Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
M. H. Abrams |
Author |
23-Jul-1912 |
|
The Mirror and the Lamp |
Charles Addams |
Cartoonist |
7-Jan-1912 |
29-Sep-1988 |
The Addams Family |
Iris Adrian |
Actor |
29-May-1912 |
17-Sep-1994 |
Disney films |
James B. Allen |
Politician |
28-Dec-1912 |
1-Jun-1978 |
US Senator from Alabama, 1969-78 |
Jorge Amado |
Novelist |
10-Aug-1912 |
6-Aug-2001 |
Dona Flor and her Two Husbands |
C. Elmer Anderson |
Politician |
16-Mar-1912 |
12-Jan-1998 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1951-55 |
Michelangelo Antonioni |
Film Director |
29-Sep-1912 |
30-Jul-2007 |
Professione: reporter |
Pedro Armendáriz |
Actor |
9-May-1912 |
18-Jun-1963 |
From Russia with Love |
Henry Armstrong |
Boxing |
12-Dec-1912 |
22-Oct-1988 |
Welter, Light, and Featherweight Champion |
Julius Axelrod |
Chemist |
30-May-1912 |
29-Dec-2004 |
Research of neurotransmitters |
Horace W. Babcock |
Astronomer |
13-Sep-1912 |
29-Aug-2003 |
Adaptive optics and the Babcock Model |
Wendy Barrie |
Actor |
18-Apr-1912 |
2-Feb-1978 |
The Private Life of Henry VIII |
Arthur Berger |
Composer |
15-May-1912 |
7-Oct-2003 |
Ideas of Order |
Toe Blake |
Hockey |
21-Aug-1912 |
17-May-1995 |
Montreal Canadiens, Hall of Famer |
Konrad Bloch |
Scientist |
21-Jan-1912 |
15-Oct-2000 |
Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism |
Rudy Bond |
Actor |
1-Oct-1912 |
29-Mar-1982 |
A Streetcar Named Desire |
Pappy Boyington |
Military |
4-Dec-1912 |
11-Jan-1988 |
World War II flying ace |
E. R. Braithwaite |
Novelist |
27-Jun-1912 |
|
To Sir, with Love |
Eva Braun |
First Lady |
6-Feb-1912 |
30-Apr-1945 |
Adolf Hitler's mistress, then wife |
Foster Brooks |
Comic |
11-May-1912 |
20-Dec-2001 |
Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts |
Richard Brooks |
Film Director |
18-May-1912 |
11-Mar-1992 |
In Cold Blood |
Herbert C. Brown |
Chemist |
22-May-1912 |
19-Dec-2004 |
Discovered organoboranes |
Les Brown |
Musician |
14-Mar-1912 |
4-Jan-2001 |
Les Brown and his Band of Renown |
W. Haydon Burns |
Politician |
17-Mar-1912 |
22-Nov-1987 |
Mayor of Jacksonville, 1949-65 |
John Cage |
Composer |
5-Sep-1912 |
12-Aug-1992 |
Experimental composer |
William T. Cahill |
Politician |
25-Jun-1912 |
1-Jul-1996 |
Governor of New Jersey, 1970-74 |
James Callaghan |
Head of State |
27-Mar-1912 |
26-Mar-2005 |
UK Prime Minister, 1976-79 |
Marcel Camus |
Film Director |
21-Apr-1912 |
13-Jan-1982 |
Black Orpheus |
Howard W. Cannon |
Politician |
26-Jan-1912 |
5-Mar-2002 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1959-83 |
Mary Carlisle |
Actor |
3-Feb-1912 |
|
Dead Men Walk |
Richard Carlson |
Actor |
29-Apr-1912 |
24-Nov-1977 |
The Creature from the Black Lagoon |
Sergiu Celibidache |
Conductor |
11-Jul-1912 |
14-Aug-1996 |
Director, Munich Philharmonic, 1979-96 |
