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== Births == === January–March === [[File:Hurston-Zora-Neale-LOC.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Zora Neale Hurston]]]] [[File:Walther Bothe 1950s.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Walther Bothe]]]] [[File:Antonio Segni Official.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Antonio Segni]]]] [[File:Jose P. Laurel.jpg|thumb|100px|[[José P. Laurel]]]] [[File:Earl Warren.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Earl Warren]]]] * [[January 1]] – [[Charles Bickford]], American actor (d. [[1967]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Ellenberger | first = Allan | title = Celebrities in Los Angeles cemeteries : a directory | publisher = McFarland | location = Jefferson, N.C | year = 2001 | isbn = 9780786409839 | page=225}}</ref> * [[January 7]] – [[Zora Neale Hurston]], African-American writer, anthropologist, ethnographer (d. [[1960]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Bloom | first = Harold | title = Zora Neale Hurston | publisher = Chelsea House | location = Philadelphia | year = 2003 | isbn = 9781438115535 | page=129}}</ref> * [[January 8]] – [[Walther Bothe]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] (d. [[1957]])<ref>{{Britannica|75110}}</ref> * [[January 13]] – [[Miguel Pro]], Mexican [[Jesuits|Jesuit priest]], martyr and blessed (d. [[1927]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catholicism.org/padre-pro.html|author=Br. Dominic, MICM, Tert.|title=Saint Miguel Pro, A Modern Martyr|date=October 7, 2004|website=Catholicism.org|access-date=November 29, 2021}}</ref> * [[January 15]] – [[Ray Chapman]], American baseball player (d. [[1920]]) * [[January 22]] **[[Antonio Gramsci]], Italian Communist writer, politician (d. [[1937]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Bellamy | first = Richard | title = Gramsci and the Italian state | publisher = Manchester University Press Distributed by St. Martin's Press | location = Manchester, UK New York | year = 1993 | isbn = 9780719033421 | page=xiv}}</ref> **[[Bruno Loerzer]], German aviator, air force general (d. [[1960]]) * [[January 23]] ** [[Marjorie Maynard]], British artist and farmer (died 1975) ** [[Pavlo Tychyna]], Ukrainian poet, translator, publicist, public activist, academician, and statesman. (d. 1967) * [[January 24]] – [[Walter Model]], German field marshal (d. [[1945]])<ref> {{cite book | last = Forczyk | first = Robert | title = Walther Model: Leadership, Strategy, Conflict | publisher = Bloomsbury | location = London | year = 2011 | isbn = 978-1-84908-357-7 | oclc = 668188562|pages=6–7 }}</ref> * [[January 27]] – [[Ilya Ehrenburg]], Russian writer (d. [[1967]]) * [[February 1]] – [[Shigeru Fukudome]], Japanese admiral (d. [[1971]]) * [[February 2]] – [[Antonio Segni]], Italian politician, 34th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (1955–1957, 1959–1960), 4th [[President of the Italian Republic]] (d. [[1972]]) * [[February 9]] – [[Ronald Colman]], English actor (d. [[1958]]) * [[February 13]] – [[Grant Wood]], American painter (d. [[1942]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Magill | first = Frank | title = Dictionary of world biography | publisher = Routledge | location = London | year = 1999 | isbn = 9781579580483 | page=4045}}</ref> * [[February 17]] – [[Abraham Fraenkel]], German-born Israeli mathematician, recipient of the [[Israel Prize]] (d. [[1965]]) * [[February 21]] – [[Seán Heuston]], Irish rebel (d. [[1916]]) * [[February 27]] – [[David Sarnoff]], Russian-born American broadcasting pioneer (d. [[1971]]) * [[March 3]] – [[Fritz Rumey]], German World War I fighter ace (d. [[1918]]) * [[March 9]] – [[José P. Laurel]], 3rd [[President of the Philippines]] (d. [[1959]])<ref>{{cite journal|journal=The Journal of Asian Studies|volume=24|issue=4|date=August 1965|pages=651–665|author=David Steinberg|title=Jose P. Laurel: A "Collaborator" Misunderstood|publisher=Cambridge University Press|doi=10.2307/2051111 |jstor=2051111 |s2cid=159495188 }}</ref> * [[March 10]] – [[Sam Jaffe]], American actor (d. [[1984]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/25/obituaries/sam-jaffe-a-character-actor-on-stage-and-film-dies-at-93.html |title=Sam Jaffe, A Character Actor On Stage and Film, Dies at 93 |first=Peter B. |last=Flint |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=25 March 1984 |url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214223136/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/25/obituaries/sam-jaffe-a-character-actor-on-stage-and-film-dies-at-93.html |archive-date=February 14, 2015}}</ref> * [[March 16]] – [[Patsy Gallacher]], Irish footballer (d. [[1953]]) * [[March 19]] – [[Earl Warren]], American politician and [[Chief Justice of the United States]] (d. [[1974]]) * [[March 24]] – [[Rudolf Berthold]], German fighter pilot (d. [[1920]]) * [[March 29]] – [[Yvan Goll]], French lyricist, dramatist (d. [[1950]]) === April–June === [[File:YemenAhmad.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ahmad bin Yahya]]]] [[File:US visit of Taoiseach Costello in 1956 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[John A. Costello]]]] * [[April 2]] – [[Max Ernst]], German painter (d. [[1976]]) * [[April 5]] – [[Laura Vicuña]], Chilean [[Roman Catholic]] holy figure and blessed (d. [[1904]]) * [[April 7]] **[[Ole Kirk Christiansen]], Danish founder of ''The Lego Group'' (d. [[1958]]) **[[Minoru Ōta]], Japanese admiral (d. [[1945]]) * [[April 13]] – [[Nella Larsen]], American novelist (d. [[1964]]) * [[April 14]] – [[B. R. Ambedkar]], Indian jurist and politician (d. [[1956]]) * [[April 15]] – [[Wallace Reid]], American actor (d. [[1923]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Wallace Reid: The Life And Death of a Hollywood Idol |first=E.J. |last=Fleming |date=February 8, 2007 |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=978-0786428151}}</ref> * [[April 17]] – [[George Adamski]], Polish-born alleged UFO traveler (d. [[1965]]) * [[April 23]] – [[Sergei Prokofiev]], Soviet composer (d. [[1953]]) * [[April 29]] – [[Bharathidasan]], Tamil poet and rationalist (d. [[1964]])<ref>{{cite book |author=Pāppaṇṇā Paramēsvaran̲ |title=Bharathidasan: Life |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sOwxAAAAMAAJ |year=1991 |publisher=Anu Pathippagam |page=9}}</ref> * [[May 10]] ** [[Anton Dostler]], German general (d. [[1945]]) ** [[Mahmoud Mokhtar]], Egyptian sculptor (d. [[1934]]) * [[May 15]] ** [[Mikhail Bulgakov]], Russian writer (d. [[1940]])<ref>{{cite book |author=Nadine Natov |title=Mikhail Bulgakov |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lftfAAAAMAAJ |year=1985 |publisher=Twayne Publishers |isbn=978-0-8057-6598-4 |page=1-2}}</ref> ** [[Nipo T. Strongheart]], Native American filmmaker (d. [[1966]])<ref>{{cite journal |title=Strongheart's Lineage |journal=Sin-Wit-Ki |volume=11 |issue=3 |page=12 |publisher=Yakama Nation Fish and Wildlife Resource Management Program |location=Yakima, Washington |date=Fall–Winter 2006 |url=http://www.streamnetlibrary.org/streamnetlibrary/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/SinWitKi-2006-Fall-Winter.pdf |access-date=August 24, 2014 |archive-date=August 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821073236/http://www.streamnetlibrary.org/streamnetlibrary/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/SinWitKi-2006-Fall-Winter.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[May 16]] ** [[Richard Tauber]], Austrian tenor (d. [[1948]]) ** [[Adolf Ritter von Tutschek]], German fighter ace (d. [[1918]]) * [[May 18]] – [[Rudolf Carnap]], German philosopher (d. [[1970]]) * [[May 19]] – [[Oswald Boelcke]], German World War I fighter ace (d. [[1916]]) * [[May 23]] – [[Pär Lagerkvist]], Swedish writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1974]]) * [[May 24]] – [[William F. Albright]], American archeologist, Biblical scholar (d. [[1971]]) * [[June 2]] – [[Takijirō Ōnishi]], Japanese admiral (d. [[1945]]) * [[June 4]] – [[Leopold Vietoris]], Austrian