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| NAME |
OCCUPATION |
SUMMARY |
BORN |
DIED |
PICK |
Joey Adams |
Comic |
Borscht Belt comedian |
06-Jan-1911 |
02-Dec-1999 |
DEAD |
| Maurice Allais
|
Economist |
Monopoly pricing and the Allais effect |
31-May-1911 |
TBD |
 |
Walter Allen |
Novelist |
All in a Lifetime |
23-Feb-1911 |
28-Feb-1995 |
DEAD |
Walter Alston |
Baseball |
Longtime Manager, Brooklyn/LA Dodgers |
01-Dec-1911 |
01-Oct-1984 |
DEAD |
Luis W. Alvarez |
Physicist |
Particle accelerator pioneer |
13-Jun-1911 |
01-Sep-1988 |
DEAD |
Harry Andrews |
Actor |
The Agony and the Ecstasy |
10-Nov-1911 |
06-Mar-1989 |
DEAD |
LaVerne Andrews |
Singer |
The Andrews Sisters |
06-Jul-1911 |
08-May-1967 |
DEAD |
Jean-Pierre Aumont |
Actor |
La Machine Infernale |
05-Jan-1911 |
30-Jan-2001 |
DEAD |
| William H. Avery
|
Politician |
Governor of Kansas, 1965-67 |
11-Aug-1911 |
TBD |
|
Lucille Ball |
Actor |
I Love Lucy |
06-Aug-1911 |
26-Apr-1989 |
DEAD |
Jim Bannon |
Actor |
Cowboy actor, played Red Ryder |
09-Apr-1911 |
28-Jul-1984 |
DEAD |
Joseph Barbera |
Cartoonist |
Hanna-Barbera cartoons |
24-Mar-1911 |
18-Dec-2006 |
DEAD |
William W. Barron |
Politician |
Governor of West Virginia, 1961-65 |
08-Dec-1911 |
12-Nov-2002 |
DEAD |
Romare Bearden |
Painter |
Collagist |
02-Sep-1911 |
12-Mar-1988 |
DEAD |
Sybille Bedford |
Novelist |
A Favourite of the Gods |
16-Mar-1911 |
17-Feb-2006 |
DEAD |
George Benson |
Actor |
The Creeping Flesh |
11-Jan-1911 |
17-Jun-1983 |
DEAD |
Samuel D. Berger |
Diplomat |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1961-64 |
06-Dec-1911 |
12-Feb-1980 |
DEAD |
Prince Bernhard |
Royalty |
Prince of the Netherlands |
29-Jun-1911 |
01-Dec-2004 |
DEAD |
Elizabeth Bishop |
Poet |
North & South |
08-Feb-1911 |
06-Oct-1979 |
DEAD |
Joh Bjelke-Petersen |
Politician |
Former Premier of Queensland, Australia |
13-Jan-1911 |
23-Apr-2005 |
DEAD |
John Blatnik |
Politician |
Congressman from Minnesota, 1947-75 |
17-Aug-1911 |
17-Dec-1991 |
DEAD |
Edward Boland |
Politician |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1953-89 |
01-Oct-1911 |
04-Nov-2001 |
DEAD |
Smiley Burnette |
Singer/Songwriter |
Frog Millhouse |
18-Mar-1911 |
16-Feb-1967 |
DEAD |
| Hortense Calisher
|
Novelist |
In the Absence of Angels |
20-Dec-1911 |
TBD |
|
Melvin Calvin |
Chemist |
Deciphered photosynthesis |
08-Apr-1911 |
08-Jan-1997 |
DEAD |
Louise Campbell |
Actor |
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back |
30-May-1911 |
05-Nov-1997 |
DEAD |
Cantinflas |
Actor |
Around the World in Eighty Days |
