Birthdays In History 1908

1908 George Dolenz Italian-American actor (d. 1963)

1908 Red Allen American trumpet player (d. 1967)

1908 Fearless Nadia Australian-Indian actress and stuntwoman (d. 1996)

1908 William Hartnell English actor (d. 1975)

1908 Lionel Stander American actor and activist (d. 1994)

1908 Jean Delannoy French actor director and screenwriter (d. 2008)

1908 Clement Hurd American illustrator (d. 1988)

1908 Russ Columbo American singer violinist and actor (d. 1934)

1908 Sammy Crooks English footballer (d. 1981)

1908 Günther Prien German captain (d. 1941)

1908 Cus D'Amato American boxing manager and trainer (d. 1985)

1908 Jacob Bronowski Polish-English mathematician historian and television host (d. 1974)

1908 Ish Kabibble American comedian and cornet player (d. 1994)

1908 Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1971)

1908 Lev Landau Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)

1908 Prince Oana American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)

1908 Hsieh Tung-min Taiwanese politicians and Vice President of the Republic of China (d. 2001)

1908 Jill Esmond English actress (d. 1990)

1908 Rupprecht Geiger German painter and sculptor (d. 2009)

1908 Stéphane Grappelli French violinist (d. 1997)

1908 Julian Bell English poet and academic (d. 1937)

1908 Marie Baron Dutch swimmer and diver (d. 1948)

1908 Peg Entwistle Welsh-American actress (d. 1932)

1908 Eugen Weidmann German criminal (d. 1939)

1908 Buster Crabbe American swimmer and actor (d. 1983)

1908 Manmath Nath Gupta Indian journalist and author (d. 2000)

1908 Jean Coulthard Canadian composer and educator (d. 2000)

1908 Philip Dunne American screenwriter (d. 1992)

1908 Vivian Fuchs English explorer (d. 1999)

1908 Sarto Fournier Canadian lawyer and politician 38th Mayor of Montreal (d. 1980)

1908 Bo Yibo Chinese general and politician Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 2007)

1908 Rómulo Betancourt Venezuelan politician 56th President of Venezuela (d. 1981)

1908 John Mills English actor (d. 2005)

1908 William McMahon Australian lawyer and politician 20th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1988)

1908 Telford Taylor American general lawyer and historian (d. 1998)

1908 Mary Locke Petermann cellular biochemist (d. 1975)

1908 Frank G. Slaughter American physician and author (d. 2001)

1908 Billie Bird American actress (d. 2002)

1908 Balthus French-Swiss painter and illustrator (d. 2001)

1908 Dee Brown American historian and author (d. 2002)

1908 Alf Gover English cricketer and coach (d. 2001)

1908 Louie Myfanwy Thomas Welsh writer (d. 1968)

1908 Walter Bruch German engineer (d. 1990)

1908 T. R. M. Howard American surgeon and activist (d. 1976)

1908 Thomas Shaw American singer and guitarist (d. 1977)

1908 Fritz Fischer German historian and author (d. 1999)

1908 Irving Fiske American author and playwright (d. 1990)

1908 Matti Sippala Finnish javelin thrower (d. 1997)

1908 Rita Angus New Zealand painter (d. 1970)

1908 David Marshall Singaporean lawyer and politician 1st Chief Minister of Singapore (d. 1995)

1908 Walter Annenberg American publisher philanthropist and diplomat United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (d. 2002)

