Birthdays In History 1906

1906 Manuel Silos Filipino filmmaker and actor (d. 1988)

1906 Kathleen Kenyon English archaeologist and academic (d. 1978)

1906 Emmanuel Levinas Lithuanian-French historian philosopher and academic (d. 1995)

1906 William Bendix American actor (d. 1964)

1906 Johannes Brenner Estonian footballer and pilot (d. 1975)

1906 Diana Wynyard English actress (d. 1964)

1906 Aristotle Onassis Greek shipping magnate (d. 1975)

1906 Igor Moiseyev Russian choreographer (d. 2007)

1906 Robert E. Howard American author and poet (d. 1936)

1906 Wilfred Jackson American animator and composer (d. 1988)

1906 Toni Ulmen German racing driver and motorcycle racer (d. 1976)

1906 George Adamson Indian-English author and activist (d. 1989)

1906 Dietrich Bonhoeffer German pastor and theologian (d. 1945)

1906 Letitia Dunbar-Harrison Irish librarian (d. 1994)

1906 Clyde Tombaugh American astronomer and academic discovered Pluto (d. 1997)

1906 John Carradine American actor (d. 1988)

1906 Puyi Chinese emperor (d. 1967)

1906 Oleg Antonov Russian engineer founded the Antonov Aircraft Company (d. 1984)

1906 Chester Carlson American physicist and lawyer invented Xerography (d. 1968)

1906 André Kostolany Hungarian-French economist and journalist (d. 1999)

1906 Lon Chaney Jr. American actor (d. 1973)

1906 Agostinho da Silva Portuguese philosopher and author (d. 1994)

1906 Vera Menchik British-Czechoslovak-Russian chess player (d. 1944)

1906 Mary Brian American actress (d. 2002)

1906 Hans Asperger Austrian pediatrician and academic (d. 1980)

1906 Gale Gordon American actor (d. 1995)

1906 Constance Stokes Australian painter (d. 1991)

1906 Mary Coyle Chase American journalist and playwright; author of Harvey (d. 1981)

1906 Phạm Văn Đồng Vietnamese lieutenant and politician 2nd Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2000)

1906 Artur Lundkvist Swedish poet and critic (d. 1991)

1906 Meindert DeJong Dutch-American soldier and author (d. 1991)

1906 Avery Fisher American violinist and engineer founded Fisher Electronics (d. 1994)

1906 Georges Ronsse Belgian cyclist and manager (d. 1969)

1906 Ulvi Cemal Erkin Turkish composer and educator (d. 1972)

1906 Francisco Ayala Spanish sociologist author and translator (d. 2009)

1906 Maurice Turnbull Welsh-English cricketer and rugby player (d. 1944)

1906 Henny Youngman English-American violinist and comedian (d. 1998)

1906 Clara Breed American librarian and activist (d. 1994)

1906 Abraham Beame American accountant and politician 104th Mayor of New York City (d. 2001)

1906 Ozzie Nelson American actor and bandleader (d. 1975)

1906 John D. Rockefeller III American philanthropist (d. 1978)

1906 Jim Thompson American businessman (d. 1967)

1906 André Filho Brazilian musician and songwriter (d. 1974)

1906 Jean Sablon French singer and actor (d. 1994)

1906 Rafael Méndez Mexican trumpet player and composer (d. 1981)

1906 H. Radclyffe Roberts American entomologist and museum administrator (d. 1982)

1906 Pee Wee Russell American clarinet player saxophonist and composer (d. 1969)

1906 Murray Adaskin Canadian violinist composer and conductor (d. 2002)

1906 Robert Allen American actor (d. 1998)

1906 Dorothy Knowles South African-English author fencer and academic (d. 2010)

1906 James Bausch American decathlete and football player (d. 1974)

1906 Sin-Itiro Tomonaga Japanese physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)

1906 Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev Russian engineer founded the Yakovlev Design Bureau (d. 1989)

