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| NAME |
OCCUPATION |
SUMMARY |
BORN |
DIED |
PICK |
Eddie Acuff |
Actor |
Mr. Beasley in Blondie |
03-Jun-1903 |
17-Dec-1956 |
DEAD |
Roy Acuff |
Country Musician |
Country music pioneer |
15-Sep-1903 |
23-Nov-1992 |
DEAD |
Luther Adler |
Actor |
Broadway actor |
04-May-1903 |
08-Dec-1984 |
DEAD |
Theodor Adorno |
Philosopher |
Dialectic of Enlightenment |
11-Sep-1903 |
06-Aug-1969 |
DEAD |
Adrian |
Fashion Designer |
Head of wardrobe for Cecil B. DeMille |
03-Mar-1903 |
13-Sep-1959 |
DEAD |
Hardie Albright |
Actor |
Angel on My Shoulder |
16-Dec-1903 |
07-Dec-1975 |
DEAD |
George V. Allen |
Diplomat |
US Ambassador to Iran, 1946-48 |
03-Nov-1903 |
11-Jul-1970 |
DEAD |
Artie Auerbach |
Actor |
Mr. Kitzel on The Jack Benny Program |
17-May-1903 |
03-Oct-1957 |
DEAD |
Binnie Barnes |
Actor |
The Private Life of Henry VIII |
25-May-1903 |
27-Jul-1998 |
DEAD |
Ary Barroso |
Musician |
Songwriter composed Aquarela do Brasil |
07-Nov-1903 |
09-Feb-1964 |
DEAD |
Mustafa Barzani |
Military |
Kurdish nationalist |
14-Mar-1903 |
01-Mar-1979 |
DEAD |
George Beadle |
Scientist |
One gene, one enzyme theory |
22-Oct-1903 |
09-Jun-1989 |
DEAD |
James Beard |
Chef |
First prominent TV chef |
05-May-1903 |
23-Jan-1985 |
DEAD |
Bix Beiderbecke |
Jazz Musician |
Celebrated jazz cornetist |
10-Mar-1903 |
06-Aug-1931 |
DEAD |
Cool Papa Bell |
Baseball |
Negro Leagues star |
17-May-1903 |
07-Mar-1991 |
DEAD |
Rex Bell |
Actor |
Cowboy actor, Nevada politician |
16-Oct-1903 |
05-Jul-1962 |
DEAD |
Edgar Bergen |
Actor |
Radio's greatest ventriloquist |
16-Feb-1903 |
30-Sep-1978 |
DEAD |
Bruno Bettelheim |
Psychologist |
Fraudulent child psychologist |
28-Aug-1903 |
13-Mar-1990 |
DEAD |
Hiram Bingham IV |
Diplomat |
Consul signed visas for 2000 Jews |
17-Jul-1903 |
12-Jan-1988 |
DEAD |
Boris Blacher |
Composer |
Die Nachtschwalbe |
19-Jan-1903 |
30-Jan-1975 |
DEAD |
Alan Blumlein |
Inventor |
Stereophonic recording |
29-Jun-1903 |
07-Jun-1942 |
DEAD |
Ward Bond |
Actor |
Wagon Train |
09-Apr-1903 |
05-Nov-1960 |
DEAD |
Charles F. Brannan |
Politician |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1948-53 |
23-Aug-1903 |
02-Jul-1992 |
DEAD |
Henry Brooke |
Politician |
UK Home Secretary, 1962-64 |
09-Apr-1903 |
29-Mar-1984 |
DEAD |
Edgar Buchanan |
Actor |
Uncle Joe Carson on Petticoat Junction |
20-Mar-1903 |
04-Apr-1979 |
DEAD |
Howard Homan Buffett |
Business |
Congressman, father of Warren Buffett |
13-Aug-1903 |
30-Apr-1964 |
DEAD |
Adolf Butenandt |
Chemist |
Research in sex hormones |
24-Mar-1903 |
18-Jan-1995 |
DEAD |
W. Walton Butterworth |
Diplomat |
US Ambassador to Canada, 1962-68 |
07-Sep-1903 |
31-Mar-1975 |
DEAD |
Erskine Caldwell |
Author |
Tobacco Road |
17-Dec-1903 |
11-Apr-1987 |
DEAD |
Morley Callaghan |
Novelist |
Strange Fugitive |
22-Sep-1903 |
25-Aug-1990 |
DEAD |
Nancy Carroll |
Actor |
The Devil's Holiday |
19-Nov-1903 |
06-Aug-1965 |
DEAD |