1908 Myrtle Bachelder American chemist and Women's Army Corps officer (d. 1997)

1908 Ed Heinemann American designer of military aircraft (d. 1991)

1908 Maurice Merleau-Ponty French philosopher and academic (d. 1961)

1908 Philip Conrad Vincent English engineer and businessman founded Vincent Motorcycles (d. 1979)

1908 René Daumal French author and poet (d. 1944)

1908 Ernest Rogez French water polo player (d. 1986)

1908 Robert Rossen American director producer and screenwriter (d. 1966)

1908 Brigitte Helm German-Swiss actress (d. 1996)

1908 Loulou Gasté French composer (d. 1995)

1908 Michael Redgrave English actor and director (d. 1985)

1908 Jack Crawford Australian tennis player (d. 1991)

1908 Louis L'Amour American novelist and short story writer (d. 1988)

1908 Franz Stangl Austrian-German SS officer (d. 1971)

1908 Arthur O'Connell American actor (d. 1981)

1908 Dennis O'Keefe American actor and screenwriter (d. 1968)

1908 Red Norvo American vibraphone player and composer (d. 1999)

1908 Harlow Rothert American shot putter lawyer and academic (d. 1997)

1908 Buddy Ebsen American actor and dancer (d. 2003)

1908 Kurt Neumann German director (d. 1958)

1908 Jagjivan Ram Indian politician 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (d. 1986)

1908 Herbert von Karajan Austrian conductor and manager (d. 1989)

1908 Marcel-Marie Desmarais Canadian preacher missionary and author (d. 1994)

1908 Percy Faith Canadian composer conductor and bandleader (d. 1976)

1908 Pete Zaremba American hammer thrower (d. 1994)

1908 Hugo Fregonese Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 1987)

1908 Joseph Krumgold American author and screenwriter (d. 1980)

1908 Paula Nenette Pepin French composer pianist and lyricist (d. 1990)

1908 Jane Bolin American lawyer and judge (d. 2007)

1908 Dan Maskell English tennis player and sportscaster (d. 1992)

1908 Leo Rosten Polish-American author and academic (d. 1997)

1908 Ida Pollock English author and painter (d. 2013)

1908 Robert Lee Scott Jr. American pilot and general (d. 2006)

1908 Ellis Marsalis Sr. American businessman and activist (d. 2004)

1908 Ray Ventura French jazz bandleader (d. 1979)

1908 Irena Eichlerówna Polish actress (d. 1990)

1908 Myron Waldman American animator and director (d. 2006)

1908 Marceline Day American actress (d. 2000)

1908 Inga Gentzel Swedish runner (d. 1991)

1908 Józef Gosławski Polish sculptor (d. 1963)

1908 Ethel Catherwood American-Canadian high jumper and javelin thrower (d. 1987)

1908 Jack Fingleton Australian cricketer journalist and sportscaster (d. 1981)

1908 Jack Williamson American author and academic (d. 2006)

1908 Eve Arden American actress (d. 1990)

1908 Bjarni Benediktsson Icelandic professor of law and politician 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1970)

1908 Frank Robert Miller Canadian air marshal and politician (d. 1997)

1908 Giovannino Guareschi Italian journalist and author (d. 1968)

1908 Morris Kline American mathematician and academic (d. 1992)

1908 Frank Rowlett American cryptologist (d. 1998)

1908 Wolrad Eberle German decathlete (d. 1949)

1908 Kurt Böhme German opera singer (d. 1989)

1908 Carl Albert American lawyer and politician 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2000)

1908 Nicholas Kaldor Hungarian-English economist (d. 1986)

1908 Eugen Kapp Estonian composer and educator (d. 1996)

1908 Betty Jeffrey Australian nurse and author (d. 2000)

1908 Manik Bandopadhyay Indian author poet and playwright (d. 1956)

1908 Merriam Modell American author (d. 1994)

1908 Percy Williams Canadian sprinter (d. 1982)

1908 Henry Bolte Australian politician 38th Premier of Victoria (d. 1990)

1908 Louis Daquin French actor and director (d. 1980)

1908 Francis Raymond Fosberg American botanist and author (d. 1993)

1908 Horton Smith American golfer and captain (d. 1963)

1908 Hélène Boucher French pilot (d. 1934)

1908 Theodore Roethke American poet (d. 1963)

1908 Robert Morley English actor (d. 1992)

1908 Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ Vietnamese politician 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 1976)

