Birthdays Date 1897 | History by KabAstro

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Jan 16 Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet, born in Villahermosa, Tabasco (d. 1977)
Jan 17 Marcel Petiot, French mass murderer (d. 1946)
Jan 17 Nils Asther, Swedish actor (Bluebeard, Night Monster), born in Malmö, Sweden (d. 1981)
Jan 19 Natacha Rambova [Winifred Shaughnessy], American film costume designer, 2nd wife of Rudolph Valentino (1923-25), and Egyptologist, born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 1966)
Jan 21 René Iché, French sculptor (d. 1954)
Jan 22 "Blind" Willie Johnson, American gospel blues singer and guitarist ("Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground"), born in Pendleton, Texas (d. 1945)
Jan 22 Josef Stanislav, Czech pianist and composer, born in Hamburg, German Empire (d. 1971)
Jan 22 Rosa Ponselle [Ponzillo], American soprano opera diva ("Casta Diva"; La Forza del Destino - "Leonora"; Metropolitan Opera, 1918-37), born in Meriden, Connecticut (d. 1986)
Jan 23 Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2000)
Jan 23 Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian politician and nationalist, born in Cuttack, British India (d. 1945)
Jan 23 William Stephenson, Canadian soldier & spymaster, born in Winnipeg, Canada (d. 1989)
Jan 28 Valentin Kataev, novelist/playwright (Embezzled), born in Odessa Ukraine (d. 1986)
Feb 1 Denise Robins, English romantic novelist (1st Long Kiss), born in London, England (d. 1985)
Feb 2 Aimé Avignon, France's former oldest living man (d. 2007)
Feb 2 Howard Johnson, American hotelier (Howard John's chain), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1972)

Feb 4 Ludwig Erhard, German politician (CDU, as Chancellor of Germany 1963-66 led German "economic miracle"), born in Fürth, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1977)
Feb 5 Dirk Stikker, Dutch politician, diplomat (Ambassador to Great Britain, 1952-58; Secretary General of NATO, 1961-64), and CEO (Heineken), Born in Winschoten, Netherlands (d. 1979)
Feb 6 Alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazilian director (Nicholas Nickleby), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 1982)

Louis Buchalter (1897-1944)

Feb 6 Jewish-American mobster (Murder, Inc.), born in New York City

Max Newman (1897-1984)

Feb 7 British mathematician and codebreaker (Colossus), born in Chelsea, London

Feb 7 Quincy Porter, American composer, teacher, and Pulitzer Prize winner (1954), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1966)
Feb 8 Zakir Husain, 3rd President of India (1967-69) and scholar, born in Hyderabad, Hyderabad State (d. 1969)
Feb 9 Charles Kingsford-Smith, Australian pioneering aviator (1st transpacific flight), born in Brisbane, Australia (d. 1935)
Feb 10 John Franklin Enders, American microbiologist (1954 Nobel in Physiology or Medicine for culturing poliovirus, developed measles vaccine), born in West Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1985)
Feb 11 Yves de La Casiniere, French composer, born in Angers, France (d. 1971)
Feb 12 Vola Vale [Smith], American actress, born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1970)
Feb 14 Jørgen Bentzon, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1951)
Feb 15 Earl Blaik, American College Football coach (NCAA C'ship 1944–46; AFCA Coach of the Year 1946; Army) and executive (AD Army 1948–59, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1989)
Feb 18 Charles Kuentz, WW1 veteran, changed nationality 4 times (d. 2005)
Feb 19 Alma Rubens, American actress (Humoresque), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1931)
Feb 20 Ivan Albright, American painter (Door, Window), born in North Harvey, Illinois (d. 1983)
Feb 21 Celia Lovsky, Austrian-American actress (Soylent Green, T'Pau-Star Trek), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1979)
Feb 22 Bob Ysaguirre, American jazz double bass and tuba player (Don Redman Orchestra), born in Belize, British Honduras (now Belize City, Belize) (d. 1982)
Feb 22 Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (d. 1947)
Feb 27 Bernard Lyot, French astronomer (Coronagraph, Lyot-filter), born in Paris (d. 1952)

