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| NAME |
OCCUPATION |
SUMMARY |
BORN |
DIED |
PICK |
Margery Allingham |
Novelist |
Albert Campion detective novels |
20-May-1904 |
30-Jun-1966 |
DEAD |
Don Ameche |
Actor |
Trading Places |
31-May-1904 |
06-Dec-1993 |
DEAD |
Jack Z. Anderson |
Politician |
Congressman, committed suicide |
22-Mar-1904 |
09-Feb-1981 |
DEAD |
Edward Ashley |
Actor |
British-American character actor |
12-Aug-1904 |
05-May-2000 |
DEAD |
Angela Baddeley |
Actor |
Upstairs, Downstairs |
04-Jul-1904 |
22-Feb-1976 |
DEAD |
Raymond Bailey |
Actor |
Milburn on Beverly Hillbillies |
06-May-1904 |
15-Apr-1980 |
DEAD |
Kenneth Bainbridge |
Physicist |
Director of the Trinity atomic test |
27-Jul-1904 |
14-Jul-1996 |
DEAD |
George Balanchine |
Dancer |
Choreographer co-founded NYC Ballet |
22-Jan-1904 |
30-Apr-1983 |
DEAD |
Bob Bartlett |
Politician |
US Senator from Alaska, 1959-68 |
20-Apr-1904 |
11-Dec-1968 |
DEAD |
Count Basie |
Pianist |
Big band pianist |
21-Aug-1904 |
26-Apr-1984 |
DEAD |
Gregory Bateson |
Anthropologist |
Steps to an Ecology of Mind |
09-May-1904 |
04-Jul-1980 |
DEAD |
Alfonso Bedoya |
Actor |
Doesn't need no stinking badges |
16-Apr-1904 |
15-Dec-1957 |
DEAD |
Ralph Bellamy |
Actor |
Trading Places |
17-Jun-1904 |
29-Nov-1991 |
DEAD |
Constance Bennett |
Actor |
The Affairs of Cellini |
22-Oct-1904 |
24-Jul-1965 |
DEAD |
Benny Binion |
Business |
Founder, World Series of Poker |
20-Nov-1904 |
25-Dec-1989 |
DEAD |
Earle Birney |
Novelist |
Now Is Time |
13-May-1904 |
03-Sep-1995 |
DEAD |
Charles E. Bohlen |
Diplomat |
US Ambassador to USSR, 1953-57 |
30-Aug-1904 |
31-Dec-1974 |
DEAD |
Ray Bolger |
Actor |
The Wizard of Oz Scarecrow |
10-Jan-1904 |
15-Jan-1987 |
DEAD |
Johnny Mack Brown |
Actor |
College All-American turned film star |
01-Sep-1904 |
14-Nov-1974 |
DEAD |
Herbert Brownell, Jr. |
Government |
US Attorney General, 1953-57 |
20-Feb-1904 |
01-May-1996 |
DEAD |
George Buchanan |
Novelist |
Entanglement |
09-Jan-1904 |
TBD |
DEAD |
Ralph Bunche |
Diplomat |
UN Mediator in Palestine 1948 |
04-Aug-1904 |
09-Dec-1971 |
DEAD |
Arthur F. Burns |
Economist |
Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1970-78 |
27-Apr-1904 |
06-Jun-1987 |
DEAD |
Bruce Cabot |
Actor |
Saved Fay Wray from King Kong |
20-Apr-1904 |
03-May-1972 |
DEAD |
Mary Calderone |
Activist |
Questions and Answers about Love and Sex |
01-Jul-1904 |
24-Oct-1998 |
DEAD |
Joseph Campbell |
Author |
The Power of Myth |
26-Mar-1904 |
31-Oct-1987 |
DEAD |
Pavel A. Cherenkov |
Physicist |
Cherenkov radiation |
15-Jul-1904 |
06-Jan-1990 |
DEAD |
Bob Chester |
Musician |
Big band leader, Sunburst |
20-Mar-1904 |
1977 |
DEAD |
Christian-Jaque |
Film Director |
Fan-Fan the Tulip |
04-Aug-1904 |
08-Jul-1994 |
DEAD |
Iron Eyes Cody |
Actor |
Keep America Beautiful |
03-Apr-1904 |
04-Jan-1999 |
DEAD |
Tom Conway |
Actor |
I Walked with a Zombie |
15-Sep-1904 |
22-Apr-1967 |
DEAD |
Salvador Dali |
Painter |
Surrealist painter |
11-May-1904 |
23-Jan-1989 |
DEAD |
Luigi Dallapiccola |
Composer |
Canti di Prigionia |
03-Feb-1904 |
19-Feb-1975 |
