Birthdays In History 1909

1909 Dana Andrews American actor (d. 1992)

1909 Barry Goldwater American politician businessman and author (d. 1998)

1909 Riccardo Cassin Italian mountaineer and author (d. 2009)

1909 Lucienne Bloch Swiss-American sculptor painter and photographer (d. 1995)

1909 Stephen Cole Kleene American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1994)

1909 Ashapoorna Devi Indian author and poet (d. 1995)

1909 Bruce Mitchell South African cricketer (d. 1995)

1909 Evelyn Wood American author and educator (d. 1995)

1909 Anthony Mamo Maltese lawyer and politician 1st President of Malta (d. 2008)

1909 Patrick Peyton Irish-American priest television personality and activist (d. 1992)

1909 Helm Glöckler German race car driver (d. 1993)

1909 Brenda Forbes English-American actress (d. 1996)

1909 Joseph Losey American director producer and screenwriter (d. 1984)

1909 Jean Bugatti German-French engineer (d. 1939)

1909 Gene Krupa American drummer composer and actor (d. 1973)

1909 Clement Greenberg American art critic (d. 1994)

1909 Gōgen Yamaguchi Japanese martial artist (d. 1989)

1909 Todor Skalovski Macedonian composer and conductor (d. 2004)

1909 Teofilo Spasojević Serbian footballer (d. 1970)

1909 Martha Norelius Swedish-born American swimmer (d. 1955)

1909 Porfirio Rubirosa Dominican racing driver polo player and diplomat (d. 1965)

1909 Ann Sothern American actress and singer (d. 2001)

1909 Martin Lings English author and scholar (d. 2005)

1909 Miron Grindea Romanian-English journalist (d. 1995)

1909 Frank Albertson American actor (d. 1964)

1909 André Cayatte French lawyer and director (d. 1989)

1909 Simone Weil French mystic and philosopher (d. 1943)

1909 Hélder Câmara Brazilian archbishop (d. 1999)

1909 Amedeo Guillet Italian soldier (d. 2010)

1909 Elisabeth Murdoch Australian philanthropist (d. 2012)

1909 Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson Scottish historian (d. 2002)