1906 Alphonse-Marie Parent Canadian priest and educator (d. 1970)

1906 Bea Benaderet Turkish-Irish-American television radio and voice actress (d. 1968)

1906 John Cameron Swayze American journalist (d. 1995)

1906 Albert Charles Smith American botanist (d. 1999)

1906 Fernando Germani Italian organist (d. 1998)

1906 Ted Morgan New Zealand boxer (d. 1952)

1906 Raoul Jobin Canadian tenor and educator (d. 1974)

1906 Rafaela Aparicio Spanish actress (d. 1996)

1906 Antal Doráti Hungarian-American conductor and composer (d. 1988)

1906 Hugh Gaitskell British politician and leader of the Labour Party (d. 1963)

1906 Victor Vasarely Hungarian-French painter (d. 1997)

1906 Dale Messick American author and illustrator (d. 2005)

1906 Bud Freeman American saxophonist composer and bandleader (d. 1991)

1906 Eric Fenby English composer and educator (d. 1997)

1906 Prince Gustaf Adolf Duke of Västerbotten (d. 1947)

1906 Mimi Smith English nurse (d. 1991)

1906 William J. Brennan Jr. American colonel and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1997)

1906 Yiorgos Theotokas Greek author and playwright (d. 1966)

1906 Kurt Gödel Czech-American mathematician philosopher and academic (d. 1978)

1906 Paul Sacher Swiss conductor and philanthropist (d. 1999)

1906 Horst Schumann German SS officer and physician (d. 1983)

1906 Philippe Halsman Latvian-American photographer (d. 1979)

1906 René Huyghe French historian and author (d. 1997)

1906 Anna Roosevelt Halsted American journalist and author (d. 1975)

1906 Enrique Laguerre Puerto Rican journalist author and playwright (d. 2005)

1906 Gustav Bergmann Austrian-American philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1987)

1906 Charles Exbrayat French author and screenwriter (d. 1989)

1906 André Weil French mathematician and academic (d. 1998)

1906 Eric Krenz American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1931)

1906 Ernie McCormick Australian cricketer (d. 1991)

1906 Alfred Pellan Canadian painter and educator (d. 1988)

1906 Arturo Uslar Pietri Venezuelan lawyer journalist and author (d. 2001)

1906 Margret Rey German author and illustrator (d. 1996)

1906 Zinka Milanov Croatian-American soprano and educator (d. 1989)

1906 Bruce Bennett American shot putter and actor (d. 2007)

1906 Giuseppe Siri Italian cardinal (d. 1989)

1906 Buddhadasa Thai monk and philosopher (d. 1993)

1906 Harry Hibbs English footballer (d. 1984)

1906 Antonio Rosario Mennonna Italian bishop (d. 2009)

1906 Henry Thambiah Sri Lankan lawyer judge and diplomat Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada (d. 1997)