John Charnley |
Doctor |
29-Aug-1912 |
5-Aug-1982 |
Hip replacement surgery |
John Cheever |
Author |
27-May-1912 |
18-Jun-1982 |
The Enormous Radio |
Julia Child |
Chef |
15-Aug-1912 |
13-Aug-2004 |
Haute cuisine with a unique voice |
Buddy Clark |
Singer |
26-Jul-1912 |
1-Oct-1949 |
How Are Things in Glocca Mora |
Dane Clark |
Actor |
26-Feb-1912 |
11-Sep-1998 |
Moonrise |
Ernest Clark |
Actor |
12-Feb-1912 |
11-Nov-1994 |
Sir Geoffrey Loftus |
June Clayworth |
Actor |
9-Jun-1912 |
1-Jan-1993 |
At Sword's Point |
Alec Clunes |
Actor |
17-May-1912 |
13-Mar-1970 |
Classical theatre actor, stage manager |
Nancy Coleman |
Actor |
30-Dec-1912 |
18-Jan-2000 |
Desperate Journey |
Perry Como |
Singer |
18-May-1912 |
12-May-2001 |
It's Impossible |
Norman Cousins |
Author |
24-Jun-1912 |
30-Nov-1990 |
Editor of The Saturday Review |
Archibald Cox |
Government |
17-May-1912 |
29-May-2004 |
Target of Watergate Saturday Night Massacre |
James Craig |
Actor |
4-Feb-1912 |
28-Jun-1985 |
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes |
Nick Cravat |
Actor |
11-Jan-1912 |
29-Jan-1994 |
The Crimson Pirate |
Joseph F. Cullman III |
Business |
9-Apr-1912 |
30-Apr-2004 |
CEO of Philip Morris, 1957-78 |
Frank E. Curran |
Politician |
19-Dec-1912 |
18-Oct-1992 |
Mayor of San Diego, 1963-71 |
Mack David |
Songwriter |
5-Jul-1912 |
30-Dec-1993 |
La vie en rose |
André de Toth |
Film Director |
15-May-1912 |
27-Oct-2002 |
House of Wax |
Nigel Dennis |
Novelist |
16-Jan-1912 |
19-Jul-1989 |
Cards of Identity |
Frances Drake |
Actor |
22-Oct-1912 |
18-Jan-2000 |
WWII pinup girl, also actress |
Orvil Dryfoos |
Publisher |
8-Nov-1912 |
26-May-1963 |
New York Times Publisher, 1961-63 |
Doris Duke |
Philanthropist |
22-Nov-1912 |
28-Oct-1993 |
Heiress to Duke fortune |
Lawrence Durrell |
Novelist |
27-Feb-1912 |
7-Nov-1990 |
The Alexandria Quartet |
Ann Dvorak |
Actor |
2-Aug-1912 |
10-Dec-1979 |
Cesca in Scarface |
Oscar Dystel |
Publisher |
31-Oct-1912 |
|
Bantam Books |
Dale Evans |
Country Musician |
31-Oct-1912 |
7-Feb-2001 |
Singer and leading lady to Roy Rogers |
Gil Evans |
Jazz Musician |
13-May-1912 |
20-Mar-1988 |
Jazz pianist and arranger |
Derek Farr |
Actor |
7-Feb-1912 |
22-Mar-1986 |
The Projected Man |
Frances Faye |
Singer |
4-Nov-1912 |
8-Nov-1991 |
Out, Lesbian nightclub singer |
Rudolf Firkusny |
Pianist |
11-Feb-1912 |
19-Jul-1994 |
Czech-American piano prodigy |
Virgil Fox |
Organist |
3-May-1912 |
25-Oct-1980 |
Organist at the Riverside Church |
Milton Friedman |
Economist |
31-Jul-1912 |
16-Nov-2006 |
1976 Nobel Prize for Economics |
Northrop Frye |
Author |
14-Jul-1912 |
23-Jan-1991 |
Fearful Symmetry |
Jerry Fujikawa |
Actor |
18-Feb-1912 |
30-Apr-1983 |
Salt water bad for glass |
Samuel Fuller |
Film Director |
12-Aug-1912 |
30-Oct-1997 |
Pickup on South Street |
