- January 13
- Birth of Alfred Fuller CEO (Fuller Brush Man). [1]
- January 16
- Birth of Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz president of Poland (1939-40). [1]
- January 17
- Birth of E Ball-Hennings writer. [1]
- Birth of Joseph Arendt Belgian worker's union leader. [1]
- January 21
- Birth of Umberto Nobile Italian General. [1]
- January 23
- Birth of Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski composer. [1]
- January 25
- Birth of A J Else Mauhs German/Dutch actress (Eline Vere, L'aiglon). [1]
- January 27
- Birth of Eduard Künneke German composer (Vetter aus Dingsda). [1]
- Birth of Jerome Kern New York City, New York, Broadway composer (Showboat, Roberta). [1]
- January 30
- Birth of John Henry Towers aviator/naval hero. [1]
- February 1
- Birth of Camille Chautemps premier France. [1]
- February 2
- Birth of Aldo Palazzeschi [Giurlani], Italian writer (I cavalli bianchi). [1]
- February 4
- Birth of Cairine Ray Wilson Montréal, first female Canadian senator (appointed). [1]
- February 7
- Birth of Sinclair Lewis novelist/social critic (Main Street, Nobel Prize 1930). [1]
- February 8
- Birth of Dame Edith Evans London England, actress (Tom Jones, David Copperfield). [1]
- February 9
- Birth of Alban Maria Johannes Berg Vienna Austria. [1]
- February 12
- Birth of Julius Streicher German district leader (Stürmer). [1]
- Birth of Licinio Refice composer. [1]
- February 13
- Birth of Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Truman first lady (1945-53). [1]
- February 15
- Birth of Richard Wurz composer. [1]
- February 21
- Birth of Sacha Guitry France; actor/playwright (Story of a Cheat). [1]
- February 24
- Birth of Admiral Chester Nimitz US Admiral (commanded Pacific fleet in WWII). [1]
- Birth of Bert Lytell New York City, New York; actor (Henry-One Man's Family). [1]
- Birth of Joseph Sprinzak Speaker of Israeli Knesset (1949-59). [1]
- Birth of Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski Polish novelist/satirist (Black Wings). [1]
- February 26
- Birth of Lili Green [Alice Sally Mary], Netherlands/England dancer. [1]
- March 1
- Birth of Lionel Atwill Croyden England; actor (Mystery of the Wax Museum). [1]
- March 4
- Birth of Willem H Winkel Dutch physician/founder (Red Cross of Curaçao). [1]
- March 6
- Birth of Ring Lardner US, writer (You Know Me Al). [1]
- March 9
- Birth of Ringgold "Ring" Lardner baseball player. [1]
- March 11
- Birth of Malcolm Campbell first auto racer to travel five miles/minutes (8 km/minute). [1]
- March 12
- Birth of Raphaël Verwilghen Flemish architect/urban developer. [1]
- March 16
- Birth of Giacomo Benvenuti composer. [1]
- Birth of Sydney Chaplin South Africa; actor (Limelight). [1]
- March 20
- Birth of Eugen Herrigel Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe. [1]
- Birth of Hendrik A de Fish [Henri Pauwels], Flemish philological/sociologist. [1]
- March 22
- Birth of Adriano Lualdi composer. [1]
- Birth of Jakabs Medins composer. [1]
- March 24
- Birth of Charlie Daniels US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 1908). [1]
- March 25
- Birth of Veit Valentin German/US historian (Deutsche Revolution). [1]
- March 26
- Birth of Julius Harrison composer. [1]
- Birth of Robert Blackburn British aviation pioneer. [1]
- March 28
- Birth of Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas composer. [1]
- March 31
- Birth of Jules Pascin [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist. [1]
- April 1
- Birth of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (Hozier) British baroness. [1]
- April 3
- Birth of Harry Saint John Philby [sheik Abdullah], British explorer. [1]
- April 5
- Birth of Dimitrie Cuclin composer. [1]
- April 6
- Birth of Carlos Leon Salzedo composer. [1]