1906 Bruno Gröning German mystic and author (d. 1959)

1906 R. G. D. Allen English economist mathematician and statistician (d. 1983)

1906 Walter Robins English cricketer and footballer (d. 1968)

1906 Max August Zorn German mathematician and academic who is noted for Zorn's Lemma (d. 1993)

1906 Glen Gray American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1963)

1906 Robert Klark Graham American eugenicist and businessman founded Repository for Germinal Choice (d. 1997)

1906 Sandro Penna Italian poet (d. 1977)

1906 Bruno de Finetti Austrian-Italian mathematician and statistician (d. 1985)

1906 Gordon Welchman English-American mathematician and author (d. 1985)

1906 Léon Degrelle Belgian SS officer (d. 1994)

1906 Alan Fairfax Australian cricketer (d. 1955)

1906 Ernst Boris Chain German-Irish biochemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)

1906 Knut Kroon Swedish footballer (d. 1975)

1906 Walter Rauff German SS officer (d. 1984)

1906 Bob King American high jumper and obstetrician (d. 1965)

1906 Grete Sultan German-American pianist (d. 2005)

1906 William Kneale English logician and philosopher (d. 1990)

1906 Tribhuvan of Nepal (d. 1955)

1906 Pierre Fournier French cellist and educator (d. 1986)

1906 Willard Maas American poet and educator (d. 1971)

1906 Alberto Rabagliati Italian singer (d. 1974)

1906 Viktor Schreckengost American sculptor and educator (d. 2008)

1906 Vernon Watkins Welsh-American poet and painter (d. 1967)

1906 Maria Goeppert Mayer German-American physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)

1906 Ivan Chernyakhovsky Ukrainian general (d. 1945)

1906 Heinz Harmel German general (d. 2000)

1906 Anthony Mann American actor and director (d. 1967)

1906 Jean Dieudonné French mathematician and academic (d. 1992)

1906 Hans Bethe German-American physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)

1906 Károly Kárpáti Hungarian Jewish wrestler (d. 1996)

1906 Séra Martin French middle-distance runner (d. 1993)

1906 George Sanders Russian-born British actor (d. 1972)

1906 Vincent Schaefer American chemist and meteorologist (d. 1993)

1906 William Feller Croatian-American mathematician and academic (d. 1970)

1906 Anton Karas Austrian zither player and composer (d. 1985)

1906 Philip Johnson American architect designed the IDS Center and PPG Place (d. 2005)

1906 Harry von Zell American actor and announcer (d. 1981)

1906 Herbert Wehner German politician Minister of Intra-German Relations (d. 1990)

1906 R. S. Mugali Indian poet and academic (d. 1993)

1906 Rudolf Uhlenhaut English-German engineer (d. 1989)

1906 S. I. Hayakawa Canadian-American academic and politician (d. 1992)

1906 Clifford Odets American director playwright and screenwriter (d. 1963)

1906 Vladimir Prelog Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)

1906 Chandra Shekhar Azad Indian activist (d. 1931)

1906 Johnny Hodges American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1970)

1906 Irena Iłłakowicz German-Polish lieutenant (d. 1943)

1906 Jerzy Giedroyc Polish author and activist (d. 2000)

1906 Herbert Jasper Canadian psychologist and neurologist (d. 1999)

1906 Thelma Todd American actress and singer (d. 1935)

1906 Eugen Schuhmacher German zoologist director and producer (d. 1973)

1906 Joan Hickson English actress (d. 1998)

1906 John Huston American actor director and screenwriter (d. 1987)

1906 Wassily Leontief German-American economist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)

1906 Vic Dickenson American trombonist (d. 1984)

1906 Harry Hopman Australian tennis player and coach (d. 1985)

1906 Tedd Pierce American animator producer and screenwriter (d. 1972)

1906 Chuck Carroll American football player and lawyer (d. 2003)

1906 Art Shires American baseball player and boxer (d. 1967)

1906 Marcel Carné French director and screenwriter (d. 1996)

1906 Curtis Jones American blues pianist and singer (d. 1971)

1906 Philo Farnsworth American inventor invented the Fusor (d. 1971)

1906 Vidrik Rootare Estonian chess player (d. 1981)

1906 Friz Freleng American animator director and producer (d. 1995)

1906 Zoltan Sarosy Hungarian-Canadian chess master (d. 2017)

1906 Jim Smith English cricketer (d. 1979)

1906 Bunny Austin English tennis player (d. 2000)

1906 John Betjeman English poet and academic (d. 1984)

1906 Joan Blondell American actress and singer (d. 1979)

1906 Olga Taussky-Todd Austrian mathematician (d. 1995)

1906 Joaquín Balaguer Dominican lawyer and politician 49th President of the Dominican Republic (d. 2002)

1906 Franz Biebl German composer and educator (d. 2001)

1906 Eleanor Hibbert English author (d. 1993)

1906 Arthur Rowe English footballer and manager (d. 1993)

1906 Ruben Oskar Auervaara Finnish fraudster (d. 1964)

1906 Max Delbrück German-American biophysicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)

1906 Ralston Crawford American painter lithographer and photographer (d. 1978)

1906 Sunnyland Slim American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1995)

1906 Luis Federico Leloir French-Argentinian physician and biochemist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)

