Birthdays In History 1898

1898 Carolyn Haywood American author and illustrator (d. 1990)

1898 James Fitzmaurice Irish soldier and pilot (d. 1965)

1898 Al Bowlly Mozambican-English singer-songwriter (disputed; d. 1941)

1898 Gracie Fields English actress and singer (d. 1979)

1898 Katharine Burr Blodgett American physicist and engineer (d. 1979)

1898 Margaret Booth American producer and editor (d. 2002)

1898 Irving Rapper American film director and producer (d. 1999)

1898 Lela Mevorah Serbian librarian (d. 1972)

1898 Albert Kivikas Estonian journalist and author (d. 1978)

1898 U Razak Burmese educator and politician (d. 1947)

1898 Rudolph Maté Polish-Hungarian-American cinematographer producer and director (d. 1964)

1898 Ahmad Shah Qajar Shah of Persia (d. 1930)

1898 Eduard Zintl German chemist (d. 1941)

1898 Ross Barnett American lawyer and politician 52nd Governor of Mississippi (d. 1987)

1898 Sergei Eisenstein Russian director and screenwriter (d. 1948)

1898 Denise Legeay French actress (d. 1968)

1898 Georg Kulenkampff German violinist (d. 1948)

1898 Randolph Scott American actor (d. 1987)

1898 Freda Utley English scholar and author (d. 1978)

1898 Alvar Aalto Finnish architect designed the Finlandia Hall and Aalto Theatre (d. 1976)

1898 Jūkichi Yagi Japanese poet and educator (d. 1927)

1898 Joseph Kessel French journalist and author (d. 1979)

1898 Hubert Ashton English cricketer and politician (d. 1979)

1898 Bill Tilman English mountaineer and explorer (d. 1977)

1898 Fritz Zwicky Swiss-American physicist and astronomer (d. 1974)

1898 Totò Italian actor singer and screenwriter (d. 1967)

1898 Luis Muñoz Marín Puerto Rican poet and politician 1st Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (d. 1980)

1898 Ante Ciliga Croatian politician writer and publisher (d. 1992)

1898 Enzo Ferrari Italian motor racing driver and entrepreneur founder of Scuderia Ferrari and Ferrari (d. 1988)

1898 Kurt Tank German pilot and engineer (d. 1983)

1898 William Astbury physicist and molecular biologist (d. 1961)

1898 Zeki Rıza Sporel Turkish footballer (d. 1969)

1898 Emil Artin Austrian-German mathematician and academic (d. 1962)

1898 Georges Dumézil French philologist and academic (d. 1986)

1898 Hans Krebs German general (d. 1945)

1898 Misao Okawa Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2015)

1898 Dorothy Gish American actress (d. 1968)

1898 Tian Han Chinese playwright (d. 1968)

1898 Luitpold Steidle German army officer and politician (d. 1984)

1898 Henry Hathaway American director and producer (d. 1985)

1898 Reginald Marsh French-American painter and illustrator (d. 1954)

1898 Eduard Wiiralt Estonian artist (d. 1954)

1898 Louis Adamic Slovenian-American author translator and politician (d. 1951)

1898 Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset Duchess of Parma (d. 1984)

