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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
H. Gardner Ackley
Economist
30-Jun-1915 12-Feb-1998 US Ambassador to Italy, 1968-69
Red Adair
Business
18-Jun-1915 7-Aug-2004 Extinguished oil well fires
Martin Agronsky
Journalist
12-Jan-1915 25-Jul-1999 Agronsky & Co.
Frank Annunzio
Politician
12-Jan-1915 8-Apr-2001 Congressman from Illinois, 1965-93
John Archer
Actor
8-May-1915 3-Dec-1999 Destination Moon
Renée Asherson
Actor
19-May-1915   Malta Story
Warren Avis
Business
4-Aug-1915 24-Apr-2007 Founder of Avis Rent A Car
Buddy Baer
Boxing
11-Jun-1915 18-Jul-1986 Jack and the Beanstalk
Roland Barthes
Critic
12-Nov-1915 23-Mar-1980 Structuralist literary critic, S/Z
Saul Bellow
Novelist
10-Jun-1915 5-Apr-2005 The Adventures of Augie March
Ingrid Bergman
Actor
29-Aug-1915 29-Aug-1982 Murder on the Orient Express
Lyle Bettger
Actor
13-Feb-1915 24-Sep-2003 The Greatest Show on Earth
Barbara Billingsley
Actor
22-Dec-1915 16-Oct-2010 June Cleaver on Leave It to Beaver
Pamela Blake
Actor
6-Aug-1915 6-Oct-2009 No Greater Sin
Brebis Bleaney
Physicist
6-Jun-1915 4-Nov-2006 Electron paramagnetic resonance
Johnny Bond
Country Musician
1-Jun-1915 12-Jun-1978 Hot Rod Lincoln
Veda Ann Borg
Actor
11-Jan-1915 16-Aug-1973 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Eddie Bracken
Actor
7-Feb-1915 14-Nov-2002 Hail the Conquering Hero
Lester Breslow
Doctor
17-Mar-1915 9-Apr-2012 Dean, UCLA School of Public Health, 1972-80
Phyllis Brooks
Actor
18-Jul-1915 1-Aug-1995 The Shanghai Gesture
Don Budge
Tennis
13-Jun-1915 26-Jan-2000 First ever to win Grand Slam
Jack Buetel
Actor
5-Sep-1915 27-Jun-1989 Deputy Taggert on Judge Roy Bean
Pat Buttram
Actor
19-Jun-1915 8-Jan-1994 Mr. Haney on Green Acres
Frank Cady
Actor
8-Sep-1915 8-Jun-2012 Sam Drucker on Green Acres
Phyllis Calvert
Actor
18-Feb-1915 8-Oct-2002 Madonna of the Seven Moons
Paul Castellano
Criminal
20-Jun-1915 16-Dec-1985 Gambino crime boss
Manning Clark
Historian
3-Mar-1915 23-May-1991 A History of Australia
Betty Comden
Songwriter
3-May-1915 23-Nov-2006 Singin' in the Rain
Duffy Daugherty
Football
8-Sep-1915 25-Sep-1987 MSU Head Coach, 1954-72
F. Elwood Davis
Attorney
15-Dec-1915 17-Jan-2012 Prominent Washington lawyer
Moshe Dayan
Politician
20-May-1915 16-Oct-1981 Israeli military leader
John Dehner
Actor
23-Nov-1915 4-Feb-1992 Carousel
Lester del Rey
Author
2-Jun-1915 10-May-1993 Founder of Del Rey Books
John N. Dempsey
Politician
3-Jan-1915 16-Jul-1989 Governor of Connecticut, 1959-61
Michael Denison
Actor
1-Nov-1915 22-Jul-1998 Shadowlands
Bob Devaney
Football
13-Apr-1915 9-May-1997 Cornhuskers Head Coach, 1962-72
Ellen Drew
Actor
23-Nov-1915 3-Dec-2003 If I Were King
Angier Biddle Duke
Diplomat
30-Nov-1915 29-Apr-1995 US Ambassador to Spain, 1965-68
Abba Eban
Government
2-Feb-1915 17-Nov-2002 Foreign Minister of Israel, 1966-74
Alexander Eckstein
Economist
9-Dec-1915 4-Dec-1976 Sinologist, China's Economic Revolution
Don Edwards
Politician
6-Jan-1915   Congressman from California, 1963-95
Ray Evans
Songwriter
4-Feb-1915 15-Feb-2007 Que Sera Sera
Alice Faye
Actor