mathematician (d. [[2002]]) * [[June 9]] – [[Cole Porter]], American composer, songwriter (d. [[1964]]) * [[June 18]] – [[Ahmad bin Yahya]], King of Yemen (d. [[1962]]) * [[June 20]] – [[John A. Costello]], second [[Taoiseach]] of Ireland (d. [[1976]]) * [[June 21]] – [[Hermann Scherchen]], German conductor (d. [[1966]]) * [[June 24]] – [[Devere Allen]], American socialist, pacifist political activist, and journalist (d. [[1955]])<ref name="Powers1997">{{cite book |last=Powers |first=R.S. |last2=Vogele |first2=W.B. |last3=Bond |first3=D. |last4=Kruegler |first4=C. |title=Protest, Power, and Change: An Encyclopedia of Nonviolent Action from ACT-UP to Women's Suffrage |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=1997 |isbn=978-1-136-76482-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xmlWr4aAt4EC&pg=PA20 |access-date=August 17, 2024 |page=20}}</ref> * [[June 28]] – [[Carl Spaatz]], American general (d. [[1974]]) * [[June 30]] – [[Man Mountain Dean]], American professional wrestler (d. [[1953]]) === July–September === [[File:Karl Kobelt.gif|thumb|100px|[[Karl Kobelt]]]] [[File:Minna-Craucher-salonki.jpg|thumb|100px|Madame [[Minna Craucher]]]] [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1976-127-06A, Karl Dönitz - crop.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Karl Dönitz]]]] [[File:Williammckell.jpg|thumb|100px|[[William McKell]]]] * [[July 5]] – [[John Howard Northrop]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1987]]) * [[July 7]] – [[Tadamichi Kuribayashi]], Imperial Japanese Army general (d. [[1945]]) * [[July 12]] – [[Jetta Goudal]], Dutch-American actress (d. [[1985]]) * [[July 18]] – [[Gene Lockhart]], Canadian-American actor, singer, and playwright (d. [[1957]]) * [[July 21]] – [[Elmer Ripley]], American basketball coach (d. [[1982]]) * [[July 28]] – [[Joe E. Brown]], American actor, comedian (d. [[1973]]) * [[July 29]] – [[Bernhard Zondek]], German-born Israeli gynecologist, developer of first reliable pregnancy test (d. [[1966]]) * [[July 30]] – [[Roderic Dallas]], Australian World War I fighter ace (d. [[1918]]) * [[August 1]] – [[Karl Kobelt]], 2-time President of the Swiss Confederation (d. [[1968]]) * [[August 11]] – [[Stancho Belkovski]], Bulgarian architect, lecturer (d. [[1962]]) * [[August 13]] – [[Ethel Roosevelt Derby]], youngest daughter of [[Theodore Roosevelt]] (d. [[1977]]) * [[August 14]] – [[Ralph Barton]], American artist (d. [[1931]]) * [[August 17]] – [[Dulcie Mary Pillers]], English medical illustrator (d. [[1961]]) * [[August 21]] – [[Emiliano Mercado del Toro]], Puerto Rican supercentenarian, oldest war veteran ever and last surviving person born in 1891 (d. [[2007]]) * [[August 23]] – [[Minna Craucher]], Finnish socialite and [[spy]] (d. [[1932]])<ref>{{cite news|title=Minna Craucher|date=1932-03-21|work=[[Time Magazine]]|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,743386,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027061756/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,743386,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 27, 2010|accessdate=2008-08-09}}</ref> * [[August 29]] – [[Michael Chekhov]], Russian-American actor, theatre director (d. [[1955]]) * [[September 12]] – [[Pedro Albizu Campos]], advocate of Puerto Rican independence (d. [[1965]]) * [[September 14]] – [[William F. Friedman]], American cryptographer (d. [[1969]]) * [[September 16]] ** [[Teruo Akiyama]], Japanese admiral (d. [[1943]]) ** [[Karl Dönitz]], German admiral, briefly [[President of Germany]] (d. [[1980]]) ** [[Stephanie von Hohenlohe]], Austrian-born German World War II spy (d. [[1972]]) * [[September 22]] – [[Hans Albers]], German actor, singer (d. [[1960]]) * [[September 22]] – [[Alma Thomas]], African-American painter (d. [[1978]]) * [[September 26]] ** [[Charles Munch (conductor)|Charles Munch]], French conductor, violinist (d. [[1968]]) ** [[William McKell]], 12th Governor-General of Australia (d. [[1985]]) === October–December === [[File:James Chadwick.jpg|thumb|100px|[[James Chadwick]]]] [[File:Fredrick banting.