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== Births == === January–February === [[File:George Burns 1961.JPG|thumb|100px|[[George Burns]]]] [[File:Morarji Desai During his visit to the United States of America .jpg|thumb|100px|[[Morarji Desai]]]] <!--[[File:Hund, Friedrich 1920er Göttingen.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Friedrich Hund]]]]--> * [[January 2]] – [[Dziga Vertov]], Russian filmmaker (d. [[1954]]) * [[January 4]] ** [[Everett Dirksen]], American politician (d. [[1969]]) ** [[André Masson]], French artist (d. [[1987]]) * [[January 8]] **[[Arthur Ford (psychic)|Arthur Ford]], American psychic spiritual medium, clairaudient (d. [[1971]]) **[[Clifton Sprague]], American admiral (d. [[1955]]) * [[January 12]] – [[Uberto De Morpurgo]], Italian tennis player (d. [[1961]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/umberto-de-morpurgo|title=Umberto DE MORPURGO - Olympic Tennis {{pipe}} Italy|date=June 13, 2016|website=International Olympic Committee}}</ref> * [[January 14]] – [[John Dos Passos]], American author (d. [[1970]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Jay Parini|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nMhMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA394|year=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-515653-9|pages=394}}</ref> * [[January 20]] – [[George Burns]], American actor, comedian (d. [[1996]]) * [[January 21]] – [[J. Carrol Naish]], American [[character actor]] (d. [[1973]]) * [[January 23]] – [[Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg]] (d. [[1985]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Charlotte {{!}} grand duchess of Luxembourg {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charlotte-grand-duchess-of-Luxembourg |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=10 December 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * [[January 26]] – [[József Kiss]], Austro-Hungarian fighter pilot (d. [[1918]]) * [[February 1]] – [[Anastasio Somoza García]], [[President of Nicaragua|21st President of Nicaragua]] (d. [[1956]])<ref name="y692">{{cite web | title=Anastasio Somoza: president of Nicaragua | website=Encyclopedia Britannica | date=2007-08-23 | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anastasio-Somoza | access-date=2024-06-04}}</ref><ref name="y023">{{cite news | last=Amerise | first=Atahualpa | title=Sandino: la traición que acabó con la vida del guerrillero nicaragüense que puso en jaque al ejército de EE.UU. | website=BBC News Mundo | date=2024-02-18 | url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/articles/c3gk084gy2eo | language=es | access-date=2024-06-04}}</ref> * [[February 2]] – [[Ramón Franco]], Spanish aviation pioneer (d. [[1938]]) * [[February 4]] – [[Friedrich Hund]], German physicist (d. [[1997]]) * [[February 18]] – [[Li Linsi]], Chinese educator and diplomat (d. [[1970]]) * [[February 19]] – [[André Breton]], French writer (d. [[1966]])<ref>{{cite book|author=André Breton|title=André Breton: Selections|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nLQRXzQ4NgoC&pg=PA165|date=October 2003|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-23954-8|pages=165}}</ref> * [[February 25]] – [[Heinrich Gontermann]], German World War I fighter ace (d. [[1917]]) * [[February 28]] – [[Philip Showalter Hench]], American physician, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1965]]) * [[February 29]] **[[Morarji Desai]], 4th [[Prime Minister of India]] (d. [[1995]]) **[[William A. Wellman]], American motion picture director (d. [[1975]]) === March–April === [[File:LTG Ira Eaker.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ira C. Eaker]]]] [[File:Nikolay Semyonov Nobel.