DEAD |
George Dangerfield |
Historian |
The Strange Death of Liberal England |
28-Oct-1904 |
26-Dec-1986 |
DEAD |
Jean Dasté |
Actor |
L'Atalante |
18-Aug-1904 |
15-Oct-1994 |
DEAD |
Delmer Daves |
Film Director |
Destination Tokyo |
24-Jul-1904 |
17-Aug-1977 |
DEAD |
Cecil Day-Lewis |
Poet |
UK Poet Laureate, 1968-72 |
27-Apr-1904 |
22-May-1972 |
DEAD |
Willem de Kooning |
Painter |
Abstract expressionist |
24-Apr-1904 |
19-Mar-1997 |
DEAD |
George Docking |
Politician |
Governor of Kansas, 1957-61 |
23-Feb-1904 |
20-Jan-1964 |
DEAD |
Jimmy Dorsey |
Musician |
Popular bandleader and swing musician |
29-Feb-1904 |
12-Jun-1957 |
DEAD |
Charles Drew |
Doctor |
First to separate blood plasma |
03-Jun-1904 |
01-Apr-1950 |
DEAD |
Henry Dreyfuss |
Inventor |
Product designer, human factors engineer |
02-Mar-1904 |
05-Oct-1972 |
DEAD |
James O. Eastland |
Politician |
US Senator from Mississippi, 1943-78 |
28-Nov-1904 |
19-Feb-1986 |
DEAD |
Richard Eberhart |
Poet |
Collected Poems |
05-Apr-1904 |
09-Jun-2005 |
DEAD |
Glenda Farrell |
Actor |
Torchy Blane |
30-Jun-1904 |
01-May-1971 |
DEAD |
James T. Farrell |
Novelist |
Studs Lonigan trilogy |
27-Feb-1904 |
22-Aug-1979 |
DEAD |
John Farrow |
Screenwriter |
Around the World in Eighty Days |
10-Feb-1904 |
28-Jan-1963 |
DEAD |
Terence Fisher |
Film Director |
Dracula, Prince of Darkness |
23-Feb-1904 |
18-Jun-1980 |
DEAD |
Werner Forssmann |
Doctor |
Cardiac catheterization |
29-Aug-1904 |
01-Jun-1979 |
DEAD |
Otto Robert Frisch |
Physicist |
Described fission |
01-Oct-1904 |
22-Sep-1979 |
DEAD |
Jean Gabin |
Actor |
The Lower Depths |
17-May-1904 |
15-Nov-1976 |
DEAD |
George Gamow |
Physicist |
Proponent of Big Bang Theory |
04-Mar-1904 |
19-Aug-1968 |
DEAD |
Greer Garson |
Actor |
Mrs. Miniver |
29-Sep-1904 |
06-Apr-1996 |
DEAD |
John Gielgud |
Actor |
Prospero's Books |
14-Apr-1904 |
21-May-2000 |
DEAD |
Sheilah Graham |
Columnist |
Beloved Infidel |
15-Sep-1904 |
17-Nov-1988 |
DEAD |
Cary Grant |
Actor |
North by Northwest |
18-Jan-1904 |
29-Nov-1986 |
DEAD |
Graham Greene |
Novelist |
The Third Man |
02-Oct-1904 |
03-Apr-1991 |
DEAD |
Patrick Hamilton |
Playwright |
Gaslight |
17-Mar-1904 |
23-Sep-1962 |
DEAD |
Phil Harris |
Musician |
That's What I Like About the South |
24-Jun-1904 |
11-Aug-1995 |
DEAD |
Moss Hart |
Playwright |
You Can't Take It With You |
24-Oct-1904 |
20-Dec-1961 |
DEAD |
Coleman Hawkins |
Jazz Musician |
Jazz tenor saxophonist |
21-Nov-1904 |
19-May-1969 |
DEAD |
Tom Helmore |
Actor |
Vertigo |
04-Jan-1904 |
12-Sep-1995 |
DEAD |
Gerhard Herzberg |
Chemist |
Molecular spectroscopy |
25-Dec-1904 |
03-Mar-1999 |
DEAD |
Reinhard Heydrich |
Military |
Protector of Bohemia and Moravia |
07-Mar-1904 |
04-Jun-1942 |
DEAD |
John R. Hicks |
Economist |
Value and Capital |
08-Apr-1904 |
20-May-1989 |
DEAD |
Alger Hiss |
Government |
Accused spy for the Soviet Union |
11-Nov-1904 |
15-Nov-1996 |
DEAD |
Keith Holyoake |
Head of State |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1960-72 |
11-Feb-1904 |
08-Dec-1983 |
DEAD |
Roman Hruska |
Politician |
US Senator from Nebraska, 1954-76 |
