1923
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The 1920s
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1923
Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Canadian mathematician (died 2017)
Cathleen Synge Morawetz was a Canadian mathematician who spent much of her career in the United States. Morawetz's research was mainly in the study of the partial differential equa…
Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Canadian mathematician (died 2017)
1923
Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2002)
Harold Percival "Whipper" Watson was a Canadian professional ice hockey left wing who played for the Brooklyn Americans, Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Chicago Black H…
Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2002)
1923
Anne Baxter, American actress (died 1985)
Anne Baxter was an American actress, star of Hollywood films, Broadway productions, and television series. She won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and seven Photoplay Awards, and…
Anne Baxter, American actress (died 1985)
1923
Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijan general and politician, President of Azerbaijan (died 2003)
Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev was an Azerbaijani politician who was a Soviet party boss in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic from 1969 to 1982, and the third president of Azerb…
Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijan general and politician, President of Azerbaijan (died 2003)
1923
Josette Molland, artist, French Resistance member, and Holocaust survivor (died 2019)
Josette Molland, also known as Josette Molland-Ilinsky, was a painter and member of the French Resistance in World War II.
Josette Molland, artist, French Resistance member, and Holocaust survivor (died 2019)
1923
Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2019)
Adnan Muzahim Ameen al-Pachachi, better known as Adnan Pachachi, was an Iraqi politician and statesman who served as Iraq's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and forei…
Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2019)
1923
Mrinal Sen, Bangladeshi-Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018)
Mrinal Sen was an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his work primarily in Bengali, and a few Hindi and Telugu language films. Regarded as one of the finest Indian fil…
Mrinal Sen, Bangladeshi-Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018)
1923
Richard Avedon, American sailor and photographer (died 2004)
Richard Avedon was an American fashion and portrait photographer. He worked for Harper's Bazaar, Vogue and Elle specializing in capturing movement in still pictures of fashion, the…
Richard Avedon, American sailor and photographer (died 2004)
1923
John Lanchbery, English-Australian composer and conductor (died 2003)
John Arthur Lanchbery OBE was an English-Australian composer and conductor, famous for his ballet arrangements. He served as the Principal Conductor of the Royal Ballet from 1959 …
John Lanchbery, English-Australian composer and conductor (died 2003)
1923
Michael Beetham, English commander and pilot (died 2015)
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Michael James Beetham, was a Second World War bomber pilot and a high-ranking commander in the Royal Air Force from the 1960s to the 1980s. As Ch…
Michael Beetham, English commander and pilot (died 2015)
1923
Jean-Louis Roux, Canadian actor and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 2013)
Jean-Louis Roux was a Canadian politician, entertainer and playwright who was briefly the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
Jean-Louis Roux, Canadian actor and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 2013)
1923
Hugh Shearer, Jamaican journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (died 2004)
Hugh Lawson Shearer was a Jamaican trade unionist and politician, who served as the 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica, from 1967 to 1972. He was also Deputy Prime Minister and Minister…
Hugh Shearer, Jamaican journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (died 2004)
1923
Victoria Fromkin, American linguist and academic (died 2000)
Victoria Alexandra Fromkin was an American linguist who taught at UCLA. She studied slips of the tongue, mishearing, and other speech errors, which she applied to phonology, the st…
Victoria Fromkin, American linguist and academic (died 2000)
1923
Merton Miller, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2000)
Merton Howard Miller was an American economist, and the co-author of the Modigliani–Miller theorem (1958), which proposed the irrelevance of debt-equity structure. He shared the No…
Merton Miller, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2000)
1923
Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author (died 2014)
Peter Underwood was an English author, broadcaster and parapsychologist. Underwood was born in Letchworth, Hertfordshire. Described as "an indefatigable ghost hunter", he wrote man…
Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author (died 2014)
1923
Edith Fellows, American actress (died 2011)
Edith Marilyn Fellows was an American actress who became a child star in the 1930s. Best known for playing orphans and street urchins, Fellows was an expressive actress with a good…
Edith Fellows, American actress (died 2011)
1923
Sam Selvon, Trinidad-born writer (died 1994)
Samuel Dickson Selvon was a Trinidad-born writer, who moved to London, England, in 1950. His 1956 novel The Lonely Londoners is groundbreaking in its use of creolised English, or "…
Sam Selvon, Trinidad-born writer (died 1994)
1923
Vernon Biever, American photographer (died 2010)
Vernon Joseph Biever was an American photographer, most notably with the Green Bay Packers.
Vernon Biever, American photographer (died 2010)
1923
Armand Borel, Swiss-American mathematician and academic (died 2003)
Armand Borel was a Swiss mathematician, born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, and was a permanent professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, United States from 19…
Armand Borel, Swiss-American mathematician and academic (died 2003)
1923
Ara Parseghian, American football player and coach (died 2017)
Ara Raoul Parseghian was an American football coach and player who coached the University of Notre Dame to national championships in 1966 and 1973. He is noted for bringing Notre D…
Ara Parseghian, American football player and coach (died 2017)
1923
Dorothy Hewett, Australian feminist poet, novelist and playwright (died 2002)
Dorothy Coade Hewett was an Australian playwright, poet and author. She wrote in a number of different literary styles: modernism, socialist realism, expressionism and avant garde.…
Dorothy Hewett, Australian feminist poet, novelist and playwright (died 2002)
1923
Evelyn Ward, American actress (died 2012)
Evelyn Mae Ward was an American actress and dancer known for her stage musical performances and television appearances. Her son was the actor-singer David Cassidy.
Evelyn Ward, American actress (died 2012)
1923
Alicia de Larrocha, Catalan-Spanish pianist (died 2009)
Alicia de Larrocha y de la Calle was a Spanish pianist and composer. She was considered one of the great piano legends of the 20th century. Reuters called her "the greatest Spanish…
Alicia de Larrocha, Catalan-Spanish pianist (died 2009)