1906 Andrei Kirilenko Russian engineer and politician (d. 1990)

1906 Ali Hadi Bara Iranian-Turkish sculptor and educator (d. 1971)

1906 Karl Wien German geographer academic and mountaineer (d. 1937)

1906 Jacques Becker French actor director and screenwriter (d. 1960)

1906 Walter E. Rollins American songwriter (d. 1973)

1906 Jack Churchill Sri Lankan-British colonel (d. 1996)

1906 J. R. Jayewardene Sri Lankan lawyer and politician 2nd President of Sri Lanka (d. 1996)

1906 Edgar Wayburn American physician and environmentalist (d. 2010)

1906 Kaka Hathrasi Indian poet and author (d. 1995)

1906 Maurice Maillot French actor (d. 1968)

1906 Julio Rosales Filipino cardinal (d. 1983)

1906 Jean Dréville French actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 1997)

1906 Vera Faddeeva Russian mathematician (d. 1983)

1906 Henry Beachell American biologist and botanist (d. 2006)

1906 Ilse Koch German war criminal (d. 1967)

1906 Charles Ritchie Canadian diplomat High Commission of Canada to the United Kingdom (d. 1995)

1906 Leonard Marsh Canadian sociologist and academic (d. 1982)

1906 Józef Nawrot Polish footballer (d. 1982)

1906 Volfgangs Dārziņš Latvian composer pianist and music critic (d. 1962)

1906 Phyllis Pearsall English painter cartographer and author (d. 1996)

1906 William Empson English poet and critic (d. 1984)

1906 Jim Thompson American author and screenwriter (d. 1977)

1906 Sergei Varshavsky Russian art collector and author (d. 1980)

1906 Henry Nash Smith American academic (d. 1986)

1906 Mireille Hartuch French singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1996)

1906 S. D. Burman Indian composer and singer (d. 1975)

1906 Thomas Hollway Australian politician Premier of Victoria (d. 1971)

1906 Natalie Savage Carlson American author (d. 1997)

1906 Mary Celine Fasenmyer American mathematician (d. 1996)

1906 Taffy O'Callaghan Welsh footballer and coach (d. 1946)

1906 J. R. Eyerman American photographer and journalist (d. 1985)

1906 Paul Creston American composer and educator (d. 1985)

1906 Fei Mu Chinese director and screenwriter (d. 1951)

1906 R. K. Narayan Indian author (d. 2001)

1906 John Murray American playwright and producer (d. 1984)

1906 Piero Taruffi Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (d. 1988)

1906 Hassan al-Banna Egyptian religious leader founded the Muslim Brotherhood (d. 1949)

1906 Hiram Fong American soldier and politician (d. 2004)

1906 Alicia Patterson American journalist and publisher co-founded Newsday (d. 1963)

1906 Victoria Spivey American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1976)

1906 León Klimovsky Argentinian actor director and screenwriter (d. 1996)

1906 Andrey Tikhonov Soviet and Russian mathematician (d. 1993)

1906 Paul Derringer American baseball player (d. 1987)

1906 James Brooks American painter and educator (d. 1992)

1906 Kees van Baaren Dutch composer and educator (d. 1970)

1906 Aurelio Baldor Cuban mathematician and lawyer (d. 1978)

1906 Alexander Gelfond Russian mathematician and cryptographer (d. 1968)

1906 Primo Carnera Italian boxer and actor (d. 1967)

1906 Peter Blume Belarusian-American painter and sculptor (d. 1992)

1906 Earle Cabell American banker and politician Mayor of Dallas (d. 1975)

1906 Kazuo Ohno Japanese dancer and educator (d. 2010)

1906 Fredric Brown American author (d. 1972)

1906 Giuseppe Farina Italian race car driver (d. 1966)

1906 Hermann Fegelein German general (d. 1945)

1906 Alexander Gode German-American linguist and translator (d. 1970)