- April 8
- Birth of Dimitrios Levidis composer. [1]
- April 12
- Birth of Robert Délaunay French painter. [1]
- April 13
- Birth of György Lukács Hungarian philosopher (Zerstörung der Vernunft). [1]
- Birth of Pieter S Gerbrandy Dutch lawyer/premier in London (1940-45). [1]
- April 16
- Birth of Leo Weiner Hungary, composer (Fasching). [1]
- April 17
- Birth of Cecil Burleigh composer. [1]
- Birth of Isak Dinesen Danish writer (Out of Africa, 7 Gothic Tales). [1]
- April 29
- Birth of Egon E Kisch Czechoslovakia, writer/journalist (Rasende Reporter). [1]
- Birth of Wallingford Riegger Albany Georgia, composer (Bacchangle). [1]
- April 30
- Birth of Luigi Russolo composer. [1]
- May 2
- Birth of Hedda Hopper [Elda Furry] Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania, gossip columnist (From Under My Hat). [1]
- May 5
- Birth of Henri Velge first chairman (Belgian Council of State). [1]
- May 7
- Birth of George "Gabby" Hayes Wellesvile New York; actor (In Old Santa Fe, El Paso). [1]
- May 10
- Birth of Fritz v Unruh writer. [1]
- Birth of Mae Murray [Girl with bee-stung lips] Portsmouth Virginia, actress (High Stakes). [1]
- Birth of Marie Benavente [Maria Wissink] actress (Scapegoat). [1]
- May 14
- Birth of Otto Klemperer Breslau Germany, conductor/composer (Das Ziel). [1]
- May 18
- Birth of Eurico Gaspar Dutra President of Brazil (1945-50). [1]
- May 22
- Birth of Julio Fonseca composer. [1]
- May 29
- Birth of Erwin F Finlay-Freundlich British astronomer (theory of relativity). [1]
- June 12
- Birth of Werner Josten Elberfeld Germany, composer (Jungle). [1]
- July 21
- Birth of Frances Parkinson Keyes novelist (Dinner at Antoine). [1]
- August 7
- Birth of Billie Burke Washington DC, actress (Glinda - The Wizard of Oz). [1]
- August 26
- Birth of Jules Romains France, novelist/dramatist/poet (Men of Good Will). [1]
- August 31
- Birth of DuBose Heyward novelist (Porgy). [1]
- September 6
- Birth of Otto Kruger Toledo Ohio; actor (Lux Video Theater, High Noon). [1]
- September 11
- Birth of David Herbert "DH" Lawrence England, writer (Lady Chatterly's Lover). [1]
- Birth of Eratstus Flaval Beadle publisher (Beadle's Dime Novels). [1]
- September 20
- Birth of Ferdinand (Jelly Roll) Morton New Orleans, jazz pianist/composer. [1]
- September 22
- Birth of Erich von Stroheim early film director/actor (Grand Illusion). [1]
- September 28
- Birth of Wilbur 'Lefty' Good pitcher (New York Yankees, 1905). [1]
- October 1
- Birth of Louis Untermeyer New York City, poet/critic (Immortal Poems, Story Poems). [1]
- October 2
- Birth of Ruth Bryan Rohde US, (Rep), minister to Denmark. [1]
- October 7
- Birth of Niels Bohr in Denmark; physicist, expanded quantum physics (Nobel Prize 1922) (dies 1962). [1] [5]
- October 11
- Birth of François Mauriac France, novelist/poet/playwright (Nobel Prize 1952). [1]
- October 13
- Birth of Harry Hershfield Cedar Rapids Iowa, cartoonist (Can You Top This?). [1]
- October 22
- Birth of Giovanni Martinelli Montagnana Italy, opera singer (New York Met). [1]
- October 30
- Birth of Ezra Pound in Hailey, Idaho, USA; poet (Cantos). [1] [5]
- November 2
- Birth of Harlow Shapley US, astronomer (studied the galaxies). [1]
- November 5
- Birth of Will Durant writer/historian (Story of Civilization). [1]
- November 11
- Birth of George S Patton general "Old Blood and Guts". [1]
- December 1
- Birth of Guy de Lioncourt composer. [1]
- December 2
- Birth of George Minot US, physician, worked on anemia (Nobel Prize 1934). [1]
- Birth of Níkos Kazantazakís Greece, writer (Zorba, Last Temptation of Christ). [1]
- December 3
- Birth of Marchien Zwitsers farmer in Lutten (died at age 109 years old). [1]
- December 5
- Birth of Dirk H W Filarski Dutch painter/lithographer (Bergense School). [1]