1909 Heather Angel English-American actress (d. 1986)

1909 Carmen Miranda Portuguese-Brazilian actress singer and dancer (d. 1955)

1909 Dean Rusk American colonel and politician 54th United States Secretary of State (d. 1994)

1909 Min Thu Wun Burmese poet scholar and politician (d. 2004)

1909 Max Baer American boxer and actor (d. 1959)

1909 Joseph L. Mankiewicz American director producer and screenwriter (d. 1993)

1909 Miep Gies Austrian-Dutch humanitarian helped hide Anne Frank and her family (d. 2010)

1909 Hugh Beaumont American actor and director (d. 1982)

1909 Richard McDonald American businessman co-founded McDonald's (d. 1998)

1909 Wallace Stegner American novelist short story writer and essayist (d. 1993)

1909 Hans Erni Swiss painter sculptor and illustrator (d. 2015)

1909 August Derleth American anthologist and author (d. 1971)

1909 Stephen Spender English author and poet (d. 1995)

1909 Eugene Esmonde English lieutenant and pilot (d. 1942)

1909 Winston Sharples American pianist and composer (d. 1978)

1909 Harry Helmsley American businessman (d. 1997)

1909 George Edward Holbrook American chemist and engineer (d. 1987)

1909 Beatrice Shilling English motorcycle racer and engineer (d. 1990)

1909 Petras Cvirka Lithuanian author (d. 1947)

1909 Don Raye American songwriter (d. 1985)

1909 Ernest Gallo American businessman co-founded the E & J Gallo Winery (d. 2007)

1909 C. Walter Hodges English author and illustrator (d. 2004)

1909 Louis Hayward South African-born American actor (d. 1985)

1909 Marjorie Linklater Scottish campaigner for the arts and environment of Orkney (d. 1997)

1909 Elisabeth Geleerd Dutch-American psychoanalyst (d. 1969)

1909 Harry Lane English footballer (d. 1977)

1909 Gabrielle Roy Canadian author and educator (d. 1983)

1909 Charles Werner American cartoonist (d. 1997)

1909 Chips Rafferty Australian actor (d. 1971)

1909 Héctor José Cámpora former President of Argentina (d. 1980)

1909 Golo Mann German historian and author (d. 1994)

1909 Ben Webster American saxophonist (d. 1973)

1909 Valery Marakou Belarusian poet and translator (d. 1937)

1909 Nelson Algren American novelist and short story writer (d. 1981)

1909 Moon Mullican American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1967)

1909 Abner Biberman American actor director and screenwriter (d. 1977)

1909 Eddy Duchin American pianist and bandleader (d. 1951)

1909 Stanislaw Ulam Polish-American mathematician and academic (d. 1984)

1909 Albert R. Broccoli American film producer co-founded Eon Productions (d. 1996)

1909 Giacomo Gentilomo Italian film director and painter (d. 2001)

1909 Károly Sós Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 1991)

1909 Erwin Wegner German hurdler (d. 1945)

1909 William M. Branham American minister and theologian (d. 1965)

1909 Hermann Lang German race car driver (d. 1987)

1909 Robert Charroux French author and critic (d. 1978)

1909 John Fante American author and screenwriter (d. 1983)

1909 Robert Helpmann Australian dancer actor and choreographer (d. 1986)

1909 Eudora Welty American short story writer and novelist (d. 2001)

1909 Rita Levi-Montalcini Italian neurologist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)

1909 Indro Montanelli Italian journalist and historian (d. 2001)

1909 Spyros Markezinis Greek politician Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2000)

1909 William Pereira American architect designed the Transamerica Pyramid (d. 1985)

1909 Marianne Hoppe German actress (d. 2002)

1909 Arthur Võõbus Estonian-American theologist and orientalist (d. 1988)

1909 Tom Ewell American actor (d. 1994)

1909 F. E. McWilliam Irish sculptor and educator (d. 1992)

1909 Juliana of the Netherlands (d. 2004)

1909 Endel Puusepp Estonian-Soviet military pilot and politician (d. 1996)

1909 Yiannis Ritsos Greek poet and playwright (d. 1990)

1909 Teddy Stauffer Swiss bandleader musician and actor (d. 1991)

1909 Miklós Radnóti Hungarian poet and author (d. 1944)

1909 Edwin H. Land American scientist and inventor co-founded the Polaroid Corporation (d. 1991)

1909 Dorothy Sunrise Lorentino Native American teacher (d. 2005)

1909 Ken Darby American composer and conductor (d. 1992)

1909 Godfrey Rampling English sprinter and colonel (d. 2009)

1909 James Mason English actor producer and screenwriter (d. 1984)

1909 Clara Solovera Chilean singer-songwriter (d. 1992)

1909 Margaret Sullavan American actress and singer (d. 1960)

1909 Luigi Villoresi Italian race car driver (d. 1997)

1909 Julius Sumner Miller American physicist and academic (d. 1987)

1909 Nicholas Winton English banker and humanitarian (d. 2015)

1909 Bob Dyer American-Australian radio and television host (d. 1984)

1909 Margaret Mee English illustrator and educator (d. 1988)

1909 Wilbur Mills American banker and politician (d. 1992)

1909 Alfred Kubel German politician 5th Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (d. 1999)

1909 Matt Busby Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1994)