Nikolai Cherkasov |
Actor |
Aleksandr Nevsky |
27-Jul-1903 |
14-Sep-1966 |
DEAD |
Kenneth Clark |
Historian |
Civilisation |
10-Jul-1903 |
21-May-1983 |
DEAD |
Mickey Cochrane |
Baseball |
Detroit Tigers catcher |
06-Apr-1903 |
28-Jun-1962 |
DEAD |
Claudette Colbert |
Actor |
It Happened One Night |
13-Sep-1903 |
30-Jul-1996 |
DEAD |
Cyril Connolly |
Critic |
Enemies of Promise |
10-Sep-1903 |
26-Nov-1974 |
DEAD |
Joseph Cornell |
Sculptor |
Exponent of Assemblage |
24-Dec-1903 |
29-Dec-1972 |
DEAD |
George Coulouris |
Actor |
Watch on the Rhine |
01-Oct-1903 |
25-Apr-1989 |
DEAD |
James Gould Cozzens |
Novelist |
Guard of Honor |
19-Aug-1903 |
09-Aug-1978 |
DEAD |
Bing Crosby |
Singer |
White Christmas |
03-May-1903 |
14-Oct-1977 |
DEAD |
Countee Cullen |
Poet |
Harlem Renaissance poet |
30-May-1903 |
09-Jan-1946 |
DEAD |
Paul A. Dever |
Politician |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1949-53 |
15-Jan-1903 |
11-Apr-1958 |
DEAD |
John Dillinger |
Criminal |
Public Enemy Number One |
22-Jun-1903 |
22-Jul-1934 |
DEAD |
Alec Douglas-Home |
Head of State |
UK Prime Minister, 1963-64 |
02-Jul-1903 |
09-Oct-1995 |
DEAD |
Billie Dove |
Actor |
The Black Pirate |
14-May-1903 |
31-Dec-1997 |
DEAD |
John Eccles |
Scientist |
Membrane potential of nerves |
27-Jan-1903 |
02-May-1997 |
DEAD |
Wild Bill Elliott |
Actor |
1940s movie cowboy |
16-Oct-1903 |
26-Nov-1965 |
DEAD |
Walker Evans |
Photographer |
Depression-era Photographer |
03-Nov-1903 |
10-Apr-1975 |
DEAD |
Fernandel |
Actor |
Prolific French comedy star |
08-May-1903 |
26-Feb-1971 |
DEAD |
Dudley Fitts |
Scholar |
Translator of Greek literature |
28-Apr-1903 |
10-Jul-1968 |
DEAD |
J. Allen Frear |
Politician |
US Senator from Delaware, 1949-61 |
07-Mar-1903 |
15-Jan-1993 |
DEAD |
Jake Gaither |
Football |
Head Coach, Florida A&M, 1945-69 |
11-Apr-1903 |
18-Feb-1994 |
DEAD |
Lou Gehrig |
Baseball |
Played 2,130 consecutive games |
19-Jun-1903 |
02-Jun-1941 |
DEAD |
Arnold Gingrich |
Journalist |
Founder of Esquire magazine |
05-Dec-1903 |
09-Jul-1976 |
DEAD |
Arthur Godfrey |
Actor |
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends |
31-Aug-1903 |
16-Mar-1983 |
DEAD |
Red Grange |
Football |
The Galloping Ghost |
13-Jun-1903 |
28-Jan-1991 |
DEAD |
Victor Gruen |
Architect |
Popularized the shopping mall |
18-Jul-1903 |
14-Feb-1980 |
DEAD |
Haldan K. Hartline |
Scientist |
Physiology of the retina |
22-Dec-1903 |
17-Mar-1983 |
DEAD |
Sadeq Hedayat |
Author |
The Blind Owl |
17-Feb-1903 |
09-Apr-1951 |
DEAD |
| Johannes Heesters
|
Actor |
Dutch/German film actor |
05-Dec-1903 |
TBD |
 |
Barbara Hepworth |
Sculptor |
British abstract sculptor |
10-Jan-1903 |
20-May-1975 |
DEAD |
Al Hirschfeld |
Artist |
Pen and ink caricaturist |
21-Jun-1903 |
20-Jan-2003 |
DEAD |
Bob Hope |
Comic |
Centenarian comic |
29-May-1903 |
27-Jul-2003 |
DEAD |
Paul Horgan |
Author |
Great River: The Rio Grande |
01-Aug-1903 |
08-Mar-1995 |
DEAD |
Vladimir Horowitz |