- December 6
- Birth of Albrecht Schaeffer German writer (The General). [1]
- December 10
- Birth of Janos Hammerschlag composer. [1]
- Birth of Mario Varvoglis composer. [1]
- December 19
- Birth of F S Flint London England, translator/poet (imagist movement). [1]
- December 22
- Birth of Edgard Varèse Paris France, composer (Innisation). [1]
- Birth of Joseph Deems Taylor New York City, New York, composer (Peter Ibbetson). [1]
- December 24
- Birth of Arthur Dolphin cricket player (Yorkshire and England keeper, later Test umpire). [1]
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- January 1
- Birth of Willard Robertson Runnels Texas; actor (Deep Valley, Fury at Furnace Creek). [1]
- Birth of William Edmunds Italy; actor (Lost Moment, Big Sombrero). [1]
- January 2
- Birth of Moyshe Leyb Halpern Galican/US poet (In New-York). [1]
- January 3
- Birth of Arthur Mailey cricket player (great Aussie leg-spinner and cartoonist). [1]
- Birth of John G Fletcher US, poet (Epic of Arkansas). [1]
- Birth of Josephine Hull Newtonville Massachusetts, Academy award character actress (Harvey). [1]
- January 8
- Birth of Noble Drew Ali [Timothy Drew], North Carolina, prophet (Moorish Science Temple). [1]
- January 10
- Birth of Jose Antonio de Donostia composer. [1]
- January 11
- Birth of George Zucco England; actor (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Captain Fury). [1]
- January 12
- Birth of Dorothy Green Los Angeles California, actress (Lavinia-Tammy). [1]
- January 14
- Birth of Hugh Lofting English/American writer and illustrator (Dr Dolittle). [1]
- January 17
- Birth of Glenn Luther Martin aviator (Collier Trophy-1933). [1]
- Birth of Ronald Firbank London England, novelist (The Flower Beneath the Foot). [1]
- January 18
- Birth of Antoine Pevsner French sculptor. [1]
- Birth of Peter Alma Dutch painter/graphic artist. [1]
- January 21
- Birth of Gustaaf Sap Belgian minister of Finance/Economy. [1]
- January 22
- Birth of John Joseph Becker composer. [1]
- January 25
- Birth of Wilhelm Fürtwängler Berlin Germany, conductor/composer. [1]
- January 26
- Birth of Joannes A Veraart Dutch economist/Member of Parliament (Jews of the Netherlands). [1]
- January 28
- Birth of Artur Rubinstein Lódz Poland, pianist. [1]
- January 31
- Birth of Alfonso Lopez Colombia, statesman (President United Nations security council-1948). [1]
- February 2
- Birth of Kurt Baschwitz German/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Du und). [1]
- Birth of William R Benét writer. [1]
- February 3
- Birth of Erwin Kroll composer. [1]
- February 6
- Birth of Louis Piérard Belgian journalist/writer (Great Germany). [1]
- February 8
- Birth of Charlie Ruggles Los Angeles California; actor (The Ruggles, Aesop-Bullwinkle Show). [1]
- February 12
- Birth of Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist composer. [1]
- Birth of Michel Brusselmans composer. [1]
- February 13
- Birth of Ricardo Güiraldes Argentina, novelist/poet (Don Segundo Sombra). [1]
- February 14
- Birth of Theodor Werner German painter. [1]
- February 15
- Birth of Sax Rohmer England, author (Dr Fu Manchu). [1]
- February 16
- Birth of Andrew Ducat cricket player (Test for England 1921 (3 and 2) Soccer International). [1]
- Birth of Van Wyck Brooks New Jersey, literary historian/writer (Ordeal of Mark Twain). [1]
- February 19
- Birth of George Luther Foote composer. [1]
- February 20
- Birth of Béla Kun Czehul Romania, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919). [1]
- February 22
- Birth of Hugo Ball German playwright/co-founder Flametti. [1]
- February 23
- Birth of Albert Edward Sammons composer. [1]
- Birth of Ventura García Calderón Peruvian diplomat/author. [1]
- February 27
