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Born in 1906

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

Maurice Ewing
university teacher, seismologist
1906–1974 · aged 67
May 12 · 1906
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Akanu Ibiam
politician
1906–1995 · aged 88
November 29 · 1906
No external source identified
Renato Cesarini
association football coach, association football player
1906–1969 · aged 62
April 11 · 1906
No external source identified
Hazel Bishop
chemist
1906–1998 · aged 92
August 17 · 1906
No external source identified
Imperio Argentina*
singer, ballet dancer
Date disputed
December 26 · 1906
Source: Integrated Authority File
Harry P. Cain
banker, politician
1906–1979 · aged 73
January 10 · 1906
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Alexander Gelfond
mathematician, university teacher
1906–1968 · aged 62
October 24 · 1906
Source: mi-ras.ru
Klavdiya Shulzhenko
singer, actor
1906–1984 · aged 78
March 24 · 1906
No external source identified
Ludwig Lachmann
economist
1906–1990 · aged 84
February 1 · 1906
Source: MAK
William Wilson Morgan
astronomer
1906–1994 · aged 88
January 3 · 1906
Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
Cai Chusheng
film producer, screenwriter
1906–1968 · aged 62
January 12 · 1906
Source: Integrated Authority File
Meindert DeJong
writer, children's writer
1906–1991 · aged 85
March 4 · 1906
Source: Integrated Authority File
George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk
cricketer, politician
1906–1994 · aged 88
January 4 · 1906
Source: Munzinger Personen
Margaret Rawlings
actor, film actor
1906–1996 · aged 89
June 5 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Sally Salminen
writer
1906–1976 · aged 70
April 25 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Corneliu Baba
university teacher, illustrator
1906–1997 · aged 91
November 18 · 1906
Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists
Franz Biebl
composer, university teacher
1906–2001 · aged 95
September 1 · 1906
Source: Integrated Authority File
Andrés Henestrosa
linguist, politician
1906–2008 · aged 101
November 30 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Ferit Melen
politician
1906–1988 · aged 81
November 2 · 1906
Source: 20th Century Press Archives
Jean Sablon
chansonnier, singer-songwriter
1906–1994 · aged 87
March 25 · 1906
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Clancy Cooper
actor, film actor
1906–1975 · aged 68
July 23 · 1906
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Carl Benjamin Boyer
historian of mathematics, writer
1906–1976 · aged 69
November 3 · 1906
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Ángel Álvarez
actor, film actor
1906–1983 · aged 77
September 26 · 1906
Source: filmportal.de
Fei Mu
director, screenwriter
1906–1951 · aged 44
October 10 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Sidney Darlington
physicist, inventor
1906–1997 · aged 91
July 18 · 1906
No external source identified
Isaac Ben-Aharon
journalist, trade unionist
1906–2006 · aged 99
July 17 · 1906
Source: knesset.gov.il
Siegfried Breuer
stage actor, film actor
1906–1954 · aged 47
June 24 · 1906
Source: Munzinger Personen
Samad Vurgun
poet, literary scholar
1906–1956 · aged 50
March 21 · 1906
No external source identified
Nina Makarova
composer
1906–1976 · aged 69
August 12 · 1906
No external source identified
Tamara Khanum
choreographer, dancer
1906–1991 · aged 85
March 29 · 1906
Source: Armenian Concise Encyclopedia
Pietro Serantoni*
association football player, association football coach
Date disputed
December 11 · 1906
Source: worldfootball.net
Loyal Griggs
cinematographer
1906–1978 · aged 71
August 15 · 1906
Source: Integrated Authority File
Grigore Moisil
university teacher, computer scientist
1906–1973 · aged 67
January 10 · 1906
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Gilbert Highet
journalist, writer
1906–1978 · aged 71
June 22 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Viktor Schütze
submariner, Marineoffizier
1906–1950 · aged 44
February 16 · 1906
Source: Die deutschen U-Boot-Kommandanten (1 ed.)
