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Born in 1906

1,053 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

Fredric Brown
novelist, screenwriter
1906–1972 · aged 65
October 29 · 1906
Source: filmportal.de
Max Delbrück
virologist, biologist
1906–1981
September 4 · 1906
Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia
Helen Chandler
stage actor, film actor
1906–1965 · aged 59
February 1 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Hiram Fong
politician, prosecutor
1906–2004 · aged 97
October 15 · 1906
Source: Find a Grave
Franz Waxman
music arranger, bank officer
1906–1967 · aged 60
December 24 · 1906
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Barbara Bennett
dancer, film actor
1906–1958 · aged 51
August 13 · 1906
Source: IMDb
William McChesney Martin
banker, economist
1906–1998
December 17 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Humberto Delgado
military personnel, politician
1906–1965 · aged 58
May 15 · 1906
Source: Munzinger Personen
Arthur Rudolph
engineer, military flight engineer
1906–1996 · aged 89
November 9 · 1906
Source: deutsche-biographie.de
Nazim al-Kudsi
diplomat
1906–1998 · aged 91
February 14 · 1906
No external source identified
Vinton Hayworth
television actor, film actor
1906–1970 · aged 63
June 4 · 1906
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Zhou Youguang
university teacher, translator
1906–2017 · aged 111
January 13 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari
Islamic jurist
1906–1986 · aged 80
January 6 · 1906
No external source identified
Johnny Hodges*
saxophonist, jazz saxophonist
Date disputed
July 25 · 1906
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Margret Rey
children's writer, astronomer
1906–1996 · aged 90
May 16 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Lilian Harvey
dancer, film actor
1906–1968 · aged 62
January 19 · 1906
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Marcel Carné
director, art critic
1906–1996 · aged 90
August 18 · 1906
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Esmond Knight
stage actor, television actor
1906–1987 · aged 80
May 4 · 1906
Source: filmportal.de
Ernst Ruska
inventor, university teacher
1906–1988 · aged 81
December 25 · 1906
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Bruno Gröning
healer, psychic
1906–1959 · aged 52
May 30 · 1906
Source: Q18088257
Franz Hössler
soldier, concentration camp guard
1906–1945 · aged 39
February 4 · 1906
No external source identified
Jacques Pills*
singer, actor
Date disputed
March 6 · 1906
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées
Hans Aumeier
concentration camp guard, turner
1906–1948 · aged 41
August 20 · 1906
Source: Oorlogsbronnen
Elmyr de Hory
art forger, painter
1906–1976 · aged 70
April 14 · 1906
No external source identified
Missak Manouchian
resistance fighter, politician
1906–1944 · aged 37
September 1 · 1906
Source: lemonde.fr
Vincent Sherman
film director, actor
1906–2006 · aged 99
July 16 · 1906
Source: Find a Grave
Edward Akufo-Addo
judge, politician
1906–1979 · aged 73
June 26 · 1906
Source: Prabook
Abdus Sattar
politician
1906–1985 · aged 79
March 1 · 1906
Source: 20th Century Press Archives
Joe Cronin
baseball player
1906–1984 · aged 77
October 12 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Richard Llewellyn*
novelist, writer
Date disputed
December 8 · 1906
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Wilfred Jackson
film director, composer
1906–1988 · aged 82
January 24 · 1906
Source: Find a Grave
Diana Wynyard
actor, stage actor
1906–1964 · aged 58
January 16 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Lola Lane
film actor, actor
1906–1981 · aged 75
May 21 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Donald Woods
television actor, film actor
1906–1998 · aged 91
December 2 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Nelson Goodman
philosopher, university teacher
1906–1998 · aged 92
August 7 · 1906
Source: Internet Philosophy Ontology project
Philippe Halsman
fashion photographer, photographer
1906–1979 · aged 73
May 2 · 1906
Source: RKDartists
Mary Brian
stage actor, film actor