Martin Gabel |
Actor |
19-Jun-1912 |
22-May-1986 |
The First Deadly Sin |
John W. Gardner |
Administrator |
8-Oct-1912 |
16-Feb-2002 |
Founder of Common Cause |
Ivan Getting |
Inventor |
18-Jan-1912 |
11-Oct-2003 |
Global Positioning System |
John Gilling |
Film Director |
29-May-1912 |
22-Nov-1984 |
The Plague of the Zombies |
Marius Goring |
Actor |
23-May-1912 |
30-Sep-1998 |
The Red Shoes |
Hugh Griffith |
Actor |
30-May-1912 |
14-May-1980 |
Sheik Ilderim in Ben-Hur |
Woody Guthrie |
Singer/Songwriter |
14-Jul-1912 |
3-Oct-1967 |
Folk legend |
Joan Hammond |
Singer |
24-May-1912 |
26-Nov-1996 |
Operatic soprano |
Clifford Hansen |
Politician |
16-Oct-1912 |
20-Oct-2009 |
US Senator from Wyoming, 1967-78 |
Isser Harel |
Spy |
1912 |
19-Feb-2003 |
Head of the Mossad, 1952-63 |
Heinrich Harrer |
Author |
6-Jul-1912 |
7-Jan-2006 |
Subject of biopic Seven Years in Tibet |
C. Lowell Harriss |
Economist |
2-Aug-1912 |
14-Dec-2009 |
Columbia University Economist |
June Havoc |
Actor |
8-Nov-1912 |
28-Mar-2010 |
Gentleman's Agreement |
Harry Hay |
Activist |
7-Apr-1912 |
24-Oct-2002 |
Gay activist, founder The Mattachine Society |
Dorothy Height |
Activist |
24-Mar-1912 |
20-Apr-2010 |
National Council of Negro Women |
Sonja Henie |
Figure Skating |
8-Apr-1912 |
12-Oct-1969 |
Norwegian figure skater |
Wendy Hiller |
Actor |
15-Aug-1912 |
14-May-2003 |
Separate Tables |
Syd Hoff |
Author |
4-Sep-1912 |
12-May-2004 |
Danny and the Dinosaur |
Ben Hogan |
Golf |
13-Aug-1912 |
25-Jul-1997 |
Won 63 golf tournaments |
Erich Honecker |
Head of State |
25-Aug-1912 |
29-May-1994 |
East German leader, 1971-89 |
Lightnin' Hopkins |
Guitarist |
15-Mar-1912 |
30-Jan-1982 |
Mojo Hand |
Barbara Hutton |
Socialite |
14-Nov-1912 |
11-May-1979 |
The Poor Little Rich Girl |
Eugène Ionesco |
Playwright |
26-Nov-1912 |
28-Mar-1994 |
The Bald Soprano |
Edmond Jabès |
Poet |
6-Apr-1912 |
2-Jan-1991 |
The Book of Resemblances |
Henry "Scoop" Jackson |
Politician |
31-May-1912 |
1-Sep-1983 |
US Senator from Washington, 1953-83 |
Pope John Paul I |
Religion |
17-Oct-1912 |
28-Sep-1978 |
Pope for 33 days, in summer 1978 |
Lady Bird Johnson |
First Lady |
22-Dec-1912 |
11-Jul-2007 |
Wife of US President Lyndon Baines Johnson |
Chuck Jones |
Cartoonist |
21-Sep-1912 |
22-Feb-2002 |
Directed Bugs Bunny cartoons |
Henry Jones |
Actor |
1-Aug-1912 |
17-May-1999 |
The Bad Seed |
Brenda Joyce |
Actor |
25-Feb-1912 |
4-Jul-2009 |
Tarzan's Jane |
Arline Judge |
Actor |
21-Feb-1912 |
7-Feb-1974 |
B-Movie actress, collector of husbands |
Garson Kanin |
Screenwriter |
24-Nov-1912 |
13-Mar-1999 |
It Should Happen to You |
Leonid Vitalyevich Kantorovich |
Mathematician |
19-Jan-1912 |
7-Apr-1986 |
Linear programming |
Gene Kelly |
Actor |
23-Aug-1912 |
2-Feb-1996 |
Singin' in the Rain |
Irv Kupcinet |
Columnist |