1908 Léo Cadieux Canadian journalist and politician 17th Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 2005)

1908 Ian Fleming English journalist and author created James Bond (d. 1964)

1908 Diana Morgan Welsh-English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1996)

1908 Hannes Alfvén Swedish physicist and engineer Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)

1908 Mel Blanc American voice actor (d. 1989)

1908 Don Ameche American actor (d. 1993)

1908 Luis Kutner American lawyer author and activist (d. 1993)

1908 Branch McCracken American basketball player and coach (d. 1970)

1908 Karl Hein German hammer thrower (d. 1982)

1908 Francisco Marto Portuguese saint (d. 1919)

1908 Alphonse Ouimet Canadian broadcaster (d. 1988)

1908 Marina Semyonova Russian ballerina and educator (d. 2010)

1908 Otto Skorzeny German SS officer (d. 1975)

1908 Bud Collyer American actor and game show host (d. 1969)

1908 Stanley Knowles American-Canadian academic and politician (d. 1997)

1908 Nedra Volz American actress (d. 2003)

1908 Billy Werber American baseball player (d. 2009)

1908 Gus Schilling American actor (d. 1957)

1908 William Frankena American philosopher and academic (d. 1994)

1908 Hugo Distler German organist composer and conductor (d. 1942)

1908 Alfons Rebane Estonian colonel (d. 1976)

1908 Willard Van Orman Quine American philosopher and academic (d. 2000)

1908 Salvador Allende Chilean physician and politician 29th President of Chile (d. 1973)

1908 João Guimarães Rosa Brazilian physician and author (d. 1967)

1908 Leroy Anderson American composer and conductor (d. 1975)

1908 Erik Lundqvist Swedish javelin thrower (d. 1963)

1908 Winston Graham English author (d. 2003)

1908 Luigi Rovere Italian film producer (d. 1996)

1908 Rob Nieuwenhuys Dutch writer (d. 1999)

1908 M. F. K. Fisher American author (d. 1992)

1908 Robert B. Meyner American lawyer and politician 44th Governor of New Jersey (d. 1990)

1908 Henri of Orléans (d. 1999)

1908 Lyman S. Ayres II American businessman (d. 1996)

1908 Anton Muttukumaru Sri Lankan general and diplomat (d. 2001)

1908 Revilo P. Oliver American author and academic (d. 1994)

1908 V. K. R. Varadaraja Rao Indian economist politician professor and educator (d. 1991)

1908 Allamah Rasheed Turabi Pakistani philosopher and scholar (d. 1973)

1908 Minor White American photographer critic and educator (d. 1976)

1908 Dorothy Round English tennis player (d. 1982)

1908 Tim Spencer American country & western singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1974)

1908 Peace Pilgrim American mystic and activist (d. 1981)

1908 Lupe Vélez Mexican-American actress and dancer (d. 1944)

1908 Beatrice Aitchison American mathematician statistician and transportation economist (d. 1997)

1908 Daniel Fry American contactee (d. 1992)

1908 Jug McSpaden American golfer and architect (d. 1996)

1908 Amy Vanderbilt American author (d. 1974)

1908 Bill Bowes English cricketer (d. 1987)

1908 Ambroise-Marie Carré French priest and author (d. 2004)

1908 Jack Gilford American actor (d. 1990)

1908 Lucien Wercollier Luxembourger sculptor (d. 2002)

1908 Joseph Mitchell American journalist and author (d. 1996)

1908 Kurt Eichhorn German conductor (d. 1994)

1908 Harold Holt Australian lawyer and politician 17th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967)

1908 Jose Garcia Villa Filipino short story writer and poet (d. 1997)