16-Aug-1904 |
25-Apr-1999 |
DEAD |
Hank Iba |
Basketball |
Oklahoma A&M Head Coach, 1934-70 |
06-Aug-1904 |
15-Jan-1993 |
DEAD |
Christopher Isherwood |
Author |
The Berlin Stories |
26-Aug-1904 |
04-Jan-1986 |
DEAD |
Leigh Jason |
Film Director |
The Mad Miss Manton |
26-Jul-1904 |
19-Feb-1979 |
DEAD |
Jacob K. Javits |
Politician |
US Senator from New York, 1957-81 |
18-Mar-1904 |
07-Mar-1986 |
DEAD |
Joseph M. Juran |
Scientist |
The Pareto Principle |
24-Dec-1904 |
28-Feb-2008 |
DEAD |
MacKinlay Kantor |
Author |
Andersonville |
04-Feb-1904 |
11-Oct-1977 |
DEAD |
George F. Kennan |
Diplomat |
Architect of US policy of Soviet containment |
16-Feb-1904 |
17-Mar-2005 |
DEAD |
Ancel Keys |
Scientist |
Nutritionist, created the K ration |
26-Jan-1904 |
20-Nov-2004 |
DEAD |
Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
Head of State |
German Chancellor 1966-69 |
06-Apr-1904 |
09-Mar-1988 |
DEAD |
Martin Kosleck |
Actor |
German-American character actor |
24-Mar-1904 |
15-Jan-1994 |
DEAD |
Frank Lawton |
Actor |
A Night to Remember |
30-Sep-1904 |
10-Jun-1969 |
DEAD |
A. J. Liebling |
Journalist |
The New Yorker |
18-Oct-1904 |
28-Dec-1963 |
DEAD |
Robert Livingston |
Actor |
The Lone Ranger Rides Again |
09-Dec-1904 |
07-Mar-1988 |
DEAD |
Selwyn Lloyd |
Politician |
Speaker, House of Commons, 1971-76 |
28-Jul-1904 |
18-May-1978 |
DEAD |
Peter Lorre |
Actor |
The Maltese Falcon |
26-Jun-1904 |
23-Mar-1964 |
DEAD |
Keye Luke |
Actor |
Charlie Chan's No. 1 Son, Lee |
18-Jun-1904 |
12-Jan-1991 |
DEAD |
Seán MacBride |
Activist |
Irish revolutionary, Nobel Prize recipient |
26-Jan-1904 |
15-Jan-1988 |
DEAD |
Ted Mack |
TV Personality |
Original Amateur Hour |
12-Feb-1904 |
12-Jul-1976 |
DEAD |
Forrest Mars |
Business |
Invented M&Ms |
21-Mar-1904 |
01-Jul-1999 |
DEAD |
Pepper Martin |
Baseball |
St. Louis Cardinals |
29-Feb-1904 |
05-Mar-1965 |
DEAD |
Harry Martinson |
Poet |
Aniara: A Review of Man in Time and Space |
06-May-1904 |
11-Feb-1978 |
DEAD |
Ernst Mayr |
Naturalist |
Evolutionary biologist |
05-Jul-1904 |
03-Feb-2005 |
DEAD |
Neil H. McElroy |
Government |
US Secretary of Defense, 1957-59 |
30-Oct-1904 |
30-Nov-1972 |
DEAD |
Glenn Miller |
Musician |
Popular bandleader and trombonist |
01-Mar-1904 |
15-Dec-1944 |
DEAD |
Nancy Mitford |
Novelist |
The Pursuit of Love |
28-Nov-1904 |
30-Jan-1973 |
DEAD |
Robert Montgomery |
Actor |
Mr. and Mrs. Smith |
21-May-1904 |
27-Sep-1981 |
DEAD |
Russ Morgan |
Musician |
Bandleader, arranger and trombonist |
29-Apr-1904 |
08-Aug-1969 |
DEAD |
Alfred P. Murrah |
Judge |
Oklahoma City Federal Building namesake |
27-Oct-1904 |
30-Oct-1975 |
DEAD |
Anna Neagle |
Singer |
Victoria the Great |
20-Oct-1904 |
03-Jun-1986 |
DEAD |
Louis Néel |
Physicist |
Magnetic properties of solids |
22-Nov-1904 |
17-Nov-2000 |
DEAD |
Pablo Neruda |
Poet |
Residencia en la Tierra |
12-Jul-1904 |
23-Sep-1973 |
DEAD |
Marian Nixon |
Actor |
The Sweetest Girl In Hollywood |
20-Oct-1904 |
13-Feb-1983 |
DEAD |
Robert Oppenheimer |
Physicist |
Physicist, headed the Manhattan Project |
22-Apr-1904 |
18-Feb-1967 |
DEAD |
Doris Packer |