Marian Anderson (1897-1993)

Feb 27 American contralto and celebrated singer (My Lord, What a Morning), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Feb 27 Paul Schuitema, Dutch graphic designer and photographer (System-O-Color), born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1973)
Mar 3 Jose Moreno Gans, Spanish composer, born in Algemesí, Spain (d. 1976)
Mar 4 Lefty O'Doul, American Baseball HOF left fielder (MLB All-Star, World Series 1933; NL batting champion 1929, 32 NY Yankees), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1969)
Mar 5 Gunta Stölzl, German textile artist (teacher at the Bauhaus School), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1983)
Mar 5 Set Persson, Swedish communist politician, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1960)

Soong Mei-ling (1897-2003)

Mar 5 Chinese political figure and First Lady of the Republic of China (1948-75), born in Shanghai

Mar 6 Knudåge Riisager, Danish composer, and music director (Royal Danish Academy of Music, 1956-67), born in Kunda, Estonia (d. 1974)
Mar 11 Dick Tyldesley, English cricket spin bowler (7 Tests, 19 wickets, BB 3/50; Lancashire CCC), born in Westhoughton, England (d. 1943)
Mar 11 Henry Cowell, American pianist, composer (The Tides of Manaunaun; Aeolian Harp), and modern music promoter (New Musical Resources), born in Menlo Park, California (d. 1965)
Mar 13 Marcel Thiry, Belgian writer and wallon militant, born in Charleroi, Belgium (d. 1977)
Mar 13 William Herald, Australian swimmer (Olympic-1920), born in Glebe, New South Wales (d. 1976)
Mar 15 Jackson Scholz, American athlete (Olympic gold 4 x 100m 1920, 200m 1924), born in Buchanan, Michigan (d. 1986)
Mar 16 Conrad Nagel, American actor (All That Heaven Allows, Celebrity Time), born in Keokuk, Iowa (d. 1970)
Mar 17 Jozef C. Mazur, American stained glass artist and painter (d. 1970)
Mar 19 Betty Compson, American actress (Big City, Docks Of New York), born in Beaver, Utah (d. 1974)
Mar 19 Liam O'Flaherty, Irish writer, born in Inishmore, Aran Islands (d. 1984)
Mar 24 Charles Eyck, Dutch painter and sculptor (Limburg School), born in Meerssen, Netherlands (d. 1983)
Mar 24 Lucia Chase, American ballerina and co-founder of American Ballet Theater, born in Waterbury, Connecticut (d. 1986)
Mar 24 Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-American psychoanalyst (coined term "sexual revolution", worked with Freud), born in Dobzau, Austria-Hungary (d. 1957)
Mar 25 "Sweet" Emma Barrett, American Dixieland jazz pianist and singer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1983)
Mar 25 John Laurie, Scottish actor (Hamlet, The 39 Steps, Jericho, Island of Desire), born in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland (d. 1980)
Mar 27 Carlo Mierendorff, German politician and anti-fascist, born in Grossenhain, Germany (d. 1943)
Mar 27 Douglas R. Hartree, English mathematician and physicist, born in Cambridge, England (d. 1958)
Mar 27 Effa Manley, American Baseball HOF executive (co-owner NgL Newark Eagles), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1981)
Mar 28 Sepp Herberger, German soccer manager (Germany 1936–42; West Germany 1950-64) and striker (3 caps; SV Waldhof Mannheim 127 games), born in Mannheim, German Empire (d. 1977)
Apr 1 Doc Alexander, American College Football Hall of Fame guard (Syracuse; All Pro 1921, 22; Rochester Jeffersons; NFL C'ship 1925; NY Giants), born in Silver Creek, New York (d. 1975)
Apr 1 Lucille Bogan, American blues singer and songwriter ("Sweet Petunia"; "Black Angel Blues"), born in Amory, Mississippi (d. 1948)
Apr 4 Pierre Fresnay, French actor (Monsieur Vincent, Grand Illusion), born in Paris, France (d. 1975)
Apr 7 Erich Loewenhardt, German flying ace of World War I, born in Province of Silesia, Poland (d. 1918)
Apr 7 Harald Sæverud, Norwegian composer (Rondo Amoroso; Sinfonia Dolorosa), born in Bergen, Norway (d. 1992)
Apr 7 Walter Winchell, American journalist, gossip columnist, radio host, and narrator (the Untouchables), born in New York (d. 1972)
Apr 8 Herbert Eimert, German composer and musicologist (Glockenspiel), born in Bad Kreuznach, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1972)
Apr 10 Ross Youngs, American Baseball HOF right fielder (World Series 1921, 22; NY Giants), born in Shiner, Texas (d. 1927)
Apr 11 Caspar Neher, Austrian-German set designer and librettist, born in Augsburg, Germany (d. 1962)
Apr 13 Werner Voss, German World War I flying ace, born in Krefeld, Germany (d. 1917)
Apr 14 Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger, British sociologist and criminologist, born in Cambridge, England (d. 1988)
Apr 14 Claire Windsor, American actress (The Blot), born in Cawker City, Kansas (d. 1972)
Apr 14 Olga Chekhova, Russian-German actress (Italian Strawhat, Cry of the Children), born in Aleksandropol, Erivan Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1980)
Apr 15 Pedro Regas, Greek stage actor (Only Angels Have Wings, Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour), born in Goranoi, Greece (d. 1974)
Apr 16 Arthur Charles Ernest Hoérée, Belgian-French composer, born in St. Gilles, Brussels, Belgium (d. 1986)
Apr 16 Jaap Vranken, Dutch organist and composer (Stabat Mater), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1956)
Apr 16 John Bagot Glubb, British commandant and writer (A soldier with the Arabs), born in Preston, Lancashire, England (d. 1986)
Apr 16 Milton Cross, American radio announcer (Metropolitan Opera's Saturday Afternoon at the Opera, 1931-75), born in New York City (d. 1975)
Apr 17 Antonius Coolen, Dutch author (Village by the River), born in Wijlre, Netherlands (d. 1961)
Apr 17 Harald Saeverud, Norwegian composer (Saline), born in Bergen, Norway (d. 1992)

Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)

Apr 17 American playwright and writer (Bridge of San Luis Rey), born in Madison, Wisconsin

Apr 18 Ardito Desio, Italian explorer and topographer, born in Palmanova, Friuli, Italy (d. 2001)
Apr 19 Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist, born in India (d. 1970)
Apr 19 Vivienne Segal, American Broadway actress and singer (Pal Joey), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1992)
Apr 20 Gregory Ratoff, Russian producer, director and actor (Exodus, Skyscraper Souls, Corsican Brothers), born in Samara, Russian Empire (d. 1960)
Apr 23 John Wengraf, Austrian actor (12 to the Moon, Pride & Passion), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1974)

Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)

Apr 23 Canadian diplomat (Nobel Peace Prize, 1957) and politician (Prime Minister, 1963-68), and WWI aviator commonly known as "Mike", born in Newtonbrook, Ontario

Apr 23 Lucius du Bignon Clay, American WWII general and military governor of West Germany, born in Marietta, Georgia (d. 1978)
Apr 24 Andy Cooper, American Baseball HOF pitcher (East-West All-Star 1933, 36; Negro NL pennant 1929; 3 x Negro AL pennant; Detroit Stars, Kansas City Monarchs), born in Waco, Texas (d. 1941)
Apr 24 Benjamin Lee Whorf, American linguist (the relation of language to thinking and cognition), born in Winthrop, Massachusetts (d. 1941)
Apr 24 György Kósa, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1984)
Apr 24 Manuel Ávila Camacho, 45th President of Mexico (1940-46), born in Teziutlán, Puebla, Mexico (d. 1955)
Apr 25 Abraham van Oosten, Dutch architect, and stained glass designer, born in Assen, Netherlands (d. 1937)
Apr 25 Haro Levoni Step'anian, Armenian composer, born in Ganja, Azerbaijan (d. 1966)
Apr 25 Mary [Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary], Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, born in York Cottage, Sandringham (d. 1965)
Apr 25 Paula Trueman, American actress (Dirty Dancing), born in New York City (d. 1994)
Apr 26 Douglas Sirk, German American film director (All That Heaven Allows), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1987)