5-May-1915 9-May-1998 Fallen Angel
Jim Ferrier
Golf
24-Feb-1915 13-Jun-1986 Winner, 1947 PGA Championship
Antony Fisher
Activist
1915 Jul-1988 Libertarian think-tank founder
Ruth Ford
Actor
7-Jul-1915 12-Aug-2009 American stage actress
Chet Forrest
Songwriter
31-Jul-1915 10-Oct-1999 Kismet
Joe Foss
Military
17-Apr-1915 1-Jan-2003 WWII ace, Governor of South Dakota
John Hope Franklin
Historian
2-Jan-1915 25-Mar-2009 From Slavery to Freedom
Fred Friendly
Journalist
30-Oct-1915 3-Mar-1998 President of CBS News, 1964-66
Mark Goodson
Film/TV Producer
14-Jan-1915 18-Dec-1992 Goodson-Todman Productions
Philip L. Graham
Publisher
18-Jul-1915 3-Aug-1963 Washington Post publisher, 1947-63
Lorne Greene
Actor
12-Feb-1915 11-Sep-1987 Ben Cartwright on Bonanza
Bobby Hackett
Jazz Musician
31-Jan-1915 7-Jun-1976 Played with Glenn Miller, Jackie Gleason
Jon Hall
Actor
23-Feb-1915 13-Dec-1979 The Hurricane
Oscar Handlin
Historian
29-Sep-1915 20-Sep-2011 The Uprooted
Chick Harbert
Golf
20-Feb-1915 1-Sep-1992 Winner, 1954 PGA Championship
Clifford M. Hardin
Government
9-Oct-1915 4-Apr-2010 US Secretary of Agriculture, 1969-71
Otto Heino
Artist
20-Apr-1915 16-Jul-2009 Master potter
Walter W. Heller
Economist
27-Aug-1915 15-Jun-1987 Council of Economic Advisers, 1961-64
Martin J. Hillenbrand
Diplomat
1-Aug-1915 2-Feb-2005 US Ambassador to Germany, 1972-76
James Hillier
Physicist
22-Aug-1915 15-Jan-2007 Electron microscope
James D. Hodgson
Government
3-Dec-1915   US Secretary of Labor, 1970-73
Robert Hofstadter
Physicist
5-Feb-1915 17-Nov-1990 Size, shape, and structure of neutrons and protons
Billie Holiday
Singer
7-Apr-1915 17-Jul-1959 Lady Sings the Blues
William Hopper
Actor
26-Jan-1915 6-Mar-1970 Paul Drake on Perry Mason
Craig Hosmer
Politician
6-May-1915 11-Oct-1982 Congressman from California, 1953-74
Fred Hoyle
Astronomer
24-Jun-1915 20-Aug-2001 Opposed the Big Bang but named it
Barnard Hughes
Actor
16-Jul-1915 11-Jul-2006 High priest in TRON
Paul Iams
Business
11-Aug-1915 26-Oct-2004 Pet food manufacturer
Kiyoshi Ito
Mathematician
7-Sep-1915 10-Nov-2008 Ito Calculus
Emrys Jones
Actor
22-Sep-1915 10-Jul-1972 One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Piet de Jong
Head of State
3-Apr-1915   Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1967-71
Curd Jürgens
Actor
13-Dec-1915 18-Jun-1982 The Spy Who Loved Me
Bob Kane
Cartoonist
24-Oct-1915 3-Nov-1998 Creator of the original Batman comic
Alfred Kazin
Critic
5-Jun-1915 5-Jun-1998 On Native Grounds
Larry Kelley
Football
30-May-1915 27-Jun-2000 Winner, 1936 Heisman Trophy
Douglas Kennedy
Actor
14-Sep-1915 10-Aug-1973 Steve Donovan, Western Marshal
Richard Kerry
Diplomat
28-Jul-1915 29-Jul-2000 Father of John Kerry
Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Head of State
20-Jan-1915 27-Oct-2006 President of Pakistan, 1988-93
Michael Kidd
Choreographer
12-Aug-1915 23-Dec-2007 Award-winning choreographer
William R. Kintner
Scholar
21-Apr-1915 1-Feb-1997 Peace and the Strategy Conflict
Fernando Lamas
Actor
9-Jan-1915 8-Oct-1982 The Lost World
Priscilla Lane
Actor
12-Jun-1915 4-Apr-1995 Saboteur
Ring Lardner, Jr.
