1934
Harry Blackstone Jr
Harry Bouton Blackstone Jr. was an American stage magician, author, and television performer. He is estimated to have pulled 80,000 rabbits from his sleeves and hats.
Harry Blackstone Jr
The 1930s
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1934
Claude Berri, French actor, director and screenwriter (died 2009)
Claude Berri was a French film director, producer, screenwriter, distributor and actor.
Claude Berri, French actor, director and screenwriter (died 2009)
1934
Jamie Farr, American actor
Jamie Farr is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for playing Corporal Maxwell Klinger, a soldier who tried to get discharged from the army by cross-dressing, on the C…
Jamie Farr, American actor
1934
Jean Marsh, English actress and screenwriter (died 2025)
Jean Lyndsey Torren Marsh was an English actress and writer. She co-created and starred in the ITV series Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975), for which she won the 1975 Emmy Award fo…
Jean Marsh, English actress and screenwriter (died 2025)
1934
Sydney Pollack, American actor, director and producer (died 2008)
Sydney Irwin Pollack was an American film director, producer, and actor. Known for directing commercially and critically acclaimed studio films, he received numerous accolades, inc…
Sydney Pollack, American actor, director and producer (died 2008)
1934
Tom Springfield, English musician (died 2022)
Tom Springfield was a British musician, songwriter, and record producer who was prominent in the 1960s folk and pop music scene. He was the older brother of singer Dusty Springfiel…
Tom Springfield, English musician (died 2022)
1934
Yvonne B. Miller, American academic and politician (died 2012)
Yvonne Bond Miller was a Virginia educator and American politician who became the first African-American woman to serve in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly. A Democrat,…
Yvonne B. Miller, American academic and politician (died 2012)
1934
Colin Welland, English actor and screenwriter (died 2015)
Colin Welland was an English actor and screenwriter. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as Mr Farthing in Kes (1969) and the Academy Awa…
Colin Welland, English actor and screenwriter (died 2015)
1934
Robert McNeill Alexander, British zoologist (died 2016)
Robert McNeill (Neill) Alexander, CBE FRS was a British zoologist and a leading authority in the field of biomechanics. For thirty years he was Professor of Zoology at the Universi…
Robert McNeill Alexander, British zoologist (died 2016)
1934
Raquel Correa, Chilean journalist (died 2012)
Raquel Teresa Correa was a Chilean journalist who spent the main part of her career with the newspaper El Mercurio. She was well known for her interviews and reporting, and was the…
Raquel Correa, Chilean journalist (died 2012)
1934
Edward D. DiPrete, American politician, 70th Governor of Rhode Island (died 2025)
Edward Daniel DiPrete was an American politician. He served as the 70th governor of Rhode Island for three two-year terms, serving from 1985 to 1991. Convicted of numerous corrupti…
Edward D. DiPrete, American politician, 70th Governor of Rhode Island (died 2025)
1934
Marty Feldman, English actor and screenwriter (died 1982)
Martin Alan Feldman was a British actor, comedian and writer. He was known for his prominent, misaligned eyes.
Marty Feldman, English actor and screenwriter (died 1982)
1934
Michael Graves, American architect, designed the Portland Building and the Humana Building (died 2015)
Michael Graves was an American architect, designer, and educator, and principal of Michael Graves and Associates and Michael Graves Design Group. He was a member of The New York Fi…
Michael Graves, American architect, designed the Portland Building and the Humana Building (died 2015)
1934
Marshall Brodien, American actor (died 2019)
Marshall Brodien was an American professional magician who played Wizzo the Wizard, a wizard clown character which appeared on WGN-TV's Bozo's Circus and The Bozo Show from 1968 to…
Marshall Brodien, American actor (died 2019)
1934
Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer and voice actor (died 2012)
Jerry Nelson was an American puppeteer, best known for his work with the Muppets. Known for his wide range of characters and singing abilities, he performed Muppet characters on Se…
Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer and voice actor (died 2012)
1934
Clark R. Rasmussen, American politician (died 2024)
Clark Ray Rasmussen was an American politician who represented Polk County in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1965 to 1967 as a member of the Democratic Party.
Clark R. Rasmussen, American politician (died 2024)
1934
Van Cliburn, American pianist and composer (died 2013)
Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr. was an American pianist. At the age of 23, Cliburn achieved worldwide recognition when in 1958 he won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competi…
Van Cliburn, American pianist and composer (died 2013)
1934
Gordon Lee, English footballer and manager (died 2022)
Gordon Francis Lee was an English football player and manager. He played 144 league and cup matches in a 12-year career in the Football League, before going on to greater success a…
Gordon Lee, English footballer and manager (died 2022)
1934
Wole Soyinka, Nigerian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka is a Nigerian writer, playwright, and poet. He has written three novels, ten collections of short stories, seven poetry collections, twenty-five…
Wole Soyinka, Nigerian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
1934
Aleksei Yeliseyev, Russian engineer and astronaut
Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 5, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10. He made the w…
Aleksei Yeliseyev, Russian engineer and astronaut
1934
Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer, founded the Armani Company (died 2025)
Giorgio Armani was an Italian fashion designer and founder of the Armani luxury fashion house. Widely regarded as among the most influential designers in contemporary fashion, Arma…
Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer, founded the Armani Company (died 2025)
1934
Peter Gzowski, Canadian journalist and academic (died 2002)
Peter John Gzowski, known colloquially as "Mr. Canada", or "Captain Canada", was a Canadian broadcaster, writer and reporter, most famous for his work on the CBC radio shows This C…
Peter Gzowski, Canadian journalist and academic (died 2002)
1934
Lee Elder, American golfer (first African-American to play in the US Masters) (died 2021)
Robert Lee Elder was an American professional golfer. In 1975, he became the first black golfer to play in the Masters Tournament. Elder was invited to the tournament after he won …
Lee Elder, American golfer (first African-American to play in the US Masters) (died 2021)
1934
Lee Friedlander, American portrait, and 'social landscape' photographer, and album cover artist
Lee Friedlander is an American photographer and artist. In the 1960s and 1970s, Friedlander evolved an influential and often imitated visual language of urban "social landscape," w…
Lee Friedlander, American portrait, and 'social landscape' photographer, and album cover artist