Eddie Eagan (1897-1967)

Apr 26 American boxer (Olympic gold - light heavyweight, 1920) and bobsledder (Olympic gold - 4-man team,1932), born in Denver, Colorado

Apr 28 Kálmán Tihanyi, Hungarian physicist and engineer (invented cathode ray tube for television), born in Üzbég, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1947)
Apr 28 Ye Jianying, Chinese communist general and politician (Head of State of the People's Republic of China 1978-83), born in Jiaying, Guangdong, Qing Empire (d. 1986)
Apr 29 Bernard Verhoeven, Dutch poet (Pleidooi near een non), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1965)
Apr 30 Humberto Mauro, Brazilian film director (Ganga Bruta), born in Volta Grande, Minas Gerais (d. 1983)
May 2 J. Fred Coots, American songwriter ("Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"; "Love Letters In The Sand"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1985)
May 3 V. K. Krishna Menon, Indian nationalist, Minister of Defense (1957-62), born in Tellicherry, British India (d. 1974)
May 6 Paul Alverdes, German writer (Pfeiferstube), born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1979)
May 7 Kitty McKane (Godfree), English tennis player (Olympic gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze-1920, 24), born in Bayswater, England (d. 1992)
May 10 Dalton Conyngham, South African cricket medium-pace bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Natal, Transvaal, Western Province), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 1979)
May 10 Einar Gerhardsen, Prime minister of Norway (d. 1987)
May 11 Boerneef [pen name for Izak Wilhelmus van der Merwe], South African writer (Tweetalige Woordeboek), born in Ceres, Cape Colony (d. 1967)
May 11 Robert E. Gross, American businessman (d. 1961)
May 13 Babe Dye, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (Stanley Cup 1922; NHL scoring champion 1922–23, 24-25; Toronto St. Patricks/Maple Leafs), born in Hamilton, Ontario (d. 1962)
May 14 Ed Ricketts, American marine biologist (d. 1948)
May 14 Sidney Bechet, American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, bandleader, and composer ("Petite Fleur"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1959)
May 16 Walther Geiser, Swiss violist, composer and conductor, born in Zofingen, Switzerland (d. 1993)
May 17 Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist (Nobel 1969 - the study of the three-dimensional geometric structure of molecules), born in Kristiana, Norway (d. 1981)

Frank Capra (1897-1991)

May 18 Italian-American Academy Award-winning film director (It's a Wonderful Life; It Happened One Nigh; Mr. Smith Goes to Washington), born in Bisacquino, Italy

