Birthdays In History 1905

1905 Stanisław Mazur Ukrainian-Polish mathematician and theorist (d. 1981)

1905 Luigi Zampa Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1991)

1905 Michael Tippett English composer and conductor (d. 1998)

1905 Dante Giacosa Italian engineer (d. 1996)

1905 Anna May Wong American actress (d. 1961)

1905 Sterling Holloway American actor (d. 1992)

1905 Carl Gustav Hempel German philosopher from the Vienna and the Berlin Circle (d. 1997)

1905 Clyde Kluckhohn American anthropologist and theorist (d. 1960)

1905 Nihal Atsız Turkish author poet and philosopher (d. 1975)

1905 James Bennett Griffin American archaeologist and academic (d. 1997)

1905 Tex Ritter American actor and singer (d. 1974)

1905 Kay Francis American actress (d. 1968)

1905 Jack London English sprinter and pianist (d. 1966)

1905 Mildred Albert American fashion commentator TV and radio personality and fashion show producer (d. 1991)

1905 Takeo Fukuda Japanese politician 67th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1995)

1905 Ernesto Halffter Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1989)

1905 Ray Cunningham American baseball player (d. 2005)

1905 Peggy Gilbert American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2007)

1905 Eduard Oja Estonian composer conductor educator and critic (d. 1950)

1905 Guillermo Stábile Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1966)

1905 Jan Zahradníček Czech poet and translator (d. 1960)

1905 Joseph Bonanno Italian-American mob boss (d. 2002)

1905 Stanley Hawes English-Australian director and producer (d. 1991)

1905 Karl Wallenda German-American acrobat and tightrope walker founded The Flying Wallendas (d. 1978)

1905 Willy Hartner German physicist historian and academic (d. 1981)

1905 Erich Borchmeyer German sprinter (d. 2000)

1905 J. Howard Marshall American lawyer and businessman (d. 1995)

1905 Maurice Roy Canadian cardinal (d. 1985)

1905 Margery Sharp English author and educator (d. 1991)

1905 Charles Lane American actor and singer (d. 2007)

1905 Maria von Trapp Austrian-American singer (d. 1987)

1905 Barnett Newman American painter and etcher (d. 1970)

1905 John O'Hara American author playwright and screenwriter (d. 1970)

1905 Ayn Rand Russian-born American novelist and philosopher (d. 1982)

1905 Paul Ariste Estonian linguist and academic (d. 1990)

1905 Arne Beurling Swedish-American mathematician and academic (d. 1986)

1905 Hylda Baker English comedian actress and music hall performer (d. 1986)

1905 Paul Nizan French philosopher and author (d. 1940)

1905 Ulf von Euler Swedish physiologist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)

1905 David Cecil 6th Marquess of Exeter English hurdler and politician (d. 1981)

1905 Walter A. Brown American businessman founded the Boston Celtics (d. 1964)

1905 Chick Webb American drummer and bandleader (d. 1939)

1905 Thelma Ritter American actress and singer (d. 1969)

1905 Henrietta Barnett British Women's Royal Air Force officer (d. 1985)

1905 Ruth Baldwin British socialite (d. 1937)

1905 Rózsa Politzer Hungarian mathematician (d. 1977)

1905 Perry Miller American historian author and academic (d. 1963)

1905 Franchot Tone American actor singer and producer (d. 1968)

1905 Doris Hare Welsh-English actress singer and dancer (d. 2000)

1905 Marc Blitzstein American composer and songwriter (d. 1964)

1905 Geoffrey Grigson English poet and critic (d. 1985)

1905 László Benedek Hungarian-American director and cinematographer (d. 1992)

1905 Takashi Shimura Japanese actor (d. 1982)

1905 Raymond Aron French journalist sociologist and philosopher (d. 1983)

1905 Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg German lawyer and judge (d. 1944)

1905 Lillian Yarbo American comedienne dancer and singer (d. 1996)

1905 Thomas Townsend Brown American physicist and engineer (d. 1985)

1905 Joe Rollino American weightlifter and boxer (d. 2010)

1905 Jean Galia French rugby player and boxer (d. 1949)

1905 Phyllis McGinley American author and poet (d. 1978)

1905 Lale Andersen German chanson singer-songwriter (d. 1972)

1905 Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim German colonel (d. 1944)