1909 Adolfo López Mateos Mexican politician 48th President of Mexico (d. 1969)

1909 Dolores Hope American singer and philanthropist (d. 2011)

1909 Red Horner Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)

1909 Jacques Canetti French music executive and talent agent (d. 1997)

1909 Freddie Frith English motorcycle road racer (d. 1988)

1909 Art Coulter Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2000)

1909 Isaiah Berlin Latvian-English historian and philosopher (d. 1997)

1909 Virginia Apgar American anesthesiologist and pediatrician developed the Apgar test (d. 1974)

1909 Peter W. Rodino American lawyer and politician (d. 2005)

1909 Lang Hancock Australian soldier and businessman (d. 1992)

1909 Natascha Artin Brunswick German-American mathematician and photographer (d. 2003)

1909 E. M. S. Namboodiripad Indian theorist and politician 1st Chief Minister of Kerala (d. 1998)

1909 Burl Ives American actor and singer (d. 1995)

1909 Elena Nikolaidi Greek-American soprano and educator (d. 2002)

1909 Archie Carr American ecologist and zoologist (d. 1987)

1909 Elmer L. Andersen American businessman and politician 30th Governor of Minnesota (d. 2004)

1909 Ralph E. Winters Canadian-American film editor (d. 2004)

1909 Osamu Dazai Japanese author (d. 1948)

1909 Rūdolfs Jurciņš Latvian basketball player (d. 1948)

1909 Errol Flynn Australian-American actor (d. 1959)

1909 Katherine Dunham American dancer and choreographer (d. 2006)

1909 Infanta Beatriz of Spain Spanish aristocratic (d. 2002)

1909 Mike Todd American producer and manager (d. 1958)

1909 David Lewis Russian-Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1981)

1909 Georges Rouquier French actor director and screenwriter (d. 1989)

1909 Jean Deslauriers Canadian violinist composer and conductor (d. 1978)

1909 William Penney Baron Penney English mathematician and physicist (d. 1991)

1909 Betty Cavanna American author (d. 2001)

1909 Colonel Tom Parker Dutch-American talent manager (d. 1997)

1909 Wolfgang Reitherman German-American animator director and producer (d. 1985)

1909 Eric Ambler English author and screenwriter (d. 1998)

1909 Juan Bosch 43rd President of the Dominican Republic (d. 2001)

1909 Emmett Toppino American sprinter (d. 1971)

1909 Stavros Niarchos Greek shipping magnate (d.1996)

1909 Alec Templeton Welsh composer pianist and satirist (d. 1963)

1909 Eric Reece Australian politician 32nd Premier of Tasmania (d. 1999)

1909 Gottfried von Cramm German tennis player (d. 1976)

1909 Alan Brown English soldier (d. 1971)

1909 Ike Petersen American football back (d. 1995)

1909 Basil Wolverton American author and illustrator (d. 1978)

1909 Donald Sinclair English lieutenant and businessman (d. 1981)

1909 Irene Hervey American actress (d. 1998)

1909 Jacques Clemens Dutch catholic priest (d. 2018)

1909 Jean Hamburger French physician and surgeon (d. 1992)

1909 Bishnu Dey Indian poet critic and academic (d. 1982)

1909 Andrei Gromyko Belarusian-Russian economist and politician Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1989)

1909 Mohammed Daoud Khan Afghan commander and politician 1st President of Afghanistan (d. 1978)

1909 Harriet Nelson American singer and actress (d. 1994)

1909 Balamani Amma Indian poet and author (d. 2004)

1909 Eric Rowan South African cricketer (d. 1993)

1909 Licia Albanese Italian-American soprano and actress (d. 2014)

1909 Dorino Serafini Italian racing driver (d. 2000)

1909 John William Finn American lieutenant Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2010)

1909 Peter Thorneycroft Baron Thorneycroft English lawyer and politician Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1994)

1909 Vivian Vance American actress and singer (d. 1979)

1909 Aenne Burda German publisher (d. 2005)

1909 Malcolm Lowry English novelist and poet (d. 1957)

1909 Samm Sinclair Baker American author (d. 1997)

1909 Chester Himes American-Spanish author (d. 1984)

1909 C. Northcote Parkinson English historian and author (d. 1993)

1909 Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Austrian theorist and author (d. 1999)

1909 Walter Van Tilburg Clark American author and educator (d. 1971)

1909 Glenn Cunningham American runner and academic (d. 1988)

1909 Diana Keppel Countess of Albemarle (d. 2013)

1909 Charles Lyttelton 10th Viscount Cobham English cricketer and politician 9th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1977)

1909 Jack Renshaw Australian politician 31st Premier of New South Wales (d. 1987)

1909 Bill Voce England cricketer and coach (d. 1984)

1909 Vinayaka Krishna Gokak Indian scholar author and academic (d. 1992)

1909 Willa Beatrice Player American educator first Black woman college president (d. 2003)

1909 Adam von Trott zu Solz German lawyer and diplomat (d. 1944)

1909 Leo Fender American businessman founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (d. 1991)

1909 Richard J. Hughes American politician 45th Governor of New Jersey and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (d. 1992)