12-Aug-1911 |
20-Apr-1993 |
DEAD |
Konstantin Chernenko |
Head of State |
Soviet General Secretary, 1984-85 |
24-Sep-1911 |
10-Mar-1985 |
DEAD |
Randolph Churchill |
Journalist |
Son of Winston Churchill |
28-May-1911 |
06-Jun-1968 |
DEAD |
Lee J. Cobb |
Actor |
The Left Hand of God |
08-Dec-1911 |
11-Feb-1976 |
DEAD |
Bert T. Combs |
Politician |
Governor of Kentucky, 1959-63 |
13-Aug-1911 |
04-Dec-1991 |
DEAD |
Ellen Corby |
Actor |
Grandma on The Waltons |
03-Jun-1911 |
14-Apr-1999 |
DEAD |
Broderick Crawford |
Actor |
All the King's Men |
09-Dec-1911 |
26-Apr-1986 |
DEAD |
Tom Creavy |
Golf |
Winner, 1931 PGA Championship |
03-Feb-1911 |
03-Mar-1979 |
DEAD |
Hume Cronyn |
Actor |
Cocoon |
18-Jul-1911 |
15-Jun-2003 |
DEAD |
Fred Daly |
Golf |
Winner, 1947 British Open |
11-Oct-1911 |
18-Nov-1990 |
DEAD |
Jules Dassin |
Film Director |
Topkapi |
18-Dec-1911 |
31-Mar-2008 |
DEAD |
Frank De Vol |
Musician |
Happy Kyne on Fernwood 2 Nite |
20-Sep-1911 |
27-Oct-1999 |
DEAD |
Basil Dearden |
Film Director |
Khartoum |
01-Jan-1911 |
23-Mar-1971 |
DEAD |
Martin Denny |
Musician |
King of the Tiki Hut |
10-Apr-1911 |
02-Mar-2005 |
DEAD |
Ann Doran |
Actor |
Rio Grande |
28-Jul-1911 |
19-Sep-2000 |
DEAD |
Edward R. Dudley |
Diplomat |
First Black US Ambassador |
11-Mar-1911 |
08-Feb-2005 |
DEAD |
Roy Eldridge |
Jazz Musician |
Swing-era jazz trumpeter |
30-Jan-1911 |
26-Feb-1989 |
DEAD |
Odysseas Elytis |
Poet |
Axion Esti |
02-Nov-1911 |
18-Mar-1996 |
DEAD |
Clair Engle |
Politician |
US Senator from California, 1959-64 |
21-Sep-1911 |
30-Jul-1964 |
DEAD |
Leif Erickson |
Actor |
The High Chaparral |
27-Oct-1911 |
29-Jan-1986 |
DEAD |
Jack Finney |
Author |
Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
02-Oct-1911 |
14-Nov-1995 |
DEAD |
William A. Fowler |
Astronomer |
Element generation within stars |
09-Aug-1911 |
14-Mar-1995 |
DEAD |
Douglas Fowley |
Actor |
Doc Holliday on TV's Wyatt Earp |
30-May-1911 |
21-May-1998 |
DEAD |
Phyllis Fraser |
Socialite |
Wife of Bennett Cerf |
22-Jun-1911 |
24-Nov-2006 |
DEAD |
Max Frisch |
Novelist |
Homo Faber |
15-May-1911 |
04-Apr-1991 |
DEAD |
Klaus Fuchs |
Physicist |
Manhattan Project scientist, spy for USSR |
29-Dec-1911 |
28-Jan-1988 |
DEAD |
Foster Furcolo |
Politician |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1957-61 |
29-Jul-1911 |
05-Jul-1995 |
DEAD |
Alfonso García Robles |
Diplomat |
Diplomat, Nobel Prize recipient |
20-Mar-1911 |
02-Sep-1991 |
DEAD |
Josh Gibson |
Baseball |
Negro Leagues hall of fame hitter |
21-Dec-1911 |
20-Jan-1947 |
DEAD |
Sid Gillman |
Football |