Playwright
19-Aug-1915 31-Oct-2000 Screenwriter, M*A*S*H
Jerome Lawrence
Playwright
14-Jul-1915 29-Feb-2004 Inherit the Wind and Mame
Arthur Lewis
Economist
23-Jan-1915 15-Jun-1991 Economics of developing nations
John C. Lilly
Scientist
6-Jan-1915 30-Sep-2001 Human-dolphin communication
Ruth Lilly
Philanthropist
2-Aug-1915 30-Dec-2009 Philanthropic heir to Lilly fortune
Jay Livingston
Composer
28-Mar-1915 17-Oct-2001 Que Sera Sera
Alan Lomax
Musicologist
31-Jan-1915 19-Jul-2002 Preserved thousands of folksongs
Anita Louise
Actor
9-Jan-1915 25-Apr-1970 The Little Princess
Arthur Lowe
Actor
22-Sep-1915 15-Apr-1982 Dad's Army
Sidney Luft
Film/TV Producer
2-Nov-1915 15-Sep-2005 Ex-Husband of Judy Garland
Ross Macdonald
Novelist
13-Dec-1915 11-Jul-1983 Creator of P.I. Lew Archer
Ranald MacDougall
Screenwriter
10-Mar-1915 12-Dec-1973 We're No Angels
Walter Macken
Novelist
3-May-1915 22-Apr-1967 Rain on the Wind
Lester Maddox
Politician
30-Sep-1915 25-Jun-2003 Governor of Georgia, 1967-71
Joe Mantell
Actor
21-Dec-1915 29-Sep-2010 Angie in Marty
Martin Manulis
Film/TV Producer
30-May-1915 28-Sep-2007 Creator of Playhouse 90
Brenda Marshall
Actor
29-Sep-1915 30-Jul-1992 Footsteps in the Dark
William Masters
Scientist
27-Dec-1915 16-Feb-2001 Human Sexual Response
Paul W. McCracken
Economist
29-Dec-1915 3-Aug-2012 Council of Economic Advisers, 1969-71
Gale W. McGee
Politician
17-Mar-1915 9-Apr-1992 US Senator from Wyoming, 1959-77
Thomas J. McIntyre
Politician
20-Feb-1915 8-Aug-1992 US Senator from New Hampshire, 1962-79
Peter Medawar
Biologist
28-Feb-1915 2-Oct-1987 Acquired immunological tolerance
Humberto Cardinal Medeiros
Religion
6-Oct-1915 17-Sep-1983 Archbishop of Boston, 1970-83
Gary Merrill
Actor
2-Aug-1915 5-Mar-1990 All About Eve
Thomas Merton
Author
31-Jan-1915 10-Dec-1968 The Seven Storey Mountain
Prince Mikasa
Royalty
15-Dec-1915   Son of Emperor Taisho
Arthur Miller
Playwright
17-Oct-1915 10-Feb-2005 Death of a Salesman
Mario Monicelli
Film Director
15-May-1915 29-Nov-2010 Big Deal on Madonna Street
Joseph Montoya
Politician
24-Sep-1915 8-Jun-1978 US Senator from New Mexico, 1964-77
Garry Moore
TV Personality
31-Jan-1915 28-Nov-1993 The Garry Moore Show
Harry Morgan
Actor
10-Apr-1915 7-Dec-2011 Col. Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H
Henry Morgan
Radio Personality
31-Mar-1915 19-May-1994 Bad Boy of Radio, I've Got a Secret
John E. Moss
Politician
13-Apr-1915 5-Dec-1997 Congressman from California, 1953-78
Zero Mostel
Actor
28-Feb-1915 8-Sep-1977 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Robert Motherwell
Painter
24-Jan-1915 16-Jul-1991 Abstract expressionist
Jules Munshin
Actor
22-Feb-1915 19-Feb-1970 On the Town
Thomas A. Murphy
Business
10-Dec-1915 18-Jan-2006 CEO of General Motors, 1974-80
Anne Nagel
Actor
29-Sep-1915 6-Jul-1966 The Green Hornet
Pete Newell
Basketball
3-Aug-1915 17-Nov-2008 Influential NCAA coach
Donald G. Nutter
Politician
28-Nov-1915 25-Jan-1962 Governor of Montana, 1961-62
Edmond O'Brien
Actor
10-Sep-1915 9-May-1985 The Great Imposter
Simon Oakland
Actor
28-Aug-1915 29-Aug-1983 Tony Vincenzo on Kolchak
Mollie Orshansky
Economist
9-Jan-1915 18-Dec-2006 Orshansky Index
Nicola Paone