1905 Monty Berman English cinematographer and producer (d. 2006)

1905 André Cluytens Belgian-French conductor and director (d. 1967)

1905 Viktor Frankl Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (d. 1997)

1905 Mona Williams American novelist short story writer and poet (d. 1991)

1905 Leroy Carr American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1935)

1905 Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff German general (d. 1980)

1905 Elsie MacGill Canadian-American author and engineer (d. 1980)

1905 Pandro S. Berman American production manager and producer (d. 1996)

1905 Marlin Perkins American zoologist and television host (d. 1986)

1905 Archie Birkin English motorcycle racer (d. 1927)

1905 Mikio Oda Japanese triple jumper and academic (d. 1998)

1905 Albert Pierrepoint English hangman (d. 1992)

1905 Robert Stevenson English director and screenwriter (d. 1986)

1905 George Treweek Australian rugby league player (d. 1991)

1905 Paul Hasluck Australian historian poet and politician 17th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1993)

1905 Robert Sink American general (d. 1965)

1905 Eugène Bozza French composer and conductor (d. 1991)

1905 Erika Nõva Estonian architect and engineer (d. 1987)

1905 Joachim Büchner German sprinter and graphic designer (d. 1978)

1905 Helen Joseph English-South African activist (d. 1992)

1905 Erwin Keller German field hockey player (d. 1971)

1905 J. William Fulbright American lawyer and politician (d. 1995)

1905 Attila József Hungarian poet and educator (d. 1937)

1905 Rae Johnstone Australian jockey (d. 1964)

1905 Frits Philips Dutch businessman (d. 2005)

1905 Sydney Halter Canadian lawyer and businessman (d. 1990)

1905 George H. Hitchings American physician and pharmacologist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)

1905 Pat Brown American lawyer and politician 32nd Governor of California (d. 1996)

1905 Robert Choquette American-Canadian author poet and diplomat (d. 1991)

1905 Al Bates American long jumper (d. 1999)

1905 Robert Penn Warren American novelist poet and literary critic (d. 1989)

1905 George Nēpia New Zealand rugby player and referee (d. 1986)

1905 Jean Vigo French director and screenwriter (d. 1934)

1905 John Kuck American javelin thrower and shot putter (d. 1986)

1905 Sergey Nikolsky Russian mathematician and academic (d. 2012)

1905 Henry Koster German-American director producer and screenwriter (d. 1988)

1905 Alan Rawsthorne British composer (d. 1971)

1905 Charlotte Armstrong American author (d. 1969)

1905 Edmund Black American hammer thrower (d. 1996)

1905 Werner Fenchel German-Danish mathematician and academic (d. 1988)

1905 Al Dexter American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1984)

1905 Floyd Gottfredson American author and illustrator (d. 1986)

1905 Philip N. Krasne American lawyer and producer (d. 1999)

1905 Philip Baxter Welsh-Australian chemical engineer (d. 1989)

1905 Red Nichols American cornet player composer and bandleader (d. 1965)

1905 Markos Vamvakaris Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (d. 1972)

1905 Lise de Baissac Mauritian-born SOE agent war hero (d. 2004)

1905 Catherine Bauer Wurster American architect and public housing advocate (d. 1964)

1905 Édouard Rinfret Canadian lawyer and politician Postmaster General of Canada (d. 1994)

1905 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Indian lawyer and politician 5th President of India (d. 1977)