Benjamin Mazar
writer, anthropologist
1906–1995 · aged 89
June 28 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Richard Rado
university teacher, mathematician
1906–1989 · aged 83
April 28 · 1906
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Yola d'Avril
film actor, actor
1906–1984 · aged 77
April 8 · 1906
Source: IMDb
Marie-Louise von Motesiczky
painter
1906–1996 · aged 89
October 24 · 1906
Source: Motesiczky, Marie-Louise
Teng Yu-hsien
composer
1906–1944 · aged 37
July 21 · 1906
Source: hakka.tycg.gov.tw
José Della Torre
association football player, association football coach
1906–1979 · aged 73
March 23 · 1906
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Benjamin Frankel
composer, film score composer
1906–1973 · aged 67
January 31 · 1906
Source: Find a Grave
Lyda Roberti
circus performer, singer
1906–1938 · aged 31
May 20 · 1906
Source: Find a Grave
Rodolfo Volk
association football player
1906–1983 · aged 77
January 14 · 1906
Source: Transfermarkt
Einar Haugen
educator, lexicographer
1906–1994 · aged 88
April 19 · 1906
Source: Norsk biografisk leksikon
Irving Jaffee
speed skater
1906–1981 · aged 74
September 15 · 1906
Source: Find a Grave
Judith Wood
actor, film actor
1906–2002 · aged 95
August 1 · 1906
Source: IMDb
Andreas Heckmair
explorer, mountain guide
1906–2005
October 12 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Mary Ellen Bute
animator, filmmaker
1906–1983 · aged 76
November 21 · 1906
Source: Animation: A World History: Volume I: Foundations - The Golden Age
Shokichi Iyanaga
university teacher, mathematician
1906–2006 · aged 100
April 2 · 1906
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Helen Foster
film actor
1906–1982 · aged 76
May 23 · 1906
Source: IMDb
Albrecht Becker
film producer, production designer
1906–2002 · aged 95
November 14 · 1906
Source: Artists of the World Online
Alex Thépot
association football coach, association football player
1906–1989
July 30 · 1906
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Ernst Käsemann
theologian, university teacher
1906–1998 · aged 91
July 12 · 1906
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Karl Sesta
association football coach, association football player
1906–1974 · aged 68
March 18 · 1906
Source: Transfermarkt
Kunwar Inderjit Singh
politician
1906–1982
1906
Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
Claire Delbos
violinist, composer
1906–1959 · aged 52
November 2 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Egidio Vagnozzi*
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
Date disputed
February 2 · 1906
Source: webdept.fiu.edu
Irving Reis
film director, director
1906–1953 · aged 47
May 7 · 1906
Source: Integrated Authority File
Mikhail Yasnov
politician
1906–1991 · aged 85
June 5 · 1906
No external source identified
Little Brother Montgomery*
musician, pianist
Date disputed
April 18 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Allene Jeanes
researcher, chemist
1906–1995 · aged 89
July 19 · 1906
Source: The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science
Adolf Berman
politician
1906–1978 · aged 71
October 17 · 1906
Source: bs.sejm.gov.pl
Jesse Hibbs
American football player, director
1906–1985 · aged 79
January 11 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Alexandre Trauner
scenographer, production designer
1906–1993 · aged 87
August 3 · 1906
Source: Find a Grave
Humayun Kabir
minister, writer
1906–1969 · aged 63
February 22 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Thelma Hill
actor, film actor
1906–1938 · aged 31
December 12 · 1906
Source: Find a Grave
Concha Piquer*
film actor, singer
Date disputed
December 13 · 1906
Source: Find a Grave
Mário Quintana
journalist, translator
1906–1994 · aged 87
July 30 · 1906
Source: Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural
Branislav Sekulić
association football coach, association football player
1906–1968 · aged 61
October 29 · 1906
No external source identified
Gertrude Mary Cox
statistician, mathematician
1906–1978 · aged 72
January 13 · 1906
Source: Scientific Legacy Database
Alexander Altmann
university teacher, rabbi
1906–1987 · aged 81
April 16 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Lu Dingyi
politician
1906–1996 · aged 89
June 9 · 1906
No external source identified
Jorge Icaza Coronel
diplomat, actor
1906–1978 · aged 71