1909 Yūji Koseki Japanese composer (d. 1989)

1909 Uku Masing Estonian philosopher and theologian (d. 1985)

1909 Bruce Matthews Canadian general and businessman (d. 1991)

1909 Hugo Winterhalter American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)

1909 Paul Callaway American organist and conductor (d. 1995)

1909 Larry Clinton American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1985)

1909 Wilf Copping English footballer (d. 1980)

1909 Gérard Filion Canadian businessman and journalist (d. 2005)

1909 Ronald King New Zealand rugby player (d. 1988)

1909 André Morell English actor (d. 1978)

1909 Alby Roberts New Zealand cricketer and rugby player (d. 1978)

1909 Nikolay Bogolyubov Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1992)

1909 Julius J. Epstein American screenwriter and producer (d. 2000)

1909 Syd Buller English cricketer and umpire (d. 1970)

1909 Ronnie Grieveson South African cricketer and soldier (d. 1998)

1909 Ruby Keeler Canadian-American actress singer and dancer (d. 1993)

1909 Michael Rennie English actor and producer (d. 1971)

1909 Eric Davies South African cricketer and educator (d. 1976)

1909 Jim Davis American actor (d. 1981)

1909 Gene Moore American baseball player (d. 1978)

1909 Sylvère Maes Belgian cyclist (d. 1966)

1909 Charles Pozzi French race car driver (d. 2001)

1909 Lester Young American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1959)

1909 Virginia Lee Burton American author and illustrator (d. 1968)

1909 Ferenc Fejtő Hungarian-French journalist and political scientist (d. 2008)

1909 E. Herbert Norman Canadian historian and diplomat (d. 1957)

1909 Hans Carste German pianist and conductor (d. 1971)

1909 Bernard Delfont Russian-English talent manager (d. 1994)

1909 Archie Jackson Scottish-Australian cricketer (d. 1933)

1909 Michael Gordon American actor and director (d. 1993)

1909 Elia Kazan Greek-American actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 2003)

1909 Józef Noji Polish runner (d. 1943)

1909 Donald MacDonald Canadian trade union leader and politician (d. 1986)

1909 Ray Bowden English footballer (d. 1998)

1909 Frits Thors Dutch journalist and radio host (d. 2014)

1909 Peter Scott English ornithologist painter and sailor (d. 1989)

1909 C. N. Annadurai Indian educator and politician 7th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 1969)

1909 Phil Arnold American actor (d. 1968)

1909 Elizabeth Enright American author and illustrator (d. 1968)

1909 Ferdinand Porsche Austrian engineer and businessman (d. 1998)

1909 John Engstead American photographer and journalist (d. 1983)

1909 Lorenc Antoni Kosovo-Albanian composer and conductor (d. 1991)

1909 Gerard Antoni Ciołek Polish historian and architect (d. 1966)

1909 Bill France Sr. American race car driver founded NASCAR (d. 1992)

1909 A. P. Hamann American lieutenant lawyer and politician (d. 1977)

1909 Al Capp American author and illustrator (d. 1979)

1909 Virginia Bruce American actress (d. 1982)

1909 Sam Yorty American captain politician and 37th Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)

1909 Alex Raymond American cartoonist creator of Flash Gordon (d. 1956)

1909 Anni Blomqvist Finnish author (d. 1990)

1909 Shura Cherkassky Ukrainian-American pianist and educator (d. 1995)

1909 Erastus Corning 2nd American soldier and politician 72nd Mayor of Albany (d. 1983)

1909 Donald Coggan English archbishop (d. 2000)

1909 Robert F. Boyle American production designer and art director (d. 2010)

1909 Sir Ken Anderson Australian politician (d. 1985)

1909 Dorothy Livesay Canadian poet (d. 1996)

1909 Herblock American author and illustrator (d. 2001)

1909 Art Tatum American jazz pianist (d. 1956)

1909 Mochitsura Hashimoto Japanese commander (d. 2000)

1909 Dorothy Kingsley American screenwriter and producer (d. 1997)

1909 Bernd Rosemeyer German racing driver (d. 1938)

1909 Jesse L. Greenstein American astronomer and academic (d. 2002)

1909 Robert Trout American journalist (d. 2000)

1909 Cozy Cole American drummer (d. 1981)

1909 Leopoldo Panero Spanish poet (d. 1962)

1909 Joaquín Satrústegui Spanish lawyer and politician (d. 1992)

1909 Norberto Bobbio Italian philosopher and theorist (d. 2004)

1909 Marguerite Perey French physicist and academic (d. 1975)

1909 Carla Laemmle American actress and photographer (d. 2014)

1909 Yasushi Sugiyama Japanese painter (d. 1993)