1905 Jean Daniélou French cardinal and theologian (d. 1974)

1905 Herbert Morrison American soldier and journalist (d. 1989)

1905 Antonio Berni Argentinian painter illustrator and engraver (d. 1981)

1905 Joseph Cotten American actor (d. 1994)

1905 Albert Dubout French cartoonist illustrator painter and sculptor (d. 1976)

1905 Abraham Zapruder American businessman and amateur photographer filmed the Zapruder film (d. 1970)

1905 Bodo von Borries German physicist and academic co-invented the electron microscope (d. 1956)

1905 Tom Driberg British politician (d. 1976)

1905 George Nakashima American woodworker and architect (d. 1990)

1905 Mikhail Sholokhov Russian novelist and short story writer Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)

1905 Sebastian Shaw English actor director and playwright (d. 1994)

1905 Martin Gottfried Weiss German SS officer (d. 1946)

1905 James J. Braddock American world heavyweight boxing champion (d. 1974)

1905 Ray Barbuti American sprinter and football player (d. 1988)

1905 James T. Rutnam Sri Lankan historian and author (d. 1988)

1905 Steve Broidy American businessman (d. 1991)

1905 Arthur Davis American animator and director (d. 2000)

1905 Eduard Tubin Estonian composer and conductor (d. 1982)

1905 Mildred Natwick American actress (d. 1994)

1905 Jacques Goddet French journalist (d. 2000)

1905 Jack Pickersgill Canadian civil servant and politician 35th Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1997)

1905 Fred Alderman American sprinter (d. 1998)

1905 Rupert Wildt German-American astronomer and academic (d. 1976)

1905 Lynd Ward American author and illustrator (d. 1985)

1905 Armand Mondou Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)

1905 John Van Ryn American tennis player (d. 1999)

1905 Johnny Gibson American hurdler and coach (d. 2006)

1905 Irving Johnson American sailor and author (d. 1991)

1905 Robert Hankey 2nd Baron Hankey British diplomat and public servant (d. 1996)

1905 Lionel Trilling American critic essayist short story writer and educator (d. 1975)

1905 Madeleine Sylvain-Bouchereau Haitian sociologist and educator (d. 1970)

1905 Juan O'Gorman Mexican painter and architect (d. 1982)

1905 Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin French mathematician (d. 1972)

1905 Leonid Amalrik Russian animator and director (d. 1997)

1905 Mildred Benson American journalist and author (d. 2002)

1905 Thomas Gomez American actor (d. 1971)

1905 Wolfram Sievers German physician (d. 1948)

1905 Betty Allan Australian statistician and biometrician (d. 1952)

1905 Alfredo M. Santos Filipino general (d. 1990)

1905 Eugenio Pagnini Italian modern pentathlete (d. 1993)

1905 Magda Foy American child actress (d. 2000)

1905 Dorothy Fields American songwriter (d. 1974)

1905 Anita Farra Italian actress (d. 2008)

1905 William Gargan American actor (d. 1979)

1905 Joseph Levis American foil fencer (d. 2005)

1905 Leopold Engleitner Austrian author and educator (d. 2013)

1905 Elias Canetti Bulgarian-Swiss novelist playwright and memoirist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)

1905 Georges Grignard French race car driver (d. 1977)

1905 Denys Watkins-Pitchford English author and illustrator (d. 1990)

1905 Stanley Kunitz American poet and translator (d. 2006)

1905 Helen Sawyer Hogg American-Canadian astronomer and academic (d. 1993)

1905 Karl Amadeus Hartmann German composer (d. 1963)

1905 Ruth Nelson American actress (d. 1992)

1905 Franz König Austrian cardinal (d. 2004)

1905 Abeid Karume 1st President of Zanzibar (d. 1972)

1905 André Jolivet French composer (d. 1974)

1905 Leo Genn British actor and barrister (d. 1978)

1905 Era Bell Thompson American journalist and author (d. 1986)

1905 Erwin Chargaff Austrian-American biochemist and academic (d. 2002)

1905 Ernst Jaakson Estonian diplomat (d. 1998)

1905 Enoch Light American bandleader violinist and recording engineer (d. 1978)

1905 Jean Gebser German linguist poet and philosopher (d. 1973)

1905 Mikio Naruse Japanese director and screenwriter (d. 1969)

1905 Jack Teagarden American singer-songwriter and trombonist (d. 1964)

1905 Bipin Gupta Indian actor and producer (d. 1981)

1905 Ernie Bushmiller American cartoonist (d. 1982)

1905 Constant Lambert English composer and conductor (d. 1951)

1905 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1974)

