Birthdays In History 1902

1902 Buster Nupen Norwegian-South African cricketer and lawyer (d. 1977)

1902 Hans von Dohnányi German jurist and political dissident (d. 1945)

1902 Dan Keating Irish Republican Army volunteer (d. 2007)

1902 John A. McCone American businessman and politician 6th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1991)

1902 Hubert Beuve-Méry French journalist (d. 1989)

1902 Stella Gibbons English journalist and author (d. 1989)

1902 Carl Rogers American psychologist and academic (d. 1987)

1902 Rudolf Bing American impresario and businessman (d. 1997)

1902 Josemaría Escrivá Spanish priest and saint founded Opus Dei (d. 1975)

1902 Maurice Duruflé French organist and composer (d. 1986)

1902 Karl Menger Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (d. 1985)

1902 Nâzım Hikmet Greek-Turkish author poet and playwright (d. 1963)

1902 Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)

1902 Eric Liddell Scottish runner rugby player and missionary (d. 1945)

1902 Leon Ames American actor (d. 1993)

1902 Kevin Barry Irish Republican Army volunteer (d. 1920)

1902 Daniel Kinsey American hurdler coach and academic (d. 1970)

1902 Menno ter Braak Dutch author (d. 1940)

1902 Nikolaus Pevsner German-English historian and scholar (d. 1983)

1902 Nat Bailey Canadian businessman founded White Spot (d. 1978)

1902 Tallulah Bankhead American actress (d. 1968)

1902 Alva Myrdal Swedish sociologist and politician Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)

1902 Julian Steward American anthropologist (d. 1972)

1902 Newbold Morris American lawyer and politician (d. 1966)

1902 John Tonkin Australian politician 20th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1995)

1902 Hartley Shawcross Baron Shawcross German-English lawyer and politician Attorney General for England and Wales (d. 2003)

1902 Demchugdongrub Mongol prince and politician head of state of Mengjiang (d. 1966)

1902 Arne Jacobsen Danish architect designed Radisson Blu Royal Hotel (d. 1971)

1902 Harold Lasswell American political scientist and theorist (d. 1978)

1902 Cyril Vincent South African cricketer (d. 1968)

1902 Kay Boyle American novelist short story writer and educator (d. 1992)

1902 Arthur Nock English theologian and academic (d. 1963)

1902 Lúcio Costa French-Brazilian architect and engineer designed Gustavo Capanema Palace (d. 1998)

1902 Moe Berg American baseball player and spy (d. 1972)

1902 Edward Condon American physicist and academic (d. 1974)

1902 Ruby Dandridge African-American film and radio actress (d. 1987)

1902 Rachel Messerer Lithuanian-Russian actress (d. 1993)

1902 Russell Reeder American soldier and author (d. 1998)

1902 Heinz Rühmann German actor (d. 1994)

1902 Louise Beavers American actress and singer (d. 1962)

1902 Jennings Randolph American journalist and politician (d. 1998)

1902 Will Geer American actor (d. 1978)

1902 Hans Bellmer German-French painter and sculptor (d. 1975)

1902 Son House American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1988)

1902 Johannes Brinkman Dutch architect designed the Van Nelle Factory (d. 1949)

1902 Madeleine Milhaud French actress and composer (d. 2008)

1902 Sidney Buchman American screenwriter and producer (d. 1975)

1902 Charles Lang American cinematographer (d. 1998)

1902 Flora Robson English actress (d. 1984)

1902 Marcel Aymé French author playwright and screenwriter (d. 1967)

1902 Don Miller American football player and coach (d. 1979)

1902 William Walton English composer (d. 1983)

1902 Brooke Astor American socialite and philanthropist (d. 2007)

1902 Ted Heath English trombonist and composer (d. 1969)

1902 Maria Polydouri Greek poet (d. 1930)

1902 Jan Tschichold German-Swiss graphic designer and typographer (d. 1974)

1902 Menachem Mendel Schneerson the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe (d. 1994)

1902 Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin French journalist and author (d. 1969)