31-Jul-1912 |
10-Nov-2003 |
Kup's Column |
Paul Landres |
Film Director |
21-Aug-1912 |
26-Dec-2001 |
B-Movie and television director |
Burton Lane |
Composer |
2-Feb-1912 |
5-Jan-1997 |
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever |
John Le Mesurier |
Actor |
5-Apr-1912 |
15-Nov-1983 |
Dad's Army |
Ginette Leclerc |
Actor |
9-Feb-1912 |
2-Jan-1992 |
Le Corbeau |
Erich Leinsdorf |
Conductor |
4-Feb-1912 |
11-Sep-1993 |
Music Director, Boston Symphony, 1962-69 |
Art Linkletter |
TV Personality |
17-Jul-1912 |
26-May-2010 |
Kids Say the Darndest Things |
Morris Louis |
Painter |
24-Nov-1912 |
7-Sep-1962 |
Abstract expressionist |
Frank Lovejoy |
Actor |
28-Mar-1912 |
2-Oct-1962 |
The Hitch-Hiker |
Salvador Luria |
Biologist |
13-Aug-1912 |
6-Feb-1991 |
Natural selection in bacteria |
Alexander Mackendrick |
Film Director |
8-Sep-1912 |
22-Dec-1993 |
The Sweet Smell of Success |
Karl Malden |
Actor |
22-Mar-1912 |
1-Jul-2009 |
Streets of San Francisco |
Daniel Mann |
Film Director |
8-Aug-1912 |
21-Nov-1991 |
Come Back, Little Sheba |
Thomas C. Mann |
Diplomat |
11-Nov-1912 |
23-Jan-1999 |
US Ambassador to Mexico, 1961-63 |
Irene Manning |
Actor |
17-Jul-1912 |
28-May-2004 |
Yankee Doodle Dandy |
Jack Marshall |
Head of State |
5-Mar-1912 |
30-Aug-1988 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1972 |
Mary McCarthy |
Author |
21-Jun-1912 |
25-Oct-1989 |
The Group |
Daniel T. McCarty |
Politician |
18-Jan-1912 |
28-Sep-1953 |
Governor of Florida, 1953 |
George C. McGhee |
Diplomat |
1912 |
4-Jul-2005 |
US Ambassador to Germany, 1963-68 |
Sid McMath |
Politician |
14-Jun-1912 |
4-Oct-2003 |
Governor of Arkansas, 1949-53 |
Edwin L. Mechem |
Politician |
2-Jul-1912 |
27-Nov-2002 |
Three-time Governor of New Mexico |
Maria Montez |
Actor |
6-Jun-1912 |
7-Sep-1951 |
The Exile |
Thomas H. Moorer |
Military |
9-Feb-1912 |
5-Feb-2004 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1970-74 |
DeLesseps S. Morrison |
Politician |
18-Jan-1912 |
22-May-1964 |
Mayor of New Orleans, 1946-61 |
Arne Naess |
Philosopher |
27-Jan-1912 |
12-Jan-2009 |
Ecological philosopher |
Conlon Nancarrow |
Composer |
27-Oct-1912 |
10-Aug-1997 |
Studies for Player Piano |
Byron Nelson |
Golf |
4-Feb-1912 |
26-Sep-2006 |
Winner of 5 Majors |
Richard L. Neuberger |
Politician |
26-Dec-1912 |
9-Mar-1960 |
US Senator from Oregon, 1955-60 |
Pat Nixon |
First Lady |
16-Mar-1912 |
22-Jun-1993 |
Wife of US President Richard M. Nixon |
Andre Norton |
Author |
17-Feb-1912 |
17-Mar-2005 |
Witch World series |
Tip O'Neill |
Politician |
9-Dec-1912 |
5-Jan-1994 |
Speaker of the House, 1977-87 |
Frank Oppenheimer |
Physicist |
14-Aug-1912 |
3-Feb-1985 |
Founder of the Exploratorium |
David Packard |
Business |
7-Sep-1912 |
26-Mar-1996 |
Co-Founder of Hewlett Packard |
George E. Palade |
Scientist |