1908 Maria Ludwika Bernhard Polish classical archaeologist and a member of WWII Polish resistance (d. 1998)

1908 Lajos Vajda Hungarian painter and illustrator (d. 1941)

1908 Arthur Goldberg American jurist and politician 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1990)

1908 Rica Erickson Australian botanist historian and author (d. 2009)

1908 Billy Gonsalves American soccer player (d. 1977)

1908 Don Freeman American author and illustrator (d. 1978)

1908 Torgny T:son Segerstedt Swedish sociologist and philosopher (d. 1999)

1908 Gene Raymond American actor and pilot (d. 1998)

1908 Orlando Cole American cellist and educator (d. 2010)

1908 William Keepers Maxwell Jr. American editor novelist short story writer and essayist (d. 2000)

1908 Edgar Faure French historian and politician 139th Prime Minister of France (d. 1988)

1908 Olav H. Hauge Norwegian poet and gardener (d. 1994)

1908 Bill Merritt New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1977)

1908 Erwin Thiesies German rugby player and coach (d. 1993)

1908 Hannah Frank Scottish sculptor and illustrator (d. 2008)

1908 Shivaram Rajguru Indian activist (d. 1931)

1908 Walter Bruno Henning Prussian-American linguist and scholar (d. 1967)

1908 Aubrey Schenck American screenwriter and producer (d. 1999)

1908 Don Bradman Australian cricketer and manager (d. 2001)

1908 Roger Tory Peterson American ornithologist and author (d. 1996)

1908 Fred MacMurray American actor (d. 1991)

1908 William Saroyan American novelist playwright and short story writer (d. 1981)

1908 Amir Elahi Pakistani cricketer (d. 1980)

1908 Lou Kenton English social activist (d. 2012)

1908 Ruth Bancroft American landscape and garden designer (d. 2017)

1908 Lev Pontryagin Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1988)

1908 Edward Dmytryk Canadian-American director and producer (d. 1999)

1908 Richard Wright American novelist short story writer essayist and poet (d. 1960)

1908 Josué de Castro Brazilian physician geographer and activist (d. 1973)

1908 Joaquín Nin-Culmell German-American pianist and composer (d. 2004)

1908 Cecilia Seghizzi Italian composer and painter (d. 2019)

1908 Anthony Wagner English genealogist and academic (d. 1995)

1908 Korczak Ziolkowski American sculptor designed the Crazy Horse Memorial (d. 1982)

1908 Michael E. DeBakey American surgeon and educator (d. 2008)

1908 Max Kaminsky American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1994)

1908 Cesare Pavese Italian poet and author (d. 1950)

1908 Shigekazu Shimazaki Japanese admiral (d. 1945)

1908 Angus Bethune Australian soldier and politician 33rd Premier of Tasmania (d. 2004)

1908 Raymond Scott American pianist composer and bandleader (d. 1994)

1908 Waldo Rudolph Wedel American archaeologist and author (d. 1996)

1908 Alvar Lidell English journalist (d. 1981)

1908 Werner Flume German jurist (d. 2009)

1908 Chu Berry American saxophonist (d. 1941)

1908 Karolos Koun Greek director and playwright (d. 1987)

1908 Sicco Mansholt Dutch farmer and politician 4th President of the European Commission (d. 1995)

1908 Mae Questel American actress and vocal artist (d. 1998)

1908 Kid Sheik American trumpet player (d. 1996)

1908 Penny Singleton American actress and singer (d. 2003)

1908 John Creasey English author and politician (d. 1973)

1908 Rafael Israelyan Armenian architect and educator designed the Sardarapat Memorial and St. Vartan Cathedral (d. 1973)