1898 Rudolf Dassler German businessman founded Puma SE (d. 1974)

1898 Charles Shadwell English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979)

1898 William James Sidis Ukrainian-Russian Jewish American mathematician anthropologist and historian (d. 1944)

1898 Harindranath Chattopadhyay Indian poet actor and politician (d. 1990)

1898 Chiungtze C. Tsen Chinese mathematician (d. 1940)

1898 David Jack English footballer and manager (d. 1958)

1898 George Jessel American actor singer and producer (d. 1981)

1898 Henry Luce American publisher co-founded Time magazine (d. 1967)

1898 Agnes Ayres American actress (d. 1940)

1898 Jeanne Hébuterne French painter and author (d. 1920)

1898 Paul Robeson American singer actor and activist (d. 1976)

1898 Lily Pons French-American soprano and actress (d. 1976)

1898 Patrick Hennessy Irish soldier and businessman (d. 1981)

1898 Constance Talmadge American actress and producer (d. 1973)

1898 Maurice Wilson English soldier pilot and mountaineer (d. 1934)

1898 Lucius D. Clay American general (d. 1978)

1898 Vicente Aleixandre Spanish poet and author Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)

1898 John Grierson Scottish director and producer (d. 1972)

1898 Ludwig Bemelmans Italian-American author and illustrator (d. 1962)

1898 Alfred Schmidt Estonian weightlifter (d. 1972)

1898 Henry Hall English bandleader composer and actor (d. 1989)

1898 Septima Poinsette Clark American educator and activist (d. 1987)

1898 Elsie Eaves American engineer (d. 1983)

1898 Blind Willie McTell American Piedmont blues singer and guitar player (d. 1959)

1898 Konrad Henlein Czech soldier and politician (d. 1945)

1898 Aloysius Stepinac Croatian cardinal (d. 1960)

1898 Arletty French model actress and singer (d. 1992)

1898 Tamara de Lempicka Polish-American painter (d. 1980)

1898 Desanka Maksimović Serbian poet and academic (d. 1993)

1898 Kenji Mizoguchi Japanese director and screenwriter (d. 1956)

1898 A. J. Casson Canadian painter (d. 1992)

1898 Julius Evola Italian philosopher and painter (d. 1974)

1898 Eduard Ole Estonian painter (d. 1995)

1898 Armand Hammer American physician and businessman founded Occidental Petroleum (d. 1990)

1898 Charles Léon Hammes Luxembourgian lawyer and judge (d. 1967)

1898 Carl Johnson American long jumper (d. 1932)

1898 John McLaughlin American painter and translator (d. 1976)

1898 Scott O'Dell American soldier journalist and author (d. 1989)

1898 Josef Terboven German soldier and politician (d. 1945)

1898 Bennett Cerf American publisher and television game show panelist; co-founded Random House (d. 1971)

1898 Ernst Bacon American pianist composer and conductor (d. 1990)

1898 Christfried Burmeister Estonian speed skater (d. 1965)

1898 David Crosthwait American engineer inventor and writer (d. 1976)

1898 John Gilroy English artist and illustrator (d. 1985)

1898 Norman Vincent Peale American minister and author (d. 1993)

1898 Salvatore Ferragamo Italian shoe designer founded Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A. (d. 1960)

1898 Federico García Lorca Spanish poet playwright and director (d. 1936)

1898 Jacobus Johannes Fouché South African politician 2nd State President of South Africa (d. 1980)

1898 Ninette de Valois English ballerina choreographer and director (d. 2001)

1898 Luigi Fagioli Italian race car driver (d. 1952)

1898 Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt (d. 1983)