1905 Siaka Stevens Sierra Leonean police officer and politician 1st President of Sierra Leone (d. 1988)

1905 Faustina Kowalska Polish nun and saint (d. 1938)

1905 Aris Velouchiotis Greek soldier (d. 1945)

1905 Cyril Walters Welsh-English cricketer (d. 1992)

1905 Dhyan Chand Indian field hockey player (d. 1979)

1905 Arndt Pekurinen Finnish activist (d. 1941)

1905 Robert Bacher American physicist and academic (d. 2004)

1905 Sanford Meisner American actor and educator (d. 1997)

1905 Father Chrysanthus Dutch arachnologist (d. 1972)

1905 John Mills New Zealand cricketer (d. 1972)

1905 Mary Renault English-South African author (d. 1983)

1905 Walter Zapp Latvian-Estonian inventor invented the Minox (d. 2003)

1905 Maurice Challe French general (d. 1979)

1905 Arthur Koestler Hungarian-English journalist and author (d. 1983)

1905 Justiniano Montano Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 2005)

1905 Joseph E. Levine American film producer founded Embassy Pictures (d. 1987)

1905 Brahmarishi Hussain Sha Indian philosopher and poet (d. 1981)

1905 Linda Agostini English-Australian murder victim (d. 1934)

1905 Vladimír Holan Czech poet and author (d. 1980)

1905 Tshekedi Khama regent of the Bamangwato tribe (d. 1959)

1905 Eddie "Rochester" Anderson American actor (d. 1977)

1905 Agnes de Mille American dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)

1905 Judith Auer German World War II resistance fighter (d. 1944)

1905 Leon Jaworski American lawyer co-founded Fulbright & Jaworski (d. 1982)

1905 Robert Lebel Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1999)

1905 Haakon Lie Norwegian lawyer and politician (d. 2009)

1905 Eugen Sänger Czech-Austrian engineer (d. 1964)

1905 Severo Ochoa Spanish–American physician and biochemist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)

1905 Millito Navarro Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2011)

1905 Karl Rappan Austrian footballer and coach (d. 1996)

1905 Conrad Heidkamp German footballer and manager (d. 1994)

1905 Fidel LaBarba American boxer and sportswriter (d. 1981)

1905 Nevill Francis Mott English physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)

1905 Michael Powell English director producer and screenwriter (d. 1990)

1905 Franjo Šeper Croatian cardinal (d. 1981)

1905 Tekin Arıburun Turkish soldier and politician President of Turkey (d. 1993)

1905 John Hoyt American actor (d. 1991)

1905 Harriet E. MacGibbon American actress (d. 1987)

1905 Helen Wills American tennis player and painter (d. 1998)

1905 Andy Devine American actor (d. 1977)

1905 Aksella Luts Estonian actress screenwriter dancer and choreographer (d. 2005)

1905 Fred Trump American real estate entrepreneur (d. 1999)

1905 Yves Allégret French director and screenwriter (d. 1987)

1905 John Rinehart Blue American military officer educator businessperson and politician (d. 1965)

1905 Coloman Braun-Bogdan Romanian footballer and manager (d. 1983)

1905 C. P. Snow English chemist and author (d. 1980)

1905 Ernst Kuzorra German footballer and manager (d. 1990)

1905 Leopoldo Benites Ecuadorian diplomat 28th president of the United Nations General Assembly (d. 1996)

1905 Jan Gies Dutch activist (d. 1993)

1905 Félix Houphouët-Boigny Ivorian union leader and politician 1st President of Côte d'Ivoire (d. 1993)

1905 Joseph Kosma Hungarian-French pianist and composer (d. 1969)

1905 Felix Bloch Swiss physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)

1905 Yen Chia-kan Chinese lawyer and politician President of the Republic of China (d. 1993)

1905 Gertrude Ederle American swimmer (d. 2003)

1905 Fran Zwitter Slovenian historian and academic (d. 1988)

1905 George Bernard Flahiff Canadian cardinal (d. 1989)

1905 Tatyana Pavlovna Ehrenfest Dutch mathematician (d. 1984)

1905 Henry Green English author (d. 1973)

1905 Johnny Miles English-Canadian runner (d. 2003)

1905 Paul-Émile Borduas Canadian-French painter and educator (d. 1960)

1905 Isobel Andrews New Zealand writer (d. 1990)