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Nikolay Semyonov]]]] * [[March 1]] – [[Dimitri Mitropoulos]], Greek conductor, pianist and composer (d. [[1960]]) * [[March 13]] – [[Field Eugene Kindley]], American World War I fighter pilot (d. [[1920]]) * [[March 20]] – [[Wop May]], Canadian World War I pilot (d. [[1952]]) * [[March 22]] – [[Joseph Schildkraut]], Austrian-American actor (d. [[1964]]) * [[March 29]] – [[Wilhelm Ackermann]], German mathematician (d. [[1962]]) * [[April 13]] – [[Ira C. Eaker]], World War II United States Army Air Forces general (d. [[1987]]) * [[April 15]] ** [[Gerhard Fieseler]], German World War I flying ace, aerobatics champion, aircraft designer and manufacturer (d. [[1987]]) ** [[Nikolay Semyonov]], Russian chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1986]]) * [[April 17]] – [[Señor Wences]], Spanish ventriloquist (d. [[1999]]) * [[April 21]] – [[Geertruida Wijsmuller-Meijer]], Dutch war hero, resistance fighter and humanitarian (d. [[1978]]) * [[April 26]] – [[Ernst Udet]], German World War I fighter ace, Nazi ''Luftwaffe'' official (d. [[1941]]) * [[April 27]] – [[Rogers Hornsby]], American baseball player (d. [[1963]]) * [[April 30]] – [[Reverend Gary Davis]], American musician (d. [[1972]]) === May–June === [[File:Mark Wayne Clark 1943.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mark W. Clark]]]] [[File:Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Jorge Alessandri]]]] [[File:General Walter Cawthorn.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Walter Cawthorn]]]] [[File:Vincenzo Laviosa - Duke and Duchess of Windsor - Google Art Project (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Wallis Simpson]]]] * [[May 1]] **[[Mark W. Clark]], American general (d. [[1984]]) **[[J. Lawton Collins]], American general (d. [[1987]]) * [[May 2]] – [[Helen of Greece and Denmark]], Queen Mother of Romania (d. [[1982]]) * [[May 3]] – [[Karl Allmenröder]], German World War I fighter pilot (d. [[1917]]) * [[May 5]] – [[Kaju Sugiura]], Japanese admiral (d. [[1945]]) * [[May 19]] – [[Jorge Alessandri]], 27th [[President of Chile]] (d. [[1986]]) * [[May 23]] – [[Andor Jaross]], ethnic Hungarian politician (d. [[1946]]) * [[May 29]] – [[Luther Youngdahl|Luther W. Youngdahl]], American politician, [[Governor of Minnesota]] from 1947 to 1951, and a United States district judge from 1951 to 1978 (d. [[1978]]) * [[May 30]] – [[Howard Hawks]], American director (d. [[1977]]) * [[May 31]] – [[Ernest Haller]], American cinematographer (d. [[1974]]) * [[June 1]] – [[Sydney Kyte]], British bandleader (d. 1981)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sydney Kyte Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sydney-kyte-mn0001443279 |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=[[AllMusic]] |language=en}}</ref> * [[June 2]] – [[Nubar Gulbenkian]], Ottoman-born Armenian-British oil trader, socialite and intelligence operative (d. [[1972]]) * [[June 6]] **[[Henry Allingham]], British World War I veteran, world's oldest man (d. [[2009]]) **[[Italo Balbo]], Italian Fascist leader, aviator (d. [[1940]]) * [[June 7]] ** [[Robert S. Mulliken]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1986]]) ** [[Imre Nagy]], 3-time prime minister of Hungary (d. [[1958]]) * [[June 11]] – [[Walter Cawthorn]], Australian spymaster (d. [[1970]]) * [[June 19]] – [[Wallis Simpson]], American-born Duchess of Windsor (d. [[1986]]) * [[June 23]] – [[Francisco Malabo Beosá]], Equatoguinean royalty (d. [[2001]]) * [[June 29]] – [[Boris Podolsky]], Russian-American physicist (d. [[1966]]) === July–August === [[File:Playford_portrait_38.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Thomas Playford IV]]]] [[File:Trygve Lie 1938.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Trygve Lie]]]] [[File:Jean Piaget in Ann Arbor.png|thumb|100px|[[Jean Piaget]]]] [[File:Gerty Theresa Cori.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Gerty Cori]]]] * [[July 2]] – [[Quirino Cristiani]], Argentine animated film director (d. [[1984]]) * [[July 4]] – [[Mao Dun]], Chinese novelist, cultural critic, and Minister of Culture (d. [[1981]])<ref>{{Cite journal|last=McDougall|first=Bonnie S.