Business
5-Oct-1915 25-Dec-2003 Restaurateur, Italian Troubadour
Jean Parker
Actor
11-Aug-1915 30-Nov-2005 Little Women
Les Paul
Guitarist
9-Jun-1915 13-Aug-2009 Electric guitar/multitrack recording pioneer
Hy Peskin
Photographer
5-Nov-1915 2-Jun-2005 Sports photojournalist
Edith Piaf
Singer
19-Dec-1915 11-Oct-1963 Internationally-renowned French chanteuse
Augusto Pinochet
Head of State
25-Nov-1915 10-Dec-2006 Overthrew Chile with CIA's help
Samuel J. Popeil
Inventor
22-Jan-1915 17-Jul-1984 Veg-O-Matic
Wesley Powell
Politician
13-Oct-1915 6-Jan-1981 Governor of New Hampshire, 1959-63
Dennis Price
Actor
23-Jun-1915 6-Oct-1973 The World of Wooster
John Profumo
Politician
30-Jan-1915 10-Mar-2006 Resigned House of Commons over an affair
William Proxmire
Politician
11-Nov-1915 15-Dec-2005 US Senator from Wisconsin, 1957-89
Anthony Quinn
Actor
21-Apr-1915 3-Jun-2001 Zorba the Greek
Norman F. Ramsey
Physicist
27-Aug-1915 4-Nov-2011 Energy levels of atoms
Jane Randolph
Actor
30-Oct-1915 4-May-2009 Cat People
John Randolph
Actor
1-Jun-1915 24-Feb-2004 Prizzi's Honor
Joyce Redman
Actor
9-Dec-1915 10-May-2012 Tom Jones
Patricia Roc
Actor
7-Jun-1915 30-Dec-2003 When the Bough Breaks
David Rockefeller
Business
12-Jun-1915   Founder of the Trilateral Commission
Ethel Rosenberg
Relative
28-Sep-1915 19-Jun-1953 Executed for being married to Julius Rosenberg
Pete Rugolo
Composer
25-Dec-1915 16-Oct-2011 Jazz and television composer
John D. Ryan
Military
10-Dec-1915 27-Oct-1983 USAF Chief of Staff, 1969-73
Paul Samuelson
Economist
15-May-1915 13-Dec-2009 Theory of revealed preference
U Aung San
Government
13-Feb-1915 19-Jul-1947 Secured independence from Britain for Burma
Francis W. Sargent
Politician
29-Jul-1915 21-Oct-1998 Governor of Massachusetts, 1969-75
Alex Schoenbaum
Business
8-Aug-1915 6-Dec-1996 Founder, Shoney's
Anna J. Schwartz
Economist
11-Nov-1915 21-Jun-2012 A Monetary History of the United States
Julius Schwartz
Cartoonist
19-Jun-1915 8-Feb-2004 Silver Age comics pioneer
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Singer
9-Sep-1915 3-Aug-2006 Operatic soprano
Oliver Seth
Judge
30-May-1915 27-Mar-1996 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1962-84
Dan Seymour
Actor
22-Feb-1915 25-May-1993 Return of the Fly
Yitzhak Shamir
Head of State
15-Oct-1915 30-Jun-2012 Twice Israeli Prime Minister
Maurice M. Shapiro
Physicist
13-Nov-1915 27-Feb-2008 Composition and origin of cosmic rays
Ann Sheridan
Actor
21-Feb-1915 21-Jan-1967 Torrid Zone
Walter Shorenstein
Business
23-Feb-1915 24-Jun-2010 San Francisco real estate mogul
Sargent Shriver
Activist
9-Nov-1915 18-Jan-2011 First Director of the Peace Corps
Clifford G. Shull
Physicist
23-Sep-1915 31-Mar-2001 Neutron scattering
Frank Sinatra
Singer
12-Dec-1915 14-May-1998 It's Frank's world, we just live in it
Jean Stafford
Novelist
1-Jul-1915 26-Mar-1979 The Catherine Wheel
Pops Staples
Guitarist
28-Dec-1915 19-Dec-2000 Blues guitarist
Potter Stewart
Judge
23-Jan-1915 7-Dec-1985 US Supreme Court Justice, 1958-81
Billy Strayhorn
Composer
29-Nov-1915 31-May-1967 Take the A Train
Robert C. Strong
Diplomat
29-Sep-1915 28-Dec-1999 US Ambassador to Iraq, 1963-67
Earl W. Sutherland, Jr.