1905 Georges Schehadé Lebanese poet and playwright (d. 1989)

1905 Lois Mailou Jones American painter and academic (d. 1998)

1905 Dragutin Tadijanović Croatian poet and translator (d. 2007)

1905 Joel McCrea American actor (d. 1990)

1905 Louis Rosier French racing driver (d. 1956)

1905 Sajjad Zaheer Indian author and poet (d. 1973)

1905 William Alwyn English composer conductor and educator (d. 1985)

1905 Erika Mann German-Swiss actress and author (d. 1969)

1905 Louise Thaden American pilot (d. 1979)

1905 John Henry Barbee American singer and guitarist (d. 1964)

1905 Mantovani Italian conductor and composer (d. 1980)

1905 Eddie Condon American guitarist and banjo player (d. 1973)

1905 Mischa Auer Russian-American actor (d. 1967)

1905 Astrid of Sweden (d. 1935)

1905 Arthur Chipperfield Australian cricketer (d. 1987)

1905 Eleanor Audley American actress (d. 1991)

1905 Minoo Masani Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1998)

1905 Georgina Battiscombe British biographer (d. 2006)

1905 K. Alvapillai Sri Lankan civil servant (d. 1979)

1905 Samiha Ayverdi Turkish mystic and author (d. 1993)

1905 Bob Johnson American baseball player (d. 1982)

1905 Astrid Allwyn American actress (d. 1978)

1905 Marcel Lefebvre French-Swiss archbishop and theologian (d. 1991)

1905 Alex Wilson Canadian sprinter and coach (d. 1994)

1905 Les Ames English cricketer (d. 1990)

1905 Gus Mancuso American baseball player coach and sportscaster (d. 1984)

1905 Otto Preminger Austrian-American actor director and producer (d. 1986)

1905 Francisco Javier Arana Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (d.1949)

1905 Elizabeth Yates American journalist and author (d. 2001)

1905 Gerard Kuiper Dutch-American astronomer and academic (d. 1973)

1905 Dalton Trumbo American author screenwriter and blacklistee (d. 1976)

1905 Robert Henriques English farmer author and broadcaster (d. 1967)

1905 Gilbert Roland Mexican-American actor and singer (d. 1994)

1905 Ann Barzel American writer and dance critic (d. 2007)

1905 Piet Hein Danish mathematician author and poet (d. 1996)

1905 Ruben Nirvi Finnish linguist and professor (d. 1986)

1905 Simo Häyhä Finnish soldier and sniper (d. 2002)

1905 Mohammad Hidayatullah 11th Chief Justice of India and politician sixth Vice President of India (d. 1992)

1905 Erico Verissimo Brazilian author and translator (d. 1975)

1905 Irving Kahn American businessman (d. 2015)

1905 Giovanni Lurani Italian race car driver engineer and journalist (d. 1995)

1905 Bill O'Reilly Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1992)

1905 Anthony Powell English author (d. 2000)

1905 Käte Fenchel German mathematician (d. 1983)

1905 Pierre Brasseur French-Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1972)

1905 Pierre Levegh French ice hockey player and racing driver (d. 1955)

1905 Kenneth Rexroth American poet translator and academic (d. 1982)

1905 William Loeb III American publisher (d. 1981)

1905 Cliff Arquette American actor and comedian (d. 1974)

1905 Daniil Kharms Russian poet author and playwright (d. 1942)

1905 Helen Dodson Prince American astronomer and academic (d. 2002)

1905 Jule Styne English-American composer (d. 1994)

1905 Howard McNear American actor (d. 1969)

1905 Emilio G. Segrè Italian-American physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)

1905 Władysław Gomułka Polish politician (d. 1982)

1905 Jan Werich Czech actor and playwright (d. 1980)

1905 Bob Wills American Western swing musician songwriter and bandleader (d. 1975)

1905 Pura Santillan-Castrence Filipino author and diplomat (d. 2007)

1905 Robert Newton English-American actor (d. 1956)

1905 Ruth Alexander pioneering American pilot (d. 1930)

1905 Hedley Verity English cricketer and soldier (d. 1943)

1905 Lilí Álvarez Spanish tennis player author and feminist (d. 1998)

1905 Elizabeth Huckaby American author and educator (d. 1999)

1905 Georg Lammers German sprinter (d. 1987)

1905 Jean Pierre-Bloch French author and activist (d. 1999)

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