June 10 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Benedict Wallet Vilakazi
linguist, poet
1906–1947 · aged 41
January 6 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Gottlob Frick
opera singer, singer
1906–1994 · aged 88
July 28 · 1906
Source: Discogs
León Klimovsky
director, film producer
1906–1996 · aged 89
October 16 · 1906
Source: cinenacional.com
Greta Arwidsson
archaeologist
1906–1998 · aged 91
July 5 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Birago Diop*
poet, veterinarian
Date disputed
December 12 · 1906
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Robert Allen
singer, musician
1906–1998 · aged 92
March 28 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Osvaldo Valenti
actor, film actor
1906–1945 · aged 39
February 17 · 1906
Source: filmportal.de
Henri Ziegler
engineer, French resistance fighter
1906–1998 · aged 91
November 18 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Hilde Körber
director, film actor
1906–1969 · aged 62
July 3 · 1906
Source: Biografisches Handbuch der Berliner Stadtverordneten und Abgeordneten 1946-1963
Endre Kabos
fencer
1906–1944 · aged 37
November 5 · 1906
No external source identified
Boris Papandopulo
composer, conductor
1906–1991
February 25 · 1906
Source: Croatian Biographical Lexicon
Martí Ventolrà
association football coach, association football player
1906–1977 · aged 70
December 16 · 1906
Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia
Maurice Sachs
literary translator, Gestapo agent
1906–1945 · aged 38
September 16 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
František Svoboda
association football player
1906–1948 · aged 41
August 5 · 1906
No external source identified
Elizabeth Haffenden
costume designer
1906–1976 · aged 70
April 18 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Salvo Randone
film actor, radio drama actor
1906–1991 · aged 84
September 25 · 1906
Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
Henri René
jazz guitarist, bandleader
1906–1993 · aged 86
December 29 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Willard Van Dyke
cinematographer, filmmaker
1906–1986 · aged 79
December 5 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Erika Fuchs
writer, art historian
1906–2005 · aged 98
December 7 · 1906
Source: Integrated Authority File
Plácido Galindo
association football coach, lawyer
1906–1988 · aged 82
March 9 · 1906
No external source identified
Knut Kroon
association football player
1906–1975 · aged 68
June 19 · 1906
Source: FBref
Richard Hofmann
athlete, association football player
1906–1983 · aged 77
February 8 · 1906
Source: Integrated Authority File
Vilmos Kohut*
association football coach, association football player
Date disputed
July 17 · 1906
No external source identified
Radamés Gnattali
composer, pianist
1906–1988 · aged 82
January 27 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Julien Levy
art dealer, printmaker
1906–1981 · aged 75
January 22 · 1906
Source: RKDartists
Samuel S. Wilks
statistician, mathematician
1906–1964 · aged 57
June 17 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Gustav Bergmann
philosopher of science, mathematician
1906–1987 · aged 80
May 4 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Charles Quigley
television actor, film actor
1906–1964 · aged 58
February 12 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
James Brooks*
lithographer, painter
Date disputed
October 18 · 1906
Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists
Robert Buckner
journalist, screenwriter
1906–1989 · aged 83
May 28 · 1906
Source: Find a Grave
Ferdinand Alquié
philosopher, professeur des universités
1906–1985 · aged 78
December 18 · 1906
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Pinchas Sapir
minister, politician
1906–1975 · aged 68
October 15 · 1906
Source: knesset.gov.il
Joseph Höffner
Catholic bishop, resistance fighter
1906–1987 · aged 80
December 24 · 1906
Source: Munzinger Personen
Curley Weaver*
guitarist
Date disputed
March 25 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Ferdinand Ďurčanský
jurist, politician
1906–1974 · aged 67
December 18 · 1906
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Frederica de Laguna
anthropologist, archaeologist
1906–2004 · aged 98
October 3 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Rolf Singer
mycologist, writer
1906–1994 · aged 87