- Birth of Hugo L Black Alabama, (Senator-Democrat-Alabama)/78th US Supreme Court justice (1937-71). [1]
- February 28
- Birth of José Gutiérrez Solana Spanish painter/author (Madrid Escenas). [1]
- Birth of Max Vasmer German slavic (La Tertulia de Pombo). [1]
- March 1
- Birth of Oskar Kokoschka Russian/Austrian/British, painter (Erasmus Prize 1960). [1]
- March 3
- Birth of James Friskin composer. [1]
- Birth of Reginald Owen Morris composer. [1]
- March 5
- Birth of Paul Radmilovic England, swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1908). [1]
- March 7
- Birth of Raymond Largay Wisconsin; actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl). [1]
- March 8
- Birth of Anton Portielje Dutch radio host/zoo director (Artis). [1]
- Birth of Edward Kendall chemist, isolated cortisone (Nobel Prize 1950). [1]
- March 13
- Birth of Henri D Gagnebin Swiss organist. [1]
- Birth of John "Home Run" Baker hall of famer (hit two homeruns in 1911 world series). [1]
- March 18
- Birth of Edward Everett Horton Brooklyn New York; actor/narrator (Bullwinkle Show). [1]
- Birth of Kurt Koffka Germany, Gestalt psychologist. [1]
- Birth of Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips Dutch author (Between Heaven and Earth). [1]
- March 27
- Birth of Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe German/US architect (Bauhaus). [1]
- March 28
- Birth of Jaroslav Novotny composer. [1]
- March 29
- Birth of Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson composer. [1]
- March 30
- Birth of Stanislaw Lesniewski Poland, logician/mathematician. [1]
- April 1
- Birth of Casimir von Paszthory composer. [1]
- Birth of Wallace Beery Kansas City Missouri; actor (Alias a Gentleman, Dinner at 8, Ah Wilderness). [1]
- April 5
- Birth of Jacques Handschin Swiss musicologist (Der Toncharakter). [1]
- April 8
- Birth of Margaret A Barnes writer. [1]
- April 10
- Birth of Val[entine] Paul Denver Colorado, silent film actor (Red Red Heart, Lair of the Wolf). [1]
- April 13
- Birth of Ethel Leginska composer. [1]
- April 14
- Birth of Edward C Tolman US psychologist (behaviorism). [1]
- Birth of Ernst R Curtius German literature historian. [1]
- April 16
- Birth of Ernst Thälmann German communist presidential candidate. [1]
- Birth of Jekabs Graubins composer. [1]
- Birth of Konstantin Mostras composer. [1]
- April 17
- Birth of Otto Lederer Czechoslovakia; actor (Jazz Singer). [1]
- April 21
- Birth of Charlie Naughton Glasgow Scotland; actor (Frozen Limits). [1]
- April 24
- Birth of Kurt Pinthus writer. [1]
- Birth of R Pelgrom oldest Dutch man (died April 15, 1994, 9 days short of 108). [1]
- April 26
- Birth of Ma Rainey [Gertrude Pridgett] "Mother of the Blues", US blues singer. [1]
- April 28
- Birth of Erich Salomon German photographer. [1]
- April 30
- Birth of Frank Merrik composer. [1]
- May 2
- Birth of Gottfried Benn writer. [1]
- May 3
- Birth of Marcel Dupré French organist/composer. [1]
- May 5
- Birth of Manuel Borguno composer. [1]
- May 8
- Birth of Jef van Hoof composer. [1]
- May 10
- Birth of Karl Barth Basel Switzerland, theologian/author (Action in Waiting). [1]
- Birth of Olaf Stapleton British religious sci-fi writer (Star Maker). [1]
- May 12
- Birth of Albert Saverys Flemish painter. [1]
- Birth of Hermann Grabner composer. [1]
- Birth of Piotr F Scharoff Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov). [1]
- May 13
- Birth of Joseph Achron Latvia/US violinist/composer (Golem suite). [1]
- May 17
- Birth of Alfonso XIII Borbón King of Spain (1902-31). [1]
- May 18
- Birth of Ole Windingstad composer. [1]
- May 23
- Birth of Hermann Neiße writer. [1]
- May 24
- Birth of Paul Paray Le Tréport Normandy, conductor/composer (Artemis Trouble). [1]
- May 25
- Birth of Philip Murray founded Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). [1]