1908 Victor Ambartsumian Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist astronomer and academic (d. 1996)

1908 Paul Bénichou French historian author and critic (d. 2001)

1908 Robert Lecourt French lawyer judge and politician Lord Chancellor of France (d. 2004)

1908 Tatsuo Shimabuku Japanese martial artist founded Isshin-ryū (d. 1975)

1908 Esphyr Slobodkina Russian-American author and illustrator (d. 2002)

1908 Ramdhari Singh Dinkar Indian poet academic and politician (d. 1974)

1908 Jacqueline Audry French director and screenwriter (d. 1977)

1908 Eddie Tolan American sprinter and educator (d. 1967)

1908 David Oistrakh Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 1974)

1908 Herman David Koppel Danish pianist and composer (d. 1998)

1908 Johnny Burke American songwriter (d. 1964)

1908 Mehmet Ali Aybar Turkish lawyer and politician (d. 1995)

1908 Joshua Logan American director and screenwriter (d. 1988)

1908 Carole Lombard American actress (d. 1942)

1908 Sergei Sobolev Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1989)

1908 Ezekias Papaioannou Greek-Cypriot politician (d. 1988)

1908 Harry Hooton Australian poet and critic (d. 1961)

1908 Werner von Haeften German lieutenant (d. 1944)

1908 Lee Wiley American singer (d. 1975)

1908 Johnny Green American conductor and composer (d. 1989)

1908 Mercè Rodoreda Catalan author and poet (d. 1983)

1908 Paul Engle American novelist poet playwright and critic (d. 1991)

1908 Ann Petry American novelist (d. 1997)

1908 Herman Chittison American pianist (d. 1967)

1908 Olivia Coolidge English-American author and educator (d. 2006)

1908 Hjördis Petterson Swedish actress (d. 1988)

1908 Wally Prigg Australian rugby league player (d. 1980)

1908 Red Rolfe American baseball player coach and manager (d. 1969)

1908 Kenji Miyamoto Japanese politician (d. 2007)

1908 Geirr Tveitt Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1981)

1908 Stuart Hamblen American singer-songwriter actor and radio show host (d. 1989)

1908 Niyazi Berkes Cypriot-English sociologist and academic (d. 1988)

1908 John Gould American journalist and author (d. 2003)

1908 José Escobar Saliente Spanish cartoonist (d. 1994)

1908 František Douda Czech shot putter (d. 1990)

1908 Ilya Frank Russian physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)

1908 John Tuzo Wilson Canadian geologist and geophysicist (d. 1993)

1908 Lee Krasner American painter (d. 1984)

1908 Arturo Frondizi Argentinian lawyer and politician 32nd President of Argentina (d. 1995)

1908 Patsy Montana American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1996)

1908 U. Muthuramalingam Thevar Indian politician (d. 1963)

1908 Peter Smith English cricketer (d. 1967)

1908 Dmitry Ustinov Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. 1984)

1908 Muriel Duckworth Canadian activist (d. 2009)

1908 Fred Bakewell English cricketer (d. 1983)

1908 Bunny Berigan American trumpet player (d. 1942)

1908 Giovanni Leone Italian lawyer and politician 6th President of Italy (d. 2001)

1908 Stanley Cortez American cinematographer and photographer (d. 1997)

1908 Joseph Rotblat Polish-English physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)

1908 Tony Canzoneri American boxer (d. 1959)

1908 Marijac French author and illustrator (d. 1994)

1908 Martha Gellhorn American journalist and author (d. 1998)

1908 Noemí Gerstein Argentinian sculptor and illustrator (d. 1996)

1908 Charles Merritt Canadian colonel and politician Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)

1908 Harry Blackmun American lawyer and judge (d. 1999)

1908 C. Vann Woodward American historian author and academic (d. 1999)

1908 Carlo Abarth Italian engineer and businessman founded Abarth (d. 1979)

1908 Imogene Coca American actress comedian and singer (d. 2001)

1908 Louis Prince of Hesse and by Rhine the youngest son of Ernest Louis Grand Duke of Hesse (d. 1968)

1908 Alistair Cooke British-American journalist and author (d. 2004)

1908 Jenő Vincze Hungarian footballer (d. 1988)

1908 Leo Politi Italian-American author and illustrator (d. 1996)

1908 Elizabeth George Speare American author and educator (d. 1994)

1908 Nelson S. Bond American author and playwright (d. 2006)

1908 Libertad Lamarque Argentinian actress and singer (d. 2000)

1908 Natyaguru Nurul Momen Bangladeshi playwright author educator director and media personality (d. 1990)

1908 Charles Forte Baron Forte Italian-Scottish businessman founded Forte Group (d. 2007)

1908 Lefty Gomez American baseball player and manager (d. 1989)

1908 Michael Adekunle Ajasin Nigerian educator and politician 3rd Governor of Ondo State (d. 1997)

1908 Claude Lévi-Strauss Belgian-French anthropologist and ethnologist (d. 2009)

1908 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. American pastor and politician (d. 1972)

