schaus, American basketball player and coach (died 2010)
1925
Ebrahim Amini, Iranian politician (died 2020)
Ebrahim Haj Amini Najafabadi was an Iranian principlist politician who was a member of the Assembly of Experts. He was also a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, and was …
Ebrahim Amini, Iranian politician (died 2020)
1925
Farley Granger, American actor (died 2011)
Farley Earle Granger Jr. was an American actor. Granger was first noticed in a small stage production in Hollywood by a Goldwyn casting director, and given a significant role in Th…
Farley Granger, American actor (died 2011)
1925
Art McNally, American football referee (died 2023)
Arthur Ignatius McNally was an American professional football executive who was director of officiating for the National Football League (NFL) from 1968 to 1991. Before becoming di…
Art McNally, American football referee (died 2023)
1925
Medgar Evers, American soldier and civil rights movement activist (died 1963)
Medgar Wiley Evers was an American civil rights activist who was the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi. A United States Army veteran who served in World War II, he was e…
Medgar Evers, American soldier and civil rights movement activist (died 1963)
1925
Marvin Rainwater, American singer-songwriter (died 2013)
Marvin Karlton Rainwater was an American country and rockabilly singer and songwriter who had several hits during the late 1950s, including the self-penned "Gonna Find Me a Bluebir…
Marvin Rainwater, American singer-songwriter (died 2013)
1925
Danny Nardico, American professional boxer (died 2010)
Daniel Richard (Danny) Nardico was an American professional boxer who was once ranked the fifth-best light heavyweight boxer by The Ring magazine. He was the only fighter to knock …
Danny Nardico, American professional boxer (died 2010)
1925
Philip Jamison, American artist (died 2021)
Philip Jamison was an American artist working primarily with watercolor as a medium. Typical scenes are landscapes, seascapes, interiors and flower arrangements.
Philip Jamison, American artist (died 2021)
1925
Ciril Zlobec, Slovene poet, writer, translator, journalist and politician (died 2018)
Ciril Zlobec was a Slovene poet, writer, translator, journalist and former politician. He is best remembered for his poems, publishing several volumes of poetry in his lifetime. In…
Ciril Zlobec, Slovene poet, writer, translator, journalist and politician (died 2018)
1925
Patrice Lumumba, Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (died 1961)
Patrice Émery Lumumba was a Congolese politician, independence leader and revolutionary who served as the first prime minister of the First Congolese Republic from June until Septe…
Patrice Lumumba, Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (died 1961)
1925
Terry Moriarty, Australian rules footballer (died 2011)
Terrence Brian "Terry" Moriarty was an Australian rules footballer who played with the Perth Football Club in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL). Having won the c…
Terry Moriarty, Australian rules footballer (died 2011)
1925
Dorothy Head Knode, American tennis player (died 2015)
Alice Dorothy Head Knode, also known as Dottie Head Knode, was an American tennis player who reached the women's singles final of the French International Championships in 1955, lo…
Dorothy Head Knode, American tennis player (died 2015)
1925
Fernando de Szyszlo, Peruvian painter and sculptor (died 2017)
Fernando de Szyszlo Valdelomar was a Peruvian painter, sculptor, printmaker and teacher. He was a key figure in advancing abstract art in Latin America since the mid-1950s, and one…
Fernando de Szyszlo, Peruvian painter and sculptor (died 2017)
1925
Jean Raspail, French author and explorer (died 2020)
Jean Paul Raspail was a French explorer, novelist and travel writer. He was a recipient of the prestigious French literary awards Grand Prix du Roman and Grand Prix de littérature …
Jean Raspail, French author and explorer (died 2020)
1925
Jelesko Grancharoff, Bulgarian-Australian resistance fighter and anarchist (died 2016)
Jelesko Grancharoff, better known by his nickname Jack the Anarchist, was a Bulgarian and Australian resistance fighter and anarchist. He is best known for the central role he play…
Jelesko Grancharoff, Bulgarian-Australian resistance fighter and anarchist (died 2016)
1925
Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress (died 2002)
Ruth Winifred Cracknell AM was an Australian character and comic actress, comedian and author. Her career encompassed all genres, including radio, theatre, television, and film. Sh…
Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress (died 2002)