Birthdays Date 1901 January | History by KabAstro

Ngô Đình Diệm (1901-1963)

Jan 3 President and authoritarian leader of South Vietnam (1954-63), born in Quảng Bình, French Indochina

Jan 4 C. L. R. James [Cyril Lionel Robert James], Trinidadian historian (The Black Jacobins), journalist, intellectual and socialist, born in Tunapuna, Trinidad (d. 1989) [1]
Jan 5 Henri Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves, French officer/resistance fighter, born in Verrières-le-Buisson, France (d. 1941)
Jan 5 Mario Scelba, Italian politician (Prime Minister 1954-55), born in Caltagirone, Italy (d. 1991)
Jan 6 Patrick Aherne, British actor (Green Dolphin Street, Rocketship X-M, The Court Jester), born in King's Norton, Worcestershire, England (d. 1970)
Jan 8 Edmond Vandercammen, French-Belgian painter and poet (Grand Combat), born in Ohain, Belgium (d. 1980)
Jan 9 Chic Young, American cartoonist (Blondie), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1973)
Jan 10 Pauline Starke, American actress (Dante's Inferno; Dance Magic; Sun Up), born in Joplin, Missouri (d. 1977)
Jan 11 Andries Dirk Copier, Dutch glass designer (the Gilde glass) (d. 1991)
Jan 11 Kwon Ki-ok, Korean pilot (d. 1988)
Jan 11 Sulamith Wülfing, German artist and illustrator, born in Elberfeld, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1989)
Jan 13 A. B. Guthrie, American novelist, historian (d. 1991)
Jan 13 Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish historian and priest (d. 1978)
Jan 14 Bebe Daniels, American actress (42nd Street, Lonesome Luke), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1971)
Jan 14 Carlos P. Romulo, Philippine diplomat and statesman, born in Manila, Philippines (d. 1985)
Jan 15 Harry Ellerbe, American actor (House of Usher; Magnetic Monster), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1992)
Jan 16 Frank Zamboni, American businessman and inventor of the ice-resurfacing machine, born in Eureka, Utah (d. 1988) [1]

Fulgencio Batista (1901-1973)

Jan 16 Dictator and President of Cuba (1933-44, 1952-59), born in Banes, Cuba

Jan 17 Aron Gurwitsch, Lithuanian-born philosopher, born in Vilnius, Lithuania (d. 1973)
Jan 17 Olin Dutra, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1932, US Open 1934), born in Monterey, California (d. 1983)
Jan 17 Vasily Petrovich Shirinsky, Russian violinist and composer, born in Ekaterinodar, Russia (d. 1965)
Jan 18 Arie Querido, Dutch social psychiatrist, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1983)
Jan 18 Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician, born in Sevsk, Russia (d. 1973)
Jan 20 Paul Andor [Wolfgang Zilzer], American-German actor (Mad Lover; Enemy of Women), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1991)
Jan 21 Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer (d. 1978)
Jan 22 Hans-Erich Apostel, Austrian composer (Sonata Ritmica), born in Karlsruhe, Germany (d. 1972)
Jan 23 Benno Stokvis, Dutch lawyer and politician, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1977)
Jan 26 Ervin Major, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1967)
Jan 27 Art Rooney, NFL Pittsburgh Steelers [Pirates] team founder,owner, and chairman, 1933-88, born in Coulterville, Pennsylvania (d. 1988)
Jan 27 Willy Fritsch, German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon), born in Katowice, Upper Silesia, Germany (d. 1973)
Jan 29 Allen B. DuMont, American engineer and inventor (perfected commercial practical cathode ray tube), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1965)
Jan 30 Hans Erich Nossak, German writer, born in Hamburg (d. 1977)
Jan 31 Blaž Arnič, Slovenian composer (Ples čarovnic (The Dance of the Witches)), and pedagogue, born in Luče, Lower Styria, Austria-Hungary (now Slovenia) (d. 1970)
Jan 31 Jan Dieters, Dutch politician, resistance fighter, and a leading member of Communist Party of the Netherlands, born in Slochteren, Netherlands (d. 1943)
Jan 31 Marie Luise Kaschnitz, German writer, born in Karlsruhe, Germany (d. 1974)