19-Nov-1912 |
7-Oct-2008 |
Microstructure of the cell |
Ace Parker |
Football |
17-May-1912 |
|
NFL Hall of Fame QB |
Gordon Parks |
Film Director |
30-Nov-1912 |
7-Mar-2006 |
Shaft |
Lynn Patrick |
Hockey |
3-Feb-1912 |
26-Jan-1980 |
Bruins, St. Louis Blues GM |
John Payne |
Actor |
23-May-1912 |
6-Dec-1989 |
Kansas City Confidential |
Minnie Pearl |
Singer |
25-Oct-1912 |
4-Mar-1996 |
Her hat cost $1.98 |
Carl D. Perkins |
Politician |
15-Oct-1912 |
3-Aug-1984 |
Congressman from Kentucky, 1949-84 |
Clara Petacci |
Relative |
28-Feb-1912 |
28-Apr-1945 |
Mussolini's mistress |
George O. Petrie |
Actor |
16-Nov-1912 |
16-Nov-1997 |
Harv Smithfield on Dallas |
Kim Philby |
Spy |
1-Jan-1912 |
11-May-1988 |
One of the Cambridge Five in MI6 |
Jackson Pollock |
Painter |
28-Jan-1912 |
11-Aug-1956 |
Abstract expressionist |
David H. Popper |
Diplomat |
3-Oct-1912 |
24-Jul-2008 |
US Ambassador to Chile, 1974-77 |
Don Porter |
Actor |
24-Sep-1912 |
11-Feb-1997 |
Prof. Lawrence on Gidget |
Eleanor Powell |
Dancer |
21-Nov-1912 |
11-Feb-1982 |
Lady Be Good |
Enoch Powell |
Politician |
16-Jun-1912 |
8-Feb-1998 |
British demagogue |
E. M. Purcell |
Physicist |
30-Aug-1912 |
7-Mar-1997 |
Nuclear magnetic resonance |
Bill Quinn |
Actor |
6-May-1912 |
29-Apr-1994 |
Mr. Van Ranseleer on Archie Bunker's Place |
Bebe Rebozo |
Business |
17-Nov-1912 |
8-May-1998 |
Nixon confidant |
Henry Regnery |
Publisher |
5-Jan-1912 |
18-Jun-1996 |
Regnery Publishing |
Ptolemy Reid |
Head of State |
8-May-1912 |
2-Sep-2003 |
Prime Minister of Guyana, 1980-84 |
Henry S. Reuss |
Politician |
22-Feb-1912 |
12-Jan-2002 |
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1955-83 |
Winthrop Rockefeller |
Business |
1-May-1912 |
22-Feb-1973 |
Governor of Arkansas, 1967-71 |
Viviane Romance |
Actor |
4-Jul-1912 |
25-Sep-1991 |
Any Number Can Win |
May Sarton |
Poet |
3-May-1912 |
16-Jul-1995 |
Plant Dreaming Deep |
Martin Schwarzschild |
Astronomer |
31-May-1912 |
10-Apr-1997 |
Structure and Evolution of the Stars |
Martha Scott |
Actor |
22-Sep-1912 |
28-May-2003 |
Our Town |
Glenn Seaborg |
Physicist |
19-Apr-1912 |
25-Feb-1999 |
Co-Discoverer of Plutonium |
Wilfrid Sellars |
Philosopher |
20-May-1912 |
2-Jul-1989 |
Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind |
Eric Sevareid |
Journalist |
26-Nov-1912 |
9-Jul-1992 |
CBS News journalist |
Milton J. Shapp |
Politician |
25-Jun-1912 |
24-Nov-1994 |
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1971-79 |
Reta Shaw |
Actor |
13-Sep-1912 |
8-Jan-1982 |
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir |
Edward Short |
Politician |
17-Dec-1912 |
4-May-2012 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1974-76 |
Don Siegel |
Film Director |
26-Oct-1912 |
20-Apr-1991 |
Dirty Harry |
Jay Silverheels |
Actor |
26-May-1912 |
5-Mar-1980 |
