Birthdays Date 1905 P 3 | History by KabAstro

Birthdays 401 - 462 of 462

Nov 17 Astrid of Sweden, Queen of the Belgians, first wife of King Leopold III (1934-35), born in Arvfurstens Palace, Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden (d. 1935)
Nov 17 Mischa Auer [Ounskowsky], Russian actor (My Man Godfrey), born in St Petersburg, Russia (d. 1967)

Tommy Dorsey (1905-1956)

Nov 19 American trombonist and big band bandleader ("Opus No. 1"; "I'll Never Smile Again"), born in Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania [1]

Nov 21 David Moule-Evans, English composer and conductor, born in Ashford, Kent, England (d. 1988)
Nov 21 Freddie Lindstrom, American Baseball Hall of Fame utility (New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1981)
Nov 22 James Burnham, American philosopher, political theorist and Trotskyist (The Managerial Revolution, Coming Defeat of Communism), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1987)
Nov 24 [Irene] Ireene Wicker, American singer and actress (Singing Lady), born in Quincy, Illinois (d. 1987)
Nov 26 Bob Johnson, American baseball outfielder (8 x MLB All Star; Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox), born in Pryor, Oklahoma (d. 1982)
Nov 26 Emlyn Williams, Welsh actor (Ivanhoe, I Accuse!), and playwright (The Corn Is Green), born in Mostyn, Wales (d. 1987)
Nov 27 Astrid Allwyn, American actress (Charlie Chan's Secret), born in Manchester, Connecticut (d. 1978)
Nov 27 Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor and composer (Mater Dolorosa), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1986)
Nov 29 Marcel Lefebvre, French Roman catholic bishop (d. 1991)
Nov 29 Mowbray Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham, English peer (d. 1996)
Dec 1 Alexander Wilson, Canadian and Notre Dame athlete (d. 1994)
Dec 1 Charles G. Finney, American fantasy author (Circus of Dr Lao), born in Sedalia, Missouri (d. 1984)
Dec 1 Ida Carroll, English double bassist, educator, administrator (Northern School of Music, 1956-72), and composer, born in West Didsbury, England (d. 1995)
Dec 2 Moses Asch, Polish-American recording engineer (founder of Folkways Records), born in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire (d. 1986) [1]
Dec 2 Osvaldo Pugliese, Argentine musician and composer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1995)
Dec 3 Les Ames, English cricket wicket-keeper/batsman (47 Tests, 97 dismissals, 2,434 runs @ 40.56), born in Elham, Kent, England (d. 1990)
Dec 4 Emílio Garrastazu Médici, 28th President of Brazil (1969-74), born in Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (d. 1985)
Dec 5 Bruce Drake, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach (University of Oklahoma 1938-55, 200-181), born in The Gentry, Texas (d. 1983)
Dec 5 Gus Mancuso, American baseball catcher (World Series 1931, 33; MLB All Star 1935, 37; NY Giants, St. Louis Cardinals) and broadcaster (Cardinals' radio network), born in Galveston, Texas (d. 1984)
Dec 5 Otto Preminger, Austro-Hungarian-American theatre and film director, producer (Laura,; Advise & Consent; Anatomy of A Murder), and actor (Stalag 17), born in Wiznitz, Austria-Hungary (d. 1986)

James J. Braddock (1905-1974)