1898 Theobald Wolfe Tone FitzGerald Irish Army Officer and painter (d. 1962)

1898 Hubertus Strughold German-American physiologist and academic (d. 1986)

1898 M. C. Escher Dutch illustrator (d. 1972)

1898 Carl Hermann German physicist and academic (d. 1961)

1898 Joe McKelvey Executed Irish republican (d. 1922)

1898 Harry Patch English soldier and firefighter (d. 2009)

1898 Erich Maria Remarque German-Swiss soldier and author (d. 1970)

1898 Armin Öpik Estonian-Australian paleontologist and geologist (d. 1983)

1898 Karl Selter Estonian politician 14th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (d. 1958)

1898 Kay Sage American painter and poet (d. 1963)

1898 Willy Messerschmitt German engineer and businessman (d. 1978)

1898 Chesty Puller US general (d. 1971)

1898 Yvonne Lefébure French pianist and educator (d. 1986)

1898 Stefanos Stefanopoulos Greek politician Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1982)

1898 Pilar Barbosa Puerto Rican-American historian and activist (d. 1997)

1898 Gulzarilal Nanda Indian politician (d. 1998)

1898 Gertrude Weaver American supercentenarian (d. 2015)

1898 Georgios Grivas Greek general (d. 1974)

1898 Hanns Eisler German-Austrian soldier and composer (d. 1962)

1898 Arnold Horween American football player and coach (d. 1985)

1898 Melville Ruick American actor (d. 1972)

1898 Renée Björling Swedish actress (d. 1975)

1898 Julius Schreck German commander (d. 1936)

1898 Ivan Triesault Estonian-born American actor (d. 1980)

1898 Happy Chandler American lawyer and politician 49th Governor of Kentucky second Commissioner of Baseball (d. 1991)

1898 Berenice Abbott American photographer (d. 1991)

1898 Osmond Borradaile Canadian soldier and cinematographer (d. 1999)

1898 John Stuart Scottish-English actor (d. 1979)

1898 Herbert Marcuse German-American sociologist and philosopher (d. 1979)

1898 Sara Carter American singer-songwriter (d. 1979)

1898 Stephen Vincent Benét American poet short story writer and novelist (d. 1943)

1898 Daniel Cosío Villegas Mexican historian economist (d. 1976)

1898 Bengt Djurberg Swedish actor and singer (d. 1941)

1898 Red Dutton Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1987)

1898 Herman Kruusenberg Estonian wrestler (d. 1970)

1898 Jacob Marschak Ukrainian-American economist journalist and author (d. 1977)

1898 Lawrence Gray American actor (d. 1970)

1898 Isidor Isaac Rabi American physicist and academic Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1988)

1898 Henry Moore English sculptor and illustrator (d. 1986)

1898 Morris Stoloff American composer and musical director (d. 1980)

1898 Ernő Nagy Hungarian fencer (d. 1977)

1898 Ernesto Maserati Italian race car driver and engineer (d. 1975)

1898 Marguerite Bise French chef (d. 1965)

1898 Peter Mohr Dam Faroese educator and politician 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1968)

1898 Regis Toomey American actor (d. 1991)

1898 Jan Brzechwa Polish author and poet (d. 1966)

1898 Clemente Biondetti Italian race car driver (d. 1955)

1898 Vilhelm Moberg Swedish historian journalist author and playwright (d. 1973)

1898 Malcolm Cowley American novelist poet literary critic (d. 1989)

1898 Helmut Hasse German mathematician and academic (d. 1975)

1898 Arthur Wood English cricketer (d. 1973)

1898 Peggy Guggenheim American-Italian art collector and philanthropist (d. 1979)

1898 Gaspard Fauteux Canadian businessman and politician 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1963)

1898 Charlie Grimm American baseball player manager and sportscaster (d. 1983)

1898 Preston Sturges American director and producer (d. 1959)

1898 Violet Carson English actress and singer (d. 1983)

1898 Frankie Frisch American baseball player and manager (d. 1973)

1898 Bessie Love American actress (d. 1986)

1898 Waldo Semon American chemist and engineer (d. 1999)

1898 Gerald Templer English field marshal and politician British High Commissioner in Malaya (d. 1979)

1898 Salvador Bacarisse Spanish composer (d. 1963)

1898 Alma Moodie Australian violinist and educator (d. 1943)

1898 Ben Shahn Lithuanian-American painter and photographer (d. 1969)

1898 Roger Désormière French conductor and composer (d. 1963)

1898 C. Sittampalam Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1964)

1898 Lawrence Gellert Hungarian-American musicologist and song collector (d. 1979)

1898 Ernest Nash German-Italian photographer and scholar (d. 1974)

1898 J. Slauerhoff Dutch poet and author (d. 1936)

1898 H. A. Rey American author and illustrator co-created Curious George (d. 1977)

1898 Giuseppe Saragat Italian lawyer and politician 5th President of Italy (d. 1988)

1898 Frances Mary Albrier American civil rights activist (d. 1987)

