Birthdays In History 1894

1894 Satyendra Nath Bose Indian physicist and mathematician (d. 1974)

1894 Edward Joseph Hunkeler American clergyman (d. 1970)

1894 ZaSu Pitts American actress (d. 1963)

1894 Pingali Lakshmikantam Indian poet and author (d. 1972)

1894 Georges Carpentier French boxer and actor (d. 1975)

1894 Ecaterina Teodoroiu Romanian soldier and nurse (d. 1917)

1894 Irving Mills American publisher (d. 1985)

1894 Toots Mondt American wrestler and promoter (d. 1976)

1894 Harold Gray American cartoonist created Little Orphan Annie (d. 1968)

1894 Jyotirmoyee Devi Indian author (d. 1988)

1894 Aino Aalto Finnish architect and designer (d. 1949)

1894 Isham Jones American saxophonist composer and bandleader (d. 1956)

1894 Norman Rockwell American painter and illustrator (d. 1978)

1894 King Vidor American director producer and screenwriter (d. 1982)

1894 Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Indian chemist and academic (d. 1955)

1894 Harold Horder Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1978)

1894 Meher Baba Indian spiritual master (d. 1969)

1894 Ben Hecht American director producer and screenwriter (d. 1964)

1894 Charles Corm Lebanese businessman and philanthropist (d. 1963)

1894 Henry Daniell English-American actor (d. 1963)

1894 Ana María O'Neill Puerto Rican scholar and activist (d. 1981)

1894 Paul Green American playwright and academic (d. 1981)

1894 Moms Mabley American comedian and singer (d. 1975)

1894 Amalie Sara Colquhoun Australian landscape and portrait painter (d. 1974)

1894 Arthur Grimsdell English international footballer and cricketer (d. 1963)

1894 Viorica Ursuleac Ukrainian-Romanian soprano and actress (d. 1985)

1894 René Fonck French colonel and pilot (d. 1953)

1894 Ernst Lindemann German captain (d. 1941)

1894 Tommy Green English race walker (d. 1975)

1894 Sergey Ilyushin Russian engineer founded Ilyushin Aircraft Company (d. 1977)

1894 Lawrence Dale Bell American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (d. 1956)

1894 Hans Hüttig German SS officer (d. 1980)

1894 Carl Rudolf Florin Swedish botanist (d. 1965)

1894 Dorothy Cumming Australian-American actress (d. 1983)

1894 Francisco Craveiro Lopes Portuguese field marshal and politician 13th President of Portugal (d. 1964)

1894 Arthur Fadden Australian accountant and politician 13th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1973)

1894 Joie Ray American runner (d. 1978)

1894 Elizabeth Dilling American author and activist (d. 1966)

1894 George Petty American painter and illustrator (d. 1975)

1894 Nicolas Slonimsky Russian pianist composer and conductor (d. 1995)

1894 Marietta Blau Austrian physicist and academic (d. 1970)

1894 Norma Talmadge American actress of the silent era (d. 1957)

1894 Joseph Henry Woodger English biologist philosopher and academic (d. 1981)

1894 Dimitri Tiomkin Ukrainian-American composer and conductor (d. 1979)

1894 Martha Graham American dancer and choreographer (d. 1991)

1894 Ásgeir Ásgeirsson Icelandic politician 2nd President of Iceland (d. 1972)

1894 Feg Murray American hurdler and cartoonist (d. 1973)

1894 Walter Yust American journalist and writer (d. 1960)

1894 Chandrashekarendra Saraswati Indian guru and scholar (d. 1994)

1894 Friedrich Pollock German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1970)

1894 Louis-Ferdinand Céline French physician and author (d. 1961)

1894 Dashiell Hammett American detective novelist and screenwriter (d. 1961)

1894 Beatrice Lillie Canadian-English actress singer and writer (d. 1989)

1894 Josef von Sternberg Austrian-American director producer and screenwriter (d. 1969)

1894 Hubertus van Mook Dutch politician Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1965)

1894 Roy Thomson 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet Canadian-English publisher and academic (d. 1976)

1894 Alexander P. de Seversky Georgian-American pilot and engineer co-designed the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (d. 1974)