1902 Stanley G. Weinbaum American author and poet (d. 1935)

1902 Menachem Mendel Schneerson Russian-American rabbi (d. 1994)

1902 Julien Torma French author poet and playwright (d. 1933)

1902 Eduard Eelma Estonian footballer (d. 1941)

1902 Andrew Irvine English mountaineer and explorer (d. 1924)

1902 Maria Maksakova Sr. Russian soprano (d. 1974)

1902 Théodore Monod French explorer and scholar (d. 2000)

1902 Louis Beel Dutch academic and politician 36th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1977)

1902 Philippe de Rothschild French Grand Prix driver playwright and producer (d. 1988)

1902 Marguerite Henry American author (d. 1997)

1902 Waldemar Hammenhög Swedish author (d. 1972)

1902 Giuseppe Pella Italian politician 32nd Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1981)

1902 Veniamin Kaverin Russian author and screenwriter (d. 1989)

1902 Werner Heyde German psychiatrist and academic (d. 1964)

1902 Mary Miles Minter American actress (d. 1984)

1902 Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté Malian educator and activist (d. 1942)

1902 Johan Borgen Norwegian author and critic (d. 1979)

1902 Theodore Schultz American economist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)

1902 Brian Aherne English actor (d. 1986)

1902 Werner Finck German Kabarett comedian actor and author (d. 1978)

1902 Alfred Kastler German-French physicist and poet Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)

1902 Ronnie Aird English cricketer and administrator (d. 1986)

1902 Cola Debrot Dutch physician lawyer and politician (d. 1981)

1902 William Brown Meloney writer and theatrical producer (d. 1971)

1902 Harry Golden Ukrainian-American journalist and author (d. 1981)

1902 Max Ophüls German-American director and screenwriter (d. 1957)

1902 André Michel Lwoff French microbiologist and physician Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)

1902 David O. Selznick American director and producer (d. 1965)

1902 Edna Ernestine Kramer American mathematician (d. 1984)

1902 Richard J. Daley American lawyer and politician 48th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1976)

1902 Sigizmund Levanevsky Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (d. 1937)

1902 Lubka Kolessa Ukrainian-Canadian pianist and educator (d. 1997)

1902 Earl Averill American baseball player (d. 1983)

1902 Marcel Breuer Hungarian-American architect and academic designed the Ameritrust Tower (d. 1981)

1902 Anatole Litvak Ukrainian-American director producer and screenwriter (d. 1974)

1902 Jack Lambert English footballer and manager (d. 1940)

1902 Lionel Conacher Canadian football player and politician (d. 1954)

1902 Sylvia Daoust Canadian sculptor (d. 2004)

1902 Harry Kadwell Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1999)

1902 Stepin Fetchit American actor and dancer (d. 1985)

1902 Jimmie Lunceford American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1947)

1902 Georges Van Parys French composer (d. 1971)

1902 Herman B Wells American banker author and academic (d. 2000)

1902 Skip James American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1969)

1902 Eric Fraser British illustrator and graphic designer (d. 1983)

1902 Hendrik Elias Belgian lawyer and politician Mayor of Ghent (d. 1973)

1902 Carolyn Eisele American mathematician and historian (d. 2000)

1902 Erik Erikson German-American psychologist and psychoanalyst (d. 1994)

1902 Barbara McClintock American geneticist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)

1902 George Gaylord Simpson American paleontologist and author (d. 1984)

1902 Alec Hurwood Australian cricketer (d. 1982)

1902 Louis Alter American musician (d. 1980)

1902 Paavo Yrjölä Finnish decathlete (d. 1980)

1902 Guy Lombardo Canadian-American violinist and bandleader (d. 1977)

1902 Marguerite De La Motte American actress (d. 1950)

1902 Yasuhito Prince Chichibu of Japan (d. 1953)

1902 Hugues Cuénod Swiss tenor and educator (d. 2010)

1902 K. Kanapathypillai Sri Lankan author and academic (d. 1968)

1902 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. American colonel and politician 3rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1985)