1908 Alfred Hershey American bacteriologist and geneticist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)

1908 Pierre Graber Swiss lawyer and politician 69th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2003)

1908 Miklós Szabó Hungarian runner (d. 2000)

1908 Herta Freitag Austrian-American mathematician (d. 2000)

1908 Concha Piquer Spanish singer and actress (d. 1990)

1908 John A. Volpe American soldier and politician 61st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1994)

1908 Olivier Messiaen French composer and ornithologist (d. 1992)

1908 Elliott Carter American composer and academic (d. 2012)

1908 Manoel de Oliveira Portuguese actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 2015)

1908 Hákun Djurhuus Faroese educator and politician fourth Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1987)

1908 Amon Göth Austrian Nazi war criminal (d. 1946)

1908 Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Brazilian historian and activist (d. 1995)

1908 Van Heflin American film actor (d. 1971)

1908 Elizabeth Alexander British geologist academic and physicist (d. 1958)

1908 Morey Amsterdam American actor singer and screenwriter (d. 1996)

1908 Claude Davey Welsh rugby player (d. 2001)

1908 Mária Szepes Hungarian journalist author and screenwriter (d. 2007)

1908 Swami Ranganathananda Indian monk scholar and author (d. 2005)

1908 Remedios Varo Spanish-Mexican surrealist painter & anarchist (d. 1963)

1908 Celia Johnson English actress (d. 1982)

1908 Paul Siple American geographer and explorer (d. 1969)

1908 Dennis Morgan American actor and singer (d. 1994)

1908 Giacomo Manzù Italian sculptor and academic (d. 1991)

1908 Gertrude Bancroft American economist (d. 1985)

1908 Yousuf Karsh Armenian-Canadian photographer (d. 2002)

1908 Quentin Crisp English author and illustrator (d. 1999)

1908 Ernest L. Massad American general (d. 1993)

1908 Jo-Jo Moore American baseball player (d. 2001)

1908 Ralph Hill American runner (d. 1994)

1908 Lew Ayres American actor (d. 1996)

1908 Helmut Gollwitzer German theologian and author (d. 1993)

1908 Magnus Pyke English scientist and author (d. 1992)

1908 Simon Wiesenthal Ukrainian-Austrian Nazi hunter and author (d. 2005)

1908 William Randolph Hearst Jr. American journalist and publisher (d. 1993)

1908 Paul Misraki Turkish-French composer and historian (d. 1998)

1908 George Pal Hungarian-American animator and producer (d. 1980)

1908 Louis Rasminsky Canadian economist and banker (d. 1998)

1908 Amintore Fanfani Italian journalist and politician 32nd Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1999)

1908 Edward Lansdale American general and CIA agent (d. 1987)

1908 Geo Bogza Romanian poet and journalist (d. 1993)

1908 Michael Maltese American actor screenwriter and composer (d. 1981)

1908 Jean Effel French painter caricaturist illustrator and journalist (d. 1982)

1908 Jacques Herbrand French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1931)

1908 Tex Avery American animator producer and voice actor (d. 1980)

1908 Nestor Mesta Chayres Mexican operatic tenor and bolero vocalist (d. 1971)

1908 Jean-Pierre Wimille French racing driver (d. 1949)

1908 Alain Cuny French actor (d. 1994)

1908 Paul Runyan American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2002)

1908 Lionel Hampton American vibraphone player pianist bandleader and actor (d. 2002)

1908 eden ahbez Scottish-American songwriter and recording artist (d. 1995)

1908 Wes Ferrell American

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