1906–2002 · aged 96
February 17 · 1906
Source: filmportal.de
Paul Rassinier
trade unionist, politician
1906–1967 · aged 61
March 18 · 1906
Source: Sycomore
David Smith
writer, photographer
1906–1965 · aged 59
March 9 · 1906
Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists
Charles Lederer*
screenwriter, film director
Date disputed
December 31 · 1906
No external source identified
Luis Federico Leloir
physician, biochemist
1906–1987 · aged 81
September 6 · 1906
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Vladimir Prelog
chemist, engineer
1906–1998 · aged 91
July 23 · 1906
Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
Kent Taylor*
film actor, actor
Date disputed
May 11 · 1906
Source: IMDb
Chester Carlson
businessperson, physicist
1906–1968 · aged 62
February 8 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Wilhelm Boger
Gestapo employee, police officer
1906–1977 · aged 70
December 19 · 1906
Source: Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP, Stand vom 1. Dezember 1936
Jørgen Juve
association football coach, writer
1906–1983 · aged 76
November 22 · 1906
Source: FBref
Theresa Harris
stage actor, film actor
1906–1985 · aged 78
December 31 · 1906
No external source identified
Barbara Jo Allen
voice actor, film actor
1906–1974 · aged 68
September 2 · 1906
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Horst Schumann
military physician
1906–1983 · aged 77
May 1 · 1906
No external source identified
Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen
economist, mathematician
1906–1994 · aged 88
February 4 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Momčilo Gavrić
soldier, military personnel
1906–1993 · aged 86
May 1 · 1906
No external source identified
Franz Reichleitner
Gestapo employee, military officer
1906–1944 · aged 37
December 2 · 1906
No external source identified
John Carroll
film actor, actor
1906–1979
July 17 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Helene Costello
film actor, actor
1906–1957 · aged 50
June 21 · 1906
Source: Find a Grave
Heinz Harmel
military personnel, major general
1906–2000 · aged 94
June 29 · 1906
Source: Oorlogsbronnen
Grady Sutton
television actor, actor
1906–1995 · aged 89
April 5 · 1906
No external source identified
Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
aristocrat
1906–1972 · aged 65
August 2 · 1906
Source: The Peerage
Ango Sakaguchi
screenwriter, critic
1906–1955 · aged 48
October 20 · 1906
Source: MyAnimeList
Jacques Becker
film director, actor
1906–1960 · aged 53
September 15 · 1906
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Thomas S. Gates, Jr.
politician, military officer
1906–1983 · aged 76
April 10 · 1906
Source: Munzinger Personen
Anna Marie Hahn
criminal, serial killer
1906–1938 · aged 32
July 7 · 1906
No external source identified
Wolf Albach-Retty
stage actor, actor
1906–1967 · aged 60
May 28 · 1906
Source: filmportal.de
Joe Sawyer
actor, screenwriter
1906–1982 · aged 75
August 29 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Walter Sande
television actor, actor
1906–1971
July 9 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Kathleen Kenyon
archaeologist, principal
1906–1978 · aged 72
January 5 · 1906
Source: Kenyon, Kathleen Mary
Franz Schädle
military personnel
1906–1945 · aged 38
November 19 · 1906
Source: Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP, Stand vom 1. Dezember 1936
Edward Ochab
politician
1906–1989 · aged 82
August 16 · 1906
Source: Munzinger Personen
William Empson
scholar of English, poet
1906–1984
September 27 · 1906
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia
Eastern Orthodox monk, Eastern Orthodox priest
1906–1991 · aged 85
February 20 · 1906
No external source identified
Muzaffer Şerif
psychologist
1906–1988 · aged 82
July 29 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Paolo Stoppa*
voice actor, stage actor
Date disputed
June 16 · 1906
Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
Alma Rosé
choir director, violinist
1906–1944 · aged 37
November 3 · 1906
Source: Find a Grave
Douglas McGregor
writer, university teacher
1906–1964 · aged 58
September 6 · 1906
Source: CONOR.SI