Pianist |
Virtuoso pianist |
01-Oct-1903 |
05-Nov-1989 |
DEAD |
Curly Howard |
Actor |
Highest pitched Stooge |
22-Oct-1903 |
18-Jan-1952 |
DEAD |
Carl Hubbell |
Baseball |
New York Giants pitcher |
22-Jun-1903 |
21-Nov-1988 |
DEAD |
Charles R. Jackson |
Novelist |
The Lost Weekend |
06-Apr-1903 |
21-Sep-1968 |
DEAD |
Dean Jagger |
Actor |
Twelve O'Clock High |
07-Nov-1903 |
05-Feb-1991 |
DEAD |
Howard Jarvis |
Activist |
Anti-tax crusader |
22-Sep-1903 |
11-Aug-1986 |
DEAD |
Tor Johnson |
Wrestling |
Plan 9 from Outer Space |
19-Oct-1903 |
12-May-1971 |
DEAD |
Hans Jonas |
Philosopher |
Gnostic philosopher |
10-May-1903 |
05-Feb-1993 |
DEAD |
Ernst Kaltenbrunner |
Military |
Commanded the Reich Central Security Office |
04-Oct-1903 |
16-Oct-1946 |
DEAD |
Younghill Kang |
Author |
The Grass Roof |
10-May-1903 |
11-Dec-1972 |
DEAD |
Estes Kefauver |
Politician |
US Senator from Tennessee, 1949-63 |
26-Jul-1903 |
10-Aug-1963 |
DEAD |
Aram Khachaturian |
Composer |
Gayane |
24-May-1903 |
01-May-1978 |
DEAD |
Louis Leakey |
Anthropologist |
Discovered Homo Habilis |
07-Aug-1903 |
01-Oct-1972 |
DEAD |
Rex Lease |
Actor |
The Monster Walks |
11-Feb-1903 |
03-Jan-1966 |
DEAD |
Abba Lerner |
Economist |
The Economics of Control |
28-Oct-1903 |
27-Oct-1982 |
DEAD |
John Davis Lodge |
Politician |
Governor of Connecticut, 1951-55 |
20-Oct-1903 |
29-Oct-1985 |
DEAD |
Konrad Lorenz |
Zoologist |
Founder of modern ethology |
07-Nov-1903 |
27-Feb-1989 |
DEAD |
Clare Boothe Luce |
Politician |
Congresswoman, wife of Henry R. Luce |
10-Apr-1903 |
09-Oct-1987 |
DEAD |
Cecil B. Lyon |
Diplomat |
US Ambassador to Chile, Sri Lanka |
08-Nov-1903 |
06-Apr-1993 |
DEAD |
Jeanette MacDonald |
Actor |
The Merry Widow |
18-Jun-1903 |
14-Jan-1965 |
DEAD |
Mike Mansfield |
Politician |
US Senator from Montana, 1953-77 |
16-Mar-1903 |
05-Oct-2001 |
DEAD |
J. Howard McGrath |
Government |
US Attorney General, 1949-52 |
28-Nov-1903 |
02-Sep-1966 |
DEAD |
Livingston T. Merchant |
Diplomat |
Twice US Ambassador to Canada |
23-Nov-1903 |
15-May-1976 |
DEAD |
Una Merkel |
Actor |
Summer and Smoke |
10-Dec-1903 |
02-Jan-1986 |
DEAD |
Vincente Minnelli |
Film Director |
The Courtship of Eddie's Father |
28-Feb-1903 |
25-Jul-1986 |
DEAD |
Millard Mitchell |
Actor |
My Six Convicts |
14-Aug-1903 |
13-Oct-1953 |
DEAD |
Malcolm Muggeridge |
Author |
Highly iconoclastic English wit |
24-Mar-1903 |
14-Nov-1990 |
DEAD |
Ferenc Nagy |
Head of State |
Exiled Prime Minister of Hungary |
08-Oct-1903 |
12-Jun-1979 |
DEAD |
Alan Napier |
Actor |
Alfred on Batman |
07-Jan-1903 |
08-Aug-1988 |
DEAD |
Giulio Natta |
Chemist |
Ziegler-Natta catalysts |
26-Feb-1903 |
02-May-1979 |
DEAD |
Eliot Ness |
Government |
Treasury Agent, The Untouchables |
19-Apr-1903 |
16-May-1957 |
DEAD |
Anaïs Nin |
Author |
Diary of Anaïs Nin |
21-Feb-1903 |
14-Jan-1977 |
DEAD |
Frank O'Connor |
Author |
Guests of the Nation |
17-Sep-1903 |
10-Mar-1966 |
DEAD |
Jack Oakie |