May 18 Jack Raine, British actor (Quartet), born in London, England (d. 1979)
May 19 Frank Luke, American World War I pilot (d. 1918)
May 19 Jerome Travers, American golfer (US Open 1915), born in New York City (d. 1951)
May 20 Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish anarchist (d. 1983)
May 22 Marcelle Meyer, French concert pianist specializing in both contemporary classical (Les Six) and Baroque revivalist (Bach; Rameau) repertoires, born in Lille, France (d. 1958)
May 22 Robert Neumann, Austrian-British author (Waters of Babylon), born in Vienna (d. 1975)
May 23 Fred Guy, American jazz banjo player and guitarist (Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra; Duke Ellington's Washingtonians), born in Burkeville, Virginia (d. 1971)
May 25 Alan Kippax, Australian cricket batsman (22 Tests, 2 x 100, 8 x 50, HS 145; NSW CA), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1972)
May 27 John Cockcroft, English physicist (development of Radar, Nobel Prize 1951 for 1st particle accelerator, Director of Atomic Energy Research Establishment), born in Todmorden, Yorkshire, England (d. 1967)
May 28 Henry Kendall, British director and actor (Amazing Quest, Shadow, Rich & Strange), born in London, England (d. 1962)
May 29 Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian-American composer (Violanta; The Adventures of Robin Hood), born in Brünn, Austria-Hungary (d. 1957)
May 29 Ignace Lilien, Austrian-Dutch composer, poet, and chemical engineer, born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (d. 1964) [1]
May 31 Margalo Gillmore, British actress (Skirts Ahoy, High Society), born in London, England (d. 1986)
Jun 3 Memphis Minnie [Lizzie Douglas], American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter ("Bumble Bee"; "Me and My Chauffeur Blues"), born in Algiers, Louisiana (d. 1973)
Jun 7 George Szell, Hungarian-born American conductor (Cleveland Orchestra, 1946-70), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1970)
Jun 8 John G. Bennett, British scientist and author, born in London (d. 1974)
Jun 10 Tatiana Nikolaevna, 2nd daughter of the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, born in Peterhof Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1918)
Jun 11 Bruno Frei [Benedikt Freistadt], Austrian Marxist journalist, born in Bratislava (d. 1988)
Jun 12 Alexandre Tansman, Polish composer (Dyptique), born in Łódź, Poland (d. 1986)

Anthony Eden (1897-1977)

Jun 12 British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1955-57) and Foreign Secretary, born in Rushyford, England

Paavo Nurmi (1897-1973)

Jun 13 Finnish middle & long distance runner (9 Olympic gold 1920, 24, 28), born in Turku, Finland

Jun 16 Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (The Midnight Express), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1948)
Jun 16 Georg Wittig, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1987)
Jun 17 Vivian Duncan, American vaudevillian (Duncan Sisters), and actress (Topsy and Eva), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1986)
Jun 18 Henry Wadsworth, American actor (The Thin Man, Applause, Fast & Loose), born in Maysville, Kentucky (d. 1974)

Moe Howard (1897-1975)

Jun 19 American actor and comedian (The 3 Stooges), born in Brooklyn, New York

Jun 20 Cyril Francois, South African cricket all-rounder (5 Tests, 252 runs, 6 wickets), born in Lewisham, England (d. 1944)
Jun 20 Elisabeth Hauptmann, German writer (co-author of The Threepenny Opera), born in Peckelsheim, Westphalia, German Empire (d. 1973)
Jun 22 Edmund A. Chester, American broadcaster and journalist (CBS) (d. 1973)
Jun 22 Norbert Elias, German-British sociologist and philosopher (Process of Civilization), born in Breslau, German Empire (d. 1990)
Jun 23 Winifred Wagner, English-German daughter-in-law of Richard Wagner and friend of Adolf Hitler (ran Bayreuth Festival), born in Hastings, England (d. 1980)
Jun 24 Daniel K. Ludwig, American shipping magnate, founded Exportadora de Sal, born in South Haven Michigan (d. 1992)
Jun 25 Basil Radford, British actor (The Lady Vanishes, Whiskey Galore, Night Train), born in Chester England (d. 1952)
Jun 25 Hans Barth, German-born American composer, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1956)
Jun 26 Viola Dana, American actress (Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1987)
Jun 29 Fulgence Charpentier, French Canadian journalist, born in Sainte-Anne-de-Prescott, Ontario, Canada (d. 2001)
Jun 29 Ottmar Gerster, German composer (rector of the Liszt Music Academy in Weimar), born in Braunfels, Germany (d. 1969)
Jul 5 Paul Ben-Haim [Frankenburger], Israeli composer, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1984)
Jul 6 Richard Krautheimer, American art historian and Byzantinist, born in Fürth, Germany (d. 1994)
Jul 7 Anna Luther, American silent screen actress (Sinners in Silk), born in New Jersey (d. 1960)
Jul 10 Jack "Legs" Diamond, American gangster and bootlegger, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1931)
Jul 10 John Gilbert [Pringle], American silent film screenwriter, director (Love's Penalty), and actor, known as "The Great Lover" (The Merry Widow The Big Parade; Flesh and the Devil), born in Logan, Utah (d. 1936)
Jul 10 Karl Plagge, German officer and Nazi Party member who during World War II used his position as a staff officer in the German Army to employ and protect some 1,240 Jews, born in Darmstadt, Germany (d. 1957)