Dita Parlo*
film actor
Date disputed
September 4 · 1906
Source: Find a Grave
Anton Karas
innkeeper, actor
1906–1985 · aged 78
July 7 · 1906
Source: Find a Grave
Zino Davidoff
entrepreneur
1906–1994 · aged 87
March 11 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Horst P. Horst
photographer, fashion photographer
1906–1999 · aged 93
August 14 · 1906
Source: Le Delarge
Greta Nissen
Ziegfeld girl, stage actor
1906–1988 · aged 82
January 30 · 1906
Source: Find a Grave
Princess Anne of Orléans
1906–1986 · aged 79
August 5 · 1906
Source: The Peerage
Frank H. Netter
anatomist, painter
1906–1991 · aged 85
April 25 · 1906
Source: SNAC
James Flavin
television actor, actor
1906–1976 · aged 69
May 14 · 1906
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Richard Whorf
film director, film producer
1906–1966 · aged 60
June 4 · 1906
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Jon Lormer
television actor, actor
1906–1986 · aged 79
May 7 · 1906
No external source identified
Alberto Lleras Camargo
politician, diplomat
1906–1990 · aged 83
July 3 · 1906
Source: Munzinger Personen
Atos Wirtanen
journalist, writer
1906–1979 · aged 73
January 27 · 1906
Source: Biografiskt lexikon för Finland
Jean Dieudonné
mathematician, university teacher
1906–1992 · aged 86
July 1 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Jakob Nacken
circus performer, military personnel
1906–1987 · aged 81
February 15 · 1906
No external source identified
Olive Borden
actor, film actor
1906–1947 · aged 41
July 14 · 1906
Source: Find a Grave
Cleanth Brooks
literary historian, philologist
1906–1994 · aged 87
October 16 · 1906
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan
beauty pageant contestant, model
1906–2000 · aged 94
February 15 · 1906
Source: The Peerage
Karl Otto Paetel
journalist, resistance fighter
1906–1975 · aged 68
November 23 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Betty Bronson
actor, film actor
1906–1971 · aged 64
November 17 · 1906
Source: Find a Grave
Fazıl Küçük
politician, journalist
1906–1984 · aged 77
March 14 · 1906
No external source identified
Dwight Macdonald
philosopher, writer
1906–1982 · aged 76
March 24 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Rose Hobart
stage actor, film actor
1906–2000 · aged 94
May 1 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Ján Golian*
writer, military personnel
Date disputed
January 26 · 1906
Source: Integrated Authority File
Penn Nouth
diplomat, politician
1906–1985 · aged 79
April 1 · 1906
No external source identified
Marian Spychalski
military personnel, architect
1906–1980 · aged 73
December 6 · 1906
Source: Integrated Authority File
Alice Kober
anthropologist, art historian
1906–1950 · aged 43
December 23 · 1906
Source: dbcs.rutgers.edu
Robert L. Surtees
cinematographer, photographer
1906–1985 · aged 78
August 9 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Princess Vera Constantinovna of Russia
aristocrat
1906–2001
April 24 · 1906
Source: The Peerage
Ulanhu
politician
1906–1988 · aged 81
December 23 · 1906
Source: Integrated Authority File
Charles Malik
diplomat, writer
1906–1987 · aged 81
February 11 · 1906
Source: Trove
George Wald
neuroscientist, university teacher
1906–1997 · aged 90
November 18 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Bede Griffiths
Catholic theologian, writer
1906–1993 · aged 86
December 17 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Willa Brown
aircraft pilot
1906–1992 · aged 86
January 22 · 1906
Source: Find a Grave
Joel Brand
functionary
1906–1964 · aged 58
April 25 · 1906
Source: Integrated Authority File
Erik Rhodes
film actor, actor
1906–1990 · aged 84
February 10 · 1906
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Kam Tong
actor
1906–1969 · aged 62
December 18 · 1906
Source: Find a Grave
Andrei Kirilenko
politician, statesperson
1906–1990 · aged 83
September 8 · 1906
No external source identified
Evalyn Knapp
actor, film actor
1906–1981
June 17 · 1906
No external source identified
Harry Hammond Hess
military officer, geophysicist
1906–1969 · aged 63
May 24 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Buddhadāsa