June 23 · 1906
Source: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Walter Battiss
painter
1906–1982 · aged 76
January 6 · 1906
Source: Battiss, Walter
Mihailo Apostolski
political commissar, politician
1906–1987 · aged 80
November 8 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Boris Demidovich
mathematician, pedagogue
1906–1977 · aged 71
March 2 · 1906
Source: IdRef
Aileen Riggin
swimmer, competitive diver
1906–2002 · aged 96
May 2 · 1906
Source: IMDb
Agostinho da Silva
poet, philosopher
1906–1994 · aged 88
February 13 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Mai Bhaghi
singer
1906–1986 · aged 80
January 1 · 1906
No external source identified
Agnes Yewande Savage
teacher, physician
1906–1964
February 21 · 1906
Source: ed.ac.uk
Erwin Geschonneck
actor, film actor
1906–2008 · aged 101
December 27 · 1906
Source: Discogs
Vic Dickenson
musician, jazz trombonist
1906–1984 · aged 78
August 6 · 1906
Source: Discogs
Milo Butler
politician
1906–1979 · aged 72
August 11 · 1906
Source: bahamas.gov.bs
Camilla Spira
actor, stage actor
1906–1997 · aged 91
March 1 · 1906
Source: Discogs
Erich Bachem
military flight engineer, engineer
1906–1960 · aged 53
August 12 · 1906
Source: Integrated Authority File
Jaroslav Ježek
jazz musician, Esperantist
1906–1942 · aged 35
September 25 · 1906
Source: Integrated Authority File
Edred John Henry Corner
mycologist, botanical collector
1906–1996 · aged 90
January 12 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Benjamin Peary Pal
botanist, plant breeder
1906–1989 · aged 83
May 26 · 1906
Source: International Plant Names Index
Caroline Mikkelsen
explorer
1906–1998 · aged 91
November 20 · 1906
No external source identified
Ralston Crawford
graphic artist, draftsperson
1906–1978 · aged 71
September 5 · 1906
Source: SNAC
V. J. Sukselainen
foreign minister, diplomat
1906–1995 · aged 88
October 12 · 1906
Source: Biografiskt lexikon för Finland
Betti Alver
translator, novelist
1906–1989 · aged 82
November 23 · 1906
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
N. P. van Wyk Louw
poet, literary scholar
1906–1970 · aged 64
June 11 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Banesh Hoffmann
actor, mathematician
1906–1986 · aged 79
September 6 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Anton Stankowski
typographer, graphic designer
1906–1998 · aged 92
June 18 · 1906
Source: SIKART
Cesare Brandi
art historian, art critic
1906–1988 · aged 81
April 8 · 1906
Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi
Andreina Pagnani
stage actor, film actor
1906–1981 · aged 74
November 24 · 1906
Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
Cecil Purdy
chess player, journalist
1906–1979 · aged 73
March 27 · 1906
No external source identified
Lalla Romano
journalist, painter
1906–2001 · aged 94
November 11 · 1906
Source: Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature
Márcio Melo
military personnel, politician
1906–1991 · aged 84
May 26 · 1906
Source: Munzinger Personen
Torborg Nedreaas
writer, screenwriter
1906–1987 · aged 80
November 13 · 1906
Source: Norsk biografisk leksikon
Arseniy Golovko
politician, military personnel
1906–1962 · aged 55
June 23 · 1906
No external source identified
Kurt Mendelssohn
physicist, university teacher
1906–1980 · aged 74
January 7 · 1906
Source: Integrated Authority File
Sámal Joensen-Mikines
painter
1906–1979 · aged 73
February 23 · 1906
Source: Kunstindeks Danmark
Alberto Rabagliati*
singer, actor
Date disputed
June 26 · 1906
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Andrei Abrikosov
actor
1906–1973
November 14 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Simon Agranat
judge
1906–1992 · aged 85
September 5 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Ruth Hiatt
film actor, actor
1906–1994 · aged 88
January 6 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Mehmed Alajbegović
politician, lawyer
1906–1947 · aged 41
May 7 · 1906
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Aimo Aaltonen
politician, master builder
1906–1987 · aged 80
December 10 · 1906
Source: Biografiskt lexikon för Finland
Anna Dresden-Polak
artistic gymnast
1906–1943 · aged 36
November 24 · 1906
Source: Oorlogsbronnen
Francisco Cepeda
sport cyclist
1906–1935 · aged 29
March 8 · 1906
No external source identified

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