1894 Erwin Schulhoff Czech composer and pianist (d. 1942)

1894 Kiichiro Toyoda Japanese businessman founded Toyota (d. 1952)

1894 Leo Kanner Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician (d. 1981)

1894 Jacques Henri Lartigue French photographer and painter (d. 1986)

1894 Marie-Adélaïde Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 1924)

1894 José Carlos Mariátegui (d. 1930)

1894 W. W. E. Ross Canadian geophysicist and poet (d. 1966)

1894 Robert Russell Bennett American composer and conductor (d. 1981)

1894 Nikolai Chebotaryov Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1947)

1894 Lloyd Hall American chemist and academic (d. 1971)

1894 Milward Kennedy English journalist and civil servant (d. 1968)

1894 Harry Schmidt German mathematician and physicist (d. 1951)

1894 Bernard Ashmole English archaeologist and art historian (d. 1988)

1894 Harold Barrowclough New Zealand military leader lawyer and Chief Justice (d. 1972)

1894 Alfred Kinsey American entomologist and sexologist (d. 1956)

1894 Hermann Oberth Romanian-German physicist and engineer (d. 1989)

1894 Jessie Baetz Canadian-American artist composer and pianist (d. 1974 or later)

1894 Francis Hunter American tennis player (d. 1981)

1894 Ants Lauter Estonian actor and director (d. 1973)

1894 Pyotr Kapitsa Russian physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)

1894 Jimmy McHugh American composer (d. 1969)

1894 Erna Mohr German zoologist (d. 1968)

1894 Isaac Babel Russian short story writer journalist and playwright (d. 1940)

1894 Dave Fleischer American animator director and producer (d. 1979)

1894 Tadeusz Sendzimir Polish-American engineer (d. 1989)

1894 Georges Lemaître Belgian priest astronomer and cosmologist (d. 1966)

1894 Aleksandr Khinchin Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1959)

1894 Khawaja Nazimuddin Bangladeshi-Pakistani politician 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1965)

1894 Percy Spencer American physicist and inventor of the microwave oven (d. 1969)

1894 Arthur Treacher English-American actor and television personality (d. 1975)

1894 Walter Brennan American actor (d. 1974)

1894 Mientje Kling Dutch actress (d. 1966)

1894 Fred Keenor Welsh footballer (d. 1972)

1894 Ottavio Bottecchia Italian cyclist (d. 1927)

1894 Bertha Lutz Brazilian feminist and scientist (d.1976)

1894 Harry Heilmann American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1951)

1894 V. V. Giri Indian lawyer and politician 4th President of India (d. 1980)

1894 Frank Burge Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1958)

1894 George Meany American plumber and labor leader (d. 1980)

1894 William Rootes 1st Baron Rootes English businessman founded Rootes Group (d. 1964)

1894 Christian Schad German painter (d. 1982)

1894 John Auden English solicitor deputy coroner and a territorial soldier (d. 1959)

1894 Sparky Adams American baseball player and farmer (d. 1989)

1894 Karl Böhm Austrian conductor and director (d. 1981)

1894 Albert Facey Australian soldier and author (d. 1982)

1894 Joseph Roth Austrian journalist and author (d. 1939)

1894 Vic Richardson Australian cricketer footballer and sportscaster (d. 1969)

1894 George Waggner American actor director and producer (d. 1984)

1894 John Samuel Bourque Canadian soldier and politician (d. 1974)

1894 Willem Pijper Dutch composer and critic (d. 1947)

1894 Arthur Freed American composer and producer (d. 1973)

1894 Humphrey Mitchell Canadian trade union leader and politician 14th Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 1950)