|date=December 1998|title=Disappearing women and disappearing men in may fourth narrative: a post-feminist survey of short stories by Mao Dun, Bing Xin, Ling Shuhua and Shen Congwen|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357829808713209|journal=Asian Studies Review|volume=22|issue=4|pages=427–458|doi=10.1080/10357829808713209|s2cid=197655380 |issn=1035-7823}}</ref> * [[July 5]] – [[Thomas Playford IV]], South Australian politician (d. [[1981]]) * [[July 16]] ** [[Gertrude Welcker]], German actress (d. [[1988]]) ** [[Trygve Lie]], Norwegian politician, 1st United Nations Secretary General (d. [[1968]]) * [[July 17]] – [[Dumitru Dămăceanu]], Romanian general and politician (d. [[1978]]) * [[July 18]] – [[Patrick O'Boyle (American bishop)|Patrick O'Boyle]], American Roman Catholic prelate (d. [[1987]]) * [[July 19]] – [[Stafford L. Warren]], American physician and radiologist; inventor of the mammogram (d. [[1981]]) * [[August 7]] – [[Ernesto Lecuona]], Cuban pianist, composer (d. [[1963]])<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Marks|first=Edward|date=1928|title=Malaguena - Piano Solo (Foreword)|journal=Edward B. Marks Music Co.|volume=9677-7}}</ref> * [[August 8]] – [[Sivananda (yoga teacher)|Sivananda]], Indian yoga teacher (unverified self-claimed date) (d. [[2025]]) * [[August 9]] ** [[Erich Hückel]], German physicist, physical chemist (d. [[1980]]) ** [[Léonide Massine]], Russian ballet dancer, choreographer (d. [[1979]]) ** [[Jean Piaget]], Swiss psychologist (d. [[1980]]) * [[August 10]] – [[Walter Lang]], American film director (d. [[1972]]) * [[August 13]] – [[Rudolf Schmundt]], German general (d. [[1944]]) * [[August 14]] – [[Albert Ball]], British World War I fighter ace, Victoria Cross recipient (d. [[1917]]) * [[August 15]] – [[Gerty Cori]], Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1957]]) * [[August 18]] – [[Jack Pickford]], Canadian-born American actor, film director, and producer (d. [[1933]]) * [[August 27]] – [[Léon Theremin]], Russian inventor (d. [[1993]]) * [[August 28]] – [[Arthur Calwell]], Australian politician (d. [[1973]]) * [[August 30]] – [[Raymond Massey]], Canadian-born American actor (d. [[1983]]) === September–October === [[File:Adele Astaire in 1919.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Adele Astaire]]]] [[File:F. Scott Fitzgerald Publicity Photograph circa 1920.jpg|thumb|100px|[[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]]] * [[September 1]] – [[A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]], Indian religious leader, founder-acharya of the [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness]] (d. [[1977]]) * [[September 4]] – [[Antonin Artaud]], French stage actor, director (d. [[1948]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Antonin Artaud|title=Artaud Anthology.|publisher=City Lights Publishers|year=1965|page=83}}</ref> * [[September 10]] – [[Adele Astaire]], American dancer (d. [[1981]]) * [[September 14]] – [[José Mojica]], Mexican Franciscan friar, tenor and film actor (d. [[1974]]) * [[September 21]] – [[Walter Breuning]], American [[supercentenarian]], sixth oldest verified man in history (d. [[2011]]) * [[September 22]] – [[Uri Zvi Greenberg]], Israeli poet and journalist (d. [[1981]])<ref>{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990DE7DB1738F933A25756C0A967948260 | work=The New York Times | title=Uri Zvi Greenberg, 83; Hebrew and Yiddish Poet | date=10 May 1981}}</ref> * [[September 24]] – [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]], American writer (d. [[1940]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Fitzgerald | first = F | title = The beautiful and damned | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = Oxford New York | year = 1998 | isbn = 9780191611056 | page=xxxii}}</ref> * [[September 25]] – [[Sandro Pertini]], [[President of Italy]] (d. [[1990]]) * [[September 30]] – [[Jolie Gabor]], Hungarian-American entrepreneur, jeweler and memoirist (d. [[1997]]) * [[October 1]] – [[Abraham Sofaer]], Burmese-born British actor (d. [[1988]]) * [[October 7]] – [[Paulino Alcántara]], Filipino-Spanish soccer player (d. [[1964]]) * [[October 12]] – [[Eugenio Montale]], Italian writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1981]])<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 1975 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1975/montale/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref> * [[October 14]] – [[Bud Flanagan]], British entertainer, comedian (d. [[1968]]) * [[October 22]] – [[Earle Clements]], American politician, [[governor of Kentucky]] (d. [[1985]]) * [[October 28]] – [[Howard Hanson]], American composer (d. [[1981]])<ref name=nytobit>''The New York Times'' – Obituaries. Harold C. Schonberg. February 28, 1981 p. 10119 [https://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/28/obituaries/howard-hanson-is-dead-composer-and-teacher.html ''Howard Hanson is Dead; Composer and Teacher'']</ref> * [[October 30]] – [[Ruth Gordon]], American actress, screenwriter, and playwright (d. [[1985]]) * [[October 31]] – [[Ethel Waters]], American singer, actress (d. [[1977]]) === November–December === [[File:Carlos P Garcia photo.