Legs Diamond (1897-1931)

Jul 10 American gangster during the Prohibition era, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jul 10 Lloyd Goodrich, American Arts Museum director, born in Nutley, New Jersey (d. 1987)
Jul 11 Bull Connor, American law enforcement official who organized attacks on civil rights activists in Birmingham, born in Selma, Alabama (d. 1973)
Jul 11 Johnny Marvin, American jazz, pop, and country ukulele player, singer, and vaudevillian, born in Butler Oklahoma Territory (d. 1944)
Jul 12 Fred Enke, American College basketball coach (University of Arizona 1925–1961, record 522–344), born in Olmsted County, Minnesota (d. 1985)
Jul 17 Elbert Parr Tuttle, American lawyer, judge and civil rights champion (one of the Fifth Circuit Four), born in Pasadena, California (d. 1996) [1]
Jul 18 Ernest Eldridge, British auto racer (world land speed record 1924 at Arpajon, France; 1 mile −145.89 mph), born in Hampstead, London (d. 1935)
Jul 18 Stephen Gill Spottswood, American African Methodist Episcopal Zion bishop, and civil rights leader (NAACP Chairman, 1961-74), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1974)
Jul 20 Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish-Swiss chemist (Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 1950 - isolation and discovery of cortisone ), born in Wloclawek, Poland (d. 1996) [1]

Amelia Earhart (1897-1939)

Jul 24 American aviator (1st woman to fly solo across the Atlantic), born in Atchison, Kansas

Jul 24 Elmar Berkovich, Hungarian-Dutch industrial designer (Eindhoven Theatre) (d. 1967)
Jul 24 Karl von Mechow, German writer (Auf Dem Wege, Vorsommer), born in Bonn, Germany (d. 1960)
Jul 25 Hermann Ambrosius, German composer, born in Hamburg, Germany Empire (d. 1983)
Jul 26 Paul Gallico, American novelist (The Snow Goose; The Poseidon Adventure), born in New York City (d. 1976)
Jul 27 Biz Mackey, American Baseball HOF catcher (5 × East-West All-Star Game; NgL World Series 1925 Hilldale Daisies, 1946 Newark Eagles), born in Eagle Pass, Texas (d. 1965)
Jul 28 Emmy Arbous [Emilia J Henke], Dutch actress (Little Rascal), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1954)
Jul 29 Neil Ritchie, British general (Eighth Army commander WWII) (d. 1983), born in British Guiana (d. 1983)
Jul 30 Jacques de Kadt, Dutch politician and writer (Fascism is War!), born in Oss, Netherlands (d. 1988)
Aug 2 Karl Otto Koch, German SS-officer, born in Darmstadt, Germany (d. 1945)
Aug 2 Max Weber, Swiss Federal Councilor, born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1974)
Aug 4 Joseph Calleia, Maltese-American stage, screen, and radio actor (The Jungle Book; Gilda; Touch of Evil), born in Mdina, Malta (d. 1975)
Aug 5 Aksel Larsen, Danish politician, founder of the Socialist People's Party, born in Brændekilde, Denmark (d. 1972)
Aug 7 Franz Johannes Weinrich [Heinrich Lerse], German writer (Himmlisches), born in Hanover, Germany (d. 1978)
Aug 9 Ralph Wyckoff, American scientist and pioneer of X-ray crystallography, born in Geneva, New York (d. 1994)