Actor |
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis |
30-May-1904 |
31-Mar-1979 |
DEAD |
Charles J. Pedersen |
Chemist |
Synthesis of crown ethers |
03-Oct-1904 |
26-Oct-1989 |
DEAD |
Joe Penner |
Radio Personality |
Wanna buy a duck? |
11-Nov-1904 |
10-Jan-1941 |
DEAD |
S. J. Perelman |
Author |
New Yorker humorist |
01-Feb-1904 |
17-Oct-1979 |
DEAD |
Laura La Plante |
Actor |
The Cat and the Canary |
01-Nov-1904 |
14-Oct-1996 |
DEAD |
H. C. Potter |
Film Director |
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House |
13-Nov-1904 |
31-Aug-1977 |
DEAD |
Dick Powell |
Actor |
The Bad and the Beautiful |
14-Nov-1904 |
02-Jan-1963 |
DEAD |
Duncan Renaldo |
Actor |
The Cisco Kid |
23-Apr-1904 |
03-Sep-1980 |
DEAD |
Dorothy Revier |
Actor |
The Dance of Life |
18-Apr-1904 |
19-Nov-1993 |
DEAD |
James W. Riddleberger |
Diplomat |
Chief of Central European Affairs, 1944-47 |
21-Sep-1904 |
17-Oct-1982 |
DEAD |
Buddy Rogers |
Actor |
With Mary Pickford in My Best Girl |
13-Aug-1904 |
21-Apr-1999 |
DEAD |
Victor H. Schiro |
Politician |
Mayor of New Orleans, 1961-70 |
06-May-1904 |
29-Aug-1992 |
DEAD |
Dr. Seuss |
Author |
The Cat in the Hat |
02-Mar-1904 |
24-Sep-1991 |
DEAD |
William L. Shirer |
Historian |
Rise and Fall of the Third Reich |
23-Feb-1904 |
28-Dec-1993 |
DEAD |
Joseph H. Short |
Government |
Harry S. Truman's press secretary |
11-Feb-1904 |
18-Sep-1952 |
DEAD |
Denny Shute |
Golf |
Winner of 3 Majors |
25-Oct-1904 |
13-May-1974 |
DEAD |
Clifford D. Simak |
Novelist |
City and The Visitors |
03-Aug-1904 |
25-Apr-1988 |
DEAD |
Isaac Bashevis Singer |
Author |
Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy |
14-Jul-1904 |
24-Jul-1991 |
DEAD |
B. F. Skinner |
Psychologist |
Radical Behaviorism |
20-Mar-1904 |
18-Aug-1990 |
DEAD |
Wendell M. Stanley |
Chemist |
First to crystallize a virus |
16-Aug-1904 |
15-Jun-1971 |
DEAD |
George Stevens |
Film Director |
Giant and A Place in the Sun |
18-Dec-1904 |
08-Mar-1975 |
DEAD |
Milburn Stone |
Actor |
Doc Adams on Gunsmoke |
05-Jul-1904 |
12-Jun-1980 |
DEAD |
Llewellyn E. Thompson |
Diplomat |
Twice US Ambassador to USSR |
24-Aug-1904 |
06-Feb-1972 |
DEAD |
Jacques Tourneur |
Film Director |
Original 1942 Cat People |
12-Nov-1904 |
19-Dec-1977 |
DEAD |
Fats Waller |
Jazz Musician |
Influential jazz pianist |
21-May-1904 |
15-Dec-1943 |
DEAD |
Johnny Weissmuller |
Actor |
Gold Medalist became Tarzan |
02-Jun-1904 |
20-Jan-1984 |
DEAD |
John Hay Whitney |
Business |
New York Herald Tribune |
17-Aug-1904 |
08-Feb-1982 |
DEAD |
John J. Williams |
Politician |
US Senator from Delaware, 1947-70 |
17-May-1904 |
11-Jan-1988 |
DEAD |
Arthur Winstead |
Politician |
Congressman from Mississippi, 1943-65 |
06-Jan-1904 |
14-Mar-1995 |
DEAD |
Roland Winters |
Actor |
Charlie Chan |
22-Nov-1904 |
22-Oct-1989 |
DEAD |
Grant Withers |
Actor |
American character actor |
17-Jan-1904 |
27-Mar-1959 |
DEAD |
Deng Xiaoping |
Politician |
Communist Chinese leader |
22-Aug-1904 |
19-Feb-1997 |
DEAD |
Louis Zukofsky |
Poet |
Co-Founded Objectivist poetry movement |
23-Jan-1904 |
12-May-1978 |
DEAD |