Scientist
19-Nov-1915 9-Mar-1974 Hormones mechanisms (cyclic AMP)
Phillips Talbot
Diplomat
7-Jun-1915 1-Oct-2010 US Ambassador to Greece, 1965-69
William Talman
Actor
4-Feb-1915 30-Aug-1968 Hamilton Burger on Perry Mason
Henry Taube
Chemist
30-Nov-1915 16-Nov-2005 Mechanisms of electron transfer
Nicholas G. Thacher
Diplomat
20-Aug-1915 11-Mar-2002 US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1970-73
Ralph Thomas
Film Director
10-Aug-1915 17-Mar-2001 Deadlier Than the Male
Paul Tibbets
Military
23-Feb-1915 1-Nov-2007 Pilot of the Enola Gay
Charles H. Townes
Physicist
28-Jul-1915   Invention of the maser and laser
John Vivyan
Actor
31-May-1915 20-Dec-1983 Mr. Lucky
Margaret Walker
Novelist
7-Jul-1915 30-Nov-1998 Jubilee
Eli Wallach
Actor
7-Dec-1915   The Magnificent Seven
Ruth Warrick
Actor
29-Jun-1915 15-Jan-2005 Phoebe Tyler on All My Children
Muddy Waters
Musician
4-Apr-1915 30-Apr-1983 Hoochie Coochie Man
Jack Watson
Actor
14-May-1915 4-Jul-1999 The Wild Geese
Alan Watts
Philosopher
6-Jan-1915 16-Nov-1973 Zen beat counterculture sage
Richard Webb
Actor
9-Sep-1915 10-Jun-1993 Captain Midnight
Alvin M. Weinberg
Physicist
20-Apr-1915 18-Oct-2006 Nuclear scientist
Thomas H. Weller
Scientist
15-Jun-1915 23-Aug-2008 Cultured the polio virus
Orson Welles
Actor
6-May-1915 10-Oct-1985 Citizen Kane
Theodore H. White
Historian
6-May-1915 15-May-1986 The Making of the President
Cornel Wilde
Actor
13-Oct-1915 16-Oct-1989 A Song to Remember
Bill Williams
Actor
21-May-1915 21-Sep-1992 The Adventures of Kit Carson
Verne Winchell
Business
30-Oct-1915 26-Nov-2002 Founder of Winchell's Donuts
Norman Wisdom
Actor
4-Feb-1915 4-Oct-2010 The Great British Clown
William Witney
Film Director
15-May-1915 17-Mar-2002 Master of the World
Alex Wojciechowicz
Football
12-Aug-1915 13-Jul-1992 NFL Hall of Famer
Herman Wouk
Novelist
27-May-1915   The Caine Mutiny
Judith Wright
Poet
31-May-1915 26-Jun-2000 The Moving Image
Frankie Yankovic
Musician
15-Jul-1915 14-Oct-1998 America's Polka King
Hu Yaobang
Head of State
20-Nov-1915 15-Apr-1989 Chinese Communist leader, 1980-87
Terence Young
Film Director
20-Jun-1915 7-Sep-1994 Dr. No
Chung Ju Yung
Business
25-Nov-1915 21-Mar-2001 Founder of Hyundai
Victor Sen Yung
Actor
18-Oct-1915 9-Nov-1980 Hop Sing on Bonanza


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