NFL Coach, Hall of Famer |
26-Oct-1911 |
03-Jan-2003 |
DEAD |
William Golding |
Novelist |
Lord of The Flies |
19-Sep-1911 |
19-Jun-1993 |
DEAD |
Paul Goodman |
Anarchist |
Growing Up Absurd |
09-Sep-1911 |
02-Aug-1972 |
DEAD |
John Gorton |
Head of State |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1968-71 |
09-Sep-1911 |
19-May-2002 |
DEAD |
Hank Greenberg |
Baseball |
Two-time American League MVP |
01-Jan-1911 |
04-Sep-1986 |
DEAD |
James Gregory |
Actor |
Inspector Lugar on Barney Miller |
23-Dec-1911 |
16-Sep-2002 |
DEAD |
Val Guest |
Film Director |
The Day the Earth Caught Fire |
11-Dec-1911 |
10-May-2006 |
DEAD |
Ralph Guldahl |
Golf |
Winner of 3 Majors |
22-Nov-1911 |
11-Jun-1987 |
DEAD |
Trygve Haavelmo |
Economist |
Economic forecasting |
13-Dec-1911 |
28-Jul-1999 |
DEAD |
Reed Hadley |
Actor |
Radio star of Red Ryder |
01-Jan-1911 |
11-Dec-1974 |
DEAD |
Robert Hamer |
Film Director |
Kind Hearts and Coronets |
31-Mar-1911 |
04-Dec-1963 |
DEAD |
Jean Harlow |
Actor |
Bombshell |
03-Mar-1911 |
07-Jun-1937 |
DEAD |
William F. Harrah |
Business |
Founder of Harrah's Casino |
02-Sep-1911 |
30-Jun-1978 |
DEAD |
Wayne L. Hays |
Politician |
Congressman from Ohio, 1949-76 |
13-May-1911 |
13-Feb-1989 |
DEAD |
Kirby J. Hensley |
Religion |
Founder, Universal Life Church |
23-Jul-1911 |
19-Mar-1999 |
DEAD |
Bernard Herrmann |
Composer |
Scored Psycho, Citizen Kane |
29-Jun-1911 |
24-Dec-1975 |
DEAD |
John J. Hickey |
Politician |
Governor of Wyoming, 1959-61 |
22-Aug-1911 |
22-Sep-1970 |
DEAD |
Thora Hird |
Actor |
Talking Heads |
28-May-1911 |
15-Mar-2003 |
DEAD |
Michael Hordern |
Actor |
The Slipper and the Rose |
03-Oct-1911 |
02-May-1995 |
DEAD |
L. Ron Hubbard |
Religion |
Perpetrated Dianetics, Scientology |
13-Mar-1911 |
24-Jan-1986 |
DEAD |
Hubert Humphrey |
Politician |
US Vice President, 1965-69 |
27-May-1911 |
13-Jan-1978 |
DEAD |
Chet Huntley |
Journalist |
The Huntley-Brinkley Report |
10-Dec-1911 |
20-Mar-1974 |
DEAD |
Ruth Hussey |
Actor |
The Philadelphia Story |
30-Oct-1911 |
19-Apr-2005 |
DEAD |
Mahalia Jackson |
Singer |
Queen of Gospel Music |
26-Oct-1911 |
27-Jan-1972 |
DEAD |
Niels K. Jerne |
Scientist |
Immune theory (anti-antibody) |
23-Dec-1911 |
07-Oct-1994 |
DEAD |
John D. Jernegan |
Diplomat |
US Ambassador to Iraq, 1958-62 |
12-Jun-1911 |
1981 |
DEAD |
Robert Johnson |
Guitarist |
Influential blues guitarist |
08-May-1911 |
16-Aug-1938 |
DEAD |
Aubrey Jones |
Politician |
Former MP, Birmingham Hall Green |
20-Nov-1911 |
10-Apr-2003 |
DEAD |
Spike Jones |
Musician |
Cocktails for Two |
14-Dec-1911 |