Buddhist monk, writer
1906–1993 · aged 86
May 27 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
June Collyer
film actor, actor
1906–1968 · aged 61
August 19 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Willy Ley
non-fiction writer, inventor
1906–1969 · aged 62
October 2 · 1906
Source: NooSFere
Gusztáv Sebes
sports official, association football coach
1906–1986 · aged 80
January 22 · 1906
Source: Transfermarkt
Kazuo Ohno
dance teacher, dancer
1906–2010 · aged 103
October 27 · 1906
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Igor Moiseyev
ballet master, choreographer
1906–2007 · aged 101
January 21 · 1906
No external source identified
Fritz Schilgen
athletics competitor, engineer
1906–2005 · aged 99
September 8 · 1906
No external source identified
Daulat Singh Kothari
physicist
1906–1993 · aged 86
July 6 · 1906
Source: insaindia.res.in
Charles Revson
businessperson
1906–1975 · aged 68
October 11 · 1906
Source: Find a Grave
Marcelo Caetano
lawyer, political scientist
1906–1980 · aged 74
August 17 · 1906
Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia
Dorothy Tree
teacher, stage actor
1906–1992 · aged 85
May 21 · 1906
Source: Find a Grave
Henry Roth
writer, novelist
1906–1995 · aged 89
February 8 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Aloha Wanderwell*
film director, writer
Date disputed
October 13 · 1906
Source: Integrated Authority File
Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar
poet, writer
1906–1988 · aged 82
January 2 · 1906
Source: LIBRIS
Eraldo Monzeglio
association football player, association football coach
1906–1981 · aged 75
June 5 · 1906
Source: FBref
Alan Webb
film actor, stage actor
1906–1982 · aged 75
July 2 · 1906
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Haruko Sugimura
actor
1906–1997 · aged 91
January 6 · 1906
Source: Integrated Authority File
Walraven van Hall
banker, resistance fighter
1906–1945 · aged 39
February 10 · 1906
Source: TracesOfWar
Elisabeth Lutyens
composer, film score composer
1906–1983 · aged 76
July 9 · 1906
Source: Integrated Authority File
Antal Dorati
conductor, composer
1906–1988 · aged 82
April 9 · 1906
Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia
Mehmed Abdülkerim Efendi
aristocrat
1906–1935 · aged 29
June 26 · 1906
No external source identified
Luis van Rooten
architect, actor
1906–1973 · aged 66
November 29 · 1906
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Anita Garvin*
film actor, Ziegfeld girl
Date disputed
February 11 · 1906
Source: Integrated Authority File
Ram Kinker Baij*
sculptor, painter
Date disputed
May 25 · 1906
Source: Baij, Ramkinker
Albert Lieven*
stage actor, film actor
Date disputed
June 23 · 1906
Source: IMDb
Heinrich Schwarz
politician, concentration camp guard
1906–1947 · aged 40
June 14 · 1906
No external source identified
Archduchess Rosa of Austria-Tuscany
1906–1983 · aged 76
September 22 · 1906
Source: Integrated Authority File
Barney Bigard
clarinetist, jazz clarinetist
1906–1980 · aged 74
March 3 · 1906
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Jean Leray
mathematician, topologist
1906–1998 · aged 92
November 7 · 1906
Source: La France savante
Bruno de Finetti
economist, statistician
1906–1985 · aged 79
June 13 · 1906
Source: Scientific Legacy Database
Arturo Uslar Pietri
essayist, diplomat
1906–2001 · aged 94
May 16 · 1906
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Luo Ruiqing
politician, military commander
1906–1978 · aged 72
May 31 · 1906
No external source identified
Renate Müller
singer, actor
1906–1937 · aged 31
April 26 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Fritz Katzmann
judge, politician
1906–1957 · aged 51
May 6 · 1906
No external source identified
Eva Zeisel
sculptor, artist
1906–2011 · aged 105
November 13 · 1906
Source: RKDartists
Bibbo
actor, composer
1906–1972
1906
No external source identified
William Feller
mathematician, university teacher
1906–1970 · aged 63
July 7 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Victoria Spivey
entrepreneur, pianist
1906–1976 · aged 69
October 15 · 1906
Source: FemBio database

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