1898 Les Haylen Australian journalist and politician (d. 1977)

1898 Charlotte Moore Sitterly American astronomer (d. 1990)

1898 Robert Brackman Ukrainian-American painter and educator (d. 1980)

1898 Vincent Youmans American composer and producer (d. 1946)

1898 Carl Clauberg German Nazi physician (d. 1957)

1898 Trofim Lysenko Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist (d. 1976)

1898 Renée Adorée French-American actress (d. 1933)

1898 Princess Charlotte Duchess of Valentinois (d. 1977)

1898 Edgar Parin d'Aulaire German-American author and illustrator (d. 1986)

1898 Leo McCarey American director and screenwriter (d. 1969)

1898 Adolf Reichwein German economist and educator (d. 1944)

1898 Nachum Gutman Moldovan-Israeli painter and sculptor (d. 1980)

1898 Tawfiq al-Hakim Egyptian author and playwright (d. 1987)

1898 Joe Sewell American baseball player (d. 1990)

1898 Lilly Daché French-American fashion designer (d. 1989)

1898 Thomas William Holmes Canadian sergeant and pilot Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1950)

1898 William O. Douglas American lawyer and jurist (d. 1980)

1898 Shinichi Suzuki Japanese violinist and educator (d. 1998)

1898 Eileen Sedgwick American actress (d. 1991)

1898 Simon Vestdijk Dutch author and poet (d. 1971)

1898 Lotte Lenya Austrian singer and actress (d. 1981)

1898 Eduard Pütsep Estonian wrestler and actor (d. 1960)

1898 Dámaso Alonso Spanish poet and philologist (d. 1990)

1898 Peng Dehuai Chinese general 1st Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China (d. 1974)

1898 Karl Anton German director screenwriter and producer (d. 1979)

1898 Alan Barker English soldier (d. 1984)

1898 Arthur Legat Belgian race car driver (d. 1960)

1898 Sippie Wallace American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1986)

1898 Margaret Morris American actress (d. 1968)

1898 Raphaël Salem Greek-French mathematician and academic (d. 1963)

1898 René Clair French actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 1981)

1898 Leon Štukelj Slovenian gymnast (d. 1999)

1898 Benjamin Fondane Romanian-French philosopher poet and critic (d. 1944)

1898 Klement Jug Slovenian philosopher and mountaineer (d. 1924)

1898 Arthur R. von Hippel German-American physicist and academic (d. 2003)

1898 Richmond Landon American high jumper (d. 1971)

1898 Adrian Piotrovsky Russian dramaturge (d. 1937)

1898 René Magritte Belgian painter (d. 1967)

1898 Debaki Bose Indian actor director and screenwriter (d. 1971)

1898 Aarne Viisimaa Estonian tenor and director (d. 1989)

1898 Fredric Warburg English author and publisher (d. 1981)

1898 İhap Hulusi Görey Turkish graphic artist (d. 1986)

1898 Firpo Marberry American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)

1898 Stuart Garson Canadian lawyer and politician 12th Premier of Manitoba (d. 1977)

1898 Cyril Ritchard Australian-American actor and singer (d. 1977)

1898 Indra Lal Roy Indian lieutenant and first Indian fighter aircraft pilot (d. 1918)

1898 Josh Malihabadi Indian-Pakistani poet and translator (d. 1982)

1898 Grace Moore American soprano and actress (d. 1947)

1898 Alfred Eisenstaedt German-American photographer and journalist (d. 1995)

1898 John McDonald Scottish-Australian politician 37th Premier of Victoria (d. 1977)

1898 Gunnar Myrdal Swedish sociologist and economist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)

1898 Winifred Lenihan American actress writer and director (d. 1964)

1898 Irene Greenwood Australian radio broadcaster and feminist and peace activist (d. 1992)

1898 Emmett Kelly American clown and actor (d. 1979)

1898 Loren Murchison American sprinter (d. 1979)

1898 Konstantinos Dovas Greek general and politician 156th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1973)

1898 Vladimir Fock Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1974)

1898 Baby Dodds American drummer (d. 1959)

1898 Inejiro Asanuma Japanese politician (d. 1960)

1898 Carl-Gustaf Rossby Swedish-American meteorologist and academic (d. 1957)

1898 Shigematsu Sakaibara Japanese admiral (d. 1947)

1898 Leila Denmark American pediatrician and author (d. 2012)

1898 Harry Haywood American soldier and politician (d. 1985)

1898 Wallace Ford English-American actor and singer (d. 1966)

1898 Gus Sonnenberg American football player and wrestler (d. 1944)

1898 Lady Eve Balfour British farmer educator and founding figure in the organic movement (d. 1990)

1898 Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel Turkish poet author and playwright (d. 1973)

1898 Harry Edward Guyanese-English sprinter (d. 1973)

1898 Paul Belmondo French

1898 Roy Harris American

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