01-May-1965 |
DEAD |
Bernard Katz |
Scientist |
Neurotransmitters and the pineal gland |
26-Mar-1911 |
20-Apr-2003 |
DEAD |
Clarence M. Kelley |
Government |
FBI Director, 1973-78 |
24-Oct-1911 |
05-Aug-1997 |
DEAD |
Nicholas Kemmer |
Physicist |
Nuclear weapons and reactors |
07-Dec-1911 |
21-Oct-1998 |
DEAD |
Clark Kerr |
Educator |
Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1952-58 |
17-May-1911 |
01-Dec-2003 |
DEAD |
Aly Khan |
Royalty |
Jet-set Ismaili playboy prince |
13-Jun-1911 |
12-May-1960 |
DEAD |
Patric Knowles |
Actor |
The Wolf Man |
11-Nov-1911 |
23-Dec-1995 |
DEAD |
Teddy Kollek |
Politician |
Mayor of Jerusalem, 1965-93 |
27-May-1911 |
02-Jan-2007 |
DEAD |
Bruno Kreisky |
Head of State |
Chancellor of Austria, 1970-83 |
22-Jan-1911 |
29-Jul-1990 |
DEAD |
Polykarp Kusch |
Physicist |
Magnetic moment of the electron |
26-Jan-1911 |
20-Mar-1993 |
DEAD |
Charles Lederer |
Screenwriter |
His Girl Friday |
31-Dec-1911 |
05-Mar-1976 |
DEAD |
Dixie Lee |
Musician |
Singer and wife of Bing Crosby |
04-Nov-1911 |
01-Nov-1952 |
DEAD |
Gypsy Rose Lee |
Dancer |
Terpsichorean ecdysiast |
09-Feb-1911 |
26-Apr-1970 |
DEAD |
Donald James Leslie |
Inventor |
Invented the Leslie Speaker |
13-Apr-1911 |
02-Sep-2004 |
DEAD |
Edward H. Levi |
Government |
US Attorney General, 1975-77 |
26-Jun-1911 |
07-Mar-2000 |
DEAD |
Herschel C. Loveless |
Politician |
Governor of Iowa, 1957-61 |
05-May-1911 |
04-May-1989 |
DEAD |
Feodor Lynen |
Scientist |
Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism |
06-Apr-1911 |
06-Aug-1979 |
DEAD |
Fitzroy Maclean |
Politician |
Eastern Approaches |
11-Mar-1911 |
15-Jun-1996 |
DEAD |
Sorley Maclean |
Poet |
Scottish/Gaelic poet |
26-Oct-1911 |
24-Nov-1996 |
DEAD |
Naguib Mahfouz |
Author |
The Cairo Trilogy |
11-Dec-1911 |
30-Aug-2006 |
DEAD |
Hugh Marlowe |
Actor |
Jim Matthews on Another World |
30-Jan-1911 |
02-May-1982 |
DEAD |
Ruth McKenney |
Author |
My Sister Eileen |
18-Nov-1911 |
25-Jul-1972 |
DEAD |
John S. McKiernan |
Politician |
Governor of Rhode Island, 1950-51 |
15-Oct-1911 |
01-Jan-1997 |
DEAD |
Marshall McLuhan |
Author |
The medium is the message |
21-Jul-1911 |
31-Dec-1980 |
DEAD |
Butterfly McQueen |
Actor |
Gone with the Wind |
07-Jan-1911 |
22-Dec-1995 |
DEAD |
Joe Medwick |
Baseball |
MLB Hall of Famer |
24-Nov-1911 |
21-Mar-1975 |
DEAD |
Josef Mengele |
Doctor |
The Angel of Death |
16-Mar-1911 |
07-Feb-1979 |
DEAD |
Gian-Carlo Menotti |
Composer |
The Saint of Bleecker Street |
07-Jul-1911 |
01-Feb-2007 |
DEAD |
| Mitch Miller
|
Musician |
Yellow Rose Of Texas |