- May 26
- Birth of Al Jolson [Asa Yoelson] jazz singer/silent film actor (Mamie, Swanee). [1]
- May 28
- Birth of Nicolai Sokoloff near Kiev Ukraine, conductor (Seattle Symphony). [1]
- June 6
- Birth of Paul Dudley White heart specialist. [1]
- June 11
- Birth of David Steinman New York City, bridge designer (Hudson, Triborough). [1]
- June 18
- Birth of George Mallory England, mountain climber ("because it is there"). [1]
- June 25
- Birth of Henry (Hap) Arnold commanding general, US Army Air Force in WW II. [1]
- July 5
- Birth of Willem Drees Prime Minister of Netherland (1948-58). [1]
- August 7
- Birth of Louis Hazeltine inventor (neutrodyne circuit, making radio possible). [1]
- August 24
- Birth of William Francis Gibbs naval architect, designed Liberty ships. [1]
- August 27
- Birth of Eric Coates Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England, composer. [1]
- September 14
- Birth of Jan Garrique Masaryk Czech, statesman/minister to London (1918-35). [1]
- September 21
- Birth of Teiichi Igarashi Japan, climbed Mount Fuji at age 99. [1]
- October 3
- Birth of Henri Alain-Fournier French novelist (Le Grand Meaulnes). [1]
- October 16
- Birth of David Ben-Gurion Plonsk Poland, first Prime Minister of Israel (1948-53, 1955). [1]
- October 17
- Birth of Spring Byington Colorado Springs, actress (Lily Ruskin-December Bride). [1]
- November 1
- Birth of Hermann Broch Austria, novelist (Sleepwalkers, Bewitchment). [1]
- November 4
- Birth of Ian Wolfe Canton Illinois; actor (Diary of a Madman, Wizards and Warriors). [1]
- November 9
- Birth of Ed Wynn in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; comedian (The Ed Wynn Show). [1] [5]
- November 15
- Birth of Pedro Sanjuan San Sebastian, Spain, composer (Castilla). [1]
- November 20
- Birth of Karl von Frisch zoologist/bee expert (Nobel Prize 1973). [1]
- November 25
- Birth of Rex Maupin Saint Joseph Missouri, orchestra leader (Tin Pan Alley TV). [1]
- December 1
- Birth of Jack Crawford cricket player (England all-rounder in 12 Tests 1905-08). [1]
- Birth of Pierre Kemp Dutch poet (Fugitives and Constants). [1]
- Birth of Rex Stout mystery writer (Nero Wolf). [1]
- Birth of Willem E Crown Antillian writer. [1]
- December 3
- Birth of Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn Swedish physicist (röntgen spectroscope, Nobel Prize 1924). [1]
- December 5
- Birth of Pieter J Oud; lawyer/minister of Finance/mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52). [1]
- December 6
- Birth of Joyce Kilmer US, (male) poet (Trees). [1]
- December 8
- Birth of Diego Rivera [Lenin of México] México, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo. [1]
- December 9
- Birth of Clarence Birdseye frozen vegatable king (Birdseye). [1]
- December 10
- Birth of Victor McLaglen England; actor (Informer, Academy Award-1935). [1]
- Birth of William Booth cricket player (Yorks all-rounder, England before WWI). [1]
- December 12
- Birth of Owen Moore County Meath Ireland; actor (She Done Him Wrong). [1]
- December 13
- Birth of Lambertus J van Apeldoorn lawyer (martial law). [1]
- December 18
- Birth of Ty Cobb in Colorado, USA; batted .367, stole 892 bases (Detroit Tigers). [1] [5]
- December 20
- Birth of Domingo Julio Gomez Garcia composer. [1]
- Birth of Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman California, tennis player (US Open 1909-11). [1]
- December 21
- Birth of George Norman Peterkin composer. [1]
- Birth of Hermann A J Kees German Egyptologist (Problems of Egyptology). [1]
- December 23
- Birth of Albert Ehrenstein Austria writer (Message from the Madhouse). [1]
- December 26
- Birth of Gyula Gömbös von Jákfa general/dictator of Hungary (1932-35). [1]
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