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Frederick Banting]]]] [[File:Nelly Sachs 1966.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Nelly Sachs]]]] [[File:Hu Shih 1960 color.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hu Shih]]]] * [[October 12]] – [[Fumimaro Konoe]], [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. [[1945]]) * [[October 13]] – [[Irene Rich]], American actress (d. [[1988]]) * [[October 15]] – [[Tadashige Daigo]], Japanese admiral (d. [[1947]]) * [[October 20]] – [[James Chadwick]], English physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1974]]) * [[October 24]] – [[Rafael Trujillo]], dictator of the Dominican Republic (d. [[1961]]) * [[October 25]] – [[Charles Coughlin]], American Catholic priest, anti-Semitic radio host (d. [[1979]]) * [[October 28]] – [[Ormer Locklear]], American stunt pilot, film actor (d. [[1920]]) * [[November 4]] – [[Orlando Ward]], American general (d. [[1972]]) * [[November 7]] **[[Miriam Cooper]], American [[silent film]] actress (d. [[1976]]) **[[Genrikh Yagoda]], Soviet police and intelligence official (d. [[1938]]) * [[November 10]] – [[Carl W. Stalling]], American musician (d. [[1972]]) * [[November 12]] – [[Władysław Bortnowski]], Polish historian and general (d. [[1966]]) * [[November 14]] – [[Frederick Banting]], Canadian physician, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1941]]) * [[November 15]] ** [[Vincent Astor]], American philanthropist (d. [[1959]]) ** [[Erwin Rommel]], German field marshal (d. [[1944]]) * [[November 19]] – [[Juan Yagüe]], Spanish general (d. [[1952]]) * [[November 24]] – [[Mariano Ospina Pérez]], Colombian politician, 17th [[President of Colombia]] (d. [[1976]]) * [[November 28]] – [[Gregorio Perfecto]], Filipino jurist, politician (d. [[1949]]) * [[November 29]] – [[Julius Raab]], [[Chancellor of Austria]] (d. [[1964]]) * [[December 4]] – [[T. V. Soong]], [[Republic of China|Taiwanese]] businessman, politician (d. [[1971]]) * [[December 6]] **[[Masatomi Kimura]], Japanese admiral (d. [[1960]]) **[[Gotthard Sachsenberg]], German World War I naval aviator, fighter ace (d. [[1961]]) * [[December 9]] – [[Maksim Bahdanovič]], Belarusian poet (d. [[1917]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Гістарычны шлях беларускай нацыі і дзяржавы|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BwghAQAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Vydavets Zmitser Kolas|isbn=978-985-6783-06-0|page=409|language=ru}}</ref> * [[December 10]] **[[Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis]], British field marshal (d. [[1969]]) **[[Nelly Sachs]], German writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1970]])<ref>{{cite book|author=S. Lillian Kremer|title=Holocaust Literature: Lerner to Zychlinsky, index|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BAQ2VtfH3awC&pg=PA1067|year=2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-92984-4|pages=1067}}</ref> * [[December 14]] – [[Katherine MacDonald]], American silent screen actress (d. [[1956]]) * [[December 17]] – [[Hu Shih]], Chinese liberal (d. [[1962]]) * [[December 19]] – [[Edward Bernard Raczyński|Edward Bernard Raczynski]], [[President of Poland]] (d. [[1993]]) * [[December 24]] – [[Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky]], Russian illustrator (d. [[1970]]) * [[December 25]] **[[Kenneth Anderson (British Army officer)|Kenneth Anderson]], British general (d. [[1959]]) **[[Clarrie Grimmett]], New Zealand-Australian cricketer (d. [[1980]]) * [[December 26]] – [[Henry Miller]], American novelist (d. [[1980]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Lawrence Durrell|author2=Henry Miller|title=Durrell-Miller Letters, 1935-1980|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FFBeeREKoDwC&pg=PR13|date=September 1998|publisher=New Directions Publishing|isbn=978-0-8112-1730-9|pages=13}}</ref> * [[December 29]] – [[Béla Imrédy]], 32nd Prime Minister of Hungary (d. [[1946]])
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