1902 Ted Radcliffe American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)

1902 Peter Acland English soldier (d. 1993)

1902 Kurt Alder German chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)

1902 Nicolás Guillén Cuban poet journalist and activist (d. 1989)

1902 Jean Rey Belgian lawyer and politician 2nd President of the European Commission (d. 1983)

1902 Christina Stead Australian author and academic (d. 1983)

1902 Jessamyn West American author (d. 1984)

1902 Chill Wills American actor (d. 1978)

1902 Samudrala Sr. Indian singer director producer and screenwriter (d. 1968)

1902 Leonidas Berry American gastroenterologist (d. 1995)

1902 Eric Hoffer American philosopher and author (d. 1983)

1902 Yaroslav Halan Ukrainian playwright and publicist (d. 1949)

1902 Albert Namatjira Australian painter (d. 1959)

1902 Sir Karl Popper Austrian-English philosopher and academic (d. 1994)

1902 Gubby Allen Australian-English cricketer and soldier (d. 1989)

1902 Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (d. 1971)

1902 Mina Rees American mathematician (d.1997)

1902 Regina Jonas German rabbi (d. 1944)

1902 David Buttolph American film composer (d. 1983)

1902 Bill Hallahan American baseball player (d. 1981)

1902 Zino Francescatti French violinist (d. 1991)

1902 Panteleimon Ponomarenko Russian general and politician (d. 1984)

1902 Curt Siodmak German-English author and screenwriter (d. 2000)

1902 Arne Tiselius Swedish biochemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)

1902 Alfredo Binda Italian cyclist (d. 1986)

1902 Lloyd Nolan American actor (d. 1985)

1902 Christian de Castries French general (d. 1991)

1902 Mohammad Hatta Indonesian statesman 1st Vice President of Indonesia (d. 1980)

1902 Felix Wankel German engineer (d. 1988)

1902 Jan Campert Dutch journalist and critic (d. 1943)

1902 Georgette Heyer English author (d. 1974)

1902 Wallace Thurman American author and playwright (d. 1934)

1902 Adamson-Eric Estonian painter (d. 1968)

1902 Margaret Murie American environmentalist and author (d. 2003)

1902 Angel Karaliychev Bulgarian author (d. 1972)

1902 Thomas Pelly American lawyer and politician (d. 1973)

1902 Edward Rowe Snow American historian and author (d. 1982)

1902 Fernand Braudel French historian and academic (d. 1985)

1902 Stefan Wolpe German-American composer and educator (d. 1972)

1902 Géza Révész Hungarian general and politician Hungarian Minister of Defence (d. 1977)

1902 Kazimierz Dąbrowski Polish psychiatrist and psychologist (d. 1980)

1902 Tommy Mitchell English cricketer (d. 1996)

1902 Jean Dalrymple American playwright producer manager and publicist (d. 1998)

1902 Darryl F. Zanuck American actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 1979)

1902 Juscelino Kubitschek Brazilian physician and politician 21st President of Brazil (d. 1976)

1902 Marya Zaturenska Ukrainian-American poet and author (d. 1982)

1902 Giorgos Papasideris Greek singer-songwriter (d. 1977)

1902 Alice Tully American soprano and philanthropist (d. 1993)

1902 Bea Miles Australian author (d. 1973)

1902 Stevie Smith English author and poet (d. 1971)

1902 Luis Cernuda Spanish poet and critic (d. 1963)

1902 Allen Lane English publisher founded Penguin Books (d. 1970)

1902 John Houseman Romanian-American actor and producer (d. 1988)

1902 Su Buqing Chinese mathematician and academic (d. 2003)

1902 Leopold Figl Austrian politician Chancellor of Austria (d. 1965)

1902 Larry Fine American comedian (d. 1975)

1902 Freddie Young English cinematographer (d. 1998)

1902 K. Shivaram Karanth Indian journalist author and activist (d. 1997)

1902 Jayaprakash Narayan Indian activist and politician (d. 1979)

1902 Karl Leichter Estonian musicologist and academic (d. 1987)

1902 Learco Guerra Italian cyclist and manager (d. 1963)

1902 Arthur Justice Australian rugby league player coach and administrator (d. 1977)

1902 Irene Ryan American actress (d. 1973)

1902 Miriam Hopkins American actress (d. 1972)

1902 Pascual Jordan German physicist and theorist (d. 1980)

1902 Eddy Hamel American footballer (d. 1943)

1902 Robert Eberan von Eberhorst Austrian engineer (d. 1982)

1902 Luther Evans American political scientist and politician (d. 1981)

1902 Beryl Markham Kenyan horse trainer and author (d. 1986)