04-Jul-1911 |
TBD |
|
Czeslaw Milosz |
Poet |
Polish novelist and poet, The Captive Mind |
30-Jun-1911 |
14-Aug-2004 |
DEAD |
John S. Monagan |
Politician |
Congressman from Connecticut, 1959-73 |
23-Dec-1911 |
23-Oct-2005 |
DEAD |
Frank E. Moss |
Politician |
US Senator from Utah, 1959-77 |
23-Sep-1911 |
29-Jan-2003 |
DEAD |
| Ronald Neame
|
Film Director |
The Poseidon Adventure |
23-Apr-1911 |
TBD |
|
Jeanette Nolan |
Actor |
Annette Deveraux on Hotel de Paree |
30-Dec-1911 |
05-Jun-1998 |
DEAD |
Flann O'Brien |
Author |
At Swim-Two-Birds |
05-Oct-1911 |
01-Apr-1966 |
DEAD |
Maureen O'Sullivan |
Actor |
A Day at the Races |
17-May-1911 |
28-Jun-1998 |
DEAD |
Merle Oberon |
Actor |
Wuthering Heights |
19-Feb-1911 |
23-Nov-1979 |
DEAD |
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz |
Head of State |
President of Mexico, 1964-70 |
12-Mar-1911 |
15-Jul-1979 |
DEAD |
Kenneth Patchen |
Poet |
Journal of Albion Moonlight |
13-Dec-1911 |
08-Jan-1972 |
DEAD |
Gail Patrick |
Actor |
Love Crazy |
20-Jun-1911 |
06-Jul-1980 |
DEAD |
Mervyn Peake |
Novelist |
Titus Groan |
09-Jul-1911 |
17-Nov-1968 |
DEAD |
Joan Perry |
Actor |
Bullets for O'Hara |
07-Jul-1911 |
16-Sep-1996 |
DEAD |
Joseph Pevney |
Film Director |
Man of a Thousand Faces |
15-Sep-1911 |
18-May-2008 |
DEAD |
J. H. Plumb |
Historian |
England in the Eighteenth Century |
20-Aug-1911 |
21-Oct-2001 |
DEAD |
Georges Pompidou |
Head of State |
President of France, 1969-74 |
05-Jul-1911 |
02-Apr-1974 |
DEAD |
Hal Porter |
Author |
A Handful of Pennies |
16-Feb-1911 |
29-Sep-1984 |
DEAD |
Vincent Price |
Actor |
Master of the macabre |
27-May-1911 |
25-Oct-1993 |
DEAD |
Terence Rattigan |
Playwright |
Separate Tables |
10-Jun-1911 |
30-Nov-1977 |
DEAD |
Nicholas Ray |
Film Director |
Rebel Without a Cause |
07-Aug-1911 |
16-Jun-1979 |
DEAD |
Ronald Reagan |
Head of State |
40th US President, 1981-89 |
06-Feb-1911 |
05-Jun-2004 |
DEAD |
Grote Reber |
Astronomer |
First radio astronomer |
22-Dec-1911 |
20-Dec-2002 |
DEAD |
G. Frederick Reinhardt |
Diplomat |
US Ambassador to Italy, 1961-68 |
21-Oct-1911 |
23-Feb-1971 |
DEAD |
Simone Renant |
Actor |
Quai des Orfèvres |
19-Mar-1911 |
29-Mar-2004 |
DEAD |
Johnny Revolta |
Golf |
Winner, 1935 PGA Championship |
05-Apr-1911 |
03-Mar-1991 |
DEAD |
Florence Rice |
Actor |
At the Circus |
14-Feb-1911 |
23-Feb-1974 |
DEAD |
Ginger Rogers |
Actor |
The Gay Divorcee |
16-Jul-1911 |
25-Apr-1995 |
DEAD |
Roy Rogers |
Actor |
Cowboy movie actor rode Trigger |
05-Nov-1911 |
06-Jul-1998 |
DEAD |
Will Rogers, Jr. |
Actor |
Son of Will Rogers |