1894 Bert Oldfield Australian cricketer and soldier (d. 1976)

1894 Alexander Dovzhenko Soviet screenwriter/producer/director of Ukrainian origin (d. 1956)

1894 Kyuichi Tokuda Japanese lawyer and politician (d. 1953)

1894 Dorothy Maud Wrinch Argentinian-English mathematician biochemist and philosopher (d. 1976)

1894 J. B. Priestley English novelist and playwright (d. 1984)

1894 Julian Tuwim Polish poet playwright and director (d. 1953)

1894 Chic Harley American football player (d. 1974)

1894 Oskar Klein Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1977)

1894 Jean Renoir French actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 1979)

1894 Fay Compton English actress (d. 1978)

1894 Rachel Field American author and poet (d. 1942)

1894 Anton Piëch Austrian lawyer and businessman (d. 1952)

1894 Elisabeth Rethberg German soprano (d. 1976)

1894 Tommy Armour Scottish-American golfer and sportscaster (d. 1968)

1894 Billy Bletcher American actor singer and screenwriter (d. 1979)

1894 Gladys Brockwell American actress (d. 1929)

1894 Lothar von Richthofen German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1922)

1894 Edgar Krahn Estonian mathematician and academic (d. 1961)

1894 Elmer Robinson American lawyer and politician 33rd Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1982)

1894 Walter Warlimont German general (d. 1976)

1894 Bevil Rudd South African runner and journalist (d. 1948)

1894 Julius Kuperjanov Estonian educator and lieutenant (d. 1919)

1894 Elisabeth of Romania queen consort of Greece (d. 1956)

1894 E. E. Cummings American poet and playwright (d. 1962)

1894 Victoria Drummond British marine engineer (d. 1978)

1894 Moshe Sharett Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1965)

1894 Prince René Italian Prince of Denmark (d. 1962)

1894 Pablo de Rokha Chilean poet (d. 1968)

1894 H. L. Davis American author and poet (d. 1960)

1894 Tibor Déry Hungarian author and translator (d. 1977)

1894 Olive Thomas American model and actress (d. 1920)

1894 Edogawa Ranpo Japanese author and critic (d. 1965)

1894 Mei Lanfang Chinese actor and singer (d. 1961)

1894 Rube Bressler American baseball player (d. 1966)

1894 Emma Vyssotsky American astronomer and academic (d. 1975)

1894 Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay Indian author poet and playwright (d. 1987)

1894 Claude Cahun French photographer and sculptor (d. 1954)

1894 Âşık Veysel Şatıroğlu Turkish poet and songwriter (d. 1973)

1894 Johan Wilhelm Rangell Prime Minister of Finland (d. 1982)

1894 Florence Nagle English trainer and breeder of racehorses (d. 1988)

1894 Agda Helin Swedish actress (d. 1984)

1894 Oliver Leese English-Welsh general (d. 1978)

1894 Fritz Sauckel German sailor and politician (d. 1946)

1894 Jean Rostand French biologist and philosopher (d. 1977)

1894 Peter Warlock English composer and critic (d. 1930)

1894 Alexander Lippisch German-American aerodynamicist and engineer (d. 1976)

1894 Sofoklis Venizelos Greek captain and politician 133rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1964)

1894 Beardsley Ruml American economist and statistician (d. 1960)

1894 Mae Marsh American actress (d. 1968)

1894 Dietrich von Choltitz General of the German Army during World War II (d. 1966)

1894 Boris Furlan Slovenian lawyer jurist and politician (d. 1957)

1894 Beverly Bayne American actress (d. 1982)

1894 Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe Norwegian zoologist and comparative psychologist (d. 1976)

1894 Bennie Moten American pianist and bandleader (d. 1935)

1894 Arthur Nebe German SS officer (d. 1945)

1894 Bobby Cruickshank American golfer (d. 1975)

1894 Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi Austrian philosopher and politician (d. 1972)

1894 Américo Tomás Portuguese admiral and politician 14th President of Portugal (d. 1987)

1894 Johann Nikuradse Georgian-born German engineer and physicist (d. 1979)

1894 Cecil M. Harden American politician (d. 1984)

1894 Herbert Sutcliffe English cricketer and businessman (d. 1978)

1894 James Charles McGuigan Canadian cardinal (d. 1974)

1894 Konosuke Matsushita Japanese businessman founded Panasonic (d. 1989)

1894 Katherine Milhous American author and illustrator (d. 1977)

1894 Amphilochius of Pochayiv Ukrainian monk and saint (d. 1971)

1894 Henry Hazlitt American economist and philosopher (d. 1993)

1894 Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral Brazilian herpetologist (d. 1982)

1894 Warren William American actor (d. 1948)

1894 Deiva Zivarattinam Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1975)

1894 Charles Robberts Swart South African lawyer and politician 1st State President of South Africa (d. 1982)

1894 Freddie Adkins English author and illustrator (d. 1986)

1894 E. C. Segar American cartoonist created Popeye (d. 1938)

1894 James Thurber American humorist and cartoonist (d. 1961)

1894 Alexander Nelke Estonian-American painter and carpenter (d. 1974)

1894 Vibert Douglas Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer (d. 1988)

1894 Josef Imbach Swiss sprinter (d. 1964)

1894 Arthur Fiedler American conductor (d. 1979)

1894 Patrick Flynn Irish-American runner and soldier (d. 1969)

1894 Wim Schermerhorn Dutch cartographer engineer and politician Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1977)

1894 Ford Frick American journalist and businessman (d. 1978)

1894 Edwin Linkomies Finnish academic professor and the Prime Minister of Finland (d. 1963)

1894 Arthur Gilligan English cricketer (d. 1976)

1894 Georges Guynemer French captain and pilot (d. 1917)

1894 Jack Thayer American businessman (d. 1945)

1894 Jean Toomer American author and poet (d. 1967)

1894 J. Lister Hill American politician (d. 1984)

1894 James P. Johnson American pianist and composer (d. 1955)

1894 Eric Partridge New Zealand-English lexicographer and academic (d. 1979)

1894 Kirpal Singh Indian spiritual master (d. 1974)

1894 Ben Nicholson British painter (d. 1982)

1894 Benjamin Graham British-American economist professor and investor (d. 1976)

1894 Bessie Smith African-American singer and actress (d. 1937)

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