Tonto on The Lone Ranger |
Preston Smith |
Politician |
8-Mar-1912 |
18-Oct-2003 |
Governor of Texas, 1969-73 |
Sam Snead |
Golf |
27-May-1912 |
23-May-2002 |
Winner of 82 PGA tournaments |
Georg Solti |
Conductor |
21-Oct-1912 |
5-Sep-1997 |
Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
Chauncey Starr |
Physicist |
14-Apr-1912 |
17-Apr-2007 |
Electric Power Research Institute |
Joseph Stein |
Playwright |
30-May-1912 |
24-Oct-2010 |
Fiddler on the Roof librettist |
Margot Stevenson |
Actor |
8-Feb-1912 |
2-Jan-2011 |
Margo Lane on The Shadow |
Alfredo Stroessner |
Head of State |
3-Nov-1912 |
16-Aug-2006 |
Dictator of Paraguay, 1954-89 |
Barry Sullivan |
Actor |
29-Aug-1912 |
6-Jun-1994 |
The Bad and the Beautiful |
Kim Il Sung |
Head of State |
15-Apr-1912 |
8-Jul-1994 |
North Korea's official deity |
Robert Lewis Taylor |
Novelist |
24-Sep-1912 |
30-Sep-1998 |
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters |
John Templeton |
Philanthropist |
29-Nov-1912 |
8-Jul-2008 |
Billionaire fund manager |
Studs Terkel |
Author |
16-May-1912 |
31-Oct-2008 |
Working |
Meldrim Thomson, Jr. |
Politician |
8-Mar-1912 |
19-Apr-2001 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1973-79 |
George Bell Timmerman, Jr. |
Politician |
11-Aug-1912 |
29-Nov-1994 |
Governor of South Carolina, 1955-59 |
John Toland |
Historian |
29-Jun-1912 |
4-Jan-2004 |
The Rising Sun |
Barbara Tuchman |
Historian |
30-Jan-1912 |
6-Feb-1989 |
A Distant Mirror |
Alan Turing |
Mathematician |
23-Jun-1912 |
7-Jun-1954 |
Computing pioneer |
Jim Turnesa |
Golf |
9-Dec-1912 |
27-Aug-1971 |
Winner, 1952 PGA Championship |
A. E. van Vogt |
Novelist |
26-Apr-1912 |
26-Jan-2000 |
Science fiction writer |
Wernher von Braun |
Scientist |
23-Mar-1912 |
16-Jun-1977 |
German-American rocket scientist |
Raoul Wallenberg |
Activist |
4-Aug-1912 |
16-Jul-1947 |
Worked to save Hungarian Jews |
Lawrence E. Walsh |
Government |
8-Jan-1912 |
|
Independent Prosecutor for Iran-Contra |
Murray Warmath |
Football |
16-Oct-1912 |
16-Mar-2011 |
Minnesota Head Coach, 1954-71 |
Richard Wattis |
Actor |
25-Feb-1912 |
1-Feb-1975 |
English comic actor |
Matthew E. Welsh |
Politician |
15-Sep-1912 |
28-May-1995 |
Governor of Indiana, 1961-65 |
Lawrence K. White |
Spy |
10-Jun-1912 |
5-Apr-2006 |
Executive Comptroller for DCI's |
Patrick White |
Novelist |
28-May-1912 |
30-Sep-1990 |
Riders in the Chariot |
Michael Wilding |
Actor |
23-Jul-1912 |
8-Jul-1979 |
Torch Song |
Willard Wirtz |
Government |
14-Mar-1912 |
24-Apr-2010 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1962-69 |
Louis Wolfson |
Business |
28-Jan-1912 |
30-Dec-2007 |
Business criminal, horse breeder |
Molly Yard |
Activist |
6-Jul-1912 |
21-Sep-2005 |
President of NOW, 1987-91 |
Jeff York |
Actor |
23-Mar-1912 |
11-Oct-1995 |
Reno McKee on The Alaskans |