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Carlos P. Garcia]]]] [[File:Lt. General James Doolittle, head and shoulders.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jimmy Doolittle]]]] * [[November 4]] ** [[Carlos P. Garcia]], 8th [[President of the Philippines]] (d. [[1971]]) ** [[Ian Wolfe]], American actor (d. [[1992]]) * [[November 8]] – [[Marie Prevost]], Canadian-born American actress (d. [[1937]]) * [[November 10]] ** [[Jimmy Dykes]], American baseball player, manager (d. [[1976]]) ** [[Mary, Lady Heath]], Irish aviator (d. [[1939]]) * [[November 13]] – [[Nobusuke Kishi]], Prime Minister of Japan (d. [[1987]]) * [[November 14]] – [[Mamie Eisenhower]], [[First Lady of the United States]] (d. [[1979]]) * [[November 15]] – [[Giovanni Ancillotto]], Italian World War I flying ace (d. [[1924]]) * [[November 16]] ** [[Oswald Mosley]], leader of the British Union of Fascists (d. [[1980]]) ** [[Lawrence Tibbett]], American opera singer, actor (d. [[1960]]) * [[November 17]] – [[Lev Vygotsky]], Russian psychologist (d. [[1934]]) * [[November 23]] – [[Klement Gottwald]], Czechoslovak communist politician (d. [[1953]]) * [[November 25]] ** [[Virgil Thomson]], American composer, critic (d. [[1989]]) ** [[Jessie Royce Landis]], American actress (d. [[1972]]) ** [[Priscilla Dean]], American actress (d. [[1987]]) ** [[Albertus Soegijapranata]], Indonesian Jesuit priest (d. [[1963]]) * [[November 26]] – [[Manuel A. Odría]], 79th President of Peru (d. [[1974]]) * [[November 28]] – [[Lilia Skala]], Austrian-American actress (d. [[1994]]) * [[December 1]] – [[Georgi Zhukov]], Soviet military leader, Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. [[1974]]) * [[December 2]] – [[Alfons Tracki]], German-Albanian priest (martyred [[1946]]) * [[December 5]] – [[Carl Ferdinand Cori]], Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1984]]) * [[December 6]] ** [[Ira Gershwin]], American lyricist (d. [[1983]]) ** [[Hermannus Reydon]], Dutch journalist and Nazi collaborator (d. [[1943]])<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Parlementair Documentatie Centrum]] |url=https://www.parlement.com/id/vh9h1bik5orp/h_reydon |date= |access-date = 13 June 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190302032643/https://www.parlement.com/id/vh9h1bik5orp/h_reydon |archive-date=2 March 2019 |title=Mr. H. Reydon |language=Dutch }}</ref> * [[December 12]] – [[Vasily Gordov]], Soviet general (d. [[1950]]) * [[December 14]] – [[Jimmy Doolittle]], American aviation pioneer, World War II United States Army Air Forces general (d. [[1993]]) * [[December 15]] – [[Miles Dempsey]], British general (d. [[1969]]) * [[December 16]] – [[Anna Anderson]], pretender to the Russian throne (d. [[1984]]) * [[December 23]] – [[Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa]], Italian writer (d. [[1957]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Bernard A. Cook|title=Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia|publisher=Garland|year=2001|isbn=9780815340584|page=766}}</ref> * [[December 27]] – ** [[Louis Bromfield]], American writer (d. [[1956]]) ** [[Carl Zuckmayer]], German writer, playwright (d. [[1977]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Hans Wagener|title=Carl Zuckmayer Criticism: Tracing Endangered Fame|publisher=Camden House|year=1995|isbn=9781571130648|page=ix}}</ref> * [[December 28]] – [[Roger Sessions]], American composer (d. [[1985]]) * [[December 29]] – [[David Alfaro Siqueiros]], Mexican muralist (d. [[1974]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/artist/david-alfaro-siqueiros|title=David Alfaro Siqueiros|website=Biography.com|access-date=June 1, 2019}}</ref>
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