1909 Zellig Harris American linguist and methodologist (d. 1992)

1909 Bill Carr American runner (d. 1966)

1909 Ignace Lepp French psychologist and author (d. 1966)

1909 Dante Quinterno Argentinian author and illustrator (d. 2003)

1909 Francis Bacon Irish painter and illustrator (d. 1992)

1909 Homi J. Bhabha Indian-French physicist and academic (d. 1966)

1909 Hans Mork South African-Australian rugby league player (d. 1960)

1909 James Reston Scottish-American journalist and author (d. 1995)

1909 Evelyn Bryan Johnson American colonel and pilot (d. 2012)

1909 Bert Patenaude American soccer player (d. 1974)

1909 Skeeter Webb American baseball player and manager (d. 1986)

1909 Ruby Hurley American civil rights activist (d. 1980)

1909 Norman Krasna American director producer screenwriter and playwright (d. 1984)

1909 Paweł Jasienica Russian-Polish soldier journalist and historian (d. 1970)

1909 Johnny Marks American composer and songwriter (d. 1985)

1909 Robert Ryan American actor (d. 1973)

1909 Piero Scotti Italian race car driver (d. 1976)

1909 Vincent Apap Maltese sculptor (d. 2003)

1909 Mirza Nasir Ahmad Indian-Pakistani religious leader (d. 1982)

1909 Peter Drucker Austrian-American theorist educator and author (d. 2005).

1909 Carlos López Moctezuma Mexican actor (d. 1980).

1909 John Berger Swiss cross-country skier (d. 2002)

1909 Vicente Feola Brazilian football manager and coach (d. 1975)

1909 Piero Gherardi Italian costume and set designer (d. 1971)

1909 Samand Siabandov Soviet Red Army writer (d. 1989)

1909 Mikhail Mil Russian engineer founded the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant (d. 1970)

1909 Nigel Tranter Scottish historian and author (d. 2000)

1909 P. D. Eastman American author and illustrator (d. 1986)

1909 Fritz Buchloh German footballer and manager (d. 1998)

1909 Frances Dee American actress and singer (d. 2004)

1909 Eugène Ionesco Romanian-French playwright and critic (d. 1994)

1909 James Agee American novelist screenwriter and critic (d. 1955)

1909 Anatoly Maltsev Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1967)

1909 Robert Nighthawk American singer and guitarist (d. 1967)

1909 Arvo Askola Finnish runner (d. 1975)

1909 Walenty Kłyszejko Estonian–Polish basketball player and coach (d. 1987)

1909 Joseph P. Lash American activist and author (d. 1987)

1909 Rulon Jeffs American religious leader (d. 2002)

1909 Alan McGilvray Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1996)

1909 Nikola Vaptsarov Bulgarian poet and author (d. 1942)

1909 Hermes Pan American dancer and choreographer (d. 1990)

1909 Ronald McKie Australian soldier journalist and author (d. 1991)

1909 Edward Lawrie Tatum American geneticist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)

1909 Sattar Bahlulzade Azerbaijani-Russian painter (d. 1974)

1909 Eliza Atkins Gleason American librarian (d. 2009)

1909 W. A. Criswell American pastor and author (d. 2002)

1909 Vakkom Majeed Indian journalist and politician (d. 2000)

1909 Seichō Matsumoto Japanese journalist and author (d. 1992)

1909 Patricia Hayes English actress (d. 1998)

1909 Zora Arkus-Duntov Belgian-American engineer (d. 1996)

1909 Matt Gordy American pole vaulter (d. 1989)

1909 James Riddell English skier and author (d. 2000)

1909 Jonah Jones American trumpet player and saxophonist (d. 2000)

1909 John Thomson Scottish footballer (d. 1931)

1909 George Beverly Shea Canadian-American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)

1909 Zoran Mušič Slovene painter and illustrator (d. 2005)

1909 Sigmund Rascher German physician (d. 1945)

1909 Fanny Cradock English chef author and critic (d. 1994)

1909 Talal of Jordan (d. 1972)

1909 Obafemi Awolowo Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 1987)

1909 Stanisław Jerzy Lec Polish poet and author (d. 1966)

1909 Richard Wurmbrand Romanian pastor and evangelist (d. 2001)

1909 Joe DeRita American actor (d. 1993)

1909 Motoichi Kumagai Japanese photographer and illustrator (d. 2010)

1909 Fritz Leonhardt German engineer designed Fernsehturm Stuttgart (d. 1999)

1909 Herbert Zim American naturalist author and educator (d. 1994)

1909 Yechezkel Kutscher Slovakian-Israeli philologist and linguist (d. 1971)

1909 Don Messer Canadian violinist (d. 1973)

1909 Gordon Bunshaft American architect designed the Solow Building (d. 1990)

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