Actor |
The Great Dictator, |
12-Nov-1903 |
23-Jan-1978 |
DEAD |
Lars Onsager |
Chemist |
Irreversible chemical processes |
27-Nov-1903 |
05-Oct-1976 |
DEAD |
George Orwell |
Author |
Author of 1984 and Animal Farm |
25-Jun-1903 |
21-Jan-1950 |
DEAD |
Alan Paton |
Author |
Cry, the Beloved Country |
11-Jan-1903 |
12-Apr-1988 |
DEAD |
Gregory Pincus |
Scientist |
Inventor of oral contraceptives |
09-Apr-1903 |
22-Aug-1967 |
DEAD |
Nikolai Podgorny |
Head of State |
President of the USSR 1965-77 |
18-Feb-1903 |
11-Jan-1983 |
DEAD |
Cecil Powell |
Physicist |
Discovered the pi-meson |
05-Dec-1903 |
09-Aug-1969 |
DEAD |
Raymond Queneau |
Novelist |
Zazie dans le métro |
21-Feb-1903 |
25-Oct-1976 |
DEAD |
Raymond Radiguet |
Novelist |
Le Diable au Corps |
18-Jun-1903 |
12-Dec-1923 |
DEAD |
Anne Revere |
Actor |
National Velvet |
25-Jun-1903 |
18-Dec-1990 |
DEAD |
Dennis J. Roberts |
Politician |
Governor of Rhode Island, 1951-59 |
08-Apr-1903 |
30-Jun-1994 |
DEAD |
Mark Rothko |
Painter |
Painter of fuzzy rectangles |
25-Sep-1903 |
25-Feb-1970 |
DEAD |
Vernon Sewell |
Film Director |
Director of British B movies |
04-Jul-1903 |
21-Jun-2001 |
DEAD |
Georges Simenon |
Novelist |
Prolific Belgian-French novelist |
13-Feb-1903 |
04-Sep-1989 |
DEAD |
George D. Snell |
Scientist |
Recognition of HLA antigens |
19-Dec-1903 |
06-Jun-1996 |
DEAD |
Benjamin Spock |
Doctor |
Baby and Child Care |
02-May-1903 |
15-Mar-1998 |
DEAD |
Charles Starrett |
Actor |
The Durango Kid |
28-Mar-1903 |
22-Mar-1986 |
DEAD |
Irving Stone |
Novelist |
Historical biographical novelist |
14-Jul-1903 |
26-Aug-1989 |
DEAD |
Robert Strausz-Hupé |
Diplomat |
US Ambassador to Turkey, 1981-89 |
25-Mar-1903 |
24-Feb-2002 |
DEAD |
Hugo Theorell |
Scientist |
Oxidation enzymes |
06-Jul-1903 |
15-Aug-1982 |
DEAD |
Jan Tinbergen |
Economist |
Economic Policy |
12-Apr-1903 |
09-Jun-1994 |
DEAD |
Tom Tyler |
Actor |
Adventures of Captain Marvel |
09-Aug-1903 |
03-May-1954 |
DEAD |
John von Neumann |
Scientist |
Computing pioneer, inventor of Game Theory |
28-Dec-1903 |
08-Feb-1957 |
DEAD |
Edward T. Wailes |
Diplomat |
US Ambassador to Iran, 1958-61 |
16-Feb-1903 |
1969 |
DEAD |
Ernest T. S. Walton |
Physicist |
Split the atom |
06-Oct-1903 |
25-Jun-1995 |
DEAD |
Evelyn Waugh |
Novelist |
Brideshead Revisited |
28-Oct-1903 |
10-Apr-1966 |
DEAD |
Lawrence Welk |
Conductor |
Big band leader, TV champagne music host |
11-Mar-1903 |
17-May-1992 |
DEAD |
Nathanael West |
Author |
The Day of the Locust |
17-Oct-1903 |
22-Dec-1940 |
DEAD |
Chill Wills |
Actor |
The Alamo |
18-Jul-1903 |
15-Dec-1978 |
DEAD |
Cornell Woolrich |
Novelist |
The Bride Wore Black |
04-Dec-1903 |
25-Sep-1968 |
DEAD |
John Wyndham |
Author |
The Day of the Triffids |
10-Jul-1903 |
11-Mar-1969 |
DEAD |
Ralph Yarborough |
Politician |
US Senator from Texas, 1957-71 |
08-Jun-1903 |
27-Jan-1996 |
DEAD |
Marguerite Yourcenar |
Novelist |
Mémoires d'Hadrien |
08-Jun-1903 |
17-Dec-1987 |
DEAD |