1902 Jack Sharkey American boxer and referee (d. 1994)

1902 Henrietta Hill Swope American astronomer and academic (d. 1980)

1902 Elsa Lanchester English-American actress and singer (d. 1986)

1902 Carlos Drummond de Andrade Brazilian poet (d. 1987)

1902 Julia Lee American blues singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1958)

1902 Abraham Wald Jewish-Hungarian mathematician and economist (d. 1950)

1902 Nordahl Grieg Norwegian journalist author poet and playwright (d. 1943)

1902 Eugen Jochum German conductor (d. 1987)

1902 A. J. M. Smith Canadian poet and anthologist (d. 1980)

1902 Anthony Asquith English director and screenwriter (d. 1968)

1902 Eugene Wigner Hungarian physicist and mathematician Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)

1902 Franklin Adreon American film and television director (d. 1979)

1902 Gianpiero Combi Italian footballer (d. 1956)

1902 Erik Eriksen Danish politician (d. 1972)

1902 Heini Meng Swiss ice hockey player (d. 1982)

1902 Jean Painlevé French photographer and filmmaker (d. 1989)

1902 Philipp Schmitt German officer of the Schutzstaffel (d. 1950)

1902 Foster Hewitt Canadian sportscaster (d. 1985)

1902 Mikhail Suslov Russian soldier economist and politician (d. 1982)

1902 Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque French general (d. 1947)

1902 Emanuel Feuermann Austrian-American cellist and educator (d. 1942)

1902 Humphrey Gibbs English-Rhodesian politician 15th Governor of Southern Rhodesia (d. 1990)

1902 Albert Leduc Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1990)

1902 Ethel Smith American organist (d. 1996)

1902 Aaron Bank American colonel (d. 2004)

1902 Victor Jory Canadian-American actor (d. 1982)

1902 Maurice McDonald American businessman co-founded McDonald's (d. 1971)

1902 Mitsuo Fuchida Japanese captain and pilot (d. 1976)

1902 Feliks Kibbermann Estonian chess player and philologist (d. 1993)

1902 Emeric Pressburger Hungarian-English director producer and screenwriter (d. 1988)

1902 Hilda Taba Estonian architect author and educator (d. 1967)

1902 Wifredo Lam Cuban-French painter (d. 1982)

1902 Panagiotis Kanellopoulos Greek philosopher and politician 138th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1986)

1902 Talcott Parsons American sociologist and academic (d. 1979)

1902 Frances Bavier American actress (d. 1989)

1902 Herbert Feigl Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1988)

1902 Robert F. Bradford American lawyer and politician 57th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1983)

1902 Rafael Alberti Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1999)

1902 Prince George Duke of Kent (d. 1942)

1902 Sidney Hook American philosopher and author (d. 1989)

1902 Norman Maclean American author and academic (d. 1990)

1902 Charan Singh Indian lawyer and politician 5th Prime Minister of India (d. 1987)

1902 Barton MacLane American actor playwright and screenwriter (d. 1969)

1902 William Bell American tuba player and educator (d. 1971)

1902 Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1980)

1902 Mortimer J. Adler American philosopher and author (d. 2001)

1902 Shen Congwen Chinese author and educator (d. 1988)

1902 Lionel Daunais Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1982)

1902 Roy Goodall English footballer (d. 1982)

1902 Therese Brandl German concentration camp guard (d. 1947)

1902 George Brunies American trombonist (d. 1974)

1902 William Collier Jr. American actor producer and screenwriter (d. 1987)

1902 Jean Bruller French author and illustrator co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit (d. 1991)

1902 Günther Anders German philosopher and journalist (d. 1992)

1902 Tony Lovink Dutch politician; Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1995)

1902 Vic Armbruster Australian rugby league player (d. 1984)

1902 Alexander Luria Russian psychologist and physician (d. 1977)

1902 Mary Philbin American actress (d. 1993)

1902 Meredith Willson American playwright and composer (d. 1984)

1902 Fernando Pessa Portuguese journalist (d. 2002)

1902 Sylvio Mantha Canadian ice hockey player coach and referee (d. 1974)

1902 Al Simmons American

1902 Sammy Fain American

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