20-Oct-1911 |
10-Jul-1993 |
DEAD |
Nino Rota |
Composer |
Film composer, The Godfather |
03-Dec-1911 |
10-Apr-1979 |
DEAD |
Jack Ruby |
Assassin |
Killed Lee Harvey Oswald |
25-Mar-1911 |
03-Jan-1967 |
DEAD |
| Ernesto Sábato
|
Novelist |
Angel of Darkness |
24-Jun-1911 |
TBD |
|
George Seaton |
Screenwriter |
Miracle on 34th Street |
17-Apr-1911 |
28-Jul-1979 |
DEAD |
David Shoenberg |
Physicist |
Physicist at Cambridge |
04-Jan-1911 |
10-Mar-2004 |
DEAD |
Phil Silvers |
Actor |
You're in the Army Now |
11-May-1911 |
01-Nov-1985 |
DEAD |
Harry Simeone |
Musician |
The Harry Simeone Chorale |
09-May-1911 |
22-Feb-2005 |
DEAD |
Virginia Smith |
Politician |
Congresswoman from Nebraska, 1975-91 |
30-Jun-1911 |
23-Jan-2006 |
DEAD |
William H. Stein |
Chemist |
Studied ribonuclease |
25-Jun-1911 |
02-Feb-1980 |
DEAD |
George J. Stigler |
Economist |
Economic Theory of Regulation |
17-Jan-1911 |
01-Dec-1991 |
DEAD |
John Sturges |
Film Director |
The Great Escape |
03-Jan-1911 |
18-Aug-1992 |
DEAD |
Margaret Sullavan |
Actor |
The Shop Around the Corner |
16-May-1911 |
01-Jan-1960 |
DEAD |
Robert Taylor |
Actor |
Quo Vadis |
05-Aug-1911 |
08-Jun-1969 |
DEAD |
Terry-Thomas |
Actor |
Private's Progress |
14-Jul-1911 |
08-Jan-1990 |
DEAD |
Le Duc Tho |
Diplomat |
Negotiated the 1973 Paris cease-fire |
14-Oct-1911 |
13-Oct-1990 |
DEAD |
Sonny Tufts |
Actor |
Cat-Women of the Moon |
16-Jul-1911 |
04-Jun-1970 |
DEAD |
Big Joe Turner |
Musician |
The Boss of the Blues |
18-May-1911 |
24-Nov-1985 |
DEAD |
Vladimir Ussachevsky |
Composer |
Tape music composer |
03-Nov-1911 |
02-Jan-1990 |
DEAD |
Krishna Venta |
Religion |
W.K.F.L. Fountain of the World |
29-Mar-1911 |
10-Dec-1958 |
DEAD |
Ellsworth Vines |
Tennis |
Winner of 6 Grand Slam titles |
28-Sep-1911 |
17-Mar-1994 |
DEAD |
Kay Walsh |
Actor |
The Horse's Mouth |
27-Aug-1911 |
16-Apr-2005 |
DEAD |
Stella Walsh |
Track and Field |
Olympic sprinter found to be actually male |
03-Apr-1911 |
04-Dec-1980 |
DEAD |
Charles Walters |
Film Director |
Please Don't Eat the Daisies |
17-Nov-1911 |
13-Aug-1982 |
DEAD |
John Archibald Wheeler |
Physicist |
The Mechanism of Nuclear Fission |
09-Jul-1911 |
13-Apr-2008 |
DEAD |
G. Mennen Williams |
Politician |
Governor of Michigan, 1949-61 |
23-Feb-1911 |
02-Feb-1988 |
DEAD |
Tennessee Williams |
Playwright |
The Glass Menagerie |
26-Mar-1911 |
25-Feb-1983 |
DEAD |
Leonard Woodcock |
Diplomat |
5th UAW President, 1970-77 |
15-Feb-1911 |
16-Jan-2001 |
DEAD |
Todor Zhivkov |
Head of State |
Leader of Bulgaria, 1954-89 |
07-Sep-1911 |
05-Aug-1998 |
DEAD |