Dec 6 American boxer (World Heavyweight champion 1935-37), born in New York City

Dec 7 Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-American astronomer (discovered moons of Uranus and Neptune), and namesake of the Kuiper Belt, born in Tuitjenhorn, Netherlands (d. 1973)
Dec 8 Charles Cushing, American composer, born in Oakland, California (d. 1982)
Dec 8 Ernst Hermann Meyer, German composer, born in Berlin (d. 1988)
Dec 8 Frank Faylen, American actor (It's a Wonderful Life, Funny Girl), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1985)
Dec 8 Julius Silverman, British Labour Party politician, born in Leeds, England (d. 1996)
Dec 9 Dalton Trumbo, American writer and film director (Johnny Got His Gun), born in Montrose, Colorado (d. 1976)
Dec 11 Eugen Fink, German philosopher, born in Konstanz, German Empire (d. 1975)
Dec 11 Gilbert Roland [Luis Alonso], Mexican actor (Juarez, Barbarosa), born in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico (d. 1994)
Dec 11 Koos van de Griend, Dutch composer, born in Kampen, Netherlands (d. 1950)
Dec 11 Robert Henriques, English writer (100 Hours to Suez) (d. 1967)
Dec 12 Manès Sperber, Austrian-French writer (Like a Tear in the Ocean: A Trilogy), born in Zabolotiv, Ukraine (d. 1984)
Dec 12 Rellys [Henri Marius Bourrelly], French actor (Letters from My Windmill), born in Marseille (d. 1991)
Dec 14 Sydney Lipton, British dance band bandleader, born in London (d. 1995)
Dec 15 Ferenc Farkas, Hungarian composer, born in Nagykanizsa, Hungary (d. 2000)
Dec 16 Piet Hein, Dutch poet and inventor (d. 1996)
Dec 17 Érico Lopes Veríssimo, Brazilian writer (d. 1975)
Dec 17 Iosif Kheifits [Joseph Heifitz], Belarusian-Soviet film director (Member of the Government), born in Minsk, (d. 1995)
Dec 17 Simo Häyhä, Finnish sniper (d. 2002)
Dec 18 Richard Sturzenegger, Swiss composer and cellist, born in Zurich, Switzerland (d. 1976)
Dec 19 (Charles) Robert Medley, English abstract and figurative style painter, born in London (d. 1994)
Dec 20 Albert Dekker, American stage and screen character actor (Dr. Cyclops; Beau Geste; The Wild Bunch), and politician, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1968)
Dec 20 Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer, slow-medium leg-spin bowler (144 test wickets at 22.59) and newspaper columnist, born in White Cliffs, Australia (d. 1992)
Dec 21 Anthony Powell, English novelist (Infants of Spring), born in Westminster, United Kingdom (d. 2000)
Dec 22 Kenneth Rexroth, American poet and translator & critical essayist (Birds in the Bush), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 1982)
Dec 22 Pierre Brasseur [Espinasse], French actor (Eyes Without a Face, Children of Paradise), born in Paris, France (d. 1972)

Tommy Flowers (1905-1998)

Dec 22 English engineer (Colossus), born in Poplar, London

Dec 23 Árni Björnsson, Icelandic composer, born in Lóni, Iceland (d. 1995)
Dec 24 Anna "Ans" van Dike ("the Young"), Jewish nazi collaborator, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1948)

Howard Hughes (1905-1976)

Dec 24 American reclusive billionaire, filmmaker and aviator (Hughes Aircraft), born in Humble, Texas

Dec 27 Esma Cannon, Australian-born actress (Sailor Beware!), born in Randwick, Australia (d. 1972)
Dec 28 Cliff Arquette, comedian (Charlie Weaver), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 1974)
Dec 28 Maharajkumar of Vizianagram "Vizzy", Indian cricket batsman, captain, administrator, broadcaster and politician (3 Tests), born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India (d. 1965)
Dec 29 Lawrence "Snub" Mosley, American jazz trombonist (Alphonso Trent Orchestra; Louis Armstrong), bandleader, and promoter of the slide saxophone ("The Man With The Funny Little Horn"), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1981) [1]
Dec 30 Daniil Kharms [Yuvatchov], Russian surrealist and absurdist writer, poet, and playwright, born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1942)
Dec 30 Emmanuel Levinas, Lithuanian-French Jewish philosopher, born in Kovno, Russian Empire (d. 1995)

Guy Mollet (1905-1975)

Dec 31 Prime Minister of France (1956-57), born in Flers, France

Dec 31 Jule Styne [Julius Stein], British-American Academy and Tony Award-winning songwriter ("Three Coins In The Fountain"; "Time After Time"), and Broadway composer (Funny Girl; Hallelujah, Baby!; Gypsy), born in London, England (d. 1994)
Dec 31 Tadeusz Breza, Polish writer (The Bronze Gate), born in Sekežintsõ, Ostrog (d. 1970)