1906 Johnny Indrisano American boxer (d. 1968)

1906 Daniil Andreyev Russian poet and mystic (d. 1959)

1906 Luchino Visconti Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1976)

1906 Julia Boyer Reinstein American teacher and historian (d. 1998)

1906 Sterling North American author and critic (d. 1974)

1906 Endre Kabos Hungarian fencer (d. 1944)

1906 Fred Lawrence Whipple American astronomer and academic (d. 2004)

1906 Eugene Carson Blake American minister and educator (d. 1985)

1906 Arthur Rudolph German scientist and engineer (d. 1996)

1906 Josef Kramer German SS officer (d. 1945)

1906 Brother Theodore German-American monologuist and comedian (d. 2001)

1906 George Dillon American soldier and poet (d. 1968)

1906 Hermione Baddeley English actress (d. 1986)

1906 A. W. Mailvaganam Sri Lankan physicist and academic (d. 1987)

1906 Eva Zeisel Hungarian-American potter and designer (d. 2011)

1906 Louise Brooks American actress and dancer (d. 1985)

1906 Curtis LeMay American general and politician (d. 1990)

1906 Soichiro Honda Japanese engineer and businessman co-founded the Honda Motor Company (d. 1991)

1906 Rollie Stiles American baseball player (d. 2007)

1906 Sait Faik Abasıyanık Turkish author and poet (d. 1954)

1906 Alec Issigonis Greek-English car designer designed the mini car (d. 1988)

1906 Klaus Mann German-American novelist short story writer and critic (d. 1949)

1906 Franz Schädle German SS officer (d. 1945)

1906 Vera Tanner English swimmer (d. 1971)

1906 Jørgen Juve Norwegian football player and journalist (d. 1983)

1906 Betti Alver Estonian author and poet (d. 1989)

1906 Alice Ambrose American philosopher and logician (d. 2001)

1906 Henry Picard American golfer (d. 1997)

1906 Barbara C. Freeman English writer and poet (b. 1999)

1906 John Dickson Carr American author and playwright (d. 1977)

1906 Andrés Henestrosa Mexican poet linguist and politician (d. 2008)

1906 Erika Fuchs German translator (d. 2005)

1906 Freddy Martin American bandleader and tenor saxophonist (d. 1983)

1906 Jules Ladoumègue French runner (d. 1973)

1906 Harold Adamson American lyricist (d. 1980)

1906 Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (d. 1968)

1906 Laurens van der Post South African-English soldier and author (d. 1996)

1906 Fernando Lopes-Graça Portuguese composer and conductor (d. 1994)

1906 Russell C. Newhouse American pilot and engineer (d. 1998)

1906 Franz Waxman German-American composer and conductor (d. 1967)

1906 Lew Grade Baron Grade Ukrainian-English film producer (d. 1998)

1906 Ernst Ruska German physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)

1906 Oscar Levant American pianist composer and actor (d. 1972)

1906 Alziro Bergonzo Italian architect and painter (d. 1997)

1906 Carol Reed English director and producer (d. 1976)

1906 Pat O'Callaghan Irish athlete (d. 1991)

1906 Markos Vafiadis Greek general and politician (d. 1992)

1906 Adetokunbo Ademola Nigerian lawyer and jurist 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (d. 1993)

1906 Joseph Schull Canadian playwright and historian (d. 1980)

1906 Madeleine Carroll English actress (d. 1987)

1906 Steve Anderson American hurdler (d. 1988)

1906 Vincent Sherman American actor director and screenwriter (d. 2006)

1906 Eleanor Estes American librarian author and illustrator (d. 1988)

1906 Faisal of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian king (d. 1975)

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